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john berman will be joining you along with don lemon. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com it is hard to say good evening tonight, having seen the video footage authorities in memphis made public just a short time ago. i'm john berman here in new york. >> and in memphis, i'm don lemon. we appreciate you joining us for our special coverage. today, tyre nichols' mom asked me a very simple question about her son's deadly encounter with police three weeks ago this weekend as a matter of fact. that question was, where was the humanity? three days later, her son would be dead from the b...

organization made up of self-described thieves who engaged in extortion, kidnapping and in this case murder for higher. >> we have been listening to officials talking about charges against the government of iran in relation to a plot here to assassinate on u.s. soil a journalist who was not named. we are going to continue to monitor the latest developments out of this. but we have a lot of news we want to get to. we are joining you from new york and this morning it's all about the video with the release of new police footage critical to three big stories we're watching. first, in mem...

The unit didn't fail us. the officers failed us. this does not represent memphis. it does not represent our law enforcement. but those officers failed us, and they should be punished. and we're thankful that they were, number one, fired and prosecuted. >> do you think it was right, the way this was rolled out, the charged first for the officers? i spoke to the police commissioner. she said, i spoke with the family first. they're okay with the charges. they wanted first degree murder. they got second degree murder. and then releasing the video today. do you think that was the right move? >> i t...

Words, but it was obvious that he was not in control of his physical self -- >> and there was no sense of urgency to get this man help. >> in my mind, there was not. there was not. >> the team has been known as the scorpion team which targets auto theft, gang violence. has the name scorpion to intimidate criminals. did this unit have a reputation for being too tough, for being jump out of the car, take down suspects? were they too aggressive and did they have that reputation? >> the unit didn't have that reputation. the scorpion union stands for street crimes operations to restore peace in our...

Un union. this unit didn't last long enough for the u.s. to complete the withdrawal. >> and to that point, if you see this cable, "the wall street journal" reporting, this cable sent by 23 american diplomats at the embassy in kabul. you know how important diplomats on the ground are. essentially warning the secretary of state, blinken, this collapse is going to happen quickly when it happens we need a better plan to get the afghans out. why do you think the administration was caught flat footed? is that the right term? >> again, i think it's very difficult to plan for these kinds of contingenc...