the officers opened fire. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: killing blevins.bject in his hand falls to the ground. police say it was a loaded semiautomatic handgun. >> one down.s that may give ouseausug aseleop fleeing suspect? and the answer to that is, yes, you can use deadly force, if that suspect is a threat to the officer and a threat to the community. >> reporter: officer ryan kelly has been with the minneapolis police department since 2013. officer justin schmidt sin 2014. both were placed on administrative leave while at the request tfhe minneapolis police department an investigation was carried out by the minnesota department of blpuic anything on the video that's inappropriate. >> reporter: as part of the investigation, the bureau of criminal apprehension conducted interviews with several of the officers involved. including officer schmidt. >> to me, he had every bit of intent on shooting my partner and i. i gave him numerous chances to give up. and he continued to escalate the situation by first grabbing on to his firearm, then clearing it from his

four of those shots hit blevins.e. >> in order to bring charges against a police officer the state must be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the officers' use of deadly force was not authorized. >> reporter: hennepin county attorney mike friedman cleared officers schmidt and kelly from wrongdoing monday. he claims blevins' disregard for police instructions and his allegedly pointing a gun at officers justified the shooting. >> i'm certain in rapidly evolving situations -- >> reporter: but as friedman made his announcement blevins' family and community activists shouted him down. they claim blevins was not a threat and accused officers of escalating the situation. >> these officers were not afraid of my cousin when they approached him. that's clear as day on the video footage. >> did you see a drunk black guy with a gun around here? >> asking people in the car, what's up, did you see a drunk black guy? >> reporter: the minneapolis community is still grappling with recent deadly shooting of unarmed black men

thurman blevins was killed by two minneapolis police officers on june 23rd.hey say he pointed a gun at them during a short case. dean reynolds spoke to blevinss family in minneapolis. >> reporter: this is the alley where thurman blevins was shot as he fled from two minneapolis police officers. mily, who admitted that yes, he did have a gun on him at the time but they believe the officers overreacted. >> why did he run? >> it was the way that they approached him when they came out of the vehicle. >> reporter: thurman blevins' sister darlin and cousin sidney brown say he feared for his life when he ran from police. >> put your hands up now! >> who else is not going to run if somebody's behind me telling me i'm going to shoot you, i'm going to kill you? >> reporter: after a two-block chase officers justin schmidt and ryan kelly opened fire 14 times and killed blevins. [ gunshots ] moments before they shot the police say body cam video shows blevins turned toward the officers with a gun in hand ready to fire, something both officers say happened. >> before i pull

tribune" reports about 200 protesters blocked the platform in the matter of a shooting of thurman blevinstest turned tense when one frustrated commuter was punched in the face after trying to rip away protesters' signs. yesterday's demonstration comes after prosecutors said the officers' actions were justified when they shot 31-year-old blevins in june. body cam video shows him running away from the police with what appears to be a handgun. >> michigan live reports that the aclu files a lawsuit against the police department. video shows a young boy who suffers from adhd handcuffed during the incident in 2015. police handcuffed him after he kicked a cart and ran around the bleachers. he was cuffed for about an hour because the officer didn't have the keys to unlock the cuffs. city officials declined to comment. >>> and "usa today" says new york governor andrew cuomo steps in to reopen a boy's lemonade stand after a state health inspector shut it town. the 7-year-old was selling lemonade outside his home near the county fair last friday, and the inspektder said he needed a permit. people co

thurman blevins was killed by police officers on june 23rd.hey say he pointed a gun at them after a short chase. hundreds protested yesterday blocking intersections. dean reynolds is in minneapolis where he spoke to blevins' family. dean, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, well, this is the alley where thurman blevins was shot as he fled two minneapolis police officers. we spoke to his family who admitted, yes, he did have a gun on him at the time, but, they believe, the officers overreacted. why did he run? >> it was the way they approached him when they came out of the vehicle. >> reporter: thurman bleven's sister and cousin said he feared for his life. >> who else is going to run when they say i'm going to shoot you? >> reporter: officers justin smith and ryan kelly opened fire 14 tires and killed blevblevins. moments before they thought, video shows blevins turned with a gun in hand ready to fire. something both officers say happened. >> before i pulled the trigger, when the gun came out, i feared for my life. i feared for my partner

mckim a welcome back to the big picture thanks for having me in july thirty one year old thurman blevins of black man was fatally shot by white police officers after a foot chase through a residential neighborhood on the city's north side five weeks later police released the body cam video police are seen chasing blevins whom the video appears to show with a gun in his hand shortly before the officers opened fire after another recent police shooting in chicago the chief there made a point to release the video quickly in the interest of transparency there in minneapolis the mayor who himself had seen the video the night of the shooting told reporters we need to act with full transparency and making sure we're honest even if the truth is difficult in the chemo why did it take minneapolis police five weeks for this video to be released you know that's a good question first of ol it typically takes even longer than five weeks for a body camera footage to be released advocates and family members of their member leavens had to push the mayor to have the body cam released what then that five we

while they're waiting to get answers in a given situation as police responded to that call about blevins they didn't know his name or that his criminal record included a prior conviction related to firearms among other charges they were dealing in the moment could they have handled that moment differently. i absolutely believe that police officers could have handled their altercation with their member leavens differently number one on their way to the scene they were talking to civilians asking if anyone had seen a drunk black guy with the gun which is completely inappropriate and unprofessional and when they arrived upon the scene their member leavens outfit that he was wearing did not match the description that was given in the nine one one call and yet police officers approached him violently and aggressively jumping out of the car yelling gun and threatening to shoot and kill their member leavens notwithstanding the fact that he was standing there next to his girlfriend and a small child at the time so police officers put all of their lives in danger and how they aggressively approac

