>> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america i'm john siegenthaler. a tense situation in baltimore tonight, a state of emergency is ordered, fires continue to burn in the city, looting continues as well. comes after a day of violence following the funeral of freddy gray an african american who died in police custody.

police cars set on fire, 15 officers injured stores looted, buildings burned. thousands of police are converging on baltimore. here is what governor larry hogan had to say. >> the national guard represents the last resort in order to restore order. look, people have the right to protest and depress their frustration. but baltimore city families deserve peace and safety in their communities. and these acts of violence and destruction of property cannot and will not be tolerated. >> that was the governor, earlier the mayor of baltimore stephanie blake described some of the protesters as thugs. >> i'm a life-long resident of baltimore. too many people have spent generations building up this city.

for it to be destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for. tearing down businesses, tearing down and destroying property. things that we know will impact our community for years. we're deploying every resource possible to gain control of this situation and to ensure peace moving forward. i've been in contact with our governor, and he has agreed -- and i requested and he has agreed to deploy the national guard as soon as they are available. they will be immediately dploid.

we havedeployed. we have order he a curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. >> adam may, what is the situation tonight? >> reporter: john, the situation continues to unfold in baltimore. this all started with peaceful protests over freddy gray. this has devolved and the violence in this city there are at least a handful of fires burning in various locations around the city, cars have been set on fire, looting does continue at some locations some of that has now stopped butter there are a number of businesses here, more than a half dozen small pockets across the city have been looted, including a cvs, a large shopping mall not

far from where we're standing right now a few blocks up that way, reports where people got in that mall, the mall was shut down because of concerns of violence, people went in there and began grabbing things off of shelves. there have been a number of injuries here, more than a dozen police officers hurt, in these altercations some of them suffered broken bones they had bottles and rocks thrown at them. riots and some have been arrested we don't have new numbers from baltimore city police department yet as to how many people have been taken into custody. for the most part, just a short time ago i walked down to the center of where some of where the rioting and looting has been taking place north avenue a large contingency of police was there, shields up up, and

buildings with windows smashed out and fires john. >> this large fire that's been burning all night there's some confusion as to whether or not it's related to these protests. have you heard anything? >> reporter: there is confusion about that fire. here's when we know for certain. the fire is on the other side of town from where this looting and rioting has been taking place. so you can imagine that raised alarm bells right away. people were fearful that perhaps the rioting was spilling over into east baltimore where we're here in west baltimore. it is a high rise that is under construction. it was set to be housing for urban disadvantaged senior citizens in conjunction with a church. the original reports said it is related to the riots new reports say it is not related regardless of that, when you have fire trucks zooming up and down the street here trying to

help crowd control and the officers, it is stressing the system here. at some point there were looters, i'm not going to call them protesters, but these people were looting. the firefighters were trying to put out the cvs and they started cutting up the fire hose john. >> helen hunt is a councilwoman. tell us what you know about what's going on tonight? >> what i know about is that it's unrest like i've never seen or can remember in my more than 50 years in baltimore. it's very disturbing. i think that this is a reflection of disenfranchised people. who want the attention. so having the national media shine the spotlight on a tragic

incident in baltimore and yes a tragic incident but not the first of its kind. just the one within a series of those sweeping the country. that put the national spotlight on baltimore. and so these individuals who have chosen to be disrespectful who have chosen to destroy the very city that they live in, disgrace us all. i understand their outrage and their outrage and their frustration. violence is not the answer. >> what has it done to the city, and what impacted the looting and the fires and the are cars set on fire? what does that do to this city? >> it is disheartening. it is an emotional disturbingly emotional impact, economic

impact. there are people who have jobs in this city who now have no place to go to work. until those win. >> we talked to the governor earlier, he suggested that he finally got a call late today from the mayor regarding the national guard and how to proceed with security and law enforcement here. was there some sort of lack of communication between the governor and the mayor of the city of baltimore? >> i'm not in a position to answer that question. that is something for the mayor and the governor to resolve. the fact is that there was a call made and the state has now stepped in with the national guard. >> should they have stepped in sooner? >> you know, i think that the situation should have been addressed sooner than what it was. what was the right solution, i don't know.

