And why this officers fate may be changing. News4 midday starts right now. We start off with breaking news. The u. S. Justice department is now investigating the Chicago Police department, specifically its use of force. The civil rights probe will look at policies and practices and study complaints against Chicago Police and discipline taken against its rank and file. Attorney general Loretta Lynch made the announcement within the hour. She said the federal government decided they had to step in after a preliminary review. We will examine a number of issues related to the Chicago Police departments use of force including its use of deadly force, racial, ethnic and other disparities in its use of force and its accountsibility mechanisms, such as disciplinary actions and handling of allegations of misconduct. A Chicago Police officer is charged with murder after shooting teenager Laquan Mcdonald 16 times. There is no timeline for the Justice Department review. Rahm emanuel now says the c
The control tower was hit with a rocket. A 7 billion settlement between citigroup and the u. S. Government over sub prime mortgages. Only some of that money is going back to homeowners. Well tell you where the rest of it is going. Secretary of state john kerry speaking live in Vienna Austria is discussing Irans Nuclear program there. He condemned the situation in the middle east. Right now, he is talking about iran. The Additional Protocol needs to be adhered to and a specific set of verification and transparency measures need to be put in place, among other things that make the promises real. Thats the nature, its not specific to iran. Any country would be in the same place and need to do the same thing as they do with respect to any kind of agreement. Libya, we are obviously deeply concerned about the level of violence in libya, and every single day in the state department, we make assessments about the level of violence, about our personnel who are there, about our embassy, about th
Im Rosemary Church in atlanta. This is cnn newsroom. South korea is responding to north koreas own Hydrogen Bomb with its own show of force. One defense official said its meant to said that message to pyongyang. Meanwhile, u. S. President donald trump sent another message and its not likely to be viewed here in seoul. It says south korea is finding that their talk of appeasement with north korea will not work. They only understand one thing. We have the latest to the reaction to the missile test and the reaction to the tweet by President Trump, criticizing t an ally. You want to rally around the flag. Get all your allies together show a united front and this tweet has a crack of daylight in it where it shows there isnt this united front or at least President Trump is tweeting out what is going to anger both koreans toward north career. Yes, its true president moon talked about a dialogue and getting to the table with the North Koreans to resolve their conflict. Hes inherited a complete
Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters. Day 372 of the trump administration. President back at the white house tonight after his trip to davos. He had a busier than usual week ahead. It includes formally unveiling his latest immigration proposal delivering the first state of the Union Address as president and attending a retreat with house and senate republicans. All of it now against this backdrop of the latest big story, the white house has been forced to react to. The New York Times exclusive last night that the president ordered the firing of Robert Mueller but for his white House Counsel who said if he goes, i go and so it was never carried out. While the times broke the story, similar accounts and confirmations followed from nbc news, the washington post, fox news. Today the president had the opportunity to respond to these reports. Will you pfeiffer fire Robert Mueller . Did you want to fire Robert Mueller . Fake news, folks, fake news. New york times fake
The 11th hour on a friday night begins now. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters. Day 372 of the trump administration. President back at the white house tonight after his trip to davos. He had a busy week including formally unveiling his latest immigration proposal delivering the first state of the Union Address as president and attempting a retreat with house and senate republicans. All of it now against this backdrop of the latest big story, the white house has been forced to react to the New York Times exclusive last night that the president ordered the firing of Robert Mueller but for his white House Counsel who said if he goes, i go and so it was never carried out. While the times broke the story, similar accounts and confirmations followed from nbc news, the washington post, fox news. Today the president had the opportunity to respond to these reports. [ indiscernible question ] did you want to fire Robert Mueller . Fake news, folks, fake news. New york ti