mosby has two young daughters and is married to baltimore city councilman in that area. >> reporter: another thing you may not know about ms. mosby is she lives here in the city of baltimore, not too far from the mall where so much trouble broke out earlier this week. the name of her neighborhood is reservoir hill. our own mola lenghi spoke to people who know her well and can tell us more about exactly what she brings to the table and why she's doing what she's doing. >> reporter: we talked to some of those folks, some of the neighbor and folks who have worked closely with her, none of whom seem surprised by her announcement today or how she came to her decision. when ronald harris moved next- door to marilyn mosby, she immediately made an impression. >> my wife and i first bought this house, they were the first people to introduce theirself to us. >> she's been an awesome neighbor. she's a family oriented person. she's great in the community. >> reporter: sheryl harris has lived next-door to mosby 10 years watching the 35-year-old grow and draw widespread praise today for her leaders

was equipped and she was prepared to be a leader as a state's attorney as our top prosecutor in baltimore city>> you have confidence in her? >> absolutely. >> peter, to you. let me just pivot and talk that you are a former baltimore police officer. you also wrote this opinion piece entitled why just blaming cops won't help baltimore and i read it and you said police abuse has less to do with race and more about poverty and class. can you explain that for me sir? >> the baltimore police department is about half nonwhite. the city 65% african-american. it doesn't matter what race you are as a cop. generally you don't like the ghetto. they're not talking about the geographic area. they're talking about specific people in the ghetto that act ghetto. and that is a very strong class of distinction especially among african-americans police officers. act ghetto. i'm from the ghetto but i don't have to be ghetto. you hear that from african-american cops who are from the eastern and western districts. this is a class distinction. it's a distinct between middle class, working class, and ghetto class. it'

policing a difficult city like baltimore is a difficult proposition. it requires a lot of investment of time engagement of people trying to get it right. this is the city where the serious crime problem, a lot of guns. you need people out in the trenches, not simply pointing out after the fact after will there's a bad outcome and bad endings, finger pointing. >> i want to thank you for your insight. thank you so much. still ahead right here. we will have much more live from baltimore city hall. when we come back, we'll be joined by reverend al sharpton. don't go away. the job jugglers. the up all-nighters. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we've made our passions our life's work. we strive for the moments where we can say, "i did it!" ♪ ♪ we are entrepreneurs who started it all... with a signature. legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses, turning dreamers into business owners. and we're here to help start yours. making a fist something we do to show resolve. to defend ourselves. to declare victory. so cvs health provides expert suppo

he heard every prayer that came from his people in baltimore city. now what's happening? charges are being processed. charges are being filed. guess what's going to happen? the people of baltimore, people of baltimore, citizens of this community are going to determine if they're guilty or innocent. >> right now we are reliever -- we're in the right direction now. everybody is happy. six officers charged. god bless. let's keep it moving. all right. we need justice everywhere in america. this is the step in the rights direction. >> i also believe it was a moment of hope. hopefully like the first quarter of a basketball game where we begin to change what's going on in the city. >> ron allen, this is the first step as congressman cummings said. a lot of expectations on continuing the illegal process is. as we've been saying we have to hear from defenders of the police officers. their union has called for independent investigation not trusting the state prosecutor because she's married to a city council member. ron? >> reporter: interesting the police organization called for an

because that's the only place it's really going. >> baltimore wasn't always a city in decline. it was once a shipping powerhouse, one of the largest seaports of the mid-atlantic states, and a major center of industrial manufacturing. >> in the late '60s, baltimore had industries like bethlehem steel, a huge ship-building industry, a very active port. >> neill franklin is a retired police major who spent 34 years in law enforcement. he's seen the decay first hand. >> late '60s, early '70s mainly, jobs started leaving baltimore. industries started leaving going overseas, wherever it ended up. it just wasn't here in baltimore anymore. but it was also around that time that richard nixon decided that he was going to start a war against public enemy number one: drugs. >> but it was president ronald reagan who turned that rhetorical war into a literal one. >> you have to show that you have a drug criminal problem. so how do you do that? through arrests. >> at a time when drug crime was actually on the decline, not on the rise. >> we went crazy arresting people for crack cocaine because

