this was a press conference not from baltimore city but baltimore county.le, if you're still with us as well. big distinction is baltimore city and baltimore county run the same line. i was telling joy during the break while we were listening, they were talking about private schools and people worrying in baltimore down. there are 20 i can rattle off the top of my head private schools, high schools and lower schools, two of which i attended. i know there are friends of mine that have kids that go to these schools. they're afraid this is going to move north because of the fact there was a purge that was sent out on facebook for today to go to northern parkway and above which is above the county city line. >> right. there are these social media callers. there's no way to know how widespread it was or how to respond to it. one sent out yesterday that things that happened in north baltimore. then this morning there was another on facebook. we heard about it and saw images. it was trying to get kids to go to another mall and do a quote unquote purge. that's what

city. and that's what baltimore is about. you're going to knock us down we're going to get right back up, and we're going to take back our city away from those hoodlums who disparaged who we are and what we are in the city. i think that now that we have the reinforcements that are needed that's extremely important, because, you know when you do break the law, when you do attack police officers you attack citizens you attack people's property. law enforcement must stand up and they must arrest and stop it. because if you don't, you put fuel on the fire and it grows and grows. and i think now that those individuals who did those things understand that there's consequences and that's what we need to do. not only in baltimore, but in the entire country, because protecting innocent citizens and their families is one of the most important things that we do. >> congressman, i think most people would agree with you about the police and the honor of the badge to protect and to serve. the catalyst of all of this it seems to have been bo

baltimore. people think of inner harbor at the center of the city. this is the center of baltimore city. the people who live and work in the city. this is one of the major thoroughfares through town and causing quite a bit of traffic problems as well. i just wanted to give you a heads up. we don't think that's a bus. >> all right. thank you. >> one other thing to talk to you about, this neighborhood right here where they're looting, earlier when the demonstrations started up by i guess gwen falls you were saying that's a really lovely working class neighborhood. they did not have an antagonist relationship with the police. >> well to speak to what you're saying i think where this began is a nice neighborhood. houses are well kept there. people are working class folks. that's not to say there's not crime that happens in the mondawmin mall area. it's a mall. this area north avenue is the same way. it attracts a certain amount of crime because it's a business area. but i wouldn't call it a rough part of town either. there are areas in baltimore with much higher murder and crime rates. this v

that is situation for several days in baltimore city. this is a very important part of the city in terms of commuter traffic. the big question is have they shut down 395. because 395 is the equivalent of an interstate through the center of the city. we know that they have been shutting down this section here at fulton avenue and north avenue. there's an entrance and an exit ramp to that interstate right here in this area. this would be more of what people -- north avenue is a road that people would be using if they lived within the city itself. they wouldn't really be using it to drive through the city. i guess you could say. so it does have some impact but it's not like new york avenue getting shut down and nobody could get out of the city. but it is having a ripple effect because this is a big road. >> this is a different location we are seeing now. do you know what we're looking at here? >> i can find out for you. i'll get our produce earls to tell us where this location is. >> we just saw a lot of people running all in the same direct

baltimore city schools will remain closed today. i want to sort of explain to you how this all got started here in baltimore. of course you'll remember not far from where we are right now there were protests. there were demonstrations that turned violent at a mall here at mondawmin mall about 14 hours or so ago. that is not far from the new shiel low baptist church that was where the funeral was held for 25-year-old freddie gray who died from a spinal cord injury while he was in police custody. we still don't know what happened there or why that happened. a lot of the protesters ended up at the western district police station, demanding answers, the mayor saying as the investigation moves forward, there will be someone held accountable for what happened to freddie gray. in the meantime the gray family clergy here in town some of the community groups and the citizens folks who just live in the homes in this area have been imploring the rioters to not tear apart their city. we hope that will be the case as we move into the day today. w

frankly, this is a baltimore city situation. baltimore city was in charge.n the mayor called me which quite frankly we were glad that she finally did, instantly we signed executive order. we already had our entire team prepared in fact, i'd already called general singh earlier in the day and ask her to get prepared to be called up. we were all in the command center second floor of the statehouse in constant communication and we were trying to get in touch with the mayor for quite some time. she finally made that call and we immediately took action. >> governor do you think that you should have gotten involved earlier? would you have liked to have acted earlier? >> i know the city has done everything in their power to get this under control. i don't want to question what they've been doing. they're all under tremendous stress. we're all here on one team. and i want to thank the mayor for all of her involvement. we're just happy that we're all on the same page and we're all able to help each other at this point. >> governor can you detail for us what the natio

