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His colleagues, senator manchin's colleagues, are deeply frustrated this morning. and into the evening last night, arguing they want to ceman chin have to vote on the floor of the u.s. senate. and just a few minutes ago we got a new dear colleagues letter from majority leader chuck schumer saying that is indeed his plan else going to have a vote on build back better on the floor of the u.s. senate so that everyone can see where every single senator stands on that piece of legislation. that of course is going to be tough for senator manchin, even though he said he is not going to get there on t...

Brooklyn center police officers discovered wright had an outstanding warrant for a misdemeanor weapons violation. when the officer potter was training tried to arrest wright, he struggled to get back in the car, and potter fired. >> i shot him! oh, my god. >> reporter: prosecutors arguing potter acted recklessly and negligently regardless of her intent, pressing her about her training in taser use. whether she should have known the difference between her taser, holstered on her left, and her gun, holstered on her right. >> we weren't always drawing our tasers from our holsters. a lot of times ...

Clothes during training. >> the policy you are required to abide by and you signed off on says you cross draws. >> during training. >> it includes the reason? >> yes. >> so you reduce the possibility of accidentally drawing and firing a firearm. right? >> yes. >> and -- we can take that down. part of the reason for that is weapons confusion. >> yes. >> and that was known in the field and has been known for a number of years. true? >> i guess. >> you were trained on it. right? >> we talked about it. >> it was part of your power poirchts. correct? >> yes. >> you were made aware during power poib...

With the syrian government really took the idea of making this drug and industrialized it, took it to a much larger scale than we had seen before. the other issue that concerns not only is it as a drug but is as a significant source of income for a regime that, you know, many western governments have tried to shut the tap off on to try to get some kind of political change. so this has really provided ber shar la, many of his cronies, with sanction-proof income. >> and many say this new drug trade is large enough that's essentially allowing them, the syrian government, not feel the effects of s...

But as a significant source of income for a regime that, you know, many western governments have tried to shut the tap off on to try to get some kind of political change. this has provided bashar al assad and many of his cronies, with sanction-proof income. >> and many say this new drug trade is large enough that's essentially allowing them, the syrian government, not feel the effects of sanctions as much. this is kind of a sanctions-busting strategy. >> well, i think it's a sanctions-busting strategy in terms of income for individuals. i should say first we don't have great visibility into ho...