is that what's going on with this eric garner case?t speak to anything specific in an ongoing process that's taking place with the department of justice, we haven't given specific instruction to them, other

going back to the issue of eric garner p garner. a couple of weeks ago when i asked you about alton sterling, stephen clarke, and the issue of eric garner, you said it was a local issue. does this white house give the directive now to the justice department that it's a local matter and is that why it's being held up? is that what's going on with this eric garner case? >> i can't speak to anything specific in an ongoing process that's taking place at the department of justice. we haven't given specific instruction to them, other than to follow the law and when it is a local issue, there's not a lot we can do, but when t

--back to the issue of when i asked you about stephane clarke and the issue of eric garner, you said it was a local issue. the white house has directed that it is a local matter and that ithy it helps up holds up. if that's what's going on -- is that what's going on with this >> we haven't given specific instructions other than to follow the law. there is not a lot we can do. we want them to be independent and follow the law. >> it was very clear in his statement about the issue. so many. >> the president has recognized this is a major problem and a lot of people, even in california, want to see the issue addressed. >> when you think of breeding, you think of animals breeding. >> certainly i think it can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. i don't have anything else to add. >> there has been quite a number of attacks. this is the first fighting season. how do you see this decision? >> we are continuing to move forward with the strategy that was announced. i don't have any other policy announcements at this time. just to define -- to be specific he's not talking about invading. i

one back to the issue of eric garner.en i asked you about sterling, clark and the issue of eric garner, you said it was a local issue. does this white house, give the direct toeufrb the justice department that it's a local matter and that's why it's been held up? is that what's going on now with this eric garner case? >> i can't speak to anything specific in an on going process that's taking place in the department of justice. we haven't given specific instructions to them, other than to follow the law and when it is a local issue, there's not a lot we can do. but when the department of justice has a role t

is that what's going on with this eric garner case? >> i can't speak to anything specific in an ongoing process that's taking place with the department of justice, we haven't given specific instruction to them, other than to follow the law. and when it is a local issue, there's got a lot we can do. when the department of justice has a role to play, we want them to be independent and follow up on that front. >> when you said -- the president was very clear in his statement about this issue, he said, there's a revolution going on in california. so many sanctuary areas want out of this ridiculous crime infested and breeding concept. what did he mean by breed something. >> the president has recognized this is a major problem. and a lot of people even in california want to see the issue of sanctuary cities addressed. the president is doing what he can. >> what does he mean by breed something when you think of breeding, you think of animals breeding populating. >> i'm not going to think what you think. breeding can mean a lot of things to a

one back to the issue of eric garner. couple weeks ago when i asked you about sterling, clark and the issue of eric garner, you said it was a local issue. does this white house, give the direct toeufrb the justice department that it's a local matter and that's why it's been held up? is that what's going on now with this eric garner case? >> i can't speak to anything specific in an on going process that's taking place in the department of justice. we haven't given specific instructions to them, other than to follow the law and when it is a local issue, there's not a lot we can do. but when the department of justice has a role to play, we want them to be independent and follow the law. >> i want to follow-up. the president is very clear in his statement about the issue. said in a tweet, there's a revolution going on in california. so many sanctuary airs want out of this ridiculous climate and breeding. what does he mean by breeding? >> again, the president has recognized this is a major problem and a lot of people, even in

going back to the issue of eric garner p garner. a couple of weeks ago when i asked you about alton sterling, stephen clarke, and the issue of eric garner, you said it was a local issue. does this white house give the directive now to the justice department that it's a local matter and is that why it's being held up? is that what's going on with this eric garner case? >> i can't speak to anything specific in an ongoing process that's taking place at the department of justice. we haven't given specific instruction to them, other than to follow the law and when it is a local issue, there's not a lot we can do, but when the department of justice has a role to play, we want them to be independent and follow the law on this front. >> lastly, i want to follow up. you said, the president was very clear in his statement about this issue. he said in a tweet, there's a revolution going on in california. so many sanctuary areas wanted out of this crime-infested and breeding concept. what did he mean be breeding? >> again, the president has rec

