i want to go now to don bryant. i'm so sorry for your loss. a horrible situation for you and your family, and now to have to watch this again and again. i truly am so sorry. >> thank you, erin. >> what was your first thought when you saw these images and you realized this is, you know, this is your family, this is your cousin? >> the first i heard about it was social media, paula, her mother made a post. and i immediately called paula to find out what in the world is going on. she put me on speakerphone and she was talking with the bci detective at the time, and it was breaking up. but from what i gathered, paula was trying to view the body and the detectives would not let her view her daughter's body, and that's when the call broke up. i was in complete shock. the whole family was in shock. we are all deeply saddened by the death of makhia. this did not have to happen. paula, her mother, is heart broken by what happened. and i'm bringing seriously into question the use of force policies by police departments across the country. as a former ci

joining me now is her mother, paula bryant. and, ms. bryant, i'm very sorry to meet you under these circumstances. but i also don't want your child to only be known by the incident that ended her life. >> yes. i don't either. i want the world to know that ma'khia bryant was a very loving 16-year-old girl. she was my daughter, my baby. i loved her. she was very talented and smart. she was funny. her favorite color was blue. and i'm just so hurt right now. i'm grieving. you have to excuse me, i'm grieving right now. >> you do not need any excuse, ma'am. i totally understand and i appreciate you putting words to the face and the name for us. and let's talk about your experience for a second. how did you learn about what happened to your daughter? >> i had a phone call and i was at the dentist's office in columbus, ohio. and i got -- the phone rang, and i said, excuse me, i have to get this. i got the phone, i said, hello? and i got the disturbing news that ma'khia was shot. and i said, what? and the phone was on speaker and the dentist ass

bryant appears to lunged towards the two officers. >> bottom line, did bryant need to die yesterday? how did we get here? this is as failure on part of our community? all of us are responsible. >> reporter: bryant was in foster care, her mother spoke to the tv station. >> she was a very loving, peaceful, little girl. she promoted peace. >> say her name. >> reporter: protesters took to the street to voice their outrage. the city's interim police chief promised a thorough investigation is being k conducted. >> a 16-years-old girl lost here life yesterday. >> reporter: erin, there has been a lot of questions about whether or not that officer should have used a taser rather than his gun. police were asked about it late today, according to the policy, officers is allowed to use deadly force to stop an assault from taken place. this will all be part of the investigation and independent investigation is now underway. that officer in question has been taken off street duty pending the outcome of that investigation, meanwhile there is going to be a vigil for the bryant's family taken place an

that girl turned out to be 16-year-old ma'khai bryant. nbc did not show viewers the knife in bryant's hand as she was shot by police. this all seems really shocking until you remember that lester holt admitted while accepting a journalism award 3 weeks the following. >> it's clearer that fairness is over-rated. the idea we should always give 2 side quality weight and merit doesn't reflect the world we find ourselves in. that can be quite dangerous. >> laura: the only dangerous of fair and objective journalism is it might upend the media's lie about systemic racism and policing. to allah akbar -- to all of those condemning the police officer's actions. watch this new video. >> [bleep]. >> laura: joining me now is newt gingrich. a fox news contributor. we always have this conversation. we can't believe it's really gotten here. i feel like i am back in the soviet union where i was a student in the '80s watching what was happening real time with a media that prints lies or speaks lie and every day it's getting worse. >> i think it's more like

the body cam video released within hours of bryant's death. the timing of the shooting and the verdict of derek chauvin's murder trial drove officials to release those videos quickly. athena jones is outside live in columbus, ohio tonight. what's the latest on the ground right now? >> reporter: kate, funeral arrangements for ma'kiah is being finalized. many in the city are mourning a life that ended too soon. >> reporter: a new view of the shooting of bryant's. this angle from a neighbor security camera across the street. the officer arriving on the scene. emerging from the vehicle and shooting bryant in black as she appeared to lunged at another woman in pink. the police department arguing the use of force was necessary to protect the young woman in pink. >> i would ask you if that's your family member up against the car that had a puppy in her hand, what would you want that officer to do in that split second that they had a chance to stop harm to others? we have the duty ato protect th public ourselves. >> immediately upon exiting the vehicl

