missouri's democratic senator claire mccaskill says the situation must be demilitarized.s more critics against protesters against ferguson, they are calling for a federal civil rights organization, similar to the one opened regarding the shooting of michael brown. joining me is pete williams. what can you tell us about what the justice department actually plans to do? >> well, in fact, senator mccaskill and the attorney general have now talked. he also talked to other members of the congressional delegation. first of all, in terms of the investigation itself, the justice department on monday opened a civil rights investigation that is led by the u.s. attorney out there and the fbi. and normally in situations like this, you see the fbi open these investigations, keep a close eye on what the local police are doing but not be too aggressive on their own at this stage. but this situation in ferguson is different, we're told, that the fbi has already been doing interviews with witnesses. one official says the fbi has interviewed the young man who says he was with michael brown

and senator claire mccaskill just put out a statement saying we need to demilitary rise this situation. it's become the problem instead of the solution. i respect the work to provide public safety, but my constituents are allowed to have a peaceful protest and the police need to respect that right and protect that right. today is going to be a new start. we can and need to do better. the reaction clearly coming in. on iraq, jim sciutto, the president seemed to open up the door to more efforts to deal with the plight. let's not forget the past couple months or so since isis made the big push into iraq, there have been about 600,000 iraqis, where christia christians, shiites, displaced from their homes. some have fled to jordan or turkey. more than a million and a half iraqis over the past several months who have had to flee their homes. the president may be right that the situation on mount sinjar is improving, but the rest of iraq, it looks awful. >> he opened a door pretty widely. he declared somewhat of a vibt ri say iing that situation is greatly improved. he said americans should b

louis, claire mccaskill. and on set, joy reed.too. >> claire, it's always great to see you. i guess i should say senator. last week, we had this police force that was underrepresented and in this -- now we've got toen the point where the national guard is being called in. we're finding out a week later because of all the buildup to this, there are no easy answers. what can you tell us on the ground about ferguson and what hopes that maybe tonight may be more peaceful than last night and the week before that? >> well, i hope you give me a chance to make a few points this morning, from my perspective here on the ground and visiting incessantly with people in the community. >> of course. >> at ground zero in ferguson and around the ferguson area. first, the biggest problem we have right now is that the wonderful people of ferguson who want to be law abiding and -- by the way, this isn't a community that had a high crime rate. the surrounding communities in the area had higher crime rates than ferguson. the protesters have now been in

and senator claire mccaskill says we need to demilitarize this situation. this kind of response by police has become the problem instead of the solution. and joined by john gaskin, a member of the naacp national committee and st. louis county executive committee as well as mark clask. also tim lynch, director of the cato institute's project on criminal justice who has been looking at the implications for this nationally. tim, police have been gathering in full riot gear, driving mine resistant vehicles around this suburb of 21,000 people. where are they getting this gear? >> the pentagon makes surplus military equipment available to local police department. so if the president is looking to take some concrete steps and members of congress, they can shut down this program where the federal government, and in particular the pentagon, is making, you know, armored vehicles, m-16s, camouflage uniforms available to local police departments. that's where they are getting this stuff from. >> and it is not clear at this point they are receiving the kind of training

i think claire mccaskill's comments about the special prosecutor is bubbling up. people are having to respond to it now. you've got eric holder coming to town and the meeting of the grand jury and the possibility that it will be the first day in which evidence is presented at that grand jury. all of those things are happening tomorrow. >> as this case moves along step by step, the grant jury is a big deal. you have to go through this avenue. even everyone is yelling at captain johnson and the governor, that's not the way it works. will there be charges? is it enough? and we're moving along. >> trymaine lee, thank you very much. >>> all right. we are live from ferguson, missouri. peaceful team out here so far. people walking around and chanting. hey, man. exercising their first amendment rights to peacefully assemble. for now, things are calm. there is tension in the air. we'll be live for the hour, so stay with us. .... [ male announcer] surprise -- you're having triplets. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moa

