but the left is so inflamed at this point as you saw with the covington catholic situation as well that there is an anti-conservative, anti-christian, anti-catholic bigotry that is proving unfortunately that though they claim they want tolerance they are not willing to respect others first amendment rights. heather: not backing down after if you take a look at that full video it is very clear it is a completely different story altogether but standing their ground, many who lashed out to begin with not taking back, not apologize or nothing like that. >> a manifestation of the fact they feel by virtue of the fact these young men were wearing am aga hats, they are fair game even though they are young people and in the parkland situation they said don't go after the kids even if you disagree with them. heather: the opposite here. and something else when we get to the next topic. there were young girls, teenage girls wearing am aga toboggan type thing that this of the group was in their face as well. >> we have seen it across the country. heather: ramping up further and further. donald trump

and it's simple, easy, awesome. >> laura: covington catholic high school has reopened but the violenteats against the students have not stopped. in fact, the covington diocese received a suspicious package just tonight. we share tweet after tweet with you from celebrities, liberal commentators calling for attacks and even the death of these teenagers.it tonight some hope that this hate speech will not go unpunished.d. joining me now exclusively foro his first national television interview is rob sanders, he's a prosecutor for kenton county kentucky where covington catholic high is located. rob, it's good to see you. what kind of charges could realistically be filed and against whom? >> we have a number of different charges in kentucky that might apply. the one that jumps out the fastest isy. terroristic threatening. there's three different degreesc of terroristic threatening in kentucky. two of them are felonies. the most common one i think that might apply to the situation is terroristic threatening second degree, that's anytime someone threatens death or violence against an educatio

barred by the covington diocese from speaking at his 2018 graduation is not surprised by the covington catholic the insinuation being that covington is anti-gay. except the student wasn't stopped for speaking because of his sexuality. it was because he submitted his speech too late. more importantly, he didn't go to covington high school. "the new york times" reporter who this week wrote about covington students tradition of supporting their sports teams by painting their faces and bodies black. heating of the possibility of racism. had the reporter checked her own papers archives, she would've found a 2008 story explaining the so-called black out games and they are popular and have zero to do with racism. we are also learning more about native american elder nathan phillips. he was in the marine corps reserve from 1972 to 1976 but contrary to numerous reports, he was not a vietnam veteran. and on saturday, when this controversy was added its peak, nathan phillips went to the d.c. basilica demanding the covington boys be reprimanded. it's worth pointing out again that before mr. phillips walked

the kids are in-fact covington catholic students who were there to participate in the march for life.tonight the diocese of covington has issued an apology that reads in-part: we extend our deepest apologies to mr. phillips. this behavior is opposed to the church's teachings on the dignity and respect of the human person.the statement goes on... saying the incident is being investigated and expulsion is on the table as a punishment.jheri neri / greater cincinnati native american coalition: "we're disappointed because it's our area and we spend so much time trying to educate people and i really thought we were making a lot of progress, especially with the young people."jheri neri is an activist with the greater cincinnati native american coalition and says he's not seeking expulsion for the students involved.jheri neri / greater cincinnati native american coalition: "it comes down to education. you know, to educating them, to letting people know we're still here, to maybe making this a teaching moment."a student who says he was there contacted fox19 now anonymously and said the group was doin

nick sandman is a junior at covington catholic high school. he says an african-american student w bh him waseing teased. and to combat the hate, i led a group oftu sdents in a school spirit chant. he says by remaining calm and motionless, he was diffusing the situation and prayed it wouldn't get out of hand. samman thanked phillipsh w his military service. the roman catholicf diocese covington and covington catholic high school, apolozed to phillips. it reads in part, we condemn the actions of the covington catholic high school students. the matter is being investigated and we will take appropriateo action up t and including expulsion. >>> someone placed 80 ku klux klan flyers on the kodoors of businesses and homes. the w flyerse likely distributed at random. news 4 spoke with a resident who moved quickly to remove the flyers. >> shocked immediately. i knew i t had find every one i could on the street around here and find them and throw themaw . >> it's really sad that it keepn hag. and i just -- i just am thankful to rid t guy was here the st

