viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church, just ahead on cnn newsroom, the blood of black america is on your hands. so stand up and do something. police reform in the u.s. this follows outrage over the harrowing video we saw of police beating tyre nichols to death. why many say change begins at the federal level. three woks after a first grader allegedly shot his teacher, students from one virginia elementary school will finally return to the classroom. we ll look what s being changed. and the u.s. secretary of state arrives in the middle east amid rising tensions between israelis and palestinians live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin this hour with the boating death of tyre nichols and efforts to prevents will become a water shed moment in the push for criminal justice reform. hours after the video was made public showing nichols ruthless beating at the hands of memphis police, officials shot
you re watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. ahead. the blood of black america is on your hands, stand up and do something. demand for employees reform in the u.s. following outrage over the harrowing video we saw of police beating tyre nichols to death. why many say change begins in washington. we ll bring you the latest s the debate over the u.s. debt ceiling and how the outcome will be felt well beyond the united states and the u.s. secretary of state arrives in the middle east amid rising tensions between israelis and palestinians. . . . live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. and we begin this hour with the beating death of tyre nichols and efforts to prevent police brutality in the future. on sunday, the nichols family attorney told cnn he hopes this will become a water shed moment in the push for criminal justice reforms. hours after video was made public showing nichols ruthless beating at the hands of memphis police, of
officer. it s coming from benjamin crump, an attorney for the nichols family. this sixth officer is white. keep in mind, the five other officers that have been accused of second degree murder all black. his name is preston hemp hill. according to crump, he tased the tyre nichols. he tased him and said i hope to stop his blank. according to trump, he s been relieved of his duties. no charges known to be filed against him yet per crump. and crump is saying he and the family are disappointed no charges yet against the sixth officer, a white officer. we re continuing to see now day by day more fallout from this violent activity on january 7. two emts have also been relieved of duty. these rescuers arrived at the scene of the second beating when nichols was slumped over and for at least 15 minutes according to the tape, it does not show them checking to see if he s breathing or trying to help stop the breathing. no criminal charges yet. we could see a series of more firings and mo
former president donald trump and did it just open the flood gates for more candidates to dive in. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. first to jacqui heinrich at the white house on the back and forth of infrastructure amid a backdrop of controversies. jacqui? hi, neil. with this new divided control of congress, passing new legislation is going to be much more difficult for the president than it was when democrats controlled both chambers. ahead of any 2024 announcement, which could come sometime after the state of the union, the president hasn t been laying out an agenda other than promoting bills that he signed in to law like he did in baltimore, touting the trillion dollar infrastructure law. he talked about a tunnel that would be replaced and completed about a decade from now. it will have up to four tracks total allowing trains there to move at more than 100 miles an hour. this is 150-year-old tunnel. you wonder how in the hell it s still standing. we re going to in
officers. we have the latest on a very painful weekend. a new nbc news poll shows just how concerned americans are over president biden s and former president trump s handling of classified documents. steve kornacki is back at the big board with a look at the numbers. students are back in class at a virginia elementary school for the first time since a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher. we ll tell you about the new safety protocols now in place. moments from now, secretary of state antony blinken will meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the midst of the worst explosion of israeli-palestinian violence in years. back at home, the super bowl lineup is set, the eagles versus the chiefs. buffalo bills player damar hamlin speaks out for the first time since collapsing on the field earlier this month. it s just been a lot to process. i can t tell you how appreciative i am of all the love, all the support and everything that s just been coming in my way.