everyone, rand paul, claire mccaskill, president barack obama, eric holder. jay nixon comes in, and he makes this change. he takes a guy who grew up here, a change in policing. we have seen it here, as people walk and honk their horns and dry slowly down this avenue that had been cleared of everyone. i think pretty unanimously there is a celebration of that change. people said to me, we feel like we had a victory today. here is a late, breaking development from the st. louis post-dispatch. the single most important figure in this case, the man who will more than anything determine whether is a prosecution and a successful prosecution for this, that man had something to say about the governor's decision which was not what you might expect, and we'll talk about that right after we take this break. stay with us live in ferguson, missouri. this is all in. >>> you are looking at a live stream with some of the scenes in ferguson, missouri, tonight. there have been protests all over the local st. louis area, in downtown st. louis today and protests impromptu sprouti

it's a free country, and then senator claire mccaskill from massachusetts, saying -- from missouri, sayinglice response has been part of the problem, and she said, it's my understanding the county police, st. louis county police, will be taken off the investigation. but she did not elaborate. so, will tonight be much different from previous nights? will tonight we not see authorities in riot gear atop military vehicles, shooting tear gas into the area? now, make no mistake, there's been a lot of violence here. buildings have burned to the ground. police officers have been injured. but what -- the opinion is, according to the governor there -- irshould say the senator -- the police response has been part of the problem. that they've overdone it. mike tobin is live in ferguson, outside the police department. apparently walking along with demonstrators. what you got, mike? >> this is a demonstration that spilled out on to the road, and the demonstrations have evolved. there's much now about the police tactics and dealing with the crowd as they are the original death of michael brunch you can

. >> firing rubber bullets, senator claire mccaskill is calling for demilitarization. >> we needed newplayers and to come in and rein in these police officers from what we have been seeing. nearly $450 million in military equipment was given to police agencies in 2013. ed a coupleceiv humvees. others received armored vehicles. that is the latest, abc 7 news. meantime, hundreds gathered here in our area tonight innings support of michael brown. it was part of the national moment of silence. roz? gathering it is a testament to the power of social media. they were organized on twitter. they were saddened by the events happening. they are sick and tired of mourning. [chanting] by the hundreds, they gather in parks, standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity and praying for justice. the unarmed teen was gunned down. for unarmed young black men have been gunned down by police in just a month. it is too much. it happens too much. >> there's a lot of sadness. we haven't been able to express. >> after the peaceful protest, there must the solutions. >> we need to demand additional training and

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ask benjamin crump if he thinks this case needs a special prosecutor and ask missouri senator claire mccaskill if she thinks a special prosecutor is needed. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> they're emboldened and loud and still marching. >> a tense night of protest. >> another police involved shooting. >> in a community already on edge. >> just 2 1/2 miles from ferguson. >> a suspect armed with a knife. >> appeared to be unrelated to the ferguson protest. >> when he closed within three to four feet, officers fired their weapon. >> people were furious and angry. >> the last thing we need is violence in our neighborhood. >> what if anything can calm the tensions in ferguson. >> everything seems locked in this cycle. >> another night of tear gas and flash grenades. >> what a scene. the anger just boiling over. >> the national guard has done nothing to calm the nighttime violence. protesters are known in ferguson as the militants. >> more interested in raising hell and stealing stuff. >> protest during the daytime. stay home at night. >> these people are crying out for justice. >> justice will b

i think claire mccaskill's comments about the special prosecutor is bubbling up. eric holdere1 comingo town and the meeting of the grand jury and the possibility that it will be the first day in which evidencexd is presented a that grand jury. all of those things are happeningr >> as this case moves along step by step, the grant jury isw3xd g deal. you have to go through this avenue. even everyone is yelling at captain johnson and the governor, that's not the waynmo works. will there be charges?lpq is it enough? and we're moving alon+j$ @&h(lc% >>e1÷k trymaine lee, thank you much. >>> all right. we are live from ferguson, missouri. peaceful team out here so far. people v:s)r'g around and chanting. hey, man. exercising their first amendment rights to peacefully assemble. for now, things are calm. there is tension in the air. we'll be live for the hour, so stay with us. ♪ in the nation, the safest feature in your car is you. add vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance and get $100 off for every year of safe driving. which for you, shouldn't be a problem. jus

