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very good monday morning to you, i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm erica hill. this morning lawmakers back on capitol hill facing growing pressure after the deadly beating of tyre nichols by memphis police ignites renewed calls for federal police reform. nichols' family attorney benjamin crump telling cnn tyre's tragic death should force congress to act. >> shame on us if we don't use his tragic death to finally get the george floyd justice in policing act passed. >> so will things change this time around? the congressional black caucus is calling for a meeting with president biden this week t...

Whites to be killed by police when they are unarmed and not attacking. that is tyre nichols' story. as we look at the george floyd act, qualified immunity was the big thing as it relates to bias, as it relates to certification. that is something that should be happening across the country. also when it comes to data. there is an implication that the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. units or the red dog unit that chief davis ran in atlanta, some kind of way really helped. when we look at crime data across time, and i know memphis well, i'm a native tennesseean, i attended the university of memphis, when you lo...

Taylor swift earlier, but she becomes kind of a serious entrant, a serious factor in a very serious race for senate in tennessee for the corker seat who is retiring. taylor swift, who has much chron chronical residences in rhode island, new york and elsewhere is, in fact, a native tennesseean, and she has come out in favor of the democrat. >> it's interesting because taylor swift has shied away from politics. in fact, she was criticized for not weighing in on the 2016 election. but a lot of statement around marcia blackburn who is seeking the seat is all for lgbt rights.

And it is those voters, those independent voters who do not love the republican party more today that the republican party is losing every time the president of the united states suggests this was a hoax, suggests like he did in orlando today that it was evil, suggests like he did tonight that it was lies and deception. the republican party has said to women across the country, we don't believe you. and those women are going to shout very loudly on november 6 and it's not going to be shouting on behalf of republicans. >> sabrina, we were joking about taylor swift earlier, but she becomes kind ...