i am the baltimore city state's attorney. his district and 13 other districts throughout the city. i prosecute crimes there. i don't have to turn on the news and open up the newspaper in order to see the crime impacting my community. i have to open up the door. there is no conflict. >> what happens -- i mean i don't know if you paid attention to what happened in new york the wake of eric garner the mayor had strong comments. there were two police officers murdered. it was a horrific act, really gutted the city. the police department basically launched an open revolt against the mayor. they turned their back at funerals. if you come in next week and start hearing from your lawyers that these cops aren't showing up to testify on court dates that you need to make your cases, what are you going to do. >> you hold them accountable. that's unacceptable. you have to change the culture. it starts with accountability. you asked me about the conflict of interest with reference to the family attorney. there is no conflict of interest. th

i don't know if this is the march we've been watching through the city of baltimore, but, you know this around your city today. >> right. and i hope the city sees that our voices have been heard. despite all of the chaos, the actual concern of the people got recognized. >> it's a long process. right? this criminal justice system. it will take a while to play out, but in talking to congressman earlier, for the first time in their lives, young people feel they are experiencing history. do you get that sense? >> without a doubt. even myself. it's been that way in sand town since i've been alive. >> what way? >> just the corruption in the police department. it's instinctual if a cop skirts up on you to run. you never know what's going to happen. for us this is like breaking ground on something uncharted for a lot of us. 44 years, and we're so used to the -- we see that this is change. it's never been immediately all of the officers are indicted and that's the changes we want to see, but we also recognize that justice won't come just from convicting these officers and it won't come from gett

"hard earned". >> baltimore wasn't always a city in decline. was once a shipping powerhouse, one of the largest seaports of the mid-atlantic states, and a major center of industrial manufacturing. >> in the late '60s, baltimore had industries like bethlehem steel, a huge ship-building industry, a very active port. >> neill franklin is a retired police major who spent 34 years in law enforcement. he's seen the decay first hand. >> late '60s, early '70s mainly, jobs started leaving baltimore. industries started leaving going overseas, wherever it ended up. it just wasn't here in baltimore anymore. but it was also around that time that richard nixon decided that he was going to start a war against public enemy number one: drugs. >> but it was president ronald reagan who turned that rhetorical war into a literal one. >> you have to show that you have a drug criminal problem. so how do you do that? through arrests. >> at a time when drug crime was actually on the decline, not on the rise. >> we went crazy arresting people for crack cocaine because o

baltimore. she made that promise yesterday in person during her first visit to the city. it was also one of her first times publicly addressing the shooting deaths of freddie gray and the riots and protests which followed. >> baltimore has come to symbolize a lot of the issues involving police and community mistrust that plagues so many of our cities. but what i have heard here today is how all of the people of baltimore, every group that i have mentioned and certainly everyone with whom i was privileged to meet is committed to making that better. >> lynch also met with gray's family and expressed her condolences. >>> we continue to follow the latest developments from texas in a failed attack just outside of dallas. >> federal agents they're still skeptical either suspect involved in the attack had any connection to isis. mike is here with the latest on the investigation. >> good morning. both men are being watched by federal investigators but they were not considered among the most likely to pull off an attack. federal agents say it's still unclear whether elton simpson a

and baltimore city police officers. cars move through the area they were honking, they were celebrating. people raising their fists in the air in a sense of celebration and a sense of joy at the announcement that was made at 10:30 this morning. people here feeling a giant sense of relief after what has been an incredibly stressful week and here's what a few people told me this morning as word of the police officer's charges were announced. >> the people are happy. a lot of frustrations have been released just from this decision. don't have to worry about the riots anymore because justice has been served. >> the police have gotten away with a lot and i believe that this time maybe everyone has made their point clear that they're tired of it. reporter: a very different situation here as you can see as the baltimore city police officer is directing traffic. you can see in his left hand he has his protective helmet obviously four or five days ago he was wearing that and certainly not directing traffic. right here you see a

new doubts over the charges fwens those six baltimore city police officers. nearly a week after protesters cheered that decision by baltimore's chief city prosecutor to charge those six officers in the death of 25-year-old freddie gray. cnn is now learning that some are concerned the city could explode, their word once again, if marilyn mosby's case against the officers unravels. mosby completed her own independent investigation separate from the one conducted by baltimore police. officials familiar with both cases tell cnn there are stark differences between the two that could allow defense attorneys to undercut the prosecution. those defense attorneys are already seizing upon the opportunity to file motions on behalf of two of these accused

