welcome to our viewers in the u.s., canada and all around the world. ahead on cnn, newsroom. calls for justice and cities across the u.s. after the brutal beating of nichols. the controversial police unit linked to his death has been dismantled. palestinian tensions soaring, now israel s minister is outlining a new plan. new zealand s most populous city begins to recover after devastating and deadly flooding. alive from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with layla. the memphis police department announced the permanent and to a special anticrime unit known as scorpion. the move comes one day after the city released police videos of five officers beating nichols on generate 27. police have confirmed all of the officers were with the special unit. some of the images you are about to see maybe disturbing. scorpion was created over a year ago in response to rising homicides and violent crime. why the officers targeted nichols that night is unclear. nichols was unarmed and
hi, thanks so much for joining me today. i m jessica dean in washington, d.c. in for fredricka whitfield. we begin with a major shift in memphis. just a day after video shows the brutal police beating of tyre nichols, the city police department announcing it is permanently deactivating the scorpion unit. all five officers charged in nichols death were part of the movement and after protests around the country demanding it be dissolved. the attorney for tyre nichols s family ben crump telling cnn that it is a positive step but the work is far from over. in communities of color, they often have different types of police than many of white brothers and sisters have in their community and this video illustrates that it is this culture that said it doesn t matter whether the police officers are black, hispanic or white, that it is somehow allowed for you to tramp on the constitutional rights of certain citizens from certain ethnicities and certain communities and we have to hav
i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. permanently disbanded. a major change at the memphis police department after the beating death of tyre nichols as the country sees another night of protests. ukrainian officials say, quote, fast-paced negotiations are underway with western allies to supply the country with long-range missiles amid days of russian attacks. how vital the weapons could be to ukraine in its fight against russia. i do fear for the future and what it may hold. you think there could be another january 6th in this country? yes. plus, a former twitter employee blowing the whistle about what she says were the company s failures leading up to the insurrection. why she is not satisfied with the january 6th committee and concerned this could all happen again. also, artificial intelligence with some very real world impacts. more on that viral tool chatgpt and why it s raising concern among america s teachers on cnn this morning. sunday, january 29th. we
territory. ukraine s president said this could be a effective deterrent if they had them in the arsenal. thank you. the renewed push for missiles comes after the capital of ukraine secured a pledge for more battle tanks. they are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new weapons and doing their best with the soviet designs already in their arsenal. we spoke to ukrainian tankers. reporter: the crew from the 28th mechanized brigade warm-up there soviet era 264 for battle. we have problems with ammunition, we are running low and that is the only problem we have, our commanders work all the time to sustain the tank and repair it. reporter: that commander that goes by the callsign david raises the 40-year-old beast to the front line like a steam engine train.