There. The mayor said that no one in this city is above the law. And what we have been witnessing throughout the day from people here in baltimore is celebration. A lot of folks here have been coming to city hall and have been demonstrating saying they are happy to see that these officers have been charged. The states attorney was saying earlier today that she is going to pursue these charges. This is without the benefit of a grand jury, but the states attorney deciding this is something she is willing to do on her own. Peaceful protesters streamed down baltimores streets. As we press the fight for justice all the way to trial. Reporter and there was celebration for many in the crowd after baltimores states attorney announced multiple charges for the officers who arrested, transported and interacted with 25yearold freddie gray. I think that she did make the right decision, and i hope that the people of baltimore remain peaceful because we got what we asked for. I heard your call for no
Sentence. Good morning. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford live in new york city. Thailand a weekend of violent protests as street fights broke out over the fate of the Prime Minister. Demonstrators want her out, thinking she is a puppet of her brother. Four are dead, 50 injured as protesters try to take over government buildings. A distinct shift in the antigovernment protests on sunday. For the first time in seven days police in bangkok are fighting back. Heavy use of tear gas as they faced off with protesters at the metropolitan police headquarters. Several thousand protesters crowded the nearby streets. Back and forth surges as they chipped away at the barricade. They were soaked with whelm calcal chemicalladen water. Suthep thaugsuban rallied his protesters. He showed fatigue. This is one group surging into the main complexes. They have three destinations, minister of commerce and two telephone stations. Sunday was victory day before the protesters hit the streets. B
Just hours ago north korea released a video of an American Veteran confessing to deck aith old war crimes. Eightyfiveyearold mee Merrill Newman has been held by that country for months given his advanced age and Health Conditions we urge you to release in newman so he can return home an reunited with his family. 85yearold Merrill Newman was about to leave north korea after a tenday tour in october we he was arrested. He is now on tv talking about trading guerrillas 60 years ago. They attacked a Communication System and killed three innocent operators and they laid the munition supply and using explosives obtained from attacking the mine and they attacked the kpa and harassing operations of the rear base ten times. The statement that contained oddly constructed statements and grammatical errors saying that newman had met with soldiers that he trained during the war. I asked my guy to help me look for families and relatives living in dp committee and i gave their addresses to the guide i
About federal forces in his ci city. Joanne hardisty and i are calling for an immediate meeting with the department of Homeland Security leadership on the ground in portland, and with acting secretary dhs wolf to discuss a ceasefire and the removal of heightened federal forces from portland. Sandra fox team coverage, william la jeunesse has an exclusive look at what federal agents are facing on the ground in portland. John roberts has more on his highly anticipated appearance and to select or ted cruz will be joining us and just moments with a plan to bring back u. S. Cities under siege. But we begin with william la jeunesse was on the ground in portland for us. Hey, william. We just spent the last 12 hours inside of that court house and we want to bring that perspective. Whats it like to be a federal agent on lock down inside of this pitch black courthouse with an overwhelming crowd outside trying to burn it down, shooting these massive fireworks that hit the plywood doors and explode
2016 election. From the hartford current report federal prosecutor nora dannehy, a top aid to john h. Durham in his russia investigation, has quietly resigned, at least in part, out of concern that the Investigative Team is being pressed for political reasons to produce a report before its work is done, colleagues said. The current goes on to describe dannehy as a highly regarded prosecutor who has worked for or with durham for decades. Durham has been investigating many of the same individuals and fact patterns that have been investigated by the doj ig and multiple probes as well as a prior internal investigation run by a different u. S. Attorney. The highlevel departure over the politization of the durham probe is not the first red flag about durhams investigation. Attorney general barr who has accused u. S. National Security Officials of spying on the trump campaign, accompanied durb ham on at least one trip abroad to gather evidence for what has become a criminal probe. Joining us