and you won't get away with it. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues joins us now. why did the attorney general have to make this decision? >> reporter: well, we learned today that the civil rights division within d.o.j. wanted to bring charges in this case, but the eastern district of new york did not. and ultimately, a.g. barr, after watching the video tape multiple times, sided with e.d.n.y. norah, it is important to know that there is a separate n.y.p.d. internal investigation into officer panteleo's actions. commissioner james o'neill will decide if the officer should be fired, likely by the end of next month. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. a break tonight in the murder of a beloved civil rights activist in baton rouge, louisiana. police there arrested 38-year- old, ronn bell, who rented a property owned by sadie roberts- joseph. they say he owed her about $1,200 in rent. roberts-joseph, who was 75, founded an african american history museum in her hometown. her body was discovered last friday in the trunk of her car. and there is new trouble with iran t

f> o'donnell: all right, jeff pegues in baltimore, thank you.he president's choice to be the next director of national ratelligence is already drawing fire. critics are questioning the qualifications of john ratcliffe. if confirmed by the senate, he would succeed dan coats, one of d e last remaining members of the original trump cabinet. paula reid has more now on thet. >> the bedrock principal of our justice system is the ocksumption of innocence. >> reporter: the texas congressman is a staunch defender of the president. his support was on display last week as he grilled robert mueller on capitol hill. >> donald trump is not above the law. mn's not. but he damn sure shouldn't be below the law. >> reporter: ratcliffe is a former u.s. attorney and mayor. he has no experience in intelligence. senators returning to washington today were asked about his lack of national security credentials. >> if his performance with mueller was an audition, that's not evidence of the kind of independence that we need. >> reporter: if confirmed, ratcliffe will be a

jeff pegues reports. >> he was killed! on the streets! >> reporter: moments after hearing the decision eric garner's daughter stormed out of the courthouse. >> federal prosecutors don't want to help. no one wants to be held accountable. >> reporter: he was approached after selling illegal cigarettes. within seconds officer daniel pantaleo had wrapped his arms around garner's neck. >> i can't breathe, i can't breathe. >> reporter: garner's cries of "i can't breathe" 11 times are the last time he spoke before his death. federal prosecutors said the videotape alone was not enough to prove the officers committed a federal crime. >> the evidence here does not support charging officer daniel pantaleo or any other officer with a federal criminal civility rights violation. >> reporter: garner's mother is calling for officers to be held accountable. >> this is an outrage, insult, you killed my son, and you won't get away with it. >> reporter: there was disagreement within the department of justus as to how to proceed in this case. we're told the c

>> begnaud: jeff pegues leading us off from washington tonight. thank you, jeff.t a short time ago we got word that a pitcher for the los angeles angels died suddenly. his name is tyler skaggs. breaking details. >> reporter: 27-year-old los angeles angels' pitcher tyler skaggs was found dead in a texas hotel room this afternoon in a suburb of dallas. the angels were in texas to play the rangers and had a game scheduled tonight. in a statement, the south lake texas police department said they responded to a call of an unconscious male in a room at a hilton hotel. officers arrived and found the male unresponsive. he was pronounced dead at the scene. >> tyler skaggs taking the mound for the angels. >> reporter: skaggs had pitched the first inning during a game saturday night between the angels and the oakland athletics. in a statement, the angels said, "tyler has and always will be an important part of the angels family." >> it's a really sad situation obviously. it's important that we all obviously keep him in our thoughts and prayers but also just have the perspect

>> axelrod: jeff pegues in a still very soggy bethesda, maryland. jeff, thank you.ifornia's governor says last weekend's back-to-back earthquakes caused at least $100 million in damage, but carter evans reports now scientists say the quakes are a wake-up call for a region that is long overdue for the big one. >> reporter: in the quake- stricken town of trona, benny and anna sue eldridge are loading up a lifetime of memories and saying good-bye to their now uninhabitable home that's been in the family for nearly 60 years. >> when the work is done, maybe it will hit me, oh, my gosh, everything is gone. >> reporter: the two massive quakes left a trail of debris in trona and nearby ridgecrest. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: they've also shaken residents to the core. >> p.t.s.d. is a real thing. and we're all suffering from it right now. >> reporter: with at least 4,000 aftershocks so far, some residents say they're too terrified to sleep indoors. every time you feel these aftershocks, what's it like? >> it's like you're going to the fall in the ground. it's

jeff pegues, thank you so much.bs news has learned that icffrey epstein is on suicide watch after being found on the floor of his cell at a new york city jail. the multi-millionaire is awaiting trial after his arrest earlier this month on sex trafficking charges. here's mola lenghi with new reporting tonight. >> reporter: cbs news has learned jeffrey epstein is now under round-the-clock watch at the metropolitan correctional center after what appears to have been an attempted suicide. law enforcement sources say epstein was found lying on the floor of his jail cell earlier this week, semiconscious, despondent and crying with slight bruising around his neck. according to cbs news sources, it seems epstein's clothing was used in the apparent attempt. the 66-year-old was treated at in jail's infirmary for non- life-threatening injuries. epstein had been at the correctional facility in an isolated cell with 30-minute wellness checks since last cursday. the former hedge fund manager, who once called the world's rich and

