why the nichols family is criticizing the investigation. plus, we re talking to troy carter. dangerous weather across the south and midwest being blamed for at least one death in texas. we re live with what s expected to be a multi-day ice storm and where it s headed next. the high-stakes meeting today between secretary of state antony blinken and the head of hamas. and an exclusive interview with homeland secretary alejandro majorca. it s my hope they take that problem and they fix it. we begin this hour in memphis where more first responders are facing disciplinary action over the tyre nichols death. the memphis police department now says two more officers were relieved of duty after the brutal and deadly beating of nichols which was captured on video. one of the newly named officers preston hemphill was involved in the initial traffic stop and used a taser on nichols before he fled from police. his lawyer says he was never present at the second seen. lawyer
negotiator on police form said about restarting talks on police reform. we should be able to build a coalition around the common ground of, yes, we need more training on de-escalation, yes, we need more training on the duty to intervene, yes, we need more grants and the best wearing the badge. we should have simple legislation that we can agree upon that has been agreed upon in the past. i mean, the senator says he never left the table on police reform. has there been any seriousness to us this issue since tyre nichols death? reporter: not anything serious. it was a very hotly debated topic in the last congress when the democrats controlled the congress. he was in talks with senator
and asked the findings of her special grand jury not to be released, she said it wanted to remain sealed due to potential defendants. when you appear before the court, as a district attorney, the lead prosecutor, and you said future defendants that s more than a tell that there s going to be charges for people interfering with the georgia elections. what we don t know is what the charges may be or against whom those charges may be brought. great to see you. thanks for being with us this morning. up next, the memphis community is getting ready to say a final good-bye to tyre nichols. we ll talk to the pastor of that church about whether real changes can come. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports. ing jose diaz-balart reports.
scene where mr. nichols was physically abused and suffered serious injuries. the mpd s team of internal investigators prioritize interviewing officers and witnesses related to the second scene first, where the most egregious actions occurred. they said other officers actions and inactions continue to be the subject of this investigation since its inception on january 8th. they said there are numerous chargers still developing that are pending and the department expects the next phase of personnel actions to happen in the coming days. jose, this is something that has frustrated community activists. people have been talking about this sixth officer. they didn t know about the seventh yet. they were talking about their frustration of not knowing who he was earlier, two, the fact he hasn t been fired and they
of protocol. all this, after the memphis police department initially fired the five officers who have all been charged with second degree murder. lawyers for at least two ex officers emmitt martin and desmond mills say they plan to plead not guilty. joining us now is ellison barber live in memphis. what do we know about the roles of these two other officers and the three emts? reporter: when it comes to the two other additional officers, the big question you touched on it, the family of tyre nichols has and also community activists, why are we only finding out about these two officers now? one of the officers has been relieved of duty. we don t know their fame. we know the name of this officer, officer preston