outrage, anger and grief. tyre nichols repeatedly beaten, kicked, tased and pepper sprayed by the police. on video for the world to see. the family of the father, skateboarder and photographer calling for peace as people around the country take their emotions out onto the streets in protest. and there are new questions about how to break the political stalemate to achieve some kind of real police reform. five former memphis cops already charged with murder, two more have now been relieved of duty. and a doj investigation is underway. this morning, we have memphis community leaders, experts on policing and a member of congress joining this crucial conversation. thanks to you for joining us this morning, i m katie phang, this is special coverage of the leash of the tylee nichols video. right now, the world is washing and reacting to that footage showing five memphis police officers kicking, punching, just beating 29 year old nichols after what was supposed to be just a traffic
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 was ta
of investigation, david roush as well as assistant director josh melton. i m also joined by other members of my staff including earnest brooks, ray lapone and also most relevant for today the trial team and the tyree nichols case, including paul hagerman and tanisha johnson. we re today because of a tragedy that wounds one family deeply and also hurts us all. the death of tyree nichols. we understand and acknowledge the grief of the friends and family of tyree are experiencing right now and the great concern throughout memphis and shelby county about this case. we met several times this week with the family of tyree nichols. they described an almost perfect son, a cheerful and happy person that enjoyed skateboarding and sunsets over shelby farms park. we re grateful to the family of tyree nichols for their patience as we expedited the charges in this case and the understanding on the part of the family that premature release of the video could compromise both. and we did work
possession, and i i remain confident that that was done in a thorough and careful way. uh-oh. now it s mike pence. and his lawyers. got to be hard. i said it can t be that hard. it s hard. can t anybody play this game? what you ve got to be asking. well mike pence s lawyers are explaining how classified material ended up at the former vice president s home. more on the timeline and the response from pence s team in just a moment. also ahead speaker kevin mccarthy again rewards marjorie taylor greene. this time with placement on a subcommittee investigating the coronavirus. mtg previously had been kicked off social media platforms for spreading covid misinformation. great. plus, a special grand jury s report on efforts to overturn the 2020 election by former president trump and his allieses. it will stay sealed for now, but the d.a. is promising imminent action in the case. good morning to morning joe. it s wednesday january 25th. with us host of way too
Belarusian leader, alexander lukashenko. Putin said that the latest attacks on ukraine are part of an effort to demilitarise ukraine. 0ur Eastern Europe correspondent sarah rainsford, reports from kharkiv. Here in kharkiv there was just another air raid. And those are happening almost every day now. We heard the sound of explosions and thats when metro stations like this one become a shelter for people. People head underground to hide from those missiles, because itjust takes a few seconds before they reach this city from russia, which is around about a0 kilometres away. Now, we dont know what was targeted this time, but we do know over overnight here in ukraine, there was a Massive Attack by russia on the Energy Infrastructure right across the country, from west to here in the northeast. And here in kharkiv, 300 missiles were fired. They destroyed a power substation, electricity substation, and they damaged yet another power plant here. And the city is struggling. You know, the metro