and covington catholic high school apologized to phillips. officials released a statement readinin part, quote, we condemn the actions of the covington catholic highchool udents. the matter is being investigated, and we will take appropriate action up to and including expulsion. >>> a reaction to the video continues to pour in including from one native american lawmaker. find that in our nbc washington app, and we've also pos the video for you to see. just search viral video. >>> we're learningore about a deadly hit-and-run crash in fairfax county. chopher 4 was over scene on friday evening. police identified the 93-yeahoold man was killed as pericles apostolou crossing near summerfield road when he was struck. poliig are trying toe out who was behind the wheel and why the driver did not stop. they said the driver sped off with a dark-colored pickup truck with an open bed. >>> police say a young man is dead after another homicide in the district. on friday officer were called to a shooting on jasper street in southeast.c. this is about a mile

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students return to covington catholic today greeted by police and protesters. suggests students and their families are considering legal action for defamation against those who painted the student in a negative light. rob: unbelievable story and the reactions. thousands of federal workers back on the job today despite the government shutdown. according to the washington post, 8000 state department employees will get paid for the next 15 days and 300 e-verify, the balance of homeland security until congress approves funding for that program. those agencies infect the workers are needed for national security. students will head back to class as the los angeles teachers union makes progress with negotiations, 30,000 educated will head to the picket lines were 6-day today demanding higher pay and smaller class size. the stray cannot end until the union votes to ratify a deal. another vote in denver could start a new strike, they are pushing salary incentives in colorado as well. jillian: a freshman democrat on the house judiciary committee claim supreme court justi

covington catholic is a terrible sequel to the brett kavanaugh case. covington catholic is in his district in kentucky and you talked with the young man at the center of this and his family today. how are they feeling today? >> they are doing as well as you could expect. they all received death threats. his mother, his father, nick himself. they are in good spirits. they want a peaceful ending to this. his mom said when they signed his form to go to dc she never expected to come back with this. they have been traumatized and are looking for closure. shannon: even after they saw the additional video the rest of the explanation about what happened, nearly 2 hours of it is out there. they said they are getting a pass. you said you had the initial impression it is different from where you end up. and activist who supports black lives matter, he says the new take is the covington kids are the victims of a frenzied press. this country is unreal. it will bend over backwards to exclude whiteness of any responsible your accountability. your response. >> nick wi

we shannon: new tonight and covington catholic, new claims that rather than backing off a rush to judgmentgainst catholic school kids the media are doubling down. trace is on the case. >> reporter: the said men from covington catholic high school says he had every right to stand in place at the lincoln memorial last week when native american elder nathan phillips walked up to him and his classmates beating a drum and changing. as for his facial expression that social media labeled a smirk he said this. >> i see it as a smile, this is the best you going to get out of me. you will not get further reaction. i'm going to stand here. >> reporter: overall nbc of interview was attacked in a softball pr move that nbc jumped on the bandwagon when it tweeted a gay student barred by the covington diocese from speaking at his 2018 graduation is not surprised by the video. the insinuation being covington is anti-gay. except the student wasn't stopped from speaking because of his sexuality but because he submitted his speech too late and he didn't go to covington high school. the new york times reporter

former chair of the dnc covington catholic high school seems like a fake hate factory to me, why not just close it? an la based dj named uncle shoe to tweeted block the kids in this goal the school and burn that be to the ground. jack morrissey a producer who worked on disney's live-action beauty and the beast tweeted this, t maggot kids goes scream at first into the wood chipper. erica eric arista vulture says don't know what it says about me , but i've truly lost the ability to articulate the hysterical rage, nausea and heartache this makes me feel. i want these people to die. simple as that. every single one of them. and their parents. cnn's a car resellers tweeted oout of the covington student saying that he is deplorable. some people can also be punched in the faceme. my friends, you have to know th new rules. if someone is wearing a red mak america great again hat, if you're that person, your racist. df you're catholic and a pro- life rally, you deserve whateve happens to you. the real thugs are not the students who stood in did nothing. they are the people who jeered the stude

