stephanie. >> what have authorities been telling you? last night, this morning? >> i'm sorry, it was a little difficult to hear you, but what are authorities saying? >> what are they saying? >> what are they saying? they're saying first of all, it's a state of emergency, and they're bringing in state highway patrol as well as national guard. we expect to hear from the city officials later on this morning on what their plans are for later on today. this is a very active investigation, of course. and there's a lot of anger here in the community about the differing accounts of what led up to all this. but yesterday, when we started, this all began as a peaceful protest. and it quickly spiraled out of control, and these businesses were affected, many people here in downtown charlotte were effected. this is really the largest city in north carolina. this is the epicenter, literally, the high-end area where restaurants and shops that was targeted by some of these vandals. but the protesters, the peaceful

protesters we spoke with yesterday, they did not want this to distract from the message. they wanted to get their word out. in their view, they felt that they wanted to draw attention to what they say is excessive force by the police department. there are several questions here that remain unanswered. but again, stephanie, the question tonight is whether the city will be able to prevent a repeat of this violence. >> and today, businesses, schools, everything is open? >> there are many places downtown, the mayor has said that charlotte remains open for business. but several major corporations, for example, bank of america, wells fargo, have told their employees to stay home. many businesses like this restaurant next to me, they're cleaning up today, so they're not able to open. the city is really trying to at the same time stay open for business. a lot of the economy here is based on tourism, but they're having very difficult questions to answer about how they can get this under control and a lot of people here are asking for the

release of that body cam and that dashcam video, and we expect city officials to address that throughout the day today. >> all right, gabe gutears, be safe. i want to turn to sarah rozaur y rozaurio, she has more on the shooting that touched off all the protests. >> yeah, with tensions high here in charlotte after two nights of unrest and violent protests, the family of keith scott and his widow are appealing for calm, asking people to protest peacefully. that's despite having different opinions or different view of what led up to his shooting and what police are releasing. police say they were executing a search warrant at his home near the university area of north charlotte when they found that keith scott had a gun. he got out of his car with a gun. police say that they asked him several times to put down the gun. he didn't listen. they felt like he was posing a threat to them, which is why they justified shooting him. and now, his family and witnesses are saying that keith

scott didn't have a gun. this is something they have been saying since yesterday. they say he was sitting in his car with a book, waiting for his son to get off the bus. today, we're hoping to learn much more information about keith scott. yesterday, we learned he does have a prior criminal past with charges in texas and also for assault with a deadly weapon as well. today, we're also hoping to learn more about if police will release the body cam footage. that is something that protesters are very upset about. the police chief says he's not going to be releasing any body cam footage while this case is still under investigation. but we do know three officers had body cameras on when the shooting happened. the officer accused of shooting and killing scott was not wearing a body camera. we'll wait to get much more information as the day progress progresses. sarah rosario, now back to you. >> joining me now, retired nypd lieutenant darren porcher. i want to go in reverse order and start with the situation now.

what do you make of the way police are handling it? >> it's a combustible situation that police could have avoided. one of the key pum pocomponentse police were not in tune with the intel from the community. that's a significant componeabout in policing. 90% of policing is service related. 10% is enforcement. >> what does that mean, not in touch with intel from the community? >> they have to determine the pulse of where the community stanldz. if this was an aberration, you wouldn't have had the outcry that you have. however, apparently, this has been rumblings and overtones for a period of time that led up to this. this situation created the combustible instance that we have right now. >> are the rumblings or overt e overtones about race. the police officer who shot him was also african-american? >> i don't believe race is the issue here. i think that the police department should have gotten in front of this much earlier and been more transparent. but however, i don't believe it's race. i think it's more of an issue of policing in the community of

charlotte. >> right now, one of the issues is what exactly happened. people are calling for video to be released. i just want to share this, because there's really two different accounts. police who have said he had a gun, his family said he didn't. take a look. >> a weapon was seized. a handgun. >> he didn't have no gun. >> we did not find a book. >> no gun. it was a book. >> the officers gave loud, clear, verbal commands. >> he got out of his truck, walked behind his truck like this and asked the police what is the problem? >> exited his vehicle armed with a handgun. as the officers continued to yell at him to drop it. >> pow, pow, pow, pow. that's it. >> i realize an investigation is going on right now, but these are two very different stories. now, we saw an image where there was a gun or appeared to be a gun on the ground. why wouldn't they just release the video? >> absolutely. it's real easy. it goes back to what i mentioned in connection to transparency. this is a public place.

