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viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church, just ahead on cnn newsroom, the blood of black america is on your hands. so stand up and do something. police reform in the u.s. this follows outrage over the harrowing video we saw of police beating tyre nichols to death. why many say change begins at the federal level. three woks after a first grader allegedly shot his teacher, students from one virginia elementary school will finally return to the classroom. we ll look what s being changed. 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 boating death of tyre nichols and efforts to prevents will become a water shed moment in the push for criminal justice reform. hours after the video was made public showing nichols ruthless beating at the hands of memphis police, official ....
cnn. pamela? thanks, chris. who s talking to chris wallace airs at 7:00 tonight on cnn. and the next hour of cnn newsroom on this sunday starts newsroom on this sunday starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com i m pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you tonight, lawmakers are demanding actions days after five police officers are charged in the beating death of tyre nichols. can the federal government do anything to change culture inside many of these departments? plus the man who disarmed the monterey park gunman is haled a gunman, as california sees four mass shootings in one week. and it s a fight over books in florida. teachers say they have to keep students away from books already in their libraries until state-approved groups decide if they re appropriate. you re in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this hour with the brutal beating of tyre nichols. today the attorney for his family told cnn that he hopes the video that outrage ....
hi, thanks so much for joining me today. i m jessica dean in washington, d.c. in for fredricka whitfield. we begin with a major shift in memphis. just a day after video shows the brutal police beating of tyre nichols, the city police department announcing it is permanently deactivating the scorpion unit. all five officers charged in nichols death were part of the movement and after protests around the country demanding it be dissolved. the attorney for tyre nichols s family ben crump telling cnn that it is a positive step but the work is far from over. in communities of color, they often have different types of police than many of white brothers and sisters have in their community and this video illustrates that it is this culture that said it doesn t matter whether the police officers are black, hispanic or white, that it is somehow allowed for you to tramp on the constitutional rights of certain citizens from certain ethnicities and certain communities and we have ....
their oath. we need a national conversation about policing. the question is, where do we go from here? the president and speaker mccarthy set to meet this week, as the nation s debt ceiling crisis looms. i want to find a reasonable and a responsible way that we can take control of this run away spending. parents send their kids back to school tomorrow since the shooting in early january. am i 100% comfortable sending him back? no. i m pamela brown in washington, and you are live in the cnn newsroom. in memphis and across america, the cries for justice for tyre nichols raise a larger question. how can law enforcement finally commit to meaningful reforms? hours after the public viewed the horrific beating, memphis answered the outcry by shutting down the specialized scorpion unit. all five members that were fired and charged with nichols death were members of that controversial unit. cnn s isabella rah za lass joins us now. what is the latest? reporter: ....
manchester united move to within a point of the champions league places after marcus rashford sent them on their way to a convincing win over nottingham forest. we have heavy rain sweeping in from the south west, pushing north east through the day. behind it we see a return to sunshine and showers but wherever you are, it will be windy. good morning, everybody. it s wednesday the 28th of december. our main story: relatives of a 23 year old man stabbed to death on the dance floor of a birmingham nightclub have described him as their best friend . cody fisher, a non league footballer and school sport coach, was fatally injured on boxing day, as greg mackenzie reports. 23 year old cody fisher was in the prime of his life, but his life was cut short, stabbed to death on a dance floor ofa birmingham nightclub on boxing day. described by his family as a best friend, the semi professional footballer and sports coach was fatally injured at the crane nightclub in digbeth. polic ....