organization made up of self-described thieves who engaged in extortion, kidnapping and in this case murder for higher. we have been listening to officials talking about charges against the government of iran in relation to a plot here to assassinate on u.s. soil a journalist who was not named. we are going to continue to monitor the latest developments out of this. but we have a lot of news we want to get to. we are joining you from new york and this morning it s all about the video with the release of new police footage critical to three big stories we re watching. first, in memphis, that city, the entire country bracing for the video from the traffic stop that led to the death of 29-year-old tyree nichols. this evening video will be released showing the encounter. we re learning more about how chilling it could be. the police chief saying it will show, quote, acts that defy humanity. nbc news is learning tyree nichols can be heard in the footage calling out for his mothe
our top story tonight, murder charges in the death of tyre nichols, five former police officers now in custody as prosecutors lay out their case for the public. cnn s don lemon is on the ground for us in memphis. don, each of these men now facing several very, very serious criminal charges including second-degree murder, you re there on the scene talking to a lot of folks. give us the latest. reporter: extremely serious charges, second-degree murder as you said, wolf, aggravated assault. aggravated kidnapping which is an interesting one. official misconduct and official oppression. those are the charges that could land these officers in jail for a very long time if they are found guilty in a court of law. now, the director of the tennessee bureau of investigation, david roush, he held a press conference with the district attorney here saying according to david roush that he found what the officers actions as to what he saw in the videotape sickening. watch this. simply p
hear from her. but now the big two things. it is the charges against these officers and this video, when will we finally when will the public finally get to see the video. and executive director of the local naacp gave us information about the possibility of these officers surrendering themselves. but again, that has not been confirmed. that is according to her and her sources. in the meantime, the community reeling, family members reeling. and this community bracing for what is to come. yeah, we had a conversation with the senior pastor at the mississippi boulevard christian church here, that is the church where they will have services for tyree nichols on february 1. so there is real concern. you know, he made no bones about worrying about whether this was going to be explosive, how people are going to on respond once the video is released. but he said that they have been in talks and he said he saw something that he has never seen before happen in this community, a
supersonic spy drone. china is preparing cutting edge technology that could give beijing and espionage edge over the us this new discovery comes from classified documents leaked online reported in the washington post. lawmakers have plenty of questions understandably and will get a briefing from intelligence officials just hours from now. midnight deadline. the supreme court up against the clock to decide whether to take up a controversial case on medication abortion. this could set the stage for the biggest abortion rights case since the court overturned roe versus wade last year with the future of a commonly used abortion pill at stake. and an innocent mistake leading to two cheerleaders being shot after one of them confused someone else s car for her own. one of those victims is now in critical condition. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. today 21 year old suspected pentagon leaker jack to scherer wa
> happening now, breaking news. five former memphis police office facing charges due to the death of tyre nichols. law enforcement agencies across the country bracing for reaction to footage a top tennessee official called sickening. this hour i ll discuss all the latest developments with the executive director of the memphis naacp. welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. get right to the breaking news out of memphis. five officers charged with murder of tyre nichols. the moments before the encounter playing out on dispatch audio obtained by cnn. we got one male running. pull over. one running on foot. running. running we got one fighting at this time. let s get trright to our correspondent walk us through charges those officers are now facing. reporter: right. and, wolf, serious, significant charges here coming from the memphis d.a. just a short