we're not exactly clear on what led to this abrupt about-face from emmitt martin. ave been repeatedly calling his attorney, who's not called this back, but we do know that martin was facing a slew of charges in his federal case, including witness tampering, obstruction of justice, and deprivation of rights. he was one of the five officers involved in that violent beating death of tyre nichols, the 29-year-old who died three days later as a result of his injuries and those police officers that you're looking there on the screen initially had said that they pulled nichols over because of reckless driving. but in the 17 months since this incident happened, that's not entirely clear. what is clear though is what happened on that police body camera in it, you see emmitt martin pointedly punch and kick tyre nichols. nichols went on to die three days later. now, what is not clear still here is how this expected guilty plea that martin is expected to enter is going to affect whether or not it'll affect his state charges where he is facing second-degree murder charges, that

traffic stop last year cnn's nick valencia has more on what this means for the case but attorney for emmitt martin said that his client was finally willing to accept responsibility for his actions. >> martin was facing a slew of charges from the feds, but in his change of plea agreement, ultimately pleaded guilty to two of the counts obstruction of justice and witness tampering after the hearing, tyre nichols, parents choked back emotion, speaking to reporters, this is very difficult i have four children one of my kids is gone now because of the memphis police department, we still have three more officers need to be convicted word no sales thanks to plea activity we're still fighting. >> yes, sir. >> we will fight until we get all five of those officers yes hard incomplete, and convicted yes. >> and sentences? >> yes for the death of our son, martin joins his former colleague, desmond mills, who also entered a guilty plea. but in his plea, it was a global plea which affected his state charges as well. what's not clear at this point is whether martin will enter greg guilty plea in his state charges

emmitt martin is scheduled to appear in court as part of an agreement with prosecutors.four officers were indicted last year on federal charges including civil rights violations. they were also charged in state court with murder. nichols died three days after he was beaten by police during a traffic stop last year. >>> and "the arkansas democrat gazette" says the state supreme court upheld a decision by state officials to reject a proposed amendment to expand abortion access. the court upheld an earlier decision by the arkansas secretary of state to reject thousands of signed petitions calling for an abortion rights measure to be on the november ballot. it would have scaled back arkansas' strict abortion law that bans the procedure at any time during pregnancy unless the mother's life is in danger due it a medical emergency. >>> up next, a bear scare. what happened when an unwelcome visitor appeared out of nowhere. visitor appeared out of nowhere. (vo) what does it mean to be rich? maybe rich is less about reaching a magic number... and more about discovering magic. rich

emmitt martin now pleading guilty to using excessive force and witness tampering in federal court today as part of a deal with prosecutors. he now faces 40 years in prison and may testify against former colleagues heading to trial next month. >>> now to that deadly home explosion felt for miles in a missouri suburb. the home was completely levelled. two people are now dead. an investigation is underway. authorities say a propane leak may have caused the blast. abc's trevor ault has more. >> reporter: tonight, two people in missouri killed in a massive home explosion so powerful, authorities say it was felt miles away. >> we do have a structure fire, and it was a house that exploded. >> reporter: first responders racing to the scene in excelsior springs shortly before 5:00 this morning, the blast blowing open the doors of neighboring houses. the structure of the home reduced to rubble. >> all of a sudden, heard the explosion and our bed actually came up on the side from the shockwave. >> reporter: officials believe the two people killed resided at that home, their bodies found this after

officer who plead guilty to federal civil rights violations in the 2023 fatal beating of a black man emmitt martine second former officer who plead guilty in the killing of tie renickels. three former officers face trial in federal court next month. up next, new attempts to revive cease-fire talks among israel and hamas violent incursion in gaza. fox 25 in boston as the judge overseeing 9 karen reid case denies her motion to dismiss two of the charges against her. including second degree murder, allowing prosecutors to bring all three charges at the retrial. the two month proceedings ended in a mistrial over a deadlocked jury. reread was charged in the deathf boston police officer boyfriend. she alleges she was framed by law enforcement and first responders, prosecution argues read struck her boyfriend with her car while intoxicated. fox 31 in denver as two trains glide boulder creating a messy scene that damaged a rail bridge and resulted in fuel spill. police have left what led to the collision only minor injuries sustained there. this is a lie live look at afill affiliate one of the big stories

. >> cnn's nick valencia explains what could happen next in this case an attorney for emmitt martin saidhat his client was finally willing to accept responsibility for his actions. >> martin was facing a slew of charges from the feds, but in his change of plea agreement, ultimately pleaded guilty to two of the counts, obstruction of justice to end witness tampering. after the hearing, tyre nichols, parents choked back emotion speaking to reporters. >> this is very difficult. i have four children one of my kids is gone now because of the memphis police department we still have three more officers need to be convicted or colonel yeah. >> sorry. changed their plea and tod, which still fighting sir. we will fight until we get all five of those officers. yes charged in convicted and convicted yes. and sentences. >> yet for the death of our son martin joins his former colleague, desmond mills, who also entered a guilty plea, but in his plea, it was a global plea which affected his state charges as well. >> what's not clear at this point is whether martin will enter a guilty plea in his state c

emmitt martin entered a guilty plea on charges of using excessive force and witness tampering in federalourt as part of a deal with prosecutors. martin is the second former officer to plead guilty in the case ahead of the trial. >> whit: the new fallout on the assassination attempt on former president donald trump last month. the secret service putting several agents on administrative duty. abc's chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas, has more. >> reporter: this morning, at least five secret service agents now on administrative duty after the failed assassination attempt on former president trump. this as the investigation intensifies into whether they played a role that led to the failures that led to the incident. >> take a look at what happened. >> reporter: sources telling abc news, those agents were involved in the planning of the rally in butler, pennsylvania. they are now no longer allowed to work on protection of any candidates. the move coming nearly six weeks after thomas matthew crooks seen here opened fire killing one man and wounding three others including the former pr

emmitt martin is one of five former officers charged in the fatal beating of nichols who was black inmer officers also black indicted on federal charges in november. the charges claim he was deprived of his rights through excessive force and failure to intervene. they were charged with second degree murder. the trial has been postponed until federal proceedings are complete. >>> and right there, you are looking at the second largest diamond ever found in the world, it was unearthed by miners in the african country of botswana this week. officials say it's too early to put a number on the diamond's value. the only time a diamond bigger than this has been found was back in 1905 in south fringe, and it was more than 3,000 carets. that diamond was valued at more than $400 million. >>> there is a growing health emergency over a new deadlier strain of mpox. thailand just confirmed its first case, and this was the second recent case reported outside of africa, sweden also confirming an infection of the deadly strain, a week ago. and here in the u.s., doctors are on alert. in this brooklyn he

and now a second officer, emmitt martin third has changed his plea to guilty in federal court on chargesf deprivation of rights, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice what do you suppose has happened that there would be a plea deal here or are pleading guilty right. >> so we're on the precipice because of this trial. this is the federal trial relating to the violation of civil rights and the cover up that happened afterwards. so we know that one officer, as you said, fred pled guilty back in november, that guilty plea comes with some conditions namely helping the prosecution that you'll testify at trial, cooperate provide evidence and information. so that is key and critical evidence especially when it comes to the officers and what happened after which which relates to that obstruction because a lot of this is on video as we've all seen in a very disturbing video. but that's going to trigger other defendants to really sit down and think about whether or not they are going to enter the same plea. we're seeing this the trials about a month away, three more defendants who are going