live pictures from chicago, from new york, here in washington and from atlanta. the demonstrations continuing our special coverage will continue right now with erin burnett "outfront." erin burnett starts right now. "outfront" tonight, breaking news, protesters gathering around the united states as police gear up for a second night of demonstrations over the chokehold death of eric garner. my guest tonight, his mother. and what happened to garner after he was wrestled to the ground, did they help him or administer the right care? we have that video now. and another police officer under fire where a white officer shot and killed a black person. word that the officer might not have even benefit for duty. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. and "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, major

demonstrations, protesters gathering in mass in new york city and across the nation for a second round of protests in the wake of grand jury decision in new york not to indict white police officer daniel pantaleo in the death of eric garner. the number of protesters is growing in many locations, apr this, the largest city in the country and protesters in major cities around the nation, boston, chicago, and washington, d.c. this, as a new york judge released information from the garner grand jury. this came in respond to a petition for public disclosure. and frankly it was basically just a series of numbers of how many people testified? it revealed pretty much nothing about the grand jury proceedings. the garner family is upset about that. we will speak to his mother in one moment. but first the reporters are here on the scene at the protests. ethan jones is live and lori

siegal is in times square and we begin with brooke baldwin in downtown new york. what is the mood and how many are gathering where you are? >> it is -- it has grown in number, erin. i would definitely estimate, i'm surrounded 360 degrees by hundreds and hundreds of people. let me tell you what has happened right now. so we have gone from the heart of where city government is here in downtown manhattan and we started walking past the police headquarters and everyone was headed toward the brooklyn bridge. we got right here which is where you would begin walk ago cross the brooklyn bridge and on the other side of the massive crowds, no one is moving because the police are not allowing these people to cross the bridge. i'm standing up here on my tiptoes to try to see.

i see dozens and dozens of new york police officers standing over there, not allowing them to cross. so these kinds of things like we saw last night in the city and like we are experiencing live is all very organic. there are different people within these crowds telling people which way to go and which way to meet and what to chant and what to say. and so far everyone has stopped for the moment, regrouping. but in talking to a bunch of people out here, they are out here -- we saw a number of cardboard coffins that passed by in the street. you see the signs right now. but i counted at least 10 different cardboard coffins with different names. we were reading that some of the mothers from other young men who had been shot by police officers would be here tonight. we've been talking so much recently in the news about eric garner and michael brown. there are so many other names, including shawn belle who was shot and killed eight years ago last week. his mother is supposed to be here. so we're going to continue walking and make sure you continue to check back in with

us. but the people, when you talk to them, they chant no justice, no peace and they are frustrated with the police department and they call it discriminatory killings and they say enough is enough tonight, erin. >> brooke baldwin, thank you very much. and we are going back to brooke as the crowds gather where she is on the eastern side of manhattan. we also want to go to washington, d.c. where athena jones are and people are there, and you are marching along with a crowd. how many are there with you, athena? >> reporter: hi, erin. we're talking about hundreds of protesters. this is much active than last night. they started near the justice department and went over by the white house and where the chas tree was being lit a couple of hours ago and then down 14th street and they blocked a bridge, a main artery. the police made two announcements warning them to

get off the bridge saying they were endangering the lives of d.c. residents by blocking traffic. and you can hear them chanting, black lives matter. and michael brown, emit till, how many black people will you kill. no justice, no peace. and they are talking about racial profiling. everyone here has a story to tell and they are coming out because they believe that shutting things down is going to get attention and it will help them get what they want -- make a change. >> athena, thank you very much. and we'll be watching what is happening with athena. and also in chicago and many places around new york city, fair to describe from our reporters, they are bigger than last night and much more organized, many more people that are part of this, growing from what we saw yesterday. there are questions about what officer daniel pantaleo told the grand jury and whether it fits with the video of the death.

