pedestrian traffic. let this simmer down. as long as people are allowed to mingle in the street and tomorrow -- >> sheriff, sheriff, thank you. leland, great job tonight and everybody else. we go now to the family. >> it's 11:00 p.m now in baltimore. "hannity" mentioned the family is to begin a new conference in just a moment. this is live coverage. these are live pictures there, there is mayhem here west baltimore. we'll see a police news conference to begin immediately. during that we're hoping to get

an ex-plan why the police are standing and watching this happen. we can only assume the police have reasons for standing back. do they not have man power? do they not have orders to go? we do not know. the governor says 30 seconds after the mayor of baltimore asked him to call up the national guard tonight, the governor did that. waiting for some 500 national guardsmen to come to baltimore from inside of the state of maryland and another 5,000 from outside of the state of maryland. at 11:00 tonight, one hour ago, the baltimore city police confirmed shots fired at an officer in the area of virginia avenue right here in west baltimore. the police report that officer was not hit and suspect fled. 15 police officers were injured today according to the police. the school-aged children in a clash that began around 3:00

baltimore time this afternoon. two officers remained in the hospital as of last reported two hours ago. one was initially listed unresponsive the number of arrests earlier listed as 27. and in addition we're waiting to hear from freddie gray's family who are said to be shocked and horrified about what's happening tonight. freddie gray died under police custody under circumstances unknown to us we're waisting to hear from freddie gray's family. police have struggled to take control back from as the mayor put it thugs who, as you've been watching are running rampant in parts of the city. here is what our correspondent saw not long ago. >> are you guys watching this

picture? did you see that? >> steve? get back get back. get up on the stairs. steve. are you watching this? guys? are they watching this? >> he's coming back. >> steve, are you watching this? >> we're watching and listening to commentary and watching all of this. what was unfolding. it appears our understanding is that these people stole a car, and ran it through the fire. this fire burned. up the car. a live look on the streets of baltimore now. west baltimore. the fires continue to burn. we saw firefighters battling massive building fire this is a

five-story senior center sponsored by a baptist church seen put up for the good of the community burned tonight. it is the latest chapter in what has turned out to be a day filled with unrest. baltimore's mayor announcing a 10:00 p.m curfew starting tomorrow. not tonight. en all of this started during our newscast some eight hours ago at 3:00 this afternoon, baltimore time we saw large groups of juveniles just out of school, as cops called them throwing rocks and bricks at ofgsers. officers, some of them picked up rocks thrown at them and threw them back. police have been tweeting rock throwing and bottle throwing is still going on. they say a dozen officers were hurt today we've told you 15 was the number from police. again, a news conference begins shortly. we hope to get updated numbers.

rioters looting businesses and stores. we saw them outside. we cannot see is the looting of the mall where this began. the mall where store after store after store according to police were looted. the looters got there in their cars. did their damage then left before police could return. police had also tweeted some people cut one of the fire department hoses as crews were trying to put out the fire. now they're throwing again. leland? >> exactly. these are liquor bottled looted from 150 yards in front of where the police are. the same police fires you saw burning and then also where you saw the car crashed and everything else

they grabbed liquor bottles. there have been so much walking out they walked out. they threw them at police and walked back. this is where we've been seeing this going on a long time. another police armored car moving up the street. what is interesting, you can see the battle line. police retreated at 9:00 this evening. we started down here at this street corner. you can see the burning cars. there is a mini marts, two liquor stores owners were near tears at the fact their stores had been looted and their livelihoods, destroyed residents feel the same way the police line used to be down there. there were a lot of police officers they were given orders to

retreat. and this is getting unpredictable out here. >> i see a hand full of demonstrators have police attempted to make an arrest? >> if you remember we talked in the 8:00 hour. they arrested looters in a number of stores. and it was ones and twos and threes and fours here you have so many agitators during a more-dense population. it's more difficult to react. whether they've been told not to or whether this is a command decision we're going to stay back. >> do we know what the guy is