but frankly, this is a baltimore city situation. baltimore city was in charge. when the mayor called me which quite frankly we were glad she finally did, instantly we signed the executive order. we also had our team prepared. i had already called her general singh to ask her to be prepared to be called up. we were in the second noor of the statehouse and we were trying to get in touch with the mayor. she finally made that call and we immediately took action. >> governor do you think you should have gotten the call earlier? would you have liked to have acted earlier? >> i know the city has done everything in their power to get this under control. they're all under tremendous stress. we're all here on one team and i want to thank the mayor for her involvement. we're just all happy we're able to help at this point. >> governor can you detail what the national guard will be capable of that baltimore city has not been? >> the national guard will provide assets and be working as backup to the state police and the other police agencies. we have not taken over. but we a

this is one of the most central parts of baltimore city as we mentioned before. this is where a lot of business gets done by the folks who live and work in the city. it's not the part that tourists see. it's about 20 some 25 blocks north of that area a little bit northwest of the inner harbor area. >> tisha, it is 7:00 and we want to tell our viewers that we are going to stay with our live coverage of the trouble breaking out in baltimore. it's a fluid situation. we're going to continue to cover it live and "nbc nightly news" is going to run on cozi so you can see "nbc nightly news" if you like and that's going to be available on the cozi channel. >> what we're noticing the crowd is on the move again. it was kind of stationary for a couple of minutes and now appears to be on the move again. tish do you have any idea to what they may be e've heard reports, wbal channel 11 up in baltimore our sister station heard reports they might be moving south towards martin luther king but it's hard to tell why they are going. that's why they took the preventative measures. th

frankly, this is a baltimore city situation. baltimore city was in charge. when the mayor called me which quite frankly we were glad she finally did, instantly we signed the executive order. we already had our entire team prepared, and in fact i had already called general sigh earlier in the day and to be prepared to call up. we were in the second floor of the statehouse in constant communication and we were trying to get in touch with the mayor for quite some time. she finally made that call and we immediately took action. >> reporter: governor do you think you should have gotten involved earlier and acted earlier? >> i know the city has done everything in their power to get it under control. i don't want to question what they're doing. they're all under tremendous stress. we're all here on one team. i want to thank the mayor for all of her involvement. we're just happy that we're all on the same page and able to help each other at this point. >> reporter: can you tell to us what the national guard [ inaudible ]? >> i'll let the general talk about the subje

baltimore right now. you are looking at 30 prince george's officers in the city. you can see they are head-to-toe in riot gear right now. baltimore police asked for 5,000 officers from nearby counties. >>> we got to focus on the weather as well, tom, it's a chilly start and a bit breezy. the winds are dying down. >> they are a little bit. look at some live view from our capital camera. you can see golden sunlight skimming the tree tops. the winds are still gusting around 10 to 15 miles per hour. they will get even bluftier by noontime. we'll stay in the 40s between now and 8:00 9:00 and the upper 60s late afternoon. we'll be in the upper 60s with winds still gusting to around 20 to 25 miles per hour. right now, it's near 50 in washington and right near the bay. prince george's is in the upper 40s. rest of northern virginia allow -- lowdel are in the 40s. i took a picture of these yesterday afternoon. the pollen count is now high for tree pollen but the grass and weed pollen has pretty much disappeared. it's going to stay rather blustery into the afternoon that will

we're hoping calm can return to the city of baltimore. this very large law enforcement presence is designed to protect property and people in the city as well. we've just seen another armored vehicle roll up to the scene that's been mostly calm through the night despite all the debris here and the large police presence that we see. we expect that to be the case throughout the day. there will be more police departments to help the policelaw enforcement. >> what are the factors in what the day cou the fact that there's no school today and a lot of people said the protests the rioting began when school let out and police were saying a lot of the high school kids were behind more of the violent acts yesterday. how do police plan to deal with a bunch of kids who are not in school today? >> reporter: we saw from some of the chopper video we had yesterday, as school let out, we saw people mixed in with looters were wearing school uniforms in some cases. we know there are a lot of youth in that crowd. today, it's that large police presence. we hea

just learned that maryland state police sending in 50 troopers just deployed to help out with baltimore city police there. you're watching news 4 at 5:00 on this very volatile day in baltimore. >> baltimore's erupting in violent protests today. this is a live look at a neighborhood in the city that's been chaotic. bricks rocks, teargas canisters through several neighborhoods in this one area of baltimore. all this happening just moments after the funeral of freddie gray. >> here are the latest if you're just now joining us. headlines at 5:00. at least seven baltimore police officers have been injured. one of those officers was unresponsive when placed inside an ambulance. we have seen video of protesters stomping on police cars and others looting a cvs there that you see. north avenue pennsylvania avenue in baltimore. baltimore police just held a news conference moments ago. >> i don't know who's out there right now. that's something that we'll be able to determine as the event goes on. what we do know is they're criminals. they attacked officers without provocation. they have no regard for

