breath as video of a violent beating is about to go public. the victim s family appealing for calm. sandra: we are learning more from the just released bodycam video of the attack at paul and nancy pelosi s home. another nonstop hour of news begins now. begin with the city on edge bracing for whatever reaction may come when video of a deadly police beating goes public today. hours from now, they will release the bodycam footage of 29-year-old tyre nichols, they say acts that defy humanity, steve is live in downtown memphis. steve, what are you seeing on the ground there so far today? sandra, right now a very visible police presence. we have seen police on horses in unmarked cars, marked cars as well. as far as protests or demonstrations, not a sign of anything yet. streets are quiet, life going on here as normal. as you mentioned, that tape expected to come out on the internet on the youtube channel five hours from now, the tape is expected to be one hour long, supposed t
good afternoon. i m peter alexander in for chris jansing. as we come on the air, we are following that breaking news out of memphis. all five police officers involved this the fatal confrontation case of 29-year-old tyre nichols are behind bars. in a few hours, we re expecting a live update from the shelby county da. former prosecutor paul butler is joining us. we have a reporter on the ground who is there. we ll the get to her in a moment too. paul, i want to walk tokes through what happened. we know about the death of of tyre nichols. he was attacked by these officers. the family has seen video of what happened. this happened earlier in the month on january 7th. he ended up dying three days later. the police chief this memphis there has called the actions of the five officers, all of whom happen to be black, saying that it was heinous, reckless and inhumane and making a plea to the residents of that city to protest peacefully when video of the arrest is released to the publ
Nichols. as you know, separate videos today being released, one on the attack of former speaker pelosi s husband and the other the beating of tyre nichols. does the president have an interest in watching either of those videos, particularly the memphis one. the president sent heartfelt condolences to tyre nichols family. yesterday he and the first lady, and he s going to be regularly briefed as he has been, he s going to be monitoring the situation. as the case continues to develop, clearly he ll be keeping a close eye, i don t have anything further to read out on that piece, on the video. obviously the video is not out yet, but again, he ll be regularly updated. as far as paul pelosi, i have not seen the video yet, i know that was just released, i know
What the administration has done in other instances, including the anticipation as you all know for the dobbs decision, the trucker convoy protests and election day, three examples i can share with you at this moment. administration officials have been and will continue to be in touch with state and local officials on the ground as we watch the next few hours develop. has the president spoken with the nichols family directly or does he plan to? obviously when a tragedy happens like this, the president always wants to extend personally his heartfelt condolences to the family. i don t have a call to read out or call schedule at this time. but again, i would refer you to the statement yesterday but our hearts are with tyre nichols family and the memphis community as well. can you confirm a report by our friends at reuters that elon musk met with the infrastructure
We understand the outrage people have currently, and how hurt and painful this is, but we are going to continue to say, violence, but violence is unacceptable, and so you know, i just laid out a moment ago what we are trying to do here, meaning the president has met with the agencies, his administration has been very much in touch with local and state officials to do everything that we can to prevent that. but again, the president has always been very clear when it comes to when it comes to violence not being the answer, and making sure that when we protest it s, when people protest it s peaceful. joey. ok. appreciate it. i just want to clarify, the fbi director has said he has seen the videos of tyre nichols, and said he was appalled. has the president been briefed about the contents of the video or has he seen the video footage himself already? i can tell you the president has not he s been briefed but