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welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber ahead on "cnn newsroom." [ chanting ] this is the demand of protesters across the united states after the city of memphis releases the harrowing video of a fatal police beating. at the center of it all is this man, 29-year-old tyre nichols. we walk you through the clips of what he endured and where reform needs to begin. and a deadly shooting near jerusalem in a synagogue. across the united states we're seeing anger, we're hearing demands for change, but
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we're not witnessing the violent demonstrations many feared would come after the public saw those images. memphis officials released over an hour of video that started with traffic stop involving tyre nichols on january 7th. take a look. now there is already a lot of anger toward police over the incident with loud calls for reform. these protesters in memphis, for example, blocked a major bridge for a time, but no arrests were made. nichols' funeral is set for next wednesday. ever since he died from his injuries on january 10th, we heard gruesome descriptions of what happened to him. now we have video taken by the officers' own cameras. they're facing second-degree murder, kidnapping, and other charges. nichols' mother understandably
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struggled to put her emotions into words. >> my son is looking down smiling because -- you know, it's funny. he always said he was going to be famous one day. i didn't know this was what he meant, but -- >> take your time. >> i really don't know what else to say right now. >> so what you're about to see and hear is extremely difficult to watch. there are four clips to show you, each taken from a different police camera, but together they show the killing of an unarmed man and the police officers' apparent disregard for him afterward. again, these images are graphic and disturbing. shut the [ bleep ] up. shut the [ bleep ] up. turn your ass around. >> all right, all right, all right. >> now, we do not see nichols
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being pulled over for what was alleged to be reckless driving, but the first is from an officer who arrived at the seen. nichols was forced from the car and thrown to the pavement. not clear why the officers are so agitated but it happened rapidly. this police surveillance appears to show nichols struck, punched, and kicked at least nine times in less than four minutes. >> give me your hand, give me your hand. get down. >> watch out, watch out. >> mom! mom! >> and this is what was happening on the ground as recorded by another police body cam. one officer can beheard saying, i'm going to baton the eff out
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of you. it was one of the many violent threats against nichols from the very beginning. afterward they left him slumped over and badly injured. at no time would they render aid. at least 30 minutes would pass before an ambulance finally arrived and nothing was done for nichols in the meantime. people have been protesting, demanding justice. so far it's been peaceful. in memphis, this is how protesters voiced their frustration. protefrts blocked all lanes on an interstate bridge and chanted slogans against injustice. police say no one was arrested and crowds began to disperse after a while.
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say sara sidner has more. >> reporter: you see the trucks behind me, that is the i-55 bridge southbound and northbound. northbound toward st. louis, southbound to morris jackson, mississippi. there's a section of i-55 and the bridge stopped. this is exit 12b. apropos of what's happening, the national civil rights museum is off of the exit. as you know this was the place where martin luther king jr. was assassinated here in memphis, but what you are seeing is what protesters here call resistance. they have been peaceful with their resistance. what we are seeing is people who have on both sides of i-55 just stopped traffic. they have stopped traffic. they're holding signs, justice for tyre. they're holding signs that
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police who murder must be put in prison. they must face justice. you know, the crowd is here. there are emotions that are high, but they have been nothing less than peaceful. they have just stopped the traffic flow. and part of that is because they want people to see that disruption is part of the way they're going to protest because they are feeling pain and they want people to understand how serious they are about all of what they saw on that videotape. you're hearing them chant, something we have heard across the country from "michael brown" to "george floyd" to "freddie gray" "whose streets, our streets." that's what they're chanting. they feel like these are their streets. they're taxpayers too. there's no reason why these five
