and i think as our chief has stated, it's a fluid situation and absolutely, there are certain times of the day, absolutely, it's safe. people are walking on the veet. people are conducting business as normal, as usual. we are monitoring the situation. we have eyes on the ground. we have great feedback. i think you've heard from our chief the resources deployed, the continued collaboration with the community that we are determined, the safety of our citizens is the highest priority and we can look at experience. we can't predict what will happen. many conversations are going on in the community and many efforts. and i applaud our community leaders, many efforts to reach out to folks who are angry to get them to stand down even today while we're speaking. i know of meetings ongoing right

now where great leaders who have the trust and faith of their congregations and communities and neighborhoods are having tough conversations and saying violence is not the answer. we are a peaceful city. we will work together moving forward. [ reporter asking question ] >> i am still in charge and the structure flows from there. yes, sir? >> i'd like to get your reaction. the official who has seen the police video is that mr. scott made, quote, obvious threat toward police officers, not only did he have a gun but a very short clip, that's what he saw. and i'd like to get your reaction to what and what do you expect? >> when can you expect it to release? you shouldn't. as far as my reaction, i will be

updating based on new facts you'll have. you'll get that update later on today. i'm not ready to give that yet because there's still a lot of questions that i have and a lot of information that needs to be vetted first. thank you, sir. [ reporter asking question ] >> the big thing we're doing different is we have several hundred additional assets that protect the structures, businesses, and personnel. we'll be a lot more proactive. we made 44 arrests last night because we're not going to tolerate the behavior and we have resources to better protect the infrastructure so that be a lot more proactive in going after the criminal behavior. absolutely, ma'am. several hundred more people, yes. >> we're going to take two more questions. jen?

>> safety is the highest priority. whatever your plan was yesterday, it didn't work out well. what do you say to people in businesses and how can you ensure those the same thing doesn't happen tonight? >> i think you've heard our chief say clearly we are working on a new strategic response that will ensure that safety. every situation is volatile and we will do as much as we can to ensure that safety. we can't guarantee not knowing what will happen and groups gathered but we have every confidence that we are going to put the resources in place that are required and needed. and it is my sincere hope, i reach out to the community. i ask for continued conversation. all those leaders who reached out to me personally. you are amazing and the message

you're carrying about non-violence. and i have faith that we will continue to progress. we have seen social media that have made the imitations. i have no way to evaluate how much that was a part of what went on. we'll continue to get information on that. >> final question, eric? >> how you're working or plan to work with businesses that have suffered damage, losses, and go through videos, that kind of thing, what should be expected? >> they should be expecting us to have these conversations right now. we're aware of those businesses. they should also see the increased presence as soon as we start seeing people misbehave, they will see an increased level of that presence and they'll see us much more proactive to start locking criminal behavior up so that we don't experience the damages that we had last night.

>> i think i answered that question as clearly as i can right now. >> thank you all very much. thank you all very much for coming. if you all have -- >> we're investigating all of that, sir. >> we are listening in to a pretty extensive news conference held by the mayor of charlotte as well as the police chief in charge of the investigation. let me get you caught up. a lot happened this morning. as you see, we are following breaking news. there's a state of emergency in effect in charlotte, north carolina. the governor calling in the national guard and state troopers to assist local police but as you just heard there, the police chief saying he's not ready to impose a curfew. it is always on the table. last night, 44 people were arrested. that's the latest number from the police chief in that news conference comes after a straight night of protest in

wake of tuesday's deadly shooting involving 44-year-old keith lamont scott. one protester was shot last might and police say that happened as a result of something between two protesters, not a gunshot fired by police. that individual is now listed in critical condition and on life support. dozens of other protesters arrested, as i mentioned. an update from the chief. 44 people arrested. we saw tear gas and flash bang grenades used last night and stores also vandalized. just in that news conference, mayor jennifer roberts issued an appeal for two days for calm. >> i ask again for calm, peaceful demonstrations from our citizens. it is important that we have a full and transparent investigation of the original incident and we are working very hard in the collaborative way to ensure the integrity of that investigation.

