so as a scholar and continuing to work and then ferguson in 2014. all of the pundits regardless of the ideological venue are asking why are black people burning where they live? they are talking about this black rage as buildings are on fire. i'm shaking my head no going this is white rage. i have lived in missouri for 13 years. i saw what policies could do and how they undermine access. i suffered an out in a city like ferguson that is 36% black but the voter turnout was only 6%. think about the kind of policies for 67% of the population into 6% of the voting population. i saw a school district on probation for 15 years. .. at emery university and i teach human rights and u.s. rights and u.s. cold war policy. >> how long have you been doing that. >> oh, i have been teaching since 1996. so wow, two decades. >> where did you go up? >> i grew up in columbus, ohio. i grew up in columbus, ohio, i saw the policies there. >> it is not just the south necessarily in your view. >> oh, no, no. >> did you go up in init greated or segregated area? >> when we mo

>> the book emerged out of the uprising in ferguson. let me back up a bit.ctually it started playing with this idea in 1999. with the killing of a do diablo by the nypd and here you have a black man who steps out of his apartment to go get something to eat and for new york police officers got him down, 41 bullets, 19 of them hit. i'm watching nightline with ted koppel, rudy giuliani is being interviewed and he barely mentions it area he barely mentions how they do and instead what he says is my policies are working. new york is safer than it's ever been and i have to restrain the urge to lean forward in the united states and i'm thinking your policies are working and you've got an unarmed man with no criminal record who has just been gone down? that's not safety. there is something going on here so as a scholar , your continuing to think about that and then ferguson blows in 2014. and all of the pundits, regardless of the ideological strike of the venue are asking why are black people burning where they live? they're talking about this black rage as building

we did not have situations like in ferguson. likee surface it may look things were better -- worse because of all the televised access but you would be a rare person that would say things actually got worse during president obama's term. some of the people said this morning, even the very first dealt with thet skip gate issue. do you think it was a defining moment for the president? it definitely set the tone. when he brought the police officer in for the summit to talk about. that set the tone for what obama was going to be and how he was he did not because actually go to that area. he did not say that this is what should be done. he said these two sides have a legitimate point, let's talk it out. people even then that wanted him to strongly condemn. there were people that wanted obama to strongly support the police. he tried to walk a fine line. everyone knows when you walk in the middle of the street you get hit by cars on both side. that is the story of this president in terms of race relations. he tried to walk the middle l

ferguson and baltimore and charleston. more ile we have seen televi televised race relation problems you won't run into anybody who will say race elations is worse than it was 20 years ago or a decade ago. the things that president obama for to deal with is that the first time since really the civil rights movement some of relations problems were televised. o, the nation had to cool with these -- had it deal with it in face rather than abstractly. that was a big change and he had to deal with that which makes things look worse than what it two decades ago because we we didn't eing them, have cell phone cameras where shootings were being televised. we didn't have situations like ferguson a decade ago where it 24-hour channels. so, on the surface it may look things are better -- things televised ecause of access but you would be a rare person who would say that things during his term. host: you talked about how some did too much or too little. he e people brought up t tpeufirst nstance with skip gate and you think that was a

the way that the artist's is depicting ferguson is absolutely false.hat was driven by the left and the media and it has led to a lot of police deaths across this country and it is reprehensible for this member of congress to pick this painting among many to represent both himself and the congressional office. >> bill: we are talking specifically about ferguson. they are talking more broadly. >> bill: it doesn't matter, this congressman wanted to insult police my capitol. his name is lacy clay if you want to give him a buzz tomorrow, i'm sure he would like to talk to you. lisa, juan, thank you. we will talk with kimberly guilfoyle about the state of california challenging donald trump on a number of issues. that could be. intense. and to gutfeld and mcguirk on your tax money being wasted in incredible ways. those stories after these messages. it's not just a car.. it's your daily retreat. go ahead, spoil yourself. the es and es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. i have age-related maculare degeneration, amd, he told me to look at this grid every