there's no expectation of privacy. oftentimes when you see police investigations, they're very quick to release the name of the defendant, the name of victims, with exception of victims of a sexual assault. however here, it had the police department just released this information up front, we wouldn't have had the combustible situation that we have. i hear conflicting statements in connection with a gun or a book. if that may have been the case, fine. but introduce this video early. that way the community can make that assessment and more than likely, they wouldn't have erupted in the manner they did. >> as someone who has been a member of the police department, again, it's somewhat of a guess. why do you think they haven't? >> it goes back to the transparency issue. this has been an inherently negative trait in policing. police have to be far more transparent in introducing these issues to the public. a lot of it is questioning the unknown. but if the public has some level

of understanding of what happened, then it makes it so much easier for police to navigate to wherever the story is or the narrative we have present. >> thanks for your work and sharing your thoughts. darren porcher. >> both hillary clinton and donald trump, they're weighing in on the police shootings in charlotte and of course oklahoma. >> we have two more names to add to a list of african-americans killed by police officers in these encounters. it's unbearable. and it needs to become intolerable. >> donald trump says that stopping crime in the black community is for police departments around the country to use a controversial policing strategy. >> i would do stop and frisk. i think you have to. we did it in new york. it worked incredibly well. and you have to be proactive. >> nbc's jacob rascon is live in pittsburgh covering the trump campaign. why is donald trump saying stop and frisk is the way to go? >> so he has said, of course, as we know, what do we have to lose? talking to african-american

voters. when pressed on specifics, now he's talking about stop and frisk, saying it worked incredibly well in new york. but of course, that is disputable, and he talks about stop and frisk when asked to describe what it actually is, he said it's about taking a gun away from those who have guns sothey have nothing to shoot with. of course, stop and frisk had more to do with guns, had also to do with really the police having the right to stop and question any pedestrian with any suspicion and take away drugs or anything. but the studies found that it wasn't as effective as they wanted it to be. not only that, in 2013, it was overturned and rejected as unconstitutional by a federal judge, saying that it indirectly racially profiled. now, on top of that, we can talk about as well how trump has said we need to profile. we have no choice. he said, so he has no problem with profiling. then, we'll add, when asked about stop and frisk, he

clarified and said he was only talking about chicago, that he wanted stop and frisk in chicago. >> so if he wants stop and frisk, and he wants the controversial practices that the african-american community said they don't like, he has to win an election. we have a new poll out this morning saying hillary clinton is holding on to her lead. >> holding on to her lead. she has a seven-point lead in a two-way matchup, i believe, a six-point lead when you're talking about a four-way matchup. at the same time, you do have other polls that show trump doing well in some swing states, ahead in ohio and north carolina. according to the poll. his support with african-american voters is going up, but only to 5% or 6% on average. >> thanks, jacob. up next, one police shooting, but two very different accounts as to how exactly it went down. why are the accounts so vastly different? plus, he's the legendary winning and temperamentm basketball

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now back to charlotte, north carolina, where we're expecting to hear from the mayor and the police chief in just over an hour. i want to bring in nbc's tammy leitner. she was in the middle of the protests last night. i wanted you to wake up early even though i saw you on tv very late last night because you were there in the thick of it. talk me through how tense it was. when you see the police in riot gear, it's scary. >> yeah, you know, stephanie, things escalated very quickly. this started as a vigil. a peaceful vigil at about 7:00, and the protesters then started walking. and they ended up about a third of a mime from where we are

right now and around 8:30 is when things started escalating. you saw protesters throwing bottles. you saw them attacking vans, trying to break out the windows. destroying buildings, breaking the windows, actually, i'm standing in front of a broken window right now from last night's damage. >> tammy, when and how did that change happen? when do you go from a peaceful march to throwing bottles, breaking windows, and someone getting shot? >> you know, it escalated. it was very peaceful when they started marching, but when they got to the downtown area, which is about a third of a mile from where we are, that's when things started getting out of control. most of the crowd was peaceful, but a few people incited some violence. that's how things escalated from there. >> did you feel unsafe? a cnn reporter did get hurt? >> we're in the middle of essentially what boils down to a riot. did i feel safe? no, not the entire time.

