does the act opposite. at least she did leave the balloon prop at home. also embarrassing herself, her bff kevin the speaker and the whole country, too. meanwhile in the republican response, sarah huckabee sanders does her version of carnage tying the party back to trump. also tonight, reaction to president biden s call for police reform as twisted new details emerge today about tyre nichols death after a vicious beating by memphis police. we begin tonight with a state of the union address for the books. when last night president biden achieved what kevin mccarthy could never do, which was uniting the room and getting republicans to jump to their seats in support of medicare and social security. yes, that happened. it was a master class, really, on outnegotiating republicans, pulled off by biden who sparred with a raucous crowd. no president added more to the national debt in any four years than my predecessor. they re the facts. check it out. check it out. some re
events here in the uk and across the world mark holocaust memorial day on the anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz birkenau nazi death camp. and the actress sylvia syms, best known for her roles in the films ice cold in alex and the queen, has died at the age of 89. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has been defending the government s record on economic growth. in a speech, he said there s too much gloom about the economy, and that the uk can be the next silicon valley with a network of investment zones, and brexit a catalyst for growth. but his speech follows recent warnings that thousands of british businesses face bankruptcy and news this week of a slump in the uk car manufacturing industry. this report from our economics correspondent, andy verity. uncertainty has made it really difficult to attract investment into the uk, and that is the number one thing we need to address. there are absolutely decisions available to british
according to a preliminary i understand denlt autopsy he suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating. overnight the memphis police chief vowed absolute accountability for those held responsible. i m a mother. i m a caring human being who wants the best for all of us. this is not just a professional failing. this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. all five of the officers involved in that incident have been fired. the nichols family now calling for them to be charged with murder. cnn s sara sidner is in memphis this morning with the very latest. when we hear from the family, it is absolutely sara. what do we know? the family has said we re going to get justice for tyre, if it s the last breath i breathe. that came from his mother. she talked about never having her son walk through the door again. she said he would always come in and say hello parents. she and his step dad, as you might
and i m erica hill. kate bolduan will pick things up righ t now. [ no audio ] as they wait for the city to release videos showing police officers beating tyre nichols. the city s police chief spoke directly to this overnight. describing the video as heinous. that is the word that she used and she s pleading with residents to not react violently when they see it. we know that nichol s family has already seen the video. the family attorney said that it shows officers beating nichols, quote, like a pinata for three minutes after a traffic stop on january 7th. nichols died three days later. the five officers involved in the traffic stop have already been fired. the police chief also spoke to that overnight in that video saying that this was not just a professional failing, but also a failing of basic humanity and she said that there are additional officers also under investigation. the nichols family for their part is calling for murder charges now. and we ve just learned tha
hello, thank you for joining us today. i m abby phillip in washington. a major announcement is coming two ours from now in memphis, tennessee, the shelby county district attorney will be giving an update on the tyre nichols investigation. tyre nichols died three days after a violent confrontation with police and a source tells cnn that charges will be announced today. we ve now learned at least one of the former officers involved in the nichols arrest has been indicted and that s according to his attorney, the attorney for emmitt martin who says his client has already surrendered but it is not clear what charges he is facing just yet. and just in, we have new scanner audio of the incident. listen. we got one male black running. set up a perimeter. scorpion car come over. running on foot. run that tag and see what the address is. he s fighting at this time. by the time that incident ended nichols wound up in the hospital in critical condition. his family has releas