from i can't breathe warm up shirts worn by nba stars after eric garner's 2014 death, to players kneeling in the nfl. the kings now taking advantage of a powerful platform. >> we will not shut up and dribble. >> reporter: by going beyond the game. the sacramento police department said it will not comment any further until the findings of an official autopsy are released by the county. this is another rally is planned for tonight. jose. >> thank you very much. >>> the trump administration is signaling they are planning to roll back obama era rules to require ought mow makers to meet tough fuel standards by 2025. the move is expected to spark a showdown with california that's vowed to stick with the stricter rules. nbc's tom costello reports. >> reporter: with some 270 million cars clogging america's roads, the trump administration is moving towards cutting tougher fuel standards and challenging california, that has the toughest fuel standards in the country, that 12 states currently follow. epa chief scott pruitt on bloomberg. >> california is not the arbitor. the epa makes those decisions

war and everything in between is celebrated journalist and author of a new book on the death of eric garner entitled i can't breathe let us welcome mat a welcome mat. how you doing. so matt since the strikes last week and the political reaction here in the halls of capitol hill has ranged from love the bombings we need more bombings to next time let us vote for the bombing so we can join in on the fun i'm confused matt i thought according to mainstream you know democrats in the washington elite and media that we couldn't trust trump with running the country and forming coherent sentences but now we're supposed to trust his abilities of the forty chests that is syria with a potential world war on the lie. it's really an unbelievable set of circumstances because you know having watched trump on the campaign trail having covered him when he got elected and it was you know a huge surprise to me the first thing that went through my mind is that the though the one thing that we have cannot countenance with donald trump as president is a military confrontation with a serious nuclear enemy. and tha

eric garner was choked to death by the police on camera and they all walked. in the fbi there's some shady text messages. >> you also have the larger context of what's going on. we can say the same thing when it comes to the government. when does solution be to put cameras on everybody. but here's where the real danger is. when i speak about what's happening already we have a criminal referral to the attorney general by the inspector general regarding mr. mccabe. that was maybe the low-lying fruit sending a message that something normally would've gotten away with your not can't get your pension. we will criminally refer you. will the attorney general with it being an unusual situation really bring charges against mccabe and use that for those in the swamp. who then will feel free at least get immunity to speak up about what's going on. this affects the regular people affected by this. law-enforcement agencies being used and now you can't trust anything they do. whether it's missing the terrace they knew about or acting partisan hacks. >> there's a lot of pres

love to have had a march that was just about fighting back against things that we saw happen with eric garner and, you know, with sandra bland and the names, the list goes on and on, but that would not bring 5 million people across the world together. and so since we've built this intersectional movement and certainly it was for one day there was a great moment in history that we saw happen, the rubber meets the road and it gets messy when you start doing the real work after the march is over. and i think that that is sort of where we are now. is looking at intersectionality and saying to people intersectionality doesn't mean we only fight when you're comfortable. you might actually have to sit at the table with people you don't like, people who you don't agree with anything that they're saying, but we have common goals and common reasons for us to sit down together and try to build this movement, and that has been a struggle, but we continue to do it and i think that because of this climate, this political climate that we're in, we actually have that opportunity because everyone is running s

universally mail so it's been brought rodneyking , it's been oscar grant, it's been mike brown, eric garnerfreddie ray and the list goes on and even this week if we asked the question what the first name to came this mind this week in terms of police violence we would hear stefon clark and not cindy who was killed by police outside also so i'm often asked why is that the case and i think my answer always focuses really on the power of the story and of narrative. in the story that is so deeply entrenched that racial profiling and police violence is something that happens exclusively black men that we perceive to be nottransgender and non-gay, even though they might be . and that violence against women is something that only happens to white women in private spaces and some of us are just out here in the cold experiencing violence of both times every day without being seen as any of those stories . so the goal with invisible no more was to expand our understanding of police violence and racial profiling and mass incarceration and mass criminalization as a country by bringing into that narrati

at several points in the video, rush is heard echoing the words of eric garner -- who died in 2014 after a new york police officer placed him in a chokehold, "i can't breathe." >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe. oh, my god. amy: rush survived the assault with burns from the taser and injuries to his head and face. officer christopher hickman resigned in january just before he was to be fired for violating his department's use-of-force policy. last month, hickman was arrested on charges including felony assault by strangulation. in california, state lawmakers introduced a bill tuesday that would tighten the rules under which police officers can use deadly force. the measure would change the standard of when officers would be allowed to use firearms from reasonable force to one of necessary force. the bill has drawn support from the american civil liberties union, as well as sequita thompson, the grandmother of stephon clark -- an unarmed african american man who was shot to death by a pair of sacramento officers in his own backyard last