>> also new this morning, this is a photo obtained by our nbc station in charlotte. wcnc from an eyewitness, police sources say this is a photo that shows a gun at mr. scott's feet. police claim that keith lamont scott was armed and threatening when he was shot by, but his family members and witnesses claim he was carrying nothing more than a book as he waited for his son to be dropped off. the police chief announced he would honor the request to view the police shooting of the video. that is though, not being released to the public. and what the police department will offer to the public. chief legal correspondent, ari melber. it's an interesting set-up they have in north carolina. i think a lot of people when these body cameras assume that the press would get it and in a situation like this, two days of violence, for transparency, it would be made public. we understand, we would be watching the death of an individual, but it could perhaps put to rest some of these

concerns. >> you're putting your finger on the issue there. there's evidence and transparency. they are two different things. the police are generally much more on the side of saying, fine, we'll collect extra evidence and video can go to prosecutions of people they're pursuing as well as in a case like this questions of whether or not the family was a victim but that's separate from the next step. how and when do you release the video? north carolina has a new law coming into effect that will open the door more but still what we heard in that press conference, the police chief saying it's about showing it to the family, not the public. >> what's current law? >> no obligation that it is pursuant to a police investigation. folks who will remember in chicago, we heard that same argument. you can't spoil the investigation. whether or not that was true then, chicago has changed gears as you well know and now doing transparen transparency, public release. this is something we see particularly in communities that have reason to doubt the

official storyline of the police. we see a lot more pressure to do earlier public release. >> going back to then what happens after october, what would be the law then? >> then the law is the burden is on citizens to petition for the video and the people in the video or family members, essentially, if you are in a video like this where you're deceased, your family members have the same right to say, i'm in the video and i would like to see it and the police will play it for them. that's a step or a baby step but that goes to the interactions between the police and the people in that incident. >> let me pause you because we have this photo up. i thy we neink we need to put i context. the local affiliate said it obtained from an eyewitness, it's a gun but this is not actual video from the body camera or video from any of the body cameras that police would have been wearing. go ahead, ari. i'm sorry. >> understood, tamron.

and that kind of still or shot is one piece, right, of the additional government or police evidence that you would have if the pull video was released. we also heard in the press conference the police chief characterizing what he believes was presence of a gun although he said it did not establish whether that gun was pointed in a threatening or menacing manner. >> he said listening to him, described a bit of that video. sounds as if he doesn't have clarity based on the body cam video he saw. >> i didn't hear clarity about a complete conclusion. i didn't hear that and the mayor has been saying she hasn't herself as of this morning viewed this video yet. people at home, i believe, would be right to feel skeptical about this. if this is so important, if these videos are being made and if this community has these questions and we don't know how they're answered, why are the people in charge not using the evidence available? >> we heard the same thing from

rahm emanuel. he's not seen video of laquan davis in the shooting there, i believe. laquan mcdonald, that he had not seen the video. the same question. you are leading that in a tumultuous time. is there something legally to prevent the mayor of charlotte from seeing this video? >> no. i'll call a spade a spade. i think it's more politics than law. i think there's reasons why you don't release early, so a process that's uniform. we'll wait 30 days and then do a release. 60 days, some communities have built that but i don't think there's a good reason for that kind of gap and the police chief later found to have been lying about the video and lost his job over it but that was a lie that the mayor couldn't catch if he refused to watch the video but the other thing about this situation, it may be the police account turns out to be more ak

ra accurate. and there's a huge gap in how people feel about the first draft from police. there's gallup polling here that shows even after these incidents, white support and trust in the police remains high around 62% and non-whites, down around 39%. so how different communities react to that first draft of history, very different. >> thank you very much. let me bring in tammy leitner. she was in the protest and the scene of the press conference that just wrapped up. so at least at this hour, the mayor, the police chief not ready to implement a curfew. >> reporter: that's right. they're not ready to implement a curfew. the businesses still open. they hope this doesn't happen again but one thing interesting. they admitted that they did not respond as quickly as they would have liked to have last night. for the second night in a row,

cars on the inter state were stopped and if something happens again tonight, if the police are not there and have not arrived, get in your car, stay there and lock the doors. so that was something new. also, you touched on the video. everybody is asking, when is this video going to be released? it's obvious the the police chief has seen the video but did admit today for the first time, it does not show the suspect pointing the gun at police officers and they have a policy. they don't normally release the video but the family asked to see the video. we know that 9 civilians injured and two injured as we saw last night when we were out on the front lines. 44 people were arrested from assault to failure to disperse to breaking and entering. >> tammy, going back to the scene we saw yesterday, just so people are clear, two days of protests but two different locations where these protesters