frankly this say baltimore city situation. baltimore city was in charge. when the mayor called me which quite frankly we were glad she finally did, instantly we signed the executive order. we already had our entire team prepared. and in fact i already called general sing earlier in the day and asked her to get prepared to be called up. we were all in a command center and second floor of the state house in constant communication and we were trying to get in touch with the mayor for quite some time. she finally made that call and we immediately took action. >> do you think you should have gotten a call earlier? >> i know that the city has done everything in their power to get this under control. i don't want to question what they have been doing. they're all under tremendous stress. we're all here on one team. i want to thank the mayor for all of her involvement. we're just happy we're owlall on the same page and able to help each other. >> can you tell us -- [ inaudible ] >> i'll let general sing talk about whatever some of the specifics are that she can, b

baltimore county police and city police are tweeting that multiple cars are being set on fire this evening. our crews in west baltimore here have seen some of those cars at least three. none of them appears to be police vehicles but it is impossible to know for sure right now because it's dark and we're getting it very quickly as we drive by and shoot this. this appears to be a small store that was looted and then set on fire a short time ago. as many as 5,000 national guard troops -- there's that store. 5,000 national guard troops are going to be moving into the city tonight, fully armed and will patrol the streets in an effort to keep more violence from i can braing out breaking out. a lot of people are voicing frustration. >> they can protest and say what they have to say but to mess up the city for those that don't live around here this is not cool. >> there will be a lot of changes tomorrow. a citywide curfew will run from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. for a week starting tomorrow. baltimore city schools are closed and multiple school systems throughout the school system have canceled field

we're hearing from baltimore city police that there are groups of protesters albeit at this point in time that are moving from the mondawmin mall area into downtown baltimore, down howard street and they apparently will be met with some resistance from a number of volunteers according to the reverend jamal bryant who gave the eulogy today at freddie gray funeral. he says that there will be volunteers, members of the nation of islam members of christian churches. men who will be out there to try to stop the protesters from going into downtown. we also received information from baltimore city police saying that juveniles for the most part juveniles, groups of them are making up this protest and they are making a plea to parents, they say we are asking all parents to locate their children and bring them home. one other note is this may be moving to downtown baltimore and to the inner harbor. lexington market was closed earlier. a number of businesses downtown closed earlier today but there's an orioles going on at 7:00. mlb, major league baseball says that game will go on as scheduled. f

it is going to start in a few seconds with the mayor of baltimore, and baltimore city police giving an the riots that are happening in baltimore. the mayor of baltimore has spoken to the president of the united states already today about the situation. this is a live picture of looters outside the baltimore mall, which is put in this -- it is a very downbeat area of baltimore, where you've seen the riots. this mall was put in to try to rejustify nature the area. it is now being looted. there are several looters inside we can see this ourselves. our reporters have seen increased looting going on in the past 90 minutes as dusk has fallen. the governor of maryland has put a state of emergency on the state of baltimore and activated the national guard. our pamela brown is reporting that the national guard should be arriving at any moment. this isn't something they're going to wait on for a day or two or a few hours, they want to get them in tonight because of the situation and how dicey it is. the numbers we have, seven police officers injured today. one of them was unconscious. we don't k

peaceful protesting happening in the city of baltimore. in fact some people joining in a circle of prayer. here's what we know as far as the city is concerned -- now under a state of emergency. today, schools closed. a couple of federal offices will be closing early today. a mandatory tur few fewer than eight hours a-- curfew fewer than eight hours away. i'm told what we're looking at a helicopter. and you have the governor of maryland here. and i believe i actually saw this helicopter not too long ago here in the beautiful blue skies of baltimore. taking a look touring the damage touring the destruction. the aftermath, the charred remains. i was standing around an area, a senior -- would have been senior housing, 60 unit of senior housing in east baltimore. i can tell you, it is still smoldering charred and still smoldering. not even 24 hours later. we're watching that helicopter taking the governor around. all of this here today in reaction to this violence not seen in this city for nearly half a century. the mayor's office says -- let me

city. i'm a life-long resident of baltimore. le have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for. tearing down businesses tearing down and destroying property things that we know will impact our community for years. we are deploying every resource possible to gain control of this situation and to ensure peace moving forward. i've been in contact with our governor and he has agreed and i requested and he has agreed to deploy the national guard as soon as they are available they will be immediately deployed. we ordered a curfew be in effect instituting tomorrow, the curfew city wide 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. again, there will be a city-wide curfew 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. this preliminary curfew will last for one week and be extended as it is necessary. let me be clear, we already operate under a juvenile curfew and those young people who are 14 and under have a 9:00 p.m. curfew because it's a school night. over 14 is 10:00 p.m