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officers should have been involved in taking the life of a resident here in memphis. >> some of the former officers accused in the death of tyre nichols were part of a specialized unit in the memphis police department. there have been youing calls now to dissolve it. >> we are asking chief davis to disband this scorpion unit effective immediately. immediately. >> the intent of the scorpion unit has now been constructed. >> layer we'll hear how the scorpion group works and if there'll be changes to it. ahead, an attack in jer um lum and how they're responding. >> plus, buildings catch on fire as russia puckles town in
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israeli police say alt least seven people were killed and more injured. a 21-year-old gunman shot people at close range with a pistol. he later fled the scene and was killed in a shoot-out with police. it happened hours after israelis launched strikes on gaza and a day after israeli forces killed nine palestinians during a raid in the west bank city and it comes as the u.s. is set to come visit since the first time israeli took power. we're just learning about a new incident. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: kim, this happened about 20 minutes ago were the first reports which were conveyed to us by the balance service here in israel. the latest we have is there were two men who were shot in what police are describing at a
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terrorist atachlkt one is a 47-year-old male. one is a 23-year-old male. the ambulance service sads they were fully conscious and had gunshot wounds taken to their upper bodies. they both have been taken to the hospital. of course, this comes hours after that shooting you were referring to in your introduction, kim, in which seven people were shot. three were injured, and they're in hospital. one boy, one man, and a 6-year-old woman are in hospital as a result of that. the police arrested 42 people in response. the attacker himself, a 21-year-old man from east jerusalem was killed, and prime minister benjamin netanyahu who put out a statement last night said certain measures were taken already, but the government's cabinet would be meeting after the end of the jewish sabbath,
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which is around 6:00 p.m. local time, and then it will decide what actions to take. it also in that statement from prime minister netanyahu imploring them not to take matters into their own hands, saying israel has a police force and they're act on the instructions of the cabinet. this would be something that would involve the israeli response. this is the second one last night. one now this morning, israeli time, will no doubt feed into whatever actions the israeli government decides to take. kim? >> take us through what the white house is saying about yesterday's shooting. >> reporter: yes. so in the wake of that attack last night, president joe biden and prime minister benjamin netanyahu had called a read outsaying the president made clear this was an attack against the civilized world. the president stressed the ironclad commitment to israel's
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security and stressed they would remain in team with them. antony blinken is due in israel and the u.s. put out comments in the wake of that attack last night. >> this is absolutely horrific. our thoughts, prayers, and condolences go out to those killed and injured in this heinous act of violence. we condemn this apparent terrorist attack in the strongest terms, our commitment is ironclad and our thoughts are with the israeli people in light of this horrific attack. >> reporter: at the same time u.s. was showing its support for israel, it's urging de-escalation, but i think given what's just happened now in the past few minutes and in last night's shooting that any hope
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for a de-escalation is extremely unlikely. kim? >> thank you so much. elliott gotkine, appreciate it. a barrage of artillery fire coming across the eastern front lines. ukraine says russia has been launched one after another in multiple towns in the donetsk region. at least two people were kill and five others injured on friday. president zelenskyy says there's only one way to stop the russian onslaught. here he is. >> translator: the situation on the front line continues to remain extremely acute. the occupiers are not just destroying our positions but they're methodically destroying the towns around them with artillery, air strikes, missiles. the russian army has no stoppage of lethal means and needs to be
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stopped by force. >> let's start with the east. what's the latest there? >> reporter: as you suggested, one of the tactics russia is using is very intense manpower, wave after wave of infantry battalion going into battle. we're getting some evidence of the toll it's taking on the russian side. we know the ministry is very active. we have satellite imagery that shows a rapidly acen drink used by wagner showing that between november 24th and january 24th, 14 additional rows of graves seem to have appeared there. that gives you the sense of the cost of the wear in terms of the people involved on the russian side. that strategy of taking small towns in the absence of being able to take big population centers like bakhmut continues. we're seeing the russians active
