the third highest official at the department of justice. unlike previous nominees that have received bipartisan support, there is not a single person on this side of the aisle who believes that ms. gupta is fit to serve as the third in command at the department of justice. i can't predict what the final vote will be, it will be at 2:30, but i hear nobody on this side of the aisle saying that she is an exemplar of the type of person who should serve in the department of justice. as i said, this is not about politics, nor are those of us who are opposed to her nomination opposed because of her gender or race. to the contrary, those are irrelevant. instead, the lack of support for ms. gupta as a result of her radical record far outside the mainstream and her career as a partisan activist. in fact, she has championed radical policies basically all of her professional career. in addition, throughout the confirmation process, ms. gupta has -- was asked about the long list of controversial misleading and sometimes outright false public statements

department of justice a racist institution? ms. clarke: no. it is dedicated employees who work hard every day to follow facts and in here to the law. senator lee: my time has expired. i would like to submit for the record the report from the civil rights commission. thank you. >> without objection. senator coates: thank you. thank you for continuing your dedication to public service. we as a nation are facing a generational crises in the areas of civil rights and the environment and yet in both areas we now face the urgent need to revitalize credible work in these areas. you are both accomplished public service with impeccable qualifications and a demonstrated commitment to the rule of law. you are exactly what we need in this moment. i am proud to support both of your nominations. ms. clark, a little bewildered by efforts we have seen so far today and to paint you as somehow anti-law enforcement. so i want to ask you a series of questions. for years you were an actual number of law enforcement as a federal law enforcer, correct? ms. clarke: y

the death of george floyd that the justice department has previously announced. congress gave the department the authority to conduct civil practice pattern or practice investigations which look beyond , individual incidents to assess systemic failures. those investigations allow the department to determine whether a police department has a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing. the investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, including during protests. the investigation will also assess whether the m.p.d. engages in discriminatory conduct, and whether its treatment of those with behavioral health disabilities is unlawful. it will include a comprehensive review of the minneapolis police department's policies, training, supervision, and use of force investigations. it will assess the effectiveness of the m.p.d.'s current systems of accountability and whether other mechanisms are needed to ensure constitutional and lawful policing. broad pa

department of justice. no ifs ands or buts about it. they knew the law and their own legal experience valuable to him and the department of justice and to the nation. there is no question that he is committed to vanita gupta as he should be. i will yield back at this point and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia is recognized. mr. warner: thank you, mr. president. and i'm sorry i missed the -- the incredibly thoughtful comments of the democratic whip who i think spoke on the topic -- one of the topics that i'm going to speak about. mr. president, how much -- i think i've got ten minutes, is that right? okay. okay, thank you. mr. president -- the presiding officer: the senator from use whatever time he needs. mr. warner: i thank the presiding officer and thank -- mr. durbin: if i can -- mr. warner: i want to thank again the brilliant ruling of the parliamentarian on that clarification. mr. durbin: as i understand it we are in measured time two hours to a side, an

the united states department of justice is a federal law enforcement agency our nation's police departments. we are uniquely aware of the challenges faced by those who serve as police officers. we see their commitment firsthand every day and we recognize the complex issues that make their already difficult jobs even harder. the justice department is also charged with ensuring that the constitutional and federal statutory rights of all people are protected. as i explained last week, congress has authorized the department to conduct pattern or practice investigations to help it fulfill that responsibility. those investigations and the recommendations and actions that ensue do not only protect individual civil rights, they also assist police departments in developing measures to increase transparency and accountability. those qualities are necessary to building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, and community trust is essential to making policing more effective and less dangerous for officers on the street. today, the justice department is opening a civil investigati

days and not a full complement of folks at the justice department yet. that's how slow the senate process gets. jenee nelson, i look forward to having you back as negotiations ramp up more on what we hopefully will see something on capitol hill. nothing can't be an answer here anyway. as always, thank you. >>> coming up, as the justice department launches an investigation into policing practices in the city of minneapolis, i'll speak to miami police chief about the future of policing in this country and what all police departments should be doing to affect change. we're expecting president biden to speak at the white house on the virus and the vaccination progress. we'll bring you that live when it happens. that live when it happens darrell's family uses gain flings now so their laundry smells more amazing than ever. isn't that the dog's towel? hey, me towel su towel. more gain scent plus oxi boost and febreze in every gain fling. ♪ you get a call from a friend ♪ ♪ to remind you ♪ ♪ that you're not alone ♪ ♪ and you know deep down inside â™

