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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 mo...

hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm lynda kinkade. ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- calls for justice after the brutal beating of a 29-year-old man in memphis. the controversial police unit linked to his death has now been dismantled. israeli palestinian tensions soaring amid a wave of violence. prime minister netanyahu outlines a new plan after two attacks in jerusalem. and new zealand's most popular city begins to recover after devastating and deadly flooding. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom," from lynda k...

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, th...

Finals. laura and i were happy that we could witness that and it's back to you in the studio. >> well, buffalo bills safety damar hamlin is speaking publicly for the first since he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game earlier this month. he thanked each of his doctors by name, his teammates, and the fans. here's a little bit of what he had to say. >> as i continue to make so much progress recovering, i think it's finally a good time to share a few things. i think it was important for me to wait and speak publicly at the right time, as it was just a lot to process within my own sel...

Buffalo bills player damar hamlin is speaking publicly for the first time since suffering cardiac arrest this month. in a video posted to social media, hamlin thanked his doctors and teammates and fans an explaining why he decided to wait before speaking out. >> as i continue to make so much progress recovering, i think it is finally a good time to share a few things. i think it was important for me to wait and speak publicly at the right time as it was just a lot to process within my own self, mentally and physically and even spiritually. while i'm so thankful to everybody, i know it is not j...