but what i do know is that, you know i'm disturbed by the fact that schools will be closed tomorrow. that just as there will be more children with nothing to do and parents have to go to work to figure out what they do with their children that are out of school for a day. all i can say is that this is a time for our city to come together. that we really need to be in prayer and focus on the unit of ournunity ofour city. yes we have some challenges and i don't know what city doesn't. and yes we have got to find common ground to resolve them. but it speaks to an issue that we can no longer keep swept under the rug as if it doesn't exist. >> councilwoman, thank you for being on the program. >> thank you. >> patricia wines a

councilwoman in the city of ferguson missouri. we talked to patricia during the violence in ferguson. give me your reaction to what you're seeing tonight patricia. >> i feel like i was going through deja vu, seeing the images on the television, i felt like i stepped through every single emotion in the city of baltimore. my heart goes out to every person who lives in that city, to the elected officials who are dealing with the situation. watching the police officers try ofigure out what to do. i mean for everybody involved in this my heart is really going out to them. but certainly though not to be forgotten the family of freddy gray and those who are fighting to get answers about what happened is just surreal to watch it all over again. >> all right you say those who are fighting to get answers. it is one thing to fight to get answers. it is another thing to loot

businesses to burn down buildings to throw rocks and injure serials injure police officers. >> absolutely. and i think there is no question asked. >> is there another way? >> i think we can't even argue that point. there's a line that gets crossed, when you are peacefully protesting. these are the exact same issues we went through here. you are peacefully protesting and when something like this erupts but it stems from generations of a community dealing with police violence. so there is a fine line. but by no means should anybody confuse protesting with what's going on right now. >> right. but the people who are hurt most by what had happened in the last ten hours in baltimore are the people who live there. the african americans who own businesses who have jobs, who can't -- who their kids can't go

to school tomorrow. i mean -- >> correct. >> i mean, what is -- what is it that those protesters who committed those violent acts don't get? >> well the protesters who committed violent acts they are no longer protesters. when you cross a line you are criminals. that same community that was dealing with now they don't have businesses, they feel unsafe, that's the exact same community that's dealing with the police violence that was there before this happened, and is still going to be there tomorrow when thisthis happens. so this is a point in time when we found out in ferguson, this is when community needs to step up and step in. i saw many instances on the television where people stepped up and said, hey man don't do that put that down. when schools closed in ferguson, the library opened its doors and took children in. there were neighbors who kept

their children. that is what is going to be needed in baltimore to move forward and to deal with there situation. >> where does ferguson stand? what's the reaction from people in ferguson tonight to seeing what they ski on tv? >> -- what they see on tv? i had a mix reaction, people said i can't watch it, turn it off. they're in tears crying, reliving ferguson all over again. this looks all too familiar and my latter is just going out to everybody who lived there and who are involved in this. because here in ferguson we're starting to get buildings being demolished the quick trip you know is finally come down. the infamous quick trip that was set on fire that night is starting to come down. we are in a phase in ferguson where we're starting to deal with the development or at least bringing down -- >> rebuilding? >> yeah, yeah, bringing down

some of the infrastructure that stood for so long just burnt. so we are moving into another phase in delwood and in ferguson. >> patricia vines it's great to have you on the program. thank you for sharing your point of view, we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> jason downs is the attorney for the freddy gray family i asked him what the family thought of the violence. >> the family is not condoning violence. actually the family explicitly requested that there be no violence. fredericka gray, the twin sister of freddy gray, specifically asked there be no violence. they know that violence will not help violence will only lead to more violence. they request that there be no violence. they appreciate the support they appreciate the protesters, but the difference between the

protesters and the rioters they are not asking for rioting looting, they are asking for peaceful protests. >> obviously the protesters didn't listen to the gray family. why not? >> well, this is a community that is frankly fed up. and rioting is specifically, it is the voice of the unheard or it is the language of the unheard as dr. king famously said. and right now you have a group of people that feel marginalized. feel like their voices are not being heard. so they feel like this is the only way that their voices can be heard. and while we're placing this into context we certainly don't condone the violence but we have to place it in the context. this is happening in a community where historically their voices haven't been heard. so this is a result of decades and decades of treatment of unfair treatment on the part of the police department. >> i don't want to wear this question out but you have an african american mayor. all of those people at the press

conference are african american in leadership positions in the city of baltimore. they were elected by the people of baltimore who are majority african americans. so why aren't their voices being heard? >> well, if you look at the police department, if you look at historically the fact that in has been millions and millions of dollars in the last few years that have been paid out to victims of police brutality obviously their voices have not been heard and now is the time for the leadership to step up. now is the time that the leadership make sure the community voices are being heard. what they could do in this situation is release information as to how freddy gray's spinal cord was severed. that's what the community wants to know. instead of having talking points after talking points, the community just want answers. mr. gray's family just want answers. they're not interested in making a political statement. they want to know what happened

to their loved one. anything the state of maryland can do to get to the bottom of how freddy freddy gray's spinal cord was severed they would welcome home welcome that. >> would the national guard help? >> the national guard would quell the rioters but the national guard isn't going to get to what happened to freddy gray's spinal cord. >> loretta lynch was sworn in as attorney general. she released this statement: we have more on the story from mike viqueria. >> in ours since being sworn in as attorney general loretta lynch faces her first major challenge as it unfolds the

