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Partners to the department of justice that said we will give people stiffer penalties and then u.s. attorney jesse luoma with d.c. mayor muriel bowser looking to curb violence that would move a gun violence cases to local d.c. superior court to federal court. but now the current u.s. attorney channing phillips has the program under review, concerned about his future. carl racing wants to reportedly keep the cases in local courts jurisdiction's arguing in some cases it disproportionately affects african-americans. >> i find that unacceptable as an excuse. the black community is already dispropo...

Accessible and public landmark in washington into an impenetrable fortress all for a rally this saturday that organizers concede might not even draw 1,000 people. >> the official number we put down is 700. >> the intense security posture is the by product of the very event these protesters are coming to washington for. january 6th insurrection. something security officials did not see coming and were unprepared to handle. they promised capital hill leadership that this time things will be different. >> just brief him about the demonstration that's scheduled for september 18th, just the intelli...

You don't have the speech by the former president to draw people here, and this rally is permitted, it will be on the west side of the capitol complex. those are mitigating factors in what might happen here next saturday. capitol police are taking no chances. >> garrett, their constitutional right to do what, beat police officers over the head with flag poles, break windows, try to climb into the senate chamber, constitutional right to do what? >> reporter: in this case, their constitutional right to come and hold a protest, to have speakers outside the capitol. they'll be doing so under the w...

Training, and shoot don't shoot possibilities. and she said -- the acting police chief said she wants the capitol police to start thinking of itself as a intelligence-based protective agency. this is important because there have been squabbling between local d.c. police and the fbi and capitol police about who knew what and whether intelligence was flagged to them quick enough. there will be a committee investigating all of this, how did this happen and what kind of security failures around here prevented the police forces that left several head and more than 100 injured. >> i do want to talk

1991, the m-1 abrams rolled down the streets of d.c., to mark an end to the gulf war. president trump originally wanted a similar scene, that will not happen, they will be stationary. the cost, the white house has not made it available but reports that the national park service will allocate $2.5 million used for parks to cover this event. the fireworks, $750,000 donated by a local company according to the department of interior. the president tweeted, quote, the cost of our great salute to america tomorrow will be very little compared to what it is worth. not everyone agrees with that tweet. ...