applicable to all of those jurisdictions and the feds will come in and the department of justice has had that very history when during the civil rights era where the worst thing you could do would be as a civil rights practitioner is to face local judges, face local mayors, local governors. that klan network and that sort of thing. and the department of justice has really symbolize the idea that there's a new sheriff in town and they are actually pulling these federal rights and i think it's the modern era, even going into rodney king and the rodney king beating gives the department of justice new power to practice in cases to this current era where i think it's pretty clear that nobody trusts the local police themselves and because of all of the accidents that's happening, folks on the street really creating that pressure that you see in places like louisville where both the police chief and the mayor of louisville are like yeah, we're up into the feds coming in taking a look at our police department here. these are really big changes that i think are actually being spurred by the a

what this bill does is require the department of justice to designate a person who will do a review of these kinds of hate crimes. it asks the department of justice to work in conjunction with the state and local law enforcement to ensure that the word gets out inappropriate language, culturally appropriate , that these crimes should be prevented and reported. it sets up a way where we can report these crimes, in as easy of a way as possible. online reporting. these crimes are underreported, as we'll know. my hope is we will have republicans who will support this bill, and members of the house and senate speaking out, condemning these targeted crimes. we will go forward in the hopes that an attack on one group in our country is truly an attack on all of us, and there is no place in a democracy for these kinds of unprovoked attacks on a group of people who are only being targeted because they are aapis. words matter. when you have a president who deems the virus to be the china virus, or have members of his administration refer to it as kung-flu created an environment where people will

it asks the department of justice to work in conjunction with the state and local law enforcement to ensure that the word gets out inappropriate language, , culturally appropriate, to add -- the these kinds of crimes should be reported and it sets up a way where we can report these crimes and has easy way as possible. so online reporting. these kinds of very much underreported, as we all know. and so my hope is that we will have republicans who will support this bill. my hope is that we will have republican members of the house in the senate speaking out condemning these kinds of targeted crimes. and so we will go forward in the hopes that, you know what, an attack on one group in our country is truly an attack on all of us. and there's no place in a democracy for these kinds of unprovoked attacks on a o groupf people who are only being targeted because they are aapi' aapi's. and words matter. so we had a president who deems the virus to be the china virus or to have members of his administration refer to it as con flu, you create an environment where people will be motivated because

practices of the police department. >> i'm elated to see the federal department of justice is intervening, is going to go into that police department and do a thorough investigation of its policies, practice, supervision, how it interacts with citizens involved in every day arrests that they make, how it involves -- how it interacts with citizens involving protests. we've heard a lot of complaints coming from citizens on the gro ground, from activists who say they've been pepper-sprayed, shot with rubber bullets, harassed with respect to protests that have erupted in that city. also, i'm so happy to see this investigation is going to focus on how people treat individuals with disabilities, behavioral health issues. we know in this city there have been allegations about the miss treatment of individuals with mental health and other disabilities. i think this is a significant step forward as we try to address systemic racism. >> let's talk about the sentencing it will likely be eight weeks before we hear from the judge on this. the you talk me through what you think will happen? >> a couple

through much of the civil rights movement, the department of justice gets started and one of the first thins, it prosecutes the plan. it prosecutes federal cases in southern states, the old confederacy, and they are attempts to murad folks. and the department of justice plays a role as well in some of the local jurisdictions that are resistant to either prosecutions of folks that have killed black people. there is a long history of federal enforcement of civil rights when local jurisdictions are not living up toe quaul justice under law. >> yeah, and that's the point of federal power. you take these things out of the locality, out of the municipality, and you apply frool law that is applicable to all the jurisdictions and the feds will come in, and the department of justice has had the very storied history, particularly in the civil rights era where the worst thing you can do as a civil rights practitioner is to face the judges and majors, and that sort of thing, and the contempt of justice has really symbolized, i think, the idea there is a new sheriff in town and they rupp helding th