as the military heads out of town, missouri senator claire mccaskill announced today she'll hold a senate hearing on the militarization of the police next month. a response to those shocking images of officers in armored vehicles pointing long guns at citizens in the early days of the protests. while the unrest over the shooting of mike brown seems to be calming down, supporters for his killer, officer darren wilson are organizing. yesterday a pro-wilson rally in st. louis was attended by only 100 according to one report, buu so, i know the pain of that, and the fact that he was a police officer and killed in the line of duty had nothing to do with any of that. what it did for me, or to me, was made me, i think, a fierce advocate for victims of a÷ he's saying he's not going to recuse himself from the case, shooting of michael brown. he thinks that would be a dereliction of duty on his part. he says you have the authority to order him off case. i have to read you some of the quotes because he's been pointed in what what he said about you. your refusal to say definitelytively one way or the

meanwhile you're got senator claire mccaskill that's come out and defended mccullouch. does this mean that mccullouch is likely to remain in charge? >> i think he is likely to remain in charge but i think we're also likely to continue seeing calls from the black community for him to step aside because they really believe he can't be impartial in this sglegs w investigation. >> why is that? give us some back story here. >> it goes back in part to a case from 2000 where two black men were shot dead by two white police officers as they sat in the car park at a jack in the box. mccullouch brought evidence to a grand jury which did not indict the men and mccullouch said he supported that decision. that caused a lot of anger in the black community. even since we've had this unrest in ferguson, he sort of came out and said he did not like the decision to appoint ron johnson to police the effort and that sort of made things worse, i think. >> a lot of folks wondered after that why would he even chime in. like why would that be something that mccullouch would feel the need to ev

now we're learning that senator mccaskill, claire mccaskill, is in ferguson right now talking directlyts. we're learning that through our newsroom, that that's just happening. the other point is as you mentioned the kind of void, the vacuum of leadership. young mayor. i'm sure he's a very bright person, he's calling for calm. we're three nights into violence now, i think you need a little bit stronger call, mayor james noel, than what you've given. he says they have handed over the investigation to the fbi and at the state and county level so there's no more of this impartiality question about whether they're investigating. is that an indication that maybe this police department felt it couldn't handle this? >> well, what happens usually is you have -- because i used to be on the officer-involved shooting team, so anytime there was a shooting that occurred at the hands of a police officer and an individual died, you have to do -- put it together, interview all the witnesses, go to determine whether or not it was a good shooting, meaning valid and it wasn't something you need manslaught

as the military heads out of town, missouri senator claire mccaskill announced today she'll hold a senate hearing on the militarization of the police next month. a response to those shocking images of officers in armored vehicles pointing long guns at citizens in the early days of the protests. while the unrest over the shooting of mike brown seems to be calming down, supporters for his killer, officer darren wilson are organizing. yesterday a pro-wilson rally in st. louis was attended by only 100 according to one report, but now the support darren wilson facebook page has over 50,000 likes. go fund me page to raise money for his legal fees has raised more than $150,000 in just 3 days. after people started turning their porch lights blue in a show of support for the missouri police officer, according to yahoo! news, one supporter reported an area walmart sold out of blue light bulbs. tonight two miles from here, there's an i love ferguson event where community members will talk about how to push back against the negative images of their town. meanwhile, the st. louis county prosecutor's o

senator claire mccaskill was inside. we did not see senator rory blunt. again, you saw a number of lawmakers and family friends and whatnot. but, yes, as you indicated, the audience itself was by and large folks who look like me. >> alex, you think of events that expose the racial fault lines in america, i think of hurricane katrina more recently. you obviously have the shooting of trayvon martin by george zimmerman. and it seems that there's a big public outcry and then something like that will be washed over with the simple saying. as president obama was elected two times, we're inherently a good country when it comes to race relations. this has shown in a public way with race relations and how communities are policed. will this time be different? >> you hope so. the funeral today is one chapter in the end of a story and the beginning of another. you've seen one man laid to rest. you've seen thousands pack a church to celebrate his life. the protests are beginning to subside. the family has called for a cessation of protests today as they grieve private