all events occurred in baltimore city state of maryland.hile each of these officers are presumed innocent until proven guilty, we have brought the following charges officer goodison is being charged with second degree depraved heart murder involunteer manslaughter second degree negligent assault, manslaughter by vehicle by means of gross negligence manslaughter by means of criminal negligence misconduct in office for failure to secure prisoner failure to render aid, officer william porter is being charged with involunteer manslaughter assault in the second degree, misconduct in office lieutenant brian rice is being charged with invol tarn manslaughter, assault in the second degree assault in the second degree, misconduct in office false imprisonment. officer edward nerro, is being charged with assault in the second degree, intentional. assault in the second degree negligent. misconduct in office false imprisonment. officer gar rot miller is being charged with intentional assault in the second degree. assault in the second degree negligent,

the baltimore city police officers who were responsible for mr. gray's murder, she made a giant enormous step for justice, for young african-american men and women. young people who live in our urban areas. by her decision today just a few moments ago she has given this nation and invaluable service. especially for young people. especially for african-american and other minority youth. these young people have for decades year and for justice as it relates to police misconduct, police brutality, and police murder. this new standard for justice is a standard turnout trends in baltimore. ferguson, new york city, chicago, cleveland other places all throughout this country. host: congressman bobby rush but after the announcement that six police officers being charged in the death of freddie gray while in police custody. on this day after that a rally taking place. frank thorp of nbc tweeting this picture of the freddie gray rally and national guardsmen. that taking place this afternoon. alicia and detroit on the line for democrats. caller: this has bee

baltimore? >> definitely and i love my city. i was pretty sad to see what happened through the city get their perspective, why they felt they needed to express themselves this way. the real root will vary from family to family if you don't have people around you seeing successful primary employer in the neighborhood is a drug dealer and you don't see an opportunity to get out of it because you lack opportunity, feel like opportunity isn't available to you, things snowball to where they are now. as i talked to people this week they talked about moving forward. what things can we do now? how can we get our voice heard. they have an uprising in a way that's more effective that can get some real outcome. >> mr. flowers, portable access to real food healthy food has been a real problem in big cities. tell us about the work you're doing in the community health alliance. >> we are a partner with the enrollment program for the affordable care act. that's one. and like a lot of neighborhoods in america, food desert, we're creating garden

just four hours ago or so baltimore's mayor lifted a city-wide curfew and over the next two or three understand maryland's governor says the national guard will be departing and we understand momentarily, the baltimore police department will be holding a press conference four hours after the lifting of that curfew. perhaps more detail how that will be executed this evening, how baltimore police will still be fanned out throughout the city just in case. cnn's nick valencia right now though is in the crowd of this interfaith rally. so nick it is boisterous. it is happy and jubilant it is like church sunday right on the park here. >> certainly is a different tone from what we saw yesterday's rally on this very same lawn. this is more faith-based-centered and focused but even members that aren't very religious in this community are coming out to show their support, among them, this family turn around and join me here? what brought you guys out here today? what was the importance of coming here? >> just to show the city is one community and that obviously as a white family, we wanted peopl

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you got this. >>> one of the toughest jobs in baltimore fell to those with shielding the city's childrenence that ensued around them. my next guest met that challenge with extraordinary grace. darling copeland is a pre-k teacher at the elementary school in baltimore where she also oversees the food pantry partnership with the maryland food bank, and darlene joins me now. welcome to you, darlene. my first question to you is how do you even begin to explain this week's events to kids who may have seen the violence on television earlier in the week? >> well, i really don't have to -- i really don't have to explain it because the children come in and they already can tell you because they're living it. so what we just have to do is help them to understand what's going on and help them to adjust to it and deal with it. >> and i'm sure that you were of the mind that you try to take something positive out of a situation like this. how do you take a situation where they're seeing their local cvs burn down and seeing people throwing things and seeing the police in riot gear? how do you give them