so there is hopefully there is a reason to call in the department of justice. and hopefully that's what will come about as a result of this work that they're going to do. but i will certainly be an eager partner with the department of justice in in work and help them in any way possible. thank you. >> with that, we're happy to take any questions. >> mayor fischer, you met with the doj -- there was going to be an investigation. >> with we met with them mat 11:30 this morning. and they explained why they were in town, the work they'd been doing, that they were going to be initiating an investigation to see where that would take them with our department. >> did they state that it would overall look at the last several years or just the breonna taylor case specifically that got their attention that they are delving into. >> there was four specific areas they are looking into and that they will be going back i think they said about five years or so. released -- did they release -- it did the attorney general mention that? i think they will be putting out the directi

of justice. he is also going to nominate his director of atf, that has been vacant and he has not nominated anyone yet. he will nominate someone who worked at the atf for a long time but has been working at a gun control group, which should be interesting getting through the senate, that might be tough. he will talk about money that he wants to spend in communities of color to combat violence. he wants to designate $5 billion over eight years. host: one of the topics expected to be addressed was the topic of ghost gun's, can you explain what it is and why it is important? guest: that has become more popular. ghost guns is a nickname for the guns that are handmade, makeshift guns that you can buy kits for that they are not regulated as firearms and do not have serial numbers. if they do not have serial numbers that does not mean -- that means that you are not regulated. if you buy one of these you have to go through a background check, you do not have to right now. it is important because it will

the department of justice alone cannot solve the problem. it is a problem we must all work on together in a collective effort to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and save lives. there is work for the department to do and we intend to do it. today, the department of justice is announcing several steps we will take to keep guns out of the hands of noumenal and reduce the risk of gun violence. we will make sure we understand and measure the problem of criminal gun trafficking in a data-driven way. atf undertook a gun trafficking study. it issued a report that provided information to understand and combat criminal trafficking networks. no such study has been conducted since that time. i have directed atf to begin work on an updated study of criminal gun trafficking, that will take into account that modern guns are not simply cast or forged, but can be made of plastic, printed on a 3d printer, or sold in self-assembly kits. we will evaluate how our tools are keeping up with the ties and we will analyze our criminal cases and investigations

the department of justice is not going to comment. he is going to have the opportunity to go out there and friend is the way he wants to. the first thing i thought when i saw this is it is very similar to a lot of the reports about what we saw about what hunter biden was doing in russia, ukraine, and china. i let expect him to highlight what he is going to say is the double standard. he is going to have an opportunity to put his message out, which is going to go unchecked in the justice department. if you look at how this all went down, and then you look at the comparison with other individuals connected with the biden administration that had similar stories out there that may not have gotten the same coverage thanks to the big tax oppression. i think he is going to have the opportunity to frame this the way he wants. they run we just got some more information from bob castella. castella just confirmed that rudy's residence was rated this morning. he sent agents showed up at 6:00 in the morning. they stayed for about two hours. he say

i think one of the other things that is fortunate about this, when you get the department of justice telephoning you with their civil rights division and telling you that they want to meet on pretty short notice to discuss some things, it's generally not about traffic tickets, it's about something very serious, which it is. and the team they have and will assemble to come in here and perform this very important work and, you know, i was very impressed with them. hopefully there is a reason they're calling the department of justice and hopefully that's what will come about as a result of this work they're going to do. i will certainly be an eager department and we'll help them as much as possible. thank you. >> with that, we're welcome to take any questions. [ inaudible question ] >> we met with them at 11:30 this morning, and they explained why they were in town, the work that they've been doing, that they would be initiating an investigation to see where that would take them with our department. [ inaudible question ] >> there is four specific areas they're looking into and that the

