can watch the cute pair grow up together and not just on the social media videos. >> even ♪ tonight a nation reckons with a brutal police beating. protests in memphis and other american cities. the demonstrations mostly peaceful as videos show what happened to tyre nichols. >> i didn't do anything skplam. >> from the traffic stop to the deadly display of force and the long wait for medical help. >> there are protests and new questions about the former police unit involved in the killing of tyre nichols. also tonight, flashpoint memphis. the city finds itself at the center of america's policing debate. >> i'm jeff beggase in memphis where the police department is in crisis after they released

that video. the fallout from police departments across the country. in the middle east, bloodshed. a 13-year-old palestinian gunman opens fire in jerusalem. one day after a deadly synagogue shooting. >> plus, former president trump hits the trail looking ahead to 2024. while embattled congressman george santos dives into work, putting off questions about his past. and later, a new find from ancient times. how a mummy unearthed in egypt may be the oldest ever discovered. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from chicago with adriana diaz. >> good evening. there is breaking news from memphis. today the city's police department said it would shut down the crime fighting unit that included officers charged in the death of tyre nichols. the so-called s.c.o.r.p.i.a.n.

unit had a reputation for using aggressive tactics. those officers now fired, face second-degree murder and other charges in the death of the 29-year-old following his violent arrest earlier this month. today people in memphis turned out to demonstrate after videos were released showing nichols anguished as officers hit him with a baton and repeatedly punched, kicked and pepper-sprayed him. in a tweet today, former president barack obama described those actions as vicious and unjustified and a painful reminder how far america still has to go in fixing how we police our streets. cbs's elise preston is in memphis tonight and leads us off. good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, adriana. there are still a few protesters here. the weather has largely stopped people from coming out. we have to warn you. some of this footage is disturbing. >> i didn't do anything! >> reporter: pain and protests

over video showing memphis police officers beating tyre nichols. the police chief told cbs's jeff pegues she questioned the reason officers gave for pulling him over in the first place. alleged reckless driving. >> it's puzzling for me that i don't have information that i need to at least understand what started this. >> reporter: today jay hard way is demanding more transparency from the police chief about the s.c.o.r.p.i.a.n. unit the officers were a part of. >> who decided that we needed a s.c.o.r.p.i.a.n. unit with that kind of leeway? with just a wild, wild west attitude. >> reporter: the police chief says the s.c.o.r.p.i.a.n. unit had three teams of about a few dozen street officers who targeted violent offenders in high-crime areas. today the memphis police department announced it's now

de deactivated the unit. memphis police say other officers are also under investigation. two shelby county deputies have been relieved of duty without pay while their con duct is investigated. the same with two employees. nichols' family says anyone on scene that night should be charged with something. >> there were other officers that you saw and they did nothing to help. >> exactly. >> reporter: do you want those officers to be charged as well? >> yes, i do. you saw them all walking around while my son was on the ground, you know. that's a dereliction of duty. >> reporter: nichols, a 29-year-old father and fedex worker, died in the hospital three days after the violent beating. the release of the video brought hundreds of memphis protesters out to streets friday night. many marched i-55 and for hours blocked the bridge connecting memphis to arkansas. protesters were out again today.

>> i care about the city and i care about the people here. this should never happen to anybody again. >> reporter: elise, thank you for your tireless reporting there. >> today some democratic lawmakers in memphis called for new legislation after seeing the video. what did they say? >> reporter: they are looking at more mental health evaluations for officers, more implicit bias training and they want to see an effort to stop fired officers from being hired by other departments. those lawmakers say that bills could be proposed as early as next week. >> eleast preston, thank you. for additional context, let's go to cbs news a chief national affairs and justice correspondent jeff peg beg ace. could this be a turning point in how police departments handle cases like these? >> reporter: well, that's a good question. we'll see if this is a turning

point. one thing is for sure. city officials here have to be breathing a sigh of relief as we have reported, most of the protests have been peaceful across the country in part, perhaps, because police here and city officials were so quick to separate themselves from the five accused officers. and they prepared the public for what it was about to see. there is a lot of history in memphis. this is lorraine motel where martin luther king jr. was assassinated. tyre nichols in this disturbing video is now a part of this city's history, too. even for those who refuse to watch his arrest. >> i wasn't quite sure how the reaction would be, so i was kind of nervous a little bit. >> reporter: demonstrators took to the streets in cities across

the country. while most of the protests were peaceful, nichols' death compounded feels of frustration and anger. new york city mayor eric adams is a former police officer. >> as someone who spent decades fighting for police diversity and against police abuse, i feel betrayed by these officers. >> reporter: police departments across the country are still trying to recover from the death of george floyd and the perception that police are too quick to resort to excessive force and aren't held accountable. the memphis police chief must now lead the department through an internal investigation in crisis. >> you see this video, you see for yourself that there was sort of a wolfpack mentality that no one stepped forward to say, you know, stop. that's enough. >> reporter: in a statement, president biden called nichols' death another painful reminder