these actions are not catholic, not christian, and not acceptable." the diocese of covington also issued statements condemning the students actions, and they reserve the right to expel them. but perhaps most disappointing of all was when the head of the march for life, jane mancini, rushed into virtue signal. "the reprehensible behavior shown is no way representative of the people who have peacefully and respectfully gathered in washington, d.c., to stand up for the unborn." well, she and father martin and some others later backed off when they all realized that there was another side to the story. it turns out that when you look at an hour worth of video covering the entire incident, a few things emerge. the students had gathered to listen to a group that called itself "the black hebrew israelites." i've never heard of them before. they traversed times square, the routine is pretty predictable. the use of racially charged rhetoric in an attempt to provoke reactions, and then they capture it all nvidia. and this is what they were doing to the covington high school students. >

after a covington catholic high schooler was caught on video facing off with a native american elder at a march friday. but...the teen at the center of the controversy... is now saying he was trying to quote "defuse" a situation. he says a look at áallá of the video shows what really happened. cnn's sara sidner explains. the catholic high school student who comes face to face with a native american elder in a viral video is now responding.in a statement, student nick sandmavideo does n the true nature of events when the students arrived at the lincoln memorial."when we arrived, we noticed four african american protesters who were also on the steps of the lincoln memorial," he said. "the protestors said hateful things."indeed, a small group of black men who identify as "hebrew israelists" did say hateful things to seemingly everyone around them, including a priest.(nats)"that's make american great again. a bunch of child molesting (bleeped out.)"and the students.nats: "see how you got these pompous bastards coming down here in the middle of a native rally with they dirty ass hat on."

covington catholic is a terrible sequel to the brett kavanaugh case. covington catholic is in his district and kentucky, you have talked with nick salmon, the young man who is at the center of this and his family. how are they feeling? >> they are doing as well as you can expect. they all received death threats. his mother, his father, nick himself. they are in good spirits though, they want a peaceful ending to all of this. his mom said when she signed his form to go to d.c. come as release form, she never expected this to come back. they've been traumatized and they're looking for closure. >> shannon: there are a lot of folks out there who said after they saw the video and the rest of the explanation, nearly two hours if anybody wants to watch it, they say these kids are getting a pass. you said you had your initial impression of it is different from where you ended up. she is an activist, she supports black lives matter, she said i guess the new take is at the covington kids are the victims of a frenzied process. this country is unreal. it opened ov

>> in a jointstatement, the roman catholic die receives covington and covington catholic high school apologized to phillips. officials released a statent reading in part, quote, we condemn the actions of the covington catholic high school students. the matter is being investigated, and we will take appropriate action up to and including expulsion. >>> reaction toeo that vid continues to pour in,fr includi one native americanak lawm. find that in our nbc washington app as well as the video. just search viral video. >>> wve got an update on a brutal attack on a 69-year-old dog walker that happened in broad daylight. the alleged attackers are both teenagers and she was not the only victim. 16-year-old kaveyon andrews and 17-year-old that theus hartridge were trying to steal the victim's car on euclid street. one of them hit the womanth ove e head with a pipe and the two also robbed two other people in the same neighborhood. they are both being charged as adults. he> yesterday is with a third annual women's march. thousands rallied while pushing for a more progressive agenda, but there w

and the students from covington catholic high school in kentucky?at kid in the maga hat and other kids behind him were mocking him. now we know the story and that's not accurate. nick sandmann, the young man in the red cap at the center of this storm is appearing this morning and says essentially that he was not disrespectful to mr. phillips, who is pounding the drum right in his face. he respects him. and he says this about what happened. >> as far as standing there i had every right to do so. my position inside i was not disrespectful to mr. phillips. i respect him. i would like to talk to him. i mean, in hindsight, i wish we could have walked away and avoided the whole thing. ainsley: the governor of kentucky matt bevin is breaking his silence. he was on with tucker carlson. listen to what he said. >> there has been incredible amount of bigotry shown by the media. the people who took this and ran with this who did not verify anything, the people who made assumptions about these kids because of their color, because of their gender, because of thei

