at this place shutdown so-called scorpion unit whose members included arbiters charged in the death of tyre nichols. is this a move in the right direction? plus donald trump hits the campaign trail for the first time since announcing his 2024 presidential bid. he says he is more committed than ever. will republican voters be just as committed to him? later, backlash continues to grow against ron desantis for his decision to block courts on african american studies. some students are ready to take it to the courts. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you. i m katie thing. thanks for starting your day with us. there s new fallout in some major changes at the memphis police department after friday nights like the videos showed five former officers beating, kicking, tasing and pepper spraying tyre nichols, who died just a few days ago. the department has permanently deactivated what it called its scorpion unit. that included all of those officers we saw
stopped in that night. and fired their charge was second degree murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated kidnapping among other charges. last night, two deputies were released pending an investigation because of their involvement with the traffic stop. that memphis police department says, right now there is no proof that nichols was driving recklessly. joining me now from memphis is nbc s antonia hylton. antonia, you are on the ground. you ve been in the epicenter of it. are what is going on there? well, lindsey, there s a lot of hurt and shock. although people had days to prepare for this video, it is still really should people to their core. seeing not just me three minutes of a beating that we were warned by officials, by the attorney, by the family, that that was going to be horrific to watch. but also by what you mentioned. by the delay in care. i think that has really just urge people here, and already we are hearing some residents call for additional names abou
hello, everyone. welcome to cnn newsroom. victor is off today. the family of tyre nichols is urging piece today after the video of his beating death is released to the public. five officers have been charged. they ve all been released on roughly $250,000 bond. this afternoon, his mother had this message for them. i just want to ask for prayer for my family, for this whole community. and i want to say to the five police officers that murdered my son, you also disgraced your own families when you did this. but you know what? i m going to pray for you and your families. nicoles was pulled over on january 7th allegedly for reckless driving. but the memphis police chief says she does not see evidence of that yet. a warning now, this picture is graphic. the chief also does not yet know what sparked this brutal beating of nicoles that followed the police chase and caught on several cameras. she says she could not bear to watch the video but did see the aftermath of what her so
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
we just received brand new body cam video of the attack of paul pelosi at his san francisco home last october. here is what police walked into and we re going to warn you, that it is violent and disturbing. definitely don t want to hold him here. i definitely don t want all of you. [knocking ]. are you sure? yes. hi. how are you doing? how are you? what s going on, man? everything s good. hi. drop the hammer. nope. hey, hey, hey. what is going on? whoa. give me your hands. give me your [ bleep ] hands. we have also got audio of paul pelosi s 911 call, seeming to ask in code for help. here it is. san francisco police. 2022. i guess i told him, who is this? this san francisco police. do you need help? there s a gentleman here, just waiting for my wife to come back. nancy pelosi. just waiting for her to come back. she s not going to be here for days so i guess we ll have to wait. okay, do you need medical for anything? i don t think so.