. 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
and i m erica hill. kate bolduan will pick things up righ t now. [ no audio ] as they wait for the city to release videos showing police officers beating tyre nichols. the city s police chief spoke directly to this overnight. describing the video as heinous. that is the word that she used and she s pleading with residents to not react violently when they see it. we know that nichol s family has already seen the video. the family attorney said that it shows officers beating nichols, quote, like a pinata for three minutes after a traffic stop on january 7th. nichols died three days later. the five officers involved in the traffic stop have already been fired. the police chief also spoke to that overnight in that video saying that this was not just a professional failing, but also a failing of basic humanity and she said that there are additional officers also under investigation. the nichols family for their part is calling for murder charges now. and we ve just learned tha