we ll dig deeper into the decisions made by police and first responders and the decisions officials are faced with right now that could stop the next attack from happening. our new nbc news poll showing americans increasingly grim about the country s future saying it s a disaster. the warning signs for joe biden s expected re-election bid, how can he turn things around. no golden elevator, no wild crowds. donald trump s 2024 campaign kicks off with what one publication called a sleepy event in new hampshire. just 400 people in a high school auditorium. does that kind of kickoff open the door even wider for other republicans to jump into the race? a lot to talk about today. at this power the country is struggling to come to grips with the sheer brutality and inhumanity of the death of tyre nichols, put into devastating focus by today s new york times analysis. it concludes that officers shouted at least 71 commands in 13 minutes, many of them orders described as impossib
but also keep in mind what we saw here goes beyond simple violation of police procedure. this was sadistic behavior. the question is whether these officers should have even been police officers or whether it was some sort of extensive monitoring, whether they should have been surveyed off the police department prior to this incident. i m being told i m out of town, but i have to ask you this question because i was just reminded of it. i was flying back, and i was sitting next to a young african american male on the plane. i noticed that he was watching on a saturday night a documentary on another network about police stops. kirk, i asked him i was surprised that he was watching that. he said, why would anybody question why we run. i didn t have an answer for him. do you? it s damned if you do, damned if you don t.