Department. This was his first appearance with the House Judiciary Committee since joining the Trump Administration in 2019. The attorney general was asked about his role in criminal cases involving roger stone and others, as well as the response to nationwide protests, and the legitimacy of mailin ballots despite claims of voter fraud by the president. The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight for the department of justice. I apologize for beginning the hearing late. As many of you know, i was in a minor car accident on the way in this morning. Everyone is fine, except perhaps the car. But it did cause significant delay. I thank the attorney general and the members for their patience and flexibility, and we will now begin. Before we begin, i want to note that we are joined this morning by the distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from maryland, leader
We start tonights broadcast with breaking news, sad news. One of the giants in americas long battle for civil rights has tied. Congre congressman john lewis has passed away. He was 80 years old. Months ago he announced he was battling stage four pancreatic cancer. This was a man who participated in the civil rights era. He was on the front lines of so many vital moments of our nations history. He was as kind as he was tough. A rare fixture in washington. This was a man who many people may have disliked his politics, but it will be hard to find a Single Person who did not like the man. Again, congressman john lewis of georgia has died. We now turn to our original report to begin this broadcast tonight. It is the story of race, justice delayed but justice finally received georgia. Here now, deborah roberts. Hi, welcome. Reporter its a hot sunday afternoon at the restaurant in griffin, georgia. Todays special, heather coggens famous egg rolls. Chili cheese egg roll, taco egg roll. Reporte
President trump ultimately firing the man hat taken prosecutor yesterday after he refused to voluntarily step down. Ag barr and his relationship with the president and more as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. Fallout today after violence erupt inned the seattle protest zone, largely abandoned by police. One person was shot and killed on saturday, another critically injured. We begin my exclusive interview with attorney general william barr with this and the challenges that now face Police Across america. What a moment were living in right now. Weve got a once vibrant town in seattle, residential and business town being taken over. Now called the capitol hill organized protest or chop or chaz, capitol hill autonomous zone. In minneapolis, demonstrators hurling bricks at cops and setting buildings on fire and peaceful and not so peaceful protests as a result of the death of george floyd. As the number one Law Enforcement individual in the country, what are you going to do to brin
The right on Crime Organization. From your perspective of all policing,s working in what do you want washington no as they Debate Police reform . What do you think should happen . Guest first and foremost, dont to one million on a fewficers based different incidents. I think that is what is happening recently. Especially with the floyd incident. Anger and what happened at the floyd incident has generated talk and rhetoric that i think is harmful to the country and to the police arena. What happened to mr. Floyd was a murder. It happened to happen, just so happened that the guy that murdered him was a cop. Anyone think i talked to i did not talk to one cop, one Police Officer, one investigator, no one thought there was anything ok about mr. Floyds murder. I think those cops, especially the one that is on top of him should go to prison for the rest of his life. I personally said that i believe personally that his murder was a firstdegree murder, that he should be charged at the highest l
And iraq now committed to reduce the number of american troops in that country can we really expect that to happen though and if it does is it going to create a power vacuum in that region all right its time to move through news i. Q. Today marks the 21st consecutive day of nationwide protests following the death of george floyd over in minneapolis minnesota but now a Deadly Police shooting involving a black man in atlanta is triggering even more demonstrations all of this as new congressional legislation is being introduced to address Police Tactics across this country fronsac is outside of capitol hill with more on these developments there. Now and also in that building behind me Senate Republicans theyre getting ready to push out a package thats going to be all about policing. And what Police Officers can and cannot do now this is all coming forward from the only africanamerican republican in the Senate Senator tim scott of South Carolina which President Donald Trump has signaled hi