the supervision of torney general.t of the department of justice. his work concluded when he sent his report to the attorney general, at that point, it was my baby. supervision of the attorney and i was making a decision as to whether or not to make it public. i effectively overrode the regulations, used discretion to lean as faforward as i could to make that public, and it was my decision how and when to make it public, not bob mueller's. >> thank you for being our attorney general. >> tnk you, mr. chairman. jane: mr. barr is scheduled to appear again tomorrow in front of the house judiciary committee, but lawmakers really want to hear from robert mueller. that could happen later thisnt moyo but anne who thinks even his testimony could settle the issue oimay once again be disaed. for more on mr. br's testimony, i spoke earlier with jonathan turley, law professor at george washington university and the bbc's legal analyst. how damaging is this split between robert mueller and the attorney general william barr? jonathan

torney will be senhinced t afternoon on arsonand several other charges. >>> a d.c. anc commissioner is clarying comments that he made owout d.c. police folling a troubling video. >> the police union accusing him of teatening police officers. this all stems from this cell phone video showing a combative exchange between several men and police in southeast washington. the officer here slapped the phone out of a man's hands and pushed him away. police arrested four men a charged them with assaulting a police officer. now after the incident, lorenz greensted a series of tweets. one said, i'm telling you right now, d.c., th will be a hot summer, and one of your beloved d.c. police officers will get hurt. green says it was not a threat. >> speaking truth. i'm trying to warn them and let them know what is going to happen this summer if they do not change the manner that they've been policing in this citli >> the po union released a statement saying, quote, this veiled threat mocking fallen officers and made at a time when homicides are spiking could not be more reckless. t

torney was a m probationber of the glenview fire station until his arrest. >>> a d.c.ommissioner is clrifying comments he made d.c. police following a troubling video. >> the police union is accusing him of threatening police officers.fr this stems om this cell phone video showing a combative exchange between seval men and police in southeast d.c. the officer slapped the phone out of the man's hands for pushed him away. four n were charged with assaulting a police officer. after theincident, lorenzo green, the anc, posted tweets. one said, "i'm telling you right now, d.c., this wilbe a hot summer. and one of your beloved d.c. police officers will get hurt. "green says it was not a threat. >> speaking truth. i'm trying to warn them and let them know what is going to happen this summer if they do not change the matter of how they're policing the city. the union said, "this veiledet from mocking officersnd made at a time when homicides are spiking could not be more dangerous. >>> new developments after a local police officer was caught on camera using the "n" word. the po

torney was a probationary member of the glendale vonteer fire association until his arrest. >>> it's 5:05. a d.c. anc commissioner is clarifying mments he made about d.c. police following a troubling video. >> the union is accusing him of threatening police officers. this f stemsrom this video showing a combative exchange between men and officers in northeast. the officer slapped a man's phobe out of his -- phone out of his hands and pushed him a way. they were charged with assaulting a police officer. after that incident, lorenzo roup posted tweets, one said, "i'm telling yought now, d.c., this will be a hot summer and one of your beloved d.c. hurt." officers will get green said it was not a threat. >> speaking truth. i'm trying to warn them and let them know what is going to happen this summer if they do not change the manner that they've beenng polic in this city. >> the police union released a statement saying, quote, this veiled threat mocking fallen officers and made at a time when homicides are spiking could no bemore reckless. the statement also calls on green to step down as

innocence project spent five years disproving eye witness accounts that he was the shooter in ooting torneynal step of formally dropping the original charges. >> unreal. yes. it is all unreal. i could not believe it. i even asked the officer, i said, is that it? he said up. you know, it was a shocker for me >> mr. cabo says he will consider seeking compensation from the state but for now he just wants to spend time with his family. >>> hurricane season is about to begin in a few days but communities along florida's panhandle are still recovering from last fall. much of the destruction from last october's storm still has not been cleaned up. hurricane michael hit the u.s. as a category 5 hurricane. some communities plan to take a different approach this coming season. >> instead of complacent, to say what are we going to do? we are not sure, i think they will say get the bags backed, set them by the door, we will be ready to go by the drop of a hat. >> some communities are working to develop a long term plan including moving power lines underground. >>> our time is 4:17. organizers of this s

