department takes action against police misconduct in two american cities, biting years of abuse in louisville, kentuckyd potential violations in memphis, tennessee. here are tonight's top head headlines. the new findings of civil rights violations nearly three years after the death of breonna taylor. >> misconduct is unacceptable. it's heartbreaking. it erodes the community trust necessary for effective policing. >> margaret: we speak with a family member of the americans kidnapped in mexico. >> they were praying for us. for all of them to return. >> russia continues to send waves of troops into the eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut. ♪ ♪ >> so, there is a lot of incoming and outgoing here. ♪ ♪ >> margaret: the acting head of the faa in the hot seat. >> can you just, right now, assure the american people that flying aircraft in the united states of america is still the safest way to travel? >> yes, sir. ♪ ♪ >> margaret: court documents show that fox news chairman rupert murdoch was worried his k went too far with 2020 election denial claims. ♪ ♪ >> margaret: and on this international women's day. >> ton

we begin today's show in louisville, kentucky. on wednesday, the u.s. justice department released a scathing report accusing the louisville police of unlawfully discriminating against the city's black population as well as people with behavioral health disabilities. attorney general merrick garland laid out the doj's findings on wednesday. >> report finds that lmpd uses excessive force including unjustified neck restraints and the unreasonable use of police dogs and tailored servers -- tasers, and valid warrants, unlawfully executes words without knocking and announcing. unlawfully stops, searches, detains, and arrests people. unlawfully discriminates against black in enforcement activities, violates the rights of people engaged in protected speech critical of policing and along with oval metro, discriminates against people with behavioral health disabilities when responding to them in crisis. the justice department has also identified deficiencies in lmpd's response to an investigation of domestic violence and sexual assault. lmpd has relied heavily on

the department of justice report found that police in louisville, kentucky regularly violated the constitutionaleople. the investigation was prompted by the fatal shooting of breonna taylor by police in 2020. it's one of nearly a dozen doj investigations of police departments across the country. the justice department also announced it will review the use of force by the memphis police department following the recent deadly beating of tyre nichols. cbs's jeff pegues starts us off tonight. good evening to you, jeff. >> reporter: yeah, this report is really stunning, margaret. it slams the louisville police department for what it calls a culture of racial discrimination, claiming some of brul tactics for blacks.f their >> this conduct is unacceptable. it is heartbreaking. >> reporter: the scathing doj report concluded that the louisville metro police department doesn't always protect and serve did you instead often disrespects the people it is sworn to protect. among the investigation's findings officers treat blacks and whites differently. while driving blacks are nearly four times as likely to b

martin is uppers out of louisville, kentucky. good morning. caller: good morning. i grew up in republican household in the 60's and 70's. the problem i got, the old conservatives, what they said was the reason i am conservative because in social society you have two kinds of people. those that think for them and those who do not. it seems to me today republican party has two kind of people. the true conservative and everybody else. if anybody reject the something like attacking the capital, they get ostracized by the republican party. guest: that is a good point. a lot of people looking in on what the republican party has evolved into hundred trump would have similar observations. lots of this i comes to my mind is the 20 presidential election results. there has been splintering in the republican party. liz cheney is a conservative. she is small government, pro-life, antiabortion. she is no moderate. brian kemp, the governor of georgia, same thing. what differentiates them from kari lake as they can see and vocal about president biden and 2020 and they went against

at the hotel the hill newspaper joins us for democrats independence and republicans out of louisville kentuckyood morning. >> i grew up in a republican household in the sixties and seventies. the problem i got with the old-style conservatives like william f buckley but the reason whybe is in a socialist society two types of people. i believe in individuality but it seems to me the republican party there are two types of people the true conservative and everybody else that's a violent act like attacking the capital gets the office. >> that is a really good point. a lot ofhe people looking what the republican party has evolved to to have that similar observation so with the 2020 presidential election results. someone like liz cheney. she is a conservative for small government and pro-life and antiabortion and she is no moderate. and the same thing with the governor of georgia however what differentiates them for example is to be vocal about the fact about president biden with the presidency in 2020. and the issue is an using carry leg as an example they don't use him as a legitimate president an

