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police have permanently disbanded the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit, the unit associated with officers involved in the killing of tyre nichols, the 29-year-old man beaten after a traffic stop. the videos were about to show you are graphic and disturbing, but of course they are critical to understanding what happened to this 29-year-old man. >> as you can hear in the video, nichols cries out for his mother, who was just a few blocks away. officers continued to hit and spray nichols, struggling ...

And right now, we want to bring in our panel for more on this. joining me now, juanita tolliver, msnbc political analyst, and tara setmeyer. former gop communications director. thank you both. a lot to talk about. lets start with the barr news. juanita, what do you make of former attorney general barrs apparent cooperation? he was loyal to the president until it all seemed to end badly in december of 2020. how forthcoming would you expect him to be with this committee? >> i feel like former ag b...

Important. >> absolutely. it would actually undermine that statement that mick mulvaney said that this happens all of the time. just get over it. this is someone that could actually give information as to what was the foundation for the decision, what were the reasons given to people within the office about the halting of the aid, what was out of order about this and what was the full context, in a way of showing us for the very first time essentially that people are starting to catch on that th...

Time the conversations happened to exert executive privilege. >> it would only be anything while he was in the white house, not the transition, not the campaign. >> the transition is a little tricky. it hasnt been well established to figure out theres some reason to have it attached. things that happened as a candidate, somebody vying to be a member executive would not count. the other aspect of this, of course, is that the communications he had to have had to be with people under the nature of ...

Count. the other aspect of this, of course, is that the communications he had to have had to be with people under the nature of the executive. it cant just be because hes the president, everything is covereded under the privilege. we saw this, of course, in the trump tower meeting, donald trump junior. he was trying to go into cya mode, perhaps, for his son. that may be part of a inquiry of a court who says the balancing test is the come telling candor we need for a president against the publics...

Criticized the first responders at the parkland florida high school shooting after reports surfaced that as many as four deputies took cover instead of pursuing the shooters. -- the shooter. >> that we performed was, frankly, disgusting. they were listening to what was going on. you dont know until youre tested, but i really believe i would run in there even if i didnt have a weapon. i think most of the people in this room would have done that too. but the way they performed was really a disgrac...

Criticized the first responders at the parkland florida high school shooting after reports surfaced that as many as four deputies took cover instead of pursuing the shooters. -- the shooter. >> that we performed was, frankly, disgusting. they were listening to what was going on. you dont know until youre tested, but i really believe i would run in there even if i didnt have a weapon. i think most of the people in this room would have done that too. but the way they performed was really a disgrac...

Sufficiently and say sir, no offense but this interaction one on one could be perceived as inappropriate. the appearance of this could be inappropriate so for your sake and mine, i suggest either we bring someone in or -- he could have said that but instead, he is the kind of guy who runs to the car and starts packing out a memo to the file. ive been in washington a long time. im sorry, those are the kind of people who are always in cya mode. they are trying to instead of being a straight shoote...