keep him down. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a controversial republican memo has been released, accusing the fbi of bias its investigation into alleged collusion between president trump s election campaign in russia. the document s publication was authorised by donald trump, who says authorised by donald trump, who says a lot of people should be ashamed by what it revealed. ladies and gentlemen, punxsutawney phil! it s groundhog day in america, when thousands gathered to watch a rodent named punxsutawney phil make his annual prediction about how long the winter will last. in washington too, a feeling of deja vu, with the day beginning as it often does, with an attack from the white house on the russian investigation. but this has intensified the big chill between the president and his senior law enforcement officials. the top leadership and investigators at the fbi and thejustice department have politicised the sacred investigative process in favour of democrats and a
housing, jobs, schools, and some called it a riot; others a rebellion. what is certain is the most destructive and deadly unrest in the united states since the 1863 draft riots during the civil war. in the end, detroit had 43 dead, 1100 injured, over 7200 arrests and more than 2000 buildings destroyed. detroit, 1967. a city in flames. a lot of the smoke was right up in here on 12th street, which is what it was called then. soledad: disturbances began on 12th street, since renamed rosa parks boulevard. they started spotaneously after a routine police raid on an illegal bar, or what locals called, a blind pig. dan mckane was a young street cop in detroit s tactical mobe unit. soledad: how would you have described the detroit police department in 1967? dan: well, it was majority white male. soledad: loretta holmes was in that blind pig that night, to welcome back soldiers coming home from vietnam. suddenly, police burst in. loretta: they took us downstairs, to about four i
buildings destroyed. detroit, 1967. a city in flames. a lot of the smoke was right up in here on 12th street, which is what it was called then. soledad: disturbances began on 12th street, since renamed rosa parks boulevard. they started spotaneously after a routine police raid on an illegal bar, or what locals called, a blind pig. dan mckane was a young street cop in detroit s tactical mobe unit. soledad: how would you have described the detroit police department in 1967? dan: well, it was majority white male. soledad: loretta holmes was in that blind pig that night, to welcome back soldiers coming home from vietnam. suddenly, police burst in. loretta: they took us downstairs, to about four i say three or four paddy wagons. and oh, my god. it was a million people out there. it was like, somebody got on a bullhorn and said, come to 12th and clairmount. soledad: the angry crowd outside exploded into five days of full out violence. in the years that followed, detroit fell o
how she went from a federal bureaucrat to a household name as one of america s beloved cooks. i taught myself how to cook when i worked in washington, using julia child s cookbooks. sreenivasan: all that and more, on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sreenivasan: moving and shaking today, in the white house communications staff. sean spicer resigned as press secretary after just six months, saying the president needs a clean slate. but it was widely reported that he objected to the naming of wall street financier anthony scar
bureaucrat to a household name as one of america s beloved cooks. i taught myself how to cook when i worked in washington, using julia child s cookbooks. sreenivasan: all that and more, on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sreenivasan: moving and shaking today, in the white house communications staff. sean spicer resigned as press secretary after just six months, saying the president needs a clean slate. but it was widely reported that he objected to the naming of wall street financier anthony scaramucci as communications dir