everyone, rand paul, claire mccaskill, president barack obama, eric holder. jay nixon comes in, and he makes this change. he takes a guy who grew up here, a change in policing. we have seen it here, as people walk and honk their horns and dry slowly down this avenue that had been cleared of everyone. i think pretty unanimously there is a celebration of that change. people said to me, we feel like we had a victory today. here is a late, breaking development from the st. louis post-dispatch. the single most important figure in this case, the man who will more than anything determine whether is a prosecution and a successful prosecution for this, that man had something to say about the governor's decision which was not what you might expect, and we'll talk about that right after we take this break. stay with us live in ferguson, missouri. this is all in. you drop 40 granw set of wheels, then... wham! a minivan t-bones you. guess what: your insurance company will only give you 37-thousand to replace it. "depreciation" they claim. "how can my car depreciate before

>> i really appreciate senator claire mccaskill. i think she's awesome. love the fact of what she said, the way it is moderate and makes sense. we have to do common sense things and look at what's going on here. >> senator mccaskill talking about rolling back the militarization we're seeing of this very small police department. i think part of what's so shocking to everyone was to see the gear in the hands of a police department that has at last i checked 55 officers, is that correct? something like that. and then the question becomes, you know, ultimately here is about political empowerment. do you think this is a kind of tipping point for a kind of political sensibility? like, are these people who are here being politicized in this moment? are they seeing the kind of way power works in this place and how it can be changed? >> i think tonight, i think people have had a wake-up call. they see that when you get your message out there, when you use your voice, i think this is going to be a real encouragement for folks to make it out in november. absolutely.

claire mccaskill wrote we need to -- that is from claire mccaskill. let's go to georgia, eric, on our democrats' line. hello. when something happens to black summit the african-americans, you hear nothing from the democrats, or these so-called liberal democrat politicians. they say nothing. but if there's something going on with israel, they come out about. what is happening and what the situation is, president obama must come to realize that this is the way of america. hispanics here in the protests here about what has happened. basically, lacks an african-in say nothinghim- bad about israel. >> how are those issues related? >> the black life is not valued. whenel you all's pain, these kids are killed in all these schools. i feel all your pain. when something is happening to lack kids -- >> we will hear from pennsylvania as we wait to hear from the governor. most of the i think police force should probably have cameras. devolves to completely against a black versus white issue. i recently had a experience, i went for a nightly bike ride, and a cop pu

senator came down, claire mccaskill, she had no security. lady who just got out of jail. she didn't want to talk to her at all. i haven't taken a shower or anything. i said, no, you meet your u.s. senator claire mccaskill. she embraced her as she was crying. that's what elected officials need to do. embrace the people that are hurting so badly inside who are angry because of the intimidation from police officers this week. it's unacceptable for us to have our first amendment right taken away from us, our freedom of expression and our freedom to assemble. and what st. louis county police officers did is they tear gassed my young people who didn't deserve it. >> state senator maria chappelle-anyw chappelle-nadal in ferguson. >>> thursday the president took a break from his vacation to address the shooting death of michael brown by a police officer in ferguson. at that point protests had been going on for four days. police were facing off with protesters in stunning and often frightening ways. the president spoke before the state highway patrol

. >>> following the death of michael brown, missouri senator claire mccaskill says she wants police officers to be required to wear body cameras. an officer shot and killed brown as an unarmed teenager earlier this month in ferguson, missouri. our partners at now this news have a look at mccaskill's call for action. >> first, i think that the police responds needs to be demulcherized. this has become part of the problem as opposed to being part of the solution. so factors liken negatively impact good bacteria? even if you're healthy and active. phillips digestive health support is a duo-probiotic that helps supplement good bacteria found in two parts of your digestive tract. i'm doubly impressed! phillips' digestive health. a daily probiotic. [ male announcer ] when you see everyone in america almost every day, you notice a few things. like the fact that you're pretty attached to these. ok, really attached. and that's alright. because we'll text you when your package is on the way. we're even expanding sunday package delivery. yes, sunday. at the u.s. postal service, our priority is...was...