i want to say that's not the best representation of the city of baltimore. there are many great people in this city. great communities. i'm sure that there are people all around you busily cleaning up. >> reporter: this was baltimore last night. the concern was this small slice of neighborhoods that fell prey to rioting. that's why we're paying attention to it today. it's not a coincidence that it was these areas. these are areas that complain about the policing. these are areas that complain about disenfranchisement. there's an increased police presence. you can see them. they're not regular uniform officers. they have riot gear on. what they call light gear. they have protective vests and helmets but not walking around in any menacing way but they are here. more important than police being here you have people from this community and outside who are replacing bricks and bottles with brooms. they are cleaning up and talking to each other about what needs to change. they are trying to be positive. as we told you earlier, we met parents who came with their kid

baltimore sun. the paper of record in the city of baltimore. while we continue to watch this -- these images from the corner of chester and gay street, this according to mark puente, a new senior center that had been built by the baptist church on that -- in that neighborhood was a multistory newly krconstructed building in east baltimore, a massive blaze and as mark said there are a lot of parishioners, the pastor is on his way. a lot of parishioners have been crying saying why would anybody do this to our church and we have heard those questions being asked in a lot of different places in baltimore tonight. people near the cvs that was looted and burned, saying this was a new building, a sign of improvement for the community. we saw that also -- the bodega type store on the corner being looted and check cashing store, a number of businesses being put up in flames or simply being broken into and robbed. i want to bring in while we continue to watch these images and continue to check in with our correspondents, i want to bring in our legal anal

right now we're trying to keep baltimore city safe. you know we're trying to work it best we can with the city and provide as much support as we can. anybody else? well thank you all so much for being here. and let's all hope tonight is a little safer night. thank you. >> the governor of maryland larry hogan over at the maryland emergency management updating us on what the state of maryland is doing right now, including deploying u.s. national guard, state national guard troops on the scene there is a state of emergency under way. let's get a quick update from the scene itself. brian todd is on the streets. brian, you're walking with these protesters? i don't know if brian can hear me right now. clearly we can't -- brian can't hear me. we'll get to brian in a moment. let me get reaction from the president of the naacp, cornell w. brooks is joining us now. you're in baltimore cornell. what did you think about what the governor had to say? >> well i am heartened by a few words. the use of the words "appropriate caution, appropriate steps

>> the mayor of baltimore had the city of baltimore police on the ground.te frankly they were overwhelmed. all the rest of the boots on the ground came from us. kevin: she defends the mayor's actions. >> i think we baltimoreans in our wildest dreams did not think that baltimore young people would tear up their neighborhood. kevin: today, the governor boarded a blackhawk helicopter to survey damage from above as national guardsmen lined the inner harbor of a city in crisis. >> we're not going to have another repeat of what happened last night. it's not going to happen tonight. kevin: i did speak on the phone with the mayor's press secretary four years ago. by now, we're hoping some reply and rebuttal to the hinting about delayed response by the city of baltimore. unfortunately, we have nothing from the mayor's office at this hour. leon? leon: all right. thank you, kevin. thank you, kevin. meantime back over here in the streets here on northwest avenue here the scene here, one that is actually we're seeing here lots of helicopters in the air. hang on a second

right now we're trying to keep baltimore city safe and, you know we're trying to work the best we can with the city and provide as much support as we can. anybody else? well, thank you all so much for being here and let's all hope that tonight's a little safer night. thank you. >> that was -- that was maryland governor hogan in a press conference. he said the national guard was mobilized in three hours. it normally takes eight hours. he responded. he said he was prepared when he got the call from the mayor of baltimore. he continually refrained from making any assessment of the mayor, and there was no statements that inferred any blame or any attacks as he has been questioned by people in the community and in the media, including me for statements in the past. he was clearly staying away from any references to that tonight. let me bring in nbc's rehema ellis who is live at the sunshinior center that was burned down. raheema, what are you seeing on the ground tonight? what we're seeing here, reverend al is that it is very quiet. there was a lot of activity earlier. people coming out, a

next on abc 7 news at 6:00 news chopper 7 is live over baltimore tonight. 24 hours after riots left part of a city in ashes. leon harris has leon: here in baltimore as the sun goes down the tensions may be going up. as you can see here the crowd has still not left. they're expanding in the face of the police. i should say they cordoned off this street and i'll get the language correct. we'll stay on top of this. we'll be here throughout the evening. we'll check to see what happens here in baltimore before the curfew goes into effect and after the sun goes down. we'll have coverage throughout the evening here on abc 7 and we'll definitely be live for you right here on abc 7 news at 11:00. maureen? maureen: all right. thank you so much for all of your work today. doug hill has also been working today. it's been a beautiful day for weatherman. doug: absolutely. the fact that outside of the belfort furniture weather center, right now, 72 degrees. light northwesterly wind here and very dry and clouds are clearing. temperatures are 72 now at reagan national airport and frederick. clear skies, light wind

