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PBS News Hour - Segments

News Wrap: Jury selection begins for 3 former officers charged with killing Tyre Nichols

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In our news wrap Monday, jury selection began in the trial of three former officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, wildfires in the western U.S. prompted tens of thousands of people to evacuate, the Israeli military ordered a new evacuation for parts of northwestern Gaza, Britain's Princess Kate says she has finished chemotherapy and actor James Earl Jones has died. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

We start the day's other headlines in Memphis, Tennessee, where jury selection is

0:04.8

beginning in the trial of three former officers charged in the fatal beating of

0:09.3

Tyry Nichols. The 29-year-old died from January of 2023 from blows to the head after he was pulled from his car and brutally beaten during a traffic stop.

0:20.0

In body camera footage he can be heard calling out for his mother who lived nearby.

0:24.8

Today the former officers, Tadarius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith arrived at a federal

0:31.2

courthouse. They have pleaded not guilty to

0:34.0

violating Nichols rights as well as witness tampering. The trial is expected to

0:38.4

last up to four weeks. Wildfires in the Western U.S. have prompted tens of thousands of people to evacuate

0:45.7

amid scorching heat and high winds.

0:48.3

In California, the Line Fire has burned at least 33 square miles in San Bernardino County.

0:54.4

County officials shut a number of schools

0:56.7

and the Forest Service says some 36,000 structures

0:59.9

are under threat.

1:01.2

In Nevada, meanwhile, crews have been dousing the Davis Fire by Air, just south of

1:06.2

Reno. That blaze has prompted about 20,000 people to evacuate the area. In Vietnam, state media says catastrophic rains and flooding from

1:15.6

typhoon Yagi have killed more than 60 people. Swolen river sent water gushing

1:20.8

into streets while deadly landslides have pushed hillsides into homes.

1:25.4

Dash cam footage caught the moment a steel bridge carrying cars and trucks collapsed.

1:30.4

Reports say the 12 vehicles fell into the rushing waters below.

1:34.0

Before making landfall in Vietnam on Saturday,

1:37.0

the storm caused 20 deaths in the Philippines

1:39.0

and killed four others in China.

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