of the profound fear and trauma, the pain and the exhaustion the black and brown americans experience every single day. you can hear the exhaustion and pain in donovan hicks son's voice. >> the brutality, insensitivity, community relations is too hard to watch. and it's over and over again. we are american. we fought in every war. we are part of this, and i just hope they understand that one day. >> important reporting, jeff. so how does the memphis police department move forward from this? >> reporter: well, the police department is going to have to demonstrate to the community that what happened on that tape is an isolated incident and that it's not part of the culture within the police department. right now the police department is facing those questions. it takes time.

sometimes it takes years for police departents to move beyond incidents like these because they strain, further strain, really, the relationship between police and communities. adriana. >> thank you. another shooting today in california. three people were killed, four others wounded at a multi-million dollar home being rented in a quiet neighborhood near bailiffs. no word on a motive or suspects. it is the sixth mass shooting in california this month. former president trump hit the campaign trail today visiting new hampshire and south carolina as he tries to kickstart his third bid for the presidency. christina ravineny has more. >> reporter: good evening. the former president visited two of the most important primary states in his first big swing since announcing his run for 2024 and addressed some of the criticism of his campaign so far that it's been relatively quiet

with one of his trademark high-energy events. trump said he is more angry now and more committed than he ever was. the question is are republican voters as committed to him? although he is the only declared candidate so far, many former allies signaled they may challenge him. including florida governor ron desantis, a move trump said he would consider disloyal. trump was asked about another republican who spent a lot of time in the headlines, li congressman george santos, who trump said told some whoopers. while questions swirled about santos's background, he passed his first week in washington relatively normally. he soke on the floor, cast votes, and even tried offering reporters chick-fil-a. then he posed for selfies at a crowded karaoke night. it's unclear if it struck a chord with potential allies on the hill or will prove to be a

bit tone deaf. >> thank you. tonight america's top diplomat headed to the middle east. as a spiral of deadly violence grips the region posing a pivotal test to israel's new far-right government. >> reporter: the treats of occupied east jerusalem are yet again a crime scene following a second shooting there in less than 24 hours. this time the alleged shooter was a 13-year-old boy from the palestinian neighborhood according to israeli police, he was, quote, neutralized and taken into custody. the two victims are in critical but stable condition in hospital. today's gun attack part of a wave of violence to grip the holy city. on friday, another palestinian gunman shot seven israelis and injured three more near a synagogue. the deadliest gun attack since 2008. angry israeli protesters took to the streets shortly afterwards chanting "death to terrorists

also there w an ultra nationalist previously convicted of incitement of to racism against palestinians and is now israel's new national security minister. a day earlier israeli forces carried out a massive raid in jenin, killing nine palestinians and what was the territory's deadliest single day for years leading palestinian officials to cut security ties with israel and arm palestinian factions in gaza to fire rockets into israeli border communities. secretary of state antony blinken's planned visit to israel and the occupied west bank will no doubt be dominated by these latest tensions amid growing questions over what, if anything, can be done to calm this highly volatile situation. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the biggest week in the january 6th insurrection

trials. and two arizona communities go to wiar over water. later, egyptian archeologists uncover an historic discovery.

. two years after the storming of the u.s. capitol, prosecutions of rioters are still adding up. on friday, 33-year-old julian cater who attacked brian o cf1 o sicknick was sentenced to 80 months nearly seven years behind bars. the day after the siege sicknick died from natural causes. jewel khan khaterer pled guilty. it is the latest in a series of sentences. here is scott mcfarland. >> reporter: in the largest prosecution in american history, two years and two weeks after the capitol siege nearly half of the phargav of the approximately 50 defendants to go to trial before a jury, every single one has

been convicted. >> the most photographed crime potentially in american history. makes these cases difficult to defend. >> right. and what you are seeing is a lot of defendants saying, well, trump told me to do it, or i was authorized by trump. and that is a problem because it's not working. >> reporter: the past week might have been prosecutors' most impactful. securing guilty verdict in some of the highest profile cases against richard barnett the rioter who put his feet on nancy pelosi's desk and stole her mail. >> i don't agree with that decision. >> reporter: against a pennsylvania woman accused of violent words towards the former house speaker. and against four members of the far-right oath keepers group for seditious conspiracy, plotting to block the peaceful transfer of power that america, which lucius outlaw calls historic. >> they don't have a track

record of trying seditious conspirae convictions -->> mter. they send age that the of ice t tisseriously. >> reporter: a cbs news review of justice department records shows a long road ahead. in just the past year, the feds have arrested 225 more defendants to prosecute and are still pursuing arrests of potentially 350 more. >> in the severity of their crimes -- >> reporter: capitol police officer harry dunn helped rappel the attack that day and testified at trials and before congress. >> everybody needs to be held accountable. that can't happen. until there is accountability, it's a possibility that this could happen again. >> reporter: a grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2021 election is sitting and investigating at the federal courthouse in washington with key trump advisors as witnesses raising the prospect members of the trump inner circle could face future charges or even the former president himself. scott mcfarland, cbs news, washington.