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stephon clark, michael brown, trayvon martin, and eric garner are saying to us from heaven that if your give up. so as we say in the house of alpha, we will fight until hell freezes over, and then we will fight on the ice. it is the fraternity of brother king. saying on the place that he died that you did not die in vain, my brother. 50 years later, we shall fight. we shall fight until freedom is enjoyed by all americans. god bless his legacy, and god bless dr. king. [cheers and applause] >> peace. one day, we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. we must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means. dr. martin luther king, jr., december 24, 1957, christmas eve sermon. >> representatives of the 105-member hbcu legacy voices. ♪ >> ♪ [lyrics indiscernible] >> ♪ sometimes i feel discouraged and take my life in vain but when the holy spirit reminds -- revives my soul again ♪ >> ♪ if you can sing like angels you can reach that life go home and tell your neighbors to save us all ♪ >> ♪ there is a home in gilea

. >> eric garner cried out 11 times saying i can't believe. his mother still looking for indictments of the police officers. does the president ask what's the status, if something is going to happen? >> once again, these would be local matters that should be left up to the local authority. >> very quickly, eugene scott, any thought that the department is going to have any changes on that? >> absolutely not. to this white house, these still are local isolated issues despite being able to name incidents from all across the country, usually in places that the president has not won himself, we should not expect significant change any time soon. >> very quick, jamil smith, black lives matter has been a lot less active in the trump era. any reporting on why and whether or not the intimidation factor from the fire departmeederal go playing a role? >> that's not sacramen sacramento. i don't think that's an accurate assessment. >> maya? >> three times more likely to be shot by a police officer if you're black. three times. the reality is the law says w

stephon clark, michael brown, trayvon martin, and eric garner are saying to us from heaven that if youep on fighting. if you love me, keep on struggling. never give up. so as we say in the house of alpha, we will fight until hell freezes over, and then we will fight on the ice. today, this fraternity, the fraternity of brother king, saying on the place that he died that you did not die in vain, my brother. 50 years later, we shall fight. we shall fight until freedom is enjoyed by all americans. god bless his legacy, and god bless dr. king. [cheers and applause] >> peace. one day, we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. we must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means. dr. martin luther king, jr., december 24, 1957, christmas eve sermon. >> representatives of the 105-member hbcu legacy voices. ♪ there is a balm in gilead to make the wounded whole, there is a balm in gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. >> sometimes i feel discouraged and think my work's in vain, but then the holy spirit revives my soul

love to have had a march that was just about fighting back against things that we saw happen with eric garnerlion people across the world together. and so since we've built this intersectional movement and certainly it was for one day there was a great moment in history that we saw happen, the rubber meets the road and it gets messy when you start doing the real work after the march is over. and i think that that is sort of where we are now. is looking at intersectionality and saying to people intersectionality doesn't mean we only fight when you're comfortable. you might actually have to sit at the table with people you don't like, people who you don't agree with anything that they're saying, but we have common goals and common reasons for us to sit down together and try to build this movement, and that has been a struggle, but we continue to do it and i think that because of this climate, this political climate that we're in, we actually have that opportunity because everyone is running scared and they are really suffering with the pain of understanding that we're in this hell together. so

garner awards including best american crime ratings, "the new york times" magazine and atlantic, "washington post," "boston globe" and "the wall street journal." he's a staff writer at the new yorker. [applause] next up, eric armstrong dunbar, author of the 2017 national book award finalist, "never caught the washington's relentless pursuit of their runaway slaves." she is the charles and mary beard professor at rutgers university. her first book in fragile freedom african-american women and emancipation in the antebellum treaty was published by yale university press in 2008. she also served as the director of the program in african-american history at the library company. [applause] >> erica? [applause] and last but not least, kevin young, author of "bunk the rises of the plagiarists, felonies and fake news." finalist for the national book critics circle award and the gene zion award which is also one listed for the national book award in 2017. he's also the author of a previous book of nonfiction, the grey album and numerous books of poetry, which was long listed for the national book award in 2015 and finalist for the national book award in 1995. he's also the director of the schaumburg center for resea