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it's over. it is over. and the kansas city chiefs have won it. >> whoo! >> it's my hometown! >> okay. so i was really torn about this one. you know why, right? i love mahomes. and joe burrow. i like both of them. i was really torn. i just kept rewatching it and rewatching. we're not talking about the vikings. >> i know. >> are you a mind reader this morning? >> how long have i known you? >> patrick mahomes did that on one good ankle is incredible. >> did you see him hopping around. >> he had that high ankle sprain eight days ago. amazing he played that well. >> we're on tv right now. >> good morning. >> good morning, everyone. for the first time in super bowl history, two black quarterbacks will lead their teams in the big game. so who's the favorite and who's the underdog? we're going to have much more on this story. we'll have that in just a moment.

>> also, taking a turn here, new questions this morning in memphis. will the death of tyre nichols lead to actual federal nationwide police reform? that is a huge question this week. this as memphis shuts down the scorpion street crimes unit. also this -- >> and i ran over to maggie -- actually, i think i tried to turn paul over first zblfrment remarkable video as we're heerg what alec murdoch told prosecutors. something in particular that investigators noticed that raised their suspicions. >> just in case you were wondering what we're talking about, come on. you know. it's official. the super bowl lvii matchup is set. philadelphia versus kansas city. this is the first time in super bowl history there will be two

black starting quarterbacks. empire state building up lit up to congratulate both teams. but that was problem for some fans. people were a little upset about that in new york. we'll ask mayor adams about that. overjoyed eagles fans filling the streets of philadelphia and filling the streets of philadelphia as well, celebrating victory. some were even spotted climbing poles. the city greased up ahead of time. yes, that has to happen in philadelphia. i used to live there. corey wire joining us this morning. you can attest to. that good morning to you, coy. this is very interesting. we have two black starting quarterbacks. brothers facing off for the first time in history. this will be an interesting matchup. >> hurts and mahomes. quintessential leaders. b both m both mental fortitude. travis kelce facing jason kelsey

for the eagles. first brothers to ever face off in the super bowl. it will play out in 13 days in glendale, arizona. eagles versus chiefs. >> with a trip to the super bowl on the line -- >> placement is down. kick up is. the kick high. in the air. and it is good! good! good! >> a nail biter in the afc championship. the chiefs who beat the bengals in a revenge rematch of last season's overtime afc title game during a frigid night in arrow head stadium, the bad blood between the these two teams boiling over to the very end. chiefs star quarterback patrick mahomes scrambling for field position on an injured ankle in the final seconds took a late hit out of bounds by the bengals. flags fly. the penalty putting the chiefs in range for butger's game winning football gold. kansas city heads to the super bowl for the third time in three

years and threw a little shade during the postgame situations. >> burrow -- [ inaudible ] >> i don't think we have any cigars. we'll be ready to go tow super bowl. >> representing the nfc, it's a philly thing. a phrase coined by star quarterback jalen hurts. the eagles annihilating the 49ers who were riding a 12 game win streak. san francisco's third string quarterback and rookie sensation brock purdy getting injured early. then fourth stringer josh johnson leaving with injury too. they didn't stand a chance. second year philadelphia head coach was effusive in praise f his team's dominating performance. >> this is something we dream about. we did it better than anybody in the nfc this year. that is pretty special. fans were awesome. atmosphere was unbelievable. >> meanwhile, jalen hurts has gone from being benched at alabama in the 2018 college football national championship game to transferring to oklahoma. he says he uses the pain to

strengthen him. he's now a pro bowler in his third nfl season leading his team to the super bowl. >> i've been through a lot personally. but i want to steer it in the direction of how good this team has been and playing together to have this opportunity in front of us, you know, i want to take advantage of it. the atmosphere tonight was amazing. the fans showed up. the energy, all of it. so bring that to the ac. >> the eagles won five years ago and chiefs two. we'll have rihanna doing the halftime show. chris stapleton is singing the national anthem. we'll be there all week. who do you cheer for if your mom and dad for the kelce brothers. >> he is talking about jalen hurts and mahomes? >>, no the other brothers. >> brothers versus brothers.