i've been a resident baltimore city the whole 25 years here. say i applaud the people we came together we stayed together and we brought our city back. contrary to believe, our youths are not thugs and vandals. we've been served an injustice. any time a child who bust a window out of a police car his bail was $500,000. $500,000 and them men took that boy freddie gray and they bailed him with $350,000. we cannot allow them to tear democracy up in our face while we pay for it. while we pay for it. >> if you're just joining us it is 4:00 eastern. i'm joining you live from baltimore. i am at city hall where thousands of people have gathered for a very peaceful rally. you heard a number of different people speaking. religious rely leaders. let's listen in for a minute. let's take a moment to listen in and then we'll continue our coverage. >> lot of them out here and we stood on the front line. and we help put the city back together. the city was already messed up before the riots. [ cheers and applause ] we been coming outside. we got high poverty ra

those folks from pennsylvania, and of course, you have baltimore city police and maryland state police at each intersection. these police officers have set up. as of right now, they are in place lines but standing down because it has been very celebratory, not a lot of tension. we're going to talk too this young man who is getting the crowd riled up here. you're very excited to hear what happened in that press conference. tell me about the mood here at this hour. >> the mood here? in baltimore, that's for us. lot of people feel like they get justice because of the way the police treated us over the years. sam: did you know about freddie gray? >> no, i did not know freddie gray. sam: tell us about all that's been happening and the civil unrest. >> they could have avoided this situation and treated the way we treat us on a daily base. we commit a crime, they lock us up. they commit a crime, they go home and watch us do this on tv. send them to jail. sam: be careful on the streets. very excited. some are coming through very loud. more and more cheering. it is a part of the atmosphere righ

>> well seeing as i'm just a resident of baltimore city not necessarily of this side of the city i can't answer that question directly for the people. >> reporter: but what about in baltimore in general? >> in baltimore in general, i will say you shouldn't wait for a dangerous and volatile situation such as a riot and rampage for the people to come together to fight for any cause. >> reporter: all right. thank you very much. sean we'll send it back to you now. thanks. >> leland thanks so much. joining us also on the ground in baltimore, mike what's the latest there? >> reporter: well looking at the intersection here even by north and penn standards, this is a pretty slow night. people just milling about. i want to bring in a gentleman who's a lifelong resident of this area karim banks. first of all, give me your thoughts this week that you've been through. >> well it's been rough. it's something that's definitely not normal for this area. the people in this area it was definitely a wake-up call and it was very drastic. >> reporter: was anything accomplished? >> i think it was a lot accom

baltimore's clergy may have a crucial role in the healing of the city. edges of unrest. i want to show you this scene from monday night. baltimore's church leaders holding the line standing between a story and potential looters. it's moments like these that show the power of faith-based leaders right in this community. bishop angel nunez joins me again now on the program. thanks for being with me. >> thank you for having me again. >> take me back to monday night. what was that moment like versus what we're seeing now? >> well monday night we received a call that they were asking for faith-based peacemakers to two to the location. my office is about ten minutes away so i ran down there without realizing i was walking into a major crisis. in front of me the police behind me the rioters. and just throwing things back and forth. we were in the middle. my purpose was to be a light of peace, to talk to those that were upset. i was very surprised. they would shake my hand and say thank you for being here. and then continue to riot. >> did you get the sense that

cities next. >>> hello, i'm libby casey in new york. "america tonight" is coming up next. first, an update of today's top stories. the curfew is in effect in baltimore after another day of loud but peaceful protests over the death of freddie gray. as night fell many demonstrators left. city officials said the 10:00p.m. curfew will continue when larger protests are expected to take place. there's a protest in philadelphia, after several hours of peaceful marches in the center city this afternoon and this evening scuffles broke out with police when the group tried to block an on-ramp. another protest is underway in cincinnati. baltimore police finished their investigation into freddie gray's death, and turned over results to the city's top prosecutor. details have not been released. police said the investigation has uncovered details about gray's ride in a place van this month. u.s. senator bernie sanders announced he's running for president. the vermont law-maker is the first independence candidate to enter and plans to run as a democrat. a major part of his platform is campaign finance. >> i want them. i want them now, in this day and aim, whether i

