Lawmakers grill D.C. mayor over crime
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser took questions from lawmakers on Capitol Hill about crime in the nation's capital and President Trump's federal intervention. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser took questions from lawmakers on Capitol Hill about crime in the nation's capital and President Trump's federal intervention. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is testifying on Capitol Hill as focus remains on crime in the nation's capital. This comes as legislators approach a potential government shutdown if a new funding bill is not passed. CBS News' Nikole Killion reports.
D.C.'s Mayor Muriel Bowser, Council Chair Phil Mendelson and Attorney General Brian Schwalb appeared before a House committee to testify about the district's crime policies. Gregory Jackson, Jr., the former deputy director of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, also spoke at the hearing. Watch their opening statements.
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President Trump said that he is deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and that the federal government has taken control of the D.C. police.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke to reporters Monday after President Trump announced he is deploying National Guard members to the city in an effort to crack down on crime.
President Trump is hinting at further federal police action in D.C., teasing a press conference on Monday aimed at "ending the Crime, Murder, and Death."
Officials on Thursday provided an update on the shooting outside of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers Wednesday night.
Authorities provided an update on the shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy employees outside of the Capital Jewish Museum near an FBI office on Wednesday night. Police said the suspect, Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, was arrested by museum security and chanted, "free, free Palestine," while in custody.
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