america. donald trump says he is owed an apology. he refuses to apologize to debate moderating megyn kelly but points to new polls that he is in the lead as proof of the support he has within the republican party. and a chemical spill blamed on the epa is worse than first believed. what officials are saying about the disaster this morning. one-year anniversary of michael brown's death after they say he opened fire on them. it comes after a night of violence with a barrage of gunfire on the streets of ferguson.

police chief jon belmar says police officers in an unmarked car began tracking someone they believed to be a suspect. he he then struck the vehicle several times. the officers got out of that vehicle and chased the suspect who again fired on them. the officers shot back, striking the suspect several times. that man is in critical condition and the police chief spoke out early this morning in the midst of all the chaos. >> this is something different and we can't sustain this as a community as we move forward. we have other individuals out there who are armed right now. they're part of this group. we need the public's help. we can't do it by ourselves. we have to have the community out here, helping us.

>> his father still grieving told the crowd how painful this past year has been. >> biggest question always asked to me is how i feel. i think that's just the dumbest thing asked me. how about how is your day? how is this moment? i just don't get it. people just aren't considerate, man. >> out admimidst the chaos, ama.

it adds to the tensions. here we are again a year later on the streets of ferguson. >> dramatic turn what we saw earlier in the day peaceful protests felt more like a block party than anything else. after a torrential downpour that came down after the sun went down last night we saw things turn. the gunfight that occurred between two groups of men, police say that some 40 to 50 shots were fired out that night. those four plain clothes detectives on the scene and involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave as the police continue their investigation. but largely this incident is overshadowing what was supposed to be a day full of civil disobedience. organizers wanted to march peacefully, gather peacefully and keep on remembering the memory of michael brown. later this afternoon we expect members of the clergy to lead a march through downtown st. louis.

they've already been having many trainings on how to de-escalate tensions with police in case protesters do have run-ins with police. they want to keep it peaceful and keep things can calm and want to keep the message moving forward. they don't want to see the violence that came up this night to overshadow the goal today. >> what do they twoont accomplish? yesterday the focus was on mike brown and reminding people of what happened. we saw moments of silence representing how long his body laid there on the ground. what's the goal today? >> reporter: the goal today is to build on the tradition of moral mondays, civil disobedience we've seen across the country and harkening back on the civil rights movement. they'll go to federal buildings and want the department of justice to get involved making sure they're spurring on change here in ferguson and the st. louis region in general. we saw some pieces of legislation move forward as far as municipal court reform.

they're lagging as far as police reform. body camera to go forward. that stalled. a bill to go forward on police's use of deadly force. that didn't go anywhere. they want to keep the pressure up while the tension is here for michael brown -- the anniversary to michael brown's death. >> thank you very much. united states attorney general loretta lynch is condemning the violence in ferguson. the weekend's events were peaceful and promote aid message of reconciliation and healing but incidents of violence such as we saw last night are contrary to both that message. along with everything that all of us, including this group, have worked to achieve over the past year. and joining me now is bradley raitford, freelance photographer on the scene when the gunshots rang out. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for have iing me, tam. >> you were in the middle of all of this. police describe it as two groups

of men who were exchanging gunfire. what did you see? i've heard a couple of reports that these were alleged gang members. still a flurry of detail. but what did you witness? >> i can't confirm they were gang members or not. all i saw was a confrontation a great distance away from the main protest. i saw a group of young people starting to have altercation, starting to have a physical fight. next thing you know, gunfire starts to ring out in all directions. >> after the dust settled, you know, you were there. again on one side you have these people who have been there all day. who were peaceful, who were at the side of mike brown's family. i would imagine a lot of them must have just felt defeated. here you have this powerful message and yet again we're hearing the headline the next day of the violence. >> that was one of the concerns that some of the protesters were concerned about, that the narrative was now not about the anniversary of michael brown,