daniel pantaleo said he never meant to harm the 43-year-old but did the evidence tell a different story. here is what we know right now from jean casarez. >> we know the grand jury hearing the case sat for nine weeks and heard nine witnesses and presented 50 exhibits. what is presented we won't know because it is secret. but one has to be this video showing officers confronting the 350 pound man. >> don't touch me. don't touch me. >> reporter: is it important for the grand jury, as the original state of mind? >> it tells us a little bit about what the officers were confronting because they can see exactly what kind of agitated state mr. garner was in. >> reporter: the tension is high almost from the moment officers approach garner. it shortly becomes physical: officer daniel pantaleo's attorney said his client was

simply attempting to make a arrest and telling "the new york times" he wanted to get across to the grand jury that it was never his intention to injure or hurt anyone. >> intent can be inferred from watching his actions and the officer would have to explain away that picture. >> and we now know the grand jury saw four videos. >> different angles will tell us different things about the advantage point or where force was being applied. >> reporter: and then the chokehold. his attorney said the officer told the grand jury it was never supposed to be a chokehold but the medical examiner confirmed the chokehold and pressure to his chest contributed to the 43-year-old's death. >> the problem with these holds is that even if you start off not intending to cut off the air supply, a suspect can turn right into it very easily and cut off their own air supply. and that is why these holds have been considered incredibly dangerous and many police departments have banned them.

>> here is where the autopsy report becomes paramount of importance. there is, as i understand this, evidence of hemorrhage and my assumption now is that we're talking hemorrhage in the strap muscles which would occur in the type of chokehold which cuts off the circulation to the brain. >> reporter: garner also had health problems that may have been a factor, including asthma, obesity and hyper tensive cardiovascular disease. his last words were a rallying cry. his attorney said he acknowledged saying he heard garner say "i can't breathe." and tried to disengage as quickly as he could. but the officer was helping other officers keep garner down and the medical examiner ruled the death of eric garner, a homicide, death at the hands of

another. the grand jury just couldn't single out that person as officer daniel pantaleo. >> and of the 50 witnesses, 50% of them were civilian witnesses, the rest were police, emergency medical and doctors. and we also know the jury was instructed on the applicable law when it comes to force in pursuit of an arrest. erin. >> jean casarez, thank you very much. in front now is eric garner's mother gwen carr. i appreciate you being here. and i know the past day and the past months have been completely exhausting for you and horrible in so many ways. you have had about 24 hours since the grand jury decision. have you been able to make any sense of it, do you accept it? >> i cannot believe that they came back and didn't come back with proorn a -- come back with probable cause to send this case to

trial. it was devastating to me. i couldn't even answer a phone call after i heard the decision. and i just wonder, as i've been saying all day and all yesterday, what video were they watching? because obviously it wasn't the one that the whole world was watching. >> which i know is, as his mother, you never chose to watch it in full and certainly i know -- i'm glad you have not. jonathan, we understand now what the district attorney said, first of all, he said, look, i'm committed to a fair, full investigation and that is what he said and gwen talked about the video he never saw and he went through the police officer and the emt's and we didn't get

what was said just what is on the screen here. do you believe the d.a. did a fair job? >> i don't believe they did a fair job. and one clear example is he immunized all of the police officers other than daniel pantaleo at the beginning so all of them could testify without fear of criminal prosecution and you have to ask yourself why did he do that when they were all suspects. because it wasn't just one officer, it was the group of officers. >> gwen, officer daniel pantaleo has spoken since this verdict and he released a statement. it said my family and i include him -- talking about your son -- and i hope they will accept my personal condolences for their loss. have you had time to think about the apology and do you accept the apology and is that something you want to hear from him? >> i would not accept that

apology on the strength of he gave no consideration to my son when he was choking him and my son was begging for his life. that was the time for an apol y apology. he should have got up off of him and let him breathe. that is at apology that i would have wanted. then i would have still had my son, he might have been incampus ta -- income pass tated but i would have had him. >> and he said he tried to get off your son, his words -- as quick as he could. when you hear that what, do you think? >> you know, hearing that -- you know, i wonder if that man should ever be an officer at all. he has no regards for human life if this is the way he treats suspects.

>> what do you do next here? you have an investigation with the department of justice, an investigation with the new york police department, the commissioner said is going on, you have a civil lawsuit. but what happens here? do you think you'll get federal indictment, federal charges? >> we're hopeful we will. i think it is apparent to everybody who has looked at the evidence and the evidence is not only the reality that he -- of what is seen on the video, the evidence is the medical examiner's report and his denial that he even imposed the chokehold. if you put that together, it should have been no a no-brainer for this grand jury to not decide the case. and mrs. carr in the beginning stumbled because, this was almost like a trial without the other party being present. and it shouldn't have been a trial. it should have been a determination of probable cause and then the transparency of a