jeff pegues reports. >> reporter: daniel lewis lee, a white supremacist, was convicted in 1999 of murderingamily of three, including an 8-year-old girl. the department of justice said lee and four other men would be put to death in december and january, the first executions under the federal death penalty since 2003. president trump has long said that he wanted to revive the federal death penalty, including after 11 people were shot and killed in a pittsburgh synagogue last year. >> people that do this, you have to bring back the death penalty. this is the worst form of terror. >> reporter: one reason for the federal moratorium was concerns of the drug cocktail for lethal was leading to bad executions. the federal department said they would use a single drug. 29 states still allow the death penalty. one study found that since 1973, 166 people on death row have been exonerated. >> there have been 1,500 executions, which means that for every nine executions, there's been one person wrongly convicted, wrongly sentenced to death, and exonerated. >> reporter: the department of justice says all f

jeff pegues reports. the group was dubbed i'm 10-15, which is border patrol code for custody. photo of this was asked if it was fake because the bodies were so clean. in another post, group members responded with indifference of a death of a 16-year-old guatemalan migrant. if he dies, he dies. there were lewd memes and sexist posts, some named at members of congress. today, she tweeted, they're threatening violence on members of congress. how do you think they are caring for the women and legs? she was part of a congressional delegation that toured the detention facility in clint, texas, today. joaquin castro called for an investigation of the facebook posts. >> that shows that there are many within cbp that have become desensitized to the point of being dangerous to the migrants in their care. >> today, president trump defended the border patrol. >> the border patrol are great people. they know what's coming in. >> reporter: cbp officials called the facebook posts completely inappropriate. brian hastings says an investigation is under way. >> each one of the individuals, if t

. >> o'donnell: all right, jeff pegues with those new details. thank you.ee university of mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity after posing in a racially charged photo. they held guns in front of a sign marking a spot where a civil rights icon was found murdered decades ago. mark strassmann reports that that sign has been repeatedly vandalized. >> reporter: in the photo, three 'ole miss. fraternity brothers ssed with grins and guns and anhoes of a rebel yell. behind them a bullet-riddled sign marking the spot where 14- year-old emmett till's body was 'sund in 1955. mississippi investigative journalist jerry mitchell: >> you see the photograph and you just go, "what?" >> reporter: this instagram photo drew outrage but nothing like the disturbing one taken of till 64 years ago for "jet" magazine. it showed the 14-year-old's mutilated body lying in an open casket. he had been tortured, shot, and dumped in a river. "let the world see what they did to my boy," his mother said. >> this was somebody's child that was brutally murdered, sen

jeff pegues reports. >> reporter: daniel lewis lee, a white supremacist, was convicted in 1999 of murderinghree, including an 8-year-old girl. today the department of justice said lee and four other men would be put to death in december and january, the first executions under the federal death penalty since 2003. president trump has long said t federal death penalty, including after 11 people were shot and killed in a pittsburgh synagogue last year. >> people that do this, you have to bring back the death penalty. this is the worst form of terror. >> reporter: one reason for the federal moratorium was concerns the three-drug cocktail administered during lethal injections was leading to botched executions. >> his upper body lifted off the bed. his head lifted off the pillow. >> reporter: the justice department said they would use a single drug, pentobarbital going forward. 29 states still allow the death penalty. one study found since 1973, 166 people on death row have been exonerated. >> there have been 1500 executions, which means for every nine executions there has been one person wrongly

jeff pegues reports. >> reporter: a month's worth of rain, three to four inches, fell in just one hour area during this morning's commute. dozens of drivers were rescued on major highways and local roads. some had to stand on the roofs of their cars. william digg's car was totaled but he's okay. >> water started leaking into my car. got up to my seat. i said, now it's time to get on the sunroof. >> you weren't scared at all? >> i was definitely concerned. water level rising. not something you learn in driver's ed, what to do when the water is up to your window. >> reporter: massive sinkholes opened up in some roads making them impassable. and some restaurants and businesses faced an onslaught of whitewater. the underground metro system wasn't immune. a waterfall opened up in the ceiling of one station and in the elevator of another. underground parking garages fared even worse. the national archives, home to the constitution and bill of rights, flooded and closed, but all the documents are safe. residents in this maryland neighborhood say they don't have water because of this massive s

jeff pegues reports. >> he was killed in the streets. >> reporter: moments after hearing the decisionarner's daughter stormed out of the federal courthouse. >> federal cops don't want to prosecute. nobody wants to hold nobody accountable. >> reporter: five years ago tomorrow, nypd police officers confronted eric garner over allegations he was illegally selling cigarettes in staten island. >> don't touch me. >> reporter: the arrest was captured by a cell phone camera. within seconds officer daniel pantaleo had wrapped his arms around garner's neck. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> reporter: garner's cries of "i can't breathe" 11 times are among the last words he spoke before his death. today federal prosecutors said the videotape alone was not enough to prove the officers had committed a federal crime. >> the evidence here does not support charging police officer daniel pantaleo or any other officer with a federal criminal civil rights violation. >> there is more trouble in the persian gulf. the iranian navy has apparently seized a foreign oil tanker. the top u.s. military comma