your department of justices was quite energetic in pursuing patterns and practice of police departments that were suspected of having a pattern or practice of violating people's constitutional rights. and merrick garland said there would be such an investigation in to louisville and that comes after an investigation launched in minneapolis. these are gone dormant under trump. does it match where we are? >> it does, the george floyd murder awakened the country on the reality of how the people of color too often are treated are members of law enforcement. we brought a record of number of pattern and practice cases while i were attorney general. the trumped admnistration did not bring any while they were there. there's a pattern of practice cases, that are tools in bringing reform about. i'm heartened to see what was done today. i'm heartened to see who was flanking that, when he did. that ms. guptaan unfair junior through her senate process. sh he is a civil rights tourn and i think the team you saw up there the today, will bring pattern of practice investigations and make criminal justic

this one of his objectives that he looks aspirated in the department of justice would handle these mergers and collaboration with the banking agencies are probably right sources to two for additional content or comments. reporter: has there been crisis contributed to using autopilot, encouraging regulators everything that technology printed. [inaudible]. and engagement on this issue and do they share this as well. psaki: i know department of transportation as you noted are aware of these incidents involving tesla vehicles and that the national highway traffic safety administration otherwise known as well, immediately launched an initial crash investigation team to investigate the crash. they're actively engaged with law enforcement and tesla to learn more about that appropriate steps when they have more information and of course they remain in touch as appropriate in our teams are in the ground. reporter: measured as the white house though have concerns rated. psaki: it will be handled and so that is where it is being handled. reporter: is for use of the white house did not want to get ahe

department of justice alone cannot solve the problem. it is a problem that we must all work on together in a collective effort to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and saves lives, but there is work for the department to do, and we intend to do it. today the department of justice is announcing several steps that we will take to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and reduce the risk of gun violence. first, we will ensure that we understand and measure the problem of criminal gun trafficking in a data driven way. over 20 years ago atf undertook a gun trafficking study. it then issued a report that provided information necessary to better understand and to combat criminal trafficking networks. no such study has been conducted since that time. accordingly, i have directed atf to begin work on an updated study of criminal trafficking that modern gusts are not just cast or forged, but can be made of plastic, printed on a 3-d printer or sold in assembly kits. we will use the ballistics network and tracing center in keeping up with th

the steps taken by the department of justice. he would love to sign the george floyd bill into law. and that he also is here as a human being and he sees their pain area and he recognizes their loss and their trauma and he wants to put reforms in place to address it moving forward.>> peter nancy pelosi came tothe defense of representative waters . she said my actual words don't matter, i wonder why the white house isn't coming to the defense of representative waters given the fact that she's facing an onslaught of attacks by republicans. i wonder why the white house is saying that's what she said about being confrontational, she obviously was not threatening violence. there are civil rights leaders saying he's being reactive. >> she also clarified her own remarks. i think that's most powerful piece to point to. >> the arizona governor, he lifted the mask mandate on all public schools in the state. i wonder what the white house makes of that and whether that happened? >> we recommend any state or governor follow public health guid

well the momentum is in the president's favor and bouts why he tast his department of justice to add to the already criminal investigation that is in place investigating the death of george floyd now we have the announcement of the civil investigation into the police and practices of the minneapolis police department what this investigation will do is it will address sort of what it sees as systemic failures with regard to potentially discriminatory conduct as well as training and the use of force now what the goal of this from the white house perspective is is to essentially restore trust between communities particularly communities of color and law enforcement but this is just one track that the white house is pursuing there's also the believe that the momentum is in favor of legislation that has otherwise been languishing on capitol hill and that is the justice in policing act the george floyd justice simply saying act of course george floyd being the victim in the case that resulted in the conviction of police officer derrick chauvet so what we've known is that this legislation p

that's where the department of justice monitors the police department. it's technically not anything out of the ordinary. >> sandra: merrick garland said he sees repeatedly the probes like the one he just announces potentially valuable oversight tool of police to berman's across the country and accountability of our police department. do you believe that to be a good strategy? >> to some degree. my only concern is at some stage or another of police officer is going to pause and unfortunately lose his life or be seriously injured as a result of all of the regulations we are being placed under. law enforcement has to make split-second decisions and that needs to be taken into consideration. >> john: ted williams, always good to get your thoughts, as we had down the road for another investigation of another police department. more to come. good to have you with us. iran's foreign minister slamming the military in that country, reportedly criticizing the powerful revolutionary guard corps, an elite audio interview. he said "in the islamic republic the milita

