>> it was horrible, i worked in new york city, by order, he prohibited new york city police department from telling us when an illegal alien, who was a felon, i was going to charge in federal case, when he was being released from rikers island, i would try to get a detain or rikers island, and say once he is released from state custody we have federal process paperwork, they would release them, that grew out from that sanctuary city policy, we dealt with it before, we had new york city telling us, they were not going to tell us, they would release the guy, he was illegal, a felon, they would release him without notifying us they did. david: by the way. >> they are violent gang members. david: by time he ended career as mayor of new york we had over 2000 murders a year in new york, we now have less than -- 400 that tur400turned when mayor gud them around about after dicken, bobby chacon. >> thank you. david: coming up, democrats in disarray, will party's infighting present th prevent te wave. stay with us. i joined the army after 911, cuz, um, i thought that was what i needed to do. we

on a day as a test coming up and a lot of people signed up for the test and then the new york city police department closed the file and like fourteen days before the end it was supposed to be to the end of january and they close they close it at like january fourteenth fifteenth so now you've got all of these my no restraint in that they could file up to january thirty first and they closed it so that's the number that's another way or trick to not get people to apply and they say hey we only got this small segment and that's not true because people are going out to churches speaking community based organizations church schools trying to recruit young men and women so tell me something how rampant east is discrimination inside the police force i mean i think you know what public with your story about going from drug dealing to becoming an officer there were attempts to reduce your pension. for a climate that. they try to save me for a crime i was in part of the crime we talk about that ok so when a cop was murdered. so discrimination is there so when i look at female we say that you know the minori

right now i'm standing in new york city and there are more members under arms in the new york city police departmentof the sovereign ‘s entrance to windsor castle where the president is having tea with the queen, how will display with his base supporters watching this back at home? i think the images that have come out of all of president trumps foreign visits weather with the chinese leaders, the japanese leader, he's played his base very well. when you see an american president meeting with the queen who has met the last seven or eight us presidents, i think it dispels some of that negative stereotyping that democrats like to use that president trump is incapable of being presidential. the protests are as presidential. the protests are as presidential as one can be. president bush was protested heavily, president reagan of course, even heavily, president reagan of course, even president clinton in 199a after having been a protest to himself in 1969. thank you. we are joined by our royal correspondent. i think just over half an hour. yes, it's as minutes since they

the new york city police department handles a wide range of situations.women and she is also the only female counter-sniper in the ny p.d. we recently met up with her and her team for an exercise at the top of the brooklyn bridge. from 100 yards away, she fires her remington 724 rifle, consistently hitting her target. >> how good are you? >> i would say i'm pretty good. >> i heard you say it's like a big boy's play groound you wanted to play in it. >> yeah. the challenge was to be able to do all the things the guys are doing is something in't wanted to. do i did feel i had to prove myself as other women and men do too. >> reporter: the men and women of the emergency services unit endure rigorous training to respond to everything from search and rescues to has mat situations and terrorist attacks. >> when i tried out for the team, i was very intimidated, but i said, you know, go out there and do the best you can, and i did, and i remember getting a phone call from one of the other guys that i work with, and he said, listen, for what it's worth, you did wel

august two thousand and thirteen a federal judge in new york issued a landmark ruling judge sheindlin ruled that the new york city police department violated its citizens fourth amendment rights to be free of unreasonable search and seizure she also ruled that the police department stop and frisk practices were racially discriminatory in january of two thousand and fourteen the city of new york dropped its appeal and agreed to work. with a court appointed monitor to reform its procedures wow ah. it's a big big we saw so excited of even though the case is dismissed you know. if you say i just came out of jail and the like three years because this took so long that you know the punishment itself it was like doing time. i am very hopeful for the future i think new york city is going through a period of change and i think very exciting period of change i think there's a lot of opportunity but i think we need to be vigilant if this system is going to have meaning for people it has to pay attention to people and hopefully are headed in that direction. whenever i see something that has happened in the news my first reaction is to please

but only now, four years later, has the new york city police department finally decided to take disciplinaryainst the officers involved. after a seemingly stalled investigation by the department of justice the decision follows a press conference this week where i joined eric garner's mother to demand justice for her son's brutal killing and to urge the nypd to move forward after they had announced they would do so. now, joining me is eugene o'donnell, a professor at john jay college of criminal justice and brittany packnett, a member of former president obama's 21st century police task force and also an activist i admire. let me start with you, eugene. four years later, we waited to see if the justice department would move, they wouldn't. the family said months ago if not years the police should go forward and now they have extra dieted and said they'll start immediately. but this is representative of the justice department and police accountability nationwide when this attorney general, jeff sessions, came in. he immediately stopped the review of miss in many cities. he dealt with baltimore

