To move the country forward. I want to be a Police Officer because if the law doesnt change nothing else is going to change. Nightline starts right now with juju chang. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Tonight, the calls for justice for george floyd growing louder. The black man in minneapolis dying after an encounter with police. His death causing national outrage, with new video emerging. We caution you, some of the images you are about to see are disturbing. Please, please. Please, i cant breathe. Reporter with every passing second, George Floyds life was slipping away. Ah, ah. Reporter this tenminute video is difficult to watch but impossible to ignore. Now crucial testimony bearing witness to an ugly reality. Mama. Mama. Get up reporter face down on the pavement, crying out for his mother, a Police Officers knee to his neck. My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts. Ah. Theres water or something. Please, please. Ah, i cant breathe, officer. Reporter a bystanders cell
Good evening. My name is tony green. I am the Vice President for programs and National Outreach at the National Constitution center. I want to welcome you. Today, we are spending a lot of time marking the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights act. Were looking at it through the lens of one woman, viola liuzzo, who died in the Civil Rights Movement. Upstairs, and im sure all of you have been to the National Constitution Center Exhibit space, we have something called the American National tree, which has the stories of 100 people. And two of the people on there, at least, are heroes of the Civil Rights Movement and the battle to get to the Voting Rights act, and they are viola liuzzo and john lewis, who is supposed to be here tonight, but unfortunately is stuck in washington for votes. Gary may, who has written a very readable, interesting, and compelling book, is with us tonight to talk about the fbis role in Viola Liuzzos murder, the ku klux klan, and the other factors that led to why
pittsburgh pirates in an 8-1 win over the dodgers. today he got his first start at third base. the news continues. cnn prime time with michael smerconish starts now. thank you. he was once a politician but it wasn t until he pumped up the volume on talk tv that this provocateur defined today s era of politics. i m michael smerconish in new york. [ crowd chanting ] for nearly three decades, that was the chant heard over the course you have more than 4,000 episodes. controversial, unapologetically brash, rowdy words used in the headlines covering the news of jerry springer s passing. my favorite from the bbc. era era defining. he truly ushered in an era of television that no one in the world had ever seen before and i argue set the stage for today s political landscape. springer was 79. his family says he died peacefully today. at his home in suburban chicago after a brief illness. reports are that he had cancer. the son of holocaust refugees, he became a global sensati
hi, everyone. thanks for tuning into this hour, where we bring you tomorrow s news tonight. we have our great lineup of reporters to share their scoops. here with me tonight are harry enten, priscilla alvarez, ryan young and the next year kvhp. it s great to have all you guys hear. before a federal grand jury that is investigating the aftermath of the 2020 election and the actions of former president donald trump. this is the first time in modern history of vice president has been compelled to testify about his former boss, the president of the united states. priscilla alvarez has been working the story. priscilla, before we get to this and i am interested in that five hours, that s a long time. he was poised to talk about the conversations that he had with former president donald trump, then the president, before january 6th. sources tell our colleagues, that, as you said, this went on for five hours. and it is notable for its investigation and also, alisyn camer
telling cnn authorities did not believe that the former president and his aides had returned all the documents, and of the materials that had been taken to mar-a-lago when he left office. i want to bring in sarah murray, covering the story for us. and state attorney for palm beach county, florida. good to see you both. we are learning that this fbi search after suspicions with of withheld materials, what else can you tell us? part of what made this perplexing to the people in donald trump s orbit was that his attorneys were engaging on this issue, this notion that he took documents with him when he left the white house that the justice department wanted back, but what we are learning is authorities were suspicious that the trump team wasn t being truthful with them. they were concerned that the trump team was holding back documents, that they weren t putting forward everything that they had available, and they were also concerned that some of the documents could potentially