that's the endorsement from none other than sir alex ferguson. what now for formula one?rnie, we hearfrom brawn and his plans for the sport. and tonight's the night. konta prepares for serena williams in the australian open quarterfinals. sir alex ferguson has given jose mourinho the thumbs up for his 8 months in charge of manchester united. they are 1a points off the top of the table in sixth, but he says they are unlucky not to be closer to the leaders chelsea. they haven't lost in the league for three months and the key to that, thinks sir alex, is mourinho keeping control of his emotions. i think that i was a is finding his way now. there was a period when he was in making decisions and his emotions boiled over. he is an emotional guy. there is no question about that. i think people from these countries, portugal, spain, italy, have that emotional part of them and it shows and it should very much in terms of how was he handled that part. now you see him now, he is calm, he is in control. that is the obvious observation i am making of the team now. the team is playing

the coroner's office has identified that victim as 56 year-old frederick ferguson of antioch. police were called to a report of a shooting at the delta pine apartments on sycamore drive saturday night. when they got there, they found ferguson as well as 20-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. ferguson was pronounced dead at the scene and the other man was taken to the hospital with non- life-threatening injuries. no information about a suspect or motive. >>> an 18-year-old santa rosa woman died last night in a suspected drunk-driving crash. police said that mckara was a passenger in a car driven by a 19-year-old also from santa rosa. they say the car that they were in crashed into a tree. one person suffered minor injuries and the other person was pronounced dead at the scene. the driver is believed to be under the influence of alcohol and drugs and arrested on the charges of drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter. >>> one month since the deadly ghost ship fire and the burned outbuilding serves at a reminder. the changes that need to be made to ensure the safety of th

now's the time for peace and calm on the streets of ferguson. >> and when ferguson blew, it blew up as well and exploded, um, his inability to grapple straightforwardly with the issue of race. as brilliant as he had been with trayvon martin, he was contorted and tragically twisted when it came to ferguson. >> thanks very much, everybody. >> narrator: the president would keep his distance. for months, the controversy simmered as a grand jury weighed whether to indict the police officer, darren wilson. as the announcement approached, authorities urged calm. >> everybody want me to be calm. do you know how them bullets hit my son? what they did to his body? as they entered his body? >> narrator: when officer wilson was not charged, the anger exploded again. >> a grand jury finding not enough evidence to charge the officer who shot and killed michael brown. the situation gets more violent... >> ...protesters set squad cars on fire, burned and looted stores... >> police say the violence is worse than anything they saw back in august, just after brown's death. >> it's been nine hours since t

piece should hang in city hall at ferguson not in the national capitol.nd remember too, yesterday, was national law enforcement appreciation day. and those two officers were killed on that day. then we have this controversy, we have submit a litter to architect of capitol, we're asking him to review the rules, and we're very confident that when he looks at rules again, this painting will be down by the end of the week. charles: for representative clay to say this, that is disinjen wise, this per pay th-- perpetuates that anger to. >> i have sad news to share, nypd officer steven mcdonald as died, high o he was investigating bike thefts in, in 1986, he was pai paralyzed by a gunman. he fore gave the man who shot him. he is survived by his son conner. officer mcdonald was 59 years old. >> millions of you are online right now, searching one topic. that will generate over 600 million results. and if you've been diagnosed with cancer, searching for answers like where to treat, can feel even more overwhelming. so start your search with a specialist at cancer tr

we are asking you to enforce plessy v ferguson. narrator: under his close supervision, marshall joined houston in the use of exhaustive research to confront and surprise university of maryland president raymond pearson, as well as the dean of the law school, with questions they could not answer. rawn james: is there a law school for the colored citizens to go to? the answer is no. therefore maryland is violating the rights of its colored citizens under plessy v ferguson. the judge shocks everybody in the courtroom. houston and marshall's argument prevailed. and donald murray was admitted to the university of maryland law school. that case showed that the equalization strategy, as houston put into effect, could work. narrator: what was also working was houston and marshall's success as a legal team. rawn james: it's tough to imagine two individuals who were so different working so well together to such great historic effect. charles hamilton houston was very abstemious and a proper person, who as one of his close friends remembered,

ferguson says mourinho has been unlucky to draw so many matches. now. there was a period when he wasn't getting decisions and his emotions boiled over. he is an emotional guy, there is no question about that. i think people from these countries, portugal, spain, italy, have got that emotional part of them, and it shows, and he showed very much in terms of howjose handled that part. now you see him, he is calm and in control, that is the obvious observation i am making of the team now. the team is playing with great energy, determination, will to win, which i think is very important. the new man in charge of formula one, chase carey, says bernie eccelstone wasn't happy about being forced out of his role as chief executive following liberty media's eight billion dollar takeover, he left after a0 years running the sport. and his replacement, believes the time's right for for a fresh start. as our sports editor dan roan reports. commentator: there's bernie ecclestone, the tzar of formula one. he's been a driving force like no other. having ruled formul