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to the south of bakhmut near the city of donetsk, but also hearing this morning from the local ukrainian government that a smaller town, civilian deaths there, three because of the missile strike by russia that hit civilian buildings. so this continues to be a brutal grinding war, a combination of missile strikes and that ground defensive. we're seeing glimpses of the top of the range of russia's missiles including two hypersonic missiles. these are the types of missiles that ukraine simply cannot shoot down. they do not have the air defense ands to do that. this is why they're calling for the acceleration of patriots that have already been promised and other air defense missiles, this as president zelenskyy
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called for the timelines to be pressured in terms of bringing tanks to the ground defense in the east. >> what more do we know about that timeline because there is that time crunch there as you say? >> reporter: yeah, time is not on ukraine's side, kim . we know work is underway to bring them the tanks with the leopard 2 tanks. they say they're targeting the end of march to get them on the ground in ukraine. the u.s. says it will take longer to get their abrams tanks to the grounds, many months according to a u.s. spokesperson. they did say at the end of last year he expects a russian offensive to begin any time at the end of january through march. they may not be there in time for that, but it's clear these modern tanks will make a difference in that grinding battle in the east, and it's also about the messaging, of
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course, as well, that the west is not only willing to move to the more offensived a modern weapons as well. >> clare sebastian, thanks so much. in new zealand people are missing and have died due to flooding. auckland got 10 inches of rain on friday alone, a stunning quarter of a meter tripled the annual rainfall for all of january. international flights won't resume until sunday after high water forced more than 2,000 people to stay overnight in terminal buildings. various events in the city were canceled including elton john's concert. some fans were wading through the water after the cancellation. the damage was surveyed on saturday and they posted a message on twitter asking people to look out for each other. this is an unprecedented
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situation, be kind, be patient, you'll get through this. the british airline has stopped flying and on the stockmarket. they warned travelers with tickets not to go to the airport. they have been placed with administration and flights won't be canceled. they flew across the uk. the video of memphis police officers shows it took many minutes before help arrived for t tyre nichols. and the matter is now under review, but the nichols family says it has to be disbanded. we'll have that and more when we return. police stay with us.
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we don't see nichols being pulled over for reckless driving, but the first clip is from an officer arriving at the scene. nichols is yanked from the car and forced to the pavement. it's not clear why the officers appear so agitated at this point, but the situation escalates rapidly. a short time later at a nearby location nichols is on the ground badly injured, but no officers appear to render aid, and nearly 30 minutes would pass before an ambulance finally arrived. earlier my colleague michael hoechls spoke about the case with john burris. and here's his reaction to the released videos. >> rodney king was beaten badly. he was handicapped and handcuffed at the time he was being beaten. in this case this is pretty outrageous. you take all the beating he has taken and he was left alone, left alone to die and suffer in
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his own blood, if you will. there's that kind of disconnect in the sense we didn't care about him as a human being. what we did was he ran from us, and when you do run, you pay. that's the motto that this particular unit has, which is a very notorious way of policing and it's one we've made a lot of efforts down through the years to try to prevent. officers should know just because a person runs, that doesn't mean they should catch them and beat them and make them pay and -- >> i guess, you know, his family would argue he only ran because he was being beaten so badly after the initial traffic stop. lawyers for some of those cops, you know, i couple i heard say their client didn't physically take part in the beating. to you as an attorney and your involvement in the rodney king case s that a defense? how damning is just being there and not stepping in in. >> no.