they were brought there by the covington catholic church.y were all donning their little maga swag hats. the truth is, they were roaming around for a long time. i don't know how many minutes, but the new video surfaced of the black israelites doing what they did an offending everybody they possibly could. but other video also surfaced showing the maga swag kids othersy accosting women, appropriate in the haka dance, and so forth. if there was drone footage possibly of -- you could be able to see the maga swag kids, the covington kids, invade the space of where nathan and the black israelites are standing. so they come closer to the israelites and are there being .isruptive, being very loud it is a very tense situation. when they get closer, i move away. from they moved away close proximity because i was concerned for my own safety, and at that time i did not know where my daughter was. a pr firm, have people trying to spin as each and every way, even in mainstream media. and people are looking past the there was a racially charged environmen

. >> the president with his take on the complete 180 tweeting looking like covington catholic students with early judgments proving out to be false smeared by media. not good but making big comeback, new footage shows the meaty was wrong about the teens encounter with the native american. donald trump referencing this latest in a longer video showing native american elder nathan phillips was the one to approach the teens and showing the before phillips arrived, a group of black hebrew israelites reeling obscenities at the students. two students are speaking out. >> there have been many threats against our lives, against our parents. >> the hate surrounding this event comes from people on social media jumping to conclusions before the story was released, nobody did their research and now showing. >> speaking of which, here are a few of the gems to conclusion. howard dean, famous for the alert around the world in 2004 tweeting covington catholic high school teams like a heat factory to me. why not just close it? sellers, he is deplorable, some people can be punched in the face. these are

the kids are in-fact covington catholic students who were there to participate in the march for life.tonight diocese of covington has issued an apology that reads in-part: we extend our deepest apologies to mr. phillips. this behavior is opposed to the church's teachings on the dignity and respect of the human person.the statement goes on... saying the incident is being investigated and expulsion is on the table as a punishment.jheri neri / greater cincinnati native american coalition: "we're disappointed because it's our area and we spend so much time trying to educate people and i really thought we were making a lot of progress, especially with the young people."jheri neri is an activist with the greater cincinnati native american coalition and says he's not seeking expulsion for the students involved.jheri neri / greater cincinnati native american coalition: "it comes down to education. you know, to educating them, to letting people know we're still here, to maybe making this a teaching moment."a student who says he was there contacted fox19 now anonymously and said the group was doing so

also the covington catholic high school story. you saw what happened in washington.surrounded me and folks that were with me. it was a moment to, when i was in prayer, it wasn't that i felt like i could stop anything or do anything, but, i felt like i spiritually moved into that center, center of that whirlwind. steve: that appears to be different than what we have seen. we just showed a snippet of, viral moment that went viral over the weekend. but this is the part where he is actually watching, walking toward the young men. for him to say the young men surrounded him, perhaps that is true after he walked over to them. brian: three things. black hebrew israelites, started with the verbal barrage. then you had the native-american protest which overlapped somehow, with the, pro-life demonstration that was taking place. the worlds came together. nobody can agree what they see in the video. what do you mean he is surrounded? he walked towards pounding his drum. see it in the video with the wide shot. steve: when you stopped, there are a number of people around him. that

covington catholic high school and the roman catholic diocese have condemned the tphilps. of fr u.s. figurist suicide at the age of 33. he died in kansas city, missouri, a day after he was suspended by the sport. safe sport, an organization that investigates sexual misconduct in sports, temporarily suspended coughlin for unspecified conduct. earlier this month, coughlin said allegations against him were unfounded. he was a two-time u.s. pairs skating champion. >>> "reuters" says four suspected irish republican army dissidents were arrested in connection with a car bomb in northern ireland. police say attackers hijacked a pizza delivery vehicle, loaded it with explosives, and left it outside a courthouse saturday in the city of londonderry. it exploded as police who spotted the suspicious device were evacuatg the area. >> suddenly while we're talking, there's this -- this boom, and i started -- everything started sort of feeling like it was shaking. >> nobody was hurt. authorities say they're focusing on a group called the new ira. it's one of several groups opposed to the