. >> reporter: just weeks after the shooting death of michael brown led to riots in ferguson, missouri, vinita gupta joined the department of justice's civil rights division. over the next two years she would lead investigations into that city's police force as well as police departments in baltimore and chicago. >> the goal is to have a police department that has, where their officers have the support that they need, where they have the trust of every part of the community and where the community feels protected by its police department and not antagonized and not hurt by them. >> reporter: the obama justice department has opened 25 investigations into law enforcement agencies across the country. >> let me just say that our investigations are never propelled by a single incident. we have to have a predicate of some notion that there might be a pattern of unconstitutional police practices before we will open an investigation. >> reporter: but the presumptive incoming attorney general, senator jeff sessions, says he would prefer not to pursue so many investigations. >> i think there is

it is the anti-ferguson. stopping,o we are siding, and real people can look at the data and say this is actually what is happening. we need more agencies doing this. this is from montgomery county chief. he is my police chief. police departments understand that if they are going to earn the confidence of the communities they serve, they need to be accountable and transparent. the more information the police put out there, the more opportunities there are for the public to have confidence in the police department. called theething data-driven justice initiative. over 130 jurisdictions covering 100 million people. we have the same people rotating in and out of our jails and prisons. they are costing us an enormous amount of money. miami has learned that 100 people were costing them well over $10 million. just hiring social workers save the city an enormous amount of money. we are seeing more and more jurisdictions who get this. fair sentencing act, one of the pieces of legislation's that we have passed. others.

. >> reporter: for chicago, substitute ferguson, baltimore, cleveland to name some of the cities whoseolice practices have been scrutinized. >> that is hidden. that is the influence that he's having on our discussion, and that comes to the front during the obama years. >> reporter: now, consider this -- >> strangely enough, it's not african-american i think that is most remarkable of his eight years. it is the incredible movement on issues like same-sex marriage and kind of gay rights and inclusion, that it has been the civil rights movement of our time and it has changed over his tenure more than at any other time in american history. >> reporter: but what has also changed in obama's eight years devastating democratic party losses at the polls have left republicans firmly in charge. a big minus that will have an impact on his legacy. still, for historians, how a president is judged changes over time. >> when you think about harry truman having left the presidency with such a low level of approval rating, and yet now being considered one of the near great presidents. and johnson, havin

we have heard from sir alex ferguson today.united's greatest maanger has been paying tribute to wayne rooney's goalscoring feats. he signed rooney as a teenager in 200a. he has also been speaking aboutjose mourinho's start to life as manchester united maanger, but first, here is sir alex on rooney's 250th goal scored last weekend that saw him surpass sir bobby charlton as the clubs record scorer. the potential was there and that is why we bought him. the best young player in britain it was said and thatis player in britain it was said and that is exactly right. you could never have imagined it to be honest. with the modern—day game players do tend to stay a long length of time, ryan giggs 20 years, roy keane 11 yea rs. ryan giggs 20 years, roy keane 11 years. you know, a string of players have existed at the club for long periods. but i could not think he was ever going to beat the record set by bobby charlton, i did not ta ke set by bobby charlton, i did not take anyone could do that. it was quite a substantial record. and he

and ben ferguson, cnn political commentator and host of the ben ferguson show. happy new year, guys. >> happy new year, poppy. >> ben, let me begin with you. i'm sure you saw this interview of sean spicer this morning on abc in week speaking with jonathan karl about all of this. about russia. that's what the interview was about. he was asked twice, point-blank, if donald trump, the president-elect, believes it was indeed the russians behind this. he's what he said. >> what's the bottom line, a yes or no answer, does president-elect trump now accept the fact that russia was behind the dnc hack? or do you still have -- >> there is a report that came out the other day that was issued on the 29th that the intelligence community put out. while the media played it up as a report about the hacking, what it is, if you look through it -- and it is available online --isa a series of recommendations that -- >> does he accept russia is behind this? >> he has to have the briefing from the intelligence community. >> still not there yet? >> it is not a question of not there ye