as the correspondent said baltimore city and particularly east baltimore and west baltimore have beenthe last 46 years, because the city the city leadership, whether it's political or corporate, have not spent the efforts to make sure that all parts of our city were taken care of. we have a great harbor but the outer harbor of our city where most of us live has been neglected for too long. >> to that end, the protesting you are seeing right now on our live feed are of folks marching what looks to be peacefully down baltimore's pennsylvania avenue. chris hayes and councilman karl stokes, thank you guys both for your time. >> thank you. >>> as we continue to monitor the situation this hour in baltimore, we are also following major developments out of nepal. the prime minister now warns that the death toll there could reach 10,000. we will have the latest on the relief efforts just ahead. ♪ building aircraft, the likes of which the world has never seen. this is what we do. ♪ that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. 73% of americans try... ...to cook healthy meals. yet up to 90%

here are guardsmen baltimore city police officers resting easy right now because there is nothing at this moment to react too but rest assured they are prepared. they are dealing with a city today that's both angry and trying to be hopeful. >> if we don't get justice it's going to be star wars coming out [ bleep ]. >> reporter: raw anger. contrast with a sadness. the image of guardsmen with assault rifles on baltimore streets. >> just to see the introduction that happened within our community, this is a community that i've lived in for 50-something years. just to see the devastation that took place yesterday, it was all unnecessary. >> reporter: but many residents today wouldn't stand for it without a fight hundreds coming from all points of the city to form ad hoc brigades to clean up and take the city back. >> we're just picking up the pieces. we're putting our city back together. >> reporter: stepping up, echoing the powerful message of freddie gray's funeral yesterday. a message that few heard when events were hijacked late in the day by unrest. baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-

secretary of state hillary clinton is the only democratic contender. >>> we'll go back to baltimore next for a look at the city's troubled schools why a senator says the schools are broken. broken. >> the powerful at times disturbing pictures coming out of baltimore this week showed teens even children rioting and throwing bricks at police. now, is the city's struggling school system partly to blame? del walters has more. >> in baltimore it came down to the a battle between brooks books and bricks. a long standing problem in baltimore: is the educational system broken? >> i think it is. i think it's broken definitely. >> she should know. before a corruption conviction forced her out sheila dixon was the mayor of baltimore. before that she was the president of the city council. before that she studied early childhood education. >> we have to go back to some basic fundamental things. when is education going to become the priority in everybody's household where that's first and foremost before anything else? >> according to a recent study of 800 residents from 55 baltimore neighborhoods parents expressed dissatisfa

baltimore city police obviously stretched and have been. some state police have been called in. we're told as many as 82. prince george's county some people called in. some city of washington troops have been called in. noerts in other words, a lot of other police organizations have been called in to help. they will find coordination difficult unless they have radio systems where they can communicate widely and make sure that they are coordinated in their effort. there will be a concern at a time like this that someone with a weapon who might fire it would begin a new level of trouble that frankly, and thankfully we have not yet seen whether authorities will be able to do that is a matter for reporting of the minutes and hours ahead, bret. but right now the pastor says there is mayhem and there is. >> shep live a the news deck we'll head back with any breaking details. we'll go live now to sheriff clark. sheriff, welcome. as you look at the situation as it develops what are the challenges here for baltimore state police and what would do you? >> it doesn't look like -- it's total

i think there has been years of neglect, not only in west baltimore, but all over the inner city of baltimore. and i think the chickens are coming home to roost. this is a tell of two cities. this has been going on for a long time. donnelly be police abuse, which escalated in the early 2000 under the zero-tolerance policy of martin o'malley but the economic balance that has been committed against the people. you have a lot of young people, many of whom have already been arrested because of mass arrests that have gone on in baltimore city. they see no hope and no way out. they are acting out. unfortunately. we have to wake up and do something. >> amy, we were in church yesterday. we noticed the gangs were coming together and they were going to shoot a police. immediately, there was a panicking move to do a lockdown on the city. that was several schools in the public transportation stopped did not have a way home. you had thousands of kids on the streets with no way to get home because the city with a lockdown worried a policeman get shot, as per station -- chris rotation stop, businesses close

again, we are hearing from baltimore police and it looks like this is different parts of the city baseding some of these protesters are throwing rocks, they are throwing bricks at the officers. she's referring to this area this mall, if you're familiar with baltimore she was referencing high school seniors, don't know if it was seniors or another group planning a riot here. i have information the metro station, there they have shut the metro station down. athena do, you know if they have shut anything else down in the city? again, this is the day that 25-year-old freddy gray was, a funeral was held for him. obviously the city was prepared. they have all these officers out. they have shields. we saw an armored truck a moment ago. now if other parts of the city are shutting down? >> reporter: all i do know is the university of maryland baltimore which i'm not familiar with where they are in the city they decided to close early, they stopped some shuttle service they provide students because of the notice from baltimore police earlier in the day about credible information they said they go