because surely they're notets -- >> did you see senator claire mccaskill's quote? >> it's like eating spinach to him. he does not enjoy spending time -- >> that's right. a long complaint that he doesn't work with them. >> he doesn't have anyone around him to tell him, mr. president, maybe cut it back on the golf. i don't think he does. the person who could tell him that was rahm emanuel and he's long gone from the white house. >> think the biggest criticism if he showed up more often during the day and talked to the american people or we saw more of the generals talking to him, we had an impression he was doing other things, that's the problem. >> right now, as we talked before on this panel, he's looking beyond his presidency. that's why they call him the president in semiretirement. he's been criticized for not having his head in the game. >> panel, thank you. >>> up next, we'll take you to ferguson, missouri, as the sun sets. the town is braszing for more protests. >> and the police officer who fatally shog michael brown. was the police officer hurt? was the pol

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senator claire mccaskill calling a presidential visit a bad idea.he congressman saying that it would add another distortion to the situation. we don't want any more distortions. other democrats are flat-out running from this president. he reread, astonished at how disengaged president obama seems. obama dismiss concerns about mitch mcconnell and his blocking of obama nominee is. the president telling her he read that you and mitch need to work it out and that's according to "the new york times" which also reports that mr. obama is remarkably distant from his own party on capitol hill with lawmakers and staffers an activist attorney general writing and looting the politics of exploitation. not the stuff of which solutions would like to be out and hope and change. we're coming right back. lou: coming up next, months russian led aggression on the wondering what that is? that, my friends, is everything. and with the quicksilver card from capital one, you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you purchase. not just "everything at the hardware store

harry reid survived, claire mccaskill survives, bob bennett colorado.n one of the reasons republicansated on electable candidates. they have not done this in the cycle. the democrat incumbents are little bit like butch cassidy and the sundance kid. they kept saying, who are these guys? the republicans keep coming and they have a very good shot at taking the senate. thanre than even? more 50/50 chance question mark >> -- 50/50 chance? 50% odds.lver has we are very cautious. it will become a factor bet around labor day. we are inching up to the redline. interestingly enough the really important races could be colorado and iowa, two blue states where republicans have opened up opportunities. >> all right, chuck gabriel, cofounder and president of a partners during us from washington. always good to get your perspective, thanks. >> thank you. >> up next, unexpected moves in the media world as rupert murdoch drops his bid to buy time warner. more in just a moment. ♪ >> it is time for today's latin america report. puerto rico allowing corporations to file for a group c protection with benef

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senator claire mccaskill calling a presidential visit a bad idea.gressman emanuel cleaver said it would add, quote, another distortion to the situation. we don't want anymore distortions, do we? other democrats are flat-out running from this president. harry reid astonished as how disengaged mr. obama seems. he told staffers, about the blocking of obama nominees, the president telling reid, he said, you and mitch work it out. that's according to "the new york times" which also report mr. obama is, quote, remarkably distant from his own party on capitol hill, citing nearly two dozen interviews with lawmakers and staffers. a disengaged president, an activist attorney general, rioting and looting and the politics of exploitation, not the stuff of which solutions are likely to be found and formed in ferguson, not the stuff of hope and change. we're coming right back. >>> al sharpton, jesse jackson and others are being blasted by fellow african-americans for their presence and their actions in ferguson. "wall street journal" editorial board member jason

i spoke with governor nixon and spoke with claire mccaskill and met with attorney eric holder.the justice department has opened an independent federal civil rights investigation into the death of michael brown. they are on the ground and along with the fbi they are devoting substantial resources to that investigation. the attorney general himself will be traveling to ferguson on wednesday to meet with the fbi agents and doj personnel conducting the federal criminal investigation and he will receive an update from them on their progress. he will also be meeting with other leaders in the community whose support is so critical for bringing about peace and calm to ferguson. ronald davis, the director of the doj policing services, or cops, is also traveling to ferguson tomorrow to work with police officials on the ground. we've also had experts from the doj's community relations service working in ferguson since the days after the shooting to foster conversations among local stakeholders and reduce tensions among the community. so let me close saying a few words about the tensions t