screaming at police officers? >> this guy claims he was beaten by police and has been a victim of police a lot of folks here claim the same thing. they say they've been victims of police violence or know people who have been victims of police violence. residents we've talked to say they don't think this type of violence and call it protesting if you want or rioting is going to solve anything. and they think their voices are not going to be heard. folks tell us they want answers to freddie gray and you say how this is -- you talk to them -- >> look at the fire. the live aerials we're watching is demonstrators throwing more and more accelerants on to that

fire. the chopper picture pulls out. and i don't understand why police would allow this to continue. the news conference delayed 15 minutes. this is a remarkable scene but they're not arresting. >> they have numbers. there are more of those armored cars but so far, at least we haven't seen anything happen. the police line is parting now. we're going to step back now. this guy is really hauling. she's coming up the police are pretty agitated by what is going on here. she's spinning around here and police, it appears now, i don't

know if they heard us talking but they're beginning a slow walk here. >> you wonder what they would have done had she just crashed through the line. . >> i was thinking the same thing. looks like there is a fire truck coming through. this is a police car they've been pelting with everything. check out this view. it's unusual to think you can tell it's a police car with bottles of liquor you've looted they watched you loot the police car drives another way. it doesn't inspire confidence in the residents. they're not doing anything. >> we're continuing to watch, judge napolitano is with us.

judge if i'm an instigator i would think the police would have a license. >> it's another thing to witness crimes and make no arrests which almost has affect of encouraging it. they must know something we don't. perhaps it's the same mentality that decided to wait 24 hours before imposing a curfew. >> tell us about it. >> the police moved up. you saw two guys coming up with their liquor bottles now, that is tear gas popping off. and there is more and police are

making their way down maybe to put out fires. there are fire trucks. you can see looters running back down to where liquor stores are. the police line moved we've stayed up here from the stoop. sometimes you don't want to get in between those two groups. >> we've got a great view if your camera man can zoom in and we'll just watch as it unfolds. >> you can watch it and you can hear it. you can hear them firing off rounds. >> the mayor is speaking. let's listen to her. >> the big portion of the day

working to assemble additional resources to bring calm to the city. we've worked on making sure we've got the executive order right to be able to give people time to know they're putting the curfew in place we worked with school systems to make sure there is a daytime curfew in place since schools were going to be closed. there are a lot of t's and a's to dot to make sure we get it right. >> some have said having troops on the ground can aggravate the situation are you worried about that? >> we will bring order. it's very clear that i am not interested in exacerbating the situation. my goal is to bring calm. we will have order. we will have peace. there are too many of us that believe that baltimore is much better than what you're seeing today. this particular fire is under

investigation. we don't know it is related to riots with respect to -- >> you're saying there is -- what are you saying to -- >> we are responding to incidents throughout the city. this is a horrible incident we didn't want to see happen but we're responding and work hard to respond quickly to this. >> if you want to -- now -- >> do you regret that decision to allow them to protest freely? do you express your decision? >> listen i'm going to protect peoples' right to protest. the fact people exploited that does not mean that i do not have an obligation to protect the right to protest. i never said nor would i ever say we're giving people space to destroy our city. my words should not be twisted. >> there you hear it the mayor explaining. >> as the mayor was speaking a

car came and rushed toward that fire came around the fire and looped in front of the line of police officers. and it was a terrifying moment. leland vittert to the degree your cameraman can give us a view on that we'd appreciate it. we appreciate all you're doing out there. it's clear, cops are moving in. >> well they're moving in. where they are now is where they started at 9:00 tonight. and we saw looting. rioting. stolen cars being driven into crowds. and why all of a sudden the police decided to move down there whether it's because it

coincides with news conference or different orders but it's very interesting the police watched this level of mayhem and residents are ferociously angry the police allowed this to happen in their quarters. folks who own stores are really hot. if you look in some of the stores are on fire. that liquor store on the left that is on fire. >> well we have a situation where if one of the speeding cars wants to it can ram into those police officers you have people in cars that don't belong to them. there is a burning liquor store