that was baltimore councilman nick moosby voicing the frustration of many young people in the city. e police are enforcing a citywide curfew overnight for the third night in a row. crowds were in the streets tonight protesting the death of fredty gray, the african-american mesne man who died while in police custody. what exactly happened after his arrest? investigators found the injury gray suffered happened in the back of a police van and not during his arrest, according to some reports. but the question remains, how exactly was he so gravely hurt? according to a washington post report, a prisoner in the same van told investigators that he thought gray was intentionally trying to hurt himself. miguel marquez is in baltimore among the crowds. we caught up with him just moments after the citywide curfews went into effect. >> this is the interesting hour here. this is what chris was talking about here. it is mostly media out here, but there are a lot of people who have come back up here to challenge the police to some degree. that's north avenue at pennsylvania. they've blocked that of

people of baltimore are left not only with a damaged city, but a negative image of youth that accurateis man is a community activist who works mediators. >> there's a 7-day truce in the hoods of baltimore that count. the neighbourhoods have agreed that, you know, it's enough black on black crime, black on black crime, white on white crime, is enough in our neighbourhoods period. we are going to start in a 7 day, week, month or here. we'll start with seven days, and they haven't reported that. the new report issing it that is talked about. we are talking about it in the neighbourhood. we don't here one space talking about the fact. >> reporter: this baltimore high school teacher says there's another story ot heard, one that student battle. >> my students come from all over the city. as they come in i have girls that are harassed. i have students whose parents work three different jobs. they have to walk siblings to school. one student has to get six siblings to school, breakfast and feed them. when they are accused of tardy possess, you have to -- tardiness, you have to think some are r

baltimore. the day's events not just about freddy gray but about the city's economic divide. in baltimore the median wage of the city's white residents are twice that of the black citizens. >> the violence i'm talking about is underfunded system, gentrification in black and brown neighborhoods high unemployment investment in downtown when you are forgetting about uptown. >> the people here will follow the development of freddy gray's killing. but for now for one brief moment there's a sense everyone's voirseseveryone'svoices have finally been heard. >> i said what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> we've checked out the scene behind us, it's pretty calm, these people are breaking curfew but it doesn't look like anything is happening. we'll update you to make sure there aren't any changes. >> al jazeera will be focusing on this throughout the weekend. i'm libby casey in new york. "america tonight" is next. stay tuned. >> on al jazeera america ali velshi looks at the issues affecting us all... >> we're taking a hard look at the most important issues out th

baltimore. and secondary other issues within the city of baltimore. ow we want to keep things in place as they have been. we'll continue as a state police and every county i've said before from ocean city to garrett county there is law enforcement here in support of the citizen fz baltimore and support of the bpd to keep people safe. you know, the issue of keeping the curfew in place is just something that was our decision to make that keep it that way. it was our policy we set in place we continue to support that. we just ask for patience as we move forward and continue to move in a safer direction for a safer city. thank you. >> i also would like to reiterate what's already been said here by the commissioner and the colonel. what i would also say is that you know we are not here to stay in the manner that you think we are in term fz the military. we are here to stay as community and citizens of the community because many of us live here and work here as i continue to reiterate. we will go back to our armory and we will put our stuff up and we'll have

baltimore is a city finding itself. >> are you ready to march for peace? >> reporter: but it's clear the baltimore we see today is not the baltimore for tomorrow. >> the youth of baltimore stood up and showed the world that we will demand change. >> reporter: in the weeks following freddie gray's death, young people in baltimore have worked to change policing and politics, and protest has been their main tool. this crowd marched from the gilmore homes in west baltimore to city hall saturday, asserting their goal would be achieved. >> freddie gray brought together all classes, all creeds. >> no races! >> reporter: college stay tuned julia made the trip up from dc for the march. she pointed to the country's past as proof the change young people can bring about. >> college students have always been sort of the heart of protest movements. >> i was born and raised in baltimore. >> reporter: 60-year-old jodyy schmitz said he was happy he could see it with his own eyes. >> i was 14 years old when the riots happened in 1968. i remember looking on the news and wishi

city. i'm tony harris. we are interrupting our aje colleagues to take you live to baltimore. it's city hall. cipating that the mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings-blake will speak shortly. we're joining by an attorney and legal analyst on skype. good to talk to you. are you surprised by the charges? the swift nature of the charges? >> i am surprised by the timing tony. we have been told to be patient and allow the process to work and i think everyone's expectation was that it would take several weeks if not months before the state's attorney would make some sort of pronouncement, so i am surprised at the timing. however, i am so elated . . . >> -- investigation came to the conclusion that there was probable cause for an arrest 28 charges against six officers, rather historical given the nature of these charges and the number of officers involved including a female officer. >> yeah. >> so i think there is some game-changing things happening in baltimore that hopefully will set the stage for how these cases are handled across the country. >> so why did you think that this might take weeks to