still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," an arizona city leaves a neighboring community high and dry ending its water supply. tonight 20 million as

across 14 states are under winter storm warnings and advisories. an arctic front is set to drop snow from the rockies across the midwest and into the northeast on sunday. a sharp trop in temperatures also expected to follow. and in the desantis soutwater is a precious commodity:for a rural town outside scottsdale, the supply hasn't been dried up. it's been cut off. kris van cleave has the story. >> reporter: tonight a drought-driven water war in the valley of the sun has a community going so dry -- >> oh, we're so thankful for the rain. >> reporter: karen now collects rainwater after the city of scottsdale hotted water sales to

rio rio day foothills. >> i'm using rainwater to even wash my hands with, to rinse dishes before they go in the dishwasher. rate toilets. >> reporter: earlier this month scottsdale can no longer provide water to non-residents after three decades of trucking water to rio verde. now families are forced to find water elsewhere. scottsdale mayor dale ortega. >> they should manage their own destiny with their own water. the constant decline of the water source is reality. >> reporter: residents are now suing scottsdale, arguing the policy causes a immediately and irreparable harm. >> scottsdale is trying to protect the water supply for the customers. >> reporter: a water policy expert at arizona state university. >> is there enough water for rio verde? we are talking about 1,000

people. >> there are ways that they can acquire a water supply, but it is going to require -- >> reporter: a costly investment to keep water flowing and their desert community thriving. next on the "cbs weekend news," a record rainfall floods new zealand's largest city.

is swamped. auckland received 75% of its usual summer rainfall in just 15 hours. it's currently their summer. at least three people have died with more rain in the forecast. today firefighters in connecticut scrambled to contain a massive fire near the town of bazra. crews from at least nine cities responded after flames broke out in a chicken coop at an egg farm. no word on the cause or extent of damages. when we return, a stunning find in the desert sands of egypt.

. finally tonight, archeolosngypt made a groundbreaking discovery this week under ancient sands. emerging from deep joined ground and far in the past, a s sarcophagus sees light for the first time in more than 4,000 years. >> i put my head inside to see what could be inside the sar cosav could have i guess. a man with layers of gold. >> a man, his jewelry still visible, who the hieroglyphics say was named -- the oldest non-royal mummified person ever discovered in egypt. his resting place in saqqara near what was ancient egypt's capitol. other relics were unearthed.

>> a very important place. it reveals many important treasures. >> egypt has seen a flurry of archeological finds which the country hopes help boost tourism. a century ago tutankhamun was discovered by howard carter. king tut died around 1324 b.c. archeologist say he is no royal, but the way he was buried signals his importance. after thousands of years sealed away, he made history. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. tomorrow, "sunday morning with jane pauley" followed by "face the nation" and margaret brennan's interview with house peeker kevin mccarthy. senators marco rubio and mark warner are also guests. i'm adriana diaz in chicago. thanks for watching. good night.

from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. >> one state among many. >> now at 6:00, people across california in mourning after four mass shootings in a week. why activists say california's strict gun laws are just the first step to preventing more violence. in san francisco, they were building bridges in the bayview district with an event celebrating black history and lunar new year. we'll have the story coming up. later, human trafficking is something that remains hidden in our neighborhoods for the most part. how one woman with firsthand experience is helping victims in the bay area. live from the cbs studios in san francisco,. the past week was included

so many tragic stories across the country. protests have been sparked nationwide after the release of the body cam video showing police beating a man to death in memphis, tennessee. closer to home, it's only been a week since a gunman murdered 11 people at a dance studio in southern california. the first of four mass shootings in our state in just the past seven days. the violent start to the year has some communities on edge. john checked in with people at the bayview black history month and lunar new year celebration in san francisco. >> reporter: this event in san francisco's bay view district was designed to bring two communities together who don't always see eye to eye. bayview hunters point is san francisco's most concentrated african american neighborhood so you might be surprised by the entertainment they had at the kickoff to black history month. a traditional chinese lion dance. welcome to the 13th annual black history and