. >> i think the state's torney's office did a really good job in bringing forward these cases but the justice system did not take the cases seriously. >> repter: nearly a dozen legal analysts say during the three-year span reviewed by the i-team dui cases were handleden differtly in prince george's county than other parts of the state. where cases init circ court were managed by one judge who ran what's known as a rocket docket. a system operated to move cases faster. atrneys tell us it was known for dispensing lighter sentences in the name of speed. >> does that surprise you? >> doesn't surprise me at all, no. we don't s jail offenses for drunk drivers. and that's concerning. >> reporter: madd says whahe i-team found the county is too lenient on drunk ivers. >> they're walking out with a slap on the hand and going out and reoffending. >> reporter: the maryland court system acknowledges it's been using a unique systemne with o judge pushing them through. they said the judge recently eft the bench for unrelated reasons and now all 24 judges in the circuit court system can hear and rule

torney general william barr says he has no objection. barr faces a deadline tomorrow to give house democrats the unredacted mueller repoou. >> tgh talk and rising tensions tonight beten the u.s. and iran. the u.s. is deploying the uss abriham lincoln carer strike group and bomber task force to the u.s. central command region. national security adviser ambassador john bolton is putting iran on notice. bolton says any attacku. on interests or the interests of our allies will be met with, quote, unrelentingforce. end quote. >>> new tonight, an outbreak of deadly violence this weekend in israel. the israeli militarye said mor than 400 rockets have been launched from gaza into israel but the leader of hamas says they are, quote, notnterested in a new war with isra. explosions have lit up the guy. there are mounting deaths on both sides here. mage to israeli and palestinian homes, extensive. israel launched air strikes fray after two israeli soldiers were wounded by sniper fire along the gaza border. the violence escalated saturday when dozens

he ate it while the hearing ws going on and later repfeffered to the -- referred to the torney general as chicken barr. it was a gag that did not sit well with republicans. >> what this rely boils down is theater. some of it almost to the level of comedy. you telle whether or not the chair of that committee is actually serious about this subject when you've got a guy eating fried chicken in place of where they wanted attorney general barr to be. there guy didn't even have good enough sense to have bo ja jang chicken. >> what is happening? >> the wheels are coming ofte >> afr the hearing, cohen said barr was appointed to be president trump' fixer and did it while holding the chicken. >>> the democratic pool of presidential hopefuls grows each bigger. colorado senator michael bennett has announced flooethe's runing. he graduated from yale and clinton the administration. he planned to enter the race last month but was delayed becse he was diagflowsed with prostate cancer. in mid-april he had surgery. no additional treatment is needed. bennett is the 21st democratic candidate to enter the

bottom line is we spent $35 million investigating the president, the conclusion was there was no torney general in their crosshairs.>> we have the attorney generalref give us the information were looking for and the information we're well within our rights to ask for. >> reporter: democrats have decided to hold off on a judiciary committee resolution holding attorney general barr in contempt. nadler is holding off on the boat to give administration officials the time they need to comply with subpoenas that have already political activities.>>> barbara lee repeated her call today that attorney general barr resign, we made those remarks earlier today on mornings onto. >> he should resign, i was one of the first to say he should resign. he's acting at the presidents personal attorney and he is not acting on behalf of the people of the united states. i have the mueller report and i have read quite a bit of it and let me tell you so much of it trumpet ministration is lawless and the house should move aggressively and holding the attorney general in contempt.>>> the relationship between the u

. >> reporter: in a civil suit okloma's torney general accuses johnson & johnson of misleading doctors by downplaying the risks of opioids while touting the benefits, for years.th e company fighting back, arguing its products made up a small percentage of the opioid market and were sold according to fda guidelines. >> we talk about opioids as if they're all the same, and i assure you they are not. >> reporter: in court today, emily walden. her son died of an overdose in 2012. dishe is now a lea activist in the fight against opioid addiction and drug makers. >> they need to pay billionsdollars for the damage that they have done in every single state. and then we need criminal charges. we need prison time for these executives. >> reporte tr:he lawsuit named multiple companies, but in march, purdue, the n,makers of oxyconti settled, paying $270 million while denying any wrongdoing. teva pharmaceuticals did the same jt two days ago, paying $85 million. this case is one of a mountain of pending claims, around 2,000, filed across the country suing drug makers and distributors. what happens i