are don't think the people out there felt safe. it became a volatile situation very quickly. it changed on a time. while we were watching protesters one minute, the next minute, tear gas is fired off into the crowd and people are running down the street in the direction where we are. >> several police officers were injured. does that surprise you? did it seem like that could happen last night? maybe they were even being targeted. >> we saw two police officers get injured where we were. first, it was a male officer and then it was a female officer. both were helped out by their fellow officers. both could not walk on their own. we don't know the extent of what happened to them last night. but yeah, it's highly likely that officers could have been injured and were injured last night. >> do we know how they were injured? >> we saw protesters throwing rocks. we saw protesters throwing bottles. so my guess is they may have gotten hit with one of those. >> how about the protester who was shot? official reports say it was a civilian who shot him.

some who were there say it wasn't. do you know anything more? >> we were within 20 feet of where it happened, i can't tell you how it happened. >> what? >> because -- >> you were within 20 feet. hold on, you were within 20 feet of where it happened when the person was shot or after? >> no, no, when they were shot. and we didn't know it at the time. our security team later came up and told us that a woman came running up and showed us a video saying my friend was just shot. my friend was just shot. and we obviously didn't have context to know what was going on. but it had happened within 20 feet of where we were standing. it was such a ciotic scene and there was flash bangs going off and tear gas being shot and bottles being thrown. you didn't know what was what. >> it was so loud and chaotic, a gunshot went off and i'm guessing screaming within 20 feet of you and you were unaware it happened? >> absolutely. people were screaming when the flash bang grenades were going off. people were screaming when the tear gas was going off.

people were screaming when the pellet bullets were being fired. pepper bullets. i mean, it was essentially chaos the entire time. >> tammy, wow, we're glad to hear you're safe. this is clearly, clearly a stressful time. tammy leitner joining us from charlotte, north carolina. >> up next, the man, the legend, now a trump supporter. basketball coach bobby knight joins us and tells us why he's supporting the billionaire. my ea different angle. my eyelove is season 1, episode 1. my eyelove is making a story come alive. eyelove is all the things we love to do with our eyes. but it's also having a chat with your eye doctor about dry eyes that interrupt the things you love. because if your eyes feel dry, itchy, gritty, or you have occasional blurry vision, it could be chronic dry eye. go to myeyelove.com and feel the love.

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>> good morning, and yes. but as you mentioned, we're a community that's hurting right now. the entire community is hurting. if you notice, you didn't just see african-americans that were outside. you saw a snapshot of the diversity of charlotte. >> we have want gotten the body cam video yet. you are a member of the city council. are we going to get it? >> we have not seen it. the first step, with the policies we have in place, is for the family to have access. i do know that there has been a request by the family's attorney for the family to review the tape. they will have first opportunity. hopefully very soon, not only myself and my colleagues, but also our mayor will have a chance to review all of the tapes. >> if we were to get to see the tapes, would that create peace in charlotte? what would get people out of the streets? >> at the end of the day, we

want people to have peaceful protests. we want the community to come out together. we have more than 12 religious leaders that were out last night that were leading a peaceful protest, representing all denominations of all ethnicities. that part is not the part that was shown on tv, but as a community, peaceful protests and having your voice heard, we encourage. what we have concern about is when that turns violent, and that's not when we are as a city. >> as you said, people of all different ethnicities are in the streets. the police officer was african-american as well. is this issue -- is what's being protested about policing or about race? >> i think it's a combination. i think at the end of the day, the community is hurting. we're all hurting. we have seen this now in charlotte and it breaks my heart to see it in my city, but we saw it in tulsa very recently. we have seen it in baton rouge. we've seen it across the nation.

where it appears that african-americans interaction with law enforcement ends in a fatality opposed to a trial. >> all right. thank you. our hearts go out to our city. lawana mayfield. >> thank you. >> coming up, the man, the legend. bobby knight will be joining me. why is the former coach supporting the billionaire, donald trump? >> and later, my exclusive interview with donald rumsfeld. >> we saw these colin powell leaked e-mails, when you saw this, what did you make of it? >> what did i think about it? . by the time i was 30, i said "that's it, i'm a smoker for life." i wanted to be a non-smoker and i did it thanks to chantix. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix reduced my urge to smoke some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. some had seizures while taking chantix.

