and where is the justice for leonard peltier? >> now? back in 2023, i caught up with van zandt on one of his trips to capitol hill. someone of your stature, someone who's, you know, you're on the tour, you're touring with the band, you're acting, you've made this a central cause of your life. i mean, you mean, how come this has become such a passion for you to see this? >> i mean. injustice just bugs the hell out of me, man. you know, i don't like seeing it, and i just feel terrible about it. you know, every single day. i've been working on this every single day for 35 years. he's completely innocent. and. and it's just it's just one of those tragedies that needs to. it needs to end. man. >> now, peltier will soon be a free man, but it has sparked a backlash in some quarters, including from the then fbi director, christopher wray, who warned biden in a letter that releasing peltier would be, quote, shattering to the victims loved ones and undermine the principles of justice and accountability that our government should represent.

and file agents are upset at both trump and his predecessor, who commuted the life sentence of leonard peltiero killed two fbi agents. >> we're upset because even the most culpable individuals in the january 6th incident were released and pardoned, and they're very upset with the biden administration for releasing leonard peltier. >> i hope that this will begin the end of what has been a long national nightmare, and that both sides can get back to real justice. >> now, in recent court in recent days, i've already seen a lot of these dismissals reflected in court records. and as far as those who have already served their sentences, many are still awaiting their official certificates of pardon. reporting live. henry lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, henry lee, live in oakland. henry. thank you. coming up, there may soon be new policies governing police pursuits in the city of oakland. details on the proposed changes. that's oming up the first step in changing the department's suspect chase policy is trying to loosen the rules for when officers can pursue a criminal out on the road. ktvu jam

. >> he gave a pardon to leonard peltier. leonard peltier killed two fbi agents. >> this morning.versity, equity and inclusion workers on leave as he shuts down their offices and programs on immigration. one of trump's executive orders will face its first legal test tomorrow. >> this is plainly illegal, plainly contrary to our constitution. >> a judge in seattle will consider a temporary restraining order against trump's directive ending birthright citizenship, a guarantee under the 14th amendment, declaring anyone born on u.s. soil an american citizen. in washington, an episcopal church bishop, echoing a letter released by its leadership tuesday criticizing trump at the national prayer service for his stances on immigration and lgbtq rights. >> in the name of our god, i ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. there are gay, lesbian and transgender children in democratic, republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives. >> this morning, trump calls the bishop a radical, left hardline trump hater. he says her statements were inapp

. >> he gave a pardon to leonard peltier. leonard peltier killed two fbi agents. >> this morning.mp placing government diversity, equity and inclusion workers on leave as he shuts down their offices and programs on immigration. one of trump's executive orders will face its first legal test tomorrow. >> this is plainly illegal, plainly contrary to our constitution. >> a judge in seattle will consider a temporary restraining order against trump's directive ending birthright citizenship, a guarantee under the 14th amendment, declaring anyone born on u.s. soil an american citizen. in washington, an episcopal church bishop, echoing a letter released by its leadership tuesday criticizing trump at the national prayer service for his stances on immigration and lgbtq rights. >> in the name of our god, i ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. there are gay, lesbian and transgender children in democratic, republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives. >> this morning, trump calls the bishop a radical, left hardline trump hater. he says h

and they're very upset with the biden administration for releasing leonard peltier. >> and i hope thats will begin the end of what has been a long national nightmare, and that both sides can get back to real justice. >> i've been seeing a lot of dismissals in current cases reflected in court records. now, for those who have already served their sentences, many of them are awaiting their official certificates of pardon. henry lee ktvu, fox two news. >> new at ten uc berkeley police say a woman escaped a scary situation by pepper spraying a man who pulled her off her bike and tried to sexually assault her. it happened at the university village in albany on tuesday. police say the man, andrew mcnair, has been arrested. authorities say he knows the victim, but he is not affiliated with the university. the woman did not suffer any physical injuries. >> that engine and the four crew members, along with the fire department and all the firefighters in the state, are our number one heroes right now. >> a show of gratitude. >> a pacific palisades man whose home was saved by a crew from san franc

