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police department on the ballot in minneapolis.own there. jillian: keep us updated. thank you so much. thanks for your time. todd, by the way, the super bowl he referenced, that's the one the eagles won. todd: i'm not familiar with that. gold medal winning wrestler giving god the glory while opening up about her olympic success and her love for america. watch. >> my mom raised us to be respectful and my dad was an immigrant and he came from ghana, he came to america and he made a way for himself. i just know that if you go out and get what you want, nothing can stop you. so i guess like just from those kind of parents in my life, i just have love for my country. todd: i mean, any more perfect? she promised to donate her olympic winnings to help her mom buy a food truck. we reported that. she says a texas company has come forward to donate a custom built truck to help her mom achieve her life long dream. that story gets better and better. jillian: she is beautiful, she is smart, she is obviously -- i mean, she has everything going f

in minneapolis and louisville. hundreds more have submitted messages to the justice department.epartment lawyers have participated in over 50 writer logs with officers. we have had four meetings with all command staff and spoken to officers across both individual interviews and briefings. we will take the same approach in phoenix. our career attorneys have decades of experience working on investigations like the one we opened here today. one thing we have learned over the decades is that we must and will work collaboratively with the phoenix community and with the phoenix police department. we conclude that there are no systemic -- if we conclude there are no systemic violations of constitutional or federal statutory rights by the city or phoenix police to permit, we will make that known. if, on the other hand, we conclude there is reasonable cause to believe that such violations are occurring, we will issue a report describing our findings and then aim to work cooperatively with the city to reach agreement on the best remedies. if an appropriate remedy cannot be achieved throug

you know, in minneapolis, we had much success in this and reducing the mortgage loan. this allows the ability to create the buying power of the homeowner. a provides a monthly benefit to the homeowner and a reduced monthly payment. in the land trust model, the appreciation is shared by a predetermined amount so that should the property be sold, the land trust model can also be beneficial in continued housing affordability for the community by reinvestment of appreciation by the land trust. in today's times, we need to use every financial opportunity to help american indian families understand and relish in the benefits of homeownership. we need to use a number of initiatives to make homeownership possible. we have used city, county and state funding options, including grants, deferred loans and other homeownership initiatives. we look forward to our federal partners in providing opportunities to increase homeownership to american indian families throughout the country. i thank you for your attention to this matter. sen smith: we will now turn to mr. shepherd. >> i woul

just 25% of black residents of minneapolis and st.own their homes, a rate that's well bew the national average, and notable because this is considered one of the most affordable metropolitan areas in the whole country... if you're white. about 75% of white residents here are homeowners. the disparity has had consequences. according to the minneapolis federal reserve, the median net worth of white households in minnesota is $211,000. that same number for the state's black households? is zero. >> the way that we accumulate wealth in america is largely through our homes. >> reporter: jennifer ho is minnesota's housing commissioner. >> if you weren't allowed to buy in more affluent neighborhoods, if you weren't given preferential pricing on your mortgage, if you bought a home and you had it taken away through eminent domain to build a freeway-- you have been disadvantaged over and over and over. and so it is going to require decades of intentional work in order to-- to bring that number back up, and bring it up so that it's on par with wh

in minneapolis it was after the murder of george floyd.t's the recent history in phoenix that would suggest that this now comes? >> there have been a series of incidents in the city of phoenix, raising questions about excessive use of force. what is interesting about this investigation in particular is that the assistant attorney general said they're also, in addition to looking at police use of force, they are going to look specifically how protesters are treated, how the homeless are treated, and how people with disabilities are treated by law enforcement. it is not just law enforcement, it is also the city of phoenix. so they will be looking at any patterns, how are these incidents handled, how are complaints handled, how do they handle discipline and is there a systemic problem in the city of phoenix. here we are seeing a revitalized civil rights division under the biden justice department. i mean the division was mostly dormant in the previous administration, but these kinds of investigations were regularly opened under the obama admi