have taken a stand. >> reporter: exactly. and last night's protest, it actually had multiple locations. they stopped cars on the interstate, again, protest happened in downtown where several officers were injured, a number of people were hurt. was spread out over multiple blocks of the city and you're right, a different location than last night as well. >> thank you very much, tammy. joining us now is pastor steve knight of the mission gathering church in charlotte. he was there. thank you so much for your time. >> yes, glad to be with you, tamron. >> hearing chief putt mney sayi he's seen the tvideo and in his description could you say not show mr. scott pointing a weapon at the officers there, that it's not conclusive, what's your reaction to that and your reaction tot video not being

released publicly but allowing the families to see it? >> well, let me first say that as a member of the clergy community here in charlotte that my hearts and prayers go out to the family of keith lamont scott. we want to stand with them in solidarity and stand with the city of charlotte. and seek a peaceful resolution, but it needs to be understood that what has been talked about moments ago, trust has been lost here in this community between the police and the community. and i, we need to continue to put pressure on our local officials for transparency for the information to be released. we need an independent investigation and i believe that there will be more evidence and video that comes out. i can tell you from my

experience, being out in the community these last two nights, protests have been largely peaceful. people in the community have a very different story than the official story told to the news media by the police. it just does not add up for us right now. it doesn't add up for me. >> with that said, pastor, the chief says that he's uncomfortable releasing this video to the media. that's not a part of the obligation as his role of the chief of police to show the moments where this man's life ended. is that a sufficient answer for you? of course, none of us want to see this but is that sufficient to say, let the family see it. let those behind the scenes investigate this and not release it publicly? >> i believe the family needs to have this information first, but the community needs answers and

right now what many in the community believe to be true. eyewitness accounts, family members, neighbors of keith lamont scott, they don't believe the version of events told to us by police and to the news media of the country. i am glad to see skepticism because there should be, absolutely, here in the city of charlotte. i've seen it up close and personal and very skeptical, the version of events of what happened last night. i was there. and find it hard to believe this was a protester who shot this other man in the crowd. i was about 15 feet away when that occurred, and so we need more transparency. we need more information. and this community deserves

answers and until the story we're being told by our city officials lines up with what those of us who are out in the streets are witnessing lines up, my concern is that there will not be peace here in the city of charlotte and that's what we all want. that's what we're all praying for and seeking, so. >> going back to your skepticism of last night and to remind our audience, the protester shot, police say, by another protester. the individual is on life-support, had been reported he died but it turns out, the individual is on life-support. this was addressed, pastor, at the news conference. let me play what the officials said just a short time ago about who fired this shot last night. let's play it. >> there's a lot of information about who did that shooting. we're reviewing video and we're assessing our people there as well because an allegation made

one of our officers might have been involved. as i said before, guys, we're here to seek the truth, so we're investigating that to find the truth, the absolute truth as best the evidence can show us. >> so the chief leaving the door open it's an ongoing investigation. >> yeah, i'm glad to hear that. that's what we want. we want to know the truth of what's happening and right now, in the immediate aftermath of the shooting last night, the police told the story to the news media immediately. the chaos of the situation, i have no trust that that was accurate information that was being told and relayed to the rest of the country. and i don't know how they could go to the news media and make those statements as quickly as they did last night. the police chief then coming out in a statement saying that the gentleman who was shot had died

and then retract that. that loses more confidence in what is our police telling us and is it true? because praise god, this man is still alive, but that's not what we were told by police. we were told he had died last night. and we were grieving. >> pastor, many questions to your point, not only regarding the information to mr. scott's death but the shooting. thank you for your time and also hoping for a calm night in charlotte, but answers to the community deserves and that family as well. thank you very much and again, the breaking news right now, police chief of charlotte saying that the family of mr. scott will be allowed to see this video of the incident between the police and mr. scott. the police chief saying he had seen the video and that it does not show the gun being pointed at officers but again, this is all so fluid and the mayor

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new this morning, the largest police union in the country, the fraternal order of police warning donald trump after suggesting white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man in tulsa, oklahoma, killing him may have choked. the group's executive director said trump must be mindful of the due process rights and presumption of innocence according to all including police officers. afforded to aushlll. they endorsed donald trump last week and stand big their endorsement. jacob rascon with donald trump

expected to speak any moment. he said he would want to implement as president a nationwide stop and frisk. let's play what he said on fox and his clarification, apparently, or somewhat this morning. >> i would do stop and frisk. i thy you haink you have to. we did it in new york and it worked incredibly well and you have to be proactive and you help people sort of change their mind automatically. you understand. you have to have, in my opinion, i see what's going on here and in chicago. i t i think stop and frisk. >> chicago is out of control and i was really referring to chicago stop and frisk and i was talking about stop and frisk for chicago. >> that's his clarification but it still ignore it s the fact t crime did not increase.

