. top of the hour this thursday morning. i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, testimony is underway in the double murder case against disgraced and disbarred former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh. he s accused of killing his wife and youngest son in 2021. we ll take you inside of the courtroom just ahead. and aas soon as today police in fem memphis, tennessee, could release a number of videos from the death of tyre nichols. you see him there. overnight the memphis police chief called it a failing of basic humanity. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. those five officers and others failed our community and they failed the nichols family and that is beyond regrettable. in our outrage and frustration, there is still work to be done to build each other up, to continue the momentum of improving our police and community relationships and partnerships. to show those who watch us now that this behavior is not what will define our comm
it was really remarkable to hear her take that tone. she s moved very quickly once all of the information and the internal investigation was complete to fire these five officers. much of what the community has wanted was has been to see this video. the family has seen the video. so now we wait for word from the district attorney here possibly today on whether or not these officers are going to face charges and when this video is going to be made public. so definitely some critical developments here, perhaps as soon as today and certainly tomorrow. shmimon prokupecz, thank you so much. joining us now to discuss, retired special agent cnn law enforcement contributor steve morris. good to have you on this morning. police chief has obviously seen these videos already and described them as heinous and reckless and inhumane and she does expect community outrage