you re watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. ahead. the blood of black america is on your hands, stand up and do something. demand for employees reform in the u.s. following outrage over the harrowing video we saw of police beating tyre nichols to death. why many say change begins in washington. we ll bring you the latest s the debate over the u.s. debt ceiling and how the outcome will be felt well beyond the united states and the u.s. secretary of state arrives in the middle east amid rising tensions between israelis and palestinians. . . . live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. and we begin this hour with the beating death of tyre nichols and efforts to prevent police brutality in the future. on sunday, the nichols family attorney told cnn he hopes this will become a water shed moment in the push for criminal justice reforms. hours after video was made public showing nichols ruthless beating at the hands of memphis police, of
this is a vacation. two scoops, sir? two? make it three. i m not driving. jesse: no matter how much fun you re having, you can t stay at a hotel forever. don t tell this to the migrants. here in new york, the mayor has been putting up illegals in swanky hotels that cost up to 500 a night. now, he is trying to kick them out but the migrants don t want to go. [shouting] jesse: level translate. i m not leaving. i m not leaving. i m not [bleep] leaving. [cheers] jesse: the city is trying to send them to a different taxpayer funded shelter. but they got used to a life of luxury. the hotel they are in now has a pool, gym, tvs, dry cleaning, a restaurant, bar and lounge. they don t want to go somewhere that doesn t have those types of amenities. so brooklyn cruise terminal a large structure not meant to be inhabited. it is 1,000 beds, beds made out of hard material. there is no space for personal belongings, if you have personal belongings, you have to put them in a
district attorney calls a special grand jury. and for the second time in three years lawmakers on capitol hill are talking about police reform following a black man s deadly encounter with officers. plus president joe biden sends a message to speaker kevin mccarthy, show me your budget. that s all ahead on way too early. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with a move that could mean potential criminal charges for former president donald trump just as he ramps up his latest run for the white house. a grand jury has been convened in the case of hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels by trump back in 2016. that s according to sources familiar with the situation confirming the development to nbc news and first reported by the new york times. the times reports that manhattan district attorney alvin bragg started presenting evidence to a gra
happened before then? we don t know why nichols was pulled over in the first place e they just say he was driving recklessly, what does that mean? why didn t they release the dash cam that shows tyre driving recklessly, how come we don t have body cam video from the first cop who pulled nichols over walking up to his car? what happened? what did they say to each other? why did that cop call for backup? we have no idea but something doesn t sit right here if you are going to release the footage, release the footage, all of it. because when you tell everybody you are being transparent and then keep certain things under wraps, it makes people think like you are hiding something. maybe they are. and while protesters took to the streets this weekend, democrats are exploiting the moment to push new laws out of washington banning chokeholds. no warrant searches, dealing with accreditation of police departments. it s necessary that would do all these things but not sufficient.
is white. meanwhile lawmakers on capitol hill are looking to revisit police reform talks in the wake of nichols death. calling on cory booker and tim scott to revive their push for a police reform bill that failed two years ago. in a speech yesterday senator scott took issue with the comments. i think the reform package it had many elements in it important, banning choke holds, dealing with no warrant searches, dealing with accreditation of police departments. it s necessary that we do all these things but not fish. republican senator tim scott who you mentioned blamed democrats for squandering an opportunity to pass reforms you talked about. those parties did agree on those in 2021 like banning choke holds and increasing mental health resources. why not pass something already agreed upon? isn t something better than