grieving families th you've been representing after the fatal police encounters in louisville, and in memphis starting in kentuckylan announced last week that the justice department has found reasonable cause to believ that the louisville metr police department and city government has engaged in pattern of conduct which violated citizens specifically black citizens, constitutional and civil rights the doj investigation followed the 2020 police shooting o 26-year-old breonna taylor whose family you represent now that the justice departmen has corroborated a pattern o anti black discrimination amon louisville police, abandoned b the city itself, what needs to happen in your judgment? >> reverend al, thank you fo covering these important matters. let's not forget the breonna taylor, the innocent black woman mattered i think it was so critical what attorney general merric garland did right before the three year mark since th tragic killing of breonn taylor, which is next week they issued a scathing repor that was exhaustive, reveren al, and it shows all of th violations of the firs amendment, fourth amendment, violat

the attorney general finds a pattern of discrimination against black people in louisville, kentucky.they use excessive force, including unjustified neck restraint and the unusual use of police dogs and tasers. ura: the u.n. sheep heads to ukraine to avert a global food crisis. on international women's day, we look at how working mothers who left their jobs during covid are back and driving growth. >> see with the stories going. -- see where the story is going. laura: how the academy and movie industry are trying to diversify. welcome to pbs. we begin in the u.s. with important developments on licing. since the deathf george floyd in 2020, the treatment of black americans by police has been in the spotlight. after an investigation into the shooting of breonna tayr, the justice department found that police department enged in routine discrimination against black americans. >> they use excessive force, ncluding unjustified neck restraint and unreasonable use of pole dogs and tasers, conduct searches based on invalid warrants, unlawfully execute warrants without knocking and announcing,

. >>> and a scathing report on the louisville, kentucky, police department after an investigation following that botched raid that killed breonna taylor. the doj says the police used excessive force and practiced an aggressive style of policing against black people. more ahead. >>> let's bring in the panel. we are here with law enforcement guru john miller, famously fearful flyer, molly, the man my mom misses when he is not on the panel, lz and former trump white house director and star of "the view" alyssa and joining us from austin to talk about what's going on at the border is professor ricardo ainsley of the university of texas at austin. we will be with you momentarily, professor. john tell us what your reporting has found about the ongoing crime story of the americans who were ambushed. >> they are in the stage now of kind of trying to organize three things. number one, which is the handling of the two living victims and the two dead victims, the autopsies are complete. those bodies are coming back. the two living victims, the fbi has a very well developed process for victim witness a

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department takes action against police misconduct in two american cities, biting years of abuse in louisville, kentuckyd potential violations in memphis, tennessee. here are tonight's top head headlines. the new findings of civil rights violations nearly three years after the death of breonna taylor. >> misconduct is unacceptable. it's heartbreaking. it erodes the community trust necessary for effective policing. >> margaret: we speak with a family member of the americans kidnapped in mexico. >> they were praying for us. for all of them to

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department takes action against police misconduct in two american cities, finding years of abuse in louisville, kentuckyd potential violations in memphis, tennessee. here are tonight's top headlines. ♪ ♪ the new findings of civil rights violations, nearly three years after the death of breonna taylor. >> this conduct is unacceptable. it's heartbreaking. it erodes the community trust necessary for effective policing. ♪ ♪ >> margaret: we speak with a family member of the americans kidnapped in mexico. >> they were praying for, you know what i'm saying, for all of them to return. ♪ ♪ >> russia continues to send waves of troops into the eastern ukrainian

justice department investigation has concludedhe police department in louisville, kentucky, has routinelyated against black people, used excessive force, and conducted illegal searches. the probe was lost following the death of breonna taylor, a black woman who was shot dead by police during a raid on her home in 2020. announcing the findings, the u.s. attorney general merrick garland described the policing as a next optical and heartbreaking. said police agreed to the appointment of an independent monitor to oversee reforms. >> the department has concluded there is reasonable cause to believe that the beagle metro and lmpd engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violates the first and fourth amendments of the constitution. lmpuses excessive force, including unjustified neck restraint and the unreasonable use of police dogs and tasers, conducts searches based on invalid warrants, unlawfully executes warrants without knocking and announcing, unlawfully stops, searches, detains, and arrests people, unlawfully discriminates against black people in enforcement activities. ben: turnin

a federal investigation found that officers in louisville, kentucky, discriminated against black people and violated their constitutional rights. the report was prompted by the police shooting death of breonna taylor three years ago. jarred hill is here in new york with more on this. i got to say, dismal and disappointing report. >> reporter: yeah, i mean this blistering report from the department of justice outlines a pattern of racist behavior and unlawful conduct by the louisville police. one city leader told the doj that the death of breonna taylor was just a, quote, symptom of problems they have had for years. the department of justice will step in to monitor the louisville metro police department after a scathing report found a pattern of misconduct toward those it's sworn to protect and serve. >> this conduct is unacceptable. it is heartbreaking. >> reporter: a doj report found that officers treat black and white people differently and that while driving, black people are nearly four times as likely to be cited for improperly tinted windows, five times more for improper tags. the

