on fire, likely causing house fires in the city of frederick. massive flames, thick smoke, billowing into the air. emergency officials are now on the scene to the city s mayor is asking residents to avoid this area. police are saying the driver of that tanker has died. when me right now on the phone is vera scates of fairfield, who took this video you are seeing. rivera, tell us what you saw. quick into action by getting this video. it was a scene out of a movie. the flames, the smoke, it was everywhere. my husband and i were driving, oh my goodness, look at all the smoke. we didn t know where it was coming from. everyone was out standing and praying. it was crazy. we were across the street from where the fire was and we could feel the heat. the firemen, the cops, and feels normal right now. the firetrucks were there, the police are still out. it was really bad, really bad. people would just like crying and praying for the driver. it looks really bad. of course, we have j
justice for tyre nichols, ahead of the release of video described as horrific and even sickpenning. this hour what public can expect and what the nichols parents tell the most telling part. more disturbing video out today showing the hammer attack on nancy pelosi s husband paul and the split second police had to intervene. and a consequential vote setting the tone for the future of the republican party. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown. jake tapper is on assignment. we start with our national lead, heartbreak, grief and calls for justice in memphis, tennessee, in just a few hours from now the city is set to release videos of tyre nichols arrest. the 29-year-old died three days after a confrontation with police on january th, an encounter nichols stepfather who has seen the video described as a brutal beating. i saw officers hitting on him. i saw officers kicking him. one officer kicked him like he was kicking a football a couple times. and but the most th
happening now, we re standing by for the expected release of an arrest video showing the fatal encounter between tyre nichols and five former memphis police officers. the nichols family and officials warn the footage is extremely disturbing. we re also getting our first look at the brutal attack on nancy pelosi s husband last october. a san francisco court releasing video of the suspect breaking into the couple s home and lunging at the 82-year-old paul pelosi with a hammer. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin with the latest developments out of memphis right now, where we re awaiting release of the tyre nichols arrest video. cnn s shimon prokupecz is on the ground joining us with new details. what s the latest? reporter: that s right, in just about two hours the city of memphis expected to release this video. we ve now heard from family members and the police chief, all des
this incident was heinous, reckless, and inhumane and in the vain of transparency, when the video is released in the coming days you will see this for yourselves. i expect you to feel outraged in the disregard of basic human rights as our police officers have taken an oath to do the opp opposite of what transpired on the video. good morning we re glad you could join us, i m live in memphis. poppy is in new york. and kaitlan is on assignment. any day now the video of the beating that led to tyre nichols death will be released. we re live on the ground for you. look again, the national archives weighing whether to ask former presidents and vice presidents to check for any classified documents. what four presidents told cnn. plus this. the administrator down played the report from the teacher and the possibility of a gun saying, and i quote, well, he has little pockets. this is outrageous. more questions this morning about the 6-year-old who shot this shot his teacher.
transportation is looking into what caused southwest airlines travel meltdown last month. this is what we begin with. memphis on edge this morning, the city is bracing for the release of police body cam video of officers beating tyre nichols after a traffic stop that turned deadly. we re waiting to see if officers involved will face charges. i have a warning for you, we re going to show you a photo of tyre nichols in his hospital bet before he died. his family has seen the body cam footage they say it s horrific. they demanding murder charges. they say officers beat tyre like a human pinata for several minutes. sara sidner joins us this morning. they re bracing for the video in memphis. the chief condemning what happened to tyre. this is an awful sorry all around. reporter: it is. because we have not seen the video and the public has not seen the video, there is great concern here about what the response is going to be. but we do know that this was a vicious attack really