6 billion in iranian funds blocked by u. S. Sanctions. The u. S. Is also releasing fiver iranian nationals being detained in the u. S. joining us now is Gabe Gutierrez at the white house. Gabe, good morning. So this is just happening right now, but these Fiver Americans have been held in a hotel in iran for a month now. What do we know about what the deal is and how it all came about . Reporter this deal had been going on for quite some time, underway for several years. Nbc news first reported on these negotiations earlier this year in february. This is the moment that their families have been waiting for, and were just actually getting a Written Statement now from President Biden just within the last few moments, he says, today five Innocent Americans who were imprisoned in iran are finally coming home. They will soon be reuniting with their loved one after enduring years of suffering. We are grateful to partners at home and abroad for their tireless efforts to help us achieve this ou
And at one point the man went upstairs and grabbed a gun. He reached for a gun at almost simultaneously he was tased and as he was being apprehended, he managed to get several shots off, hit two of our deputies. So, im just grateful that that all things being considered, that thats turned out as good as it has. It could have been certainly been a lot worse. Both deputies are in Good Condition this morning. A third Deputy Arrested the suspect. That suspect now faces multiple charges. Also following developing news from Silver Spring where police are investigating a murder. Police were called to quebec street after the victim was shot and killed but at this point police are still trying to find who is responsible. This happened around 11 00 p. M. Last night near bradley lane in chevy chase. Police say two lanes were blocked. One person was taken to the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. President trump and first lady melania celebrating in palm beach florida. The president sent o
The Muslim Public Affairs council hosted a discussion on National Security and civil rights as part of their annual convention in los angeles. Its 40 minutes. Good afternoon everyone. For those who dont know my name is seema ahmad the chair for the Public Affairs council. Thank you so much for joining us. I am personally thrilled about the Panel Discussion we have lined up first for you. Ill do very brief introductions of each of our speakers, kick it off with a couple questions, then well hear them have a conversation about the issue of policing and National Security on one hand and civil rights and Civil Liberties on the other. Is mediately to my left the chaired professor of law at usc teaching torts and criminal law and he has written and spoken extensively about the criminal Justice System, race, mass incarceration, and were thrilled to have you, jody. Thank you. And next to professor armor is mike downing former deputy chief of the Los Angeles Police department. Mike was with lap
For the Public Affairs council. Thank you so much for joining us. I am personally thrilled about the Panel Discussion we have lined up first for you. Ill do very brief introductions of each of our speakers, kick it off with a couple questions, then well hear them have a conversation about the issue of policing and National Security on one hand and civil rights and Civil Liberties on the other. Is mediately to my left the chaired professor of law at usc teaching torts and criminal law and he has written and spoken extensively about the criminal Justice System, race, mass incarceration, and were thrilled to have you, jody. Thank you. And next to professor armor is mike downing former deputy chief of the Los Angeles Police department. Mike was with lapd for 35 years. Recently retired but gave his entire professional career to the department and is a very, very special friend of the muslim Public Affairs council and of our community, mike. We really appreciate you being here today. Im goin
People on our reporter joins us newsroom with more. Reporter hawaii Officials Say the false alarm was called by human error. The Emergency Management Agency Employee clicked on an actual alert instead of test, and then another screen came up asking the employee are you sure, and then that employee confirmed yes. At 8 05 am saturday morning, the Emergency Alert that popped up on the hawaiian cell phones look like this. Seek immediate shelter from the ballistic missiles. It was very concerning. This is not a drill. And there is really nowhere to go. I just put all of our stuff that might be essential and some food and put it in my bathroom. Reporter the alert caused a lot of confusion and panic in hawaii because that was all of the information that they received. Hawaii test their sigh rings for National Disasters once a month. It is a different test than a hurricane or a tsunami test, but they tested in vermont, but that never went off. So it was kind of confusing. Reporter several minu