we know it's happening in cities like baltimore and also in new york city. this is just an uncomfortable time. it's a sad time because the police and the community don't trust one another. so what should we be feeling right now as we honor this officer? >> we lost two brave officers in december. two officers were shot in january in the bronx. they lived thankfully. we have now lost officer moore. this is five shootings in five months. far too many. to put this in perspective, new york city is so much safer today than it was in decades past. in 1971 there were 12 officers shot and killed in one year. we need to do much more to protect our officers while continuing to reduce crime and while making sure that communities of color in new york city are not subjected to unfair or overly aggressive policing. that's tough to do simultaneously. through smart policy we can do it. when you look at things like cameras as part of standard equipment for police officers that protects people on both sides of the shield. it protects officers too who might be accused wrongly a

now, this morning we just heard moments frag a baltimore city councillor about the decision. >> this gin with freddie gray but thank god freddie gray was the tipping point to wake people up to we have bigger issues to solve in baltimore and we're beginning that process. the process of healing and restoration begins today as our state's attorney stood on these steps and said people will be indicted from homicide down for the death of a man who was innocent. >> an interesting note from the state's attorney's announcement today. she said police illegally arrested gray as no crime had been committed. you can see a list of the charges on the nbc washington app. back to you. >>> this is chris gordon at the scene of today's watergate collapse. not everyone is accounted for. that's the latest information that we just got from d.c. mayor muriel bowser. also a source on the scene saying that two construct workers may be trapped in a truck in the trouble of the collapsed garage that authorities are trying to locate them that the area may be too unstable a extricate them right now. earlier we had

baltimore. it's a vibrant city. we want you to participate and understand the city has some challenges, but it's a vibrant part of the state of maryland. >> prince george's county and montgomery county helped back up baltimore city during the unrest but have returned to their normal duties. >>> old planes and old soldiers, the world war ii vets came to town today to commemorate the 70th anniversary of victory in europe. >> they celebrated with an awesome display of air power flying down the potomac river and they up the national mall and bruce leshan got to take it all in. >> reporter: how long has it been since we've seen vintage aircraft flying over the national mall? it was fantastic, amazing to see those old war birds still soaring through the sky and amazing to see the smile and fears on the faces of the vets. of-- tears on the faces of the vets. it is a sight we have never seen before. about 50 vintage planes flying over some of the world's most secure airspace to remind us of the 16 million americans who serv

we know that the vast majority of the men and the women in the baltimore city police department serve our city with pride, with courage, with honor, and with distinction. but to those of you who wish to engage in brutality, misconduct racism and corruption let me be clear. there is no place in the baltimore city police department for you. today's indictment are the next step in the legal process that's running its course. as mayor, i will continue to be relentless in changing the culture of the police department to ensure that everyone in our city it treated equally under the law. there will be justice for mr. gray. there will be justice for his family. and there will be justice for the people of baltimore. thank you. >> that was the mayor here in baltimore moments ago, but let's get back to the state's attorney marilyn mosby. she detailed this morning how these six baltimore police officers repeatedly failed to help this 25-year-old man, freddie gray who suffered a deadly spinal injury in their custody. she also gave an incredibly detailed play by play of gray's fatal ride in that pr

at t-mobile. >>> i'm john berman live in front of baltimore city hall. ng news out of baltimore, about 30 minutes ago state's attorney marilyn mosby announced she said that to the youth of this city, i will seek justice on your behalf. that justice coming from the state's attorney. she's pressing charges against six police officers. she's deemed the death of freddie gray more than ten days ago to be a homicide. charges being filed against those six officers ranging as high as depraved heart murder. those charges filed against caesar goodson driving the police van in which freddie gray sustained the injuries to his spinal cord allegedly that ultimately led to his death. i'm joined by marc lamont hill from los angeles. we have talked so many times about the issues affecting this city and cities across the country right now. i can tell you the reaction here to the news that charges have been filed. emotional on the streets here. people are bullhorns. car horns being blown. what's your reaction? >> my reaction is one of surpri surprise. i've been talking to p

