facility could increase the militarization of police. we get now to atlanta. nick valencia with more this morning. good morning. police say they detained 35 people. what else do you no he this morning? that s right. police are calling this a coordinated attack and occurred during what protesters were promoting. a week of protests and festivities with the goal of stopping this facility. police and fire training facility. it would be the biggest of its kind if it s completed. and on sunday, police say 35 people were taken into custody after throwing fireworks, lornlg racks and bricks and molotov cocktails at police. no officers were injured. they did say some protesters suffered sminor injuries. listen to the police chief at a press conference late last night characterize it saying this wasn t about the protests of a propose wi proposed police and fire training facility. this is about anarchy. actions such as this will not be tolerated. when you attack law enforcement offic
building a $90 million training center. the project that s drawn fierce opposition which has repeatedly descended to violence. protestors torching construction equipment. 35 arrested and yet again police say many were from out of town. we continue to see a number of individuals not from atlanta, georgia, present tonight undertaking criminal activities. actions such as this will not be tolerated. when you attack law enforcement officers and damage equipment, you are breaking the law. this wasn t about a public safety training center. it was about anarchy and the attempt to destabilize. dana: it s six weeks since a riot in downtown atlanta prompted by another incident at cop city where a protestor shot an officer and police responded with deadly force. charles watson with the fallout this time. the story live in atlanta. the atlanta police department is describing sunday s clash with protestors as a coordinated attack against law enforcement and this video released
karl rove, kellyanne conway and mark penn rate these speeches and these men as candidates at this stage of the game. great discussion coming up with them. also, this unbelievable story. we re still trying to figure out what happened here. four americans were assaulted and then kidnapped just inside the mexico border. we expect an update soon on who are these americans that are involved here. now kidnapped, likely by cartel linked individuals on that side of the border. we ll get new information and bring it this hour. president biden hasn t said whether or not he is running for president but he s got two very big moves in the works here. one is a huge tax hike and the other is potentially new drilling for oil in the united states. something he said he would never do. drill he was going to cut back on that. why might he be changing his mind? former texas governor rick perry weighs in. first to the white house, peter doocy with us live on the north lawn. hi, peter. martha,
damage equipment, you re breaking the law. let s bring in brett toll man, founder of the tolman group on both of these security stories that are very big to this afternoon. first to this bizarre group. they want to protect the area. they don t want to it become a cop training center, this is a quote from the atlanta naacm on the midlitarization of police. brett, what do you make of what s going on here? martha, thanks for having me on. i can t help but reflect on a couple things. both on the mexico story and this one. it s a direct result of showing weakness. whether it s the government showing weakness to the cartel. you start to see outrageous crimes that will continue to
officers and damage equipment, you re breaking the law. this was a very violent attack that occurred this evening. very violent attack. this wasn t about a public safety training center. this is about anarchy. this was about the attempt to destabilize. in recent months, this site is the target of a robust coalition of activists. this is an effort to further militarize the police. others say that they re compromising their environment in a site that should be preserved. in january a georgia state trooper was shot and wounded and a demonstrator shot and killed by police further fueling a tense situation in something that we re continuing to keep an eye on. don? now that we re here, should with he expect more? well, it certainly not, you know, the tension is not cat amming down. this site and this facility is continuing to be actions of violent attacks by protesters. police underscoring that many of those who were arrested last night were from outside of atlanta. don? is. nick val