>> that's right. >> for jalen hurts to have this moment. he was so selfless. he said this is not about me. this is about the city. it was such a lovely moment. >> yeah. you know, being from -- >> sorry, go on. >> being from alabama, she knows how selfless he is. essentially he lost his starting job to tua tagovailoa. >> when the sixers won and lost, you know and the eagles and batteries. >> who do you want? are you eagles now? >> no. >> i'm for patrick mahomes. >> jalen hurts, obviously. >> thanks, coy. >> you got it. >> thank you very much. let's turn now to memphis. change is already happening after the savage and deadly police beating of tyre nichols. america has now seen the video. we have heard tyre nichols

calling out for his mother. and now the memphis police department is permanently shutting down the scorpion street crime unit. the five police officers charged with murdering tyre nichols were all members of that unit. it was designed and created a few years ago to crack down on high crime neighborhoods. >> tyre nichols! tyre nichols! tyre nichols! tyre nichols! tyre nichols! tyre nichols! >> no justice! >> no peace! >> those are growing calls for police reform not just in memphis but true nationwide federal changes. we have been in memphis. we were there with don throughout this covering. she is covering this from the start. not only is that unit disbanded and questions obviously about how those -- the whole picture of that. but also memphis police coming under scrutiny for how they put

out that initial statement of what happened on january 7 versus what they said this weekend. >> that's right. and that scorpion unit is a street crimes unit to restore peace in our neighborhoods unit. it was created by the chief who now has disbanded it. it's only been around a year and change. and it was because crime was rising and they wanted to do something wholistic. but when you look at the report that the public got initially, it was very different than what we all saw on video. >> very. >> we have seen this time and time and time again. these cameras are starting to -- the cameras are capturing the truth. we're not getting the truth often when you see the initial reports. >> police body camera and surveillance video are bringing into question the initial statement made by the memphis

police department regarding the brutal arrest and death of tyre nichols. the initial statement writes that officers attempted to make a traffic stop for reckless driving. further writing, as officers approach the driver of the vehicle, a confrontation occurred. as seen in the police body camera video, nichols was actually pulled out of the car and thrown to the ground. tased and beaten. the statement said that nichols fled the scene on foot and officers pursued the suspect and attempted to take him into custody while taementing to take the suspect into custody, another confrontation occurred. that second confrontation includes officers spraying him with pepper spray and punching and kicking him repeatedly. >> i have more and more doubts that there was any issue of reckless driving whatsoever. i think it was a narrative. it was a justification for the stop. just as they pleaded on some of

the video that you saw in the second encounter that they were saying, did you see him reach for my gun? that never happened. those are all excuses. those are all lame defenses. and just a reason for what they did which is now as we know has no basis at all. >> according to the memphis police, the suspects complained of having shortness of breath at which time an ambulance was called. video shows nichols propped up against a police car clearly in distress while the officers stand around chatting with each other. medics arrive but it is not until 25 minutes after nichols is subdued that an ambulance arrives on the scene. this is certainly not the first time that videos and evidence contradict initial police accounts that favor the officers involved. in the case of george floyd, the minneapolis police said floyd appeared to be suffering medical

distress. when in reality, video evidence showed officer derek chauvin kneeling on floyd's neck. in the case of breonna taylor, the initial statement from louisville police said she had no injuries, even though six shots struck her when police enter her home using a battery round to execute a search report. >> you see that time and again. it makes you -- these are the big cases that the nation has learned about. the problem is you see those inconsistencies. and you wonder about all the other times when there have been -- there have been cases that perhaps got some attention or those that got no attention. what was the truth? it is always been assumed on the public's part that the police were telling the truth. and now we have proof that they haven't been initially in some of the statements.