as you know, local practices like in ferguson, it was the department of justice that discovered thisd of pyramid scheme that ferguson was running, it was department of justice that discovered unconstitutional policing in baltimore and we need to department of justice to be engaged in that activity. >> those patterns and practices report which is you can find on line are remarkable reading produced by that same department that the senator would be running, sherrilyn ifill, thank you for your time. >> thank you, chris. >>> up next, nine days away from his inauguration, president-elect donald trump escalated his feud with his own intelligence agencies by -- and i'm not making this up -- comparing them to nazis. that story after the short break. >>> the president-elect of the united states started his day on twitter as he so often does where he compared today america's intelligence professionals to nazis. quoting here "intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to leak into the public. one last shot at me. are we living in nazi germany." the president-elect was later

well, those are the words of roberta ferguson. i had a chance to speak with robbing your pull.ropol. julius of ethel and rosenberg who were charged with conspiring to share nuclear secrets to the soviet union and executed on june 19, 1953. at a chance to talk to him about that song that was written by his adopted father. >> first he wrote a poem and then he put it to music. music, by the way, that nobody can classify. it is often referred to as blues because really holiday was a blues singer. it really does not fit that genre. no one knows where it came from. it was performed a few times and abel plated at cafe society in greenwich village in portage of simpson, the owner -- bonnie josephson encouraged her to sing it and the rest is history. it exploded in terms of interest. the thing about "strange fruit" that i think is so important for people understand, it is not age urge. it is not a mournful song. it is an attack song. it is not attack against the perpetrators of lynching. as such, it is extremely powerful and why it was banned, why it caused riots, it is why it helps des

out front now, ben ferguson and keith boykin. the head of the congressional black caucus said it may be tough but they're going to do mat to try to stop the confirmation of jeff sessions. this is one they care deeply about. today condoleeza rice, the first black woman secretary of state, said she endorses sessions and says, quote, senator sessions and i were born not too many years apart in the state of alabama. our state was a place of prejudice and injustice. she is now endorsing him. what's your response? >> the trump transition team has a group of african-americans they would to roll out to show that sessions is not a racist, which is the charge against him. the reality is he has a racist history. it doesn't matter what a few african-americans in the republican party say. you have to look at his opposition of the voting rights act, his support for the ku klux klan, for god's sake, the idea that he prosecuted african-americans who tried to register people to vote in the south. this is a troubling history of a man who shows lit

. >>> rich ferguson is at it again with a self-driving car.riving itself. see who choose. choose. choose. but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number and the lowest prices of the season. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! only at a sleep number store, right now, the best buy rated c2 mattress is only $699.99 learn more at sleepnumber.com know better sleep with sleep number. extra bite. >> that's an essential one. >>> sorry, not my fault, the self-driving car has a stupid mind of its own. it's not me, i swear. >> that's the voice of rich ferguson and a smart aleck smart driving car. someone is controlling the car for him and the audio. >> we'll prank people to make people think it's a self-driving car navigation gone wrong. >> he said destination hong kong. >> no! >> oli is like, i'll take that trip. >> now, this is something we've all wanted to say. if you can put it off on your car, bingo.

and north dakota, protesters in both cities, ferguson, north dakota, baltimore have been bombarded with military tanks, shot with rubber bullets, sprayed overhead with toxic chemicals, attacked by trained dogs and arrested at unimaginable rates. so something that i really want to bring to this strategizing session is this idea that the increased militarization of police forces is an attempt by government to address our social problems with military force so we see state-sanctioned conflicts like the war on poverty, the war on drugs and the war on terror as attempts by u.s. government to combat social issues like poverty, racism, drug abuse and religious difference with military style tactics. and finally, i just want to bring up the reality that there's a disproportionate impact of heightened surveillance and marshal control on communities of color. so in the wake of high profile whistle blowers like edward snowden and chelsea manning, the victims of heightened state control currently have white faces. i think that although there is room for an alliance between racial groups it's import

as you know, local practices like in ferguson, it was the department of justice that discovered this kind of pyramid scheme that ferguson was running, it was department of justice that discovered unconstitutional policing in baltimore and we need to department of justice to be engaged in that activity. >> those patterns and practices report which is you can find on line are remarkable reading produced by that same department that the senator would be running, sherrilyn ifill, thank you for your time. >> thank you, chris. >>> up next, nine days away from his inauguration, president-elect donald trump escalated his feud with his own intelligence agencies by -- and i'm not making this up -- comparing them to nazis. that story after the short break. just thinking about it? at red lobster's big festival of shrimp, get your perfect pair for just $15.99. choose 2 of 6 new and classic shrimp creations, like bold new firecracker red shrimp. exploding with flavor? yeah they are. or try new creamy shrimp linguini, and new sweet bourbon-brown sugar grilled shrimp. flavors like these are big. and