just 25% of residents of minneapolis and st.eir homes, a well below the national average, and notably because this is considered one of the most affordable metropolitan areas in the country, if you are white. 75% of white residents are homeowners. the disparity has d consequences. according to the minneapolis federal reserve, the median net worth is $211,000. for black households, that is zero. >> the way we accumulate wealth in america is largely through our homes. >> minnesota's housing commissioner. >> if you are not allowed to buy in affluent neighborhoods and given preferential pricing on your mortgage, if you bought a home and had it taken away through eminent domain to build a freeway, you have been disadvantaged over and over and over, so it will require decades of intentional work in order to bring that number up so it is on par wi white homeownership here. >> that is the aim at ppl, where she helps clients build credit and develop job and financial skills, which she says many middle-class people take for granted. >> in

the minneapolis city council approving language to be included in a november ballot measure that willers to decide whether or not to replace the police department with a new department of public safety, even as violent crime surges in the city. mayor jacob frey attempted and failed to veto language in the ballot measure saying it didn't go far enough in explaining to voters of the of their decisions, such as the removal of minimum police staffing requirements. protesters have called on lawmakers to defund the police force following the death of george floyd at the hands of convicted former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. here is what the mayor had to say about the issue on thursday. >> my position has not moved an inch. we need to root out systemic racism in our police department. we need a full on culture shift. we need additional accountability. we need to change the way we do policing so that we have safety beyond policing. but to the question as to whether i was going to defund and get rid of police, my answer was no. >> in the meantime, new york city, the nypd is grappl

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garland and minneapolis was subjected to one of the investigations after the killing of george floyd and louisville after the police killing of breonna taylor. and barbara mcquade, i understand that you in your vast experience as a prosecutor, you dealt with this in detroit when the detroit metropolitan police was investigated and how does this work? does the government send a team of investigators who embed in the police department for x-amount of months? >> yes, and the statue that was enacted after the death of rodney king, and the use of excessive force, but department-wide like you heard them describe. so the law allows the investigators from the justice department to come in and look at the documents and the body cam footage and interview police officers and maybe even community stakeholders to get a picture of what is happening there. and the next step is to go to the police leadership and say, would you like to work this out through a consent decree, and that happens. usually the evidence is clear one way or another about what is happening, and the police leadership will say,

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steve: well, let's see what happens out in minneapolis.day. janice dean is out on the streets with a fox weather forecast. hey, j.d. janice: i have some neighbors in kansas here. steve: no way. janice: what is your name. >> susan we from sebeth james is from lawrence, kansas. steve: that's i went to college. janice: that's where he went to college tell me your name. >> james. janice: can you tell me the weather today. >> it's cloudy. janice: fantastic. peter, nice to meet you. take a look at the maps and see if james is right. i think he is. it is cloudy here in new york city. you have got 70 degrees on the map. we're not going to get much higher than that unfortunately. you know, if you like the cooler air, i guess you like it. we do have some showers along the coast. we could see some stray showers across the northeast and east coast, florida. the southeast and the gulf coast. but you know what? all in all not a bad forecast today. no big weather systems to talk about. it is hot though out west where we have wildfire danger once again fo

they are also dealing with morale issues in minneapolis, and i have heard what the minneapolis policeent is going through and now the city council is considering a measure to remake the police department, possibly to -- this is a strong word, but to essentially abolish the police department and absorb those duties in a new more holistic safety agencies, and is there a structural reform to try and move forward? >> the activist in louisville, there was a call in the cities across the country where they wanted to defund the police. i don't think that happens in this case, and they wanted to defund the police but the budget has already been adopted and they wanted more money to go to the black community and minority communities out there, and that's in the budget and will happen, but i don't really think so so honestly, just listen to this. if you ask me defund the police department in louisville, and you are already not solving 65% of the homicides there, well, i would probably think that number would probably increase and go up. it won't help the situation. >> yeah, yeah, no easy soluti

the chairman of minneapolis farmer labor party is facing blowback -- an op-ed read this way. like it or not setting the third precinct on fire was a genuine revolutionary moment and act of righteousness to open new worlds of understanding. again that's a quote. he later tried to clarify those remarks or what we say clean it up. people have seized on the word righteousness as if i am the one assigning it moral value. that is not the case, the quote goes on. it is meant to convey how the protestors felt at the time. this as a judge has ordered minneapolis to hire at least 730 new police officers by next summer. even as the city says it plans to vote on a proposal to dismantle the entire police department. so again, oh my gosh, take it away but you need it. make sense of this, jason. >> there is no sense of this, right? when you listen to activists in the community you end up making really silly moves. when you have a large wing of the democratic party, the progressive movement, which has so much power right now within the party, holding these positions. he can backtrack all he