but also we failed ma'khia bryant well before two days ago. we failed her hundreds and probably thousands of times. so what communities are asking for is can't we figure out a way that she is a live at the end of this as well? whatever the heck happened in there, can't we figure out a way that a 16-year-old girl is also alive? >> yeah. i think that that's absolutely right. the whole point of it, though, it seems to be maybe a reason that people are talking about and discussing, having fulsome conversations about rethinking police departments, re-imagining police departments. but i have to tell you, phillip, when officers roll up on the scene, they don't know people's history. listen, perhaps they should, but they can't tell how old someone is. they don't know in that moment who called the police. they don't know any of that. you know, if you look at -- by the time the cop got there and said, you know, get down, get down, get down, it was like seven or nine seconds. so is that -- i just think it's tough for a police officer in that time to figu

it shows bryant quickly moved to one girl. that girl with a knife in her hand, what appears to be a knife. that girl falls to the ground. you hear the officer say, hey, hey, hey, get down. then you see bryant lunge toward another girl, the one in pink who is wedged as can you stee against a car. you can see bryant's right arm raised with a knife in her hand. the officer says get down. get down several times. and then fires those four shots. later in the video, can you see a knife next to bryant who is there on the ground. so everyone involved agrees this is a tragic storey. the mayor, the unt rim police chief, the head of the director of public safety. they're saying it appears this was a reasonable use of force. we're hearing from some of brunt's family members, two cousins put out a statement. here is part of what they said if in that statement. she was a good student. a good person. and did not deserve what happened to her. we want to rremind everyone she was only a 16-year-old girl. there this was unjustified use of force

her name was ma'khia bryant, she should be alive right now. because it took place on the same day that the derek chauvin trial ended and with the daunte wright shooting still printed on the national consciousness, it raises a number of questions. and interaction with an african-american or was this simply a well trained cop acting quickly to save a life? even as the nation waits for answers, this being washington, there are plenty of people willing to weigh in on what happened. >> life is precious, life is sacred, any time life is lost it's a tragic thing. this is a tough situation, but i don't know what else this officer could've done. >> speaking tonight, meanwhile the fbi is warning local and other federal enforcement to keep an eye out for an uptick in criminal violence this year. but probably a reflection of the last shutdown measures and more vaccine availability, something we will be keeping a closer eye on in the days and months ahead. >> shannon: all right, kevin. thank you for that. stick around come i want to talk with a story we ha

bryant. we're hearing directly from ma'khia' family. what's the latest? >> hi, wolf. that's right. when it comes to that video, police have released several more videos but none more important than the first set of videos they released tuesday afternoon or tuesday evening, a few hours after the shooting of ma'khia bryant. in slow motion you could see the teenage girl with what aappeared to be a knife had her hand, right hand raised lunging at another young girl wedged against the car. that's really the video that tells the story. there have been questions about the use of force in this incident, whether or not the police officer who arrived on the scene who is now on paid administrative leave while independent investigation is fired out, whether he needed to fire his weapon. he shot ma'khia bryant several times. an officer is allowed to use deadly force to stop another person from harming someone else. and so these discussions about whether or not he could have used a taser instead of a gun,

med the ma'khiaou bryant case. you support the release of the video. when you were attorney general, you called for an outside prosecutor in these kinds of instances. should there be one in this case? >> governor: they already have an outside investigator, b.c.i.. i think in most cases, this is certainly called for. >> dickerson: should it be automatic in these cases? >> governor: yeah, i think it should be automatic. automatic outside someone come in to do the investigation. you also have the prosecution, the prosecution itself. and it is not that the local prosecutor can't do it or the local police can't investigate themselves, but particularly with the police investigating themselves, there is the appearance -- there is always the appearance that that was not a fair investigation. so i think getting rid of that feeling, getting rid of that appearance, making sure it is an outside agency that is doing the investigation.at they're ones the mayos d estigat colbus. >> don: talkeaboutrain and ianua bryant case. there has been a lot of eo is out there, a

on bryant almost immediately. she later died. a knife can be seen nearby, in a very unusual move police released the video just six hours after the shooting. >> she had a knife. >> reporter: based on this footage, the officer took action to protect another young girl. >> bryant's mother paula says ma'khia was an honor role student. >> this never should have happened. she is a loving girl. >> the father, her family is grieving. regardless of the circumstances, a16 year old girl lost her life. >> reporter: on social media a lot of people are asking could the officer have used a taser instead of a gun. i asked the police chief that here in columbus. and he said this: when there is an active assault and someone is using a deadly weapon, in this case the knife, a police officer is allowed to use deadly force. in this case his gun to either protect himself or someone elsed begnaud, thank you. norah? >> o'donnell: all right, david begnaud, thank you. tonight the u.s. is nearing a major milestone in the fight against the coronavirus. the

