bipartisan criminal justice forum. kristin fisher joins us live from columbia, south carolina. hey, kristin. reporter: hey, arthel. senator kamala harris is on stage right now, blasting president trump on the call pus of this historically black college for comparing the impeachment inquiry to a lynching. remember, just a few hours ago, kamala harris wasn t supposed to be here. she dropped out of this forum after president trump spoke here yesterday and received an award here, in fact. now, her campaign says that she came back in, decided to go forward with the event after she got the group that gave president trump the award removed as a sponsor. they put out a statement about an hour ago saying as a result of her leadership, the 2020 bipartisan justice center has been dropped from the event. the event was made free and open to the public and more hbcu students at benedict have been included in the event. here s a look at president trump receiving that you award yesterday for signing
true measure of who is ahead in the democrats race for president. iowa voters begin caucuses february 3rd. three weeks later, south carolina will hold its primary. it will be the first in the south and today several candidates, you can see on the right, are at the same event in the capital city of columbia, south carolina. senator amy klobuchar expected to take the stage at this presidential criminal justice forum. a live picture there from columbia. candidates introducing plans to reform the system all day long and a bit of controversy, i should mention, involving the schedule and senator kamala harris. harris initially pulled out of the forum at a historically black college after only a limited number were allowed to attend and given an award why in same event. nbc news reporter joins us from outside that forum. curious about one thing. senator harris is now, has now
enrolled at the school. the other victims are at the hospital right now. at this time no arrests are made. a rally two days after a new york cop was killed in the streets. it s right no rebel. nypd go to held. you can see the chanting and it was all part of a three day national march that continues today and tomorrow. on tuesday night officer randall hold er was gunned down chasing a career criminal. he was the fourth nypd officer kill in the line of duty in the last 11 months. president obama defending the shameful display from the black lives matter protest while speak at a criminal justice forum. he made note of the distrust between communities and police.