which was about bringing the community together. now it's about the shooting that happened by a group of people who had -- seemed like a personal confrontation with each other that spilled over into the streets of ferguson. >> today, as amanda mentioned, we're expecting more peaceful protests. from your opportunity to speak with -- i asked amanda this. in a sense like the moral mondays we've covered in north carolina that focus on voting, have you heard more of a tone of we've got to turn this into action, legislative change even more than, for example, just the face of a person who heads the police department in ferguson, who is now african-american? >> actually, i have heard a narrative. one of the main protesters, a state representative, tommy pearson, he is going to run for lieutenant governor for that position, he has more power to enact the changes that we, protesters or people in our city, that we live in our city need to have. myself, i feel we do need

changes. we do need to come together more as a community. from a journalistic side i think tommy pearson plans on one running for lieutenant governor and change the -- >> you're a photojurchlist covering the story. you're a young, black male living in this area. >> i am. >> we'll talk to rich benjamin about some of the things that have and have not happened in ferguson. a year later, seeing that city burn for so many days, seeing where things are now, do you feel that the voice of black men especially, since it's the focus of mike brown, have become stronger in that area? >> i do feel that a lot of younger black males feel more empowered to speak up about things they were concerned about before and may not have had the energy to talk about before mike brown's death last year. even myself, i'm more emboldened

in pursuing my journalistic career because i feel like i can allow a lot of stories to be reached and told through my avenue to reach throughout the world and let people know what's going on in my city and throughout the country. >> to my point about the larger conversation, let me bring in rich benjamin, senior fellow at a public policy organization working for equality. thank you for joining us. in recent months taken steps toward repairing racial scars, ferguson, rebuilding its battered areas and diversifying its once white government. ferguson remains divide, this time between those who think its progress is real and those who believe that little beyond the superficial has changed. right now, we've pointed out on "nbc nightly news" african-american police chief, city manager, top judge along with three black city council

members. but what about the undercurrent, particularly the economic divide, which we've talked so much about from ferguson, baltimore and places in the middle? >> i'm grateful to be here. i think those changes are necessary that we can see. i like that article. it pointed out the changes that we have not seen changes. the minimum wage in missouri is not adequatadequate. you talk about desegregation in the schools and neighborhood that the times reporter profiled, as well as who is managing the police force. it's not just the police force that's the community. it's the community abroad. much needs to be done. >> to your point regarding the segregation, black and white, how would the people of ferguson address that other than a change of leadership there? how is that addressed in a small town like ferguson where you suddenly are expected to erase

this divide? >> it's the community's responsibility but it's all of our responsibilities. so, for example, we hear where the obama administration is looking into section eight housing and spending on section eight housing. i spent two years of my life studying segregation not unlike ferguson and its white counterpart charles county. conservatives can shake their fists and say we don't want integration. it's social engineering. it's not natural but segregation is the form of social engineering. when we integrate ourselves we have different opportunities for community members. how do we have a democracy and economy that functions at its best when we're segregated as a

people? >> the other glaring thing that came out after mike brown's death, disproportionate numbers of african-americans who were pulled over in ferguson, what seemed to be a systematic or systemic problem as a way to raise revenue for the city. mayor james knolls at one point said there was no race problem in ferguson. those comments went rierl. he now says sharp decline in traffic is stops might be a sign that the police are afraid to do their job. we barely pull anybody over anymore. i have officers that tell me, i don't know what i'm supposed to do out there. i'm scared to pull somebody over because i'm going to be called a racist. as if there's no middle ground between a disproportionate number of blacks or minorities being pulled over to, okay, i can't pull over anyone anymore because i'm going to be seen as a racist. >> that's the double scandal.

a, ta they need these to fund itself and b, that blacks are disproportionately stopped. >> it's an interesting development. more peaceful protests are planned and what turned out to be a frightening night for so many. thank you for your time. >> thank you. developing now, another story we're developing this hour, u.s. consulate in istanbul. a female assailant opened fire this morning, sparking a gun battle with police and search for a possible accomplice. dramatic video showed exchange of gunfire with police. the video appears to show a police officer shooting the female attacker, who was then taken into custody. the attack on the consulate came hours after the u.s. military announced a deployment of six f-16 fighter jets have arrived

