country. velshi starts now. good morning to you. it is sunday, january the 28. i m ali velshi. demonstrators in major cities around the country took to the streets again yesterday after the memphis police department released footage of the brutal beating of tyre nichols by five members of its own police force. in the continuing aftermath, memphis pd announced yesterday that it has permanently deactivated its scorpion unit. scorpion what the departments anti violence group which has been under scrutiny in recent days after it became public that all five of the police officers who were fired, arrested, and charged with second degree murder in nichols death where members of the unit. joining me now from memphis, tennessee, is nbc s antonia hylton who have been covering the story from the beginning. antonia. welcome tell us a bit about this new development with the scorpion unit, of which all five of these police officers were members. ali, i was actually with protesters yest
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incredible new video of u.s. navy sailors risking their lives to save dozens from a quickly sinking plane. wearing patriotism on its act lers the all-american moose that is now going viral country from the songs she played to the to the she prays born and raised. steve: thank you, jason. it is october 1st, 2018. brian: how appropriate he openings up our show when he was the one year since the las vegas shooting. wish we could say we solved that but we haven t. so many questions. ainsley: we are thinking about all those victims and their families. it s the first anniversary. brian: steve s book is 24 hours away from publishing. ainsley: how did the signing go yesterday?