shiblly telhami, dennis ross thank you. >> ifill: the st. suburb of ferguson, missouri, and the country, is awaiting word from a grand jury on whether it will indict the police officer who shot teenager michael brown. in anticipation of the decision, and the potential for violence, missouri governor jay nixon yesterday declared a state of emergency and activated the national guard. today, declaring the "status quo unacceptable," the governor announced the creation of a 16- member "ferguson commission" made up of local civic leaders and law enforcement officials, among them, education reform activist rich mcclure and the reverend starsky wilson, a local pastor. >> got heavy letting to do as a region. we've got to do it together. so i invite you to participate in the process but most of all i invite youuj to pray for it. our region must and can begin to reconcile and to heal. you don't have to see eye to eye to walk arm in arm. and we've had too much of you and them and not enough of we. and us. >> ifill: we look now at the legal and social qu