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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 ....
also tonight, donald trump s first rally in the 2024 campaign. the former president went to the manhattan da could that be a new line for prosecutors. meanwhile, trump allies says that they are going to accuse january 6th rioters and are trying to remind us of the reality of that attack, this is american voices. what was shadowing at trump s first investigation was in manhattan, georgia, and washington d.c.. now, it is no surprise that trump continues to paint each of these investigations as nothing more than political richter, reporting for nbc news, jonathan allen writes, quote, trump is reeling about robbing him of power and freedom. it is about those government officials investigating him putting a dark warning for what happens if you were to be charged. it could continue even after nbc news. [crying] [inaudible] discussed a social media post attacking brag. yeah. there was a picture of a bat that someone had put together that he re-posted. let the witne ....
we begin this hour with waco, texas, the fight of donald trump s first official rally of the presidential campaign. overshadowing the possibility of criminal indictment. coming from separate investigations in manhattan. in georgia and in washington d.c.. now it is no surprise that trump continues to pacey triples investigations through nothing more than political reporting for nbc news jonathan allen writes, quote, trump s [inaudible] government run conspiracies launched with power and freedom. he s been really against government officials investigating him, with an increasingly dark warning about will happen if he is charged. trump s attacking the investigation continuing even after, even after nbc or someone sent death threats to the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. he s investigating alleged flush stormy daniels 2016 election. [inaudible] discussed trump s social media post attacking brag with reverend al sharpton. [inaudible] he posted it. answer t ....
another potential presidential candidate. the news broke during our show yesterday, former president mike pence showed a batch of documents classified markings were found at his home in indiana last week. he medially handed them over to the doj. meanwhile, fox checked in with other past occupants of the white house. we got a quick response from the office of former george w. bush who said they checked but don t have any classified documents. the office of his successor former president obama is refusing to answer if there has even been a search. still, that is nothing compared to the stone wall and we have been getting from the current white house on the issue. after a special counselor is named president biden went to his house in wilmington. what was he doing in there? i will refer you to something relating to this case? i would prefer you to the white house counsel it. do you think the story was leaked by someone trying to bruise the president politically ....
at his disposal to defend the now annexed territories. president biden responding with a stern warning of his own. mr. putin, don t misunderstand what i m saying. ukraine s president zelenskyy is now pushing for accelerated admission into nato in the wake of putin s move today. rhetorical back and forth has ratcheted the threat of expansion of the war in ukraine to a new level. retired general jack keane with analysis of the situation. jacqui heinrich with the biden administration s response but we begin tonight with correspondent trey yingst from kyiv with vladimir putin s threats and allegations. good evening, trey. bret, good evening. the war entered a new dangerous chapter today as russian president putin annexed occupied ukrainian territory. under the guise of legitimacy and the kind of pageantry needed to convince people he is winning the war. vladimir putin signs decrees making four ukrainian regions part of russia. putin was joined by the four appointed ....