the justice department has just issued a scathing and disturbing report on the louisville police department nearly two years after a nearly two year civil rights investigation. now, attorney general merrick garland launched this probe in the months after the louisville police shot and killed an unarmed black woman, breonna taylor inside of her home. a short time ago garland explained that that botched raid in march of 2020 was part of a practice of abuses by the city. the pd leader told the department breonna taylor was a symptom of problems that we have had for years. the justice department s findings in the report that we are releasing today bear that out. and listen to this, these are just some of the very ugly examples that garland cited today. the justice department has also identified deficiencies in lmpd s response to and investigation of domestic violence and sexual assault. lmpd has relied heavily on pretextual traffic stops in black neighborhoods. some have vi
standing by their man despit his criminal indictment in new york and multiple other loomin investigations new nbc news polls out today show the former presiden leading the pack of 2024 gop presidential hopefuls. with 46% support the republican voters florida governor ron desanti trails behind trump by 1 points no other republican had double digit support in the poll. the long and short of, i trumpism is here to stay both in the form of go candidates transformin themselves in his image. trump s whole over the base. no matter how hard som republicans urged gop voters against a. at the end of the, day we won a winner republicans want someone who could win in november of 24. donald trump is a loser. he hasn t just lost once, he lost our house seats in 2018 he lost everything in 20 we should have 54 u.s. senator right now. we don t because of hi message. donald trump s positioning himself to be a four-time lose in 2024. we need candidates that can win! the gop base seems unf
around this country we have new reaction today from people demanding change. . five police officers. it doesn t matter. if not even one of them said no, this is not. right there is really no words to describe. it i was sick to my stomach. i had to walk away a few times. it just breaks your. heart you have to stand up and be reminded that this isn t just a mentor thing or a sacramento or california thing. this is a national thing. unfortunately, he is right. we have reporters and analysts joining us with reactions of what to expect next in this case. we are going to go first to nbc s tom brock, standing by in memphis for us. sam, good day to you. what can you tell us about this scene just after 11 am central time where you are there? the morning after that video was released? hey alex. good afternoon to. you good morning here. it is calm right now. it is going to be really interesting to see what some of the protesters are saying today alex azar s a 3 pm protest loca
rally in texas and rails against the prosecutors investigating him. the weaponization of our justice system is not as some have called it, a political spectacle. this is the central issue of our time. law and order? former dhs secretary jay johnson is here to discuss the threats against the manhattan da and security concerns around a possible trump indictment. and destruction in the deep south. we ll go live to mississippi where a deadly tornado outbreak has left entire neighborhoods in ruin. i m jonathan capehart. this is a special hour of the sunday show. katie fang is off this weekend. donald trump kicked out of his first official campaign rally with a striking and disturbing moment. silently idolizing the violent january 6th insurrection. standing with his hand over his heart as images of rioters sacking the capitol played on the big screens behind him. it s worth noting that waco, texas, gay notoriety for a deadly standoff between a religious cult and law enforcement 3
maggie and i would never hurt my son paw paw. murder of your wife maggie murdaugh, i sentence you to a term for the rest of the natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, i sentence you to prison for murdering him for the rest of your natural life. john: convicted double murderer alec murdaugh set to spend the rest of his life and after life behind bars after a south carolina judge handed down two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. john roberts in washington. good friday to you. gillian: good friday, that s an awful long time, two life sentences. i m gillian turner, i m in for sandra, this is america reports. so in this fairly dramatic sentencing hearing, judge clifton newman admonished him, called the defense not credible and assault on the integrity of the judicial system. john: murdaugh repeatedly claimed he did not murder his wife and son. his conviction capped off a stunning fall from grace for his family which the judge described