otieno's family is being represented by civil rights attorney benjamin crump, who joins us now, alongh irvo's mother, caroline ouko. thank you both for being here. i am so sorry for what happened to your son and wtt abo? on>, does that strategy make sense, do you think? >> well, it would make sense if it was working, and it doesn't make sense, since it's not. it's better than havinglookwe've thought about this and we're prarmaepo om t svekemode ans fact that we have sanctionsisesh we can manipulate, and we're prepared tsesend yous a nic changes. nick: shld the u. be willing to adjust its exercises and itsy advances he creased whanerxietpl

we are continuing to fight t protect their rights and later, benjamin crump join us to discuss the latest findings from the doj, and - with today's top stories rick, jessica. >> the stories we're watchin this hour in san diego, rescue crews are searching right no for any remaining sobers ove to migrants smuggling boat from mexico colliding. trying to reach shore last night. killing at least eight people. creating a large debris field, the surge hampered by fog. the rainfall continues to soak parts of southern and centra california, as the state contends with massiv evacuations. even landslides. in a small city in santa cruz, consuming after a levee breach with nearly 2000 residents i the community under mandator evacuation orders. and in ukraine, the study of were set today with no confirmed advances of russia forces in eastern ukrainia city of bakhmut. that signals a stall in th kremlin's efforts to capture that territory this comes a day after ukraine and russia claims that hundred of mna troops were killed over the previous 24 hours. more politics nation wit reverend al sharpton, righ

. >> reporter: she and her lawyers, including attorney benjamin crump, have filed a federal lawsuit againstcosmetic companies, including l'oreal, claiming their chemical hair straighteners caused her cancer and blaming the beauty brands for putting profits over people. >> the science was always there for everybody to see. we don't accept willful ignorance. >> reporter: l'oreal said, "we're confident in the safety of our products and believe the recent lawsuits filed against us have no merit. l'oreal upholds the highest standards of safety for all its products. our products are subject to a rigorous scientific evaluation of their safety by experts who also ensure that we follow strictly allegulations in every market in which we operate." strength of nature global llc declined to comment. abc news has not heard back from other companies named in the lawsuit. ronda continues chemotherapy, not knowing how much longer she has left. one thing she says she knows for sure, the price she believes she's paid for beauty has already cost her too much. >> for anybody out there still considering, let me

well, today speaking at the national action network in new york, civil rights attorney benjamin crumpby county sheriff to live up to that precedent. >> i don't care if the officer is black and white. the tyre nichols blueprint is the precedent now. and when they kill us and they unjustifiably brutalize us and it's on video, whien it's white officers that you arrest and charge with murder in the same way that you did these black police officers. we can't have two forms of justice. >> cnn's isabel rosales is with me now. what more do we know about what's next or howing this is bg evaluated? >> the video is a bloody brawl spanning across multiple floors of the jail between corrections issues and dershawn freeman. by the end of that five-minute interaction between the corrections officers and freeman, freeman was dead at that point. now his family is demanding accountability from these officers and made contact with freeman. also they want answers and jail reform. we're going to show you portions of the overall 13-minute video that was edited and handed to us by the nashville district att

and later, the mother of tyr nichols joins politicsnation along with the silver rights attorney benjamin crump. we will talk about what is nex in the quest for justice but first, my colleague jessic layton with today's top news stories. jessica? >> hi reverend al, thank you stories we are watching at this hour, russian president vladimir putin is facing a warrant for arrest for alleged war crimes he traveled to crimea today on the ninth anniversary of its annexation by russia putin will be meeting with chinese president xi jinping and moscow next week and france, thousands of protesters continue gatherin in paris to speak out agains the president's plan to rais the french retirement age from 62 to 64 riot police clashed with protesters on friday night meanwhile, garbage is stil piling up in the streets o paris, as sanitation workers are among those striking against the plan and the remains of the south carolina teen with connectio to the alex murdaugh case will be exempt for an independent autopsy. the mother of 19-year-ol stephen smith made tha announcement after interest an her son's mysteri

the man's family is being represented by civil rights attorney benjamin crump, who joins us now, alongan's mother caroline ouko. ,thank you. i'm so sorry for what happened to your son and we are grateful to taken the time to speak with us about this. can you telesales little bit about your son? >> he was my baby. he was my baby. he was a smart young man. he grew up here in richmond. he went to school locally in richmond. then eventually he went to college in california. he was not quick to anger. he took his time. he was like his father. he loved people. he was the peacemakein o family. ifre, he would always come in and ask us to look at it a different way as well, he always brought a different perspective to the table, he was a good listener. he loved his family, he loved me so much and i loved him that much. >> other family members have described a long struggle with mental illness. do you have any sense of how he was on the day he was arrested and transferred to the haas it'll? >> hwas coherent. we were in the house. even when they left to taken to the hospital, he was talking and a

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. >> reporter: attorneys benjamin crump and deondra zimmerman filing suit for, quote, generations ofeproductive cancer. l'oreal said, our products are subject to rigorous scientific evaluation. other manufacturers named in the suit. they either would not comment or didn't immediately get back to us. >> thank you, janai. >>> now to the rise in the trend known as premiumization, companies are offering tiered versions of their product in an attempt to get customers to buy the most expensive one and becky worley is back. >> reporter: more than 60 earnings calls companies talked about keeping profits rolling through premiumization. a story we first saw in "the new york times" the reason you should care, it's about saving money. this is a marketing strategy to get you to spend more, and it's coming at a time when every penny counts. premiumization, it's a classic airline model, expensive first class cabins in the front and the cheap seats in the back. but premium pricing tiers are now available in products that have nothing to do with the friendly skies. >> you take a product and separate