iam in i am in stroud, where it is snowing. it may not be real but it is probably as close as many of us will get to a white christmas. a cloudy and damp day, murky in the west, rain crossing the north of the country. tonight and tomorrow the wind becomes a feature. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 20th of december. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike in a dispute over pay. they ll walk out from seven o clock this morning, after five weeks of negotiations failed to reach an agreement. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. our health correspondent sharon barbour has the details. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhaus, a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patien
good evening everyone. i m alisyn camerota. this is cnn tonight. memphis is holding its breath waiting for the release of the video showing exactly what happened to 29-year-old tyre nichols after he was pulled over by police on january 7th. three days later he was dead. an independent autopsy blamed his death on, quote, extensive bleeding caused by severe beating. and tonight tyre nichols mother pleads for peace. when that tape comes out tomorrow, it is going to be horrific. my lord. i didn t see it. but from what i hear, it is going to be horrific. but i want each and every one of you to protest in peace. i don t want us burning up our cities, tearing up the streets, because that is not what my son stood for. people who have seen this police body cam video call it shocking, secening, and appalling. i ve seen the video. as stated you will, too. in a word, it is absolutely appalling. let me be clear. what happened here does not at all reflect proper policing. this
to really do all of this and they just keep escalating and it is so difficult to watch because, at one point he says . it s gs. assaulted, battered, punched, kick, tased, pepper sprayed. it is very troubling when you think about tyre, as his family says ways at most 150 pounds. so it is hard to watch, alison, and especially at the end of the video when he is calling for his mother. he yells out to her three times and then you never hear tyre nichols say another word anymore on that video. tyre died three days later. and tonight s mother is calling for a peaceful protest tomorrow. i want to bring in democratic congressman steve of tennessee, and michael thomas of the memphis city council. thank you both for being here. councilwoman, i want to start with you, what is the mood in memphis tonight? the mood is pretty ominous, alison and i will be real and transparent that there is a lot of things that are unknown as a leader. we are wanting and encouraging and supporting pea
happen to 20 nine-year-old to 29 year old tyree nichols after he was pulled over by police on january 7th. three days later, he was dead. an independent autopsy blamed his death an extensive bleeding caused by severe beating. and tonight, his mother pleads for peace. when that tape comes out tomorrow, it s going to be horrific. my lord. i didn t see it, but from what i hear it s going to be horrific. but i want each and every one of you to protest in peace. i don t want us burning up our cities, tearing up the streets. amen. because that s not what my son stood for. people who have seen this police body cam video call it shocking, sickening, and appalling. i ve seen the video. as she stated, you will to. in a word, it s absolutely appalling. let me be clear. what happened here does not at all reflect proper policing. this was wrong, this was criminal. so tomorrow night the public will see this video and then what? that s one of the questions that we ll be aski
necessary. great, great. i know where you are, so i know where to find you. i ll see you soon. thank you as always. our top story the damning testimony at today s second january 6th hearing. much of it led with highlights by trump attorney general bill barr. i was somewhat demoralized, because i thought, boy, if he really believes this stuff, he has lost contact with with he s become detached from reality. and when i went into this and would, you know, tell him how crazy some of these allegations were there was never there was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were. i saw absolutely zero basis for the allegations. i told him it was it was crazy stuff. completely bogus and silly and usually based on complete misinformation. they were idiotic claims. they obviously were influencing a lot of people, member of the public. complete nonsense. wow. and remember, everything you just heard is from a source that was not only very loyal to trump