public trial to decide the guilt or innocence of these officers and that didn't happen. and that is a shame. >> and gwen, the protesters that are protesting tonight, there are more than last night and the protests are around the country, the city and around the world. how does that make you feel, that they are out there for your son? >> that really warms my heart, to see that people are out there and they are actually protesting in the name of my son eric garner. because they saw what i saw. and am just overwhelmed and pleased that they would do that. and for that officer to ask for forgiveness after he has taken away my son, a person i will never see again in life, and he goes home to his family every night, he sits up and watches tv

or play games with his family, and i can't do that, that really breaks my heart. >> thanks very much to both of you. >> thank you. and next, more of our breaking news coverage of the protesters gathering in mass in cities across this country. a day after a grand jury cleared a white nypd officer in the death of an unarmed black man. and the crowds are much bigger and organized than what we saw yesterday. and what happened when eric garner was released from the chokehold and we'll show you the shocking video after garner fell to the ground. did they do anything to help him. and striking similarities between garner's case and rodney king. could the chokehold case end up with the feds? that dares to work all the way until... the am. new aleve pm the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour strength of aleve.

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breaking news, bigger crowds than we have yet seen taking to the streets of new york city and across the nation tonight. we are looking at live pictures. this is baltimore, anger over another grand jury deciding not to indict the death of a black man. these demonstrations are across the country. they are chanting, no justice, no peace and some of garner's last words which are "i can't breathe." brooke baldwin was with protesters and when i saw you, you tried to get on to the brooklyn bridge. did the police allow the protesters on to the bridge?

>> reporter: they have. and there is a number of new york police officers an folks within the community relations of new york police department are out here with us. and if you can see, the skyline behind us and we are officially on the brooklyn bridge. it is interesting how so much of this is organic, erin. we started at foley square a half an hour ago. excuse us. and a lot of different groups splibtered off in different directions. and i've been marching with -- give me your names. >> zemar. >> dutchin. >> reporter: and i've been impressed with the crowd size. >> it is getting colder but i think we'll be here until it is really late. >> reporter: has it been the recent indictment or the eric garner in the last 24 hours-48

hours that compelled you to come out. why walk? >> i think the eric garner news just propelled it over the top and just accelerated the whole process. so it is kind of why -- we are out here tonight, to give us the opportunity to come and kind of voice our opinion over this whole matter. >> reporter: in hearing from new york police, they wanted to give protesters breathing room and so far i'm seeing things mostly peaceful but the big things asked today on the air, do you think there are two separate justice systems in this country? >> absolutely. it makes no sense, my mom just walking the streets, an officer approached her and checked her i.d. and almost gave her a ticket for just having her permit and her license with her. i was doing homework last night and i thought what the point, what really members, actual. >> and there are incredible law enforcement in this country but i appreciate you for letting me walk with you.

and erin stay with us as we are going to a gathering point. it looks like we're stopping. we'll continue to talk to you throughout the night. >> we'll watch them. new york city and pockets shutting down here. chris welch is in downtown washington tonight. what is happening where you are? >> reporter: well, erin, it sounds similar to what brooke is seeing but we are on broadway, it goes without saying broadway, a major thoroughfare here in new york city. and we're seeing crowds of people. we started in foley square, the same place brooke started, where there were a thousand, 2,000 people that came out to protest tonight and now the group has split off. brooke was headed in the direction of the brooklyn bridge if i'm not mistaken and we are walking north on broadway toward midtown. you can see way in the distance the chrysler building. it is safe to say there is probably frustrated drivers tonight but if you talk to the

people in the crowd, that is the least of their concerns. they are concern is getting the message out. the people here believe this is systemic in america, we have a problem with race relations with police in america. i want to give you another look at what we're seeing here. crowds of people just wandering through traffic, obviously these drivers did not expect this tonight but they might be sitting here for just a little while, erin. >> sitting there for a long time. as we said, the crowds tonight -- significantly bigger than what we saw last night. across this city and in chicago and boston and other countries. we are going there in a moment. but i want to bring in retired nypd harry houck and larry fog. and harry, i want people to understand the passion and the anger of the protesters. the video of people taking down eric garner in the last moments of his life, so in this video you see officer daniel pantaleo

put his arm around eric garner's neck from behind and that is the green shirt and yellow writing. garner died shortly after this. you have made the case that what we've seen here is good policing. this is right. >> correct. >> okay, make this case again. >> if you watch this video and i watched it again several times today. >> yes. >> the officer talks to him first, and tries to get him to submit to an arrest and he doesn't. and then he backs off like this with his hands an then makes some kind of comment like you are not going to take me again. i'm not going to put up with this, all right. until so the officer now knows that is an aggressive move. when you tell a police officer i'm not going to put up with this, you are not going to take me, that is an aggressive. so as a police officer, you have to make an aggressive move before he makes an aggressive move before he does.