warrants, those are just some of the scathing findings from a justice department review of the louisville kentucky police department. >> this conduct is unacceptable. it is heartbreaking. it erodes the community trust. >> reporter: the patterns and practices investigation stems from the death of breonna taylor. in a botched police raid of three years ago. that set off beer protests across the country and led to federal civil rights charges against four current and former officers involved. >> it is heartbreaking to know that everything you have been saying from day one has to be said again. >> reporter: the city and police department agreeing in principle to establishing a series of court enforced reform to address systemic failures. attorney general, merrick garland detailing the improper use of force. is he including unjustified neck restraint and unreasonable use of dogs and tailors tasers. >> reporter: louisville police have unlawfully discriminate against black people targeting black neighborhoods more intensely and in some cases using racial slurs. >> these are things black people have been

but here we have a really damning indictment about what happened in louisville, kentucky.t you heard the attorney general merrick garland outlining there just exactly how this was a pattern of racial discrimination. i mean, he detailed how police officers videotaped themselves throwing drinks from their cars at people, how they insulted disabled people, how they used racial slurs against black citizens, calling them things like �*animal,’ �*monkey�*, vboy-v and he said this extended even into the department's practices when it was looking into sexual assault calls, or other calls that were of a sensitive nature, and he said that this really eroded the community trust that is so needed when we are talking about effective policing in communities. so this really speaks, i think, to what a lot of activists have been saying, that there is a widespread toxic culture in policing that needs to be addressed. merrick garland talked about the fact that there are cops who do theirjob very well and serve the community, all but that he did see this pattern here. and i think that makes t

after the louisville, kentucky, police killed breonna taylor, the justice department launched an investigationr the department discriminates against black people. and after two years, guess what they found out. >> the results this morning from the u.s. justice department aren't flattering at all to louisville police. >> the report concludes that the unit's activities were part of an overall enforcement approach that resulted in significant and unlawful racial disparities. >> federal authorities found that police in the city were four to five times more likely to stop black drivers than white ones for the same traffic violations, five times more likely to charge black people for loitering or disorderly conduct, and more likely to stop and search black americans for the same behaviors. >> marlon: that's right. the doj launched a two-year investigation to find out something every black person already knew. [cheers and applause] the police discriminate against black people? what else did you guys find out? nick cannon doesn't use condoms? or he has a really terrible pullout game. the black woman b

scathing new report on the louisville kentucky police department three years after the shooting of rihanna taylor, the justice department says it found a pattern of misconduct and discrimination against the city's black residents, including excessive force, invalid warrants and name calling. attorney general merrick garland called the conduct unacceptable and heartbreaking. the goal now is for the city to agree to a set of changes that could then be enforced by a federal judge. we turn now to virginia and a decision not to prosecute a school shooter who targeted a first grade teacher, the shooter just six years old. here's a b cs andrea fuji. this morning. there will be no charges for the virginia six year old accused of shooting and wounding his first grade teacher, the newport news prosecutor saying he and other experts do not believe a child that young can form the required criminal intent. we don't believe the law supports charging a six year old with the criminal offenses serious as this one. i think it's problematical to assume that a six year old understands the criminal justice sys

begin tonight with the justice department sweeping investigation of the police department in louisville, kentucky, finding a damning pattern of illegal and discriminatory behavior, unlawful traffic stops, detentions, and harassment. and racial bias. the probe was launched after the fatal shooting of breonna taylor. attorney general merrick garland traveling to louisville himself today to reveal the findings, calling the misconduct heartbreaking. saying it erodes the community trust that is needed for effective community policing. breonna taylor was killed in a nighttime no-knock raid in her home in 2020 and it turned out she had no connection to the alleged crime they were investigating. tonight, the justice department also revealing they are reviewing the police department in memphis, after the beating death of tyre nichols at the hands of police. abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, attorney general merrick garland flying to louisville to deliver a stunning rebuke of the city's police department, detailing a troubling pattern of racial bi

from louisville, kentucky... in the 2019 teen tournament and is now a junior at yale university. from miami, florida... [applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--mayim bialik. [applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. and welcome to the first of three semifinal games in the high school reunion tournament. our field began with 27 teen tournament alumni. nine contestants remain, and by the end of next week, one of them will be named our champion. but to get to the finals and one step closer to the $100,000 grand prize, you need to win your semifinal. and lucas, jackson, and avi are here today to do just that. welcome and good luck. let's go to work in the "jeopardy!" round with these categories... the ones used by the library of congress. and... that's a sentence containing every letter.