in addition to the fact it was unconstitutional to implement stop and frisk. >> reporter: he said we have no choice to stop and frisk and also to profile. when he's pressed for specifics, these are the things he's coming up with. if he's trying to make inroads with the african-american community, this may be, a colleague of mine put it up, a puzzling way to do it. he's expected to take the stage shortly and we're told by a trump aide that he will address charlotte. what he said about the officer in tulsa, he might get the attention of the police union and indeed, it did. now he's talking about charlotte specifically but not getting into specifics. he only said this morning when pressed about it that it's a very sad and tragic situation that our country is very divided and when asked, what would his message be to the people of charlotte if he were president or the country during a time like this, he said, it would be of law and order, we need a law

and order and then went on to talk about stop and frisk. something a judge ruled unconstitutional in new york a few years ago. >> and pointed out, again, the statistics released by new york and its police department support what bill de blasio said it did not work despite donald trump saying it did by the numbers, crime did not increase after stop and frisk ended. hillary clinton also sounding off about the fatal police shootings in charlotte and tulsa. speaking out right at the beginning of her speech on wednesday in the battleground state of florida. >> we've got to do better. and i know we can. look, i know i don't have all the answers. i don't know anyone who does. but this is certain.

too many people have lost their lives who shouldn't have. >> msnbc's kasie hunt is near hillary clinton's headquarters in brooklyn, new york. and kasie, there's pressure on secretary clinton on this debate to give more specifics on how she would address, as president, these issues of policing brutality or in these two cases, we're watching fatalities. more so for her to come up with definitive policy here. >> reporter: tamron, as you know, this is something initially the clinton campaign grappled with in a public way. it was a little bit difficult, especially, for people who have been proponents of the black lives matter movement and she talked about all lives matter movement and angered people focused so much on this issue but hillary clinton has evolved on this over the course of the campaign. and i think one that's a focal

point for them is the mothers of these, especially young african-american men who have been killed over the course of violence in recent years and this is something that hillary clinton, she does it in public. she talks to these mothers in public but it's also a very private thing for her. it's often happened we'll be at a campaign event in a city and she'll be talking about something else and you'll see her meet with a mother privately behind the scenes, somebody who often, there are unfortunate new instances of people finding themselves in this situation. that's a part of what the clinton campaign is focused on in regards to this over the past couple of months and of course, she does have incredible support from the african-american community, polls show, of course, donald trump drawing in many cases, less than 1% of the african-american vote, tamron? >> kasie, thank you very much. another hot issue on the campaign trail. an attempt by republicans to

impeach the irs commissioner did not go as planned yesterday. republicans claimed the commissioner john obstructed an investigation into whether the irs targeted conservative groups seeking tax exempt status. but here's the twist and what it relates to on the campaign trail. during yesterday's house judiciary hearing, where gop members grilled the irs chief, several democrats took the chance to strike out at donald trump from his taxes to immigration to allegations his foundation may have violated tatax laws. >> is there anything to prohibit someone from releasing their tax returns if they want to because they're under audit? >> no. >> thank you, commissioner. i'm going to finish up this skit skittle. i really love skittles. every once in a while, i'll get

a bad skittle. is it appropriate for a foundation to give political donations out of 501c3 foundation? >> organizations, foundations are not allowed to participate in politics. >> joining me now, sheila jackson lee of texas. saw her questioning the trump foundation and we'll get to that in a second but i want to get your reaction to the shooting in tulsa, oklahoma, as well as in charlotte, north carolina. >> let me say this morning that i spoke to a colleague of mine, a white congresswoman, who expressed both her hurt and pain and her sensitivity to what the african-american community is going through. and that is what i felt in the incident in tulsa and the loss of life in charlotte.

