couple of times and that was ineffective and eventually the struggle occurred with the officers were struggling with the individual over one of the officer s weapons. the shooting sparking outrage on l.a. s skid row. police have not released the suspect s name but witnesses say he was homeless. he didn t bother nobody. he didn t have no weapon. it was kind of extreme. there was no reason for them to do that. the guy wasn t no threat to them. dennis horn took one of the videos. did he reach for the officer s weapon? you didn t see that. i didn t see that. reporter: the lapd is promising a thorough investigation. confrontations involving officers have become increasing increasingly scrutinized in the wake of ferguson. in this case there are still being unanswered questions. it was injust and unfair. at the same time they are doing their job. disturbing. that was gabe gutierrez.
our officers. they struggled with him. they tried to tase him a couple times, that was ineffective. eventually the struggle occurred where the struggle became over one of the officer s weapons. reporter: the shooting sparking outrage on skid row. police haven t released the suspect s name but witnesses say he was homeless. he didn t bother nobody. he didn t have no weapon they just shot him. i think it was extreme. there was no reason to do that. the guy wasn t no threat to them. reporter: dennis horn took one of the videos. did he reach for the officer s weapon? you didn t see that. my footage doesn t show that, my eyes didn t see that. reporter: around the country confrontations have been increasingly scrutinized in the wake of ferguson. in this case there are still many unanswered questions. it is unfair but it is a catch twenty two, they re doing
for benjamin netanyahu to come and also there has been concern on their part that timing is bad, as they re in the middle of these delicate negotiations over iran s nukes. having said that you heard secretary kerry yesterday trying to tamp down what has been a lot of conversation especially among analysts who say that the relationship between the u.s. and israel is at or very near a new low. take a listen to john kerry just yesterday. obviously, it was odd, if not unique, that we learned of it from the speaker of the house, and that the administration was not included in this process, but the administration is not seeking to politicize this. we want to recognize the main goal here is to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. reporter: and while that is the goal on both sides, there is absolutely no doubt this is highly political. we ll see today sort of a preview of the back and forth. first you re going to hear at the apac conference samantha power, the u.s. ambassa
nbc news senior white house correspondent kris jansing joins us live. kris an interesting tone from prime minister netanyahu clearly aware as he has been of the stir this would create and the aftermath. does this change anything regarding tomorrow? reporter: i don t think it does. maybe it gives us a little window into what the tone might be. obviously there are political considerations both in israel and here he s just a couple weeks away from his own election. and of course that s the number one reason the white house has given for why they say that the president will not meet with him. but also domestic political considerations here. as you know tamron there are at least 30 democratic members of congress that will not attend this speech. vice president biden has gone off to guatemala, so the sharp tensions that exist don t go away with the decision i think by both samantha power and netanyahu to emphasize many of the positive things that do indeed exists. nobody thinks
people misperceived my visit here this week as doing that. israel has always been a bipartisan issue and always should remain a bipartisan issue. i m joined by senator bernie sanders, one of 30 lawmakers who will be boycotting netanyahu s speech to congress tomorrow. you re a democrat senator independent, you she say. independent. you caucus with the democrats and number of democrats are also boycotting boycotting. tell me why you decided not to attend. despite the prime minister s assertions obviously was taking place is extremely partisan and in fact unprecedented. the speaker of the house, john boehner, invited mr. netanyahu and forgot to consult with the president of the united states who leads our nation in terms of foreign policy. and i think that s wrong and i think it s a very dangerous precedent. second of all, andrea no great secret that mr. netanyahu is in a tough re-election race in israel. that election is in two weeks and i do not want to see the congres