of baltimore and a city crime ridden and that's all, and it's not baltimore and it's a great place with beautiful neighborhoods, and it has problems like other big cities do and the leaders have to deal better with those problems but at large baltimore is a great place to live. >> reporter: carol, if i could just say, my father was from baltimore. i have -- my father is from baltimore. i was born in baltimore. i have a lot of aunts and uncles watching who still live here and it's not the baltimore that i used to come and visit, which was a very warm city for me. it's heartbreaking on a number of issues. i do hear what that woman told me who came right over here to the corner and said she said we are pointing fingers at young people but we are all to blame as a society in many ways for what happened here out here because as a society we are failing to reach the young people who caused so much of the destruction. if that doesn't change you will see it again, perhaps not in baltimore but perhaps somewhere else.

we also went to be joined by the former president of the baltimore city council. major protest planned for today in baltimore over the death of freddie gray. he was taken down by police on april 12. he died on april 19. his family and lawyers say 80% of his -- that 80% of his spine was severed. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. our guest is our eddie conway who continues to be with us, an executive producer for the real news network former political , prisoner. lawrence bell is also with us now, former president of the baltimore city council. he represents west baltimore, which is the area where freddie gray was arrested. so we are going through the facts as we know them. on april 12, freddie gray was arrested by police. it is not clear why. his family, his attorney says he was arrested for running while black. no one contends anything other than he was running and they arrested him. they then drag can into the police van. the police union attorney says that co

baltimore. she also lived in the city. actress joins us with reaction to the riots in baltimore. sonia thank you for joining us. as you look at these pictures of these protests and then you hear from, you know the woman like ashley talking about promise and opportunity and what she wants to do. and then you see the mother clobbering her son. you know, it's such a wide spectrum of what we are looking at, isn't it? >> yeah. absolutely. but, you know, all of it is necessary. the mother disciplining her son, ashley trying to make baltimore a better place and showing up for peaceful protest. and unfortunately what i deem the city's leader neglect the needs has brought the city to a boil. and unfortunately we saw the kind of destruction that we saw i want to make it clear what occurred yesterday did not begin yesterday. it's happened over decades over years. >> did i poverty law for a long time. that's how i started my career as la lawyer. i spent a lot time in the inner city area. so many people come in and make promises they are going to do something for the community. and then once

i wanted to serve the city of baltimore and the people of the city of baltimore since i was a child. ould to put myself in the best position to do that. went to the best high school in the city western high school. don't hate. [ applause ] [ laughter ] i went to the best college i could get to oberlin college. i said, if i'm going to be of service, i have to know a few things. i need to know how government works. studied government. and i need to know economics. i took 3.5 years of economics -- i don't even like economics but i said, i have to learn it if i'm going to be of service. when i left there, i went to law school. why? i thought it was person training for the work that i intended to do for my city. and as soon as i got out of law school i ran for city council. and why -- because i love this city. and i know we can be better than what we have seen. [ applause ] >> so reverend al when you were talking about the fact that we need to stop playing and get real about what's possible the reason we can't -- the reason why nothing can happen to the officers -- and again, the justice s

>> reporter: that's right, baltimore city schools will reopen. ey said if anything would happen they would re-evaluate that. we expect the baltimore public schools to reopen. the ceo sent is a letter to the schools, the parents and the community saying that the violent scene is not going to quote, overwhelm us. he talked about being angered by the bad conduct. a few students. didn't want that to color the rest of them. they're going to be open today. there are going to be afterschool activities and clubs. teachers and students are going to helping to plan the activities to learn from the last couple days and there are also going to be counselors on hand for emotional needs. as you know on monday a lot of the unrest began with high school age students. >> we've been talking to kids. we heard from kids last night, this is all they're thinking about. this will be a big part of their education in the days ahead. athena jones, great reporting. thank you so much. >>> there are about 2,000 maryland's national guard and state troopers they were called up

they say that needs to happen not just here in the city of baltimore, but in other cities like new york. they also mentioned ferguson and places like north charleston south carolina. >> jason, thank you very much, live on the streets of baltimore. right now i want to bring in marc lamont hill and eugene o'donnell, professor at john j. kol college of criminal justice. we have this statement that was released late today. you have to read it and get to paragraph three to see the headline. after they acknowledge and i think it's important to say, the protests have been peaceful, the police officer's union continues to say that the i'm manuals seen on television look and sound like a lynch mob. >> it was stunning. it was offensive, obviously inaccurate and it's dangerous. first of all, lynch mocks don't call for the immediate arrest of people they murder people. the whole point of a lynch mob is extrajudicial violence. it's what happened to this man, what happened in charleston south carolina. let's not use it for anybody right now. let's have an honest transparent process. people are angry