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a negative opinion of donald trump. overall, hillary clinton holds a six-point advantage over mr. trump among likely voters. hillary clinton has no campaign events scheduled today. instead, she is spending the day preparing for monday's big debate and the, quote, different trumps that might show up. >> a rocket containing a suspected mustard agent landed near a base housing american troops in iraq just south of a major isis stronghold. no u.s. troops were injured and so far, none are showing symptoms of mustardesh poseur. >> listen to this one. sacramento mayor, kevin johnson, he was hit in the face by a pie last night at a charity dinner. according to reports, the former nba star tackled his attacker, repeatedly punching him in the face before police stepped in and arrested the attacker. that's a wow. >> all right, now back to politics and donald trump. he is focused on the state of pennsylvania today, important battleground state, speaking in

pittsburgh in just about an hour and a half. and a visit comes one day after mr. trump campaigned in another key battleground state, ohio. and he brought one of his biggest supporters with him, the coach, famed former college basketball coach, bobby knight. >> there's nobody that's better prepar prepared. this man has an ability beyond anybody i have ever known to solve problems. >> joining me now is the legend, bobby knight. bobby, good morning. >> how are you this morning? >> better now that you're here. you are, as i said, a legend. in sports, across america. but you know, you're a retired guy. you have a great life. why put yourself in the middle of this and endorse donald trump at this time during this campaign? such an aggressive time. >> well, you know, i think the answer is pretty simple. i just like the united states.

and i like being an american. and i would really like to have an opportunity to do something that i think would be good for america. and i happen to think donald trump would be good for america. so i have kind of gotten a lot of enjoyment out of maybe having some effect that would help our country. >> why? why do you think he would be good for america? >> i just thing that he would be -- i think he's smart. i think he's tough. i think he loves america. i think this is a real american we're talking about here. and i think he brings a lot of things to the table. you know, he's a tough guy. not everybody is going to appreciate him, but i have been around him enough to know that this is the kind of guy that i would like to see being involved in decisions that are affecting the united states. >> you don't think hillary

clinton is smart and tough and loves america? she's devoted her life to public service? >> i don't know her. i have never met her. i don't know anything about her, really. i do know donald trump. and i have been around him, so he's a person that i can speak about first hand, the lady you're mentioning is not. i have never met her. >> donald trump at the rnc didn't have a lot of star power like you speaking on his behalf. having someone like you stand here before him, it's a big deal. some people have said, a lot of people are going to vote for him, they just don't want to admit it because of all the offensive things he says. >> well, you would probably find a lot of people that had some offensive things i said over the years, too. so i've never really worried too much about that because i think that in knowing him, that's the point. here's the person that i know. and a person that i have been around, and one that i feel very

comfortable about relative to this country. >> in terms of the basketball parallel, i think of steph curry, when you go to a warriors game, that guy is out there shooting hoops an hour and a half before every game, after every game. it's practice, practice, practice. you're talking about a candidate here who has never even played the game. no military experience, no government experience. >> well, i'm not sure that's exactly true. i think that he's paid attention to a lot of things. and we get back to basketball. >> you think watching a lot of basketball would make you a good basketball player? >> i think it would help. i think you watch somebody play that's a good shooter, and it helps you. but when i get back to basketball, it's, okay, we've got to be able to find a way to beat that press. if we're going to beat this team, we have to do something with our offense against the press. and that's where i think he comes in so good. as i have studied him and paid