two lives that were lost and the demand that we must impro improve/change the matrix between police and the african-american community. the african-american community is overall and has always been a law-abiding community. but what we have experienced, what the mothers of the movement have experienced, what mothers who have lost sons and daughters have experienced is a complete despair and it has been in these very large instances at the hands of law enforcement. we do not negate violence that has occurred throughout our communities as it has in america all over the nation, but these specific incidences that has generated the pain of young men and women who formed black lives matter, we have got to answer it. there's a member of the judiciary committee, as a member of the police working group that we're trying to bring the police

and community together, we cannot look at each other, talk at each other, disagree with each other and not realize this pain and this kind of action must stop. it frankly has to stop. >> and congresswoman, it was a conversation on "morning joe" with reverend al sharpton and african-american who noted, yes, in this incident in north carolina, it was an african-american or black officer who fired the fatal shot. that this, whether it's a black officer or a white officer, we are talking about the policing in minority communities. it doesn't, i don't want to say it doesn't matter, but whether the officer is white or black, it is how they react to african-americans in the community that is of a great concern, and perhaps would not behave or handle a situation in that same way if they were in an affluent or if the suspect was

white. with that said, i know members of congress called on the attorney general and there are big questions around whether hillary clinton is elected and calling on election from the attorney general in cases like this. as it seems we're not at the end of the road. >> let me say this. you're absolutely right in your analysis of it. and there has to be solutions. first of all, we can look at the video in tulsa. the video in charlotte should be released immediately. we're in the backdrop of killings in baton rouge. we've lost officers as well. generated by a sick person and so there was sadness there. there has to be sadness when we lose tamir rice and walter scott and eric garner and michael brown and the incidents that have just occurred. there are policing practices that can be implemented. deescalation, community oriented policing, better training, fu funding for training, accreditation. we cannot trust donald trump. i can trust hillary clinton.

hillary clinton's private moments are personal moments with the mothers of the movement. they're not just private, they're personal. her passion for a solution, her listing of the names is real. her understanding of the pain, the broad-based african-american community. so we know that as president, she will reach out and she will be a problem-solver. she will listen to voices of those who have solutions and bring together law enforcement just as the obama's committee, the police committee, that report needs to be implemented. it was a brilliant report. of chiefs and others who have lived law enforcement over their life so what i would say is you can't listen to someone who mixes stop and frisk with a solution for what happened in charlotte. he doesn't know the facts. doesn't know how to navigate his way to a solution and certainly, the african-american community cannot be bought off with a few

platitudes that is said for the first time in his life, cannot be trusted. hillary clinton can be trusted and i believe the congressional black caucus will be asking for attorney general for civil rights issues. we're looking for peace, not violence. we're looking for peace and is to show america, black, white, and brown, others, the justice system works for them and to stop the kind of killing and law enforcement that works. >> i want to go back to what happened yesterday. your questions about donald trump's foundation. you have this letter from congressman from michigan for an investigation into trump's foundation after "the washington post" article. it seems like "the washington post" article, a "news week" article about donald trump's business dealings but specifically, with this foundation. do you believe we'll see this

investigation launched before voters go to cast their ballots? >> i think what's important is every aspect of the two presidential candidates lives and business dealings should be exposed. certainly, secretary clinton, former secretary clinton has had her share of questions on almost every aspect of her life and she has answered it. i've witnessed 11 hours of questioning she withstood in the instance of mr. trump, he's not issued irs tax form which has all evidence and all information even the irs said, he has every right to do so and a foundation that's troubled because of the many allegations that are dealing with what those moneys have been used for. for example, $100,000 to a conservative group to sue the attorney general in new york who was looking at trump university. it seems that under the 501c3 s statutes, it should be opened up for investigation as well as

others and the business dealings. he'll be commander in chief. the question has to be answered. are you going to be commander in business? are you going to be engaging in the oval office and step outside or even in the oval office to take a call to find out whether or not my business has followed up on a contract in a golf course? this is legitimate for the american people. it's all right to make the argument that i am a change-maker or i am a non-establishment candidate, which he's absolutely not. he's enormously rich. he's not non-establishment. but he said he'll create jobs and americans are in pain. we understand that, but if he's going to get away with a single theme campaign, no substance, certainly, who he is, what his business dealings are and how they will impact the managing of this powerful, important nation whose people need a caring commander in chief who understands their pain, he needs to tell them who he is and

