the formidable challenge of turning infrastructure legislation to political advantage. while in d.c., the question what finally made a defined congressman george santos give in and step down from his committee assignments? and look at this, cars sliding down the road out of control in dallas because of a massive ice storm that hit the entire region. more than 1400 flights canceled across the country, 600 out of texas alone. 10,000 people without power. we have got a live report for you later in the show. but we start with about 17 minutes. 17 minutes from when medics arrived to the scene to when an emt began to assess tyre nichols. this is according to an nbc news account. it is important to note that the police blurred certain sections. it is unclear whether other changes were made, but after we watched it, we calculate roughly a 17-minute delay, and even then according to a statement from memphis fire department, nichols was only treated for the initial reason the emts
a 17-minute delay, and even then according to a statement from memphis fire department, nichols was only treated for the initial reason the emts were called, having been pepper sprayed, not the numerous other injuries he sustained in the brutal beating captured on tape. it all raises the painful question, if in those critical minutes the emts had followed the very policies and protocols investigators say they broke, would it have saved nichols live? unfortunately, we have been here before. as the associated press puts it, just like the attack on george floyd in minneapolis nearly three years ago, a simple intervention could have saved a life. instead, nichols is dead. and today, three fire department employees have been fired along with the fire police officers charged with murder, two more officers relieved of duty. i want to bring in nbc s allison