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
we begin with our top story. memphis, tennessee, now on edge as officials brace for potential unrest over the release this evening of video capturing the traffic stop and con tronation that left a 29-year-old black man dead. he died in the hospital three days after his encounter with police in which five officers are accused of beating him. his family shared this photo of him in the hospital. the attorney for nichols family says the video shows police treating nichols like a pinata. the family has urged the public to demonstrate peace think. his mother spoke to cnn about her son s death. i just feel like my son was sitting here on assignment from god. his assignment was over. it s over. he was sent back home. god is not going to let any of his children s names go in vain. all five officers associated with this incident have now been fired and charged with second-degree murder. as of this morning, four of them have been released after posting bail. one remains in custody.
organization made up of self-described thieves who engaged in extortion, kidnapping and in this case murder for higher. we have been listening to officials talking about charges against the government of iran in relation to a plot here to assassinate on u.s. soil a journalist who was not named. we are going to continue to monitor the latest developments out of this. but we have a lot of news we want to get to. we are joining you from new york and this morning it s all about the video with the release of new police footage critical to three big stories we re watching. first, in memphis, that city, the entire country bracing for the video from the traffic stop that led to the death of 29-year-old tyree nichols. this evening video will be released showing the encounter. we re learning more about how chilling it could be. the police chief saying it will show, quote, acts that defy humanity. nbc news is learning tyree nichols can be heard in the footage calling out for his mothe
dangerous menace to national security. a double threat poised by a vicious transnational crime group operating from what it thought was the safe haven of a rogue nation. that rogue nation is the islamic republic of iran and all too far repeat violator of human rights. it began with iran s efforts to project power and to extend its tentacles of oppression to american shores, through the targeting of an iranian american journalist who has stood up to the brutal regime, shining a light on iran s abuse of human rights and women s rights. but this time, it was a newer actor who brought the campaign of violence to america. an eastern european criminal
were all working together to assassinate her. now all three of the men are in custody. but a detail at how last summer one of the men obtained ak-47 rifle and attempted to lure her out and assassinate her. she was arrested last summer. two other men are now in custody they were vague on how that happened. saying that one of the men is simply in custody in new york. the other one has been arrested in the czech republic. now lisa monaco described why this case is so critical. let s take a listen. today s indictment exposes a dangerous menace to national security. a double threat posed by a vicious transnational crime group operating from what it thought was the safe haven of a rogue nation. now the justice department has long tried to show that foreign actors who commit crimes against u.s. citizens or u.s.