more details may have emerged that none make the covington catholic school kids look better no matter how hard their lawyers, or mothers might try. despite the additional evidence, some people are not willing to believe their eyes. >> exactly. unlike the mueller buzz feed, this is an instance where a lot of media commentators did rush to judgment and it is unfortunate because context is everything. you see a 2-minute clip of something. when you see a 10 minute content it may provide a totally different story and this happens again and again with social media and i think people don't want to admit when they are wrong, they don't want to say they rushed to judgment but that is what happened here, very unfortunate for everyone involved. shannon: final word to you. >> a major failing by the new york times, the washington post reported on this, they just took what was on the initial video as well as the native american man activist's account without asking for comment from the other side, children accused of being racist and insult and abuse directed at the children, they are going to be s

. >> the covington catholic high school student at the center of the controversial viral video is speaking exclusively to nbc news. the school was closed yesterday due to threats of violence according to a statement. gabe gutierrez is in kentucky with more. >> nick sandman a kentucky student says he wasn't disrespectful when he appeared to confront nathan phillips. he sat down exclusively with savannah guthrie. >> do you feel that you owe anybody an apology? do you see you anyway? >> as far as standing there, i had every right to do so. my position is that i was not disrespectful to mr. phillips. i respect him. i'd like to talk to him. i mean, in hindsight, i wish we co avoided the whole thing. >> the covington catholic high school students, some wearing make america great again hats were in d.c. last week for the march for life. >> at the parade i felt threatened because when we were there and we were in front of them, they surrounded us. >> but after more videos emerged, defenders of the students say there was a rush to judgment. >> do you think the students did anything wrong? >> no. >>

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canton jones on the top media stories of the week including the video of covington catholic school students. be sure to watch washington journal. join the discussion. >> next, newsmakers with adam smith, chair of the armed services committee. this interview was recorded shortly before president trump announced a deal on the government shutdown. >> our guest on c-span's newsmakers is a representative adam smith of washington, a member of the armed services committee since he arrived in 1997. thank you for being with us. chairman adam smith. these two reporters who cover the military, tom for usa today and john donnelly covering the military. thank you for coming back to newsmakers. before we get started, i want to ask for an update on the shutdown. it is day 35 of the partial federal shutdown. it seems like there is movement but we just learned the laguardia airport and other major u.s. airports are calling for flight delays because of staffing shortages. what can you tell our audience about if there is movement toward resolution. adam smith: the senate has made a reasonable proposal to reop

but no, there is no sympathy for covington catholic in america's newsrooms.the mind of your average reporter, these kids are a different country, less than that, theyig are from a hostile country a place we must subdue for our own safety, that's the attitude and it may account for the left's embrace of violent rhetoric in the age of trump. back more than a year ago when cnn anchor is publicly defended nt for, it seems like at the time they might have misspoken they didn't know what antifa was. now it's clear they know exactly what antifa was. the ruling class has told us they are fine with punching, now they are okay with punching children. mr. wilson, thank you for coming on, i want to read the court in case you didn't hear it from laura wagner of deadspin "a racially charged frenzy of barely restrained violence committed by a frothing mass of maga youth, frenzied and yelling and out of control" those boys that you chaperoned. does that ring a bell? >> it doesn't ring a bell at they were boys waiting to go home on the bus, they were waiting to do the cheers

