two police officers in gwinnett county, georgia, have been fired.showed them kicking and punching a man at a traffic stop wednesday. the county police department calls the images shocking and disturbing. a criminal investigation is under way. >>> we're getting our first word of casualties after the u.s. military unleashed, quote, the mother of all bombs. it was dropped on an isis cave complex in afghanistan. afghan officials say as many as three dozen were killed. no civilians were reportedly harmed. >>> the trump administration fixed some limited fixes but insurers were not impressed. they say the changes won't guarantee stability for the con millions of consumers now covered. >>> president trump also signed legislation yesterday allowing states to withhold money from abortion providers. the move could deprive organizations like planned parenthood millions of dollars. weijia jiang reports. >> president trump met with anti-abortion activists after signing a letter. >> this means he's serious. >> reporter: marjorie dannenfelser talked about the impor

. >> today the gwinnett county solicitor general announced she was dismissing 89 cases related to the cases, which has got to make prosecutors a little bit crazy. but obviously the reason would be that you can't have these guys on the stand. they have no credibility? >> exactly. so their credibility is shot based upon what the videos exposed in terms of how they lied about their encounter with mr. hollins. i'm a little bit surprised, though, to dismiss all 89 summarily. some of those cases, the solicitor general in gwinnett county prosecutes misdemeanors and traffic offenses. there could have been some of those cases proven up by maybe victims in another battery case or maybe like in a theft case. but hopefully the solicitor general look at each on a case by case basis and decided it merited dismissal because of no credibility. that's a problem for the prosecutors. >> in our last 20 seconds, would you expect a civil suit here? >> i do. you know, at a minimum, i expect a civil suit against the individuals. if it looks like gwinnett county's police department was aware there was a histo

two gwinnett police officers were fired after what happened in this video.icking and punching a handcuffed motorist who was initially pulled over for missing a license plate. and now let's head to sacramento. watch what happens here. a police officer there is under criminal investigation after dash cam video shows him throwing a man on the ground and punching him repeatedly, apparently for jay walking. the man said he feared for his life. >> putting my arms in different positions. i felt like they were going to draw a gun out and shoot me in my back. >> let's bring in cnn's legal analyst, joey jackson. joey, let's listen to what police officials in georgia have said after they fired the two officers for punching and kicking the motorist there. >> we recognize the trust between the community and law enforcement is fragile. in situations like what occurred yesterday, only make this worse. therefore, it was extremely important that the gwinnett county police department do a thorough, quick and honest evaluation as to what occurred yesterday, and to take appropr

. >> he had his hands up when a gwinnett county police sergeant clocked him during a traffic stop. another officer then kicked him after he was handcuffed. >> how scared were you? >> scared. on a scale of one to ten? say 20. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview, the 21-year-old college student says he had a previous run-in with another sergeant last year. he reached in his car to get his video camera, but he never got the chance. >> i thought he was going to at least grab one of my arms and put me in handcuffs. i didn't realize he was going to punch me in the face. >> reporter: the two police officers have been fired and could face criminal charges. butch ayers says mcdonald owned up to his actions once the first video from a bystander surfaced. the second police officer did not. >> he felt the force was justified. >> reporter: the initial police reports said hollands was tasered and handcuffed after he refused to get out of the car. but the document made no mention of punching and kicking. >> admitting something that occurred in an official report in my opinion is lying. >> repo

he will go to spring training next week before joining the gwinnett braves. >>> and dawn staley is celebrating blame her, she is still celebrating, she coached south carolina to a ncaa championship over the weekend. jeff skversky is here with more. >> reporter: hey ducis. three decades after winning public league championships. dawn staley returns to a hero's homecoming after winning the national championship at south carolina's head coach. with the final four net wrapped around her net, which she calls a netlace. she won her first national champion with north carolina. >> the people of north philly and the people that supyou, they paint the picture and this is a beautiful picture to come back and share in the special moment. staley is showered in love and gifts from the student and alumni like former sixer doug overton and doug cheney. and eagles. receiver alshon jeffrey who played for carolina gave her two jerseys. >> was not surprised at all. a held of a recruiter and she takes time with everything. >> alshon was in the stands when we went to the first final four. he was in the stands and a