the department of justice in washington will look at how the measures and procedures processes of the minneapolis police department measure actually out when it comes to justice to not profiling to disproportionate use of force and that means 2 things a the minneapolis police department is now under pressure may have some say in trouble they want to cooperate they will cooperate so they have no other chance that also means that the federal government is really seeing this as a watershed moment you where they can push it forwards meaning they can really work on real change what policing means in the u.s. ok and it's very briefly how similar is the case of dante right to the one towards floyd. i can show you this and that explains everything if you look down here this little tiny memorial just little circle justice for john to write this is exactly how it started the year go about a few days later for george floyd and this circle is the beginning for what everybody says here will be the same procedures they did with even of the cases very different of course details are different but an

members of congress. >> weighing in with the department of justice. to me it was outside of the could tell recreation center when someone called police saying he was waving a gun at people walking by, although the caller told the dispatcher it was probably a juvenile with a fake gun that information was never relayed to responding officers. 2 cleveland police officers frank garmback and timothy loehmann arrived on scene and according to investigators, within seconds, officer loehmann believing tamir was reaching for the weapon shot and killed him.

the department of justice will be unwavering in its pursuit, of equal justice. , under law. attorney general merrick garland will be heading that new pattern practice probe, along with his newly confirmed number three at the justice department, anita gupta. now the associate good tierney general of the united states, that you just heard speaking about those needs for the investigations. they show the dire need of change in the administration. this is one policy tool we do have to reform police departments that are pro can. democratic congressman -- in ferguson after the killing of michael brown. she joins me now. congresswoman, you have seen this up close. and it's part of what got you into politics. your reaction to both the trial yesterday in the announcement from the journey general today? >> the trial was just traumatic to watch. it's as dramatic as every day leaving in this country as a black person, or a brown, person or an indigenous person. that would just like to live their life, a life that you get to see other people live. but you just don't get that. in so we got

from the department of justice, now launching a probe into practices at the minneapolis police department. minneapolis mayor jacob frey welcomed the investigation as an opportunity to keep working toward deep change and accountability in the minneapolis police department. while the head of the city council, which has tried multiple times to dismantle the police department, hopes the doj uses the full weight of its authority to hold the minneapolis police department accountable for any and all abuses of power. meanwhile chauvin, with his bail revoked, awaits sentencing, expected in early june as the judge weighs a number of factors, including aggravating factors, like george floyd being treated with particularly cruelty, the presence of children when the crimes were committed and separately state sentencing dpied lines. the guidelines for someone with no criminal history like chauvin are up to 13 years for second-degree marurder and four years for second-degree manslaughter. but they are asking for more which could increase his time behind bars. >> i can see him smiling down on us and just

we will sponsor your client into the witness security program of the united states department of justice. a stands to reason, if he is going to testify possibly or point out people or methods that was used it sends a message as to how serious groups like the oath keepers really are? this could pose a real threat to him? >> absolutely. they do believe that the oath keepers could be a dangerous group, they're worried about the safety. the prosecutor has been working steadily over the last days to make more complex cases despite the fact of the political conversation about the attack has taken a sharply divergent turn with a lot of people on the right saying that it wasn't an attack. that it wasn't that big of a deal. it might not have even been what we thought it was. those trump supporters attacking the capitol, maybe it was something else. maybe it was people on the left like antifa. the government has put a tucked down, blocked all of that out, basically pressed to the side and continued on to charge people and to find people who could help them as they seek to bring, you know, folks wh

