i grew up a few blocks from where freddie gray lived it right down the street.t is insulting for someone to tell me to be quiet about something that i know personally and specifically. the other thing that strikes me is it in this country who gets the microphone now mark cuban is a presidential candidate because he's rich? michael bloomberg is mayor of the biggest city of the country because he's rich and in los angeles and those that our rich and famous but we tell the black athlete to be quiet. everybody who has money gets to speak but them and that deserve discussion. >> and one thing to highlight what happens is when they disagree that's when they tell you to shut up but then they apply to you if they agree. what about this intelligent athlete or entertainer? . >> they don't know about kanye west. just because they say something that they agree with so yes now you will see a lot of kanye wes west. >> i do have to take issue with you there i don't think anybody knows what he is saying. [laughter] . >> that's true. [applause] . >> there is a certain corollary

the killing of freddie gray was a blow to the baltimore police department and the community as well. things got out of control in baltimore the last couple of years. that it peaked, and crime is starting to go down, as it is nationally. overall, 2014 was one of the safest years in the u.s. on record, certainly as modern records have been kept. it ticked up the last two years. the 2017 numbers, crime has gone down. after a spike over the last two years in chicago, you are seeing early estimates that in some of these cities where violence had been such a problem over the last two or three years that it is starting to recede again. declinee great crime since the 1990's is our topic. harry bruinius of the christian science monitor is our guest, taking your calls, your comments, your questions. nathan, you are up first. caller: thank you for taking my call. my question has to do with a recent book i read, which references a decline in crime starting in the 1990's as being in part because of roe v. wade and the availability of abortion across the country. situations that have reduced the p

why his supported freddie gray after the murder. he talks about how he was from baltimore. he's watching the news. what if he was actually dragged up. the different guy. russell westbrook. the comedy. how are the police going to interact with him. are they can look at him. if he was pulled over by the side of the road and the car is broken down. it is not just because they want to be a part of a conversation or the topic of the day or anything like that. there are personal reasons why they are speaking up. in dealing with the reactions from cap her neck. the misrepresentation of what they were taking the knee for. not the always the entire truth. we all know that. but still when we are presenting it over and over. you can this might be the truth. this might get ingrained in your have accidentally. the voice of athletes to be able to move the needle in semi- different ways. in to be able to encourage younger athletes to continue using their voices by showing the power. one of the things i will tell a great story. one of the persons i interviewed was martin's brother. i didn'

we saw what happened with freddie gray. a tragedy. the justice department report showed that the police department operated under discriminatory actions to go into minority communities causing problems. that has to end in america. we need a law to make that happen. i'm proud to sponsor that. we need to pass that in this congress. we have a lot of unfinished business we have to get done. we have to capture the energy that donald trump has instilled in many of us because senator gillibrand was right, we have people participating in our political system that never participated before. we got to take that energy into results so that justice and opportunity for all americans becomes a reality. that's our objective. we need your presence here in washington. thank you for being here. thank you for visiting our office. you put a face on the issues for us. and make it clear that this must be our priority. reverend sharpton, i'm proud to be on your team. i look forward to us developing the energy to produce concrete results in this congress to

all those officers were wondering what happened with freddie gray. how many times did the president of the time, obama, rush to judgment. so many people on the left, if it fits their political and ohmic agenda, if they can get cheap political points, they rush to judgment. no presumption of innocence ever with these people when it comes to politics. so yes, michael avenatti deserves due process and deserves the presumption of innocence, even though it wasn't that long ago, he did not extend that basic decency to justice kavanaugh. frankly, just the opposite. remember it was he that pushed a phony claim from a client named julie swetnick. remember they came out with that affidavit. and, she was alleging that when brett kavanaugh was in high school he participated in numerous parties, gang rate parties. girls are systematically drugged, boys lining up in the hallways waiting their turn to gang rape their teenage victims. she claims it happens many time times. this is senate judiciary can he and none of them were ever corroborated. no evidence was ever

