russia continues to send waves of troops into the eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut. so, there is a lot of incoming and outgoing here. margaret: the acting head of the faa in the hot seat. can you just, right now, assure the american people that flying aircraft in the united states of america is still the safest way to travel? yes, sir. margaret: court documents show that fox news chairman rupert murdoch was worried his k went too far with 2020 election denial claims. margaret: and on this international women s day. toni morrison, nobel laureate, acclaimed novelist, former professor, immortalized on a new forever stamp. margaret: good evening, and thank you for joining us. i am margaret brennan in for norah. tonight, what the fda is saying about a nationwide shortage of adderall and how it is impacting patients. plus, ahead of march madness, meet the rutgers player who traveled halfway around the world to live the american dream. but firs
vice president kamala harris plans to attend along with keisha lance boughts and mitch landrieu. tomorrow night we ll speak with reverend sharpton about how the nichols family and people across the country are grieving in this moment and what justice in this case looks like. but tonight sharpton, nichols family, and their attorney, benjamin crump, are gathered at the historic mason temple to discuss how authorities continue to investigate nichols death. the memphis fire department fired two medics and a lieutenant who all failed to give nichols medical attention in the immediate aftermath as theia officers who had just bean him laughed on the side lines. in addition to that the memphis police department confirmed yesterday that two other memphis officers on the scene that night have been suspended since january 8th. one of those two officers is a man named prestten hemphill. nichols family attorney and civil rights lawyer ben crump says hemphill is the one who pulled nichols
culture of racial discrimination, claiming some of its officers leave some of their most brutal tactics for blacks. this conduct is unacceptable. it is heartbreaking. reporter: the scathing doj report concluded the louisville metro police department doesn t always protect and serve, but instead often disrespects the people it is sworn to protect. among the investigations findings, officers treat blacks and light whites differently. while driving, blacks are nearly four times as likely to be cited for improperly tinted windows and five times more for improper tags. the abuses extend to the treatment of the disabled avon sex assault victims. the report also says officers often use excessive force to do net restraints, canines, and tasers. some have videotaped themselves throwing drinks at restaurants from their cars,
results you see here. those units would be disbanded immediately. you only see them in the communitiesee that are already suffering and already vulnerable. and weer have to examine this predatory policing that is at the end of the day the foundation of our policing system overall snch. yeah, i will say cellphone footage and body cam footage are not substitutes for the resources these communities need toit report injustices, right? we may know about tyre nichols because ofre body cam footening but that s thought a substitute what should actually happen in the community to s prevent this from ever happening again. thank you both for your time tonight. thank you. we have much more ahead tonight. i ll be joined live on set by one of the senior investigators who served on the january 6th committee, what he had to say about the investigations findings. that s coming up next. but george santos hopes everyone
president biden urges democrats to press ahead with his agenda after the party suffers a shock defeat in the state of virginia. one of england s top cricket clubs, yorkshire, is at the centre of a bitter race controversy. a former player azeem rafiq, received an apology after an independent report found he had been the victim of racist harassment and bullying. but no action has been taken against staff or players sparking widespread anger and now sponsors have withdrawn their support. here s our sports editor dan roan. it s the most successful club in the history of county cricket, but yorkshire is now engulfed in a racism scandal centred on former player azeem rafiq. an independent panel found the spin bowler had been the victim of racial harassment and bullying while at the club. yorkshire apologised, but took no action against any member of staff, and political pressure has been intensifying. what we ve read is deeply shocking and one of the most disturbing events in modern cricke