mr. o'donnell is with us. early 80's as a prosecutor in the queens' da office and now as a lecturer at john jay college of criminal justice. welcome to washington journal, welcome back. guest: thank you, good morning. now talking about the safer america plan that he unveiled, some of which eat -- we knew ahead of time, the elements of his crime reduction and gun violence reduction plan and the key parts are $14 billion for training and 100 dish -- additional officers. $20 billion over five years, $1.7 billion for more agents, and also to emphasize to congress the passage of legislation pushing for universal background checks and assault weapons bands, some of which the elements have been passed. we will start with the comments from president biden yesterday and his proposal, what are your thoughts? caller: -- guest: the important issue with the policing and more important to the money is that he is saying that police and will not be defunded, the institution has to be defended and i believe mayors and public o

mr. o'donnell comes on i try to make it a point to call. the reason for that is that mr. nnell seems to be unconditionally in -- on the side of the police, even when things are not on the up and up. we are talking about an industry where i agree with you mr. o'donnell, it is a dying industry, an industry that has failed to evolve and there are a bunch of services rolled into police work that could be disaggregated. will -- while i do not agree with your view on cameras, i do agree that police officers are killing people at a rate of three people per day in the united states. for whatever reason, you can call them minorities or criminals, it does not matter, we are funding our own deaths and it is playing the lottery except that you do not have to enter. what part of policing can we fix and make evolve in a way that is prosocial for humans and people because there seems to be a lack of humanity in modern day policing and when someone is killed it is almost like we need to circle the wagons for the police officer. so, mr. o'donnell, tell me something you would like to change

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o'donnell: cbs's nancy cordes reports on the wave of gun violence. the breaking news about mikhail gorbachev, the consequential world leader who took down the iron curtain. >> mrgorbachev, tear down this wall. >> o'donnell: as demand for new homes remains high, there is a labor shortage to build them. cbs's nancy chen on the women filling the void. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. a humanitarian crisis is unfolding here in america, as a state of emergency is declared in jackson, mississippi. the governor warning the capital's nearly 200,000 residents to not drink the water. the national guard has been called in to help get bottled water to those in need. and, it's not just drinking water. low-water pressure means people are unable to shower or flush their toilets. the problems at the water treatment plant came after days of heavy rains, resulted in a swollen pearl river. and tonight, one of the most alarming parts of this story, schools are now impacted, and officials say they don't know how long the

mr. trump's florida home. kelly o'donnell now with the latest. >> reporter: tonight visiting the iowa state fair mike pence defended law enforcement amid an angry fallout over the mar-a-lago search. >> we can demand that they reveal why the search warrant was executed against the residence of a former president of the united states without demeaning the rank and file of men and women of the fbi. and i'm going to continue to be a voice for that. >> reporter: pence did not answer questions about criticism of the fbi coming from former president trump who blasted these accusations tonight. the atrocities being perpetrated by the fbi and doj, they have no shame. they are destroying our country. mr. trump's allies have repeatedly dangled a possible video release to show what happened inside the estate during the search. a trump attorney says that should be made public. >> i would love for the country to see what i saw from those cameras. >> reporter: but today a department of justice official told me they urge those with access to

mr. biden has spoken out against what he calls maga extremism, lester. >> kelly o'donnell, thank you. >>> also tonight we're tracking severe weather. 9 million under severe thunderstorm watches in the midwest powerful winds with gusts up to nearly 60 miles an hour in chicago and heavy rains caused widespread flooding in mississippi. but it appears the worst fears have been avoided. meteorologist dylan dreyer is here dylan, what are you watching >> lester, we're keeping an eye on that flooding because still the water is overflowing the banks of especially the pearl river in jackson. even though we've seen some sunshine today, we've still been seeing a lot of images of flooding like this, where we do have still the possibility of flooding as the water overflows the banks. it takes a while, the ground is very saturated, for that water to soak back into the ground. we are looking at any more rain to cause more flooding, unfortunately, as we go into tomorrow although farther north, that's the area where we do have a better chance of heavier downpours tonight. we've had reports of 60-mile-per-h

nbc's kelly o'donnell is tracking that story. >> mr.'s allies have repeatedly dangled a possible video release, to show what happened inside the estate during the search. a trump attorney says that should be made public. >> i would love for the country to see what i saw from those cameras. >> but today, a department of justice official told me, they urge those with access to video taken during the mar-a-lago search to use caution. the video is provided, and it obscures the faces, and identifying information of law enforcement personnel. >> we are gonna see if we ever see any of that surveillance video released. but meanwhile, we are now in a holding pattern on that affidavit. if we end up getting it, and the whole thing is basically blacked out, luke, what was the point of doing it, to begin with? >> yeah, that is a fair point. you know, i've seen these affidavits released in the past and other public corruption cases, and they almost never looked good for the person whose home got searched. i mean, there is usually pretty damning alleg

mr. trump's florida home the uproar is in the eye of a legal storm raging all around the former president tonight we begin our reporting with kelly o'donnell. >> reporter: tonight unraveling secrets behind the mar-a-lago search a tight circle of former trump white house officials with direct knowledge of how the former president handled classified materials are among those interviewed by the fbi according to "the new york times. including white house counsel pat cipollone, deputy counsel patrick philbin named in this letter as his representatives to the national archives. also interviewed, derek lyons who as staff secretary managed all documents that reached the president. witness testimony remains confidential as a new clash pitts former president trump against the department of justice. thursday in florida a federal magistrate will consider unsealing more documents the former president used social media to render his judgment in the interest of transparency, i call for the immediate release of the completely unredacted affidavit. federal prosecutors signaled they are open to releasing some materials but not the affidavit that explains pr

kelly o'donnel starts us off from washington >> reporter: deposition day in new york for former president donald trump. >> how do you feel, mr. trump? how do you feel? >> reporter: but today, his blunt, brash words saved for a press release, as he refused to answer questions from the new york attorney general's office, part of a long-running civil investigation of the trump family business practices i decline to answer questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the united states constitution a right he is free to assert >> fifth amendment, fifth amendment, fifth amendment. horrible, horrible >> reporter: but one he's repeatedly mocked. >> see the mob take the fifth. if you're innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? >> reporter: a trump lawyer in the room says the former president did read a statement calling the inquiry the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country and accused attorney general letitia james of quote opening campaigning on a policy of destroying me at an april campaign event, james touted her case. >> we sued the mos powerful individual in the country to hold h

mr. president, i just want you to know you allowed and by so many and so much i'm one of them i tried i didn't dare bother you again, but i got kenny o'donnell over you to give you a message if you ever saw you to give to you about my letter that was waiting for me last night first thing you you get some things to learn one of them is that you don't bother me you really strength, but i wasn't gonna send you in one more letter. i was just send me anything. you just come over and put your arm around. that's all you do when you haven't got anything else do let's take a walk. let's walk around the backyard just let me tell you how much you mean to all of us and how we can carry on if you give us a little space. you know what i want to say to you about that. no, how rare a letter is an impressions and writing. do you know that i've got more and your handwriting that i do in jack now and for you to write thing today, you know your tape announcement and everything. i want you just know this that i told my mother a long time ago when everybody else gave up about my election in 48. yeah, my mother and my wife and my sisters and you females are courag