leonard peltier, who in 1975 killed two fbi agents, he was a political activist who felt he was fighting his cause, and yesterday he was set free. >> norah: what message does that send? >> well, i would tell you i'm sure it sends a pretty poor message to the fbi and frankly to every law enforcement officer in this country, to think that, if you are killed in the line of duty that at some point, it becomes okay. because it's not okay for the families of those fbi agents. and those fbi agents are still dead. and yet, the man that killed them has been set free. >> norah: chief manger, thank you for being here and thanks to all of your officers. we know now that attorneys general from 22 states are now suing to block president trump's move to end what's known as birthright citizenship, that is guaranteeing that children born in the u.s. are citizens regardless of their we get more on the new immigration battles from cbs's weijia jiang at the white house. >> reporter: a church service at the national cathedral marks the final event of inauguration. but, unlike most sermons, this one was direc

meanwhile, npr reports that before biden commuted the life sentence of indigenous activist leonard peltierld be, quote, shattering to the victims loved ones and undermine the principles of justice and accountability that our government should represent. wray sent a letter to the white house on january 10th. in it, the fbi director expressed vehement and steadfast opposition to the commutation of leonard peltier sentence. so, joe, you know, certainly these are two different buckets here. we're talking about 15, 1600 pardons about january 6th, and they've been denounced by democrats and even a few republicans. but you know what president biden did in the last hours of his term, also receiving some scrutiny and criticism. >> yeah, i mean, criticism. obviously from republicans. >> who. >> would be criticizing him regardless. and democrats and as you've reported. >> on. >> quietly complaining about it. behind closed doors. what's so. interesting is joe biden felt. >> the need to pardon. >> actually a cop that was brutally beaten. >> by a mob and almost killed. >> and at cops who were plural. an

meantime, president biden, former president biden also commuted the sentence of indigenous activist leonard peltier. the 80 year old was convicted in the 1975 killing of two fbi agents in south dakota. he has always maintained his innocence. peltier will serve the remainder of his sentence at home. law professor jessica levinson from loyola marymount university joins us live tonight for more. a lot of action right out of the gate, professor. president trump pardoning, as we just reported, 1500 january 6th defendants commutes, some others just a short time ago. your reaction, professor? >> he is making good and campaign promises. and what we know from the constitution is that it gives presidents very broad power in this area and only presidents. this is not an area where the president has to consult with the senate. this is not an area where federal judges can say, i think you're wrong. i don't think there's a good reason for these pardons. this was really something put into the constitution as a failsafe when there had been a miscarriage of justice. we can have a political conversation about whethe

president biden commuted the sentence of indigenous activist leonard peltier. the now 80 year old was convicted in the 1975 killings of two fbi agents during a standoff on the pine ridge indian reservation in south dakota. he has also maintained his innocence. peltier was denied parole back in july and wasn't eligible for parole again until 2026. biden says peltier will now serve the remainder of his sentence at home. cecile richards, a national force for abortion access and women's rights who led planned parenthood for 12 years, has died. richards family said in a statement that she died at her new york home, surrounded by her family. two years after being diagnosed with brain cancer, richards became president of planned parenthood in 2006. under her leadership, the organization gained in membership, donor support and political clout, and she played a prominent role in pushing back against conservative critics. cecile richards was 67 years old. coming up tonight here on the news at 5:00, calling for an end to enhanced oversight. up next, how the alameda county

. >> leonard peltier was in prison for 45 years. he's 80 years old, and he was sentenced to home confinement. so he's not free, as you might have just suggested. >> he killed. >> two fbi agents. >> that's true. >> he did. and he went to prison for it and should have. my question to you, though, is, do you think america is safer because president trump issued these pardons to 1600 of these criminal defendants, many of whom violently assaulted our police in the capital? >> senator, america will be. >> safe when we. >> don't have 200,000 drug overdoses in two years. >> america will be safe. we don't. >> have. >> 50,050 homicides in a day. >> so you just won't answer the question. i'm going to say it. i don't think we're safer with matthew shuttle or matthew huddle was sent back to indiana. i don't think we're safer with peter schwartz. i could go through a long list of individuals, some of whom were wanted in states, members of this committee. let me move to another topic topic if i can. tell me about your j six choir. what is that? >>

