Were going to show you coming up in the next few minutes but we have to talk first about what weve seen in the past 48 hours, the appalling targeting of reporters who are trying to tell americas story. Theres so much thats so wrong about this situation. First and foremost, the video seen around the world, the video of George Floyds final minutes alive. Its so wrong that its hard to see, but it is right that we look, it is right that we bear witness. And it is right to see protestors taking action as a result. But it is wrong to see reporters and photographers and news crews being assaulted and arrested at these protests. Police firing rubber bullets at reporters when the reporters are holding up press badges, that doesnt belong in america. Authorities handcuffing reporters is wrong. Thats what happens in authoritarian regimes, not in america, but yet it happened again last night in minneapolis and in new york. These threats against the press are not just coming from police. In recent d
Our top story, grieving iraqi civilians are demanding answers and so are the Iraqi Government and the u. S. Military. The pentagon and iraqs Defense Ministry are looking into allegation that is federal u. S. Led air strikes have killed iraqi civilians in western mosul this month. These pictures are from the aftermath of one of the raids that occurred on march 17th. The u. S. And iraqi forces are trying to drive isis out of its major strong hold in iraq. The offensive may be costing hundreds of civilian lives. Cnns ian lee joins us from cairo, egypt. The number of people accidentally killed is quite high and devastating. Reporter thats right, natalie. It is quite staggering from what are the reports that we are hearing about the number of people who are quild in this air strike, allegedly killed in in air strike on march 17th. A u. S. Central command overseeing operations by Coalition Forces say they are going to been veinvestigating this. They have opened up a formal assessment to get
frustrations and to unite our society to move forward. now, our christie lou stout joins us from another side of hong kong. good to see you, chris still. this is historic because this is the first time that the city will be run by a woman. you have critics that are attacking this elections credibility and legitimacy. what is fueling that frustration? reporter: absolutely. the announcement was made at hong kong election headquarters. carrie lamb is the first leader in hong kong. there were a lot of cheers and according to the public opinion polls, she is not the people s choice. she won an election involving 1200 members of an election
h fearing her husband, she was in fear of being deported. my husband would always tell me he was going to call immigration authorities and they would take my children away. reporter: cracking down on illegal immigration was one of president trump s main campaign promises. we put in place the first steps in our immigration plan ordering the immediate construction of the border wall, putting an toned catch and release. reporter: human rights activists say the president s immigration policies are having an unintended effect. domestic violence victims are now afraid to go to police. translator: domestic violence victims are calling us and letting us know what is happen tog them but don t want to call the police or go to court. reporter: immigration authorities carried out what they called routine raids throughout the country detaining hundreds of undocumented
immigrants. the disgraceful new raids targeting immigrant families are deeply upsetting and designed to spread fear. reporter: they say many immigrants who are abused don t know they can receive legal help and support regardless of their legal status on the violence of immigration act. they also offer the u visa for victims of physical abuse that are willing to cooperate with the police. the u visa was the answer for this woman. it gave me hope she said that i will not be separated from my children. the message is not getting through to victims, they say. perpetrators of domestic violence, they fear, are now more likely to go unpunished. rafael romo, cnn. our final story of this hour, right after this.