>> look when we were covering george floyd, if you look at the initial statement and you would say, wait, are we talking about the same thing? >> yeah. >> and -- >> and we weren't. >> and what that speaks to a little bit is something that i think attorneys would say would be consciousness of guilt. if the officers are giving this information and it is so different from what actually happened, you have to wonder if they're trying to suppress the true information knowing that something was wrong. >> even in the beginning when we were watching the videotape, you listen to the officers at the scene, on the scene there. they were sort of making it up as they go along. hey, man, did you see what he did? he did this and they tried to -- they were coming up with a scenario. >> as a potential pretext. >> and they put it in the report. >> i think part of it wasn't just the report. sometimes when, you know, you get a bunch of people together, they start making excuses for why they are treating a human being like this. dehumanizing seemed to have

happened. if you listen to the audio, it is blaming him for every single thing that happened. and, so you know, it's disturbing and i don't think it will ever leave anyone's mind. >> definitely won't. great reporting. thank you for that. also coming up this morning, alex murdauch to being. what made investigators suspicious. my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plusus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to h help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger. that performance was legendary.y. they just piled it on. roast beef, ham, oven roasted turkey. all on the subway club. three peat - thas great. three meat - that's epic. the subwayeries. the greatest menu of all time. every day, millis of things need to get to where they're gng. and at chevron, we're working to help reduce

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>> the alex murdaugh double murder trial is under way. on friday, alex murdaugh appeared to be overcome with emotion in an interview he gave to police the night his wife and son were murdered. the video was never seen before by the public. listen to him describing the crime scene that night. >> it was really bad. my boy over there. i could see it was -- >> i'm sorry. >> and i could see his brain. >> had y'all been having any problems out here? trespassers? >> what comes to my mind is my son, paul, was in a boat wreck a

couple years ago. there's been a lot of negative publicity about that. there's been a lot of people online just really vile stuff. >> joining us now is the criminal defense attorney and formerly a prosecutor. great to have you, mark. >> good morning. >> the boat wreck is where paul drove that boat drunk and in that crash -- and crashed it and killed was a 19-year-old friend of his, mallory beech. can you explain why prosecution would present this video and as a defense attorney, what do you make of it? >> well, you know, i would be concerned if i looked at that as my client. it just comes across to me as a bit pretense. he does break down although you don't see any tears. all of a sudden, what i noticed was he breaks down, talking about his son and then immediately is very rational. he's very explanatory.

here's an idea. and it's a number of things concerning to me. >> so what would you do if you're his lead defense counsel? what do you do? >> well, his lawyer was in the car with him. i'm not sure that i would have allowed that video to happen. that's too late. now all he can do is say people grieve the way people grieve. he gave a statement. he didn't have to. and he tried to give up any explanation he could in response to the officer's questions. and try to minimize what most people will think was a more appropriate reaction to a man just having witnessed the murder of his son and wife. which would seem to devastate people much more than he seemed to be. >> i wonder if you were struck by something that i was struck by which is that, again, lead defense counsel basically got the sheriff's deputies on the stand to admit that crime scene may have been inadvertently tampered with by driving over

certain tracks, by not sort of fencing them off right away with crime scene tape. listen to this exchange with one of them on the stand. >> so if somebody had come in and left, who committed the murders, whatever tire tracks on the left were obliterated by your men? is that right? >> it is possible. >> it's possible. when you talk about murder, it's beyond a reasonable doubt. was that a successful line of questioning? >> i think it was very successful. it is fairly standard. you know, talking, there is no perfect crime scene. i could rip apart what any officer z the idea of doing just that, you didn't wear booties, drove over, you didn't put a drone up in the sky immediately, you didn't canvas the whole neighborhood within the first five minutes. all of that can be seen to be reasonable doubt. but the real question is whether or not a jury has this feel that the defense is almost trying too

