involved have been charged with federal civil rights violations. join me now to discuss this is our nbc news justice corresponded. charles coleman, and reverend al sharpton, founder of the national action network. reverend, you know the family. as you know she was an aspiring nurse, she was working as an emt when she was killed. police were looking for a former boyfriend who wasn t even there. as someone who fought for the family to get justice what is your take on this decision? i think it is an important step in the right direction. clearly you look at the indictments, four of the officers have been indicted because they actively tried to cover up what they did. they conspired to violate her rights. the other went around the house and shot through what they called the curtains set where you could not see, shot in and ended up with a bullet going into a neighbors house, clearly a violation of civil rights. i think what is important is she was still pushing as were so many
we said we ll see you on thursday. she said see you on tuesday. she was very upset and very stressed and she can hardly talk honestly. so it s difficult time for her. let s be clear, a guilty sentence has been almost certain since before griner even confessed to accidentally packing those cannabis cartridges in her luggage. russian courts have a conviction rate of 99%. the white house put out a statement, calling on russia to release griner immediately and says his administration is continuing to pursue every possible avenue to bring home griner and former u.s. marine paul whelan, who is also detained. u.s. officials have proposed a prisoner swap for griner s release, despite claims from the white house that the process is moving quickly, it is expected to take some time and the ball is very much in russia s court. joining me is molly hunter and jonathan, he worked on the case of trevor reed who was released from a russian prison earlier this year. molly, we weren t expec
met with strong resistance from police. we ll show you what s going on. plus, you know j.r. ewing from the 1980s tv series dallas announces a public health battle but larry hagman has no plans to step down. we re all guilty of it, eating and driving. but one community is working to put a stop to it. the occupy wall street movement just keeps getting bigger. more protests inside and outside of the united states along with more arrests. in new york alone, 14 arrests after protesters staged a sit-in in the street blocking traffic. in flint, michigan, dozens of demonstrators protested in front of a bank of america. and in seattle, washington, dozens more remain in a downtown park. just yesterday police in riot gear arrested 41 people there. and in san diego, police clashed with occupy protesters who had formed a tent city, and things got pretty intense. officers used pepper spray to make the demonstrators comply with an order to remove their camping gear. here s salvado
nomination. let s look at this poll everybody is buzzing about. nbc/wall street journal. it came out last night. on the top, herman cain former godfather pizza ceo. mitt romney the former massachusetts governor at 23% and rick perry you can see dropping down to 16% in this poll. now, kyra, one thing about this poll that was done before the presidential debate the other night and cain s advantage there, that four-point advantage that is within the sampling era. another poll came out last night. this is by reuters and this indicates pretty much a tie at the top. romney at 23%, cain at 19%. again, it s within the sampling error. herman cain catching fire in the polls national and state one reason is 999 that tax plan he has been talking about nonstop. he was the star or at least had the most attention at the presidential debate the other night. another debate, our own, coming up next week, kyra. also, paul, it s been a rough stretch for the president. so, what are we hearing f