and a recipe for disaster. it's hard to imagine a great american city prepared for violence that warned a mall to close stores and a university to shut down this afternoon, as it did at 1:00 that had a meeting from all over the internet they're planning to start at the mall and back to downtown with that warning and heads up that it took until 6:00 for the mayor to ask for the call in of the national guard. now, it's 17 minutes past 11. fires are burning over west of baltimore cars are taunting police officers. and there is no comparison between what happened here and in ferguson may look similar to you. we're talking about the western

part of the city. in ferguson they appeared to quell the violence here they appear to be allowing thugs to burn things down. do they not have enough people? we don't know. we're expecting a news conference from the family of freddie gray to begin. they've been calling for calm all day. steve dorsey is on the line with us a freelance reporter sometimes works for fox news says he was reporting in front of the cvs pharmacy that burned. someone threw him to the ground and punched him. he just got out of the hospital. steve, what happened? >> good evening, shep yeah. i was struck in the face by a rioter. and he punched my. i fell to the ground unexpected. and he was about to kick me and

other bystanders tried to separate me from him and help me walk to a safe area where i can make it back to a local tv station to get help. >> so bystanders saved you from worse? >> absolutely. it could have gotten much worse. i remember him beginning to stick me. several other folks joined in. like mob mentality we've been seeing all evening. >> what did they say at the hospital? >> i've been discharged and i do have an injured left knee i'll have to get surgery on it. i am more concerned about the city of baltimore where i was born and raised. inside of the e.r. there are a lot of injured people. nurses told me how chaotic it was. i was seeing police officers many injured one had a sling on his arm.

others, including protestors were there accompanied by police guards. steve thanks hope you're well. now, photographer zooms in on the scene in baltimore trying to retake where they were before. a good police officer friend of mine from new york city said i can't believe they're trained to go forward in a straight line like red coats in 1700s. waits a tactic that police officers are not that familiar. because frankly it's not what they're trained to do here. they're trying to make a way for firefighters to get past the police line into the fire. but on the other side of the fires are more demonstrators leland it's not like they've gone anywhere. have they?

>> demonstrators know the streets. and this is very dangerous game for lack of a better term like whack a mole. they get one area contained and demonstrators pop up somewhere else we don't know how many individuals there are. we have watched stores being looted all afternoon. there are a lot of folks running out of targets and other places. with five-finger discounts. we've seen crowds growing and violence growing here. you can see the police have cordoned off a larger area. they have to be able to bring in fire trucks the fire started and then they

added cars. they used liquor as accelerants. lit on fire. >> lee land our crew is also on scene. have been attacked on scene. rick is on the line. are you okay? >> yes. we're all fine shep. we're at fulton street north avenue. there are cars on fire. and a line of police in riot gear. there are people on the street very upset at our being there. we got harassed by people. people started following us and yelling at us and throwing bottles at us from in front of their homes. large bottles crashing at our feet. it got hairy. police were focused on north avenue and not on what's happening on fulton so we

managed to make our way to the vehicle and get out. i want to say there are similar scenes like that in this area of west baltimore. we noticed numerous sides, some fires burning. you know most of the city is fine. we've driven through downtown. very quiet. it's fine most of baltimore but this area of west baltimore is still hot. there are people angry and lashing out at police and media. >> are you injured rick? >> no. no. we're fine. >> i guess it just sort of happened quickly. you didn't realize it was coming on you. >> our job is to cover what's happening we got out to do that. we parked the vehicle, hand a camera and microphone i'm happy to talk about why they're upset. but they didn't want to talk. they just wanted to yell at us and throw things at us. they made it difficult for us to do our job. >> rick i'm glad you're safe.