back to you. >> reporting from baltimore city court. >>> joining me is robert maloney, director of baltimore's office of emergency management. robert good to have you here. after we've now gotten through the first curfew, it began at 10:00 p.m. last night, it lasted until 5:00 a.m. this morning. how satisfied are you with the handling from the police and the national guard in what they were able to enforce after 10:00? >> very satisfied. the community and citizens have stepped up to help get our mission completed and to stop the unnecessary violence. we noticed people were jumping in as early as when the first fire got put out, 3:00 a.m. monday night. we got signs that people didn't want this to happen. yesterday was a very positive day. we're going to be building as we go forward. we've got a lot of activities in the city we'll be supporting is activities activities. a good day in baltimore. >> seems like you're off to a good start with criticism that's have been leveled toward the police commissioner that there was too slow of a response. there is success after the first night of the curfew.

schools throughout the city of baltimore, one of the largest cities in the united states are off today. they're out. some federal government workers were sent home early as a result and once again tonight's major league baseball game the baltimore orioles game has been postponed in part because of a 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. curfew on the streets of baltimore. the rioting broke out on the same day the family of freddie gray held his funeral. gray's death, while in police custody, set off the initial wave of mostly peaceful protests but his family strongly condemned the vie rence that erupted yesterday and moments ago you heard it here live president obama was asked about the situation and he said his thoughts are with the injured police officers. he condemned the looting and the lawlessness. >> there's no excuse for the kind of violence we saw yesterday. it is counteder productive. when individuals get crowbars and start prying open doors to loot they're not protesting. they're not making a statement. they're stealing. when they burn down a building they're committing arson. and they're

baltimore issue either. changes have to be made throughout our country in every city. so everyone should be listening, understanding that this is not just in baltimore or ferguson issue. this is not just a cleveland issue. this is an american issue. and we have to solve this problem in baltimore and throughout our country. >> and i think that's where real leadership and activism is whether you can make the sacrifices and adjustments that are necessary, maybe even outside your comfort zone that will lead to lasting change. otherwise what it is all for? >> yes, sir, exactly. outside your comfort zone. i always say to the young people all the time you should do something every day that makes you uncomfortable. that's what truly builds you into the true person you can be. >> there are large crowds in new york city and other places as well, people gathering around the country that are really showing support for justice for freddie gray. and i think that students are marching through baltimore, and they're headed down towards city hall. and it's a very peaceful gathering, a v

this is a baltimore city situation. baltimore city was in charge. when the mayor called me which, quite frankly, we were glad she finally did. instantly we signed the executive order. >> the violence broke out just hours after the funeral of freddie gray. thousands turned out for the service and watched family members, lawmakers and clergy mourn gray and issue a call to action. >> i promise i will be missing you every day until the end of time but this is not my end, and i can't hold my head under water. i need to breathe. i need to love and miss you. but also i need to live. because through me you will live. >> i've often said that our children are the living messages we send into the future we will never see. but now our children are sending us to a future they will never see. there is something wrong with that picture. and so family it is our watch. we are the adults. we are the ones who are passing through and for me i'm in the twilight years, but i am telling you, we will not rest. we will not rest until we address this and see that justice is

baltimore. give our viewers a little sense of what has been going on in your city. >> "the baltimore sun" did antion last year and we showed from 2011 through 2014 the city settled 102 lawsuits and paid out nearly $6 million in brutality cases against their officers. a lot of individuals were injured, anywhere from 87-year-old grandmother down through teenagers. >> and the situation today, has it gotten better based on everything you're seeing over the last year or two? >> after the investigation was published, the justice department agreed to step in at the request of the city to curb some of the misconduct. some reforms have been slow to come forward but they have vowed to curb the abuse by their officers. >> so you were not surprised in the aftermath about what we've learned about freddie gray and the fact that he died in police custody? >> freddie gray's case mirrors a lot of the stories or cases we looked at in our investigation, whether it was questionable probable cause, why they stopped the individual a lot of our findings show individuals had the same charges which were quickly dropped

here's the baltimore city mayor. >> this is a very very tense time for baltimore city. and i understand the community's frustration. i understand it because i'm frustrated. i'm angry that we are here again, that we have had to tell another mother that their child is dead. i'm frustrated that not only that we're here but we don't have all of the answers. >> here is deputy police commissioner jerry rodriguez at that same press conference. >> i know that when mr. gray was placed inside that van, he was able to talk he was upset, and when mr. gray was taken out of that van, he could not talk or breathe. >> joining us now, one of the lawyers for freddie gray's family. also jack young president of the baltimore city council and the director of the black law enforcement alliance. mary cook, questions do you wish were answered today that were not? >> one of the first questioned i would have wanted answered is why was freddie gray arrested. because there really is to answer to why he was arrested. i've read the application for statement of charges. it gives no real information.

