on the line now is dominic who's a former police officer and a candidate for the sheriff in cook county illinois dominick we've just seen some examples of where things have gone wrong involving the police and making a rest how would you assess this this latest use of force this was by the police in the case of what seemed to be an unarmed black man not resisting arrest. it's inexcusable i can't find a single thing in a video that if and and for whoever made the comment that they were upset that the video came out because it didn't give an audio with it it doesn't matter if the subject had said no i'm not sitting down i refused to obey any one of your commands it was it was an excessive amount of force that we did use i can get behind any any support whatsoever you strikes on on a subject like that as much you saw the last blow was an elbow to the head there could be a lethal force moment tactic and i can't i can't find a single thing to justify in their video. i would imagine some people are going to claim that race played a role here i don't know how much information we have but i mean it appea

we spoke to dominic izzo a former police officer and candidate for sheriff in cook county illinois he believes there was no justification for the level of force mess of police used in the latest incident we have the police officers are using their brains a little bit more and i'm a hundred percent pro police and it's not doing law enforcement any favor that you do have videos like this released and they're not going anywhere it doesn't matter what race what gender or what culture the subject was it doesn't matter if the subject had said no i'm not sitting down i refused to obey any one of your commands it was it was an excessive amount of force that we could use i can get behind any any support whatsoever and use strikes on a subject like that is. hundreds more homes have been destroyed in hawaii as the killer whale volcano continues to erupt the volcano has actually been active since one thousand nine hundred eighty three but beginning last month it has been showing its strongest activity in decades its lava flows now cover two percent of the entire territory sorry zero point two per

we spoke to dominic as though a former police officer and candidate for sheriff in cook county illinois he believes that there was no justification for the level of course mesa police used in the latest incident. we have to have police officers are using their brains a little bit more i don't harbor some pro police and it's not doing law enforcement any favor that you do have a video released and they're not going anywhere it doesn't matter what race what gender or what culture the subject was it doesn't matter if the subject had said no i'm not sitting down i refused to obey any one of your commands it was it was an excessive amount of force that we do is i can't get behind any any support whatsoever strikes on a subject like that of. the u.s. secretary of state has taken a swipe at what he described as modern day tyranny the foreign policy message came in a tweet by mike pompei all about the seventy fourth anniversary of d.-day during world war two that is when u.s. and allied troops landed in normandy to liberate western europe from nazi forces and secretary of state referred to d.-d

he's tried many felony cases as a prosecutor in cook county illinois in the states attorney's office in chicago. he has been a visiting professor at northwestern and harvard law school and in 2008, is awarded a guggenheim fellowship in constitutional studies which he is enjoying right now he's a beard-- appeared before the us supreme court to argue the medical cannabis case. after successfully arguing in the ninth circuit in that case, one of the rare cases where the ninth circuit got it right in the supreme court got it wrong. [laughter] he has co-authored a brief in texas. randy appears frequently on radio and television programs. he's the author of several books including restoring the lost constitution presumption of liberty. constitutional law cases in context which very important book that gives-- it's a casebook on the constitution that takes a historical%-- perspective to the evolution of the constitution unlike other law casebooks. his book, the structure of liberty justice and the rule of law was awarded the ralph gregory elliott to book award and has been translated into j

i'm the director of elections in cook county, illinois and it is an honor to be here. as election administrators one certified results we instill legitimacy that comes from the essential american belief that our election reflects a trusted and true accounting of voter choices. that legitimacy must be secured . election officials have been working and securing votes and voter records for a long time. when i started in the business prior to 2000 we served as logistics managers like wedding planners making sure the right list of people came together in the right place with the right stuff. after bush versus gore and the help america vote act a new air of rules and voting technology was brought in and we became legally compliant i.t. managers. but the 2016 election and advice shared sense shows sophisticated attacks are to be expected and we must become cybersecurity managers. spurned by the need to defend against foreign enemies, officials have been working successfully to find a good balance of federal involvement in elections without trampling on the authority that stat

cently under secretary krebs was in cook county illinois wohere e walked through the framework for elections. through h framework, cook county has systemically mapped every system, identified known vulnerability points and built defenses and recovery plans. elections are run by states and localties. there are over 10,000 in the united states. the systems and procedures used vary greatly. what works for the voters of florida may not work for california. the local administration of elections empowers voters to engage with the process and those who run it, which brings me to my final point. for those voters who have questions or concerns regarding the security of integrity of the process, i implore you to get involved. become a poll worker. watch preelection test iing the systems. check your registration information before elections and gauge with your local election official and most importantly, go vote. the best response to those who wish to undermine faith in our democracy is to participate and vote. before i conclude, i want to thank congress for the le legislative congress. specifically t

recently undersecretary chris krebs, in cook county, illinois. where he walked through the comprehensive framework for elections. through this framework cook county has systematically mapped every system. identified no bolindale -- known vulnerability points. elections are run by states and loes ross the 50 states and five territories. there are over 10,000 jurisdiction -- jurisdictions in the united states. what works for the voters of florida may not work for the voters of california. the local administration of elections empowers voters to engage directly with the process, and those who run it. my final point, for those voters who have questions or concerns regarding the integrity of the process i implore you toget involved. become a poll worker. watch pre-election testing. check your registration information before elections. engage with your local election officials. most importantly, go vote. the best response for those who wish to undermine fah in our democracy is to participate and vote. before i conclude i want to thank congress for the l

>> well, when harold washington was elected to the illinois house, he was part of the cook county delegation that went down to springfield, and all the democrats who went down there were expected to vote the way the party told them to vote. and each morning when they went into the house chamber, they were given a sheet of paper that listed all the bills that were going to be voted on, and it told them how they were supposed to vote. the representatives called these our idiot sheets, and they took the sheet of paper, they went into the house, and they'd just vote the way they were told to vote. and according to adlai stevenson iii, who was harold's seat mate in the house, washington didn't like that from the beginning. but for a while, he continued to vote the way he was supposed to vote. it was a political matter of fact. but after a while, he started to show some independence, he started to cast some votes that didn't sit very well back in cook county. and over time i think he saw enough things that made him realize that blacks in chicago were simply not being treated very well, and they we