studio gangster, dictator, misled congress, pay to play, obstruction of justice, at so-called torneyeneral. this is not good for our country. >> i want to read something michelle goldberg wrote. were trump to be re-elected after such a, reckoni basically surviving a trial after impeachment, he might be further unleashed. it would leave demedrats humiliy their excessive caution. >> i think that the real challenge right now for the democrats, whether they do investigations or whether they move toward an inqui inquiry, they have to present a story to the american people that they understand what behavior is and how it reflects upon the constitution. one of the things lincoln said is that with public sentiment, nothing can fail. without it, nothing can succeed. what we don't have yet -- we have a scatter shot, what you were talking about, of things against mr. trump. nl unless we understand the origins, not just that he is asking for, what is mueller going to say, why w people indicted, why were people so sensitive about russia, where is begin, middle and end? people understand a story.

a we're asking torney general to obey the law andel produce the mur report and the supporting documentation. >> desjardins: at the white house, hard pushbacke t the commitd chairman nadler. >> the attorney general is protecting information, grand jury information, confidential information that he cannot release. the fact that the chairman knows that and continues to ignore it is absolutely absurd. >> desjardins: charging contempt of congress is a power lawmakers ve held since the 1700s, but it is rarely used against members of the executive branch, and even more rarely against the attorney general. there was a sense of the stakes on both sides. >> i think people should recognize this is a deadly serious moment our democracy is being tested. the rule of law in our basic institutions that have made our democracy the envy of the wo td are beinted. >> our democr >> our democratic colleagues seem to be on a mission. they're determined to destroy attorney general barr, or at least discredit him in the eyes of the american people. >> desjardins: the vote reflected the sentiments-- a party line spl

informally known in the legal system as a rocket docket, a system orated to ve cases faster,at and torneys tell us it was known for dispensing lighter sentences in the name of speed. does that surprise you? >> doesn'turprise me at all, no. we don't see jail offenses for drunk drivers and that's concerning. >> porter: madd's lisa sticknow says what the county found that they e too lenient. >> they are walking out without even a slap on the hand going out and reoffending. >> reporter: the state court system says it's been using a unique system for duis with one judge pushing them through but they say the syst has just changed. the judge recently left for unrelated reasons and now all 24 court judges in tri dist court system can hear and rule on dui. as for cynthia jones, she hopes the courtesy tim's proposed changes will stiffen dui penalties. >> it's a disaster in waiting for anyone who drives on 210 and a lot of people avoid it.r: >> reporte and she prays she won't have to hear of another family dealing with the loss. >> she was oe heart and joy our family. >> reporter: taken away on this

again, congressman collins, this news that the torney general will not now testify before the judiciarymittee, what does that say to you? >> it says to me exactly whatrn the at general has said all week, that this is not -- he is not going to participate in democratic stunt in which they were trying to appear as if they're tryingpeo do iachment hearings when the reality is it's an oversight hearing. he's made it clear. what we saw was the chairman and the majority sabotage their own aring and took away the rights of the democrats and republicans to be able to question bill barr as the senate was able to to today in a have been orerly fashion. >> woodruff: what would you want to hear? did you hve questions for the attorney general head come back beforettom? >> i do. i would ask how did he come to isions. also did he have any conversations with robert mueller on howthis got started because we see the results of russian meddling but we got an understanding from the investigations we've had on what othetrs actuallyrted so how did you get information on the dossier and things likehat. we cou

is it the torneys? is it the judge? >> atstate'srney who prosecutes this ce, and all dui cases and a number ofegal analysts including the ar association all point the systngerge's countyg sayint is george's c in the state, they used byl we investigated pushed all ses d menu, defense attorney with. and helped to doge and avoid getting jail time. they cled it a rocket docket, the court ses moved cases in prince goved quickly likeot other deer onhighway. indian head and we found nobasle driving dra indce county, indi highway goes into charles coun . over the same set of months, several people who were arrested for dui crash or not went to jail. >> there has to be changes and we do know there are more speed cameras, calls for -- promises from local officials to step up enforhement. are t going to be changes in the way the cases are prosecuted? >> yes, state's attorney now prosecuting prince george's says therior state's attorney and sheoth handle the cases seriously. just pointed the finger, blamed for it. the judge -- the

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