senator claire mccaskill says if departments want federal funding, the video recorder should be addedey have been wearing cameras for months. small cities are already using the technology as well. look at this video from celina, texas, showing a police officer seemingly taking down a suspect for no reason. it's cut and dry, right? >> this is the dash cam and it looks like the cop is being aggressive and just tackled this guy for no reason. >> when you look at his body camera, you can see the officer is attacked. it tells a completely different side of the story. the chief there says his officers know they're being documented at all times. this is an incredible example of why you can't judge just one report from an event, just one side of the story or just one angle from a camera. >> you just can't. one angle from a camera so often doesn't tell the story. it also doesn't talk about the stress cops are under all the time. as i said before, you put cameras on all cops, the only people it hurts are bad cops. >> it's a great benefit to the police because what happens -- and the public beca

senator clair mccaskill plans to hold a hearing in relation to the heavy arming of police departments. president obama will review a programme that transfers military equipment to local police. another issue that's been in the spot laght is the difference between how white and black people feel they are treated by the legal system. 70% of african-americans feel they are treated unfairly by police. 60% feel the same way about the court system. in ferguson, young people are using social media to express themselves. student have started a hashtag ferguson syllabus to share and discuss thoughts. for more, and to discuss how ferguson moves forward, let's break- brink in a professor of law. and the president of the n.a.a.c.p. mr pruitt. >> i want to start with you. the numbers are troubling here. 70% of african-americans feel that they cannot trust the legal system. what is the conversation we should have here tonight? >> the conversation should be the fact that not only do people feel that way, if they look at the evidence, the numbers as relating to tracking the disparity ratios, and stop

program is too aggressive for congress, there are more incremental steps we could take including claire mccaskill with the national guard so it's used only when needed and there's overnight. there's also the reality the aclu reported, the federal government requires agencies that received equipment to use it within one year of receipt. there's a preverse incentive to use the heavy armor, regardless of whether it's needed. do you think those are areas we could see some kind of change? >> sure. the law, the one year requirement says it has to be put into use. now you could argue that maybe there's confusion at the local level. i got an m-16 i have to use it. basically, i think it means tough make it available for police department use. you can't keep it warehoused somewhere. again, clarity, maybe we'll get more with the coming congress. >> i think it's a good thing that we have some kind of optimism about this. "the new york times" matt apuzzo, thank you for your time. >> thanks a lot. >>> coming up t bay area faces the largest earthquake in a quarter century t. latest of series that include wildfi

claire mccaskill has been front and center about this, warning about these problems, sayi inin shem she wants to hold hearings in september. >> but to the very question of whether it's appropriate an at all, can you explain what the administration's thought process has been on this? this has been going on since 9/11. is it purely about ferguson? was it really the spark here for this review? >> certainly ferguson did spark this review and president obama spoke about this on monday. he said that he doesn't want to blur the lines between local law enforcement and the military, but this did come about after 9/11 and the reason is local law enforcement in small communities could not handle terrorist attacks and they needed to have some of this equipment in order to do that, but now, the question is the funding that local communities are getting for this equipment, are they using it for the right purposes and that is really why this review is happening and they need to have the proper training. >> it's been captivating to americans seeing what looks like a military presence. thanks very much

senator claire mccaskill is there. as you said, the community wants a name. a name of the officer that killed this unarmed 19-year-old michael brown. now they have it thanks to this computer hacking group called unanimous which will publish his photograph unless given information. the department claims it will not release his name until the investigation is over fearing for that officer's safety. understandably, the community wants answers. there's a big difference of opinion. cops said he shot brown during a scuffle over his weapon. witness says brown was running away with hands in the air when he was killed. the problem is the police shooting investigation let alone a homicide investigation takes a long time. the d.a. says he's doing what he can but he has to do toxicology, ballistics and interview witnesses and that takes time and then it goes to a grand jury. the fbi and department of justice are also doing their own investigation but there is this tension, if you will, long standing between the community and the police department but over getting answers