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the white house there is going to arrive in tel aviv this morning. deadly violence is soaring in the middle east. at a west bank refugee camp, nine palestinians were fatally shot and in a jerusalem synagogue where seven israelis were killed on friday. moments ago, secretary blinken had this message amid the spike in violence that put the whole region on edge. >> there is no question that this is a very difficult moment.

as you heard, very clearly condemnation from the united states of the terrorist attacks, the president, the vice president, myself. and we deplore overall the loss of innocent civilian life. >> cnn's nick robinson is live in jerusalem. this is a big trip for blinken coming at a really sensitive time in the area. >> yeah. and there's a real hope he might be able to tamp down the tensions. but there are underlying political issues that put these -- the israelis and palestinians in this position. its not clear they'll be able to address. that past year is one of the deadliest for palestinians and israelis for more than a decade. the past month, the deadliest for a long time, more than 30 palestinians and israelis killed. it will be a very challenging time for the secretary here.

>> reporter: in recent days, bloodshed and killings of both israelis and palestinians spiking. tensions between the two rising. >> what we see right now in terms of confrontation of escalation will look like kids play compared to what could happen next. >> we don't know if this is the beginning of the cycle. in this part of the world, cycles begin and end without you knowing it. >> reporter: a familiar cycle and a problem for u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken arriving during the mideast trip this week. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his far right coalition have already responded to the palestinian violence. having the home of a palestinian gunman who murdered seven israelis friday sealed. also with collective punishment.

threatening to revoke residency rights of attackers families and strengthening settlements, itself already a condition of netanyahu's far right political partners. >> blinken's message to netanyahu who also faces strong israeli opposition to many of his coalition policies will be to deescalate tensions with the palestinians. >> whatever he gets is a promise from netanyahu. i don't know if netanyahu will be able to deliver domestically. >> why not? >> because his government isn't interested in it. they're not interested in calming things down. they were elected on plate form of we will have an iron fist, a strong response to violence to terrorism. >> reporter: by the time secretary blinken gets here to the west bank, he'll have had several meetings with israeli leaders. his likely message for palestinian officials will be restart security cooperation

with israel. suspended during the recent spike in violence. after years of feeling neglected by the white house, hopes here of dekaesescalation are at a lo ebb. palestinian authority losing control of the streets. >> this is humiliating and ineffective. the p ax a is losing control an losing face. >> if you have the issue of con n contakenment going to produce in the backlash. >> the message will be health. it's going to be an sos. this ship is sinking. >> reporter: expectations on all sides low. the need for help, high. and what could that help look like for both sides? it comes in the form of international pressure and nobody better than the secretary of state to be delivering that. at home, prime minister

netanyahu does have that strong opposition on the streets. but his coalition is still strong. it is still powerful. so whatever he is from secretary blinken, he is either going to be in a very firm position -- firm footing at home politically. >> we'll see what that message looks like when he arrives there. thank you for that report. so let's talk about this disturbing story now. the justice department announcing new arrests in what they say is a plot directed by iran to kill a journalist in new york. the indictment says the three men are members of an eastern european criminal organization with ties to iran. one of the men had been arrested over the summer in a brooklyn neighborhood where she lives. police found a load add sault r -- loaded assault rifle in the back of his car. he planned to lure her out of her home and then kill her. charges were announced friday

when a deputy attorney said this -- >> this case began with our investigation of iran's efforts to protect power and to extend the tentacles of oppression to american shores to the targeting after 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. the charges unsealed today show how organized crime in pursuit of profits and operating from a rogue nation can pose a grave threat to our national security and to the freedoms we hold dear. >> you can see it right here. there is the reporter. the target of that alleged plot. journalist and activist. good morning. >> i'm alive. >> that's what i was going to ask you. how are you doing? >> not easy. i'm doing well. the reason they came after me,

