Lets go out front. Good evening, everyone. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight, where in the world is president obama . Its been 11 days since he met with congressional leaders on the fiscal cliff. And with impending doom as a lot of people describe it, just 35 days away, key lawmakers say the president hasnt worked hard enough with them to broker a deal. Rather than sitting down with lawmakers of both parties and working out an agreement, hes back on the campaign trail presumably with the same old talking points that were all quite familiar with. Well, now, as far as Top Democrats are concerned, things havent been going so well since that november 16th kumbaya meeting at the white house. We had a meeting, it went very well. The problem was that was before thanksgiving after the election. And since that time, theres been little progress with the republicans, which is a disappointment to me. Well, the market didnt exactly like what they heard there either. The dow lost nearly 90 points tod
Good morning. Im john john berman. It is thursday april 23rd. Christine romans is off today. New this morning, we are learning that five of the six baltimore officers involved in arresting freddie gray have provided statements to investigators. Gray somehow suffered a fatal spinal injury in Police Custody earlier this month. This new video, it is hard to make out, but it shows the last time gray was seen in public motionless lying in the door of that police van. Court documents say the events leading to grays death started when he took off running when he saw officers. The lawyer for the officers says the officers did not need probable cause to arrest gray. They say his decision to flee was enough. They pursued mr. Gray. They detained him for an investigative stop. Had he not had a knife or an illegal weapon on him, he would have been released after the paper work was done. However, in this case he was in possession of a knife, violation of maryland law and he was arrested. Everyone ke
Right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news, reporting tonight from los angeles, lester holt. Good evening. In a sign of growing worry over the threat of isisinspired attacks in this country, the military has ordered u. S. Military installations here at home to raise their security level for First Time Since the tenth anniversary of 9 11. While the fbi tonight is alerting its field offices to take a closer look at potential extremists on their radar. The actions come amid increasing anxiety over the potential threat from home grown terrorists on the heels of that terrorist shooting attack on a gathering in texas last weekend. Jim miklaszewski has late details from the pentagon. Reporter the urgent warning shot out across the u. S. Overnight, ordering more than 3,000 military bases and sites in the u. S. To raise the terrorist threat warning to force protection bravo. Bravo is in the middle of five threat levels, and indicates an increased or more predictable threat of terrorist activ
Anger boiling over on the streets of baltimore. A major confrontation between police and protesters a moment ago. Our own brian todd was caught in the middle of it all and let me show you. Lets go over here. Watch out. Watch out. Here they just got another man. Were being easy guys. Were being pushed. If you can see whats going on, when they try to arrest someone, they are being swarmed by the protesters. Okay. Okay. Thank you. And some as you can see this obviously a violent confrontation there between police and protesters. That was moments ago. It comes after days of mostly peaceful demonstrations. I want to show you the live pictures at this moment. Protesters are gathering at city haul and the Police Station again. It has been 11 days since freddie grays arrest. Heres what we dont know. What led to his arrest what happened to him in the police van, why has his autopsy not been released and why have we heard nothing from the arresting officers even though five of the six have given
With police. Watch yourself. I got ya. Reporter hundreds of protesters demanding answers in the death of freddie gray. People frustrated filling the streets, blocking traffic. Some even laying down on the middle of intersections. This as new video shows gray minutes after his initial arrest the last time he was seen publicly and alive. The video shows gray not moving lying halfin halfout of the police van. This is when police say they shackled his ankles. He wasnt responding. He was down his feet like this. And they picked him up and threw him up in the paddy wagon. Reporter what exactly happened to the 25yearold when he was placed back in that van remains a mystery. Something happened in that van. We just dont know what. Reporter an attorney for the Baltimore City police union tried to answer questions tuesday despite calls from protesters demanding the arrest of the six officers involved. The fraternal order of Police Defending the officers actions. In this type of an incident you do