. top of the hour this thursday morning. i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, testimony is underway in the double murder case against disgraced and disbarred former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh. he s accused of killing his wife and youngest son in 2021. we ll take you inside of the courtroom just ahead. and aas soon as today police in fem memphis, tennessee, could release a number of videos from the death of tyre nichols. you see him there. overnight the memphis police chief called it a failing of basic humanity. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. those five officers and others failed our community and they failed the nichols family and that is beyond regrettable. in our outrage and frustration, there is still work to be done to build each other up, to continue the momentum of improving our police and community relationships and partnerships. to show those who watch us now that this behavior is not what will define our comm
phone data that is much more reliable and that is why we see these two individuals coming from snapchat and google to lay the foundation to get that evidence in. it is not just cell phone data that the prosecution is focused on, it is the lack of cell phone activity. it is this timeline that puts murdaugh in a video, his voice on the video and then five minutes later, less than five minutes later, down to the second, prosecutors said in their opening statement, there is zero cell phone activity from paul and maggie. so that is another component of this. what are the cell phones doing and what are the cell phones not doing. that is something that has already come up in the case of the idaho murders, prior to the murder there. pinging of the suspect around the house where it took place. misty maris, thank you so much. thank you. well overseas russia is intensifying attacks across ukraine. 55 missiles launched just this
misconduct. joey, as we await these charges, there is a call for murder charges, not manslaughter. just walk us through, remind us of the difference there and why that is so important. yeah, of course. erica, so when it comes to murder, the law penalized things and not to get to technical but it is based upon mens rea and that is the status of the mind. that means any crime requires a mental state and activity. when it comes to murder charges, you re looking at intent. you charge based upon when you did something intentionally, you knee what you were doing, that was your goal, objective, it was your purpose. that is intent. that is murder. and then you look at other things like for example if you acted recklessly or carelessly, or negligently. when you start looking at reckless activities and negligent activities now you re talking about manslaughter and lesser charges an the public is