i'm very hopeful for the energy. i'm not going to give up. >> you found out on friday just before this press conference, right? >> yeah. i was on my way to go to washington, d.c. i had some meetings. and i got a phone call from the fbi. they stopped me from traveling there. then they invite md hed me to t headquarters in new york. 12 members of the leadership were there. they gave me the details of the assassination plot. imagine you go there and they give you all the details of how three men were planning to kill you. i felt like, wow. i had been given a second life. i could have been killed. i cannot even believe that i'm using this word. i could have been killed if i had opened the door in brooklyn. >> i don't mean to discredit -- you've been given a second and third. this is not the first time. >> that's true. >> and reading through that indictment, i mean, one man what w. an ak-47 outside of your home. another saying this is going to happen today. this will be over today.

and it will be a birthday present for me. and yet, what i think we're all struck by your courage is because it's an effort to silence you and yet your voice only become louder and more prominent. >> definitely. look, i want to be very honest with you. the details were really scary. but what scares me that this is happening right now in iran. i mean these criminals were hired by the islamic republic. they were part of criminal organization from istanbul. you see the islamic republic itself is a criminal organization. and killing innocent protesters inside iran, killing teenagers every single day. i'm very thankful to the u.s. government that they protect me. but it is scary. that it has been twice that the islamic republic trying to challenge u.s. authorities on

u.s. soil by sending assassins to kill me. and if nothing happened, they do -- they don't he see any punishment. there is no reason for the iranian government to send more killers on u.s. soil. >> and the law group that they're part of, i looked through the indictment. it suggests that there is a connection. but it doesn't say explicitly that iranian officials are behind this. >> it's sad. if you listen to the head of the fbi, the attorney general, they both said that this is from the islamic republic, the government. but they don't mention about the organization. we iranians know the best. that this is all coming from revolutionary guards. revolutionary guards which is on the terrorist list by the u.s. government which clearly should be in the terrorist list of all the european countries are behind all these assassination plots. look, in 40 years, there are more than 500 people got

assassinated or kidnapped on u.s. soil and european countries. >> so many questions. >> i know. >> it sounds like you're speaking directly to authorities. you are spig to biden right now? >> many people ask me what are you going to say to the iranian regime and the government? my message to the government is clear. i don't want to talk to them. i want to see them on international court. i want to see them accountable. who can do this? president biden. i want to talk to president biden. i want to meet you in person. i mean, i have been a second life in united states of america and i deserve to meet you. to thank the law enforcement and to call on you. they can do a lot. president biden can announce iran policy. we cannot see one day the sanctions that the iranian clerics and next day they go and

negotiate with the same clerics. i want them to convince the eu to designate the revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization. >> how do you live this way? >> not easy. my life is up side down. i have to watch my shoulder. my stepchildren, my husband, my friends and family, they're all worried about my life pt . but as you hear me, i'm not scared for my life. >> we can't talk about this in a vacuum. we have to talk about it in a moment that exists right no you in iran. you have talked a lot about who your heroes are. the women in iran right now. >> right now. i just put it here. i want to talk about them. i always use my mobile, like my weapon to show you that the reason i'm the target is because i'm giving voice to these women. look. they're being shot in their eyes for demanding freedom, equality, dignity. these are the values that we share in america. america is all about freedom of expression. and america is always about, you know, freedom of speech.

and that's why i came to the united states of america and i deserve to have, you know, safety and security to give voice to these people. >> we're so glad you do. and we're so glad you came back to cnn this morning. thank you. >> thank you so much for not abandoning your audience. >> take care of yourself. >> ahead, why a top u.s. air force official is predicting war with china in a few years. >> also this, one actress's oscar nomination has the academy reviewing the procedures. our journalist is here to discuss.