tribute to black lives matter at a concert -- >> i ran the largest and best police department in the world, the new york city police department, and i saved more black lives than any of those people you saw onstage. >> reporter: whatever is behind this bizarre transformation, it seems to be just what donald trump wants. >> vote for donald trump for a safer america and for an america headed in a different direction. greatness! >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> for more on rudy's transformation, i want to bring in cnn chief political correspondent dana bash. dana, how different is rudy giuliani now from the person who was the mayor of new york, you know, who prosecuted the mob? >> well, his persona couldn't be any more different, right? i mean he was, as randi was saying, america's mayor. he was "time" person of the year. he was beloved by the most liberal of democrats in new york city and around the country and the most conservative of republicans. and since he joined the trump world, politically speaking, it's been very different. but i think we've become more used to seeing rudy giuliani in the sor

august two thousand and thirteen a federal judge in new york issued a landmark ruling judge sheindlin ruled that the new york city police department violated its citizens fourth amendment rights to be free of unreasonable search and seizure she also ruled that the police department stop and frisk practices were racially discriminatory in january of two thousand and fourteen the city of new york dropped its appeal and agreed to work. with a court appointed monitor to reform its procedures wow ah man he. is a big big b. still excited even though the case is dismissed you know. if you say i just came out of jail and the like to use because this took so long you know all the punishment itself it was like doing time. i am very hopeful for the future i think new york city is going through a period of change and i think very exciting period of change i think there's a lot of opportunity but i think we need to be vigilant if this system is going to have meaning for people it has to pay attention to people and hopefully are headed in that direction. was. whenever i see something that has happened in the news my first reaction is to please

canada's armed forces appear to be smaller than the new york city police department. but theure peaians ask defense against whom? the soviet union was a huge bacsinszky in the cold war when the mighty red army had 55,000 tanks pointed west. today russia's land and naval power has evaporated. russia has perhaps 5,500 main battle tanks in active service and a similar number in storage a far cry from its armored juggernaut of the cold war. more important, russia's military budget for 2018 was only $61 billion. actually down 17% from last year. russia is facing hard economic times. russia has slipped to fourth place in military spending after the u.s., china, and saudi arabia. the u.s. and its wealthy allies account for 2/3 of world military spending. in fact, the u.s. total military budget including for nuclear weapons and foreign wars is about $1 trillion, 50% of total u.s. government discretionary spending. in addition, russia must defend a vast territory from the baltic to the pacific. the u.s. is north gnat -- fortunate in having mexico and canada as neighbors. russi

august two thousand and thirteen a federal judge in new york issued a landmark ruling judge sheindlin ruled that the new york city police department violated its citizens fourth amendment rights to be free of unreasonable search and seizure she also ruled that the police department stop and frisk practices were racially discriminatory in january of two thousand and fourteen the city of new york dropped its appeal and agreed to work. with a court appointed monitor to reform its procedures wow ah man he. is a big big. silex knight it even though the case is dismissed you know. if you say i just came out of jail in a likely is because this took so long that you know all the punishment itself it was like doing time. i am very hopeful for the future i think new york city is going through a period of change and i think very exciting period of change i think there's a lot of opportunity but i think we need to be vigilant if the system is going to have meaning for people it has to pay attention to people and hopefully are headed in that direction. was. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of other lives other stories. providing a glimpse

i was leaving last night to watch the fireworks in new york city and i saw the new york city police departmentstreets and i just thought, they are not with their families. they are out protecting us and just really grateful to everybody who's watching. dagen: we all are. thank you, mortgage. fbi agent peter could be a no-show to testify next week about as anti-trump text messages alleged bias within the agency. hillary clinton and the donald trump campaign. plus, talk about a bad day at the office. carlos gomez couldn't get any hits on the field, but the dugout watercooler got a run for their money. you have to see it. straight ahead. use back deuce back more and more people are finding themselves in a chevy for the first time. now you can too during the chevy 4th of july sales event. now through july 9, get 10 to 20 percent below msrp on your favorite chevy models when you finance with gm financial. that's over ten thousand dollars on this silverado ltz. this 4th of july, discover why chevy is the most awarded and fastest growing brand the last four years overall. find new roads at your local