thanks for checking in. when you find a place to report let us know we'll get to you. >> this is in the same area. we have protestors yelling and screaming at us. and folks who caused this destruction never articulated to us what they're angry about. it helps to get a sense of the amount of destruction happening here on this street corner. this is a tobacco mini mart. there are stolen cars now at

this corner. people who caused this have disappeared into streets a little bit. there is a number of back alleys here. from this corner. now, police have retaken their positions here around this corner. this is the scene. >> i will be interested to hear about their level of frustration they have to watch thugs go thugging. >> you'd like to ask. any time i've approached folks in riot gear they've not been too keen on speaking and pretty keen on telling me to get back. that has been a challenge.

they've put the car fire out. it's been burning almost an hour in terms of the car fire. this is approaching the police line now, yelling at them. we don't know if we're going to see more of the police violence we've seen i'm looking at folks right here this s.w.a.t. team from down by washington, d.c. so these guys don't know the streets. they have no idea where they are. no idea of the situation they're facing.

so that is with a lot of firepower and anger, you can have recipe for a dangerous situation not only tonight but next few days. >> we're going to continue to watch your camera for just a moment as you work to gather facts on the ground. luke have you been able to get anything from police about why they don't do anything? >> yes. what do you mean police don't do anything? >> they form a line people taunt them they don't attempt to arrest them they just take it. >> well i think in the beginning of the night they were perhaps taking rather by surprise at the intensity of the

crowd they had a number of s.w.a.t. officers there. that perhaps wasn't enough. and some point, they were in alleys and perhaps caught in there. several reports of witnessing it the kids attacking police with more fearless than police. >> the young people overran the police and it happened fast. >> yes. it and there is 5,000 police officers coming from outside of the city. national guard, state police.

there is a lot of city officers are extremely tired and needing relief from outside agencies there is still, i understand a battle raging to the left of us. >> it's our understanding there is a battle raging as well. i wonder if anyone from the sun has been able to find out why the mayor waited until 6:00 p.m to get call for help? >> i don't know about her strategy. i noticed the governor did say he had to wait for the mayor. and he said frankly he used a term that was tied. i can't speak for them. >> i didn't know if they had been asked that question. and maybe given an answer.

>> they've been no. >> i haven't heard anything ask her, either. is it your sense things are calming down now? or this is not over yet? >> it depends where you are in the city. apparently they're setting cars on fire to the west. so there is no indication of it ending thus far. >> luke live with us at the scene, thank you very much. we continue to watch this i can tell you the police news conference delayed from 11:00 is beginning now or about to begin. when we hear first words from police we'll take you there. reports were 15 police officers

injured. this is much earlier. it is our understanding one may be more serious. since then police have been trying to create areas of quiet. this has been happening. if there have been further arrests throughout the evening they haven't happened in front of our cameras. the mo seems to be rioters riot and police sit there and take it and police do down to try to let firefighters in to put out fires they're putting out fires, the bad guys taunt the police and start more fires. judge andrew napolitano is on the set with us now.

i've never seen anything like this. >> i have never seen police observing crimes being committed they're not arresting anybody for it. and as we said it encourages people. is it possible they have a grand strategy and they're going to implement that but from our point of view, from the point of view of people watching us it does not seem to be serving any purpose. >> if you haven't been able to clear the streets you would have lost these businesses to the thugs. and these are local. >> this is well beyond the death of freddie gray. now, this thing like a lot of mob actions like most mob actions actions tashgs on a life of

destruction. and i can't imagine what's happening in new york. >> sadly in, situations over the years leland vittner is on scene there the baltimore sun sulthing they've moved west and setting more cars on fire. >> the west may be where we are as well in terms of the car fires. the agitators moved sort of down the street. we've heard bean bag rounds come out from that police line down there. around us we're seeing folks come out, and taunt the police. and the judge was saying that it's difficult to comprehend that this is where the police were standing. the same spot before all of these liquor stores were lit and

