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top of the hour this friday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill, and right now all five former police officers charged with murder and other charges in the death of tyre nichols are inside of a memphis courthouse. they are set to be arraigned on seven charges including second-degree murder and aggravated assault. this morning the shelby county district attorney said that the prosecutors are still looking into charging a sixth former officer who tased nichols in the traffic stop that night as well as others possibly. we are looking at everybody who was involved directly or indirectly in death of tyre nichols, and this is officer hemphill and those who showed up after the beating had concluded, and we will do what we can as quickly as we can, but thoroughly. now, we are still waiting for the release of 20 hours of additional footage from deadly beating and the aftermath, and it could be relevant, and cnn s shimon prokupiez is there at the courthouse, and i understand ....
officers plead not guilty in the beating death of tyre nichols. and ukrainian president pleading to get the tools they need to end the war with russia. and the epa is talking to cnn after that toxic train disaster in ohio. that is what we are watching this hour. thank you for joining us. i m kristen in for kate bolduan. we start with the police officers who have been charged with the beating death of tyre nichols have plead not guilty to second-degree murder and assault. after they beat him, he died three days later. cnn did speak with tie ryre nic mother when she came into the courthouse. it is important for you to be here today? yes. they need to see my face. and shimon prokupiez has been there all morning. what exactly happened in court today? right. so this is the officers, the five former officers, and it was their initial appearance before the judge here in memphis, and behind me in court here, and they were out on bond, and they walked in. it is es ....
Nichols are inside of a memphis courthouse. they are set to be arraigned on seven charges including second-degree murder and aggravated assault. this morning the shelby county district attorney said that the prosecutors are still looking into charging a sixth former officer who tased nichols in the traffic stop that night as well as others possibly. we are looking at everybody who was involved directly or indirectly in death of tyre nichols, and this is officer hemphill and those who showed up after the beating had concluded, and we will do what we can as quickly as we can, but thoroughly. now, we are still waiting for the release of 20 hours of additional footage from deadly beating and the aftermath, and it could be relevant, and cnn s shimon prokupiez is there at the courthouse, and i understand that you just spoke to tieyre ....
Face, eye-to-eye, and how could you do this to my son. they didn t. okay. hold up. no. wait. are you finished? yes. questions. what did you think when you heard the words okay. you s mother say that after the court appearance, she wanted the officers to look her in the not do that today, and that she is going to be there in court for every court appearance, and she wants them to look her in the eyes. tieyre nichols mother, rowvaug, wrapping up the press conference. and now, president zelenskyy is telling the world to hurry up with the munitions. he made the plea to the munich community as ukraine is burning through ammunition faster than ....
okay. and we wait to hear from tieyre nic nichols family any minute now. thank you, shimon prokupiez. joining me is joey jackson and also tyrone who is a member of the nypd, and can you give us a reaction to what shimon reported and what we saw in court today. joey, i will start with you. yeah, kristen, good morning to you, and i think it is a significant development, and why. let s address the review of the officers cases, and in order to process the work, we have to have trust. we have to understand that the police are out there policing appropriately and not brutalizing the communities and what they have written in prior cases are accurate. so it is a significant and important step, kristen, for the district attorney to look at, evaluate, and review and do ....