of insurrection in this country as applying it to ojanuary 6th? you know, you just brought up a great point. you know, we have had our top government officials from the defense secretary, secretary of homeland security, joe biden himself our justice department. every agency so fixated on a 4 or 5 hour disturbance at the capitol on january 6th obviously they took their eye off the wall over things that are really important that really matter. when you are too busy trying to convince americans that the biggest threat are domestic violence extremist which is code for trump supporters. while you are letting go what s happening in afghanistan, letting a real insurrection happen, letting legitimate terrorists take over a country, and thwart over throw a government, you know, the two contrasts i think democrats are going to have a hard time now trying to convince americans that a furry organic sham monday who took selfies in the capitol
deportation cases with long standing ties to the u.s. and no criminal background. it was used to reduce immigration court backlogs. we will discuss both of these dorsey with dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen at 7:30 eastern. you don t want to miss that ed, over to you. ed: told national police week with the heart warming story of 8-year-old girl from louisiana who is making a big difference by going from state to state with a very simple mission. hug a police officer this week thee visited the great lakes states including ohio where she visited cincinnati. and today she hits her 30th state with officers from hammond, indiana. so joining us live is 8-year-old police hugger rosiland baldwin joined my ham monday police chief. good morning, all. good morning. good morning. good morning. ed: roselyn, what a wonderful thing to do. what made you say you wanted to hug a police officer in every state. god.
it is a terrifying experience. always terrifying when you take a moment and think back at what may have been. of course we do know the death toll there has risen to 44. vafa anderson, we appreciate you being on the line to give your perspective of where you were a mile or so away from the blast. frightening scenes there out of china. we want to update you on other stories we are following. in south carolina the u.s. justice department opened a civil rights investigation in to a fatal officer-involved shooting. this time it involved the killing of a white teenager. zachary hammond was killed last month a restaurant parking lot. police say the officer fired if self defense as hammond drove his car toward him. his family said the shooting was unjustified and a violation of his civil rights. ham monday s mother also questions the integrity of the police. listen to this. i just don t feel the seneca
19-year-old zachary ham monday say their son did not have to die. july 26th, 2015. he is on a date with a 23-year-old tori morton who is the target of a drug sting when they pull into a hardees parking lot, police are waiting. ham monday was driving attempted to strike an officer with his vehicle during the attempted arrest. he was shot twice. he dies at the scene. it s a horrible situation. you get put into a predictment, you know the potential is there. his officer is a victim too. a victim of attempted murder. that s what the police chief said. i have a hard time believing it when my son is no longer here. that he s the victim. the hammonds say police have not given them answers so they went looking for their own. an independent autopsy shows they conducted their son was shot from behind and at close range.
and his ability to push off of the car, lieutenant tiller would have easily been run over by mr. ham monday. books hammond. friday a vintage jill was held. the south carolina law enforcement division is investigating the incident and are still collecting evidence. they have dashcam video and are not releasing it at this time. when it comes to police involved shootings, more officers have been using body cameras in the united states in the wake of criticism over these shootings and now one of those cameras is telling the story how an officer in north carolina prevented what could have been a deadly encounter with a suicidal man. we have this story. reporter: officer jamie hard yp hanses a call in roanoke rapids from a suicidal man.