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in contrast, when unarmed george floyd died after repeatedly telling minneapolis police officer derekring george floyd. but seven years after the birth of the black lives matter, how much change has come to the nation's police departments? the "washington post" began tracking deadly police shootings in 2015 a year after michael brown's death and reported last month that officers had shot and killed more than 6,400 people since then. quote, since ferguson, departments across the country have taken steps towards reform but these efforts have been inconsistent and incomplete. most police departments still do not use body cameras. experts in criminal law and justice say there have not been the large scale policy shifts that might reduce uses of force. i am joined by a staff writer at the new york journalism school and an msnbc contributor. also aaron haines. welcome to both of you. this is a massive topic, obviously. you have both been covering this for the duration so you are conscience of the nuances and the changes that have occurred over the last seven years. give me your investigatio

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i wanted to pivot to your home state and to your city, minneapolis, where police killed george floyd,romping mass protests. local activists have gathered more than 22,000 signatures to placing measure on the ballot to vote on whether to abolish the city's police department and replace it with a new department. the city attached an explanatory note to the valette initiative that organizers say is a misleading description. they filed a lawsuit to stop the know it from being placed on the ballot initiative, saying the city is trying to influence voters with subjective language. you are one of the leaders of this community that has experienced so much trauma. can you talk about your views on this and what you think would lead to a more jus solution, not only in mneapolis, but it is certainly a model for the whole country. rep. omar: first of all in regards to the ballot measure and to the tactics of those that want to keep the status quo in place, i say to them we have dealt with that before in minnesota in regards to ballot meases and i believe this one will also be met with the same fat

carol schleif, deputy cio joining us from minneapolis.'s get you more details around the qantas numbers. we're hearing the company saying covid is likely to cost the carrier over $20 billion aussie in revenue. they say the impact figure assumes the border between victoria and new south wales reopens by december. of course we are in week nine of a hard lockdown when it comes to travel. the recovery in the domestic is this had very much been on that border being reopened. they see domestic capacity for the broader group at 53% of pre-covid in the second quarter. net debt expected to be in the target range by the end of full-year 2022. qantas also saying no job losses are expected from the border closures. we know that there furloughed more of their airport and flight staff as well, given the extended lockdown and closure of those borders. the pre-start of the international services slated for the end of 2022. but of course a lot of caveats in terms of international borders still remaining closed. just that latest line, 9400 people have now

whether that's excessive force, thats what was at issue in the minneapolis investigation.r a variety of other kinds of conduct. and we heard a lot of that laid out today in this press conference. there is the possibility of violation of first amendment rights of protesters in the black lives matter movement. there is the possibility of depravation of property in an unconstitutional way on behalf of homeless residents of the city of phoenix. so these sorts of investigations aren't meant to be oppositional to the police departments that are the subject of the investigation. no one likes to be the subject of one. but as the attorney general went out of his way to point out, doj is hoping to collaborate with city leaders here. they can offer technical assistance to help the police department and ensure that it's engaging in constitutional policing. this can be a very productive process for police departments that go through the work with the justice department. >> so speaking ofess, it's the third time garland opening this type of federal investigation since becoming attorney

along with the november ballot question on replacing the minneapolis police department.posed amendment that would replace the police with the department of public safety. senators are hoping to finish work on a bipartisan infrastructure bill in just a few hours. meanwhile, senate democrats are unveiling a $3.5 trillion tax and spend bill for domestic and environmental programs, they call it human infrastructure. here's congressional correspondent chad pergram. >> one can always unearth controversial nuggets in any bill of this size. $125 million to potentially tax people based on how far they drive and language requiring car makers to install breathalyzers. >> mechanisms on cars that will not allow them to be driven if someone is over the limit. i don't know how that works. >> the bill heaps $256 billion on the debt. but supporters say it pays for itself by improving the movement of commerce. expect 50 democrats and 18 republicans to vote yes. >> you don't see the number of conservative republicans supporting this bill that you do unless it's fiscally responsible. >> but