scott: first, we'll head back to leon in baltimore for more on the "city leon: back now live in baltimore. city in crisis. really, i have to say it feels more like a city in celebration or on the verge of celebration at this hour. it's been quite a stunning day of developments with the announcement of charges being filed against the six officers in freddie gray's arrest and death. we're seeing here now that the streets are beginning to fill up a little bit. we're seeing a demonstration of some sort taking place at the intersection of pennsylvania and north avenue which is the epicenter for all the activity that we saw breaking out here on monday. police standing by here and crowds very very peaceful although this peace can be quite loud at some points. but again we're hearing word of other demonstrations popping up or being planned for later on throughout the night here. we also have the fact that the curfew kicks in here in about four hours or so. there's a lot going on here and a lot to keep our eye on. we're doing it for you. if you want to be the first to know about what's happening h

i actually grew up in the city of baltimore attended public schools. ally teach in the city of baltimore at morgan state university. i have not met a man of color in this city who spent any significant time in the city who hasn't had that experience, an experience that was in some ways negative, some negative encounter. so what he said does not surprise me. i will say that, you know, we don't necessarily hear voices like his sharing what's happened. so it's without a doubt a fair description. one of the things that i want to make certain is clear however, is that is not the only experience for residents of the city when it comes to law enforcement. there are quite a few positive encounters, but those negative ones outweigh the positive, similar to this past week. we've seen the negative depictions of persons who were engaged in violent criminal acts and those negative things outweighed the very positive things that happened. >> sreenivasan: young men are arrested at a much higher rate than the national average. actually, more than five times as often. s

reporting live in baltimore city hall scott broom, wusa9. >> yes, scott, thank you. there is a long list of the charges that these baltimore police officers are facing. >> the driver of the van that was transporting gray has the most to lose at there point. among other things officer caesar goodson, jr. is facing charges of depraved heart murder and involuntary manslaughter. we'll get to that charge a little later and explain. officer garrett miller is charged with second degree assault, misconduct in office and false imprisonment. his fellow officer edward niro is charged with second degree assault, misconduct in office and false imprisonment. >> lawyers for officer william porter will defend him against involuntary manslaughter charges, second degree assault and misconduct in office. lieutenant brian rice is facing a slew of charges including involuntary manslaughter, second degree assault, misconduct in office and false imprisonment and finally that sixth and final officer, sergeant alicia white is accused of involuntary manslaughter, second degree assault and char

lou: is that part of the corruption and that is the city of baltimore. but that city council to stand up with the crips and bloods the talk about how they are thugs and misdirected they are thugs. people don't have the guts to use the same president as the united states? what is going on in baltimore? get beyond this nonsense. >> it has lost one-third of its population with 8 percent unemployment rate young black males are unemployed. they have driven all business incorporations and they continue. what you think of mayor rawlings-blake with her paralysis? >> she did not know what to do now she was to be politically correct but the real issue is you have to identify them as slugs with an intervention about community that stars with families and churches. so now they only serve to come from all over the nation for the men that want to help cut down and cleanup. the billy graham association is in baltimore right now. though we should be outraged at the lack of action of people not wanting to call out a sense of criminalization with that internal type of terr

out there, an event for most of our events men only, tonight we will be occupying the corner in baltimore city and we're going to have women and children out there just showing that we want violence to end in our city and community. we are about looking at it from a civility stand-point. >> do you expect there will be violence? >> no. we never have issues at our events. and again, this is something the world needs to know, most people in baltimore city are not violent counter whatto what they've been seeing over the last week. >> the police union at this point is calling for a special prosecutor, an independent prosecutor to take over. they have said in an open letter to marilyn mosby the state's attorney in baltimore that they believe these officers were only doing their jobs and that they never intended to end the life of a person when they came to work that day and that they are not guilty of the crimes against them. >> this is a done deal now that she's intitdicteindicted. in my opinion, i think they were anticipated charges would be coming and that's why they screamed out as a defense mec

