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It's not just baltimore. the jeff sessions justice department has ordered a review of federal agreements with dozens of law enforcement agencies including consent decrees with police departments in 14 different cities. these agreements are designed d pattern and practice on discrimination and civil rights and constitutional violations. that's what the attorney general wants to slow down or stop. it's an example of the tange inl impacts the trump administration is having despite its hapless legislative record on signature items like health care. the true impacts of this new administration, next...

If three just three balk at the idea, the change would not have enough to pass the gorsuch nomination could be blocked. >> stand by, because this will tell us everything we need to know about how this congress can work together forward police reforms could be in jeopardy, jeff sessions ordering review of troubled departments. he wants to make sure they don't conflict with the president's goal of safety and fighting violent crime. investigations into law enforcement agencies is enforcing 14 consent decrees. >> the white house kills off a series of obama era privacy rules. president trump did it...

Deign there is no doubt that some these police departments did need some reforms and maybe the thought or the threat or the possibility of federal involvement was the encouragement they needed to move forward. what are your thoughts? >> they did. i think we should be clear about what these consent decrees are. if there is only an individual in the police department a bad actor and just that individual, that's a separate case. that's not when the city enters into a dissent decree with the department of justice. it only happens when there is a practice or pattern of unconstitutional behavior, su...

Departments around the country. the attorney general put out a memo essentially telling the justice department that it wants a comprehensive review of, among other things, the consent decrees that the justice department has entered into with a number of cities around the country including baltimore most recently, which had so much unrest due to allegation of police use of excessive force. so the justice department now saying they want a comprehensive review of the reform activities. we actually have part of that memo for you in a grarveg. misdeeds of actors should not impugn or undermine work ...

Obama's administration negotiated with different cities. what is the trump administration trying to do with these? >> of course, these consent decrees, these agreements are essentially binding interactions between the federal government and the local police department. it's when the federal government comes in and conducts an investigation as we remember in chicago and ferguson and it concludes that the local police are violating the civil rights of the residents. now, it forces the residents into the cities into binding agreements overseen by a federal minder or judge, requiring certain refor...