>> ma'khia bryant! >> reporter: hundreds of demonstrators shouting the name of ma'khia bryant, a 16-year-old killed by columbus police officer tuesday afternoon. >> it's these grown girls over here trying to fight us, trying to stab us. get here now! >> reporter: today, police releasing 911 calls and new body camera footage of the incident. officer nicholas reardon stepping out of his vehicle, approaching multiple people in an altercation. it appears ma'khia bryant, in the black t-shirt and jeans, swings a knife at the girl in pink, officer reardon then firing a burst of shots. >> she had a knife, she just went at her. >> reporter: officers then performing cpr on bryant until paramedics arrived. she would later die at the hospital. her aunt at the scene, in anguish. >> she was a good kid, she was loving. yeah, she had issues, but that's okay. she didn't deserve to die like a dog on the street. >> reporter: now pressing questions for the columbus division of police. in december, casey goodson jr. and and

you can see bryant quickly move toward a girl. that girl falls to the ground. bryant seems to have a knife in her hand. you can hear the officer yelling hey, hey, hey, get down. then bryant appears to lunge toward a second girl, the one in pink who is wedged up against the car there. you can see bryant with her right hand raised with what appears to be a knife. the officer saying get down, get down several times before firing those four shots. and then later you can see what appears to be a knife on the ground next to bryant. so that was very important to the police department, to the mayor to have that video released. they want to get as much information out to the public as quickly as they can. this was especially important on tuesday evening because video had been circulating on social media taken by by standers, not of the incident itself bi ut afr the incident. we heard from the head of the police union yesterday who raised an important question. take a listen to what keith barrel had to say. >> i would ask you if that's your family member up against the c

it was secured above his garage so he could see and says that ma'khia bryant was in full attack mode. his words. he believed cops had no choice but to shoot. the white house portrayed the incident quite differently. watch. >> she was a child. we're thinking of her friends and family and the communities hurting and grieving her loss. police violence disimportant portion naturally impacts black and latino communities. they experience higher rates of police violence. our focus is on working to address systemic racism. >> harris: now this headline from an op-ed in the "new york post." jen psaki baseless list and disgracefully radicalized the killing in columbus. what do you say about that headline? >> immeasurably not the headline, what president biden has done is immeasurably reckless and foolish. he has gone full woke. he has joined those people who believe that america was wicked in its origins and that the american people are even more wicked today. that we have millions of americans who are racist and misogynistic and ignorant, especially if they didn't vote for him. the woke people

officials saying bryant lunged at another female with a knife, a police officer shot and killed bryant. this happening about 30 minutes before tuesday's guilty verdict was delivered in the derek chauvin murder trial in minneapolis and joining me is national correspondent athena jones in ohio. what is the status of the investigation boointo the shoot? >> reporter: jim, this investigation is in the hands of the bureau of criminal investigation, part of the ohio state attorney general's office. they have first dibs on investigations like this independent of the police department so they began to investigate almost immediately after the shooting talking to witnesses, looking at the footage. we know of course that this is all happening as ma'khia bryant's family is struggling with the loss and many people in the community are mourning a life that ended too soon. >> reporter: a new view of what led to the shooting of ma'khia bryant. this ainge frl a neighbor's security camera across the street showing columbus, ohio, police officer arriving on the soon. emerging and shooting bryant in black

police claim bryant attempted to stab someone before four shots were fired, killing bryant. there are a ton of unknowns in this case. there's no arguing that a child just lost her life at the hands of police. >> i'm a mother. i keep running back to that. my daughter at that age was the same size as this young lady. just brings back, you know -- this could have been my child. could have been mine. >> the bryant family demanding justice for ma'khia while remembering her as a good student and a good person. so now a frank discussion about why black children in this country aren't always seen as children in the eyes of those sworn by oath to keep them safe. joining me monique w. morris. president and ceo of grant-makers for girls of colors, and author of "pushout: the criminalization of black girls in schools." professor of women and gender studies at rutgers university, she's also the author of "eloquent rage: a black feminist discovers her superpower." monique, not only in the deadly encounter, but in much of the analysis that has followed the killing of ma'khia bryant, she wa

