The Senate Judiciary committee grilled the attorney general about several ongoing investigations. Attorney general Jeff Sessions was questioned about the president s firing of fbi director james comey. The probe into russias meddling in the 2016 election and more. Lauren blanchard reports. Reporter Jeff Sessions is on the job as the nations top Law Enforcement officer for eight months but today is the first time he was called to testify before the Senate Judiciary committee. Under these circumstances today, i will not be able to discuss the content reporter attorney general Jeff Sessions citing executive privilege telling the Senate Judiciary committee he will not discuss his private conversations with President Trump. Despite sessions refusal to answer questions on the president s firing of fbi director james comey, the nations top Law Enforcement officer did go on to criticize comey saying the investigation into Hillary Clintons emails was closed before being fully investigated. I do
Heres a look at evacuation orders now for Santa Cruz County. Several Evacuation Centers are open. This man, 54yearold marlin coy, of Boulder Creek is now behind bars for allegedly looting an evacuated home. Police say he stole 15,000 worth of jewelry from the property and a mountain bike. Now to the wine country wildfires where firefighters have stopped the forward progress of all of the wildfires in the area. Here are the latest numbers. Tubbs fire 91 . Atlas fire 83 . Nuns fire 80 . Sonoma county authorities report that one additional death from the fires brings the total to 42. About 58 people are still listed as missing in napa and sonoma counties. More than 6,000 people have been allowed to return home. Governor brown is issuing an executive order to speed up recovery in areas devastated by the fire. President trump said despite the tweet, the Trump Administration says that the president has no plans to visit california. The next phase of wildfire recovery includes a cleanup of to
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Police officers across the country are beefing up their security after the ambush in baton rouge. Good evening. Im eric thomas. The gunman was shot and killed by police, but not before taking his deadly toll. 35yearold Montrell Jackson, Brad Garafola and matthew gerald. Our Team Coverage tonight from baton rouge. Good evening, eric. As you can see here, it is still very much an active crime scene in baton rouge as investigators are trying to piece together the details and understand how the shooter gavin long, an exmarine traveled from kansas city, missouri here to baton rouge on his 29th birthday and opened fire. [ siren ] [ gunshots ] target blue again. One subject, all black carrying an ar. Officers in baton rouge responding to reports of a gunman dressed in black, found themselves suddenly in his sights. Officers down, shots fired, officers down. Got a city officer down. Shots fired. Unknown where the subject is shooting from. Walking into the line of fire. Im hit. Back here. Deput
Divulged to join the Consulting Company taneo to advise them on terrorism. I get to stay in the city and i can walk to work. Three blocks and im at work. Reporter today a handful of people protested as bratton left city hall. Hes a continuation of giuliani and this mayor has to go next. Reporter for the most part bratton remains extremely popular in the city. Hes tried to create a kinder, focused on community policing. His replacement is jimmy oneill. And next in line, carlos gomez. Chief oneill, soon to be commissioner oneill and i, were a people person. We love cops. We love communities. Commissioner bratton says under no circumstances will he ever come back from the private sector to rejoin the police department. Hes joining the company taneo. Hell make a lot of money. All this takes effect september news. One of brattons harshest critics quickly responded to the resignation. Reverend al sharpton organized leaders in the African American community. Among other issues sharpton has be