clearly he was emotional during parts of that interview. i asked him what his biggest regret was. he acknowledged that he didn t go do his homework. there were a lot of political mine fields in miami he did not anticipate. for his part, his leadership st, but chris, this is part of an unusual turnover across the country. over the last two years, acevedo now becomes the 40th police chief of a major city to depart from the role either through a resignation, retiring, or just leaving the post. so he was known nationally as a reformer. now he s looking for a new job. chris. gabe gutierrez, such a great interview, thank you. and you all can watch the rest of that interview with art acevedo tonight on nbc nightly news. meanwhile, on oh, let s go to the state department, secretary blinken. we lost today colin powell. secretary powell was beloved
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six months in his new role. acevedo claims he was fighting krupg in the department. but communities and city leaders questioned his choices. gabe gutierrez sat down with art acevedo for an exclusive interview. gabe, what did he tell you? reporter: even in a city known as rough and tumble politics, this clash between the commissioners and the police chief was epic. on friday art acevedo was fired after it was said he lost the trust of the rank and file police officers here. as you mentioned, he gave the national profile. he led departments in california, in austin, texas, and houston where he famously marched with protesters following the murder of george floyd. but he claims he was fighting corruption here in miami, but among the controversial things he said was that the police department was run by, quote, the cuban mafia. as you can imagine, that didn t sit well with many people in