the charges here are of the utmost gravity. it s just one, just one trump-related case before the supreme court right now. we re going to start with cnn legal analyst kari cordero and cnn supreme court analyst joan bis biscoupic. what do you make of this request from jack smith? he wants to reiterate as strongly as possible as the justices are considering it at this very moment the importance of the case, why delay would hurt the situation, hurt the public interest. not so much hurt the government s case as hurt the public s interest. he says nothing short of democracy is at stake. he really uses the fact that we re dealing with a former president here. he wants to say why donald trump is not like any other defendant, why he needs to jump over an appellate court at this point because donald trump should have to account for his actions back in 2020. he doesn t mention 2024 s election at all. he wants to he s talking about the imperative of being able to hold him accountab
second degree murder, and calls are growing for police to form a justice and we are asking the chair of the memphis city council in the minority leader in the tennessee state senate about what part of the city and state have. they want a meeting with president biden to discuss just that, accountability. they re calling for national reforms within the justice system. we are talking to congresswoman, maxine waters, y all. and just a few moments, we re going to find out what the congress plans to ask for, and why. plus, in the lead up to black history month, we re celebrating some pioneers in our community who are living black history right now. starting with dana kennedy, she s the first african american to have a major publishing company. it s one of our living firsts. i have something to say. and then today since the release of videos showing the vicious beating a 29 year old tyre nichols by memphis police officers, we ve heard a lot. anger, fear, sadness across america. th
graphic, very graphic. [bleep] hands i didn t do anything! hey, i didn t do [background sounds] all right, all right, all right on the ground, on the ground. all right, all right, all right [inaudible conversations] you don t do that, okay? get on the [bleep] ground! put your hands behind your back. okay. [inaudible conversations] then lay down. i just want to go home. [inaudible conversations] watch out, watch out, watch out! give me your hands, bro! watch out. give me your hands, bro! [bleep] give me your [bleep] hands. watch out, watch out give me your hands! give us your hands! neil: well, has been body cam footage is raising a whole lot of questions as to why the police acted so brutally and so quickly. 29-year-old tyre nichols died three days after all of this, on january 10th. this all went down on the 7th. the five officers involved were fired and charged with second-degree murder, a charge for which, if they re found guilty, co
A judge rejecting Donald Trumps former chief of staff, citing his own words on the witness stand. You see, when meadows told the judge that he worked with the Trump Campaign on so many things, including selling out that infamous call when trump asked to find vote, that was not in the scope of his duties as a federal employee. The judge says that if he were to agree with meadows, quote, the court would have to turn a blind eye to express constitutional power, grant it to the states to determine their election procedures. As well as limitations on political activities, of Executive Branch firs. That comment light it in has some major implications for donald trump and also potentially for his codefendants. Joining me now is clint rucker, a former prosecutor for Fulton County, georgia, who worked with District Attorney fony willis. Now, meadows is appealing tonight this ruling, but it is significant that the judge pretty clearly and firmly knocked down a lot of the arguments that he and hi
shouldn t have to be on a mandatory waiting period. instant checks will do the job. i want to turn to another voter and some other issues that are here on the minds of i look at tonight. this is kurt ellis, and operations manager operations coordinate from grimes, iowa. a republican who says he s undecided. thanks for being here. was your question? good evening, governor. donald trump is leading by significant margins in polling, politically here in iowa. what do you consider that winning performance in iowa and what is your strategy past iowa? nobody s leading until you guys get to vote. so i actually believe in the process. i ve gone to all 99 counties. i ve shown up, i ve answered questions. you ll see me on the debate stage next week here in iowa, on january 10th. donald trump s not willing to show up on the debate stage. has he come to communities and answered questions? has he gone to not counties? has he gotten on candies? that s not the way to do it. so voters get to ma