add a disturbing crime in minneapolis, he wanted illegal immigrant from cuba beheaded his girlfriendd daylight. these just her coincidence of money, as violent crime is rising across the country. check this out, 33% increase in shootings in atlanta, 44% in los angeles, and where the defund police movement is causing mass police resignationn portland. >> this is the reality. we've seen it in the last year or so with the -- it is not a spike in violent crime, it is a tsunami of violent crime. >> and here in d.c., after a recent wave of shootings and violent carjackings that gained national attention, the democratic mayor asked for about $11 million to quickly hire and train new police officers. the city council only agreed to half. shannon? >> shannon: so, lauren, breaking tonight, we've got some new information coming in on some other grounds and things you are covering for us. what is the latest on your second story? >> yeah, we are talking about these texas democrats who kind of have been holed up here in d.c. the governor of texas, greg abbott, has called for a new special session

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front of it and what i tell chiefs all the time, i spoke with the chief in phoenix, louisville, minneapolisabout what they can do to get in front of it to build the systems of accountability that they would otherwise get in a consent decree that they can do on their own without a consent decree. i admonished chiefs and judges and executives to build accountability that informs them about what is happening in a department and when it does happen, what needs to be does about it and what needs to be done when people fail to act. accountability through recruiting, hiring, training, policy building, all of those things are very important to make sure that departments are not just performing, but are well run, well-managed, well disciplined, and transparent. >> i got it. that is all the time we have. thank you, commissioner michael harrison, for speaking with me this morning. commissioner harrison: thank you for having me. >> thank you for joining us. you can always head to washingtonpostlive.com to register

funny comedian who kicks off her "deal with it" tour september 16th at the pantages theatre in minneapolisou're from california but you now are spending time living in new york as well. how you are finding new york >> i am. you know, i miss my car a lot. i'm used to driving -- like, i miss crying in a car that i'm driving. >> seth: sure. >> like, here can you do it, but you're like, "oh, my god, i'm not in control of my life, or even this vehicle. it's very triggering but yeah, my boyfriend lives in new york and is, like, born and raised in manhattan, which i consider low-key child abuse, but -- [ light laughter ] he's like, "if i have kids, we have to raise them here. and i was like, "i'm going to love my children." [ laughter ] but i've learned that, like, when you are single and you're looking for somebody, like you need to make a list of all the things you want in a partner, right? because if you forget to put something on there, the universe is like, "well, technically, you didn't say, so we didn't bring you that." and because he grew up in new york, he cannot drive. didn't even know

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. >> reporter: minneapolis resident turned activist lisa kelly said she was gripped by the movement and. what types of emotions surfaced for you at that time? >> for me i just kind of shut down completely. i'd go to these protests almost robotically and then go home and wrap myself in a blanket and cry myself to sleep. so when the boards started to show up around the twin cities and we would drive down a major street and see all of these incredible murals that spoke so clearly and profoundly to the emotions i wasn't able to express i just knew that something had to happen. >> reporter: rather than watch the murals fade away kelly was on a mission to preserve the plywood, nearly 900 of them now part of an evolving exhibit through memorialize the movement founded by kelly and a team of volunteers. some people might say this is just plywood. why preserve it? >> it is not just plywood and it's not even just art. it's recorded history. >> reporter: in cities across the country, discarded plywood is seeing a second life. in chicago boards of change salvaged the signs to create registration bo

while making normal people's lives more dangerous, she should speak to the women in chicago and minneapolisnd los angeles and oakland, san francisco where it's dangerous to walk outside of your home where your children are in danger, those are the people that have somewhere to be, those of the people that live there in equal danger and how dare she dismiss them as not as important to her, not as important people in general, it's unacceptable and i think were gonna hear about that in the elections but this arrogance and superiority, enough is enough. , very briefly a lot of moderate democrats and there are still some saying this defunded the police really hurt them in the election they lost them in the house there was a backlash and somehow as we talked about earlier the far left people seem to drive the narrative, why are the moderate democrats pushing back against this. >> a lot of it has to do with their not listening to their own constituents, i don't know how many moderate democrats there are in elected office but when you go into the country talk to regular people and regular voters an

