organization made up of self-described thieves who engaged in extortion, kidnapping and in this case murder for higher. we have been listening to officials talking about charges against the government of iran in relation to a plot here to assassinate on u.s. soil a journalist who was not named. we are going to continue to monitor the latest developments out of this. but we have a lot of news we want to get to. we are joining you from new york and this morning it s all about the video with the release of new police footage critical to three big stories we re watching. first, in memphis, that city, the entire country bracing for the video from the traffic stop that led to the death of 29-year-old tyree nichols. this evening video will be released showing the encounter. we re learning more about how chilling it could be. the police chief saying it will show, quote, acts that defy humanity. nbc news is learning tyree nichols can be heard in the footage calling out for his mothe
with the crime scene. for example, they didn t take photos of tire impressions in the grass. they walked through the crime scene. is that a strong argument? all of those facts are in service of the shoddy investigation and really there s only one conclusion, if they conducted a shoddy investigation, then there s somebody else out there, because this wasn t obviously an accident. the other thing that the defense is probably going to capitalize on is that there were two different kinds of gunshot wounds. the prosecution is going to take that same piece of evidence and say, the defendant is an accomplished attorney. he knows how to create reasonable doubt. sure, he s a civil attorney, but he knows if he uses two different firearms, it will create the impression that there were two doers. and that will service the defense that there s some other dude out here that did all the stuff and the government ignored that when they tunnel-visioned in on the defendant. it s going to be some variat
son. right now jurors are hearing testimony from a detective who responded to the scene the night of the murders. yesterday, murdaugh appeared emotional as the jury was shown body camera footage and heard from other first responders describing what they observed when they arrived. catie beck is outside the courthouse with the latest, also joining me an msnbc legal analyst. what new details are we learning in court this morning? reporter: well, one primary focus that has been a focus for both the defense and the prosecution is the blood on alex murdaugh clothing and on his person. the defense initially in opening statements said he had no blood on him, this is evidence he couldn t have done it. if he had done it, he would have been covered in blood from head to toe. now the prosecution is zeroing in on that. they said if alex murdaugh checked for signs of life on these victims as he said he did and he actually would have had
on. but what the defense is developing and what i expected they would develop since the beginning. there s a name, it s called soddi, it stands for some other dude did it. they can point to another person who did this or sit back and say, look, they didn t secure the crime scene, all of that means that the real bad guy might still be out there and what the government did here, the prosecution did, law enforcement, they zeroed in early on on my client and let the real bad guy go. i suspected early on that this would be their strategy because there s a lot of bad circumstantial evidence for the defense. they just have to poke holes of reasonable doubt. but one thing we heard from the defense yesterday, they re trying to maybe make a case that these first responders, people who showed up to the scene, the investigators were not careful
this is released? reporter: we expect to see exactly what those two officers saw when they end the pelosi home. that bodycam footage expects to it will show him hitting paul pelosi fracturing his skull. we will hear the 911 tape. according to court documents, paul pelosi is trying at the same time to avoid antagonizing his intruder, but also to signal to 911 that he needs help and something is amiss, using phrases like, he is telling me to get the hell off the phone, and he says everything is fine but i ve got a problem. the defense and prosecution had raised concerns about this evidence being released to the public. but a group of media