politicsnation. tonight s lead, some justice, but not enough. right now all five of the former memphis police officers whose encounter with motorist tyre nichols, ultimately ended his death three weeks ago are facing potentially life-changing punishment themselves. all five now facing second degree murder charges in addition to several others. two deputies that arrived after the police beating of nichols have now been relieved of duty pending investigation. at the county prosecutor is not ruling out additional charges. as tonight attorneys for two of the former officers, desmond mills and desmond mills junior and emmett martin the third, say their clients plan to plead not guilty. we are also getting word of this afternoon that the so-called scorpion special police unit they were part of has been disbanded. also tonight, the white house is balancing the message of sympathy for the nichols s family and community with calls for calm on the streets of memphis where demonstrators
a lot of issues in our community, and we need to address those. federal legislation, state and city, all of us have a responsibility. and i might add that many of us are concerned about crime in the community as well as police. but if police break the law, they are criminals. this is not to say that we wouldn t want to see criminals dealt with, but if they are criminals. and we don t want the police dealing with innocent people that are not criminals. but with that i have to move to another graphic video released yesterday. police security body camera footage from october 28th, the night your colleague, congresswoman nancy pelosi s house with broken into. in it we see her husband paul attacked by an assailant with a hammer. i don t have to remind you that several prominent republicans, including some lawmakers, made light of the attack at the time. what was your reaction, congressman, now haven t seen that video yourself?