elliott ferguson tracks tourism trend necessary d.c. and says hotel owners were worried when room sales had a sluggish start. >> usually the day after a candidate has been chosen, hotels normally see a large influx of reservations. that didn't happen this year because, quite frankly, i think everyone was taken bit surprise by the outcome. >> ferguson says trump's surprise victory may be part of the reason more unofficial events haven't been named yesterday. >> one of those members of the d.c. council sworn in yesterday. he is return to go represent district 7. and just two years ago, muriel bousers defeated gray for his mayoral seat. the two appeared to take jabs at each other during the ceremony. >> many people in our city watched. >> we swear or affirm that we are not making decisions just for our own ward, just for our own interests. >> now, there could be a rematch between bowser and gray in 2018. the other new council members sworn in were at-large member robert white and ward 8 member treyon white. >>> city police say they will re

now it was taken down but a controversial painting inspired by ferguson, missouri is going back up again. law enforcement agencies are outraged over the painting depicting officers as pigs. california republican congressman duncan hunter took it down and returned it to the office of democratic congressman william lacey clay whose district includes ferguson's. today members of the congressional black caucus will hold an event to rehang that painting in the tunnel leading to the capitol in the area full of artwork submitted by students for the annual congressional art competition. >>> the west coast is bracing for new snow and rain from the massive storm system that already battered the region. and flooding has forced thousands from their homes. after days of rain, the california -- california lost a centuries old sequoia carved into a living tunnel in the 1880s but the silver lining is california can use the snow and rain after five years of drought. >>> you know we told you you can go to the wusa9 app for everything you want to know about the inauguration. i'm sure a lot of people want t

frederick ferguson was killed sunday night. a 20-year-old was shot and injured.son was the 13th homicide victim in antioch in 2016 and that's the most since 2010 when there were 13 homicides. there were seven in 2015. nobody has been arrested in the new year's eve shooting anyone with information is asked to call antioch police. >>> south sacramento a fire hydrant turned in to a geyser shooting water high in to the air. that is a lot. a car crashed in to that hydrant on stockton and this is what happened. the crews worked the water department to try to cut off that flow and keep nearby businesses from being flooded. one person inside the car that hit the hydrant was taken to the hospital, treated for minor injuries. >>> after several false starts george lucas will died late their month if he will build his museum in san francisco or los angeles. for almost a decade he has tried to build a museum to house his personal collection that includes 40,000 paintings, illustrations and film related items. he is paying for it himself. he plans to spend more than a billion

repeal of mccarran ferguson, an antitrust exemption that concerns companies have -- insurance companies have. will not be able to solve this problem without amending that. questions i will take in a minute. i have a seven page -- basically the bill. pages -- 2500 pages, it is 180 pages long. it took me days to read the affordable care act. at this point, i would like to introduce one of my colleagues at a very good friend. ucshon.ry lashawn, -- b are here today because we understand that this is not a statement about policy, but a personal debate on behalf of the american people. it is about their health and well-being, and their families and loved ones. as a physician, my goal is to ensure that every citizen in, regardless of circumstance, has access to quality, affordable health care. why we are working to bring relief to families and bring a new approach that drives and to cost -- down costs puts patients in charge of their own health care decisions. obamare the democrats and did their best to devise a new political strategy or catchy slogan to convince americans that obamacare is wo

. >>> a painting inspired by the police shooting and pro test in ferguson was taken down from its spot at the u.s. capitol earlier today. but tomorrow morning, it's going back up. some law enforcement agents are furious. if you look at it, it depicts police officers as pigs, and duncan hunter took it down and returned it to the office of democratic congressman william lacey-clay, whose district includes ferguson. tomorrow members of the congressional black caucus will hold an event to work in the tunnel for the annual competition. >>> republicans said their plan is simple, when it comes to obamacare, repeal and replace, but tonight you're weighing in on the future of health care. >> it's the only event in its nation, and it's happening here in the district. it's like trivia night but one big difference. >> and it's pretty cold in the district. hang in there. there's a my husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. my whole family wants to stay free from artificial preservatives. and my debit card wants to stay on a diet.