and that is why the officer came up behind him. >> that is officer daniel pantaleo. >> and he put him if a take-down. that is the only way you can take down a person who does not want to bea rested who is 6 foot something, 350 pounds. that is the only way he'll get down. and once he got down, the officers, and as you can see in the video, nobody was punching him. they are just trying to get him handcuffed. >> okay, matt. so here he is making his case. does he have a point? >> absolutely, not. no. the officer -- i've made hundreds of arrests and supervised thousands. let me tell you something, when you see the fact this man put his hands in the air, he was a little upset and we are trained to deal with that type of confrontation but for this officer to walk around behind him, put his hand -- his arm around him, that was a chokehold. everybody saw that. that is why the new york police department outruled that. you don't make an arrest like

that and at the same time once the other officers came into play he could have let him go. but now he is mashing on his head and holding him down and this kills him. we are talking about a man that died behind the very thing the coroner said that was the cause of death. >> they did rule it as a homicide. i want to show the other video from that day to both of you, because this is what happened after the chokehold. a few minutes went by and they called for the emt. and this is what it looked like. you see eric garner and many viewers have not seen this before, lying on the ground. he lies there for more than six minutes as officers wait for an ambulance. they arrive and takes garner's pulse. harry, was this handled properly? this is a man saying "i can't breathe." should they have helped him? >> you can't tell whether his heart is beating or not.

when i see the ems person come up and take his pulse, all right, do people want her to go into a frenzy. ems people deal with this kind of stuff all of the time. she went over and felt his pulse, he a pulse and he was breathing. so the next step now is to pick him up and put him in the ambulance. there wasn't much for ems to do at that time. nobody knew he was dying that time. >> except he said i can't breathe, i can't breathe. and matthew let me play the moment when he gets put on to the gurney and placed into the ambulance. they lift him up, he is a big guy. it takes a few of them. it is an awkward process. and they lift him up on the gurney and there is a conversation with a by-stander. >> why didn't you do cpr? >> i did nothing. >> he's bleeding. >> you hear the bystander saying they didn't do anything. >> because he's breathing. but does that justify what they

did? >> no. it tells me they are complicit in this guy's death because they should have -- all of our training in law enforcement teaches us cpr and immediately if someone -- once we have the area contained and the subject contained, we should immediately respond with cpr. you had the officers and other people there to do that. like this guy was a bear. -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> not when shun is breathing, you should know that. >> he was breathing and then unconscious. when you look at this, this is the problem i have with nypd when i used to work up there on operations, they just had this sort of vigilante way and a lot of times they would jump out on people and do things to people. i had to tell nypd officers when i was running operations, you will not operate this way here in front of me. and that is when i look at -- even when i look at that guy, the fact that they brought him into the police station and knowing other officers -- >> let's stay on the subject.

>> it is a situation where i'm seeing, it was obvious this man needed help and they didn't give to him. >> thank you very much to matthew and harry. and you looking at the brooklyn bridge. one span completely shut down. you have obviously thousads of protesters who are now on the bridge. thousands in other locations in new york city, in baltimore, in chicago, in boston, in washington. we are live around the country and our breaking coverage continues of the mass demonstrations across the country and the common cry were eric garner's last words which were "i can't breathe." and another officer shot and killed a 12-year-old, a black child, that is coming up next. your pocket right now? un i have $40, $21. could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? i don't think so. well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time,

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we're for an opens you internet for all.sing. we're for creating more innovation and competition. we're for net neutrality protection. now, here's some news you may find even more surprising. we're comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. breaking news, you are looking at live pictures right now from new york city. protesters are flooding the brooklyn bridge, demonstrators are gathering across major cities in the united states for a second night after a grand jury decision not to indict a white nypd officer who was involved in the chokehold death of 43-year-old eric garner, an

unarmed black man. the grand jury cleared the officer daniel pantaleo of any wrongdoing and he is still employed with the nypd and they now have an internal investigation going on. and brooke baldwin is walking with protesters and i keep checking in with you, when we see the airal shots there are thousands of people but from the air that bridge is completely shut down on one span with protest protesters. >> reporter: we are in the middle of the shut down section of the bridge. wore about 20 feet -- we're about 20 feet behind the protesters and we paused to talk to you here live on tv. we are on the brooklyn down side and if you've walked on the brooklyn bridge, i am standing where people should be driving. but police knew this would be a route that protesters would take and they shut it down, they didn't want to have protesters