. >> reporter: during a traffic spot in gwinnett county, georgia, one officer punches a driver in theace. later, a second officer runs up and kicks the handcuffed individual in the head. >> i wish this never happened to me. >> reporter: bloodied in his mugshot, he was booked on charges of marijuana possession and obstruction. a police report says holland's red acura didn't have a license plate and he refused to get out of the car and was tasered and handcuffed. today police say the officer who kicked him went too far. >> the suspect was not resisting. at that point, that's it. there should have been no other application of force. >> reporter: officer robert mcdonald has been fired. >> the use of force was excessive and unnecessary. >> reporter: it comes while officers are under tighter security. an officer slam med someone to the ground and beat him for jay walking. tonight the police officer is out of a job and a criminal investigation is underway. gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> new troubles for uber. this time involving alleged drunk drivers. the company facing a $1.1 million fine in

literally sick. >> reporter: gwinnett police chief butch ayers says his sergeant reported the respondinger's misconduct but not his own. >> there was a struggle, nothing about a punch. the incident that was depicted upon that video was not mentioned or described in those reports. >> reporter: the arrest reports said bongiovanni pulled hollins over for an unusual lane change and driving without license plates. after he claims hollins acted strange and angry, bongiovanni says he deployed my taser and performed a leg sweep. >> all i can say is i wish this never happened to me. >> reporter: his face bloodied and bruised hollins was bailed out of the county jail by his attorney on thursday. >> he's doing okay right now. we just want to get him to the hospital and checked out. >> reporter: hired in 2013, officer mcdonald had three previous instances of use of force. he was also honored with three years good conduct last august. >> officer mcdonald accepted responsibility for his actions. >> reporter: but the chief said the fired sergeant bongiovanni offered this explanation. >> it's different

. >> reporter: he had his hands up when a gwinnett county police sergeant clocked him during a traffic stop. another officer then kicked him after he was handcuffed. how scared were you? >> scared. on a scale of one to ten, say 20. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview, 21-year-old demetrious hollands had a previous run in with the sergeant during a stop last year so this time he tried to reach for his cell phone camera to record the encounter but never got the chance. >> well, i thought that he was going to at least grab one of my arms and put me in handcuffs but i didn't realize he was going to punch me in the face. >> reporter: officer robert mcdonald and sergeant michael bongiovanni have both been fired and could face criminal charges. police chief says mcdonald owned up to actions once the first video from a by stander surfaced. he says bongiovanni, a 19-year veteran did not once this second video emerged. >> he felt the force was justified. >> reporter: the initial police report says hollands was tasered and handcuffed after he refused to get out of the car but the document made

. >> reporter: an officer in gwinnett county georgia pulls a driver from his vehicle and drags him to the ground. seconds later, a second officer runs up and kicks the suspect in the head. a by stander capturing the encounter on his cell phone. >> my name is demetrious and all i can say is i wish this never happened to me. >> reporter: bloody in his mug shot. the 21-year-old was booked on charges of marijuana possession and obstruction. a police report says holland's red acura didn't have a license plate and he refused to get out of the car and was tasered and handcuffed. today police say the officer who kicked him went too far. >> the suspect was not resisting. at that point, that's it. there should have been no other application of force. >> reporter: officer robert mcdonald has been fired. he had been with the force three years. >> he told me he is sorry that it occurred and the embarrass the -- embarrassment to himself and agency and it shouldn't have happened. >> reporter: it comes as police around the country face tighter scrutiny. video surfaced in sacramento of a police office

>> reporter: that's gwinnett county officer robert mcdonald, seen here kicking the young black man in head. the police chief is not happy. >> i was mad, i was upset, and it felt like i had been gut punched. >> reporter: mcdonald has been fired. no word on any action against the first officer. >> the suspect was not resisting president at that point, that's it. it shouldn't have no other application of force. >> reporter: it's clear in this >> all i can say is i wish this never happened to me. >> reporter: police here are making a big point of underlining that they fired this officer quickly, within 24 hours of this police encounter. david? zbrmpkts next tonight an abc news exclusive tonight. tonight, right here, the wife and daughters of a tennessee high schoolteacher accused of kidnapping his 15-year-old student. that teacher's family now speaking out to our eva pilgrim. his wife saying she never saw any reason to doubt him. his daughters begging him tonight to return home. >> it's. >> it's one month to the day that 15-year-old elizabeth thomas disappeared after getting dropped off a

administrator, scott pruitt, to gwinnett legal process of essentially totally rolling that back. >> sreenivasan: one of the things that people point out is that it's great to have an intention and a proclamation, but there is a totally different reality on the ground when it comes to market forces, that this doesn't automatically bring crease the roll out of solar and wend that's happening around the country right now. >> that's true. before these regulation were put out, they still haven't actually ever been implemented, we had already seen a shift in the miles per houmarketplaceas elece choosing, due to market forces not to invest in new coal, to start shutting down old coal plants and turn to natural gas which is cleaner than coal, about half the carbon pollution, but more importantly for electric utilities, it's also a lot cheaper. and in the long run, a lot of electric utility c.e.o.s say first of all, we're make these changes because of the market. what happens with regulations in washington is not really going to change that. this doesn't mean we're going to go start building new coal pl

