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
top of the hour this wednesday. i m jim sciutto. and i am erica hill. right now several key hearings happening on capitol hill. a pretty busy day in washington. this hour lawmakers will grill active administrator billy nolan after multiple close calls on the runway and some of the aviation incidents sparking safety concerns. also federal reserve chairman jerome powell appearing before lawmakers for the second day defending his decisions to raise interest rates in an effort to tamp down inflation. we re also watching the top u.s. intelligence officials testify, among them fbi director chris wray, the director of national intelligence avril haynes as what they see the biggest global threats facing the u.s. today. cnn s melanie is live on capitol hill today. several events and several bits of testimony on the hill today. walk us through what you re watching. yeah. a very busy day here on capitol hill. we are tracking a number of high-profile hearings, and i want to walk yo
hello, everyone. i m bianna goal deldry kbgoldry. after the officer-involveved deadly beating of tyre nichols, they ll now investigate the entire police department. and they just revealed the findings of the federal investigation into that city s police department. it goes bond just deeply troubling. they found conduct that violates the constitution and civil rights act. the report comes just days before the three-year of the death of brianna taylor, a black woman who was shot and killed during a no-knock raid in her apartment building. it was a symptom of the problems that have been ferrising within the louisville police department for years. lmpd has relied heavily on pretextural traffic stops in black neighborhoods, assaulted people with disabilities and called black people, monkeys, animal, and boy. this conduct is unacceptable. it is heartbreaking. it erodes the community trust necessary for effective policing and it is an affront to the vast majority of officers w
day. also cops describing black citizens as monkeys, animals, boy. officials calling out police in a overnight u.s. city for racist abuses and practices. tesla under fire. questions about the self-driving feature about another crash. and an investigation into tesla steering wheels on one model, steering wheels that can potentially fall off. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with new heart breaking details about the kidnapping of four americans in mexico. we re learning that the two were immediately shot when gunmen approached their car, she watched them die. the autopsy of the two victims were finished this morning and the remains are expected to be returned to the u.s. soon. today the president of mexico pledged to see the investigation through and get to the bottom of what happened. diane gallagher starts off with more details on where the investigation stands now. feel good to know she s coming home. reporter: the mother of survi survivor latavia mcg
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