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you have a duty to intervene. when you see that officers are violating someone's constitutional rights, that is, they're using force that's unnecessary, unwarranted. they're not in physical harm's way, and that officer is there, he has to pull them back and stop it. if they don't. they, in fact, are responsible as well for failure to intervene as well as failure to provide medical assistance. records show that he's sitting there almost 25, 30 minutes after being beaten and the officers are walking around almost like they're planning their defense talking about he's pulling a gun and they're saying they couldn't get his hands together. so there was a lack of concern for him as a human being and it's tragic. >> absolutely. i want to go back to -- you go
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back to the rodney king beating, and here we are all this time later talking about a similarly brutal beating. what is fundamentally wrong structurally within policing that these awful incidents keep on happening? >> it can be a question of accountability, that every department develops its own culture. some of that culture involves people using excessive force and not being held accountable like in this particular case. there's a sense that these officers must have not felt they were going to be held accountable because they knew they were being video cammed, they had body cam, street cams. they undoubtedly felt there wouldn't be any accountability. the lack of accountability that holds officers accountable that you can create this atmosphere
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and you can do these kinds of things and get away with it. >> at this point we don't know what he died of, but medical experts say he probably died of internal injuries from blunt force trauma. dr. gupta tells us more. >> it's horrific to watch even as a trauma neurosurgeon myself. i never see anything quite like that. you often see patients brought into the hospital, but you don't see that horrific beating he took over those several minutes. when you look at this sort of thing, there's obviously so many different injuries he could have sustained at the time. i think one of the arias people pay a lot of attention to is all the blows he took to his head and to his face. he was restained at one point, taking fist to the face and he was being kicked to the face when he was on the ground. what can happen sometimes is the brain is the one organ in the body that when it's starting to swell, it really has no place to
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go because it's encased by the skull. every other organ in the body can swell a little more easily. brain swelling can start to take place and one can start to lapse in and out of consciousness as seemed to be happening with mr. nichols. i watched the videos alongside medical examiners from around the country, and that was the area that they really pointed to was these blows to the head. but it's also worth noting that he's a pretty skinny guy from what we understand, and there were kicks to the body torsion the torso, to the chest as well, and any of those organs may have actually sustained damage and started bleeding as well. he could have been suffering from internal bleeding at the time all this was happening. and that brings us to the next point, which i think is critically important. when you look at sort of the timeline of what was happening there, it was around 8:33 or so, 8:34, when you see this last kick that he sustains, and then
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he is handcuffed and dragged over to the car. and then it's eight minutes later before we see ems even arrive. but it's not until around 9:02. so 20 minutes after that. 21 minutes after that, almost half an hour in total before you see a gurney arrive. so you have a critically ill man who's lying on the sidewalk, sustained all these injuries. hard to say the extent of the injuries or even how serious they are at this point. what's most serious is difficult to ascertain, and it's a full half hour before he's really assessed. you hear at various times it's going to take a while for the ambulance to get there and that's obviously very problematic. he needed to be in the hospital. whether or not it would have made a difference ultimately, that's hard to say, and we'll get more information probably in the coming few days as to exactly what caused his death. we don't have a firm cause of death from the medical examiner, but watching that video, looking
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at that time line, you can really get a sense of what happened to him and what happened to him in the days that followed. >> as we just saw the beating of tyre nichols, the video shows officers standing around after that. joe jackson spoke with our erin burnett about what he noticed from the video. here he is. >> i see no interpersonal communication at all, no immediacy of threat to the officers that they would respond. i see no proportionality with respect to the hitting, punching, hitting, kicking, using everything they use, and finally i see, summing that all up, erin, i see no reas reason reasonableness. you ask about milling around and what do they do. you have a duty to act, to intervene. that did not happen. it's problematic, troubling, and criminal, and that's why it's being prosecuted to the degree
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and the expediency in which it is. >> some of the former memphis police officers accused in tyre nichols' death were part of a specialized unit called scorpion. officials tell cnn that unit has been suspended and is under review along with all specialized police units. we have more on the launch. >> reporter: a dramatic call from tyre nichols' family that some of the officers accused in inco nichols alzheimer's death. >> we're asking chief davis to disband this scorpion group immediately. the intent of the scorpion unit has now been corrupted. >> reporter: skorpcorpion is a