i grew up in louisville kentucky and every spring some you may know that it turns, transforms entirely into what call derby city and the pinnacle moment of this long buildup, weeks and weeks to the longer running sporting event in this country, the kentucky derby is when right as the horses step the track, the university of louisville marching cardinal marching bands up the strains this very image national sounding and celebratory. anthem and 150,000 people in the stands. who knows how many watching on television each year rise up and and stand and cover their hearts and sing along to this song. my old kentucky home the sportswriter frank deford, sports illustrated writer frank deford said that any man worth his salt will cloud up and cry outright when he hears my old kentucky home because it is it represents a where history and beauty bisect for an instant and everyone is waiting this moment it's a beautiful moment. these horses the colors the crowd. i that song i was taught to love it by family members who i loved and also institutions that were i was told were great like my state an

lynch wasn't looking to see beyoncÉ louisville kentucky the ticket with $800 a.e says it when i looked in london, it was 167 pounds the flight was like 660. i was like this is genuinely th same cost y which you would not milk it is much as possible and just go to london and see queen b there. >> user travel miles you get a deal on hotel. you can actually go to london cheaper because i looked it up. i paid a couple of grand oak to go cp and give vegas thinking i could go to london and do this. and right on a double-decker bus . >> you really can the fees from ticketmaster. i'm a capitalist but ticketmaster has a monopoly. it's not capitalism we need to break up ticketmaster. >> thank you both appreciate it coming up in the nightcap did you have conversations with you pet? when no one else is around? let us know why on twitter and instagram. that is next >> we are back with a nightcap crew. tonight's topic is about our pets. we let them know question. a new survey says more than hal of americans have conversations with their pet. it would nobody else is around. 48

with the bull's-eye for parts of mississippi and towards alabama and georgia will up towards louisville, kentuckytile situation today as that line of thunderstorms eastward, flood of alerts from arkansas to ohio. the rain still to come, several are also seen flooding imminent for parts of the midsouth peer there is a future track. the strong area of low pressure coming up towards the great lakes. behind it, hold enough for snow and accumulating snow for upper midwest, the great lakes and the bull's-eye for upstate new york and new england west and north of new york city, new york city mainly a rain event. i apologize again for the kids that want the snow this weekend. the west though we have seen incredible amounts of rain and snow this weekend being no exception has several systems move in on saturday, sunday, monday. feet of snow, coastal rain. that is going to continue with daytime highs warm across the south and southeast. one of the main ingredients for the lifting mechanism for severe thunderstorms and that will happen again today. a foxweather.com for your latest details. >> ashley: thank

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a report by department of justice found police in louisville, kentucky regularly violated constitutional rights of black people. that conclusion marks nearly three years since police served a no knock warrant at the wrong location and that's what killed breonna taylor. the police department is expected to agree to work with the federal government to revise policies. >>> governor newsom announcing that the state will not renew i with walgreens to provide prescriptions for state prisoners. this is afpharcy anunced they d states including ones where abortion remains legal. walgreens released a statement saying they are disappointed in the decision claiming they are facing same issues as other pharmacies and they will offer it where it is legal to do so saying newsom made the decision based on false misleading information. that's a look at your top stories. >> it's gorgeous when you get up here and experience the trees in a way that i have never known them. >>> a new lifestyle for a northern california man after a heart breaking loss from wildfire. his new opportunity to rethink how he lives

an intense mission to free three runaway barges pinned against a dam near louisville kentucky.hey've been working with it overnight and not getting better. one of the barges is sinking. here is the problem. it is carrying 1400 tons of highly flammable methanol. at this hour we're told nothing is leaking. but it is on the move as it sinks. remember just about seven weeks ago a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in eastern ohio. the concern would be is this tributary, this ohio river, being shared by some of the same disaster victims in east palestine about 400 miles away? a monster body of water and a monster barge situation going on right there. david lee miller is on the story for more. i concentrate on the water and how people will be affected. david. >> indeed. a lot of people are very concerned. the barge that has so many people worried contains more than 1400 tons of poisonous methanol and it is sinking. they are looking at health risks. ohio river provides drinking water for 5 million people. last month following a train derailment fears were raised the river had bee