. >> reporter: missouri democratic senator clair mccaskill saying the show of force is too great. >>e militarization of the response became more of the problem, than any solution. >> reporter: the ferguson police chief said violence is the last thing he wants. the whole picture is being painted a little sideways from what's really happening. it's tactical operations. s.w.a.t. teams. that's who's out there. we're doing this in blue. >> reporter: and control is going away from the local police. missouri governor jay nixon announcing ron john of the missouri state highway patrol will now command the crowd control. he's black, he's from here and he can put a new face on the tension between the community and the police. shannon. >> mike, thank you. >>> the highest ranking american officer to die in afghanistan was laid to rest today at arlington national cemetery. 55-year-old major general harold green was killed august 5th by a gunman believed to be an afghan soldier. it was green's first appointment in a war zone in his 34-year career. >>> republicans are taking some preemptive shots at

what are your thoughts on what clair mccaskill voiced her concern about, how the response was militarized. >> last night was the first time america has gotten a view of that. i mean, there's live in live streams. you saw it on twitter and social media. the reality of it is that if a small town in st louis - outside of st louis bill ferguson has the armour, that brings up questions about what does l a.p. d and n.y.p.d. have, as well as what armour does massachusetts and other states have. you see an escalation of the police and the war on drugs since 9/11. >> certainly since 9/11. you are seeing black and brown bodies on the line of this. and there's already questions around what - what does that mean for being in new york city, when you have stop and frisk. you have broken window policies, and you are being arrested for minor crimes. >> so these are all connected. they are not isolated. >> what do you say to people participating in vigils. you don't want an escalation or confrontations. >> right. >> how do you instruct people that go to the vinyling ills -- vigils to conduct themselves? >

i think it was his own sympathizer, his own apologist, senator claire mccaskill from missouri, who saidhis spinach is schmoozing with other politicians, and obama doesn't like to engage with other political figures. he considers it to be tiresome, he considers it to be an annoyance, he considers it to be beneath him. and how do you think other political leaders react to that? and they were talking about democrats, not just republicans, where he's built no meaningful relationships in congress on either side of the aisle abroad, overseas. there's not one leader where he has a unique personal relationship that leverages his own power as president. it's remarkable. it's stubbing. stunning. jon: ed rogers with the washington post, good to have you on. >> thanks, jon. molly: the annual farmers' almanac forecasts are in, and if you thought last winter was bad, wait until you get ad load of what you're in for this year. and why a guy behind a home invasion could go right to the top of the dumb criminals list. >> when i came home from work that day, that screen was laying right here. finish cred

in light of unrest, senator clair mccaskill will hold hearings to examine the heavy arming of police departments. president obama offered a review of federal programs transferring military equipment to local police. another issue in the spotlight is the difference between how white and black people feel they are treated by the legal system. a research center shows african-americans feel they are treated unfairly by police. and 60% feel the same way. in ferguson itself, young people are using social media to express them, starting a hashtag ferguson syllabus to share and discuss their thoughts. >> for more, and how ferguson moves forward, let's bring in a criminal defense attorney and professor at brooklyn law school. and atoll fizz pruitt. head of the n.a.a.c.p. mr pruitt, i want to start with you. those numbers are troubling here. 70% of african-americans feel that they cannot trust the legal system. what is the conversation they are having here tonight. >> the conversation should be the fact that not only will they feel that way, if they look at the evidence as related to the ratio

meet with federal investigators and local officials appearing on "morning joe" today senator claire mccaskill stressed the importance of federal importance. >> it has largely come at the hands and by the work of the federal government. not state and local. there is a natural distrust that is historic of state and local authorities. so having the federal government do a parallel investigation. it's an important point i don't think has been made not just on the ground, not just going out independently and canvassing witnessing but duplicating all the forensic work. >> and joining me now live is legal analyst, a st. louis native. thank you football joining us. i wanted to have you on as soon as possible to talk about the process. we heard mike brown's parents say there will be no peace until there's justice. they see justice as an arrest in their son's death. what do you see as a timeline here as local officials say it's not going to happen overnight. >> what is going to happen we're hearing that the local district attorney for st. louis county is going to take this case to the grand jury as ear