covington catholic high school shutting down today amid the security scare. these images of the teens, many wearing make america great again hats, appearing to face off with native american elder nathan phillips while on a school trip to washington, still a lightning rod. president trump himself weighing in, tweeting, "the students of covington have become symbols of fake news and how evil it can be. i know they will use it for the good, maybe even to bring people together." tonight, the culture at covington catholic high school under scrutiny, after video shows past students painted in what looks like black face. but some familiar with the school say the video was filmed during a blackout night for the basketball team, where students were encouraged to wear black from head to toe. david, one more note we have to mention here. social media account that helped fuel this social media outrage has been shut down. twitter said the user had been misleading and had been sending out misleading information. >> all right, erielle reshef, thank you. >>> and the supreme

classes at covington catholic high school were cancelled yeerday for security reasons. later this morning t the video is speaking to savannah guthrie about that confrontation wit native american elder during marches last week. he continues to claim he did nothing wrong. we'll have a preview of the interview in our next half hour. >>> we are working for you on the roads this morning as well. ve we've shown you the mas potholes and craters on theid memorial br. hours after our report here on news 4 today, crews showed up to try to get themfi d. now many of the potholes were patched yesterday afternoon. crews will be out again today to do more work on the memorial bridge. news 4 nicole jacobs will be back out on the bridge thio morning theck out the progress ahead of your morning commute. >>> it's now 4:36. finding a prime parking space is about to cost you even more. the d.c. neighborhood wre leaving your car will cost you nearly $7 an hour. yikes. >>> plus, a dog walker in broad daylight. we've shown you the terrifying video. nowew details about the suspects and how one

nick sandmann, the high school junior from kentucky's covington catholic high school, speaking out.nickann:"as far as standing there i had every right to do so. my position is that i was not disrespectful to mr. phillips."the video of sandmann facing off with omaha tribe elder nathan phillips ignited anger nationwide.nick sandmann:"i'd like to talk to him. in hindsight i wish we could have walked away and avoided the whole thing." today, the catholic high school abruptly closed.in a statement, the covington diocese saying it was due to threats of violence and the possibility of large crowds." nat sound:no protests today but a vigil held at the covington diocese.attending, trump supporters and native americans along with other progressive groups.there was even a moment of unity.nat sound:"we are in big trouble. i agree. the people need to take back this country. amen, and we'll work together to do it."nathan phillips, the omaha tribal elder, says when the incident happened he was trying to defuse tensions between the students and a group of hebrew israelites ... ... who taunted both stud

live in front of covington catholic high school back to you.nowledging his personal involvement in a application to surveil then trump campaign aid carter page confirming other unusual steps taking in the fbi's russia probe. steve: according to unreleased transcripts released by fox news james baker the man right there in the center of the screen relied heavily on unverified anti-trump dossier. brian: what does it mean. looking at the impact fox news judicial an list host of liberty file on fox nation judge andrew napolitano. why is this significant to you? >> this is not something normally done by the general counsel of the fbi. if he were doing his job, he would say to them stay away from fisa. donald trump has argued the president has argued that fisa, which has a low standard to get a search warrant, has been abused by the fbi it's easy to get a search warrant from the fisa warrant as opposed to a regular sitting judge where the standard is one of the constitution. under the constitution. get a search warrant to look at phone calls to follo

washington, d.c., sparked threats and security concerns, and focused national attention on covington catholic high school. the student, nick sandman, saying he did nothing to provoke anyone and he had every right to be there. >> i wanted the situation to die down. i just wish he would have walked away, but i knew as long as i kept my composure and didn't do anything, but he might perceive as aggressive or elevation of the conflict, that it would hopefully die. >> harris: doug mckelway's life for us in covington, kentucky, with the latest. doug? >> iris, just the latest now. we have heard from a variety of elected representatives representing this district, including senator rand paul who has come to the defense of the covington catholic high school kids, as well as governor matt bevin, the local congressman whose name escapes me right now. tom massey. but we have not heard from mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader from kentucky, until just months ago. he spoke from the senate floor. here he is. >> in a matter of hours, the students were tried, convicted, and sentenced by the media wher

