some are members of the city s so-called scorpion unit scorpions answer street crimes operation to restore peace in our neighborhood. yesterday the memphis police department permanently disbanded that unit. eric we are also learning the five former officers will make their first court appearance on february 17 to be arraigned on murder charges for charles watson is live in memphis. charles, first off what can it tells the timetable for this arraignment? well, arthel, those arraignments will happen a few weeks from now as you mentioned on february 17. we are unsure whether that is normal timing for something like that barely reach out to a defense attorney who said it is a normal timeline for those arraignments considering five former memphis police officers taken into custody last week after a grand jury indicted them and freed after posting a bond that raised anywhere between $253,350,000 were getting this information just a day after the memphis police department announ
share information about ongoing investigations. including donald trump s mishandling of classified documents. what that means for the gop s efforts to probe the agency. plus, donald trump dropped the lawsuit against new york tierney general letitia james a day after he and his lawyers or saw plus 1 million dollar fine for another, quote, frivolous case brought against hillary clinton. could we see trump upending even more lawsuits? and, congressman george santos long list of lies and controversies just keep piling up. a small newspaper exposed much of his inconsistencies weeks before the election. but, no one paid attention, why? i ll put that question to the papers publisher straight ahead. we have a team of reporters from capitol hill to the white house and ukraine following the latest for you this morning. and a good morning to you, thank you for waking up with us. thanks for starting your saturday here on msnbc. house republicans have made it clear that they plan to use t
Hey everyone. Sean hannity says hello to everybody. I am here at smittys. One of the most popular diners. They are eating and they are excited. I am hungry and it smells delicious in here. This is one of the most popular diners in des moines, iowa. The weather is not stopping anybody from getting out and doing their duty here in the iowa caucuses. I am here having my own little caucus. I am here with the owner of smittys. The king of tenderloin. Tell me a little bit about what is driving the Iowa Voter . I think this is a microcosm of what is happening across the country. Immigration is a big issue. The economy is a big issue for us as Small Business owners. People are excited to get out invoice the up opinion for the candidate they want. Are you frustrated with weathers happening in the
former president trump for not being here in iowa while the other candidates are, but it s clear that his support in iowa is strong. now he s just trying to get out the vote is, get caucus goers to their caucus places on monday. now i m going to send it over to my colleague aishah hasnie who is smarter than i reporting from inside today. [laughter] reporter: that s right, grady, thank you very much. we are at smitty s, a very popular spot to talk politics and eat lunch, and you can see behind me people are here, so they re braving the weather. they re getting out, they re grabbing lunch and talking politics. now let s talk former governor nikki haley. she is physically back on the trail out there in cedar falls earlier this morning, now headed to iowa city. she had to replace all her in-person events yesterday, guys, to telephone town halls instead because of the dang weather. haley is surging in iowa though, second now in that suffolk if university poll grady just mentioned, about 8
we re here at smitty s, a place where they talk politics. i m talking with brad, caucusing for nikki haley, why? i think she s smart, articulate and a clear winner of all the debates and like her foreign policy experience with being an ambassador and i think she has a good plan going forward with social security. you re going to get out no matter how cold it is? i m going to caucus on monday night. brad, we have at least one caucus goer. neil: you have to start somewhere. thank you very much, aishah. aishah hasnie on that. we want to go to eric levine, a nikki haley donor, a former tim scott. good to be with you. neil: what do you think of nikki haley s chances in iowa? well, i think she has a great chance of doing very well and that s what we really need to do. i think that the most pressure is on desantis. if he doesn t finish second, you heard from the prior