Rights a year and a day on the walk on washington. This on the big right to life march in washington, d. C. This morning, more on the american divide. Accidental overdose. Three months after legend tom petty died, autopsy results public. A fatal cocktail of prescription drugs. Petty was suffering from unbearable physical pain. The terrible news petty received the day he died. All that, plus, an intense flu season gets worse. Delta makes a major change on Service Animals on board. And will he or wont he. After hurting his thumb, tom brady plays it cool if he will play in the afc championship game. Well see. Well see. Patriots fans everywhere hoping, praying for a speedy recovery. Today, saturday, january 20th, 2018. From nbc news, this is today with Sheinelle Jones and craig melvin and dylan dreyer. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us. Im craig melvin. And im Sheinelle Jones. Take a look at this. This is the capitol dome in washington, d. C.
Marches plan around the country starting today. Fighting for womens rights a year and a day on the walk on washington. This after a big right to life march in d. Krmt. The president firing up his base. This morning, more on the american divide. Accidental overdose. Three months after rock legend tom petty died, his autopsy results made public. The cause of death . A fatal cocktail of prescription drugs. Petty was suffering from unbearable physical pain. This morning, the terrible news petty received the day he died. All that, plus, an intense flu season gets worse. Delta makes a major change to its policy about bringing Service Animals on board. And will he or wont he . After hurting his thumb, tom brady plays it cool when asked whether hell play in tomorrows afc championship game. Well see. Well see. Well see. Patriots fans everywhere hoping, praying for a speedy recovery. Today, saturday, january 20, 2018. From nbc news, this is today with Sheinelle Jones and craig melvin and dylan d
For being here. It seems like a week or two when you think back on how compresed it has been. But a lot of good work came from it. I want to thank those that testified today and those that testified before you, submitted comments and participated in the audience. It has been helpful in us framing what will be the final recommendations we present to the president next week. I am not going to go anything about how it will happen. Ron did a good job of that. Soon you will be introduced to the other taskforce members. I am chuck ramsey and i am a cochair along with Lori Robinson and i think we have made a good team over the past few months. I am currently the police chief in philadelphia. Seven years i have served in that capacity. Prior to that where was the police chief in washington for almost nine. I started in chicago in 1968. I have been around for a while and seen a lot of changing in policing over the years. Very dynamic profession and this is a period of time when we have challeng
Thank you so much, dr. Goff. Our next witness is jim mcdonald who is the sheriff for l. A. County. Welcome. Thank you very much very honored to be here today. Thank you for allowing me to address you today. Nearly three months ago, i was sworn is as l. A. Countys elected sheriff. The first person in over a century elected from outside of the Sheriffs Department. I took command of a Law Enforcement agency facing many challenges. I also took command of an agency flown below the radar for years, not always acknowledged for the cutting edge work and expertise. I speak to you today as both a new sheriff with an agenda driven by a need for a change as well as somebody who has become fiercely proud of the Organization Im now privileged to lead. The Los Angeles Sheriffs Department is the largest Sheriffs Department in the country and the second largest policing agency in the nation. We serve a county spanning over 4,000 square miles with a population of over 10 million people. We also run the
Shooting of missouri teenager michael brown. Members are examining ways to improve relationships between Law Enforcement and the communities they serve. They are expected to give their recommendations to president obama the summer. This is to an half hours. Were going to get started. If you have a cell phone please turn it off for putting on to vibrate. Good morning welcome to the president s task force on 21st Century Policing. Today we have a distinguished and final panel all bills were outstanding but we save the best for last there will be the to the cochairs to explain the purpose of the panel and the thought process while we will close it out this way. And as you know, december 1st 2014 president obama announced his intent to create a president s task force with 21st Century Policing to deal with the issue of trust between police and many communities in the task force will be led by two distinguished cochairs was also a former assistant attorney general and to her left charros ra