fire. before that building was set on fire they did nothing they retreated 150 yards up the street there, watched it happen then come down here to allow the fire department to put the fires out. the big question is why? >> thank you. the news conference is beginning. here we go. >> people have been reckless and harming the city as a whole. we've gotten information that we're going to have a large purge of high school students from across the city move to mondomin mall. we had 250-300 police officers in or around the mall at the time the youth got out of school. they congregated on the north side of the small. we moved up what we called

platoons to that area. officers started sustaining cinder brick damage stones being thrown at them. officers proceeded northbound to push the youth into a northern direction. officers got caught on an incline a number of officers got injured. one officer knocked out and hit in the head taken to the hospital. he's doing better. another officer had a left kneecap severely damaged. shock trauma. two more officers down injured fairly seriously. all sustained heavy damage by flying debris rocks, sticks bottles. anything that what appeared to be high school students in our school system did out there within the streets. as our officers proceeded to push them out of that area they moved down to the area of north

where them and others attacked a police car, broke out windows, stomped on it you have information on that. very concerned that i had officers trapped in that vehicle. the officer removed themselves and sheltered in place in a nearby store. were able to get resources down there to put that crowd away from that area. we ended up south at dempsey and north street. you can see they started to ransack cvs in criminal acts of vandalism and taking of property. queer able to assemble resources from able town. we have seen the mall and making sure it's stable from a northern quick moving south ward. and we did bring other resources

northward and started to push in a westbound direction we saw more looting taking place west of the area. we moved a large contingent by that time we had close to 600 police officers in that direction. i was very much pleased and surprised we had ministers, that came out, congressman elijah cummings trying to calm the community who were trying to destroy the places where they live the stores are the same infrastructure that people have to survive within that neighborhood in the next month and two months. after that we began to have trouble at lexington market. we responded approximately about 50 officers. 50 officers, it's been a long day. 50 officers to lexington market. we secured that and didn't sustain much damage. we got calls later off of the

1700 block of monument. we had looting there. and we're seeing a number of small car fires and a number of street fires. basically in pennsylvania fulton area again. which i've been the corner stone of the problem the vast majority of the day. we're still getting control of the area. mondomin mall has been preserved. a number after rests came out of there. multiple officers in the hospital are doing better. for the vast majority the city is calming down slowly but surely. when i came down i was reported a fire in the 1700 block of monument. suffice to say i'm disappointed in what happened in this beautiful city tonight. i'm disappointed in the fact

that the damage has been done to this community. i'm disappointed we cannot be more responsible and embarrassment we have nationwide in our community this, is not protesting. this is not first amendment rights this, is a community that do not need to be harmed in ways we have today i am proud of officers out there sustaining rocks, bottles, hit in the head and are standing tall in light of all of the things a mraud agencies that came to support us montgomery county and state police. i look forward to more police coming from washington, d.c. philadelphia sh we had to go through the state to get those but we're getting numbers coming so we're looking forward to the support. >> any officers from washington,

d.c.? >> we couldn't because we have a statement that had to go through state police. >> national guard are in the city. we're going to use them for holding structures. you can see going into a location we push a direction we need to have them behind us. so having those numbers are good and strong. i heard a question did we plan for it? yes. we had too many people out there to overcome numbers we've had had to sustain the issue. >> is a gang threat part of the threat issued earlier? are they related? or gang connected? >> from what i know we had black gorilla family the bloods and crips yesterday

said at the conclusion of mr. gray's funeral each group was intending to kill and take out a police officer. >> commissioner would you have given the protestors that much room? . >> i don't think we gave them much room. saturday, protests were peaceful until at 6:00 you had a group splinter off and made a way south. they didn't get reckless until they got to the baseball stadium. we moved resources already down in this area to take care of the larger crowds to address them. we took them to jail. we prepared today and didn't give them room. i saw our reaction and i gave them direction to advance on them. they just outnumbed us and outflanked us. we needed more resources there.