division of the department of justice. that man is called nicholas and that just so happens that he was a law partner of hunter biden's defense attorney for years. funny how that works. the feds have become more aggressive than ever in using the force of law to crush political dissent. in the leaks to the media, for example, the feds announced they were investigating congressman, matt gaetz of florida for the crime of sex trafficking. "the new york times" dutifully wrote a piece. that destroyed matt gaetz and took him completely off the map. whatever his flaws may be, matt gaetz is smart. he is articulate, and he is bright. matt gaetz was one of the very few members in the entire congress who bothered to stand up against washington on behalf of his constituents. but you are not hearing from him now because matt gaetz is a sex trafficker. so the question is, who exactly did matt gaetz traffic? we can't answer that question because no charges have been filed. so all that remains is the stigma. the remarkable thing is, and we

of justice. senator murkowski said she had a meeting with vanita gupta. let's listen to what she said herself. >> i felt i was speaking to a woman who had not only committed a professional life to try to get to the base of these injustices, to try to not just direct a little bit of money, put a program in place and walk away and call it a day but to truly make a difference. >> most of the rest of the republicans were opposed for various reasons. they said that she had previously said she supported defunding the police, which gupta denied. they criticized her for criticizing republicans during the trump administration. republicans in congress were nearly unified against her. there was a lot of republicans outside of congress who wrote letters to mcconnell and members of congress signifying their support, including the fraternal order of police, not necessarily that they're republican, but the fact that it is a more conservative organization, including former homeland security secretary chertoff. f

the department of justice. her hearing begins wednesday. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] juan: "when i'm 64" by the beatles. amy today we want to wish you a very happy 64th birthday. it seems only yesterday you were a young rebel reporter. now you are a mature rebel reporter. amy: thank you. it is wonderful to spend this day with you or at least this hour, with our listeners, viewers, and readers. such dficult times that we have to deal with. no better group of people to deal with these radical issues. thank you so much. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we're continuing to talk about what is happening in minnesota and around this country amid ongoing police abuse hate crimes and increasing attacks on voting rights. we look now at president biden's nomination of kristen clarke, head of the lawyers' committee for civil rights under law, to become the first black woman to lead the justice department's civil rights division -- what the former attorney general eric holder called the agen

of the federal criminal investigation into the death of george floyd that the justice department has previously announced congress gave the department the authority to conduct civil practice pattern or practice investigations which look beyond individual incidents to assess systemic failures those investigations allow the department to determine whether a police department has a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing. the investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force including during protests investigation will also assess whether the m.p.t. engages in discriminatory conduct and whether its treatment of those with behavioral health disability is unlawful it will include a comprehensive review of the minneapolis police department's policies training supervision and use of force investigations it will assess the effectiveness of the m.p. d.'s current systems of accountability and whether other mechanisms are needed to ensure constitutional and lawful policing broa

we welcome to senior leaders in the department of justice. executive assistant director jill leads the fbi national security branch and she is a veteran of the efforts to deal with terrorism at home and abroad and was the first woman to lead the fbi tech -- counterterrorism directory. deputy assistant attorney general brad wakeman represents the division to consolidate the departments primary national scaredy operations and assure counterintelligence and counterterrorism entity do not -- the law. we will use the definition the fbi provided in a july 2020 report to the subcommittee which describes domestic violent extremists as those who pose a persistent threat on violence and economic harm, but distinctive -- but distinct from those connected with international terrorism. indeed the greatest threat is from "racially or ethic -- ethnically motivated violent extremists." because this hearing is an open session, we understand many matters of interest to the subcommittee may be consent to discuss in detail. hopefully we can have a fruitful and i

>> reporter: well, part of that means that the department of justice is going to create this comprehensive review of the department policies and practices, that will include looking at its supervisors. looking at its use of force investigations. and also looking at its training. something else we likely will see the doj take a look at, the initial news release, members of the media received following the death of george floyd. i remember that night clearly. not only was there a news conference overnight where a spokes american with the minneapolis police department said a man died in custody because of a medical condition. the department also put that in writing. and many of us still have a copy of that news release. this week, we learned that was not the case. video also showed us that was not the case. the members of the jury found derek chauvin guilty on all three counts, something we will not see, we will not see the names of those jurors for at least six months because of safety. their names have been withhold. meanwhile, i spoke with a former minneapolis police officer. and he and hi

