at this place shutdown so-called scorpion unit whose members included arbiters charged in the death of tyre nichols. is this a move in the right direction? plus donald trump hits the campaign trail for the first time since announcing his 2024 presidential bid. he says he is more committed than ever. will republican voters be just as committed to him? later, backlash continues to grow against ron desantis for his decision to block courts on african american studies. some students are ready to take it to the courts. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you. i m katie thing. thanks for starting your day with us. there s new fallout in some major changes at the memphis police department after friday nights like the videos showed five former officers beating, kicking, tasing and pepper spraying tyre nichols, who died just a few days ago. the department has permanently deactivated what it called its scorpion unit. that included all of those officers we saw
undergoing a blistering cross examination by the prosecution. they are trying to poke holes in his claim he did not kill his wife maggie and youngest son paul. on the stand murdaugh admitted he lied to police about where he was in the moments leading up to the killing and confessed to being addicted to opioids and stealing from clients. we ll have more in a few moments. first, it is hard to believe it has been one year to the day since russian troops and tanks rolled across the border and ukraine still remains in place. translator: if we all do our home work, victory will be inevitable. i am certain there will be victory. i don t think, i want it this year. we have everything for it. we have the motivation, certainty, the friends, the diplomacy. we are helped by our friends for our shared values so this war doesn t spread, so this aggression doesn t spread. in addition to vowing ukraine will see victory, president zelenskyy met with wounded soldiers at a kyiv hospital t
up in blue and yellow, of course the colors of the ukrainian flag, so was the empire state building in new york city. and we ve got a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, turbulence on wall street. why stocks are tumbling right now, and what it means for your wallet. plus, the u.s. moving to seize $75 million worth of luxury real estate in miami beach, the hamptons, and new york city. the owner, a russian oligarch. we ve got the new details on that. also what happened in the first court hearing connected to the deadly shooting on the rust movie set. and court action set to resume shortly. our nbc news reporters are here with all the latest developments, and we begin in south carolina where alec murdaugh is due back on the stand any minute now. nbc s catie beck is outside the courthouse. we were watching together that withering cross-examination from the prosecution today, accusing murdaugh of manufacturing
alex, we just heard you say i should have known. what are you referring to? i said, paul, paul, i should have known. what were you referring to? i was referring to paul got so many threats. he didn t take serious. i was just telling him, paul, paul, i should have known. i don t specifically remember saying that, but i can clearly hear myself say that. what kind of threats did you understand paul was receiving? paul got the most vile threats, the stuff that was on social media. you couldn t believe it. you couldn t believe it. it was so over the top, truthfully, we didn t think anything about it. it was just so crazy. people talking about what he was going to get and how they were going to do this and get him and it s stuff you really disr disregarded it because it s so over the top. thought it was so over the top. keep going please . when was the last time you talked to maggie? probably two hours ago. okay, you said about two hours ago you talked to them?
one role of a lifetime. one sore throat. but she had enough. she took mucinex instasoothe sore throat lozenges. show your sore throat who s boss. mucinex instasoothe. works in seconds, lasts for hours. as we approach the one-year anniversary of the invasion of ukraine, russia continues to strike. today in kharkiv, one person was wounded when an administrative building was struck by a russian missile. two people in the kherson region were killed by a russian shelling. and in the russian occupied city of mariupol, ukrainian strikes targeted russian bases. in other parts of the country, security measures are being stepped up ahead of tomorrow s anniversary. schools are holding classes online, and many are being encouraged to work from home. meanwhile, nato says it has seen signs that china is considering and may be planning to send arms to russia. cnn s chief international anchor christiane amanpour is in kyiv. it s interesting listening to us talk about this buildup to thi