The committee is in session. Thank you. You just told us that nothing was ever elevated. Interviewn an recently there is a escalation in place. You . As this elevated to a. G. Barr on monday, february 10, the u. S. Attorney was with me and he raised the issue with me. Had it been elevated between the two months that this came in . Nder the former u. S. Attorney a. G. Barr i think he may have had conversations with people. Did you ever have conversations with the former u. S. Attorney about this case . I do not recall any discussion. You said in the interview that he was new, he had just started. But he had worked for you for a long time. What was his job . A. G. Barr when i was attorney general 30 years ago. He was on my staff. He advised you on criminal Justice Policy . A. G. Barr correct. You named him acting u. S. Attorney. Had you discussed the stone case with him . A. G. Barr no. You said he came in the week before. To see some senior staff. He may have had some discussions. I was
And allied forces day in afghanistan. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest ray mcgovern in raleigh hes a former cia analyst and president ial briefer and in lansing we have steve gerber he is the host of this earth are joining us now cause and effect that means you can jump an economy wow and i was ok let me go to you 1st here are mikes discussed a lot in my i have composed a lot of questions of mind reduction but lets start with out a list and it speaks only so i can understand in our viewers going to spend why does the United States remain in afghanistan after the president of the United States running on a campaign a campaign trying to get out of afghanistan were almost 4 years later were still there so why are we still there if you will obama was going to get out of afghanistan as well remember it was a dumb war. Well look the answer short answer is that they cant theyre not in control. No president s have to do what we call the National Security state or deep state requi
Thank you for joining us. Tonight, growing outrage over the death of a young black man who went to a store for iced tea and never came home. Dead after a confrontation with police. Now, a new cry for racial justice. We caution you, some of the images are disturbing. Heres deborah roberts. I dont think my anger will change. Reporter nearly a year ago, her 23yearold son elijah died just days after police confronted him as we walked home from a convenience store. His family calls it excessive force. Officials called it justified. Elijahs case was closed. Disappearing from headlines until now. To be clear, im not just calling it assault. Im calling it murder. Reporter in the wake filled to coast. Even in elijahs home state of colorado. It hurts. Everybody is screaming names, but im like, last year it would have made a big difference. The george floyd case was a gamechan gamechange gamechanger, opening up the door for all sorts of stuff with law enforcement. Reporter this weekend, demonstra
[gavel] by recognizing myself or five minutes. On may 25, in the twilight of memorial on may 20 five, in the twilight of memorial day, Derek Chauvin held his need to go to floyds neck and pressed his face to the pavement for eight minutes 46 seconds as mr. Floyd pleaded for relief, repeating the words, i cant breathe. Floyd, i am sure you have seen the video. Can you think of any reason why officer chauvin would need to hold his knee on your brothers for over eight minutes . I dont know why he did it, but personally i think it was personal. They worked at the same place. For him to do Something Like that, it had to be premeditated and he wanted to do it. Intentional. Yes sir. We have learned since then that he has faced 17 misconduct complaints during his career. He was named in the brutality lawsuit, he shot and critically wounded a man after a brief and nonviolent confrontation. How do you feel about the history what do you know what do you feel about the history of misconduct . He s
Order, we will now proceed with questions. I will begin by recognizing myself or five minutes. On may 25, in the twilight of memorial day, Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police held a need to george mr. Floydonless neck, pleaded for release, repeating the words i cant breathe. Mr. Floyd, i am sure you have seen the video. Can you think of any reason why officer chauvin would need to hold his knee on your brothers for over eight minutes . I dont know why he did it, but personally i think it was personal. They worked at the same place. For him to do Something Like that, it had to be premeditated and he wanted to do it. Intentional. Yes sir. We have learned since then that he has faced 17 misconduct complaints during his career. He was named in the brutality lawsuit, he shot and critically wounded a man after a brief and nonviolent confrontation. How do you feel about the history what do you know what do you feel about the history of misconduct . He should have been off the force. Any o