pretty much going to be relevant to the local level. he was for police reform before george floyd and breonna taylor and others. introducing a police accountability bill following the 2015 shooting of walter scott in his home state of south carolina. i ll remind you, walter scott was shot in the back from behind. footage appeared to show an officer dropping a taser, basically, planning a weapon after shooting him in the back. so federal police reform is too partisan to get through for people like tim scott and they want to back away from what they initially cared about, the new way the new york commission is approaching this problem should be a model with new initiatives on the ballot during the 2022 mid-term elections, this could and should be implemented across the country. joining me now, fordham university professor christina greer and jennifer jones austin, chair of the new york city
obamacare illegal by eliminating the penalty for not having coverage. the decision came just hours before the final day of enrollment for 2019 coverage, which is today, and it puts obamacare in the coverage of some 20 million americans at risk. so what is next for the affordable care act, joining me are vox.com, sarah cliff, republican strategist and political analyst, susan del percio, and fordham university professor of political science, susan greer. what do you make of the timing of this, will this impact people who waited until the end and are enjoling for health care enrolling for health care today? we re seeing millions of americans waking up to headlines that say things like obamacare is declared unconstitutional, the real situation is that this was a district court in texas. the affordable care act still stands, people s health insurance is is not affected and if people are uninsured and need coverage, they should be signing up before the deadline tonight at midnight, but
welcome back. with former attorney general jeff sessions ousted this week, the president seems to have found the loyalist he always wanted. acting ag matt whittaker, will he now have the protection he always sought from the escalating mueller probe. back with me new york times editorial board member mara gay, author and fordham university professor greer, mike steel and joining me msnbc legal analyst paul butler. let me go to you first, paul. there s a question of whether or not he is constitutionally in line to be in the position he s in. what is your view? so the constitution requires a principle officer to be confirmed by the senate. a principle officer is someone
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a pittsburgh federal court tomorrow afternoon. he will appear tomorrow in court for the formal charges and i assume an indictment within days? reporter: right. i don t know if he s going to appear from jail or if he will physically be well enough to go to court physically. he was wounded by gunfire. we don t know how many bullets he was struck with, but he was wounded in an exchange of gunfire, we believe, with police. and authorities have also told us that while he was engaging those officers is when he was also mentioning why he wanted to kill all the jewish people. so it s a very disturbing scene there at the synagogue. officials say it could be the end of the week before they clear that crime scene, rev. thank you, nbc s ron mot in pittsburgh. i want to bring in my panel. fordham university professor and