in turkey to join the fight against isis. richard engel is in istanbul. what else can you tell us regarding this latest development in the female assailant playing out there? >> i think it's important to understand, there are several crackdowns under way here, all taking place at the same time. the turkish government for the last couple of weeks have intensified a crackdown on a far left group. it has intensified a crackdown on kurdish guerillas and is attempting to take more steps against isis. that's why we saw the u.s. bringing in extra f-16s. very soon those will be in action along with turkish planes and other nato members attacking targets. you have this three-front war that turkey is launching against left wing extremists, against kurdish guerrillas and isis. today we saw two of those groups retaliate. kurds were attacking police

stations and turkish military targets, primarily in the south of this country and then here in istanbul there were shots fired right in front of the u.s. consulate. the group blamed for that attack was the far left group, the woman in the video has been identified as a 51-year-old member of an outlawed extremist group that has also attacked u.s. targets, american targets, diplomatic targets in the past in turkey. we're seeing two of these groups, the kurds and this extreme left wing organization retaliating so far we have not seen a response from isis and there are fears that could come. >> richard engel live for us with that developing news. thank you very much. also coming up, after a firestorm over his comments directed at fox news anchor megyn kelly, donald trump now says he is the one who is owed the apology. latest on what trump has to say and what new polling tells us about his standing with his own party after the comments.

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firestorm over donald trump's comments over fox news anchor megan kelly. trump now says kelly owes him an apology not the other way around. >> she asked me very inappropriate questions and should really be apologizing to me, you want to know the truth. she got very angry during this question because of that, because she couldn't even finish the rest of the question because the crowd went wild. and in discussing it later i said blood was -- she was so angry blood was coming out of her eyes, blood was coming out of her -- and i didn't even finish the answer because i wanted to get on to the next point. but i was referring to -- or if i finished it, i was going to say ears or nose. because that's a common statement. >> let me just ask you to clarify. if someone made such a comment

about a female journalist, suggesting that they were on their menstrual cycle -- >> that would be inappropriate. >> meantime, nbc news survey monkey poll, brand new one taken friday and saturday shows donald trump gaining support, following last thursday's debate. he is up a point from our survey just last week before the debate and continues to hold that double-digit lead. rounding out the top five, senator ted cruz, ben carson, carly fiorina and senator marco rubio followed by jeb bush, scott walker, mike huckabee and rand paul. joining me now, jackie kusinich and john lapier. jeb bush notably not in the top five. governor scott walker not in the top five. donald trump still leading double digits and now he says he deserves the apology. what's your reaction? >> i'm not going to put a lot of faith in survey monkey.

i will say this. donald trump -- this reminds me of an endless episode of "celebrity apprentice." it's like a reality show and not reality. it frustrates me as someone who wants to see a substantive debate with real leaders who have accomplished something in the political areasona. donald trump is a mmysogenist. if he is our nominee we'll get killed in the next election. it's frustrating for people who want to have a real debate. >> don't let the name of the survey fool you, the monkey part. they're a pretty reliable survey. i get it, the name strk me as odd as well. nevertheless their polling work has been seen as credible. and right now their numbers show no change in donald trump. do you feel that this reflects, how dare i say, reality or it's

just as people keep saying over and over in your world it's so darn early? >> it's really, really early. in this early stage, people go for the celebrities, people they've heard of. donald trump -- >> they never heard of jeb bush? he's still not in the top five on this. i'm mystified by that. >> i am as well. he has a lot of money and ultimately has the staying power. fact of the matter donald trump has celebrity status and we're living in this cult of celebrity. donald trump is tweaking the establishment, and tweaking all politicians and people find that very amusing and that's why they say they'll vote for him. >> it's interesting, jackie. carly fiorina was on fox news. her fund-raising has increased. she was one of the first -- i believe the first of the candidates to come out strong against donald trump in these megyn kelly comments here. now i believe you're seeing this slow boil of support surrounding her. what perfect timing for the republican party who has not won

the female vote, i can't remember in how many years now off the top of my head. in a couple of election cycles you now have the person as far as the front-runner buzz being the female candidate left off the stage. great timing. >> right. there was only one or two tickets left out of that jv debate and carly fiorina grabbed it and went after it. now we'll see how he reacts to that. one of the reasons his numbers seem to be holding, he's just being himself. for the people who really like him, they love this why would they be looking at someone else in in terms of fiorina, she is a very different candidate than the woman who ran against senator barbara boxer. she's polished and really is pushing her ceo credentials as someone who could be a viable candidate.

