beating. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage this hour with the expected release of the tyre nichols arrest video. cnn is on the ground in memphis covering this developing story from every angle. our don lemon has been speaking to local officials and family members including the chief of police there. but first, our senior national correspondent sara sidner is joining us with the very latest developments. what should we anticipate today, sarah? reporter: well, we know there is going to be a prayer vigil tonight. a gathering. beyond that, it is been prayerful and peace this whole time throughout these announcements from police, throughout the firing and charges that we now know five officers charged with second-degree murder among other very serious charges. but there is a concern, there is always a concern that once this video comes out, video that has been descri
like this could take months before charges are rendered. we may see the timeline or something similar as the case continues to unfold. the memphis police chief davis said she doesn t believe the actions of these ex-police officers lined up with their training. so what explains this? is it a wider problem within the department culture? i think that might be fair to say. i think that this suggests that there is an issue of culture. and, you know, i don t know whether memphis is really unique in that respect. and i think maybe it should call for a broader discussion about police reform not only in memphis and shelby county but around the country. important point. district attorney steven mull roy, let s continue this conversation down the road. thank you so much for joining us. thank you, wolf. coming up, we ll have more on the body camera video showing
joining me now jacqueline alemany, josh gerstein, former federal prosecutors carol lamb and steven mull roy, steven is a law professor at memphis university. welcome to all four of you. jacqueline, as we await the ag barr release of the report, principal findings, are democrats set too high of an expectation what they expect to be revealed or what will be in that report? well, alex, what we re seeing here is uncharted waters. you have seen democrats do in the past few weeks is sort of try to build up these other investigations that have been surrounding the mueller report from house judiciary to house intel to the various investigations into potential financial wrongdoings by the president and some of his allies. again, it s just we don t know what is in this report. i can t stress that enough.
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