Night. 16 Police Officers injured in all, several police cars damaged. Only one arrest so far. This after the Justice Department announces the investigation into the Police Killing of this man, terrence crutcher. This went down in tulsa, oklahoma. Police now say crutcher was not armed but he ignored their commands. The latest incidents pushing the concerns of africanamericans into the political spotlight. Hillary clinton and donald trump touching on the tragedies as they try to connect with africanamerican voters. There was a lot to cover this morning. You listened to that long News Conference in charlotte which was surprising because they gave out a lot of information. Reporter they really did give a lot of information but we still dont know a lot because the investigation is really just getting under way at this point as the chief made so very clear. First i want to talk about scott. His family says 43 years old, he had seven children and as you said, he was a family man. They say he
Any moment now u. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch will hold a press conference to release the findings of a department of justice investigation into systemic violations of the constitution by the Chicago Police department, the second Largest Department in the country. The 13month investigation reviewed the use of force and patterns involving racial disparities, prompted in part by outrage over this dash cam video of the Fatal Shooting of Laquan Mcdonald by a white Police Officer in 2014. Youre looking at live pictures of where this News Conference will take police. Lets go to nbcs gabe gutierrez. Hes our reporter on the scene covering the story for us. Gabe, what do you know . Reporter this News Conference is set to get under way, a packed room here in the Federal Building in chicago. The investigation that the Chicago Police department engaged in a pattern of violating civil rights over a course of years. As you mentioned, tamron, this investigation started after the video of laquan
President trump twisting arms as House Republicans fight to secure enough votes to repeal and replace obamacare. Will an 8 billion addition to help those with preexisting conditions be close to enough . Plus, synthetic drugs. Some Strong Enough to drop an elephant being sold as heroin on the streets and killing americans nationwide. Welcome to the lead, everyone, im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead and a dramatic hearing today on capitol hill with fbi director james comey testifying and add hitting he had concerns about the credibility of how the Obama Justice Department Led by attorney general Loretta Lynch was handling the investigation into Hillary Clintons private email server, and that, he said, led him to take many of the actions he did. Comey said it makes him, quote, mildly nauseous to contemplate that his letter about potential new evidence in the probe 11 days before about the election may have impacted who won. Still, comey insists six months later he would do it
President over the omnibus spending bill but trump is leaving it behind. In a couple of hours he will leave washington to spend the weekend inside the safe confines of his maralargo estate. This morning he caught lawmakers off guard when he tweeted this, im considering a veto of the omnibus spending bill based on the fact that the 800,000 plus Daca Recipients have been abandoned by the democrats. Not mentioned in the bill and the border wall which is d desperately needed for National Defense is not funded. And then four hours later he took the opposite approach and signed the bill. I looked very seriously at the veto. I was thinking about doing the veto. But because of the incredible gains weve been able to make for the military, that overrode any of our our thinking. And now this comes on the heels of the president s decision to replace the Current National security adviser with the military hawk and former Fox News Contributor john bolton. Following all of the action at the white hou
And then there is this, the sign of once again at the white house, with the announcement that the chief economic adviser gary cohn is stepping down. You could do that job. Melissa i could, i am busy right now. I would think about it. Spilling good morning to you, welcome to happening now, i am jon scott. Melissa and i am melissa francis. Not seeing eye to eye with the president on his plan of tariffs and imports of steel and aluminum. His resignation is the latest in a series of departures from the Trump Administration. Meanwhile President Trump is insisting that there is no chaos at the white house, only great energy. Here is treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin talking about his exit. Ive known gary for a long time, a terrific partner working on tax reform and other things. There was a lot of speculation after tax reform whether he would stay or not, and he decided to move on. We have a great Economic Team and we will consistently execute the present strategy. Melissa chief White House