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(grant) after seeing the initial viral video, the diocese that oversees the covington catholic high schoolucky condemned the students' behavior toward native americans saying they would also investigate. the mayor of their city also condemned them. them.condemned also of their city the mayor of their city also condemned them. police use a song from "frozen" to make a plea in the snow. we'll show you their unusual tactic to enforce parking laws. en) justin timberlake made an unscheduled appearance over the weekend.(pam) and police get creative with their communication. reid binion has those stories in today's ámusicalá take a look at this. nats "jt see me / i got that sunshine in my pocket"patients and nurses at the methodist children's hospital sang along to justin timberlake's 'can't fight the feeling' --to try to entice the superstar into a visit.hashtag j-t see me caught on -- and j-t did just that.he surprised the kids with a visit before his san antonio show --going from king pictures with everyone.one lucky fan even got v-i-p treatment -- taking a limo to the show and sitting front r

things are basically closed off at the covington catholic high school now. reporters are gathering in the front yards of people. any available parking lot to set up equipment is unavailable blocked off by police. very secure here. i think the students appreciate that. back to you, bill. >> bill: a lot of layers on this story. doug, good to have you there. >> sandra: the white house planning for the state of the union address and president trump is preparing two versions of the speech. one that can be delivered on capitol hill, white house press secretary sarah sanders says the president accepted pelosi's earlier invitation to deliver his address before the house chamber. >> nancy pelosi invited the president. he accepted. she cited security concerns as a potential reason to delay that. the united states secret service and dhs have addressed those concerns and we're moving forward until something xhantion on that front. >> sandra: kevin corke is live from the white house. how many plans does the white house have for the president to deliver this state of the

he called attention when he stood between black israelites and covington catholic students hoping to situation while chanting a prayer and beating a drum. nick sandman and he stood face-to-face. they held a tomahawk chant, a move offensive to native americans. on sunday sandman issued a statement saying he wasn't trying to taunt the 65-year-old. phillips believes there were, quote, intentional falsehood in sandman's statements and notes the teenager did not apologize. covington catholic high school issued an apology and canceled classes today president trump weighed in and backed sandman saying the students were treated unfairly. under the radar were the black hee bury israelites issuing slurs to the native americans. >>> the court voted 5-4 to temporarily reinstate the band. lower courts have blocked the policy in the face of legal challenges. it blocks individuals with gender dysphoria from serving. those willing to serve in, quote, their biological sex. >>> an unusual bay area disco r discovery to be sure that an old cemetery lost to time to be the subject of a new documentary. >>

(nats)this video of a covington catholic student standing, seeming to mock a native american man on theps of the lincoln memorial in washington d.c. lit up social media.jill hamlin/ chaperone"our boys were targeted they were targeted from the get-go. immediately there were all these people running around filming." parents jill hamlin, jim wilson and val andreev were chaperones on the school's annual trip to take part in the march for life.they shared this video that shows a verbal exchange - leading up to the now infamous moment.(nats) "ain't you all support trump?" jill hamlin/ chaperone"i mean, i can't believe they stayed and listened to the vitriol and hatred being shouted at them as a mother, it was horrible, horrible."jim wilson/ chaperone"our boys did nothing, no violence. they did not attack those gentlemen. they stood there and waited for their bus."jheri neri with the greater cincinnati native american coalition says nathan phillips, an elder, wasn't trying to have a confrontation with the group but change the tone.jheri neri/ greater cincinnati native american coalition"you ha

he is a junior at covington catholic high school in kentucky. he said an african-americait student w them was being teased. and he led students in a school spirit chant. he says he believed by remaining calm and motionless, he wasff diusing the situation and prayed it wouldn't get out of hand. he says he doesn't have hateful feelings in his heart and thanked phillips for his military service. new videos have emerged that indicate there was an encounter between the studentse and peopl who have identified themselves as members of the black hebrew israeli israelites. both sides other of trading insults. in a joint statement, the roman catholic diocese of covington and the high school apologized to phillips. the statement reading, in part, quote, we conde actions of the covington catholic high school students. the matter is being investigated and we will take app upriate actito and including expulsion. >>> leesburg residents are fighting hate with unit in their community. someone placed ku klux klan flyers on buildings. they were in plastic bags and