chaos on the streets of baltimore. we did learn that the president called to check up on her first day on the job but soon became a briefing on what the justice department is doing in baltimore. wanting to see and waiting to see, discussing what more they can do to defuse the situation there. as for president obama he spoke with the mayor of baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake. asking what assistance the federal government could provide. valerie jerrett. larry hogan the governor, said the national guard has been called up. valerie rawlings is -- stephanie

rawlings blake mayor spoke with the governor. back to you. >> nepal earthquake, relief has been slow to come. com they were on saturday as well. but the reason, that this is happening is the protestors are to be believed and the leading

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story of the day the catastrophic earthquake in nepal. survivors face more hardship living in fear of powerful aftershocks. the threat of food and water shortages as well. side by side, the living and the dead. one picture captures the hope and horror in nepal as rescuers reach a man trapped next to the body of his friend. unfolding across the country unimaginable destruction. more than 4,000 perished. thousands more injured. this hospital in kathmandu doctors treating people in the street. >> aid amputations whole limb amputations. >> the fear of aftershocks is driving thousands of people out of doors where there's limb protection from the elements. >> because of the sequence of the after-quakes most of the

people there is a are very afraid of getting into their houses so they are living in this open area. >> the international community is helping in search and rescue operations but there is fear that they won't gain access to area where access is limited. >> communities living closer to the epicenter where we can expect very high percentages of buildings would have been damaged or destroyed. >> historic sites were also obliterated. debar square, a unesco world heritage site, lies in ruins. a tower built in the 19th century collapsed trapping dozens of people. still more challenges ahead. >> the next 72 hours is critical. there's issues to do with water as well, as there's heavy

rainfall that can lead to the subterranean structures in some of these buildings becoming flooded. we also have risk of spread of disease et cetera over the coming weeks. >> a natural catastrophe with fears it will turn into a humanitarian disaster. >> the u.s. military is assisting with the effort. c-17 cargo plane loading up for the journey from joint base charleston, south carolina. an earlier flight brought supplies, journalists and a team of firefighters to the disaster zone. nepal is located in a zone that's prone to earthquakes. for a look now at the science of earthquakes. here is jake ward jake our science and technology editor jacob ward. >> the world in which you and i know is made up of a floating

one. tectonic plates bump together all the time. it is these certain places that we see big earthquakes. the indian plate years ago came crashing into the eurasian plate. they are moving in the same direction. here is the thing that crash is still ongoing. that fender bender created the himalayas and why this earthquake took place. the epicenter in kathmandu used to be the highest tower darahara tower engineers made it of weather resistant concrete but that tower has actually fallen over in an earthquake before, and rebuilt in the exact same way and now it has fallen again killing by some reports dozens of people.

unfortunately much of kathmandu isn't built any stronger than that tower was. in the west, concrete is held in place by bars of steel. that is called reinforce ed concrete. but often in nepal they stack brick without reinforcement. now here is the same building on an earthquake simulator made of reinforced concrete, it jumps around a lot but survives the shaking. and the thing is that kind of unreinforced construction is everywhere around the world. in one study it was found that 60% of the buildings in new delhi will fall. there was a 7 much 6 in kashmir

in 2005 that killed 80,000 people. these are huge numbers and it's because of the buildings. this is why this is happening. these are not big cities. we have never had a major earthquake in a major indian city never in deli mumbai or calcutta, as far as we know. it is not the earth that kills us in a quake, it is homes that we have built for ourselves. >> that is jake ward reporting. landslides have blocked roads leading out of kathmandu. valerie amos is relief coordinator for united nations. relief is on the way but she says it can take days. >> whenever you see disaster on this scale, there are people that we are not able to reach as quickly as we should. the local communities will try to help each either. there are places where we will

not be able to get aid perhaps before the end of the week and people will be in a very difficult situation and the first people that they will criticize will be their own government. we are working to ensure that we support the quoft as much as we government as much as we can that we identify where those needs are that we try to get to those outlying areas. but it will take time. it will take time. >> amos says in addition to human tairntshumanitarian relief, united nations is committed to helping those in inpal. inpal. encouraging this, and, she, i nepal. saw, up close, with her, and she left the funeral, she was surrounded by 3, 4, 5 bodyguards and looked frightened, as local

>> welcome back, i'm john siegenthaler. we're following breaking news out of baltimore where a violent day is turned into a tense night. throughout the afternoon even into the evening, more than 2 dozen people were arrested, 15 officers were