new york city rolling out buses of counselors to keep the peace. wouldn't an easier solution be letting the police do their jobs? new york city police departmentup next on that. plus, this democratic socialist running for congress wants to raise taxes. buff that wasn't her position when she was running a business. the hypocrisy exposed coming up next. ♪ ng nexium 24hr to treat her frequent heartburn, lucy could only imagine enjoying a slice of pizza. now it's as easy as pie. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? for all-day, all-night protection. this wi-fi is fast. i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. abby: back with quick headlines for you. president trump could be on the guest les when mexico's new leader takes office. president-elect obrador expected to invite president trump and justin tr

speaking of serving, there are a lot of people who are here in tend dance today from new york city police departmente is a manhunt intensifying for accused cop killer who is now apparently on the run in hawaii. brian: it marks the sixth officer shot in the u.s. this week. ainsley: todd piro joins us live with more on the latest attack on our men and women in blue. todd? reporter: steve, ainsley, brian, even paradise is not prepared for the assault on those who keep us save with a hawaii county officer shot dead and a manhunt for his killer intensifying overnight. >> this was an not just an officer, a father, a son and a husband. put a face to the name. reporter: authorities say officers were conducting a traffic stop tuesday newt when the driver, 33-year-old got out an fired multiple shots. officer bronson kilawhua was shot in the leg and died at the hospital. he was honored officer of the month in april 2014. leaves behind a wife and three small children. the anybody by offered a 10,000-dollars reward for leading to information to the convicted felon in killing. a man accused of killing an officer

white new york city police officer wrestled him to the ground and applied a fatal said "id while garner cannot breathe" 11 times. the officer continues to work for the new york police department and garner's mother is demanding justice. >> all of those officers that day, they need to stand accountable for what they did to my son. they killed him. he was unarmed. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. under a barrage of bipartisan criticism, president trump said tuesday he misspoke in the news conference in helsinki after his summit with russian president vladimimir putin. this was trump's original statement about alleged russian interference in the 2016 election. pres. trump: people came to me. dan coats could to me and some others. they said they think it is russia. , he justesident putin said it is not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. amy: that was trump speaking monday in helsinki alongside russian president vladimir putin. but t tuesday after news anchor, lawmakers, and members of the intelligence community decried his comments as treasonous, trump said he'd

she contacted jane manning in new york city who flew down here to have a meeting with the d.a. gascon, with the police department, to push for reform. wasn't able to go anywhere. she said san francisco is among the worst cities in dealing with rape and sexual assaults. >> supervisor cohen: what is the best city? >> supervisor: i don't know. i didn't ask her that. we started talking to different organizations and i started talking to countless women and you will see 50 women's stories about how they have been treated in pedestrian and we have a serious problem here and the systems that deal with this issue. that i believe's not because we have gotten better at dealing with the system. they don't have enough staff and women are waiting four hours in the women are waiting to see a doctor, but they are finally em boldened to come out and speak out against being sexually assaulted. we need to step up to take this epidemic crime seriously and treat it with the seriousness that it deserves. >> supervisor cohen: let me ask you -- and we are here in the budget committee and just deliberating about budgets and numbers. so

hundred new york city average more than six murders a day today we've driven that down to less than one murder a day but the policy ignited controversy and scandal and put the police department on the defensive protesters agree aggressive policing has reduced violent crime but they complain it has also brought an increase in police brutality. the majority of these stop and frisks occurred in high crime neighborhoods including certain precincts in the bronx. on the ground ok for those pieces in september two thousand and eleven michael torres was stopped by the police on the way to a job interview. so tell me what happened yeah like i was saying i was coming down fordo solis one ninety seven and they kind of turned a corner there this way and as soon as they saw me the right informed we they came from both ends of the call. they show me their bad. and i hope you and he's a you know a police officer i asked why did they stop and he just said oh we just saw you walking too fast and we saw that suspicious he said come here and they grabbed me bag me over here though me against the wall and the pockets made me take my snake is well thought somebody who. should not pass so check m

. >> being a police officer especially here in the city of new york, it's a very tasking endeavor but as a departmentt there, helps them relieve stress and one way in which we do that is through our nypd sports teams. we have more than 23 teams ranging some of them who are represented with us from dragon boat, our running club, hockey and the whole idea is to if you find something you love to do even as a kid, maybe you like to play soccer, maybe you like to play basketball, we have an option for you to just get active. >> i love that. find a way to sweat and stay healthy. and then officer counihan, you'll show us some moves but it all became popular with your instagram. tell us what it is, i love the name. >> so my instagram is doughnuts here. i felt it was time to put those words into action. >> you'll start showing us. >> i'll start showing people what to do. >> everyone at home can watch. you will give us your first move. >> it'll be squat jumps so you're going to get down and jump up and back down into the squat position. >> how many of these do you do. >> you do it for 30 seconds, 30 second, bu

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