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 to hav
been here? i think we have seen more and more of generosity of spirit with people donating anything they have to help the homeless. what we have to help the homeless. what we have seen today is rising anger. a raw anger that perhaps was not there yesterday because there was shock. the mayor of london sadiq khan came here and there was heckling with people saying they want answers now. they said we want answers right now. he was getting quite a rough ride and almost anyone in authority is being challenged by residents. i have talked to people from other tower blocks who are angry and fearful. they are saying, are our home save? and the distress when you talk to people who fear they have lost loved ones, friends. there are people sobbing uncontrollably. one man we spoke to looking for his brother who these syrian solidarity campaign have confirmed have died, mohammed alhajali, who fled the syrian civil war to come to safety and died in the fire here. thank you. let s get the we
practice yesterday. but tonight his colleagues, both republicans and democrats will go ahead with their annual game. it s a rare show of political unity. less unified, president trump hits back at reports he is under investigation for obstruction ofjustice. he calls it the biggest witch hunt in history. and the australian prime minister pokes fun at donald trump s winning ways. we ll let you judge the impersonation. i am christian fraser in london, katty kay is in washington. we still don t know how many people died in the grenfell tower blaze police say it will be more than the current death toll, which stands at 17. and such is the destruction inside the building it could take firefighters weeks to recover the remains. today sniffer dogs, much lighter than people, and specially trained to locate bodies, have been sent into the building to help with the search. 37 people remain in hospital, 17 are in critical care. our home affairs editor mark easton has this report. slowly,
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They experienced to try to build a case against those responsible. it s worth pointing out it s not just fbi agents who are with those victims, they re also members of the fbi s victims services unit, a very important team to work to ensure those victims are cared for. their goal is to find those responsible. josh, thank you very much. next, china doing all it can to limit reporters covering one of its largest communist gatherings. you re going to see what happened when selena wang tried to question chinese lawmakers. plus, former first lady michelle obama opening up about trump s inauguration day and why she was sobbing uncontrollably.