louis to make this announcement i think is just adding to this level of anxiety and distrust. >> ariva, over the last few days there have been anticipation, so the grand jury had to report before the thanksgiving holiday. people have been waiting even from last week. >> some of the waiting is adding to the anxiety, causing more fear than is necessary. so we've seen a lot of mistakes being made by the governor, by the you know local prosecuting attorney and by the local officials in that town. and again i think we can't underestimate how distrustful that community is of the law enforcement and the policing agencies. as i talk to people at home everyone believes there won't be an indictment and in some ways they have been just led down this road only to be let down. and a lot of people's mind this was very predictable because african americans never get dealt with fairly by the ferguson police department. >> ariva, you know this is an interesting situation with the county prosecutor robert mccullough, he does have personal history, his father was a law enforcement officer who was killed

. >> ariva martin. welcome. >> hi john. >> what do these accusations have? >> not very many.primarily because these accusations sore old. every state in this country has statutes of limitations, time periods in which civil lawsuits can be filed and also prosecutors are bound by statutes of limitations. even charges for serious crimes such as rape. although these accusations seem to be building i'm not so sure that in the court of law mr. cosby is ever going to have to respond. >> as i understand it, there are states that don't have statutes of limitations for the crime of rape. but can you talk about why these statutes were put into place to begin with? >> you're correct john as it relates to states. states vary, all over the board in which prosecutors have the time to prosecute the crime of rape. stuchts of limitations are there. as facts get old, as people's memories fade, it is difficult to prove a case. cases brought to trial, where there are fresh memories, where facts can be proven poop lot of states that don't have statutes rely heavily on dna evidence. as it relates t

welcome to one of the stars and ariva is here, so nice to meet you. >> you too mike. >> you said thisme you've been in this production. over the length of your career you played several roles in the production haven't you? >> i have indeed. a couple of the daughters, it was the first professional show i ever did and you i get to be the mother. very full circle of life. >> tell me about the cast and this production obviously is very familiar with the songs. they know the story. but there's something about some magic that can be created within a cast and you said that's realest in the cast. -- real evident in this cast. >> the cast is incredibly talented and the show being staged in the round gives the show a whole new take and look because the story gets focused on because there's not all the distraction of set. there isn't all the set around you. >> you get a chance to play to the crowd. that's you on the video right there. u're one of the ladies there. >> all the bab usc hkas. >> what's the challenge of doing something like this when it's a story somebody knows and you're really up c

ariva, i'm going to start with you. you afraid people are going to see what they want to see and not necessarily look at all the facts? >> there's been so much coverage of all this, don, and people have formed opinions about it. those who want to believe that officer wilson should be indicted. i don't think any decision by this grand jury is going to change their decisions about that. they've seen the witnesses come on program after program and talk about mike brown's arms being in the air surrendering as he was shot by officer wilson. so that's going to be very difficult to change those individuals' opinions no matter what comes out of this grand jury. >> i remember being there, van. we were both on the ground. and the day the videotape came out in the convenience store. and you could clearly sew -- and there were stills. and there were people who were comparing the stills to michael brown being on the ground on canfield and what he was wearing. and clearly to the people in the media it was the same outfit but the peop