>> ceo credentials that are heavily scrutinized as well. >> totally. >> stock doing better after she was let go and all the people laid off. i watched several interviews that could use aggressive language directed at hillary clinton. every interview she flat out calls her a liar, which you don't see the male candidates do. she seems to have an opening, dare i say, because she is the only female on that side who can use some of the language, certainly, that would not necessarily be seen as acceptable by some of the other male candidates, i think. >> carly fiorina very early, before anyone was paying attention, was doing this. she was trying to set herself up as the alternative, as the female republican alternative to hillary clinton. and you're going to keep hearing her do it over and over and over again because it really seems to

be working for her among republicans. >> and, john, let me go back to your favorite topic. donald trump here. almost all of the candidates amonished his comments. let me play with mike huckabee said when asked if donald trump should backtrack here. >> should mr. trump apologize to megyn kelly? >> i'll have to leave that to him. i'm the only person who can talk about what mike huckabee will do as president. >> when megyn kelly listed off all the ugly names that donald trump called other women and he said oh, rosie o'donnell. the crowd kept laughing. the crowd was willing to laugh when he called rosie o'donnell a pig. now some of those same people have pitch forks behind donald trump. so the question is, is it okay

when he calls this liberal television host a pig but when he calls someone who is seen as a leader of fox news coverage this awful thing that he claims he wasn't saying, then it is certainly mysoginist and outrage when it was okay to call rosie a pig? >> misogyny is a terrible campaign strategy. it's also just bad form what he said. it's bad -- it's not polite. >> why did he get laughs about rosie and not about megyn kelly? >> it's not appropriate to do it about rosie either. i don't know why. misogyny is bad politics and bad form and should be condemned directly and mike huckabee shouldn't be trying to get around those questions. we've got to call donald trump for what he is, a misogynist. this country has real problems

that need to be fixed. >> absolutely. thank you both for your time. we greatly appreciate it. great panel for us this morning. thank you both. >> thank you. anger is growing six days after the epa spilled chemicals into a colorado river. the chemicals are still leaking now as the epa admits the accident is much bigger than first thought. and this. bernie sanders upstaged at his own event in seattle by black lives matter protesters saying the presidential candidate has not done enough to address police brutality. sanders continues to draw large crowds, tens of thousands showing up at another event part of this morning's first read in politics. 40% of the streetlights in detroit, at one point, did not work. you had some blocks and you had major thoroughfares and corridors that were just totally pitch black. those things had to change.

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into a deadly shooting of an unarmed teenager by a police officer in training. christian taylor at a car dealership early friday morning before he was shot by officer brad miller. he was shot during a confrontation after he was observed vandalizing vehicles at the dealership. security video does not show the shooting. officer miller has been put on administrative leave while authorities investigate what happened. officials from the environmental protection agency says pollution from a mind spill that contaminated the animas river in colorado is much worse than previously thought. they say the overall environmental impact of the spill is still unclear. epa says one of its own teams accidentally released 3 million gallons of toxic waste water into the river last week, turning that river a dark orange. today, the river appears less orange but the city of durango,

california, which uses drinking water from the river declared a state of emergency. city's mayor told residents the water is safe to drink and there are fears the pollution is reaching water sources in neighboring new mexico where the navajo nation is threatening to sue the epa for the spill. joining me by phone is chair of the water committee, state senator ellen roberts, meeting with concerned citizens. senator, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> as i mentioned there, you have people in durango concerned about the water quality. the mayor is telling them the water is safe to drink. are you confident that the water is safe to drink? >> the only reason the water is safe to drink is it's coming from a source other than the contaminated river. we have two rivers that supply drinking water to durango and we're not using the animas river right now. that's why the mayor said it was okay to drink. >> epa regional director sean mcgrath in durango said we'll

continue to work until this is cleaned up and hold ourselves to the same standards we would anyone that would have created this situation. people are saying if this were a major oil company of some sort and they did not give out up-to-date, accurate information that there certainly would be a problem, certainly, to pay for that. here we are with the epa saying potentially 3 million gallons of this toxic waste water was released last week more than what was first, initially reported. >> right. there have been problems from the start. obviously the spill into the river began the whole series of events. but, unfortunately, the epa has still not told us what is in the river. we know that there are heavy metals in the river that come from historic mining. but we don't know what. and we don't know if it's safe to drink. >> what is the next critical step here, state senator? >> well, i am pleased that the epa has owned this.