attention to what he's done. you know, lezerapher not the easiest guy to get along with, but to me, now, that's me. you know, not everybody is going to think like i do. but i think it's really important to be able to win. and i think he works at winning. i think when he looks at things and when he looks over what's going on, then he has an ability to decide, okay, here's how we're doing to have to beat that press they have. and that's what i really like about him. >> all right, well, monday night is the big debate. it's game night. you have been with him this week. what are you advising him to do? what does he need to do? >> i think what he should do is just be himself. he should simply say, this is what i think has to be done. he said i think this is where we are, we have got the best country in the world. we've got great people. i think that the way i can contribute to it is, a, b, c, and d. and i'll be there patting him on

the butt and telling him maybe every once in a while don't speak so loudly, let's be a little quieter. but nevertheless, i'm going to be there saying, hey, you know, we have to look at this guy pretty good. >> i hope we get that butt shot on tv, but one more question. he's already out there complaining, the moderators, they're going to be biased. they're all democrats. is he taking a cue from you kind of working the refs ahead of the game? >> i don't think so. you know, i think that the one thing i think that he has to be careful of, and i think you'll get a kick out of this. he kind of does things to enjoy himself. >> he does. >> good. let me tell you something. you got a great smile. i like your smile. >> thank you. >> but you know, he's got to be careful about that. and i've told him that. >> don't get too cute. >> exactly. again, i go back to just how

strongly i feel about him being a person that can react to what's happening and to do things that will really enable us as a country to be what we want to be. >> mr. knight, thank you so much. the great, the legend, bobby knight. and be sure to tune in to msnbc for all-day coverage of the first presidential debate on monday, september 26th. live from hofstra university, beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern, and do not miss our live telecast of the debate moderaedr by nbc's lester holt at 9:00 p.m. eastern followed by late night coverage with our post-debate team. >> coming up, the national guard has mobilized in north carolina. will that calm the protests or cause them to escalate even further? what is your nationality and i would always answer hispanic. so when i got my ancestry dna results it was a shocker. i'm everything. i'm from all nations.

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no justice, no peace. >> that, of course, was the scene in downtown charlotte last

night, a city now under a state of emergency. the national guard started arriving at 4:00 in the morning. rowland-smith, host and manager edder and a man with many opinions of news one now. roland martin, i think i said your name wrong. i want to start with charlotte, not the what is happen, why is this happening? it wasn't just african-americans in the street. it was an african-american officer who shot keith sdaut. >> the mistake people keep making is it's black and white. it's arblue culture. communities feel as if police are not being held accountable. the cop who killed eric garner still has his job. doj hasn't gotten involved. numerous cases. it's rare, very rare for police, freddie gray was killed. five cops got off, and it's like, well, tough policing, but they weren't responsible. well, how did he die? so people are angry, but there's no level of accountability.

so we sit here and go white people are protesting, a congressman who quoted mlk. this is what the same dr. king said about riots. he said, he condemned violence, but he said it's necessary for me to be as vigorous in condemning the conditions which cause persons to feel they must engage in riots activities as it is for me to condemn riots. >> he also said rioting is the language of the unheard. is that the only answer? we're hearing of peaceful protests. the man shot in tulsa, there was a protest right here in harlem yesterday. >> was it covered? >> we're talking about charlotte. does it have to be violent for it count? >> america was founded on violen violence. america responds to violence. in 1960s, the civil rights act of '64, the fair housing act of '68 were preceded by violence. the reason there was a commission report was because of the riots in '66 and '67. >> you're saying the media

doesn't pay attention to peaceful riots. we pay attention to violent riots, but these violent riots are leading to people getting hurt, people getting killed. >> yes. >> what is going to create progress, change? what needs to happen? >> when we confront education, when we confront economics and the reality that the system is set up to favor law enforcement. when cops lie on police reports, they don't get charged. if you lie on a police report, you can get charged with a crime. >> we should start treating all cops like criminals? >> if they create a criminal act, they should be treated like a criminal. we see somebody on the street and call them a thug, you have little accountability for cops. we're saying how can this toint? there has to be more accountability. as cops start going to prison, losing their pensions, then they might get the message. they complain about snitching in the streets. the greatest no-snitching policy

is america is in police departments where they say don't tell on each other. >> roland, never without an opinion. thank you. >> up next, my exclusive interview with former defense secretary donald rumsfeld. why exactly is he supporting donald trump and the reason he thinks bush 41 is supporting clinton. you're not a cook, if you don't cook. you're not a firefighter, if you don't fight fires. or a coach, if you don't coach. and you can't be our leader, if you don't lead. our next president needs to take action on social security, or future generations could lose up to $10,000 a year. we're working hard, what about you? hey candidates, do your jobs. keep social security strong. ugh. heartburn. sorry ma'am. no burning here. try new alka-seltzer heartburn relief gummies. they don't taste chalky and work fast. mmmm. incredible. can i try? she doesn't have heartburn. new alka-seltzer heartburn relief gummies.