joining me now from a food bank in louisville, kentucky, is nbc news correspondent marissa parra. nefits last year, so if they're the exact pl, what could these other states see in terms of need? >> reporter: yeah, so s.n.a.p. benefits this is an emergency allotment we're talking about. it went into effect at the start of the pandemic to help families who were in crisis during the pandemic. we had about 32 states who just in the last week rolled back that emergency allotment, and that's the reason this is so timely. reason we're in kentucky here, this is one of the states that had actually rolled this back last year. there has been a chance for everyone in the state and across the country to sort of see the impact and see whether the need of people who were showing up to food banks and pantries like the one we're at right now, whether that grew or decreased. again, the u.s. department of agriculture, which oversees s.n.a.p. stressed this is always meant to be a temporary measure, but food insecurity advocates were arguing that inflation is much higher than it was at the start of th

justice department has issued a damning review of the louisville, kentucky police department in the wakebreonna taylor's death. she was shot and killed during a no-knock raid on her apartment nearly three years ago. geoff: findings released today found a pattern of police brutalizing black citizens and routinely violating their rights. u.s. attorney general merrick garland spoke today in louisville. atty. gen. garland: this conduct is unacceptable. it is heartbreaking. it erodes the community trust necessary for effective policing. and it is an affront to the vast majority of officers who put their lives on the line every day to serve louisville with honor. and it is an affront to the people of louisville, who deserve better. amna: garland announced the city will sign a negotiated consent decree to undertake major reforms. louisville mayor craig greenberg said he strongly supports the effort. mayor greenberg: and i know that there will people who will look at this report and they will be eager to find some way to minimize it or dismiss it. they will say it's all politics or that you coul

meantime a justice department investigation into law enforcement, louisville, kentucky has found civils launched after the death of breona taylor a medical worker killed on botched raid of her apartment. the local police engaged in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the u.s. constitution and federal law. dozens of families in wisconsin are being blocked from using the area's roads by members of a native american tribe. it has to do with the use and ownership of the land and the tribe is insisting on a huge payment to reopen the pathways. senior correspondent mike tobin is in wisconsin tonight. >> whether by snowmobile or on foot, this frozen lake is the only connection dozens of residents in wisconsin have with the outside world. the spring thaw will leave them stranded. >> we probably depend dependent on weather two, maybe three weeks left cross the lake safely and at that point in time we don't have any access to our homes. >> they live on private land but the road to civilization cross as reservation. the easement agreement ended 10 years ago the lake superior chippewa t

at the usa track and field mast masters in louisville, kentucky. and waiters made them look as if they were standing still on this race. >> dana: unbelievable. >> i don't know how you guard a man like that. his nickname is the cheetah. he is fast. >> dana: congratulations, amazing. i have a little podcast coming up. the third season of the everything will be okay podcast. kicking it off with ashley brown. she is the ceo and founder of the selfless love foundation that works to help the child welfare system but in particular foster care children and she really focuses on those aging out of the system. when you become 18 you are out of the system. half of them become homeless. she is trying to fix that. they is my first guess on everything will be okay. >> bill: episode one of the next season, right? here we go. >> dana: good to see you. harris faulkner is up next. here she is. >> harris: we begin with a fox news alert. americans are bracing for what it all means for our cash. three days two monthsive banks collapses. president biden a short time ago

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let's turn to democratic state senator karen berg of louisville, kentucky, who lost her transgender sony berg-brousseau to suicide in december at the age of 24. she condemned kentucky's anti-trans bill and shared her son's last actions before he died. >> the last thing he did at work before he went home and killed himself was to send out a press release warning us of what was coming. warning the world of this. amy: state senator karen berg. chase strangio, take it from there. talk about these particular bills. >> there's something so insidious about what is going on with these tax on gender affirming care. it is manifesting in ways that are so harmful for our community's. i want to acknowledge i knew henry when he was a youth advocate in tennessee. i saw him testify before his legislature at a time when they were pushing anti-trans bathroom bills. there's a population of young people that have spent the entirety or significant portion of their lives begging their governments not to target them, and the cost of that is significant. right now what we're seeing in state after state is some

what we did -- my justice department just did in louisville, kentucky, was long overdue to put those suckers in jail. [applause] and by the way, how many cops you know like bad cops? i don't know many. not a joke. we're going to provide 100,000 more community police officers nationwide and invest in tens of thousands more school nurses and school counselors and mental health help. and going to save communities billions of dollars over time. every community needs, especially in the wake of this pandemic. let's be clear about another key point in my budget. i guarantee you i will protect social security and medicare without any change. guarantee. [applause] i won't allow it to be gutted or eliminated, as maga republicans threaten to do. maga republicans pose no answer. my budget won't cut benefits or sunset programs like some of my maga republican friends want to do. they will secure medicare through 2050 and beyond ensuring that the vital program keeps going strong for generations without cutting a single penny in benefits. [applause] and by the way, did y'all happen to see any of the