walking in the middle of traffic, which is similar to what happened last side on the west side highway. you can see the helicopters and hear the helicopters above and i noticed the police patrol boats in the river below me. and in addition to this, i don't know if you can see over my right shoulder, there are eight police officers and they are just staying with the crowds. they are giving them -- i keep saying breathing room -- but this is how they are expressing it to us. they are making sure they can come out here and can use their voices and march and speak peacefully. one of the officers said so far so good. last night there were 83 arrests, most for disorderly conduct. haven't seen with my own eyes any arrests tonight. we are continuing to walk. it is not often ever you see police shutting down the brooklyn bridge. i see cars passing on the other side but they intentionally shut down the brooklyn bound side of

the bridge so the protesters could gather and speak. erin. >> brooke, thank you. and now the highest ranking african-american in the police department when the fatal chokehold happens. banks retired after 20 years with the nypd and he is out front with me along with my colleague don lemon. philip, let me start with you. you were the highest ranking african-american at nypd when eric garner died. do you agree with the grand jury? >> first of all, i was not only the highest african-american and the highest ranking uniformed member. and that gets lost in that particular message. do i agree with the grand jury? i don't know. i wasn't privy to all of the facts presented to the grand jury. i don't know what went into the total process. i know dan donovan and i have a good relationship with him. i thought he was professional and upstanding so i won't question the outcome of the grand jury. but i will state that historically, the criminal

justice system has proven to have a lot of biases in it. so i think what you are seeing today is people are questioning the criminal justice system, not any specific verdict -- >> can i add something in. are you a civilian now? >> i am a civilian. >> and you seem to be proud of the fact you were a uniformed officer. >> extremely not. i was ranked the top african-american officer. [ overlapping speakers ] >> but when you look at that video, what do you see? >> i see the police department as a whole, not just the officers, not at its best. looking at it, i think we could have done a better job. independent of eric garner's actions or lack there of, i think it could have been handled better. >> how so? >> i don't think it was the typical resisting type of situation and more time could

have been waiting for a supervisor to respond to the scene but the nypd handles millions of these incidents of this year and the majority of them we handle correctly. so i would have liked to have seen that handled differently, any situation where we lose the life of someone. i'm going to say we could have done something differently. >> so the reason they did this was because they said he was selling cigarettes illegally, there were a bunch of calls, saying i'm paying taxes on my cigarettes and this guy is putting me out of business because he is selling cigarettes illegally. and you thought you needed to response. so it was in part they were there trying to be vigilant and trying to go after this. does that make you think twice about that policy? >> well, i'm not sure what specific policy you're addressing. >> i think she's talking about broken windows. >> and here in new york, you can call and try to get assistance.

>> those are two different issues. the policy as the chief of my department, when we got chronic 311 calls, the local commander had to contact the caller and address the problem. addressing the problem necessarily doesn't always equal you have to taken forcement action. more times than not, we want you to contact the complaint ant and get to the root of the problem. so my policy is we have someone calling numerous times it means there is an issue. >> and that happened in this case. >> and that happened in this case. it doesn't mean there was a problem, but in that particular individual's mind there was an issue. so reach out to the complainant and get to the bottom of what the story was, not taking forcive action. and i want to be clear, sometimes enforcement action is necessary to take. >> and when you say, look, i was the top uniformed officer and not just the top african-american. but i want to give you the stats

you that -- stats that are in new york. whites make up 52% of the force and blacks 15% and 25% of the city is african-american. so you can call that in line or not in line. but here is what is not in line, 8.5% or higher are not officers that are black. >> it is a problem. and if you think that is important, that the high ranking of the nypd should reflect the makeup of the city, then statistically it is a problem. that is not to suggest that police commissioner kelly were not taking steps to address the issues. i think they were taking those issues -- >> but ferguson they didn't take that into issue either. >> and -- as you said, that is a pretty good number. the averages.

it is 50/50 when it comes to whites and blacks. and so i have to ask you, why did you offered to? >> i don't think when you have that much time left in this particular program [ inaudible ]. >> i resigned, but i love the new york city police department that much. and i love the new york city police department. and i have a discussion with the commander and we had an agreement on most things but there was -- >> there should be some transparency here. what happened? >> that was a conversation we had. i don't know this is the time to have that conversation. i read the papers after my retirement it read juicier than what it was. the reason why i retired, i communicated that to commissioner braden and he accepted my retirement papers. >> it was about diversity. >> i'm not sure this is the

