Shooting of a 54yearold black man by a white police officer. On sunday in a packed town hall, mayor pete faced tough questions, loud yelling and plenty of anger. We are here first and foremost because the city is hurting and in pain, because someone among our number died at the hands of another person in this city. Sir, sir. Sir. Im not mad about me personally but the fact that community reached out we reached out and they said no. Get the people that are racists off the streets. Ds disrespectful i wake up everyday scared. I have three boys i have to teach today what to do. I appreciate what you said as constructive. I will say that if anyone that is on patrol is shown to be a racist in a way that is substantiate substantiated, that is their last day on the street. At that town hall with the latest. There is a huge question we have here about the relationships between police and some of their constituencies. Saying that right in the middle of this Huge Campaign season. No modern democr
Behind closed doors yesterday. According to the washington post, senator ted cruz told representatives from the white house, quote, i want you to take back that you didnt hear a single yes in this room. Louisiana senator johns kennedy publicly expressed worry about the president s plan this morning. Hes talking about tariffs. Im worried about the tariffs. I worry that the harm to our economy will be greater than the effect on mexico. Mexicos our biggest trading partner. We do about 700 billion thats nine zeros worth of business. But close trump ally Lindsey Graham urged fellow republicans to fall in line, while conceding its unlikely a plan will emerge before the tariffs go into place. If i were the republican senators, i would give the president a chance to get better action out of the mexico. You can do that by monday . I dont know, probably not. Its just going to take a while. Our big question is will Senate Republicans revolt, and will it matter . Joining mess aanyonita kuma and je
Right now, nearly 50,000 auto workers are hitting the picket lines or walking off the job at some 31 General Motors plants, 22 parts warehouses as well nationwide. The demonstrators accuse the American Auto giant of putting profits over jobs. In the last hour weve heard that talks have resumed between gm and the union but at this point still no deal in sight. Todays strike spread across nine states. Youre looking at them right there. If you look at the part of the country that we are talking about, President Trump won eight of those states in 2016, and he won, in part, on the promise of bringing back the glory days of manufacturing. Right now democrats know if they want a chance at the white house in 2020 theyve got to win back some of those voters at the center of these very strikes, places like michigan and ohio as well. Lets bring in nbcs molly hunter on the ground there in the motor city with protesters. And so was phil lebeau, phil is an Auto Industry reporter for cnbc. He also li
Kurdish leaders say theyre under attack despite the peace deal announced by the president. It would be unthinkable to me that turkey would not suffer consequence form malevolent behavior. Elijah cummings becomes the first africanamerican lawmaker to lie in state at the capitol, beloved by democrats and republicans. Elijah was truly a master of the house. He respected its history. And in it, he helped shape americas future. Hes defined bit character of his heart, the honesty of his dialogue, and the man that the man that we will miss. And a very good day to you, im kristcountriekristen welkera in washington, where President Trump and House Republicans are floating every possible defense to take heat off of a white house mired in the impeachment inquiry. Their latest attempts, crashing a private deposition dozens of republicans were allowed to participate in and claiming ukrainians didnt know military assistance was being withheld, but falling flat on capitol hill. President trump is usi
A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1924.