on saturday we're giving them space to have a first amendment rights they started breaking windows and doing criminality we changed our attitude to engage them to arrest those causing harm. we deferred because of the bricks and glass and stones coming in. we did that it pushed them but with the youthful kids that started running around in rapid manner we had to adjust to that. >> why wait until tomorrow to enforce the curfew. >> thank you. >> number of officers injured? number of arrests made? . >> i don't have the official numbers i was told there are 15 officers injured and out of that six were seriously injured. trauma, i saw i saw six officers in shock trauma. i talked to them and told them how proud i was to stand tall

for our city. we'll get numbers. i don't have them now, collin sorry. >> we're just overlapping curfew with national guard and their ability to get here. and so when they come out we ability to enforce out there. >> jane i'll get back to you. >> we have had shots fired and a commercial robbery. >> these are not outsiders tonight. >> these are baltimore youthful residents a number came out of the local high schools there, started engaging in this. one mother grabbed a child with a hood on his head and started

smacking him on the head because he's so embarrassed. and the day after tomorrow but what is the plan to try to deal with this type of school day? >> when reaching out i was told they're trying to have a teachable moment today. to which we have young adults 15, 16, 17 know right from wrong. they're not 2-year-old kids. and have actions they did and they're going to be responsible for the actions. . i don't know if it's going to get worse. he think the curfew is going to help get the city under control.

resources is the issue for us. ferguson is a smaller city. baltimore is about 80 square miles we have multiple areas popping up we have to have the numbers. we were pulled so thin. whether lexington market we had opposite ends of the city pulling in at the same time. >> what did you say? >> was the start connected to -- >> they thought it's cue to address the situation. >> the fire at cvs was related to looting. >> you have a center there to

make a difference for people in need. there, it's burned down. people worked hard for that. that is sad. that is a shame. my message is that this is our city. we have to live here. and that when you destroy your infrastructure, i have seen cities that haven't recovered 50 years later like the city of watts. for parents with kids that went out there, take control of your kids. >> police spokesman now, 15 minutes to midnight in baltimore. sad reality is just coming to our faces he said they knew yesterday it was coming they had every warning and made preparation. and their police department got overrun and they couldn't handle it. leland joins me. leland? >> police are moving back from where they are.

they pushed out from where stolen cars and car fires and looted liquor stores were. the police here were getting pelted with stolen liquor bottles by these same kids. and you get a sense of people involved in this they moved back with them they've done a great job here. what is interesting is that the people who are doing this live on these streets. everyone we've talked to on the streets are angry at these kids participating in this kind of behavior and stolen and looted. it's clear the police are tired. they've had a long day. a rough day. and now, we're basically back to where we started a while ago. you heard police yell "hold" and

lines have taken place again. now we wait to see if there are folks you're watching now line up by those burned out cars and looted liquor store and mini mart whether they make their way back down here and start attacking police again as we've seen them do for 4, 5 hours. >> it is a sad state of affairs. throwing a rock at a police officer is assault and they can nab them quick. i'm guessing fear is that others would go crazy and they'd have a riot again. >> well, that seems like the fear here. we've not seen in this bottle throwing, we haven't seen a rests. one man was there, taunting

police officers and showing up his room. so gave you the feeling making arrests in this area wasn't the priority. and the police decided to take it. rather that decision proves fruitful and whether this is the beginning and middle and end of the riots tonight they can prove to be right or we can say if only they'd responded and laid down the law so to speak. if you throw stones and move liquor stores it's not cute then things may be different in the morning. >> there, i want to get the

pastor now. but from the police chief and leland, they knew it was coming. they were out there, ready for it. it overwhelmed them. they couldn't stop it they stood back and watched it. as hoodlums destroyed a neighborhood. that is sad and scary. let's bring in the pastor of the city bible church. says the message he wants to convey tonight is hope. it's hard to find that message, sir. thank you. >> yes. shepherd, this is heart breaking and tragic we believe jesus is the answer and that baltimore is full of amazing people that know how to work hard and endure with hope. >> sounds like there has been a problem around there for the better part of the last decade and and a half. it wasn't addressed.

