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NATIONWIDE TURMOIL

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NATIONWIDE TURMOIL
NATIONWIDE TURMOIL

Nearly two dozen senators have signed onto a bill being introduced today that would ban certain policies by police

The country is out of control.

Demonstrations are growing - along with concern about president trump calling active duty troops to control them.

("fox news sunday') super burned in (sot: mayor muriel bowser/ (d) washington d.c.) "what we saw last week was basically an invasion of our city."

The attorney general tells cbs troops were called, but not used.

("cbs face the nation") super burned in (sot: william barr/ attorney general) "the president never asked or suggested that we needed to deploy regular troops."

"i'm happy that we were able to avoid it on this occasion."

Homeland security says the problem is who's joining.

("abc this week") super burned in (sot: chad wolf/ acting homeland security secretary) "violent protestors infiltrating and hijacking those protests that are becoming very violent."

But the presence of troops to clear a peaceful protest near the white house has more former military leaders speaking out: ("fox news sunday') super burned in (sot: admiral mike mullen/ u.s. navy, retired) "our military should never be called to fight our own people as enemies of the state."

Republican colin powell announcing he'll vote for joe biden instead of president trump.

("cnn state of the union") super burned in (sot: colin powell/ fmr. secretary of state) "he lies.

He lies about things and he gets away with it because people will not hold him accountable."

Two congressional staffers were hurt in protests in dc and new york - ("msnbc-kasie dc") super burned in (sot: rep.

Ro khanna/ (d) california) "so, you can just imagine what this means for ordinary citizens who are out there."

For lawmakers, bringing the problem... close

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