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decision on whether to appoint a special master to review documents seized during the fbi search at mar-a-lago. this hearing comes after president trumps lawyers responded to the d.o.j. damning filing on tuesday. >> in their response, trumps lawyers pressed their argument that an independent review is needed. despite the justice department saying it had already filtered out any privileged documents. trumps lawyers acknowledge that classified material was found at mar-a-lago. but say th...

This problem, as well. you visited the area during the flooding. the first question, is there relief in sight? >> this has been a long-term problem and permanent relief will take a while. we need to realize theres a flooding problem going on for decades. and theres a water and sewer problem, that has also been a problem. this city has been under an emergency order for two years. this is the tenth year under a descent decree of water and sewer -- about the sewerage treatment system. its been a lo...

Saw with that nighttime parade last week. the implications, of course, are wider so there is fresh urgency for president biden s mackey fr you. we have more breaking news coming into the newsroom and these are developments out of the department of justice with a new announcement related to new rules for federal police reform watchdogs essentially. let me bring in julia ainsley to break down what were learning. good morning. >> good morning, halle. let me explain the watchdogs and who they are....

Systemic mismanagement that goes back to 1993. the first secretary of state that got them on a descent decree which allowed a monitor in there. he presented these fundings to our office and the state election board. they put that information out to the press. he also met with if fulton county election board, which is three democrats, two republicans and they made the decision to fire rick bar ron. he got bumped out to the county commissioner, which is a 4-3 democrat republican county and reinsta...

Know that this administration is willing to cheat. this administration is willing to do whatever they can in order to suppress the peoples voice, and so i appreciate you having this -- you know, this moment so that we can talk about this. this is hugely concerning because its coming from many angles. its coming from the court issue. its coming from the descent decree being changed, consent decree being changed. its coming from legislation thats been changed over the course of the last eight year...

Military picked up in the aftermath of the 9/11. theyre still being held with no trial. its so odd that we have to hold guantanamo offshore in another country. they want that kind of indefinite detention capability for immigrant families and kids who may have committed no crimes whatsoever. theres a legally binding descent decree that requires the federal government to not hold kids more than 20 days. the trump administration has been breaking that order frequently. as well as other conditions i...

Proposed by the trump administration, theyll be held indefinitely. at the pleasure of the trump administration, with no rules any more about how long theyre allowed to hold even little kids who are held alone and apart from their families. its kind of like guantanamo where 18 years after 9/11, were still today holding people the military picked up in the aftermath of the 9/11. theyre still being held with no trial. its so odd that we have to hold guantanamo offshore in another country. they want...

Academy some trainees were looking at training videos that were two decades old. they also said that -- doj officials said police officers had shot and tasered suspects really for no good reason at all. now, the obama administration has opened about 25 investigations over the last several years. and with the administration winding down, they are now trying to wrap some of those up, including those in baltimore where attorney general loretta lynch was there yesterday talking about the descent dec...

>> it is undeniable that donald trump is appealing to white supremacists, to racists in this country. he clearly understands the buttons hes pushing. when he descended on that elevator he attacked mexicans, calling them racist, calling them rapists, calling them killers. he told black folks a year ago, what the hell do you have to go? when jeff sessions targeting affirmative action when you see them basically wanting to use private prisons again. when you look at them trying to pull back on a de...

You have a number of instances where officers were not trained properly, there was no accountability. many of the things alleged by people in minority communities now in this major review from the department of justice? >> yeah, i dont think theres anything in the report thats going to be a shock to the citizens of chicago or people that have been following this for the last few years or even decades. i think whats interesting is its a city which has made stride the last several months towards r...