we will hear from investigative journalists, jerry mitchell who talks about his 30 year career with the jackson mississippi clarion ledger, america can histories reporting workshop and school of communications cohosted this event. >> good evening. my name is charles lewis an executive of

later a conversation on journalism and the civil rights movement with investigative journalist jerry mitchell. >>> on october 12, 2000, 2 al qaeda suicide bombers attacked the navy destroyer uss cole. in humans aydon harbor. killing 17 sailors and injuring 39. the naval criminal investigative service and the fbi led a joint investigation into the bombing. last month, the national law enforcement museum hosted two former ncis special agent who shared their experiences working on the

later a conversation on journalism and the civil rights movement with investigative journalist jerry mitchell. >>> on october 12, 2000, 2 al qaeda suicide bombers attacked the navy destroyer uss cole. in humans aydon harbor. killing 17 sailors and injuring 39. the naval criminal investigative service and the fbi led a joint investigation into the bombing. last month, the national law enforcement museum hosted two former ncis special agent who shared their experiences working on the uss cole investigation. >> good evening, good evening. welcome to the national law enforcement museum. we are thrilled to have you here tonight. my name is lori sharp day. i'm the interim ceo of the fund. and i would like to thank target, would like to thank target for making these sponsorships for these wonderful programs possible. >> [ applause ] >> i am very happy to introduce steve pomerantz, former assistant director in chief of counterterrorism for the fbi. thank you. >> [ applause ] >> thank you, lori. so i'm only going to be up here for a minute. i want to welcome you all, the second person to welcome you t

jerry nadler to this afternoon. chris matthews, thank you. we'll look for you tonight. appreciate you stopping by. >> 7:00. thank you. >>> andrea mitchell is with us from the d.c. burrabout you bur average day but for the presence of russians inside trump tower. andrea? >> exactly. and it is interesting to note in the mueller report that they warned the president that it would be a massively bad story, the trump tower meeting, the june 9th meeting, and that the explanation needed to address it. don jr. said that they should address the fact that they did discuss getting derogatory information about hillary clinton, but the president did not want to and dictated a statement that did not mention the offer of derogatory information and it was he who came up with the adoption story. the thread of russia throughout all of this, if you take it become, there is a mention about michael cohen and michael cohen saying when he was originally drafting his testimony to congress, he believed that he needed to go all the way back to 2015 when donald trump repeatedly tried to get a meeting with vladimir putin during the u.n. general assembly meeting wh

jerry mitchell has investigated some of the most heinous of rights crimes in u.s. history. he was an investigative reporter at the newspaper for 30 years, his stories have help put for ku klux klan's been and a suspected serial killer behind bars. his stories have also exposed injustices and corruption prompting investigations, forms of state agencies and the firing of boards and officials. they help lead to the release of two people from mississippi's death row. a winner of a $500,000 macarthur genius grant and more than 30 other national awards including being named a pulitzer prize finalist, he's finishing his memoir about his pursuit of civil rights cold cases. his book is entitled race against time for simon & schuster. is cofounder and director of the mississippi center for investigative reporting. >> sherry williams is assistant professor at the american university school of communication. dr. williams has a masters degree and phd from the syracuse university newhouse school of public communications and a degree in english with a concentration in journalism from jack