the police chief in bryant said the gunman was an employee of the business. not clear whether he was a current employee or former employee but had some connection to the cabinet manufacturing business in bryant. >> ed lavandera, thank you. it came only a while after president biden referenced a south carolina doctor and his wife and two children killed in their home. a former nfl player was the suspect. they're talking about ghost guns. he called on congress to pass stronger legislation. >> whether congress acts or not, i'm going to use all the resources at my disposal as president to keep the american people safe from gun violence, but there's much more that congress can do to help that effort and they can do it right now. they've offered plenty of thoughts and prayers, members of congress, but they've passed not a single new federal law to reduce gun violence. enough prayers. time for some action. >> joining me now is georgia representative lucy mcbath whose 17-year-old son was shot and killed in 2012 while sitting with a group of friends. congresswoman mcb

crowds honored ma'khia bryant t. e'shee lu in the last five months. the investigation comes as congress tackles a police reform bill and there's word this morning that some progress is being made. abc's andrew dymburt is here with more. andrew, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so many are hopeful the conviction of derek chauvin will actually spark some real change, but with this new police shooting in ohio, some say that's only adding to the urgency. >> say her name. [ crowd chanting "ma'khia bryant" ] >> reporter: in columbus, ohio, a vigil for 16-year-old ma'khia bryant who was fatally shot by police tuesday. >> that could have been you, your daughter, your sister or your friend. >> reporter: protesters gathering at the statehouse demanding answers. [ crowd chanting ] police have released new body camera video of the deadly confrontation. officer nicholas riordan is seen approaching several people involved in an altercation. ma'khia bryant in the black t-shirt and jeans can be seen swinging a knife at the girl in pick. officer riordan then f

>> reporter: officer nicholas reardon firing four shots as bryant appears to lung weapons if there's a deadly threat. an independent investigation is now underway to determine whether the shooting was justified. >> fast facts cannot come at the expense of complete, accurate facts. but while we push for answers and transparency and accountability, we can't lose sight of the history of trauma and pain in our black community. >> reporter: ohio governor mike dewine says a law enforcement reform bill is on the way, which will establish a use-of-force database and set up requirements for de-escalation training, though many law enforcement experts say this officer did not have time to de-escalate the situation. whit? >> trevor, thanks to you tonight. >>> much more ahead on "world news tonight" this saturday. the hate crime investigation after the brutal attack of an asian-american man in new york city. the surveillance images just d . while travel everiers at u.s. may have trouble finding a rental car this summer. that's next. with dupixent, teens saw clearer skin and significantly less itc

bryant. >> there is some new body cam footage that's been released prior to the moment of the stabbing, attempted stabbing and shooting. athena jones is there covering this. what did we learn from the new body cam footage? >> good morning, jim. first, i want to ask you for your forgiveness. a work crew just showed up behind us. can't ignore that news, but in this new footage released from a police cruiser. police cruisers arriving on the scene after the incident had already taken place. they don't really shed a lot of new light. you really just see the back of a police car. but i want to point out the contrast here between what's going on here in columbus, ohio, and what you heard brian todd talking about just now. the police are releasing this footage. they released two more videos from body camera footage the day after this shooting all in an effort to show -- their attempt as transparency. but the most important video remains the first set of videos that columbus pd put out in about 5 1/2

after a police officer killed ma'khia bryant on thursday. john? >> john: body can video appears to show her lunging at another girl while wielding a knife. moments later, an officer opens fire killing her.

this time in columbus, ohio, after a police officer shot and killed 16-year-old ma'khia bryant, who was armed with a knife during a fight with another teenager. >> regardless of the circumstances associated with this, a 16-year-old girl lost her life yesterday. i wish it hadn't happened. >> dickerson: we'll get the latest on that case and more from ohio governor mike dewine. plus, the house passed a sweeping police reform bill last month. can supporters push it through the senate? we'll ask a leading proponent, florida congresswoman andor fmer police chief val demmings. troy finner is the current chief of police in houston, and we'll hear from him as well. and we'll talk with the president of the naacp legal defense fund, sherrilyn ifill. and then a key covid vaccine is back in circulation, with a warning about rare blood clots after a safety review. as cases decline and the number of vaccinations does, too, we'll check in with former f.d.a. commissioner dr. scott gottlieb. it's all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ ♪ >> dickerson: good morning, and welcome to "face the nation." we

it is frightening. >> officers were also seen giving bryant cpr. protest continued for a second night in columbus, hundreds of people were seen marching toward the state capital. ohio governor mike dewine called the shooting a horrible tragedy and praise the police departments transparency in releasing videos of the incident, kumasi? >>> thank you, jobi this morning, the former police officer convicted of murdering george floyd, waking up involuntary confinement, in solitary confinement. he is being held there for his own safety and it comes as the department of justice the sweeping investigation into the practices of the minneapolis police department, wheredepartme chauvin once worked. >> the justice department has opened a civil investigation, to determine whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing. >> the probe will also assess whether the department engages in disco maggiore conduct. >>> coming up tomorrow, new interviews with george floyd's family, and people who ne'er ne

