coverage. i m kate firing live from msnbc headquarters live in new york. this morning, memphis in the rest the country is trying to come to grips with the newly released video of police officers beating, kicking, tasing, pepper spraying tyre nichols, it s 49 year old unarmed black man. it was a beating that ultimately resulted in tyre nichols death, and murder charges for the five now former police officers. to begin this hour, i m going to hear from his mother about what kind of son he was. my son, i know everybody says, mother say that they had a good son, everybody son is good, but my son actually was a good boy. he had my name tattooed on his arm. that made me proud. most kids don t put they mom s name. but he did. my son was a beautiful soul. and he touched everyone. that is just so getting to hear from her. and now we are going to play a part of the video that was released last night. but i want to warn you, it is graphic, it is violent, and it s unbelievably dist
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
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
ongoing across the country in the wake of tyre nichols s death. people took the streets several cities after memphis police department released disturbing video of that deadly interaction. president biden campaigned on the promise to reform policing, but so far lawmakers have been unsuccessful when it comes to legislation. let s go back to julie tsirkin with the latest. you know, congress failed to pass police reform laws in the past, we ve seen it tried mid attempted multiple times. is there any legitimate reason to believe that they are capable of actually doing something now? t you know, katie i will be brutally honest, because i think this moment deserves it. in congress, everything is about momentum and timing. and i covered those last round of police reform talks in 2021, and when they fell apart in the september of that year, it was kind of a shock to all of us,
mismatch there, and i think what we all want to really know is how much money does facebook and its parent its body of products make off of children, even though officially their policies don t allow children on the platform. a question i asked monika bickert. before we go, let s be real for a quick second, because as keach knows, as jake knows, as people who cover this industry extensively, this is not the first time we have seen a hearing where facebook has had its feet to the fire, but i asked senator marquee about it, and he said this is what changed. francis houghen. i said do you think she was a tipping point? he said i think she might be. i m paraphrasing that. really? we ll see. that s sort of one of those open-ended questions where we have seen these tipping points happen on other issues. i think, for example, two weeks ago, we watched police reform talks fall apart after a summer of protests and activism around the murder of george floyd.