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specialized unit of the chief in the fall of 2021 with a promo video accompanying its launch. they needed a unit to address a surge of violent crimes in memphis. >> this is one of three teams whose primary responsibility is to reduce gun violence, to be vizzible in communities, and to also impact the rise in the community. >> reporter: chief davis said the scorpion unit at least successfully had great success. the mayor's office also skorted scorpion's early success saying between its inception in theful of 2021 to january of 2022, the unit made 550 arrests, seized
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vehicles and weapons and over $500,000 in cash, but in its brief lifetime there's a history of tension between the scorpion officers and the community. attorneys for tyre's family says the unit goes around in unmarked cars and is sometimes unnecessarily aggressive. family attorney ben crump laid one account that a local man described to media outlets with his contact with the scorpion unit. >> there's a brother who says four to five days before this happened to tyre that same scorpion unit confronted him while he was in his car going to get pizza, and he said they used all kind of profanity against him, they threw him on the ground, talking about where the drugs, where the weapons. >> reporter: and the officers pointed a gun at the man's head. cnn has reached out to the
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police for a response. we haven't heard back. >> generally speaking when we have an enforcement driven unit, these units have a greater propensity to rack up complaints against them based on force. so i believe we had a failure in supervision and there was no appropriate oversight to ensure that these officers were doing what they were supposed to do. >> reporter: again t memphis police has not responded. memphis police tell cnn that unit and all other specialized units of the defendant will undergo a review and that the scorpion unit is, quote, inactivated during the review process. brian todd, cnn, washington. president joe biden who spoke with nichols' family on friday had this reaction after he saw the footage of the deadly beating. he said, quote, like so many i was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the
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beating that resulted in tyre nichols alzheimer's death. i meanwhile vice president kamala harris put out this statement, quote, tyre nichols should have made it home to his family. yet once again americans face the loss of a man and father. it will be forever seared in our memories and they open wounds that will never heal. this must end now. all right. there's still more to come here on cnn including disturbing newly released recordings of the attack on the husband of former u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi and an embarrassinged a mig from the former vice president, the discovery of more classified documents puts a spotlight on how america handles top-secret
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speaker say she has no plans to watch the attack on her husband. the video and audio reveal a brutal attack, and we have to warn you some of the images are disturbing. cnn correspondent nick watt has more. >> reporter: 2:31 a.m., october 28th, sfpd officers arrive at the pelosi home. >> what's going on, man. >> everything's good. hi. >> drop the hammer. >> nope. >> hey, hey, hey. >> what is going on? >> i think he dropped the hammer. so i basically began to move away from him. >> reporter: the suspect had allegedly broken in about a half
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hour before. >> i'm actually surprised by him. >> reporter: he woke pelosi with the words "where's nancy?" >> he was going to hold her hostage and talk to her and tell her what to do. >> reporter: nancy pelosi was not home. paul pelosi made it to the bathroom, dialed 911. >> i'm a friend of theirs. >> he says he's a friend. >> but you don't know who he is? >> no, ma'am. >> okay. >> he's telling me i'm being -- >> do you want me to stay on the phone to make sure everything's okay? >> no. he wants me to get off the phone. >> i can't be stopped by him.
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if i have to go through him, i will. >> reporter: he wanted nancy pelosi to stand down as the leader in the house. >> as you know, there was a release of some information. i have not heard the 911 call. i have not heard the confession. i have not seen the break-in, and i have absolutely no intention. >> reporter: both prosecution and defense propose the release arguing it could deny david depape's right to a fair trial and these days images can so easily be manipulated and then spread. given the widespread misinformation and conspiracy theories disseminated by mainstream and fringe media around this case already, wrote san francisco's da, this videoed my become a vehicle for improper
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act actions. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: david depape faces a slew of charges including attempted murder. paul pelosi's skull was fractured in that attack. depape pleads not guilty. as to whether police did anything to him, he said they and other democrats have done something to then tire public. he calls it an endless crime spree, a whole four years until they were able to finally steal the election. it's obviously a baseless claim. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. a january 6th rioter who assaulted a capitol hill police officer with pepper spray has been sentenced to more than 6 1/2 years in prison.