there near that sterling street bryant street on-ramp. most people are familiar with. that is brian used to be sterling street before that. so if you are heading across towards the east bay. you're going to face these major delays and there's a lot of police activity going on because someone in the early morning hours actually climbed up over the railing. that person is still there. you only us ev is there on scene right now showing us that shot. you see traffic slowly moving. that's he's be tells me traffic is backed up just west of this bryant street on-ramp exit. i'm looking at it also my graphics and there is a little backup as long as this continues to go on. this may start to increase. but you can see just right there is where that backup is forming. so again, the bay bridge eastbound just east of that sterling street on ramp bryant street is a lot of people know it has. again, they've been working that for the past hour or so as they try to get that person off of the rail at the bridge. but if you're commuting, you're wondering, is this going to affect my commut

ma'khia bryant had been staying at a foster home. her mother paula bryant spoke to a local news channel about the last time she saw her daughter. >> we hugged each other. she said, "mommy, i made honor roll." she said "mommy, i am looking forward to coming home." she had a motherly nature about her. she promoted these. -- she promoted peace. that is something i want to be remembered. amy: a judge has denied a motion to toss the 20-year prison sentence of former police officer michael slager, who murdered unarmed black motorist walter scott in south carolina in 2015. slager tried to argue that his defense was ineffective, but the federal judge ruled -- "a careful review of this entire tragic episode makes plain that slager has no one to blame for his present predicament and sentence but himself. what sealed fate was his own willful act of shooting an unarmed man in the back five times as he ran for his life." an international news, india has hit a grim new coronavirus milestone with over 2000 covid deaths in a day and close to 300,000

you can best see makhia bryant lunging at one girl. she falls to the ground. then lunging at another girl, her right arm raised with a knife in her hand. that is when officer reardon fired the four shots and i believe there's going to be a lot of reliance on that video to determined what happened in this case and whether it was justified. i can tell you from several law enforcement sources that we've spoken with, my colleagues at cnn and also i spoke with one yesterday, say that this appears to be a reasonable use of force. under use of force rules, a police officer can use force to protect the life of another. that is what appears to be the case in this case. but, of course, that independent investigation is being carried out. they'll draw their conclusions. in the meantime, city leaders are urging calm. the mayor of columbus, andrew ginther, asking everyone in the community to show grace and understand the cumulative impact of death upon death upon the african-american community. we also heard something similar from the director of public safety. listen to s

the officer then fires four shots, killing bryant. franklin county children services says bryant was a foster child in the county's care. >> she came after me. >> reporter: tonight, newly-released body cam videos from two-additional officers show the moments after the shooting, as well. officers can be seen performing lifesaving measures on bryant. and ceilisealing off the scene. the officer has been a member of the columbus police department since 2019. police say he is on paid-administrative leave while an independent investigation takes place. columbus mayor, andrew ginther said it was a failure of the community. >> the fact we had a 16-year-old armed and involved with physical violence with other folks in that community. that's something for us to look in the mirror and say what are we doing or not doing? >> reporter: the shooting happened about-30 minutes before the guilty verdict was delivered for the murder of george floyd. at a time when police use of force around the nation, and in columbus, specifically, is under renewed scr

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the officer firing four shots killing bryant. despite efforts to save her on the scene, the teen died. authorities releasing this slowed down video seemingly showing bryant holding a knife in her hand. aiming it toward the person in pink. in the wake of the shooting, the mayor asking the community to wait as the city investigates whether the officer's actions were justified. >> we know you have to have all of the facts, but we do know that a 16-year-old girl, a child in this community, tragically died. >> reporter: now the officer is on paid leave while an independent investigation being conducted by the bureau of criminal investigations, part of the state attorney general's office, is under way. john? >> thanks so much for being there. >>> from a law enforcement perspective, i want to bring in art acevedo. he was chief of police in houston during george floyd's funeral. lebron james took down the tweet that he posted that said, "you're next." it had an image of a police officer. he said it wasn't about violence but accountabilit