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country during a time this zmajs. >> my wife called me up and said i've got the answer. on the republican side, we've got a known known. and democratic side, known known. a record of not being believable. you can't, people are not going to follow. do you agree with the known unknown on the other side but i've never agreed with anybody. >> it's about risk management and in the world of risk management, the unknown

but it is equally true on the other side. >> it doesn't concern you that the hate that's been unleashed through this campaign has brought, i mean, fact we use the words bigot and racist throughout this campaign. i haven't said those words in years. >> i'm uncomfortable with it.

and i'm also an american. i recognize, i study history and i recognize that we've changed. and i hope we continue to change and evolve. >> as it relates to isis, donald trump has said, let's just seize iraq's oil. is that even possible? sometimes he says things and i say, can you do something like that? >> i don't know. oil has a value. and there, it is conceivable to me that you could find a way to have some of the value. personally, i would be uncomfortable with that. >> we saw these colin powell leaked e-mails and condoleezza rice and colin powell, contemporaries of yours, said if donald rumsfeld in the pentagon did their jobs better, the iraq war would have been better. what did you think of that? >> i probably felt badly for

colin and condi. they were equal opportunity critics of everybody they wrote about except each other. what did i think about it? sure, was everything done perfectly? i doubt that. overall, i'd give president bush and his administration pretty good marks. perfect? heck no. is it fun to get an e-mail and say bad things about other people? i suppose it helps them feel better, but i kind of find it juvenile. >> and he hasn't confirmed it but it's been reported that george h.w. bush will be voting for hillary clinton. are you surprised? >> no. >> why? >> he's up in years. >> so are you. >> but he's up in years and he obviously comes from a totally different cut than donald trump and he gets his choice and if

that's true, he's made his choice, then fine. he can go do what he wants to do. i look at it and say, i don't agree with either 100% of the time but who do i think would be best for the country and what do i think is acceptable? maybe not preferred. but acceptable as opposed to what's unacceptable and i think truthfulness and believability and truthfulness is important. >> truthful? >> i think he's not untruthful. and i think she is. >> truthfulness. if you notice, that was a long pause when addressing truthfulness in these two candidates. this is an extraordinary election. that was donald rumsfeld. you can actually see his whole

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what a morning. i'm stephanie rule. be sure to stay tuned in but don't forget to tune in on monday. msnbc will cover the first presidential debate. takes place monday, september 26, live from hofstra university. we start coverage at 9:00 p.m. eastern moderated by our own lester holt followed by late night coverage with post-debate team. big few days in the world of politics. right now, we've got a lot more news. my friend craig melvin is here. >> enjoy the conversation with secretary rumsfeld as well. breaking news from charlotte, north carolina, this morning. we are expecting another update shortly from the mayor and police chief after a second chaotic night of violent clashes between protesters and police. the governor has declared a state of emergency and deployed the national guard and highway patrol.

>> this morning, one man is in critical condition. police say a civilian shot outside the omni hotel. >> i don't know. they just shot somebody and he was laying in front of the omni. i was in there. there's a crowd of people. >> all of this sparked by the shooting of keith lamont scott. shot him tuesday when he didn't obey calls to drop a gun. this witness photograph appears to show a gun at scott's feet moments later. police also say they recovered a gun at the scene. family and some witnesses insist he didn't have a gun but a book instead and last few minutes, we

learned city leaders are considering a curfew for tonight and reports that scott's family may see video of the deadly shooting at some point today. gabe gutierrez and tammy lithener were in the middle of it. >> reporter: we are expected to hear from city officials and just a short time, a lot of questions right now are swig