hillary clinton has told the american people who she is. >> congresswoman sheila jackson lee, thank you for your time. we greatly appreciate it. taking you to donald trump, he's speaking now and expect him to talk more about these two shootings. let's listen in. >> they're going to love donald trump. so that's good. and i just heard from rocky blyer. he said he endorsed me. he's a tough cookie. we have great relationships and, you know, it's really been something. we've had some great poll numbers come out just today. rasmussen is 5 up nationwide and probably saw ohio is doing great. we're 4 or 5 up. the fox poll came up last night and doing great. pretty much we're doing great where we have to do great. florida has been terrific and i think we're going to have a big victory in the state of pennsylvania. and i think it's going to be a

big victory. i went to school here. my children went to school here. so it's a very special place to me. i also want to thank the marcell and shell association and the west virginia, oh, west virginia, what a victory i had there. it was almost like running on a post. all of the folks in west virginia, they have been so great. they have been great. right from day one. >> we continue to monitor donald trump's speech in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. if any news is made. we'll go to a break and then joined by the mayor of tulsa, oklahoma, this hour. ♪ ♪

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disruption or threaten the public safety and peace of others. every single american in our country is entitled to live in a safe community. the violence against our citizens and our law enforcement must be brought to a very rapid end. the people who will suffer the most as a result of these riots are law-abiding african-american residents who live in these communities where the crime is so rampant. it's their jobs, housing markets, schools, economic conditions that will suffer. and the first duty of government is to protect their well being and safety. we have to do that. there is no compassion in tolerating lawless conduct. crime and violence is an attack on the poor and will never be accepted in a trump administration. never, ever.

our job -- thank you. our job is to not make life more comfortable for the violent disrdi disrupter but the african-american parent trying to raise their kids in peace, to walk their children to school and to get their children great educations. we have to cherish and protect those people. for every one violent protester, there are thousands of moms and dads and kids in the same community who just want to be able to really sleep safely at night, to be able to walk on the streets, to be able to go to the grocery store. more law enforcement, more community engagement, more effective policing is what our country needs and we need it quickly. last year, we saw a 17% rise in violent crime in our 50 largest

cities. homicides are up nearly 50% in washington, dc and more than 60% in baltimore. more than 3,000 people have been shot in chicago so far this year from january 1st. can you believe that? nationwide, approximately 60% of murder victims under the age of 22 are african-american. this is a national crisis and it's the job of the next president of the united states to work with our governors and mayors to address this crisis and save african-american lives. look at the example we had in new york of mayor rudy giuliani, he's been a tremendous person for me. a friend of mine for a long time and a big, big endorser. the policies in place he put ultimately brought down crime by 76% and murder in new york by

84%. think of how many families these policies saved from the worst heartache imaginable? we need a national anti-crime agenda to make our cities safe again. we have to make our cities safe again. we will appoint the best prosecutors, investigators, and federal law enforcement officers in the country to dismantle the international cartels, gangs, and criminal syndicates and i will stop the drugs from flowing in our country and poisoning our youth and many other people. [ applause ] >> and if you're not aware, drugs are a very, very big factor in what you're watching on television at night. my administration will work with local communities and local officials to make the reduction of crime a top priority.

safety is the foundation of the latter to american success, a great education and a really good paying job. we've lost so many of our good jobs to other countries. we're going to be bringing them back right here to pittsburgh, to pennsylvania, we're going to be bringing them back to ohio, we're going to be bringing them back all over the country. they're coming back. they're coming back. these trade deals and the people. i think we'll have to have herald ham negotiate a few trade deals for us, folks. to have the best schools and best jobs, you must have safe communities. that means we must recognize the contributions of our police. all backgrounds, all walks of life and thanklessly often risk their own lives to protect innocent people, many of whom

they've never met. we all remember earlier this year when officers in dallas hunted down for execution, continued protecting the public until their last moments on earth. they were killed. every day, police officers risk their lives for really complete strangers and in every year, many of them -- >> we are listening to donald trump announce some of what he refers to as a national anti-crime agenda. his tone is a bit different today. yesterday, he said regarding the shooting in tulsa that it appeared the officer involved had choked. this morning, the largest police union, the fraternal order of police did not take back their endorsement of donald trump but did say that he should refrain until all of the evidence in the case had been presented. now, the shooting, as i mentioned, that donald trump has been talking lot about is the

one in tulsa and joining us now is the mayor of that wonderful city that certainly has a lot of answers it needs to provide to the public. tulsa mayor dewey bartlett. he joins >> thank you for yours. >> i know you've had a conversation with president obama. >> it's a big honor for him to call, but also to complemeimentr transparency to openness and provide a scenario because of the relationships we've been able to develop over the last seven years by being mayor has had a positive effect upon a very, very difficult and a terrible situation that, obviously, world has seen the video, but we have been able to, because of our friendships we've developed, establish a situation

