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i'm pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you on this saturday night. protesters rally across the nation one day after the city of memphis releases the horrific video showing the violent arrest of tyre nichols. plus ukraine claims russia is pounding a key town near donetsk. and president trump meeting with voters in two key states as he jump starts his third push toward the white house. you're in the cnn newsroom. we begin tonight in memphis, where the fallout from the killing of tyre nichols is leading to a major move by the police department there. >> tyre nichols d...

country. velshi starts now. good morning to you. it is sunday, january the 28. i'm ali velshi. demonstrators in major cities around the country took to the streets again yesterday after the memphis police department released footage of the brutal beating of tyre nichols by five members of its own police force. in the continuing aftermath, memphis pd announced yesterday that it has permanently deactivated its scorpion unit. scorpion what the departments anti violence group which has been under scrutiny in recent days after it became public that all five of the police officers who were...

boston, and d.c.. take a look at your screen right there. just to name a few of the places where we are watching this demonstration on's unfold. it's no secret that tyre nichols death is another reminder of the cycle of police violence normalized in this country. like so many of these cases, it started at a traffic stop. the driver just trying to get home. those were among nichols last words. in fact, as police video released yesterday clearly revealed. tonight we still don't know what led to the traffic stop in the first place. memphis police initially said officers pulled nichols o...

welcome to "the beat." ari melber. we begin tonight with breaking news. murder charges have been issued for all five memphis police officers -- former officers for the beating death of tyre nichols. those officers are in custody. the people you see on your screen, now in civilian clothing, booked and incarcerated what would be a murder trial. they are charged with killing this individual through a knowing state of mind, and all five -- we'll explain the legalities of this -- accused of contributing directly to the death. this is justin smith, em met martin, desmond mills jr., demetri...

funeral service for tyre nichols this afternoon. it comes as details about what happened the night nichols encountered police are coming under new scrutiny. and we're learning more about the past conduct of some of the officers involved. more on that ahead. also this morning, bone chilling weather sweeping the nation. a triple threat of freezing rain, sleet and snow causes accidents, power outages and grounds thousands of flights. parts of the country are bracing for windchills that could dip as low as negative 60. we're tracking this brutal cold coming up. plus, face to face, af...