john is live in baltimore. the city may have turned a corner according to the mayor. is that what you are hearing or feeling today? >> i don't think baltimore's turned any corners just yet. it's going to be a long time before anybody can get around to dealing with the issues that led to monday night. i suppose compared to monday night, it has turned a little bit of a corner. last night when the curfew came, it was a very different scene from what we saw the night before. this is the junction of nest and pennsylvania avenue where we're talking about. i'm at city hall at the moment and there last night there was no smoke deployed, there was no pepper ball witness are no mace being thrown around, no tear gas. it fell to families and community leaders in the end to clear the streets. the police backed off and at one point, families were fighting each other to get off the streets. in the end as you will see now in this report, the curfew was imposed, but there are many questions that avoids from it and what else has been happening in the city the past 24 hours. >> let's go

so far, though very, very peaceful in the city of baltimore. protests in new york city we're also seeing protests in cities including washington, d.c. here in new york city the nypd is making arrests. alexandra field is with the protesters saw the first of the arrests happening. alexandra, what happened? >> reporter: erin i want to show what's happening now. we have these nypd officers out here lined up shoulder to shoulder committed to keeping people off of the streets. officers telling other officers if you see anyone in the street force them back on to the sidewalk. we've got these mesh fences i don't know if you can see them through the crowd, but the nypd is using to keep them on the corners. erin this started as a very peaceful protest, a large crowd, hundreds and hundreds of people just behind me back there in union square. they had gathered said this was going to be a place to express their sadness and outrage, but the nypd said they were not going to have free reign of the streets of the city tonight. as soon as people left union squar

. >> because as we were talking about during the 9 o'clock news cast a story we had, baltimore is a tale of two cities. >> absolutely. >> for a long time it had not recovered at all. but part of baltimore, the downtown area that is revitalized. >> that's right. >> near the harbour, it is terrific. once you go west into the african american neighbourhoods you have a neighbourhood among the forests, and a lot of suffering in the country. >> and as you indicated our cameras are focused on the intersection on the place of the unrest and, of course, where this activity is happening, so we get a skewed view of what is happening in the larger city of baltimore. but this intersection has a lot of history, as adam may was reporting. and north station, penn station is a place not unfamiliar to people that know what you are talking about. the part of baltimore that has not recovered that is struggling and suffering. so you know, it's not to excuse what is happening, but it certainly explains it. >> the president said this is inexcusable. at the same time it's somewhat understandable. >> we have to have a convers

baltimore city schools are closed tomorrow. night's baltimore orioles game canceled because of concerns of safety. the national guard has been deployed and groups of protesters just wreaking havoc across the city. >> too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs. >> there is a curfew in mace starting tomorrow at 10:00 p.m. and lasting one week. >>> we have lifetime coverage. our dave schratwieser spoke to local police responding to that threat on officers lives. we start with dave kinchen live at baltimore city hall tonight. dave? >> reporter: lucy sirens are blaring all across baltimore tonight. baltimore is a city on fire. firefighters are still struggling to keep up with fires and blazes all across the city. this is a city in protest and a city rioting. (sirens blaring). >> a convoy baltimore police officers on the move in a night of chaos with the state of emergency declared in the city and the maryland national guard activated much cops guarding city hall and the police adminis

city. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. proud of its name baltimore, aka, charm city is in trouble tonight. deep trouble. hundreds of the city's young, some fresh out of high school this afternoon, threw rocks and bricks at police burned police cars and looted a neighborhood cvs late today in baltimore. all for the tv cameras to show. it started with the funeral of freddie gray the 25-year-old african-american who died whi

exactly happened in the freddie gray incident. >> reporter: our camera was on the ground outside baltimore city hall where police and tactic california gear walk in groups and others guarded this building. officers boarded city buses which tipped into what now looks like a war zone. >> this just got to the point it the is not about freddie gray. it is reactionary. it is reactionary. >> reporter: former maryland congressman, quasi, inn fume a attended the funeral. baltimore native says he has not seen violence like this since the the day of king's assassination. >> i would continue to urge men in our community to get out in the the streets like i am and have been out all day long confronting young men where they are on their terms looking them right the in the eye and telling them there is a bet ther way to do this. >> reporter: this is a live look outside baltimore city hall. you the of the 15 police office are injured, two are in the hospital. no word on their conditions. nearly 30 people have been arrested as we mentioned the governor of this state said many people rioting on these streets ar