bryant was shot by police after police say she lunged at someone with a knife. police took the unusual step of releasing body cam footage just hours after the incident tuesday night. yesterday afternoon they released even more body cam footage as well as 911 tapes all in an effort they say to be transparent during this critical time. a slowed down version of the body cam video shows what appears to be a knife in bryant's right hand. she raises it above her head toward another girl wearing pink and that is the moment when the officer shoots. >> can an officer shoot the leg? can they shoot somewhere that would not result in a fatal wound? a lot of people have said couldn't you have just shot her in the leg so she dropped, couldn't he have shot her in the arm, something like that? >> one of the difficult things with that is when you're trying -- we don't train to shoot the leg because that's a small target, we train to shoot center mass, what is available to stop that threat. >> reporter: the officer has been identified as officer nicholas reardon. there have been

nakia bryant, a 16-year-old girl in columbus, ohio called the police for help. an officer was on the scene. and in 22 seconds he shot her dead. an honor roll student who was making tiktok videos on makeup and hair. this hasn't stopped. and i want to be really clear about how critical this is, not just from the emotional standpoint. from the policy standpoint and from the national standpoint. there is nobody in america, nobody in america who was not paying attention to today's trial. that means every single person in this country, every black person, every white person, every cop was paying attention to this trial. and still, 40 minutes after that ruling, a 16-year-old girl can be shot in front of her house. so no, i'm not hopeful. because unless there is wholesale, wholesale change, abolishment of this institution that continues to fail tax-paying black people in this country, everything else is just fanciful thinking. and whether it's somebody who is ten minutes up the road who was shot by an officer with 26 years of experience or a guy in virginia who was an o

authorities say bryant was threatening two other girls with a knife. >> it's a tragedy. there's -- there's no other way to say it. it's a 16-year-old girl. >> officer nicholas rear dan who joined the force in december of 2019 was responding to a 911 call >> we need a police officer here now. >> reporter: video shows rear dan approaching a group of young people in the driveway. >> what the video shows a female with a knife attempting to stab the first female. >> reporter: riordan fires his weapon four times striking bryant body camera footage a knife on the ground. the city releasen independent investigation. >> we have to ask ourselves, what information did the officer have what did he see? how much time did he have to assess the situation what would have happened if he had taken into action at all >> reporter: the columbus mayor pushing for transparency during the investigation. >> that investigation will help us determine whether or not it was a violation of any laws, policies or procedures and if there were, the officer will be held accountable. >> reporter: officer r

right now because i miss my baby. >> reporter: paula bryant says she is grieving and has been unable to watch the full video of her daughter's final moments. meanwhile, funeral arrangements are being finalized. details could be released as soon as family according to a family spokesperson. athena jones, cnn, columbus, ohio. >>> a grim chapter of world war i is again gaining international attention. when we come back, how the u.s. is preparing to join other n nations in labeling the massacre of armenians a genocide. we'll take you to istanbul to explain why. i had no idea how much i wamy case was worth. c call the barnes firm to find out what your case could be worth. we will help get you the best result possible. ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ when a truck hit my car, ♪the insurance companyed, wasn't fair. eight million ♪ i didid't t kn whahatmy c caswa, so i called the barnes firm. i'm rich barnes. it's hard for people to k how much their accident case is worth.h barnes. t ouour juryry aorneneys hehelpou >>> welcome back. for the first time the u.s. government wil

meanwhile, columbus, ohio, where a 15-year-old ma'khia bryant stabbed an unarmed girl and a chest and pinned to the car before getting shot. by a responding officer and blm activist chanting "you shoot us, we shoot you." watch this. [indistinct] 's because they shoot us, we shoot them! >> sean: based on all the evidence they have, ma'khia bryant she was a second left from a stabbing and likely killing unarmed girl with a knife pinned against a car. fox news has learned the police called to the scene because of an altercation that had erupted between bryant and the other girl over the cleanliness of the house. it is it tragic, yes, is it sad, yes but every life matters. with ma'khia with a knife in, loaded screamed "i will stab you [bleep]" and pinned the girl to the car, ready to thrust that blade and strike in the neck or chest and could have killed her. but the facts don't seem to matter to the left. the narrative is the most important thing. lebron james saying to the police officer, tweeting out his photo with a threatening message 250 million followers. by the way come i wonder i

