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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 ....
tape that s going to be released after 7:00 p.m. eastern time today, comparing to what happened with rodney king. we ll talk about that but listen to what he said. it reminds you of rodney king in many regards, assaulted, battered, punched, kicked, tased, pepper sprayed. it is very troubling when you think about tyre only weighs, at most, 150 pounds, calling for his mother. he yells out to her three times and then you never hear tyre nichols say another word on that video. you see him up against the car, sitting down in handcuffs and you see his body fall to the right. you can see now i m joined live now by the memphis police chief, cj davis thank you for joining us. i m going to wear my glasses because i have specific things i want to ask you about. these five officers have been charged with second degree murder in the death of tyre nichols. what s your reaction to these very serious charges? well, i expected serious charges. i really did. actually, the charges t ....
good friday morning to you. so solemn day of news today, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. today the nation will see exactly what happened to 29-year-old tyre nichols during a violent encounter with police in memphis, tennessee. the injuries he sustained during that traffic stop ultimately leading to his death, and some of those videos, including those from police body cameras, have been described as appalling, horrific and inhumane. right now five memphis police officers have been fired, charged with several felonies, including second-degree murder. this morning a remarkable one on cnn, cnn s don lemon spoke exclusively with memphis police chief c.j. davis revealing extensive new details about what you are going to see in the videos that will be released later today. the two meticulously walking through what led up to the traffic stop and remaining questions about that, the beating and the arrest of tyre nichols. also the ongoing investigations into the officers ....
hello, everyone, i m kate bolduan. at this hour, we re going to be starting in memphis. that city and far beyond that city, are now just hours from waiting for and receiving the release of around an hour s worth of videos that capture the police beating of tyre nichols. what has been described by every person who has seen it so far as a brutal attack that prosecutors say led to his death three days later. all five of, and we ll show you these now fired officers, are now charged with murder. and other serious crimes. in an exclusive interview with cnn, the memphis police chief said the video is perhaps worse than the police beating of rodney king decades ago. nichol s mother described the injuries that her son suffered at the hands of police. they had beat him to a pulp. he had bruises all over him. his head was swollen like a watermelon. it is horrific. and the humanity of it all. where was the humanity? they beat my son like a pinata. tyre nichols s mother there ....
save hundreds a year over t-mobile, at&t and verizon. talk to our switch squad at your local xfinity store today. top of the hour in the cnn newsroom. i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. this morning, just incredible new details from the memphis police chief describing what the nation will see today when her department releases videos of the violent january 7th arrest of 29-year-old tyre nichols. he died just days later from injuries he sustained during the police stop. some of the emmages including from police body cameras described, including by the police chief as appalling, horrific and inhumane. five memphis police officers have been fired and charged with a number of felonies, including second-degree murder. and in an exclusive interview this morning, with cnn s don lemon, the police chief walked through what led up to that traffic stop, the beating of tyre nichols and about the ongoing investigations into the officers responsible. the charges, these fi ....