right now, the breath of brutal video footage of the police encounter that ended in the death of tyre nichols has created a situation too big for the nation and its lawmakers to ignore. in washington, a congressional conversation around policing reform may be getting a shot. the congressional black caucus today calling for a meeting with president biden to discuss policing reform. as activists like myself are wondering whether nichols would still be alive if the last congress had passed legislation that emerged after george floyd s murder. and in memphis for the five officers now facing second degree murder charges in the killing enough tyre nichols. it is now set for february 17th. and in the so-called scorpion unit, those officers belonged to and memphis has now been disbanded. and in new york, after hosting the parents enough tyre nichols here on politicsnation, i m thinking about the eulogy of their son, i would deliver as head of the next tunnel action network in memph
dogs helping families and survivors of the parkland school shooting. you don t want to mess. it all of that and more is coming up. and the good sunday morning to you. i am katie fang. this morning, waiting to see if trump s legal team finally gets around to filing a motion calling for a special master to review the evidence that was seized from his mar-a-lago estate. trump s attorney said friday the neutral person is needed to help, quote, vindicate the fourth amendment rights of the president. this comes as and bc learned that trump is also considering releasing the surveillance footage of the fbi search. so far, though, none of that has happened. meanwhile, the doj has until thursday to propose redactions for the affidavit supporting the document seizure. for more on all of this, we turn to nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly. ryan, good to see you this morning. thanks for being here. give us the latest of what is going on. there is a call for the special master. and i
just a moment. right now, as well, millions of people across the country and around the world, really, continuing to experience this dangerously high temperatures. we re going to break down the latest on the sweltering heat wave and what can be done. also, to capitol hill. democrats in the house eyeing a measure to ban assault weapons, but the bill facing pretty strong opposition from republicans and slim odds of passing in the senate. we ll talk about that. we re going to speak with the highland park mayor who testified before the senate about her town s recent tragedy. that s coming up. hey, everybody. we re going to begin this hour in washington, where ten hours from now, the house january 6th committee is going to hold its latest hearing in prime-time, a season finale of sorts to this initial batch of hearings, with even more expected later on this year, possibly in the fall. tonight s hearing is going to dive into those crucial 187 minutes the committee says it took
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fire and the flames engulfed a three story row house. last year alone, nearly 2500 people were killed in fires across the country, 276 of those deaths being children and 96 firefighters. joining me now is fema u.s. fire administrator and doctor laurie moore mayoral. she led a multi city tour last week to take a closer look at this issue. dr. moore, thank you for being with us. let me say the fire safety research institute says that fire deaths have increased by 30% over the last decade. these fires are also disproportionately impacting black communities and communities of color, and lower income communities, specifically in public housing. why is that?