baltimore. the day's events not just about freddy gray but a reminder of the city's economic divide. in baltimore the median income of white americans is twice that of african americans. >> violence is per vasive in baltimore but not the kind of violence that people are accustomed to waxing, perhaps on the wire or something. the gentrification of black and brown neighborhoods high unemployment investing in downtown when you are forgetting about downtown. >> in the coming days the people here will follow the developments of the freddy gray's killing but for a moment there's a sense that everyone's voices have finally been heard. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> and when do we want it? >> now. >> as you can see even as my report has actually been running, some of the people have rallied and returned to the street. so it's generally been celebratory and they really really know what's happening in baltimore is part of the national conversation morgan. >> melissa thank you so much for being with us, this evening. >>> .of baltimore's political leaders responded. elijah cummings praised th

this is a tremendous responsibility for one that i saw and accepted when the citizens of baltimore city elected me as a state's attorney and it's precisely what i did in the case of freddy gray. over the course of our independent investigation, in the untimely death of mr. gray my team worked around the clock, 12 and 14-hour days, to canvas and interview dozens of witnesses, view numerous hours of video footage, repeatedly reviewed and listened to hours of police have videotape statements surveyed the route, reviewed voluminous records and we leveraged the information made available to us by the police department, the community and

the city of baltimore has been under a state of emergency and on a nighttime curfew, 10:500 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. since the rioting and looting on monday, the city of baltimore has kept a peaceful vigil. mostly watching for the process to play out, while continuing the demonstrations in a peaceful way. yesterday in baltimore, police announced they had finished their part of the investigation into freddie gray's death. they finished a day ahead of schedule. said they sent the report on to a local prosecutor for her to make a decision about whether to press charges in the death of freddie gray. the prosecutor is marilyn mosby. she's been on the job for four months. her job is an elected position. marilyn mosby is a boston native native. her parents, grandmother and other members of her family in multiple generations have been police officers. she worked in u.s. attorney offices in baltimore and washington d.c. worked her way up through the ranks in the office. she left at one point and worked in the private sector for some time. then last year at the ripe age of 34 she decided to try to

there's a number of crimes that take place in baltimore city and unfortunately in the district that wethe conflict? what i have to take myself away from every case or crime that takes place in west baltimore? that makes absolutely no sense. >> my next guest says we have to trust mosby claiming mosby is showing america how we go about this process. welcome, senator. >> thank you. thank you for the opportunity to be here with you. >> thank you for being with me. the police union says baltimore should call in a special prosecutor because marilyn mosby has many conflicts in interest. i could list them. billy murphy donated money to mosby's campaign. her husband represents the district where freddie gray was killed right? she also -- her 17-year-old cousin was mistaken for a drug dealer and shot and killed. police union says all of these things say that mosby has a conflict of interest. >> marilyn mosby does not have a conflict of interest. she was elected by the people of baltimore to be our state's attorney. what she's done is reputable. she's showing how these cases should be brought to

. >> pam: national guard troops and tanks lined up at baltimore city hall tonight. police made several arrests for people violating the city's curfew. although most scattered and dispersed once the 10 p-m curfew protesters had gathered at city hall -- pleased that six police officers have been charged for freddie gray's death. despite the ruling gray's family is still calling for peace. polo sandoval has more from baltimore minutes after a mandated curfew the crowd the protesters gathered peacefully. but as the clock struck ten -- helicopters circled overhead. and police took control. >>"hands up, don't shoot." the daily demonstrations and familiar cry for justice was met with an announcement friday that pleased protesters. >>"no justice, no peace." the baltimore city state's attorney announced criminal charges against six officers. those officers were booked into jail and posted bail. >> "your peace is sincerely needed as i work to deliver justice on behalf of this young man." >> reporter: marilyn mosby called the april 19th death of 25-year-old freddie gray, a hom

it is a normal feature of the baltimore city police department . that does not surprise me.hink in terms of the first part of your question, obviously, freddie gray was not doing those things which should have subjected them to any type of brutality or type of force that would in fact cause his death. one of the interesting parts of the evidence here that i think we need to look for and will appreciate will be the report of the pathologist or if there is an independent pathologist secured by the state's attorney's office, what they indicate as to force requirement and where the blows would have occurred and how they could have occurred in terms of causation of death. juan: from your close watching of the circumstances around this case, why do you think the one officer who was driving the van was charged with second-degree murder? >> it is basically any conduct which creates are you are aware of a very excessive condition in terms of extreme condition. and i think -- you have to realize, it says second-degree murder, that is not like murder as we think of in terms of that cha