they were in minneapolis and phoenix i believe. the problem with that was the fbi at that time was not structured the way it is today. the leader of the fbi who came in a week before 9/11, bob mueller changed the structure of the fbi to what it is today. before then, there was not a practice of the field stations, that is how the fbi is organized in cities. the field stations do not have the automatic process of sending reports like that into washington. many people in washington or unaware -- were unaware this was happening. there is only one case where i can remember where it was made aware, that is one of the -- there is only one case i can remember where it was made aware. the government worked as a whole to correct after 9/11 was the free movement of information in the intelligence channels. so that everyone is able to see everything in real time and judge its significance. host: lynn, and afghan -- an afghan veteran. caller: how you doing? host: good. t wait for your service. -- thank you for your service. caller: this is a s

they're also dealing with morale issues in indianapolis, i've heard stories about what the minneapolispolice department is going through and now this city council is considering a measure, to remake the police department, possibly, and this is a strong word, to abolish the police department and absorb those duties into a new more holistic public safety agency. is there any conversation in louisville, about deeper structural reform? to try to move forward? >> the activists in louisville, there was a call across the country, where they wanted to defund the police. i don't really think that happens in this case. because they want they were trying to do is defund the police, but then the budget has already been adopted. they wanted more money to go into the black community, the minority communities out there. so that is one of the things that's in the budget that is going to happen. but i don't really think so. and then honestly, just listen to this. if you actually defund the police department in louisville, and you already not solving 65% of the homicides there, i would probably think th

and checking today's high temperatures, 91 degrees today in minneapolis. around 80s around the great lakes and cooling off in the rockies, 65 degrees in salt lake city. 90 in miami, 92 in new orleans. >>> coming up, a broadcaster suspended for his comments about a japanese baseball player. that player is now speaking out. >>> also ahead, r. kelly in court for his sex abuse trial. what prosecutors revealed about his marriage to the late singer, aaliyah. >>> and the former officer we're at our best when we stand together. that's when we make the impossible possible. that's what stand up to cancer has done. because you stood up. because of you, survivors are out there. we're making the impossible... possible. we're committed to making every cancer patient... a survivor. this is the moment we double our efforts. together... we stand up to cancer. tune in saturday august 21st at 8/7 central >>> we're back with r. kelly sexual abuse trial getting under way. prosecutors labeled the singer a predator. who lured young girls with his fame. and shed more light on his

saturday august 21st at 8/7 central >>> back now with the small plane crash caught on camera near minneapolis. all three people on board were killed when the plane went down over the weekend. no disstress calls before the crash. >> transit officials in atlanta investigating why this bus driver failed to stop after being hit by a car that hit a red light. the bus dragged the car down the street for a quarter mile. the woman driving the car was hospitalized. >> family dollar store in nebraska forced to shut down after all employees walked off the job. the workers left a sign saying we all quit. sorry for the inconvenience. they said they were over worked and under paid. the store are opened yesterday after pulling workers from another location. and just last month the entire staff at a nearby burger king quit. leaving behind a similar sign. a new report shows there were 10 million job openings across the country in june. exceeding the 8 million americans looking for work. >> we turn to the colorado man charged with killing his wife. new evidence released in the case including a so called spy pe

big cheers from fans of the minneapolis airport today as olympic medal gymnast suni lee and grace arrived back home and the olympians also took some time for autographs and a hug from some of the fans and they took a lot of selfies. both gymnast say they had an incredible time in tokyo and are extremely proud of their entire team. >>> heart stopping moments at a subway station and how a good's american jumped into save a man in a wheelchair. >>> when it comes to the pandemic the delta variant poses a huge danger to the unvaccinated what if you got all your shots only to end up infected? >> i think there are probably more breakth >>> amazing new video showing a heroic save underground in new york city with a man in a wheelchair somehow falling onto the subway tracks. some quick thinking commuters rushed over and one man jumped onto the tracks to help while another lifted him to the platform and all of this about 10 seconds before train rolled into the station. >> one man jumped right into action and he didn't think twice whether he would go on those tracks and i am like people need to see