to see what i saw happen to him is heartbreaking. >> reporter: the diocese of covington and covington catholic high schoolssued a statement saying we condemn the actions of the covington high school udents and the matter is being investigated and we willap take opriate action up to and including expulsion. >> i asked nathan phillips what he is his thud happen with students who participated in this and it's not up to him to say. it's up to their parent andoo their s administration. at the basilica, darcy center, today. >> for him keepi the composure. reaction continues to pour in from one native american lawmakers. find it in our nbc washington app and see the video there. just searchiral video. >> d.c. police have arrested two teens in a brutal attack on a 69-year-old dog walk their took place in broayl ht, and they say the woman is not their only victim. officers say 16-year-old kaveyon andrews and 17-year-old thadduse hartridge were trying to steal the dog walker's car on euclid street on thursday. one of them hit the woman over the head with a pipe. police say the teens also robbed two othe

. >>> the fallout continues from the weekend standoff, between native americans and covington catholictudents. reporter doug mckelway has the latest on the story. >> classes at covington catholic high school canceled as the standoff between native tribal elder and nick salmon. videos from the incident provoking strong reaction, mostly along partisan lines. initially, there was a strong backlash against the students. but parents who were there say they were the victims. >> we had obviously heard the horrific insultses that were thrown at our children pie the black hebrew israelites. nick salmon had the courage to look this man in the face and he tried to diffuse the situation. >> reporter: the parents and students also say they've received numerous death threats and been bullied online in the past few days. and at this point, it's not clear how many students will show up when classes resume. >> it's scary. i know a lot of people are going to school tomorrow and won't be attending because of what happened. >> members of the american indian movement, protested, asking for change in policy

covington catholic high school students did not have class tuesday...after a viral video of students at a native american rally later caused safety concerns. the principal sent a letter to the parents notifying them of the closure. monday... school officials met with local law enforcement to discuss threats made to the school and some of the students. the concern comes after students from the school were criticized for their interaction with a native american elder during a d-c rally over the weekend. ( robin ) the school has also hired a thrid party investigator to look into the video. the school told parents it will get to the bottom of what happened. and we are also learning the twitter account that made the story viral was fake. the account claimed to belong to a teacher in california... but it was actually a blogger in brazil. twitter suspended the account tuesday. ( robin ) now to the latest on the government shutdown... we are learning that by friday the costs of the shutdown could be more than the border wall. the president's call for a proposed

including the video covington catholic school students and, stories about the mueller investigation. be sure to watch c-span washington journal live at 7:00 p.m. eastern saturday morning. during the discussion. -- join the discussion. >>> the richard dean story does not end there. last november, he was forced out of his office with the government shutdown. and, the second time the government shutdown? he continued helping social security recipients, but he was working without pay. on behalf of richard dean and his family, and all of the other people that are out there, working every day, doing a good job for the american people i challenge all of you in this chamber, let us never ever shut the federal government down again. >> this weekend on american history tv, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures of history. how the state of the union has changed since the time of george washington,>> he scored politically. right? and so, we start to see that the address, the lore of politics, it is too great for many presidents. this is wilson's small constitutional presidency. it is designe

roman catholic diocese of covington.released this statement that reads as follows, quote, we condemn the actions of covington catholic high school students toward nathan phillips, specifically and native americans in general. we extend our deepest apologies to mr. phillips. this behavior is opposed to the church's teachings on the dignity and respect of the human person. the matter is being investigated and we will take appropriate actions up to and including expulsi expulsion. we're joined now with human rights advocate derrick cuango. thank you for being with us to talk about this. >> thank you for having me. >> so i want to talk more that video, if we could take that video in full, because it captures a moment. this is something that is happening now in the united states, we'll get more into that in a moment. one of most troubling things here, to me, when i look at this, laughter in the background and this kid in the front, thinks that somehow acceptable to stand in the face of this native american man and he has this