where violence is not an option. >> mr. mayor, i read a quote where you had spoken to your police chief before this shooting and wondered amongst yourselves how you would handle a police-involved shooting were it to happen and that day came to your town. >> right. several years ago when we would see events happen throughout the country that had a bad result with riots and things like that, the chief jordan and i would talk about it and we decided early on several years ago that whatever the problem was, transparenciy, honesty, being straight forward with the public is what we would do. that's exactly what we did. we let the video out, audio recording we had, made it available to the public, to the family. and to the community.

so that started us in a very good path. the relationship we have is something we've been working on for seven years. a lot of hard work went into it not only with myself but the police chief. we developed a rapport with the religious community by going to a different church every sunday for the past seven years. that developed not only a relationship but something different. it's not a political relationship. it's a friendship, which is definitely. >> i know you met with mr. crutcher's sister, tiffany crutcher. you invited over religious leaders, reverend al sharpton, to make sure the healing continues, and you knew terence crutcher's father who is a jazz musician you play together, so there's an emotional tie, it seems to this family, all the

goodwill you expressed, the transparency you expressed could -- could be wasted if people perceive this investigation as moving slowly. you've seen the video. you heard the now infamous words from the officers saying this is a bad guy up. saw the video where the window was up, not down o that vehicle. when will we receive more answers as to what that family wants, if charges be filed? >> the process is head. i talked to the district attorney over the past few days. he was waiting for certain reports to be given to him. i know our district attorney but we also have the u.s. attorney's office is also involved with it, danny williams. both of those individuals are fine, fine people. thy understand the need for a quick response but they also understand the need as well as i and the community that it has to

be thorough. it has to be a good, finished product that does not miss anything, that evaluates all the information and they will come to us with a reasoned decision. i believe it will be done late this week, hopefully even sooner than that, but anyway, when it comes, it will be done. >> all right. mr. mayor, thank you for your time. we greatly appreciate it. >> i appreciate yours. >> we'll be right back. i hear you. to everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks extraordinarily painful, i hear you. make sure your doctor hears you too! i hear you because i was there when my dad suffered with diabetic nerve pain. if you have diabetes and burning, shooting pain in your feet or hands, don't suffer in silence! step on up and ask your doctor about diabetic nerve pain. tell 'em cedric sent you.

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a pregnant mom in the miami area, how they're taking precautions against the zika virus. >> reporter: it's been called a viral game-changer and the millennial's std. now the u.s. is waging an all-out war against zika. spraying beaches with insecticide, recommending all donated blood in america be tested, even approving a genetically modified mosquito to fight the disease. >> and hold. do a little twist. >> reporter: there's one group at the heart of the battle. >> you have to take extra precaution and have you to be kind of a paranoid fear monger. >> what are you most afraid of? >> it's what we don't know. >> to me, that's the scariest part. >> reporter: when zika first broke out in miami, health officials were walking these streets handing out packets filled with repellant, mosquito

netting, even condoms to know they're being safe. moms are still worried. >> what else is in here? >> reporter: before stepping outside -- >> i have these wipes. i usually use this deet. >> reporter: you spray this on like perfume? >> yeah, this is the summer perfume. >> reporter: wow. she hires herself head to toe. she's hired a private pest control company, like this one, to keep mosquito free. how is business? >> it's good. we're tripled from last year. >> reporter: who's calling you? pregnant mothers, everybody. >> they're saying, come quick, there's urgency. >> they want us to come yesterday. >> even though you're not pregnant or concerned about a life inside you, if a mosquito bites you, you're risking everybody else including us and our babies. >> reporter: a risk that's not worth taking. morgan radford, msnbc.

i'll be hosting the global citizen festival along with willie geist this saturday at 3:00 p.m. eastern time right here on msnbc. we hope you join for the music, but more for the message muof change this event provides. i'm sending it over to peter alexander up next. >> that's a heck of a lineup. we'll be watching. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," chaos in charlotte for a second night over the shooting of a black man turned violent. >> tear gas and the people are coming this way, so we're just moving back a little bit. hundreds of police officers out here in riot gear. i can't tell how many protesters are on the other side of the intersection, on the other side of the lines of police officers. city on edge.