elementary school in the same county. but deputy fields has been sued in the past for using excessive force but those charges were dismissed. he s currently awaiting trial for allegedly targeting black students. back to you. heather, thank you very much. the way this started was a teacher at this give up your phone. she wouldn t give it up. give it up. they called in an administrator. give up the phone. wouldn t do it. brought in the cop. wouldn t do it. and then that. physical altercation. they said she was punching him. obviously there s a lot more to the story. it depends on what part of the video you see, the before or the after. if you have respect for your teachers, this doesn t happen. we ll let them investigate. 26 minutes before the top of the hour. heather nauert, she has more. we have a fx news alert. people are dead after an explosion at an oregon firing range inside a world war ii era tank. police say that there was a
occasions. we have not heard back. we ll continue to follow this storey and have an update for you shortly. craig melvin with breaking news on msnbc, thank you very much. turn to politics and tonight s gop debate. one will emerge as the nominee. who that nominee will be is anyone s guess right now. new polls are shaking up the national race as well as campaigns in the key state. ben carson up, donald trump down. right now we ll go talking about what you need to know. john harwood is in boulder along with katie tur. look, katie is the only one with a cap on. you have a deal with the new dynamic and the new frontrunner and according to a new poll, 71% of republicans aren t solidly with one candidate or the other. what do you make with all this fluidity in the race?
fields did not follow proper procedures. some of his actions, it s not what i expect of my deputies, and it s not what i tolerate from any of my deputies. especially those that are in a school when we re dealing with juveniles. the sheriff went on to say that the role of the resource officer in schools may need to be re-examined. meanwhile, the fbi and the justice department investigations into whether any federal laws were violated during the incident are ongoing. late this afternoon by the way, deputy fields attorney responded by saying, fields actions were justified and lawful. we ll be back with more mtp daily including a final debate preview. stay with us. [ male announcer ] whether it takes 200,000 parts,
classroom procedure. you re not going to give up your phone. he s going to write you up and kick you out. when she refused to leave, that s when he called an administrator in there and of course she refused to leave again. then that s when he called deputy fields. and then deputy fields comes in and then what happened then, nya? then like i said he comes toward her and asks her are are you going to leaf wive wherith ? moves her laptop from off of her desk. he grabs her arm and puts his arm around her neck at first so that s why you actually see her, if you get the right video, you ll see her, like, trying to swing at him, and at that point, then he just flipped the desk back and grabbed her out of it and threw her and that s when you see her rolling across the floor. why did you why did you start decide to start filming? because i because, like, we ve heard about his reputation. we ve heard that he s a
some public comment that i made and called to express her appreciation for our concern regarding her daughter, but, you know, i hope that this child recovers, and recovers fully, and i hope that the other children who have had a chance to view this recover fully, and i hope that deputy fields has due process, and has his day in court, and potentially tell his story some day. it is a tragic situation all around. all we can do is to figure out the ways in which we can come together and learn from this and figure out how as a community and i use that word broadly, as the entire nation can move forward from this. thank you, mayor, for joining us. thank you, wolf. thank you so much. good luck to you and the folks in columbia, south carolina, and mayor stephen benjamin joining us. sfwhoo a and this is bringing up