psaki: beyond the department of justice? >> it will only come from the justice department? ms. psaki: i don't understand your question. >> the president said he was looking into his options. are there any other options? ms. psaki: we believe that in the department of justice's hands. they are an independent -- they will make independent decisions. the president was looking broadly at the importance of expanding voter access and making it easier for people to use their civic duty to elect officials. there are people working their way through and he will continue to communicate with leaders like stacey abrams and others who are implementing grassroots activism across the country. i would just put a different category on whether there is a department of justice step because that would be up to the attorney general. >> on the issue of voting rights, the president said he would support major league baseball moving the world series out of atlanta. does the president believe that texas should be boycotted if the bill is signed into law? ms. psaki: he didn't call businesses to boycott.

what's interesting about that is that given the fbi and justice department plenty of time to vet his claims. he has been talking to them. we don't know how truthful he's been, and we don't know how careful he's been. you have to look at joel greenberg's overall record to assume that there is a chance that he might not be entirely truthful and that's going to have a huge impact on whether or not he can mail on this cooperation deal to the middle of next month because if the department feels that he has been lying to them, they won't give him his deal. at the same time, they're still going to take any piece of information he has given them and run it down and try to use it to make other cases. >> and finally, ashley parker, four years of covering donald trump made you something of an expert, a title i am not sure you are looking for going into this job. are you curious about the reaction of trump and his circle took gates? i think it is safe to say that they have been cautious on this subject. >> i was curious. and i started asking around, people in the presidents orbit and the answer

you know counsel that one of the impacts of the department of justice coming in is that it takes the wind out of the sails of movements and organizers is they're fighting to a table to talk about things and then they are excluded from the inner workings between the d.o.j. and the police department they're investigating tom so there's a little. paying attention to which respect to the d.o.j. coming in tell us how we thank you very much a little cafeteria time childress thank you thank you. still to come on the news hour the hunt for an indonesian submarine which disappeared during training exercises north of bali. an unstoppable force of nature go to mom and communities consider evacuation as lava flows head ever closer. and the indianapolis $500.00 says it expects the largest sporting crowd in the world since the start of the pandemic. the u.n. says alexei navalny life is in serious danger with the russian government subjecting the opposition politician to conditions that could amount to torture and comes as at least 1000 people were detained across the country the protests demanding

the death of george floyd that the justice department has previously announced. congress gave the department the authority to conduct civil bat earn or practice investigations. that look beyond individual incidents to assess those systemic failures. the investigation i am announcing today is assessing whether or not the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of excessive force including during protests. the investigation will also assess whether or not the npd engaging in discriminatory conduct and whether or not it's treatment of those with behavioral health disabilities is unlawful. it will include a review of policies, training, super vision, and use of force informations. it will assess the effectiveness of the mpd's current systems of accountability and to see if they insure constitutional and lawful policing. broad participation in this investigation from the community and from law enforcement will be vital to it's success. the justice department has already started to reach out to community groups and members of the public to learn

today, the department of justice is announcing the several steps we will take to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and reduce the risk of gun violence. first, we will ensure that we understand and measure the problem of criminal gun trafficking in a data-driven way. over 20 years ago, atf undertook a gun trafficking study. it issued a report that provided information necessary to better understand and combat gun trafficking networks. no such study has been conducted since that time. accordingly, i have directed the agency to begin work on an updated study of criminal gun trafficking that will take into the account that modern guns are not civilly cast or forged but can be made of plastic, printed on a 3d planter -- printer, or sold in kits. we will work with the national -- network and tracing center to keep up with the times. we will analyze our criminal cases and investigations to determine what they can show us about modern gun trafficking patterns. we expect the lessons from this study will help agents and policymakers tackle modern criminal gun trafficking enterprises. seco