they say it's their fault and they'll make it right. i do want to see them make it right at least to the level they would expect any company that might have done this. but they are the environmental protection agency, and the idea was they were there to help make the water even better. so, that's what i expect from them. >> obviously for many this is deeply personal as it is one of the most beautiful places in our country. but for you as well, as i understand it your father's ashes are in the animas river. >> and he has probably floated down long ago. but the point of that is the river, for us, is an integral part of our community. it's where people get married. people do their own private ceremonies along there. it's our daily life. we have recreations, fishing, wildlife and want to see that restored. and we do want the epa to do what it says it's going to do. >> thank you very much for

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we are back with your first read. plaque lives activists stormed the podium and forced the senator to leave without speaking. relatively tight race in new had hampshire, former secretary of state has now certified that she has turned overall of her work-related e-mails to a federal judge. and after coming out against the iran nuclear deal, could senator chuck schumer's future as the next democratic leader in the senate be in jeopardy? carrie deann joins us live. hello, carrie. >> hi, tamron. >> part of the black lives matter movement, there are some who dispute if they are actually part of the organization. nevertheless, this brings up an issue that bernie sanders has

had as well as martin o'malley, since they probably used words that an audience filled with people did not appreciate when they went on to say all lives matter. >> that's right. probably the second time for bernie sanders that he has been confronted by protesters saying he's not addressing that grassroots movement in the right way. two headlines from bernie sanders over the weekend shows something going on with his campaign. first was these protesters who shouted him down. the second was that the following day in portland, oregon, a crowd of estimated 28,000 people, huge, huge crowd. it's illustrating that sanders has hit a cord in those progressive areas, places like seattle and portland, another event in l.a. tonight. you have a big, progressive community that's liking his message. part that have progressive community are those people who say race relations need to be front and center. it can't be, as sanders has said

in the past, parallel issue with economic inequality. it has to be addressed separately. he will have to continue to keep addressing it if he wants to avoid what happened over the weekend. >> hillary clinton has a town hall in new hampshire 1:00 pm eastern time where she will discuss college affordability and a plan there. obviously the headline is confirmation that she certified all of these e-mails have been turned over. we were getting them in, i guess, in dribs and drabs and now there's an update on that. what can you tell us? >> under threat of perjury, she is saying, yes, i have handed overall these e-mails to the state department, anything that could be, quote, classified as potentially classified records. clinton campaign wants this to be about the college affordability push. she's unveiling a $350 billion plan that would overhaul the way that people pay for college. it doesn't go as far as people like bernie sanders and o'malley

who have address aid debt-free college. so far what we've heard is pretty good reviews in the progressive community. when she lays it out today we'll see what college affordability advocates have to say. >> chuck schumer's camp alleging leaks came out of the white house about a conversation that he and the president had between the two of them. what's the latest here? >> the timing here is really what is problematic for those who are supportive of the president's negotiation of this iran deal. those folks wanted to see schumer, knowing he was probably going to come out against it but make it much later. it won't be voted on until after congress returns from their august recess. having this announcement when he did meant now we have the next four to five weeks for him to, perhaps, during the very heavy time of lobbying, those members who might be undecided, he has staked out his position very early. you saw the white house late in

the week last week not doing schumer a lot of favors when asked if it would jeopardize his political future in the senate. the white house said that's up to democratic senators to decide. >> interesting development. thank you, carrie. have a good monday. coming up, the business owner who made a big staple, big headlines, in fact, by paying his workers a minimum wage of $70,000 a year. as a result of that bold move, he says he has lost customers. he has lost business. he says some are upset that he was making a political statement. i'll talk live with him next. . ...8 layers of wheat... ...and one that's sweet. to satisfy the adult.... ...and kid - in all of us. ♪ nutritious wheat for the adult you've grown into. and delicious sweet for the kid you'll never outgrow...