. >> so you're referencing leonard peltier. he was in prison for, for, for decades. obviously, none of the folks convicted of assault, as you pointed out, will spend more than four years behind bars. i do want to play the sound bite of our discussion, because i disagree with your characterization of it. let's listen to our conversation from june. he's talked about well, he's talked about pardoning those folks that that you were talking about being violent and that hurt a lot of capitol police officers and other people as well. >> right. well, no, no, no, not violent, not people who would hurt police officers, those who were part who got caught up in, in the the the riot, if you will. >> he's called them political prisoners, sir. >> that. well, no, no, i'm talking about the trespassers. there are some that have been. >> you've heard donald trump differentiate between those folks because i have. >> not strongly prosecuted. okay. and we have weak prosecution on most violent crimes in my city. as you. >> heard, donald trump differentiate between the folks that were there

and we've seen we've seen that with leonard peltier. you could argue. >> apples to apples. joe biden killed a capcut pardon? a cop killer. >> by pardoning a mass amount of people and just saying, i'm giving you a pass without considering the individual circumstances of those cases, as suggested, is is a bit of a shock to the system. >> i guess my question. >> is, and by the way, just to be clear, joe biden, biden did not pardon peltier. he commuted his sentence. >> he commuted the sentence of 37 people on death row who committed some of the most heinous crimes. >> just just for clarity. but go ahead. >> if it's so bad, then why do you want to be like it? like you keep want to comparing yourselves to democrats? then don't. >> do what i think the punishment should fit the crime. if you were in jail for the past three years before you assaulted a cop, no complaints here. no. in new york, you wouldn't get three hours. >> but as a. >> lifelong republican, as. >> a lifelong republican. >> i am embarrassed. i'm repulsed by the 1600 pardons, especially those that were felons and vi

something biden did that was one pardon that was signed was actually a good thing, and that was for leonard peltieronard did not kill the agents. that's been known in indian country for 50 years. what needs to be done here is the truth actually come out, and they need to look into david hill shooting the agent at the car with the senior agent behind screaming to kill that agent, because he was going to be a whistleblower and expose what was actually going on. host: where did your particular interest in this case come from? caller: i was alive when it happened. allove of us know what really -- a lot of us know what really happened. we finally saw john boy graham convicted, but not the people who were responsible for the death. and this was another thing. they knew leonard didn't do it, and he fought to help try to get him at least before he passed. but the bottom line, what's very simple here is the truth needs to come out. the f.b.i. did cover it up, and a lot of people have died trying to keep it covered up. this was one pardon that has been so long overdue, it is just pathetic. and it was right t

the commutation i was mentioning earlier was for the indigenous activists leonard peltier, he will serveat home confinement. >> supporters of mr. trump waiting for the president to address them. we will bring you that live. we know other supporters are gathered at capital one arena. stephanie has been speaking with them and watching as they watched the inaugural address unfold. what was the reaction there? >> you had to come to us right when this very noisy band started. yes, 20,000 i would say supporters, capital one arena is completely packed. i have to tell you, as they were watching that live feed of the inauguration speech, it was as president trump were in the room. this is the crowd he was clearly speaking to. at times, it felt like the wwe match and at other times i felt like we were at a mega-church. i was had the biggest applause lines were so varied in their content. he received loud cheers for example when he said "america's decline is over." really loud cheers and the crowd when he talked about the assassination attempt against him and how he was saved by god. when he talked

i disagreed publicly when he gave clemency to leonard public health -- leonard peltier when he was granted clemency for killing two fbi agents. and i'll tell you what, i also spoke out when president biden nominated adil mungi to be a federal judge. i did not support him because of his affiliation with a group that wanted to let cop killers out of prison. now, that was me standing up for law enforcement. believe me when i say this is not partisan. this is about standing up for the men and women who put their lives had on the line every day, despite the fact that you may be in the same party of the ongoing president. it shouldn't be hard. listen, everybody knows, everyone knows that you talk to in your communities, you commit a violent crime in our community, you should face the consequences. but, you know what, don't take my word for it. there are many police organizations out there. one ever them which is the largest, the organization of sworn law enforcement officers in the world, the fraternal order of police, and they have condemned trump's pardoning of those who assaulted capitol poli