developing news out of baltimore. less than an hour from now, the mayor expected to announce a new partnership between the city of baltimore and the justice department. the feds joining with city officials to reform baltimore s police force. this comes a day after mayor stephanie rawlings-blake met with attorney general loretta lynch. lynch said she s considering an investigation into baltimore s police to see if there s been a pattern of bias. and later this morning at 11:30 eastern time we re expecting to hear from maryland governor larry hogan. he will be discussing the state of emergency order in baltimore. there s a possibility it could be lifted now that the rioting has ended and the national guard has been sent home. msnbc s adam riess is in baltimore waiting if the mayor s event. governor romney, adam, whatd good morning, adam, what can we expect? reporter: more specifics, results from the meeting she had with the attorney general yesterday, how to make this city safer, relat
community. and recent events continue to demonstrate the need to press forward with these reforms. we have to get it right. failure is not an option. in order to achieve the kind of sustainable and significant reform that we want to see, that i want to see, that the citizens want to see in baltimore, i m requesting the department of justice conduct a federal pattern or practice investigation into the baltimore city police department. the department of justice has employed these investigations in communities across our nation to reform serious patterns and practices of excessive force, bias policing and other unconstitutional practices by law enforcement. such an investigation is essential if we are going to build on the foundation of reforms that we have instituted over the past few years. i m asking the department of justice to investigate if our police department has engaged in
life. he ll be rich enough to run while not being very rich, but in some ways he s too populous with the republican party. mitt romney, john mccain george w. bush, the party tends to elect a less populous kind of more elitist person and that s going to be a big challenge for huckabee. he has a strong appeal with down scale voters evangelicals, doesn t have a lot of appeal in places like new hampshire and florida and that may be the death nail for him. perry bacon and kasie hunt thank you both for being with me this morning. here s something you don t see every day, elton john testifying before a senate panel on global health programs. when he s not busy being a rock star, sir elton is active in a program he created, sir elton john aids program. there he is about to testify on capitol hill. oh the paparazzi even in washington, d.c.. also by the way, expecting to hear from the mayor of baltimore any moment now.
baltimore apart in times of crisis. we will need that resilience as we move forward to continue reforming this police department. thank you. i m now opening up to questions. mayor, is this a civil rights investigation? patterns and practices, yes. are you willing to go as far as extending the curfew as well? i m willing to do what it takes to reform my department. i have systemically put in place reforms for this department and it s clear that more needs to be done. and i m committed to working with the department of justice as they conduct their independent investigation, and i will make sure that whatever they find we need to do to repair the relationship with the community and have a department that our citizens deserve, i m determined to get that done. body cameras by year s end, talk about everyone will have a body camera how you ll roll that out, and second question
thanks so much tom. always a pleasure. developing right now, look at this dramatic new video from the mediterranean showing just how desperate african migrants are to reach europe. look at these pictures. the men, women, and children crowded on a small dingy, an inflatable boat, taking on water. they scrambled to reach a line lowered to them from a rescue ship. the incident happened sunday in the water between libya and italy and when these passengers and folks were able to get out, they found bodies right underneath these people. some people died underneath those people who survived. joining me after a quick break, one of the dreamers who met with hillary clinton in las vegas. we ll get her reaction on clinton s big immigration announcement and a live picture, now, from baltimore city hall where we re waiting for a news conference from mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. she s expected to announce new steps to reform the city s police in conjunction with the justice department. i ll hav