reorganization. we ll talk to the mayor and plus this. that is violence, serious violence escalating between israel and palestinians. and a mysterious drone strike against iran stoking tension in the region as america s top diplomat heads to jerusalem in the thick of it. facing a major test as this situation continues. a bombastic warning from a top u.s. general who is predicting war with china potentially. we re going to start though with the memphis police department permanently shutting down the scorpion unit after the savage and deadly beating of tyre nichols. the special unit is once celebrated for cracking down on high crime areas. it is now coming under intense scrutiny. the big question is was tyre nichols the only one? or did other people also suffer brutal treatment? you re going to stay on top of this. it has a very as i understand it, sketchy track record. well, we re hearing that certainly from people in the community. you were there. people would come
i m jim sciutto, and our next cnn newshour starting this hour. hello, everyone. our top diplomat is in the middle east trying to calm tensions. and the brutal beating of tyre nichols has debanded their elite crime unit. and now, children are returning to school just weeks after a 6-year-old shot his teacher. thank you for being here, i m kate bolduan, and a lot of news, so let s get to it. starting overseas, a suicide bomber detonate ad bomb in pakistan kill ing at least 30 people and injuring many more. tony blinken is there in israel to try to ease the tensions after a spike in violence that has killed hundreds in the last few weeks. sylvia, what more are you learning about this mosque attack? reporter: kate, we know that the pakistani taliban have claimed attack for this mosque, and the number of dead have been climbing, and so hundreds have been trapped under the rubble. the attack took place in the afternoon during afternoon prayers and more people are being
washington. we are tracking major fallout in the fatal police beating of 29-year-old tyre nichols. a sixth memphis police officer was just relieved of duty for alleged involvement in the deadly incident. five previously fired officers charged with murder. those five were members of the scorpion unit that was disbanded over the weekend. this comes as new charges could be in play and as congress faces new calls to act on police reform. cnn s nick valencia joins us now. nick, anybody who watched this video can see that at various points that were more than five officers at the scene wh. what do we know about this sixth officer s role? reporter: they told me the sixth officer has been relieved of duty, put on administrative leave. that officer identified as preston hemphill who s been with them since 2018. we have reached the attorney, the man who said he s representing mr. hemphill. he can confirm that that is his client. he also says that it was the body cam footage of mr. he
good morning and welcome to cnn this morning weekend. i m boris sanchez live in memphis, tennessee, a city that s still processing the horror caught on camera, the horrific beating of tyre nichols at the hands of police. good morning to you, boris. i m amara walker here in atlanta. that encounter from start to finish, the video was released last night, giving the public its first glimpse into what happened on that night. the four clips are each taken from different per specktives, but they all show a deadly encounter between tyre nichols and memphis police officers earlier this month. the images are graphic, disturbing and heartbreaking, but they re critical to understanding the gravity of what happened. i didn t do anything. turn your ass around. all right, all right, all right, all right. on the ground, on the ground. all right, all right, all right. you don t do that, okay? get on the ground. we see and hear a lot. what we do not see is nichols bein
today. horrifying, incomprehensible, inhumane, just some of the words used to describe videos of the brutal beating of tyre nichols at the hands of memphis police. the shocking images were released last night, and we want to warn you, some of what you re about to see is extremely graphic. i didn t do anything! hey, i didn t body cam video of the traffic stop shows officers approaching with their firearms, yanking nichols out of the car. he breaks free from the officers and runs towards his parents home. a struggle ensues after a chase, police then using pepper spray, batons, their fists, and feet to beatnik cols. at one point, he cries out for his mother. mom! mom! mom! video from a pole camera showing the full extent. you see nichols there, who is unarmed, kicked in the face, struck at least nine times in just several minutes, bloodied, propped up onto a squad car. officers are then seen just standing around, not providing nichols with any potentially lifesaving a