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stop me? >> tell me i'm good. >> so an interesting controversy coming out of hollywood. is it oscar worthy this performance? or reason for an award show scandal? a week after oscar nominations were announced, variety is reporting that the academy of motion picture arts and sciences is, quote, conducting a review of the campaign procedures around this year's nominee. it stems from andrea riceborough's best actress nomination where the film "to leslie" which shows the story of an chalcoholic single mom that struggles to get her life back. only made about $27,000 at the box office. but riceborough coins the ranks of kate blanket, michelle williams in this best actress category, or best leading actress category. so here is our journalist now.

>> okay. good morning. >> good morning. >> good to see you. so here's the thing. isn't it sort of, you're supposed to campaign the academy and work your sources and get the nomination. so what is different and controversy about this? >> so i first -- i don't want to slam andrea at all. i thought her performance in this movie is fantastic. but this is to slam the academy. when you're an institution shrouded in all of the secrecy, all the awards that come it from feel tainted f you throw that picture up of who is campaigning for her, what does it look like? you don't see people of color. when you look at who is the nominated for best actress, aside from michelle wu, you don't see people of color. what i have a problem is she did a movie that hardly anyone saw. there are over 10,000 members in

the academy. if all of them went to the movie, maybe, maybe then the box office would be higher. so a movie that no one saw, right? it's like a tree falling in a forest. and when you start judging art and say this is better than this, already you are corrupting -- this is not athletics where there is a winner and loser and trying to judge art. no one saw this film. she played -- it is based on accounts of a true story. >> so are others. >> yeah. >> and till. >> who were not nominated. and with movies people actually saw. so i do -- i have a serious problem with the way the academy conducts its business. person formance should stand by itself. but, yeah, that was campaigning. >> we went and looked at the rules. about what are the rules? the lobbying rule is you cannot contact academy members directly and in a manner outside of the scope of the rules to promote a

fillso fillsome -- film is forbidden. >> they nominated her why. k kate winslet said i want to support her. >> i'm not going to call them liars. edgar norton, nominated several times. kate winslet, nominations and winner. you remove jennifer aniston much everyone in that picture has been nominated for an oscar or won one. and all of a sudden, they just spontaneously decided to speak on andrea's behalf? again this is the academy. this is why the academy loves us talk bigt. we talk about the controversies more than we talk about the actual show. if you think about the last couple of oscars, it's more bts controversy than it has been who actually won. >> i don't feel like you answered the question though. >> okay. >> it's not out of the ordinary for people to campaign.

it's not out of the ordinary for indy films, independent film foz people to campaign or to even win. the question is she actually doing something wrong. are people just not happy that they feel that bigger actressors minority actresses should be nominated? >> they don't campaign like. this you may have the studio say for your consideration n los angeles you see billboards all over town that say for your consideration, please consider x amount movie and actress, et cetera. you do not see an oscar winning actress do a q&a with the actress to give her a bigger push. you don't see oscar winning actresses go on the record and say she should be nominated. it's one thing to campaign and everyone do a wink-wink and nod-nod. this was so -- this was so obvious that it offends. that is my only point.

if there's a rule for it, let there be a rule for it. >> thank you so much. we'll wait to see what happens and what it looks like. >> i'm going to watch it now. >> if you can find it. if you can find it. if you can find it in the theater -- >> yeah. >> all right. thank you so much. up next, what does it take to board the first rocket headed to the moon in more than 50 years? we have a cnn exclusive on the secretive process of picking the astronauts for nasa's next historic mission. this valentine's day, give the gift of shine. ♪ ♪ at zales, the diamond store.

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cnn has an exclusive inside look at the secret selection process. we were unable to wid will down a list of possible candidates who may be going. kristen fisher joins us now. i know i'm not on this list. tell us why is this such a secretive process? >> there is no good way to do it. they have already become the best of the best. they already beaten out thousands of other applicants. they have flown in space. these are people at the proim prime of their careers. the top of the game. they're also competing for six seats on the crew. now we believe that crew is going to be announced sometime this spring. and, you know, one of the big decisions for a program this important, a program that, you know, has so many close ties to

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