department of justice investigation into the cpd that painted the department is racist and in need of better training and oversight. mccarthy said the doj report was politically motivated and he wasn t contacted about the department he ran for years. attempts were made to reach former superintendent mccarthy but he was not available. you can t tell me they had trouble finding him. president trump has not indicated whether he will enforce the doj investigation that was done under the obama administration. the aclu says the drop in police stops here in chicago is a victory and the police department is to blame for the spike in crime. bill: reporting tonight from chicago. after losing the election in november, democrats are trying to figure out who will be the next one to lead them. control of the party hanging in the balance tonight as kristin fisher picks up the story.
department of justice investigation into the cpd that painted the department is racist and in need of better training and oversight. mccarthy said the doj report was politically motivated and he wasn t contacted about the department he ran for years. attempts were made to reach former superintendent mccarthy but he was not available. you can t tell me they had trouble finding him. president trump has not indicated whether he will enforce the doj investigation that was done under the obama administration. the aclu says the drop in police stops here in chicago is a victory and the police department is to blame for the spike in crime. bill: reporting tonight from chicago. after losing the election in november, democrats are trying to figure out who will be the next one to lead them. control of the party hanging in the balance tonight as kristin fisher picks up the story. how bad is it to be a
an american icon takes a stand against trump. when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, off moral obligation to do something. tonight, the shock waves from john lewis and why democrats are fuming after another classified briefing with fbi director comey. plus, new questions about team trump s explanation for their phone calls to russia. the only conversation that general flynn had was one to wish him a merry christmas. why republicans are targeting the ethics office that will oversee trump. the house takes another step to dismantle obamacare without a replacement in sight. repeal and replace is going great. and racial bias, excessive force and reckless shootings. today s doj report on the chicago police department when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. there is just one week to go
replacement in sight. repeal and replace is going great. and racial bias, excessive force and reckless shootings. today s doj report on the chicago police department when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. there is just one week to go until donald trump becomes the president of the united states. he has not even taken office yet and already trump is historically unpopular. his transition, arguably clouded by more serious scandals and controversy than all eight years of the obama administration combined. as questions mount about the circumstances of trump s election and his alleged ties to a foreign adversary. democrats appear to be reaching a breaking point. in an interview with chuck todd, georgia congressman, civil rights icon john lewis became the first to declare openly what i believe many lawmakers have until now only suggested. i don t see this
he s going to face a jury, if he doesn t plea, and the justice system is going to prosecute him like he committed a criminal act. that is what justice in the micro sense looks like. had that been the case in ferguson, it would be a very different story. this is a very different place than ferguson. ferguson, as the doj report showed us, shares many things with many communities across the country. but is an outlier empirically in terms of the number of summons, the disproportionate nature of traffic stops. that said, just in talking to people here today, i ve heard some complaints about disproportionate policing of black communities here, disproportionate power being held here by white people. what we have seen the justice