he picking his phone up. make him put the man phone down. nothing. i m going to go around traffic for real. he just slammed this boy on the [ bleep ] floor. hit his [ bleep ] head on the concrete, bro. now the police department has seen this video as well and they say this incident is under investigation as the actions of the video are concerning. the specifics of what transpired prior to officers executing an emergency takedown. if wrong doing is discovered, aurss already held accountable. what we ve learned so far from police department is according to that officer when he went to try to make an arrest of the man who was apparently drinking there at the bus stop, he became combative and during that arrest, he lickeded his face and apparently spit in his face. at that point, he did that emergency takedown then you see
been drinking, and the officer performed an emergency takedown. after the man verbally threatened the officer, licked his face and spit in his eyes, and now a department spokesman says ipartthis incident is under investigation, as the actions in the video are concerning today, the mayor weighed in, while a single video does not depict the entiretyof the interactions between the police and the , this particular video is very disturbing the encounter comes almost three years after a justice department review found a ce department. in this case, the unidentified man was treated and the hospital overnight, and is now in police custody. the officer is still on the job. gabe gutierrez, nbc news reporter: the there could be new fallout for prince andrew as his accuser is set to speak out in a b bc interview airing hospital just weeks after the prince denied meeting her in his own explosive interview about his friendship with jeffrey epstein.
back with the morning s other headlines. coast to coast storms are expected to make the end of the thanksgiving travel weekend a nightmare. blizzard warnings are in effect for some states already battling bad weather. the national weather service predicts snow, high winds and flash floods from southern california to new england. many airlines are waiving change fees for passengers who might be impacted by the crippling storms. chicago police are investigating an officer seen in a video slamming a man on to the ground. police say 29-year-old bernard kirsch had been drinking and the officer performed an emergency takedown after he verbally threatened the officer, licked his face and spit in his eyes. kirsch s mother saying the actions went too far. that s not what i saw. so i can t say if he did it or not. but if he did, i still don t think he deserved to be slammed on his head. he could have killed my son. he could have broke his neck.
a prosecutor. same for democrats. try to put everything on the table for purposes of impeachment or focus on the ukrainian scandal? that s left to be seen. the b. side of many albums were better side, my opinion. could be. we ll see. constitutional law on displace come wednesday. katie phang joining us from miami. thank you. a couple other headlines we re following now. a chicago police officer placed on desk duty for the time being, and here s why. you see it there. the newly surfaced video of a thanksgiving day arrest. sparking outrage showing the officer picking up and slamming a man on the ground while trying to handcuff him. officials say the officer performed an emergency takedown after the man allegedly threatened and spat at him. the man was taken to the hospital and remains in stable condition after the incident. the officer is on desk duty while authorities investigate that entire incident. a major development overnight in the aftermath of the collapse of that har
only spit in his face but tried to lick his face. that s when he performed that emergency takedown. you can see he looks lifeless after the takedown. the officer was also taken to the hospital. we are told he has been released as well. now, there are a lot of questions about this, something you should know, every officer in the chicago police department usually does wear a body camera. there may be a video of this incident before we get to the point where these people start recording. you might hear the exchange because there are mics on the body cameras and you can see what happened before. the mayor for her part said they will investigate this as quickly as possible. the bode camera video is going to be very important in all of that. thanks very much. keep us posted on all of that. just ahead, rain, snow, even blizzard conditions in store for millions of americans this weekend. we have a new forecast next.