that does nothing to ease the pain and grief of ma'khia bryant's loved ones. >> reporter: and in their grief ma'khia bryant's family is adamant this final incident does not define her. >> there's now people across the country that only know her through this video, through this tragedy. >> that's not who she was. >> who was she? >> she was a very loving girl. she loved her family and her family loved her so much. >> reporter: and this morning, we're learning more about officer nicholas reardon. he is also a u.s. air national guardsman and reportedly the son of a 30-year veteran and sergeant within the columbus division of police. officer reardon is now on administrative leave as this investigation unfolds. dan. >> trevor ault, thank you very much. >>> let's turn now to the weather and check the forecast yet again. rob marciano is upstairs with all of that. rob, good morning once again. >> hi, guys, we've got a fire in idaho, this was about 1200 acres and it did do some damage. destroyed a home and damaged some residences there. they managed to get it under control. today's fire danger w

was referred to as someone who was closer to bryant she was shot. she then appears to agree with the gas that says the deadly use of force was not appropriate, here's a sample. >> i look at that video and i asked that were my child or if my child was still close to ma'kiah when she was shot, what would have happened? i think a lot of people are asking that. >> it is notable that both abc news and cbs did show the body cam video of the girl holding a knife and did play the 911 call that mention the stabbing. this week cbs was criticized for not showing video of 13-year-old adam toledo appearing to toss a gun moments before he was shot and killed by police. >> trace gallagher, thank you. first up and tonight's real news roundup, the quick thinking of an army soldier saved a migrant child from drowning in the rio grande river today, the 10-year-old girl that was left behind after a smuggler and a group of immigrants were spotted trying to cross into the u.s. illegally but they turned back. mexico left the girl in the river, she was struggling to stay a

beside makhia bryant kicks that girl in the head, as makhia bryant rushes towards another girl dressed in pink leaning against a car. and as she raises the knife to that girl, the police officer shot makhia bryant four times and killed her. we're not gonna show you this horribly disturbing video. it is 12 seconds long. we will freeze the video just before the shots are fired. >> hey. what's going on? hey, get down. get down. >> the ohio bureau of criminal investigation has opened an inquiry into the case and the officer has been taken off patrol, joining us now is cedric alexander former public safety -- he was a member of president obama's task force and he is in msnbc analyst. cedric, what do you see in this video? >> i think i see would most of us see we see a young lady unfortunately, a 16 year old, look like she was about to stab a victim there. and unfortunately, at this place and time, a police officer arrived to the scene and he took one i'm quite sure he is going to say is appropriate action, immediate action to save someone's life. and quite frankly, to be honest with you, it

makiyah bryant then kicks that girl in the head. as makiyah bryant then rushes toward another girl dressed in pink leaning against a car. and as she raises the knife to that girl, the police officer shot makiyah bryant four times and killed her. we're now going to show you this horribly disturbing video. it is 12 seconds long. we will freeze the video just before the shots are fired. >> hey. hey, what's going on? hey, get down. get down. get down. >> the ohio bureau of criminal investigation has opened an inquiry into the case and the officer has been taken off patrol. joining us now is cedric alexander of dekalb county, georgia. and he is an msnbc law enforcement analyst. cedric, what do you see in this video? >> well, i think i see what most of us see. we see a young lady, unfortunately, as it may be a 16-year-old, looked like she was about to stab a victim there. and unfortunately in this place and time and space where we are, a police officer arrived to the scene and he took what i'm quite sure he's going to say is appropriate a

bottom line, did maciah bryant need to die yesterday? some are guilty but all of us are responsible. vci will determine if the officer involved was wrong, and if he was, we would hold him accountable as we have other officers who have committed wrongdoing, criminally or in violation of the policies and procedures of the division of police. transparency, accountability absolutely critical to our community during this time of crisis. how do people in our community come together, to help kids know that they don't need to resort to violence to solve disputes or to protect themselves. we remain committed to accountability for all actions between our police and neighbors. the bci investigation is the first step in unraveling what led to the tragic death of yet another child in our community. this is what we have done thus far. we release officer body cam video worn at the incident. we release all information about the incident. we are releasing body cam footage from the officers this afternoon. we'll release cruiser cam video either later toda

they say bryant was shot as she swung a knife at the others, but bryant's aunt is demanding more answers. >> you ain't going to have her go out like that. either you report the truth or don't report nothing, okay? she was a good kid. she was loving. yeah, she had issues, but that's okay. she didn't deserve to die like a dog on the street. >> the mayor says an independent investigation is under way. bryant's family says she was actually the one who called 911 in the first place. >>> we turn now to the pandemic and the rare side effects potentially linked to the johnson & johnson covid vaccine. we're now hearing from the family of a teenager in nevada. they say she suffered several seizures after getting the shot from j&j and underwent three brain surgeries due to the clots. this morning, this 18-year-old las vegas woman is fighting for her life. according to a family spokesperson, emily burkey is one of the cases they're investigating for blood clotting possibly linked to the johnson & johnson vaccine. >> we're very concerned. >> reporter: burkey's family says she received johnson & johns