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he pleaded guilty to two accounts. he'll spend 80 months behind bars, pay $10,000 in fine and another $2,000 in restitution. brian sicknick died a day after suffering several strokes. authorities determined he died of natural causes but everything that happened during the riot played a role. vice president mike pence is taking responsibility for classified documents being found at his hope. they were discovered when pence decided to review his own personal records after it was revealed president biden had his own unsecured documents. he spoke on friday. here he is. >> let me be clear. those classified documents should not have been at my personal residence. mistakes were made, and i take full responsibility. >> this is the third number of
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classified documents. protests erupted across the u.s. friday after the release of body cam video showing the death of tyre nichols in memphis. we'll have the latest after the break. (clinking) join me in the finish 24 hour challenge. start by cooking a lasagna. load your dishes. 24 hours later, when your dishwasher r is full, let finish quantum clean your dishes. if the stains aren't gone, your lasagna is on finish. ( ♪ ) now adt professionally installs google nest products... cool. you're all set. so your home is safe and smart. we're gunna miss you. you can check in on your home. m the system, we should go. nage your system from virtually anywhere. (thump) (scream) and get intelligent alerts, like when a package has arrived. - bye. have a good night. -boo! when the most trusted name in home security adds the intelligence of google,
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we're turning to our top story, the death of tyre nichols at the hands of memphis police and the demonstrations that followed. peaceful protests were held in cities across the country friday to honor nichols and his family. [ chanting ] >> in memphis where the beating took place, demonstrators stopped traffic on a major interstate. police say no one was arrested. friday evening the city of memphis released graphic police body cam and surveillance video from the altercation, which showed officers strike nichols multiple times. five officers involved have been dismissed from their jobs and are facing murder charges. before the video was released,
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nichols' mother spoke with cnn about the officers. >> they have brought shame to their own families. they brought shame to the black community. i just feel sorry -- i feel sorry for them. and god is not going to let any of his children's names go in vain, so when this is all over, there's going to be some good and some positive because my son was a good and positive person. >> tyre nichols' death has been especially shocking for the city of memphis where it happened. an emotional interview. the chairman of the city council told cnn his death has led to lasting change and accountability. have a look. >> we have to build a better
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memphis. we've got to build a better memphis for mr. nichols. we have to let his legacy, his sacrifice, the sakkcrifice that this mother would not have her son anymore, we cannot let this go unaddressed. we cannot let this go unaddressed. so, you know, i hope that -- well, i'm sure my colleague will stand with me. we're going to have to have tough conversations. people want to say these were black officers on a black man, but i go back to some words that i said previously. it's the culture of policing that says that when you have a
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black man, we can treat him any type of way. we have to change the culture of police and hold people accountable. >> and we'll have much more on this story in the hour ahead where i'll be speaking with two former police officers about the need for police reform in the wake of tyre nichols' killing. >> before we go, the nba grizzlies held a moment of silence friday night in memory of tyre nichols. grizzlies' head coach jenkins says it's heartbreaking. here he is. >> our team understands the city is hurting. the nichols and wells family is hurting. the loss of tyre nichols has hit us hard. it's tough not being home, being on the road. i wish i could extend my arms through this camera to the family. they're going through a lot. i heard mrs. well talk with so
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much strength and positivity and love. it was powerful. it's evoked a lot of emotions. i cried. >> the national basketball association tweeted out a statement saying in part, the images of tyre nichols life needlessly cut short are horrifying. the nba family remains committed to partnering with advocacy and lawmakers. its thoughts are with the family and friends of mr. nichols, the entire memphis community, and those affected by the these tragic images and loss. all right. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. i'll be back in just a moment with more news. please do stay with us. a must in your medicine cabinet! less sick days! cold coming on? zicam is the number one cold shortening brand! highly recommend it! zifans love zicam's unique zinc formula. it shortens colds! zicam. zinc that cold!
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now cell phone users have priority over us. and your marriage survived that? you can almost feel the drag when people walk by with their phones. oh i can't hear you... you're froze-- ladies, please! you put it on airplane mode when you pass our house. i was trying to work. we're workin' it too. yeah! work it girl! woo! i want to hear you say it out loud. well, i could switch us to xfinity. those smiles. that's why i do what i do. that and the paycheck.
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. hello, and welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> tyre nichols. >> tyre nichols. >> shock, outrage and protests across the u.s. after surveillance video shows how memphis police officers brutally beat a 29-year-old man who died from his injuries. and another video we're just seeing. the moment when the husband of former house speaker nancy pelosi is attacked by a home intruder. and there's been another shooting in jerusalem following a deadly attack at a synagogue. we'll go live for the latest. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn nm"

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