there was a hunt for him for two days, finally turned himself in to authorities in florida, the events took place on tuesday in gastonia outside charlotte. some children were playing basketball. charges are eminent and the biden administration has been mishandling this case. my client wrestled with whether or not to come forward. he had a lot of sleepless nights about coming toward with that he could not live his clients seek to provide details that contradict sworn testimony to congress and multiple reports have named appointee as attorney general merrick garland. i promise to lead and have pledged not to interfere with the investigation and i have carried through on my pledge. the whistleblower says they can dispute that. at the same time antony blinken is facing accusations by house republican who is say that testimony from former cia indicate that is blinken who was a biden campaign adviser at the time pushed the creation of 2020 better sign bid over 50 intellig
ramping up. what our team is just hearing from the doj. plus, in memphis, a sixth officer has been put on leave at the horrific beating and death of tyre nichols, what s happening tonight, what s next in that investigation, and the new development this afternoon on the calls for more accountability on the federal level. we ll take you live to memphis and to capitol hill in just a minute. let s start here in washington. i m hallie jackson, with me now is nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell who s with us. ryan noble, nbc news senior political editor mark murray, and julia ainsley is joins us as well. let me start with you, president biden in baltimore, set to take other trips this week, clearly meant to be a run up to the state of the union. he has a lot he wants to sell. he s also got some that s sort of a shadow hanging over him at this point. we mentioned the classified documents investigation. yes, this is the president, at least today, in a very c
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