and andre hill, now makhia bryant, all shot and killed. and tonight, the mayor of columbus is asking questions too. >> did ma'khia bryant need to die yesterday? how did we get here? this is a failure on part of our community. some are guilty but all of us are responsible. >> trevor ault with us tonight from columbus. and trevor, that officer, i know, is on administrative lead and the investigation under way into whether the shooting was justified? >> reporter: it is, david. and the interim chief of police is still not weighing in on that, but he has said officers are authorized to use lethal force if there's a deadly threat to themselves or to a third party. now, an investigation is under way to determine whether nor at officer reardon followed policy or broke the law. david? >> trevor, thank you. >>> in elizabeth city, north carolina, tonight, the shooting making news there. the county sheriff tragic day. the sheriff did not say today what the warrant was for, buto s wearing a body camera. that case is now in the hands of the north caroli

the family has identified the victim as a black 15 year old girl, makhia bryant. police body cam footage, again released just this hour, shows police responding to a scuffle outside of a home earlier today. police say someone called 9-1-1 reporting someone was trying to stab them, we want to warn you which are about to see is disturbing. >> get down. get down. >> there was no attempt to use pepper spray or a taser, non lethal force while a knife can be seen in the footage before the officer fired his weapon, he indeed fired his weapon, police performed cpr on the scene but the girl was pronounced dead at the hospital. an emotional crowd gathered after the shooting, reports on social media initially indicated that it may have been the victim makhia bryant who actually called police to initially report the fight outside of her home, again, the same 15 year old who was fatally shot by police. we just don't have confirmation of that. the officer responsible has been taken off the street, the case will go to a grand jury, this case, this story will get a lot more atten

tucker carlson says democrats don't seem to care that bryant was about to plunge a knife into another girl. >> just because someone is getting stabbed doesn't mean you have to stop it. racist. children have been stabbing their friends forever. get over it. let kids be kids. let them stab each other. >> harris: a neighbor who caught this incident on his own security camera above his garage door telling me exclusively on "the faulkner focus" yesterday that he has no doubt the officer did what he felt like he needed to do. >> he only had seconds to respond. from my point of view watching this unfortunately the whole scenario put him in a bad spot regardless of what the situation was. he could have either not fired and the young lady in pink could have got stabbed in the neck or been fatally injured. >> harris: joining me now former house oversight committee chair and fox news contributor jason chaffetz. great to see you. i want to unpack this from the politicians getting involved now. tlaib, the representative and basically saying oh, just let kids be kids. that's a paraphrase there. you

officer reardon fires four shots killing bryant. franklin county children's services says bryant was a foster child in the county's care. >> she came after me. >> reporter: tonight, newly released body camera videos from two additional officers show the moments after the shooting, as well. officers can be seen performing life saving measures on bryant and sealing off the scene. officer reardon whom police identified as firing the fatal shots has been a member of the columbus police department since 2019. he's on paid administrative leave while an independent investigation takes place. the killing was a failure of a community. >> the fact that we had a 16-year-old girl armed and involved with physical violence with other folks in the community, that's something for us to look in the mirror and say what are we doing or not doing? >> find the defendant guilty. >> reporter: the shooting happened about 30 minutes before the guilty verdict was delivered for the murder of george floyd at a time police of force around the nation and columbu

watching the body cam footage release yesterday, it looks like ma'khia bryant was about to stab another girl who happened to be black. so does jarrett and all the other people chimed in today and last night, do they really think that cops should've just stood by and let that poor girl possibly get stabbed to death and do nothing? is that what the social justice system would look like if the left really got in charge? according to radical activist ree newsome, that's exactly right. she tweeted "teenagers have been having fights, including fights involving knives for eons. we do not need police to address these situations by showing up to the scene and using a weapon against one of the teenagers. y'all need help. i mean that sincerely." that is deranged. but not to the media. >> ma'khia bryant, 16-year-old girl in columbus, ohio, called the police for help. an officer was on the scene and in 22 seconds, he shot her dead. >> a member of your family, your neighbor in teenage fight, schoolyard fight. >> so many other black people face similar fates. the police will not exercise discretion, w