lea: i read one player, this guy tyler blevins who makes $500,000 a month from twitch subscriptions and people will pay $5 individually to watch them play for money. cheryl: thank you very much. appreciate it. a lot more coming up with the tsa wants to stop screening passengers at more than 100 airports. what does that mean for security? tesla shares given a big lift a ceo elon musk makes nice with analysts on wall street and he also talks about sustainable profit. we would kick the tires on the earnings report. a lot of pressure this morning. most of this of course is worries about the trade dispute from a trade war with china or more tears than as higher anyway. the dow down 122 in the premarket come s&p down 12 and three quarters at the nasdaq is down 43 and three quarters. you are watching "fbn:am." ♪ at fidelity, our online u.s. equity trades are just $4.95. so no matter what you trade, or where you trade, you'll only pay $4.95. fidelity. open an account today. yo[music playing]4.95. (ceo) the employee of the year, anna. (vo) progress is in the pursuit. audi will cover your first m

ashley: i read this, 26-year-old, tyler, ninja, blevins, has a 100 million followers and channel viewsn $500,000 per month playing this game. this is mind blowing but to you that is probably not surprising? >> for him it is not that surprising but in the, i've been in esports since 2002, esports followed came from industry grassroots, it became something because the players wanted it to be. "fortnite" is a totally different beast. it is allowing players to not only become super stars as professional players but also to become superstars, you know, in the traditional sense where someone like tyler blevins, ninja, grains note right to the someone like cristiano renaldo or lebron james. ashley: wow. as agent, you take a slice. do you represent individuals or take the individual and maybe swap teams? i know these games are played in teams. is it like soccer, nba, take a player, gamer it, may be shift them to another team? is that how it works? what kind of a slice do you get? >> you know, first and foremost, the agency level we definitely represent each of our players, streamers, content c

thurmond blevins died in june after being chased by police. protesters called for them to be fired and arrested. >>> a penn state student has pled in the hazing death. >> this comes as piazza's parents made an emotional impact statement. here is gio benitez. >> reporter: the only student to plead guilty will not spend anytime behind bars. 21 year old ryan burke telling the court he's sorry, pleading guilty to hazing. piazza was given so much alcohol during a hazing ritual that he fell down a flight of stairs and died. burke and 25 others accused of waiting 12 hours before calling 911. he was sentenced to three months of house arrest, 100 hours of community service and more than $3,000 in fines. piazza's family reacting to the news. >> hopefully this sentence is a deterrent to other people. future fraternity members need to know there will be consequences. >> reporter: and the 25 other fraternity brothers have pleaded not guilty and await trial next year. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> overseas in france, they are taking the dramatic step

. >> and this past june, they'reman blevins in minneapolis.ce made in 2015. 85% of law enforcement training acad nays participated in a new survey say they have increased that training for recruits while 66% added training for existing officers. though less than a fourth of all u.s. police academies responded to the survey. >> you know who you are as a person and you know what biases you have. we're saying to you, don't bring those biases to work. that's the implicit piece of this. >> how do you think that message is being received? >> i think it's being received well. >> but it's going to take more than classroom training to satisfy gwen carr, the mother of eric garner. >> are you encouraged by what the nyp dprd is doing? >> not really. she says she gets discouraged by continuing reports from across the u.s. of unarmed minorities getting hurt or killed after encounters with police. >> so do you think this is a step in the right direction? >> it's a step. it's in the right direction. now we have to see if it works. >> nypd officials say the tr

let's go to real clear politics co-found co-founder tom blevins, where is this going? the tit-for-tat, we can argue it's presidential, the president is angry, omarosa angry at him, she records him to make sure just in case, she'll have proof but saw the same of michael cohen, personal lawyer recording personal conversations, this is before he was president. what is it? >> this is a lot of fire and fury signifying nothing, really. again. and i've said this before in your program, neil, we're watching the same movie over and over again, if you don't like trump, you don't like this, if you're a trump supporter, doesn't bother you and if you're in the middle. this makes independents, they don't like to see the president mud wrestling with former employees and other folks, movie stars and folks on twitter calling them names and insults. neil: but you heard him getting elected president of the united states. he was doing a lot of the similar stuff, not exactly like this. week or two right before the election. >> no, and that's the thing, anybody who is expecting trump to tur

maria: everybody who plays fortnite knows about tyler blevins. he has 10 million plus followers.onth in subscriptions. how lucrative is the gaming gig? >> fortnite has probably got to be one of the most successful games that has ever blown up, ever, regarding video games. and ninja has popularized it. then, use the ultimate power handshake, the upper hander with a double palm grab. who has the upper hand now? start winning today. book now at lq.com. they won't hike your ratest foover one mistake. see, liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges. for drivers with accident forgiveness liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪ maria: good friday morning welcome back thanks so much for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo. friday, august 10 your top stories right now 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. economy on the brink turkish leader to record low amid growing concerns about the financial system turkish president erdogan reportedly saying kin will not lose economic war. >> futures indicating a decline start of trading down triple d