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breaking news, live pictures in new york city right now. thousands of people have converged to speak out against what they see as police brutality on the streets. they are in new york city and across the country. the use of excessive force is now priority at the white house. today the attorney general eric holder said it has to stop. he announced the findings from a review that uncovered reckless behavior by the cleveland police department. this department is under fire after an officer killed a 12-year-old boy holding a pellet gun. and tonight there is growing evidence that the officer was unfit for duty.

we are "outfront." >> the surveillance video shows a boy walking near a playground. he is 12-year-old tamir rice and he is playing with a toy. an air soft gun that from a distance can look like a real gun. a by stander calls 911. >> there is a guy here with a pistol. i saw his face and he's pointing it at everybody. >> less than two seconds after police drive up, the 12-year-old again carrying a toy is shot and killed at close range. the 26-year-old police officer who shot him, timothy loehmann was recently hired by the cleveland police. at his previous job at the independence police department his personnel records show he was in the process of being fired. hi supervisor describing an emotional meltdown and behavior that shows a pattern of a lack of maturity and discretion and not following instructions but the police never asked to see

his personnel records and a policy that has now changed. tam rear rice's -- tamir rice's death, after a stinging report of the police department. >> there is a reasonable cause to believe that the cleveland police engaged in unreasonableable force in violation of the first amendment. >> cleveland officers used unnecessary and unreasonable force at a significant rate, including officers who shoot at people who do not pose an imminent threat of serious bodily harm to officers and that they hit people in the head with their guns, or where use of deadly force is not justified and there are systemic deficiencies, failures by higher ups to investigate officer-involved shootings. >> sometimes a rubber stamp mentality or approach exists into the kinds of incidents of excessive force and when accountability falters, trust also falters. >> reporter: a federal court will keep tabs on cleveland police as part of a legal

agreement while the announcement was set in cleveland, the attorney general said as seen in ferguson and in new york, the problem is not contained by city limits. >> the tragic losses of these and far too many other americans have really raised urgent national questions and they have sparked an important conversation about the sense of trust that must exist between law enforcement and the communities that they serve and protect. >> and just to give you a sense of the outrage that is out there. there was a facebook post and tweet posted by the st. louis county police, but not in cleveland but the st. louis county police and the tweet essentially said, quote, kids will be kids. counseling parents on making sure their kids don't play with realistic toy guns outside. this was immediately slammed in social media, erin. the police removed it, saying it was not their intent to blame the victim. >> thank you very much. and next our breaking news

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breaking news. protesters marching across the country right now shutting down half of the brooklyn bridge in new york. one entire span. you can see thousands marching across that. this is a live picture in new york city. protesting the grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer in the death of a black man. the encounter before eric garner's death on tape just learned. president obama, watched that video. it's rare they'd come and say that but we know president obama has watched that video and right now in washington, athena jones is following protesters who are marching in the streets there. athena, what are you seeing? as more and more are gathering, are you seeing the same increase in intensity there as we are here? >> reporter: hi, erin. well, you can see that we're on the move again. we just left the metropolitan police department here in central washington. this is a high-energy crowd.

it's been largely peaceful. there's been no big scuffles. no big interactions with the police, but they have periodically stopped to block intersections, to lie down in front of cars, including police cars. so there have been some tense moments but for the most part, while they're angry, it's been peaceful. a lot of folks here seem to have a positive outlook on what they're doing here. they believe they're making a difference. several people have mentioned the '60s. one person said this is what it took. if you look at the history books in the '60s, this is what it took for action. they truly believe they're going to make a difference by coming out. a lot of activity here. they covered, what, 3.5 miles of the city. we're going to keep following them. erin? >> athena, thank you very much. she's marching through washington with the protesters there. the president viewed the video of eric garner's death.

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protests in baltimore, raleigh, much bigger than last night. more are gathering as our breaking news coverage continues with ac 360. good evening, thank you very much for joining us. if you thought last night was a big night for protests in new york, tonight even larger. protests of the killing of eric garner on the front doorstep and sfred spreading all across lower manhattan on the tunnel. same thing is happening around the country. people first packing into the police square in lower manhattan just steps away from the plaza. it's happening elsewhere in the city and in washington, chicago, oakland, california,