ramping up. what our team is just hearing from the doj. plus, in memphis, a sixth officer has been put on leave at the horrific beating and death of tyre nichols, what s happening tonight, what s next in that investigation, and the new development this afternoon on the calls for more accountability on the federal level. we ll take you live to memphis and to capitol hill in just a minute. let s start here in washington. i m hallie jackson, with me now is nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell who s with us. ryan noble, nbc news senior political editor mark murray, and julia ainsley is joins us as well. let me start with you, president biden in baltimore, set to take other trips this week, clearly meant to be a run up to the state of the union. he has a lot he wants to sell. he s also got some that s sort of a shadow hanging over him at this point. we mentioned the classified documents investigation. yes, this is the president, at least today, in a very c
cnn. pamela? thanks, chris. who s talking to chris wallace airs at 7:00 tonight on cnn. and the next hour of cnn newsroom on this sunday starts newsroom on this sunday starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com i m pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you tonight, lawmakers are demanding actions days after five police officers are charged in the beating death of tyre nichols. can the federal government do anything to change culture inside many of these departments? plus the man who disarmed the monterey park gunman is haled a gunman, as california sees four mass shootings in one week. and it s a fight over books in florida. teachers say they have to keep students away from books already in their libraries until state-approved groups decide if they re appropriate. you re in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this hour with the brutal beating of tyre nichols. today the attorney for his family told cnn that he hopes the video that outraged a na
presidential campaign. laying the groundwork for potential criminal charges against the former president in the coming months. that s according to people with knowledge of the matter. the grand jury was recently impanelled and witness testimony will soon began. the d.a. alvin bragg is nearing a decision on whether to charge trump. quote, super charging the longest running criminal investigation into mr. trump. a probe that began when donald trump s former attorney michael cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to a host of charges for making a $130,000 payment to stormy daniels to pay for her silence ahead of the 2016 election. it s been a long and winding road to today s breaking news. at one point last year, the probe which grew to investigate the business practices of the trump org seemed all but dead with two top prosecutors leaving the d.a. s office after d.a. bragg stopped presenting evidence to the grand jury. the new york times is reporting the probe is moving again. on monda
menendez. following a deadly beating of tyre nichols. today protesters are once again demanding accountability outside of memphis police precinct. we are going to be silent for three minutes symbolizing the three minutes for which officers be nichols on january 7th. police video of the assault was mark friday. it sparked all across this country and they were repeatedly kicking, punting nichols, beating him of the baton. nichols that three-day later from the hospital. now tried to second degree murder, their actions are reigniting demands for congress to act. police reforms and the cycle of brutality. here s what dick durbin said about that today. this is a call for all of us to be he has been working on this for years i think he and senator scott should sit down quickly to revive that effort. we but that end of it self is not enough. we need a national conversation about a responsible, constitutional inhumane way. an national conversation in every new ideas to keep ev
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