senator claire mccaskill is proposing legislation to reauthorize the national highway trust fund, increasing. now, her proposal will grant prosecutors greater authority to file criminal charges. i mean, we're talking criminal charges against these automakers. da would draconian regulations t stop there. we're hearing more and more about slowing down the trucking industry. increased regulations hurt the trucking industry and, ultimately, they hurt our economy, tracy. >> we're also saying they can't get drivers, so the industry as a whole is suffering. people don't want to do the long haul trips anymore like they used to back in the day. you can't get people to drive these trucks, regulations coming down on the industry, it's going to kill it. charles: we talked about this last week, we got an e-mail on how expensive these licenses are, up to $3,000, but also we didn't talk about the fact a lot of people can't pass the drug tests. >> yeah, absolutely. so people, as tracy said, are being discouraged from paying thousands of dollars to get these licenses. they paid off $30,000 to start, so we're

. >> reporter: democratic senator claire mccaskill who calls it a parallel investigation wants it to be a vigorous one. >> not going out independently and canvassing witnesses but duplicating all of the forensic work, the down, a the trajectory, all of the blood pattern, and there is some really technical forensic evidence in this case. >> reporter: mccaskill says historically the federal government has advanced civil rights more than state and local governments. there are dozens of federal agents interviewing witnesses and one civil rights group say they are getting more information than police. a federal medical examiner has conducted a third autopsy on michael brown and results have not been released. still, mr. obama's involvement is not enough for al sharpton who wants federal legislation and fox news contributor karl rove was more. >> this is not worthy of the president. i think the moral clarity is what's desired and he can provide it. >> reporter: mr. obama says the violence is being cautioned by a small minority who may not even be residents of ferguson. >> we've all seen im

missouri senator claire mccaskill is calling for hearings tweeting "today i announced a hearing in september to explore all aspects of military equipment and local police." now the equipment mccaskill is referring to includes grenade launchers, humvees and mine resistant armored vehicles, offered for towns where it's hard to imagine these things are needed. the staggering level of combat weaponry in small town america has become fodder for comedians, most recently coming into the cross-hairs of hbo's john oliver. >> look at doralville, georgia, population 8,500, the police there got a tank a while back and up until a few days ago, this video was on the front page of their website. ♪ we're gone to stop a burglary! we're gone to stop a burglary! arh! the name of that song is and this is true, "die [ bleep ] die." >> doralville, georgia, by the way, covers just three squares miles and incidentally a lawmaker has been working on a bill to rein in this for months long before the civil unrest in ferguson. that man, congressman hank johnson joins me from atlanta. welcome, sir. >> thank you for havi

senator claire mccaskill, speaking after a community gathering, sharply criticized police tactics. >> i think that the police response needs to be demilitarized. i think that the police response has become part of the problem as opposed to being part of the solution. >> woodruff: police chief jackson rejected the criticism. >> the whole picture is being painted a little bit sideways from what's really happening. and it's not military, it's tactical operations, it's swat teams. that's who's out there. police. we're doing this in blue. in a statement, u.s. attorney general eric holder also voiced concerns about police actions, and said the justice department has offered to provide technical assistance with crowd control. the night's events in ferguson have swept across the world wide web, in a torrent of videos, tweets and re-tweets. the chant of "hands up, don't shoot" had already morphed into a rallying cry on social media. this morning, howard university, in washington d.c., posted a photo on its facebook page showing scores of students with hands raised and the hashtag "hands up, do

clair mccaskill is a democratic senator from missouri. she was a state attorney-general in missouri before coming to the united states senate. she's been on the ground and spoke earlier with diane eastabrook about what she perceives as a growing problem of uparmoured m wraps or humvees. >> the sum of the visuals have been accepted, but some confrontation has been escalated. at some point it becomes a problem, not the solution. >> all sides urged, including president obama, that the police need to be open and transparent about what they are doing, and the incident leading to the rise we have seen. >> mike viqueira at the white house. thank you. >> patricia bynes is a democratic woman in missouri. she was on the air last night and is back now. what are the plans? >> it was a different process that took place. streets are not blocked off, are not stopped by armed vehicles. police officers in military style militia with rifles are not around. people are able to drive up and down the street. sounds like a celebration than any other protesting