not that there is an excuse for anything going on tonight. it's just there has been an under lying current in this community. that people don't have hope. and that the man putting them down. >> yes. every city has it's challenges. and there is brokenness in this area. >> what do you mean by that? >> there is urban poverty. and compared to other cities the city limits are very small. and so this space is smaller than other places such as jacksonville, florida. and you have got tension in the community and members of the community that are ill equipped for today's job market and need education and economic development. and small businesses that can

use incentives. to with able to employ people. there is a lot of -- baltimore is a beautiful city. there is a lot of jobs for people that are highly qualified and specialized but there is a gap in jobs available for people who are not highly specialized. >> there is a sad scene in baltimore now. in west baltimore, police are in a line and are retreating in the face of 2, 3 people. this is astounding. >> leland? you're on live. >> hey. sorry about that. >> looks like police are retreating in the face of a few people again. >> well they have. that is what we saw. you can see how residents here are just trying to see this more than ending and is probably a

little intoxicated. what is striking is that police protect them or beat them is what we've heard. tonight police have had the opportunity to protect this neighborhood and in we saw what happened. we saw the results of the police being here in this neighborhood. >> they had opportunity to beat them too. they didn't do that. they had an opportunity and didn't do either. >> well that is a point as well. they have said oh clergy is going to protect and tell the youth not to do things. now, this young man is being arrested he's been agitating police all night.

this they finally decided to put him in handcuffs. clergy said don't do this. the clergy said thank you very much. we're going to do loot and do things we've decided to do. this is interesting. now, coming up here about four hours for the fight of this street corner. this is the first arrest i have witnessed. that is stunning. in terms of residents that i talked to live up and down here. they can't believe anything is going to be accomplished by this.

now, we've been walking here with police line and are providing images here as we've been getting bottles and rocks. there are folks angry that are angry at media as well. why, we can't figure out. >> are cops retreating now? >> we can give you a shot down the street. when they're down at the corner they had stuff thrown at them. they've been walking back without anything being thrown at

them. 20 minutes or so ago, that is what is going on. a lot of bottles being thrown and those things. it's unclear, we believe a police officer was injured at this location earlier. why they decided to hold this line you heard them scream "hold this line". they've got a line on another side. so you understand geography it's only down the road here. and now we've seen police run back and we're going to come here to this stoop.

we'll see if we cannot get a vantage point on both sides. that is a situation now. right now, things have calmed down. this is tranquil compared to what we've seen and watched. >> a lot of them got pills out of there. you wonder maybe looters aren't just out of gas.

and maybe that is what happened >> one fellow was intoxicated. it's difficult to know because they don't want to talk to us and tell us. this resolves around residents. at midnight you get a sense folks have run out of gas they have liquor now to imbibe. >> thank you for the great work. you and your cameraman is with us and have gone above and

beyond tonight. and we're grateful. it's important to keep this in context. we're looking at a situation that could be playing out in different places we have problems across america with poverty and lack of hope and jobs. tensions have been brewing for years and years now, it appears to be coming to a head. people on the streets believe that this is the fall to the man. the man believes this is the inner city. one of the cars is going to come down and mow down a bunch of police officers then we have a new world. we're thankful that that is not what happened tonight.

in new york our coverage continues live throughout the night. megyn kelly and her team will be here seconds from now. sean hannity will be here 1:00 eastern time and we'll continue throughout. from the news desk good night. >> and breaking tonight, baltimore is burning. rioters try to destroy the city a destruction that seems to be without purpose. there are serious questions about whether this violence could have been prevented at least in part. after the mayor imposed a curfew that does not begin until tomorrow. welcome to the kelly file. we're live tonight, folks. scenes looked like something out of a war zone. people fanning flames that stretch across city streets.