the department of justice is also investigating the minneapolis police department following the death of george floyd. the state of emergency was declared in north carolina community last night. 5 days after a black man was shot and killed. sheriff deputies. protesters have been marching in the streets of elizabeth city following the death of andrew brown junior the sheriff show brown's family some video of the incident. but now they are demanding to see everything, dana are because that latest. one body cam. 20 seconds. >> it an execution. their strong allegations from attorneys representing the family of andrew brown junior scrapping video footage released today showing deputies gunning down the 42 year-old father of 7 wednesday morning. the family outraged over what they say is a lack of transparency after a series of back and forth with the county. they say they were only shown a small snippet of the incident which started in the middle of the confrontation. the chuck blocked him in his driveway so he can that exit his driveway. >> and you had his hands on the wheel that region fo

by the department of justice. there is a lot of history here. by the way, all of those were no charges against the police or an acquittal in the case of philando castile. after laquan mcdonald was killed by police in chicago, doj opened an investigation, found severe civil rights violations. did anything really change in chicago? that's the question. what comes out of it? >> consent decrees can be very helpful. i'm glad to see doj was back. they were missing in action for the last four years in terms of holding police departments accountable. i'm a member of two different monitoring teams that right now consent decrees are being enforced, baltimore and cleveland. for departments to really make change, i think this is a solid step forward. the investigation will result in a series of recommendations that the department has to implement. there also was a program called collateral reform under the obama administration that hopefully doj brings back. the only difference between that and a consent degree is the court i

department of justice. and so i would highlight the fact that the minneapolis pd invited the department of justice into suggest changes for them to make. got a report. implemented some of those changes. left a lot of them on the table. all before george floyd's death even happened. and so the idea that department of justice investigation or consent decree again will be some silver bullet that will radically remake policing in any city in and of itself is disproven by the fact that this wasn't even -- this wasn't even a contentious matter. they reached out to the department of justice and said hey, bring us, you know -- come in and help us figure out policing. and years later we still had george floyd murdered under the knee of a minneapolis officer. >> right, it goes back to a lot of what carmen was talking about vis-a-vis training. thank you both. >>> next the johnson & johnson vaccine is back. what you need to know. plus caitlyn jenner is at the ready to run for california governor if gavin newsom is reca

so i guess is a relief that at least that narrative wasn't believed by the department of justice but then we were listening to some. community leaders a few hours ago who said you know we had the d.o.j. before none of the policies that were implemented off to the long investigation were implemented and it was notable as well we always have investigations in these analyses of these new training regimes as a training regime often under castiel was killed a few years ago and the training program was actually named off to a multi-million dollar. here we are again and in fact derek chauvinism trainer for the minneapolis there was a trainer from the minneapolis police department so clearly that didn't work so there's that sense that ok if there is an investigation it has to be much deeper and i'd call just be looking at the narrow focus of the the minneapolis police department but all of policing in the state specifically in some polls as well than the twin to minneapolis which has a much higher killing rate for the minneapolis but also the state troopers but also that infrastructure which

what the biden administration and department of justice is doing with the minneapolis police department. take a listen. >> the investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, including during protests. the investigation will also assess whether the mpd engages in discriminatory conduct and whether it's treatment of those with behavioral disabilities is unlawful. >> we expect the lawyer from the department will intervene here, and interview and go through police files to determine if there's a pattern of the police agency engaging in civil rights violations and it remedy could be looking at reform, and this is the fourth investigation into this police agency that resulted from the death of george floyd. we know there was a state investigation and there's an fbi investigation that remains ongoing and the human rights commission launched an investigation, and now the u.s. department of justice. >> i think this is a case that touched just about everybody in this country, and maybe people aro

. >> the department of justice is investigating another police department over a deadly shooting. this time the louisville police department in kentucky over the death of breonna taylor. >> 26 year. taylor was shot and killed in her apartment back in march of last year. police had entered her apartment on walk warrant and exchanged gunfire with taylor's boyfriend who saw the officers were intruders. the department of justice plans to see if there's any pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful police procedures in louisville. kentucky jury indicted. one of the officers. brett hankison for firing into a neighbor's apartment during the raid. his trial is set to begin next year. doj is also investigating the minneapolis police department after the death of george floyd. >> in north carolina that on of elizabeth city has declared a state of emergency just a few days after a black man was killed there by a deputy. the town filed a formal request for the release of the police body camera video of that shooting. happened last week. the shooting death of andrew brown junior afte