he lost cop county and gwinnett county. two suburban strongholds, republican strongholds that have been in the republican camp since jimmy carter's era. he lost those in november so the state is still a red state. metro atlanta is starting to turn more purple. host: the president weighing in with tweets yesterday and even this morning, tweaking today wouldemocrat john ossoff be a disaster in congress and week on crime and immigration and want higher taxes. what is the feeling on president trump early in his presidency there in that district, in the atlanta suburb region? very: from is waiting deeply into this race. he sent five tweets and he reported -- recorded a robo-calls attacking the democrat. this is seen as a defeat for republicans here, it will be seen as an embarrassing rebuke to donald trump's presidency. i don't think there is any two isabout that because ossoff making this campaign a "make trump furious campaign." republicans in the field have struggled with the trump specter. some of them found -- vow to be a t

. >> that's gwinnett county officer, seen kicking the young black man in the head.was upset. and it felt like i had been gut punched. >> reporter: both police officers have now been fired. the district attorney is now waiting on a police investigation to decide if there will be charges. >> the suspect was not resistant. at that point, that's it. there should have been no other application of force. >> reporter: it is clear in this booking photo that hollands was hurt. >> all i can say i wish this never happened to me. >> reporter: police are making a big point of underlining how quickly they fired the two officers. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> according to the report hollands was driving without a license and missing a brake light. he changed lanes three times without using a signal. not sure if that was said to be a justification. for their behavior. or, just explaining. >> you look at that wonder what sort of justification there could be. beyond all that you saw on video. he was also tasered. >> there was also that. >> man, it was just hard to watch. you

this happened in gwinnett county georgia after he was pulled over for driving without a license plate. as he gets out of the car, look at this, police sergeant he then tased. and while he was cuffed on the ground, robert mcdonald stomped him in the head. now in the police report the officers cited a struggle but said nothing about a punch. >>> in tonight's consumer alert, apple just received permission to begin testing self-driving cars in california. a spokesman for the department of motor vehicles says the permit covers three vehicles and six drivers. california requires humans to be behind the wheel during all testing of autonomous vehicles. >>> gas prices are at their highest levels in 19 months. nationwide says the average -- or nationwide the average is $2.41 a gallon, up from $2.10 last year. here in the d.c. area a gallon of regular unleaded will run you about $2.39 a gallon. aaa points to the rising tensions in the middle east as the reason for the rise in prices. >>> and those rising prices aren't stopping people from buying big vehicles. sport utility vehicles are all the r

therefore, it was extremely important that the police department of gwinnett take appropriate action. move on to another case. something else that happened. this man was walking down the street and jay walking. here's how this escalates. he says be a man. he says be a man if you want to fight me. that's what the officer does. he launches, jumped on him and punches him at least eight times before another officer comes. the reason for stopping him was jaywalking. you can see, if you look at the video, he's in a residential area and gets pulled over by an officer, gets out of the car and puts his hand up and then eventually you see the result of what happens. now, this case is a little different because we have not seen the police department respond as swiftly as in georgia saying that this case has not been turned over to the district attorney's office but it's being investigated. he has been put on administrative leave. he's not been fired and he's not yet been named. brooke, you remember this just like everyone else. what was the initial contact between michael brown and the police of

the gwinnett county police department says there's no defense for this kind of action and the policeded. this was unusually quick for this police department to respond like this and they're looking at potential criminal charges. what do you expect? >> the office of professional standards, the internal affairs unit will take 60 days, maybe more to investigate this. the fact that they dismissed these officers so quickly means they're very confident. now comes a potential criminal investigation. they could be investigated for not only battery in georgia but abuse of office, which means they abused their position. it's a series of legal stepping stones. people are surprised to learn that even for a traffic violation a driver can be ordered out of the car. once the officer gets that close to the citizen, any furtive movements. that couples with the odor of marijuana and any prior experiences with this particular citizen. >> even with that, eechb if you have those items of defense, i mean, it's undeniable, the hands are up and then the police officer just punches him with such incredible f

this morning two officers in gwinnett county, georgia r out of a job after one was caught on camera punchingpect with his hands up during a traffic stop. then the other kicking him after he was handcuffed. >> it was so real. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview 21-year-old college student demetrius hollins told us he had a previous run-in with one of the officers during another traffic stop last year. he tried to reach for his cell phone camera to record this encounter but he never got the chance. >> he told me step out of the car. and that's when i stepped out of the car with my hands up and when i had my hands up that's when he punched me in the face. >> reporter: hollins was booked on charges of marijuana possession, obstruction and multiple traffic violations. >> why would you kick him in his face. >> reporter: the eyewitness shot the first cell phone video that surfaced. >> he doesn't deverve that. you don't picturine yourself seeing that, the police officer doing that live in and in person. >> reporter: that prompted the police chief to fire officer robert mcdonald, but hours later t