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ceo announced he was taking a pay cut in order to be able to give his employees a pay raise. according to ""the new york times"," the company has lost business with some clients upset at what they see as a political statement and a publicity stunt. price has also heard from other small business owners who worry the move could drive up their own employee wages and also facing a lawsuit from his own brother, with whom he co-founded the credit card payment processing company. thank you for joining us again. as i understand it, you take issue with "the new york times" reporting that the company has lost some business because of the announcement. what's the truth here? >> no. i mean, i think that there have been some challenges, which we expected. but to me, this is something that's worth it. income inequality is a huge issue, not just for our country but for us as a company. because very smart, hardworking people that were dedicating their lives to gravity payments, their work lives, they weren't

able to live a normal life. to me, that didn't make sense. it wasn't right. i'm willing to have some sacrifices to go along with fixing that. >> so you said some challenges. again, going back to the times that say you lost business because some people thought -- i'm sorry. i apologize. that some people believed that you were making a political statement. >> it wasn't intended to be a political statement. what it was intended to do was actually address the issue of people working at gravity that were serving our mission of trying to make credit card processing fair and these aren't dumb people, lazy people. there's a narrative that anybody that makes less money actually is not as good as somebody that makes more money. and what i found was these were very dedicated people and they deserved to make enough to make ends meet and have va money as well. >> what advice have you given to

other small businesses that have come to you and said it's a statement for what is right not a political statement since you're the ceo of this company. >> right. >> what advice have you an effective model? >> do what you can. you know, the most important opportunity that we give to everybody that works at gravity is a chance to serve others and to actually learn and grow. so i want other ceos to invest in their team. it's not just all about money. but the money provides important accountability. if we're paying people well, then we have to invest in the training the other systems, we all agree on inequality is a problem so let's do the best we can to solve it. >> we wish you obviously the best as well as those employees who you say deserve to make as much as you do as they are putting in the work to keep that company afloat. thank you so much for your time. great pleasure. >> thanks for having me on. up next, the emotional tribute from junior seau's daughter.

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nearby. rangers say they have captured a bear. they're running d ina tests. the daughter of junior seau gave an emotion am tribute to her father during his hall of fame induction ceremony this weekend. >> know that his athleticism and talent made him extraordinary enough to make him into the hall but it is his passionate heart that make him truly legendary. >> junior seau committed suicide in 2012. sydney seau was not allowed to give a speech she originally wanted to do due to nfl rules but was allowed to speak at his nfl induction. we will be back here tomorrow same time. 11:00 eastern time. you next, "andrea mitchell reports." what do a nascar® driver...

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ferguson. on the anniversary of michael brown's death peaceful protests in ferguson are interrupted by violence. >> i heard you. a lot of gunfire. >> a lot of gunfire. >> five shots, ten shots? >> more than that. from all different directions. >> there is a small group of people out there that are intent on making sure that we don't have peace that prevails. i don't know how else to say that. no apologies. donald trump does not back down from his controversial comments about meghayn kelly. >> she should be apologizing to me, you want to know the truth. how are the women run for president responding? >> they were completely inappropriate and offensive comments. period. >> we are live in new hampshire today where hillary clinton is about to arrive and we'll see what she has to say.

and good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell on the trail reporting live from new hampshire today where hillary clinton will be arriving shortly. it is her first trip to new hampshire after bernie sanders pulled within six points of her. sanders is in california today. here in new hampshire, a newly combative clinton will be unveiling a $350 billion prop e proposal to make college more affordable. she'll also weigh in on donald trump's attack on megyn kelly, or will she? more on that coming up. first, a shooting in merge sfer missouri, tops the news today. >> thank you. that's right. that is our top story. one year after the shooting death of michael brown the city of ferguson is once again on edge after a weekend of peaceful