. >> we will jump in and jump to louisville, kentucky, where. >> i want to acknowledge council president and chief of police gwen villarreal, thank you for joining us today. in 2020 lmpd officers shot and killed breonna taylor in her own home in the middle of the night. the officers were executing a search warrant, but found no evidence of any crime. in a separate criminal case we have charged that officers involved in obtaining the warrant knew that the affidavit that supported the warrant contained false and misleading information. ms. taylor's death brought immeasurable pain both to her family and to this community. in 2021, we opened the pattern investigation that i just referenced. shortly after we opened the investigation, an lmpd leader told the department breonna taylor was a symptom of problems that we have had for years. the justice department's findings and the report that we are releasing today bear that out. the department has concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that louisville metro and lmpd engaged in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the first

. >> on march 14th, 2020, almost exactly three years ago today, police officers in louisville, kentuckyd breonna taylor in a botched raid on her apartment. an year later, attorney genera merrick garland announced that the justice department opened pattern practice investigation into the louisville government and metro police department. last week, garland announced the investigation's findings the police and governmen engaged in a pattern o unconstitutional behavior. >> some officers hav demonstrated disrespect for th people that they are sworn t protect. some have videotape themselves throwing drinks at pedestrians from their cars, assaulted people with disabilities, an called black people monkeys, animals, and boy this conduct is unacceptable >> this type of federa investigation is carried under president obama quite a bit to hold the line forsman agencies accountable. they were largely abandone under the trump administration but biden appears to b bringing them back >> it's a different deeper question, how former all pro police departments, an particularly, police culture we got to s

report from the justic department finds a pattern o anti black policing within the city of louisville kentucky. we and in tennessee, the doj i prepping and investigation o the memphis police departmen two months after the death o tyre nichols a judge blocking nearly 20 hours of additional footage, relating to the fatal police beating that led to nichols tw months ago my thoughts on both, later and you don't want to miss today's got to the woke addition. because this week, republica lawmakers blame everything from industrial accidents, t remote work, and anti racism on anti racism and a push fo inclusion. and i will tell you why they'r anti-war woke logic is putting the right to sleep a big show tonight i hear on politicsnation let's get into it. joining me now, manhatta attorn. a democrat district attorney, bragg thank for joining us tonight ahead of what appears to be busy week in your office's investigation of donald trump' conduct relating to those hush money payments that paid out t stormy daniels in 2016 trump said that michael cohen, who emerged as a central figur in the investigation, i

what we did, my justice department just did in louisville, kentucky, was long overdue.t those suckers in jail. [cheers and applause] by the way. how many cops you know like bad cops? i don't know many. not a joke. we're going to provide 100,000 more community police officers and invest in tens of thousands of more school nurses, school counselors and mental health help. and save communities billions of dollars over time. every community needs, especially in the wake of the pandemic. let's be clear about another key point of my budget. i guarantee you, will protect social security and medicare without any change. guaranteed. i won't allow it to be gutted or eliminated as maga republicans threatened to do. on social security my budget will not cut benefits and it definitely won't sunset programs like some of my maga republicans friends want to do. secure medicare through 2050 and beyond. ensuring that the vital program keeps going strong for generations. without cutting a single penny in benefits. [applause] by the way, did you all happen to see any of the state of the un

in louisville, kentucky, monica unseld is a biologist and environmental and social justice advocate whoe health impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals used in plastics like those released in east palestine. she is the founder and executive director of until justice data partners and co-lead for the coming clean science team, a environmental health and justice advocates focused on the chemical and energy industries. and in albany, new york, judith enck is a former epa regional administrator and president of beyond plastics whose recent "new york times" op-ed is headlined "why has the epa allowed the horrific situation in ohio to continue?" she also wrote a "boston globe" op-ed headlined "the east palestine disaster was a direct result of the country's reliance on fossil fuels and plastic." welcome you both to democracy now! judith enck talk about this. you are the epa regional director in this area. what should the government be doing and what did norfolk southern do wrong? >> the government needs to do so much more starting with why are we producing so much vinyl chloride? it is used