police say, it shows the a gwinnett county officer, robert mcdonald kicking a handcuffed man in the headman as the he got out of his vehicle. both men were fired and face criminal investigations. their former boss stunned. >> i am -- almost for a loss of word about, you know, what we have had to go through today for the unwarranted actions of two of my officers. there is literally no excuse for behavior like this. this is not what we teach in the academy. this is not what we expect from our officers. we are not going to put up with it. >> you may recall this incident from earlier in the week from sacramento. the california police officer there, beating a man who apparently jaywalked. that officer is now on administrative leave. >> an attorney for the doctor forcibly removed from the united flight in chicago, says, his client is likely going to sue the airline. dr. david dao suffered a concussion and broken nose and lost two front teeth in the incident. his lawyer claims he will need reconstructive surgery. dao released from the hospital. united says its ceo and others have called dao num

i have a big group up in the les committee right now, the gwinnett county chamber of commerce. they've been up there visiting with leaders all day long. i first met with them this morning while mr. mcgovern was down here on the floor during five minutes. i said this is a five-minute time, you can step through the see it. ou'd like to , said, it's this guy right now his name tag was there. i said jim and i disagree on all sorts of things but there's knob who has a heart for ending hunger. he's representing massachusetts and he's serving on the agriculture. if you're in georgia you serve on agriculture because you grow peanuts and cotton and row crop. if you're in massachusetts and you serb on the ag committee you want to feed people. i tell you that as a confession, mr. speaker, because i'm not going to confess to sharing my admiration for jim mcgovern all that often on the house floor but i was with folks up there today who really do commit themselves to making a difference in our country and it was nice to have a colleague ton the floor, again with whom i disagree about much,

this morning, two officers in gwinnett county, georgia, are out of a job, after one was caught on camera punching a suspect with his hands up during a traffic stop. and the other, kicking him after he was handcuffed. >> it was surreal. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview, dimitrius hollins said he had a previous run-in with one of the officers during a traffic stop last year. he tried to reach for his cell phone camera to record this encounter but he never got the chance. >> he told me to step out of the car. i stepped out of the car with my hands up. when i had my hands up, he punched me in the face. >> reporter: hollins was booked on charges of marijuana possession, obstruction and traffic violations. eyewitness kenneth dillard shot the first cell phone video that surfaced. >> he doesn't deserve that. you don't picture yourself seeing that. you don't see a police officer doing that live and in person. >> reporter: that prompted the police chief to fire officer robert mcdonald. but this second video emerged, charging the sergeant to fire michael bongiovanni. the initial report says h

he lost cop county and gwinnett county. two suburban strongholds, republican strongholds that have been in the republican camp since jimmy carter's era. he lost those in november so the state is still a red state. metro atlanta is starting to turn more purple. host: the president weighing in with tweets yesterday and even this morning, tweaking today wouldemocrat john ossoff be a disaster in congress and week on crime and immigration and want higher taxes. what is the feeling on president trump early in his presidency there in that district, in the atlanta suburb region? very: from is waiting deeply into this race. he sent five tweets and he reported -- recorded a robo-calls attacking the democrat. this is seen as a defeat for republicans here, it will be seen as an embarrassing rebuke to donald trump's presidency. i don't think there is any two isabout that because ossoff making this campaign a "make trump furious campaign." republicans in the field have struggled with the trump specter. some of them found -- vow to be a t

losing most of core and metro or atlanta which is another big shocker, he lost dekalb county and gwinnett county, to suburban strongholds, republican strongholds in the republican camp since jimmy carter's era. he lost both of those in november so this is still a red state but metro atlanta is starting to turn a little bit more purple. >> the president weighing in with tweets yesterday and this morning reading today that democrat jon ossoff would be a disaster in congress. a very weak on crime and illegal immigration, bad for jobs and want higher taxes. what's sort of the thing on president trump early in his presidency there and in that district and in the atlanta suburb region? >> trump is weeding deeply into this race. he sent five tweets over the past three days about this race and he recorded a robo call attacking jon ossoff. this is seen as a defeat for the democrats, for the republicans here would be seen as an embarrassing rip rebuke to donald trump's presidency. i don't think there's any two ways about that because ossoff has named his campaign a make trump furious campaign. he h