and does that lead to, say, a freddie gray running? that becomes a reasonable response when scared. you run. for some reason all of a sudden that running can lead to a negative outcome. >> i'm going to go down the line. peter? >> i'll address the second question about accountability and, graham, first of all i want to thank you. i think it's a very important point and i talked about transparency, we've talked about training. if there's not accountability to the training and not accountability after things are out in public, we're not going to see change. i think too often we see these kind of frightening examples where there is transparency, there's a video of what happened, and an officer is not held accountable and not fired, not charged, and if that happens nothing will change. thank you for sharing that. in terms of communities holding officers accountable for or departments accountable for setting standards, i think that's hugely important. there's actually a kind of a cliche in law enforcement of shootings that were used in force that were lawful but awful. i don't know if you

this includes individuals such as freddie gray, tamir rice, and others. when we take a look at the criminal case dispositions of these 17 like male victims who were unarmed you can see this -- i want to draw your attention to the chart on the let showing the cases in which an officer was not commonly charged for murder or manslaughter. you can see indicated in green that one out of eight cases is still pending -- is relatively new from 2018. the rest seven out of eight have no criminal charges brought against the police officers. again at the chart on the right we can see cases in which officers were indicted or criminally charged. to of those cases -- the officer was charged and the case is pending. five have been commonly charged and not convicted as indicated in black and three have been criminally charged leading to know conviction as indicated in the red. we can see across the spectrum that the cases in which an officer was not charged for not convicted far outweigh the cases in which an officer was commonly charged and convicted. effect only three o

why his supported freddie gray after the murder. he talks about how he was from baltimore.s watching the news. what if he was actually dragged up. the different guy. russell westbrook. the comedy. how are the police going to interact with him. are they can look at him. if he was pulled over by the side of the road and the car is broken down. it is not just because they want to be a part of a conversation or the topic of the day or anything like that. there are personal reasons why they are speaking up. in dealing with the reactions from cap her neck. the misrepresentation of what they were taking the knee for. not the always the entire truth. we all know that. but still when we are presenting it over and over. you can this might be the truth. this might get ingrained in your have accidentally. the voice of athletes to be able to move the needle in semi- different ways. in to be able to encourage younger athletes to continue using their voices by showing the power. one of the things i will tell a great story. one of the persons i interviewed was martin's brother. i didn't ex

everyone rush to judgment, all those officers were guilty of what happened with freddie gray.e of them convicted. hows many times did the presidet at the time, obama, rush to judgment with cambridge police acting stupidly? during every big moment, so many people on the left, if it fits their political agenda, if it's politically expedient, if they can get cheap political points, they rush to judgment. just for political gain. no presumption of innocence ever with these people when it comes to politics. so yes, michael avenatti deserves due process. he deserves the presumption of innocence, even though it wasn't that long ago, he does not extend that basic decency to justice kavanaugh. frankly, just the opposite. remember, it was he that pushed at phony claim from a client named julie swetnick. remember, they came out with the affidavit. at the time, by the way, alan dershowitz said he might have to resend this because the story started to change. she was alleging that when brett kavanaugh was in high school, he participated in numerous parties, gang rape parties where girls' d

freddie gray spine was severed while in police custody no officer was ever convicted. i meet up with kwame rose a young political activists who hit the headlines during the protest. kwame was filmed parading a well known t.v. host for failing to report the underlying race related issues fueling the honor asked i want you and boxers to get on board more seats because you're not here morning about the book the boarded up the exterior the black right. think things are better they can. better we have a white supremacist in office now may be just as bad as robert e. lee was when donald trump promotes and preys on the races ideologies that existence out of american society you know we black people built this country from on our hands our blood sweat tears and we haven't got one ounce of compensation reparation or even acknowledgement of the contribution we did what is it that i should know about baltimore what people should know about baltimore is that we are majority black population. sixty three percent black most of our elected officials are black . but yet the disparity

that is where freddie gray was dragged up he was dragged up and down the street and personal plan. all these different guys with russell westbrook and talking about looking at terrance being killed in oklahoma and the comedy of seeing an entire stadium held with fans cheering for him but then when he steps out and he's seen by the police how they will interact with him. will they look at him is the way they looked at -- is useful to the side of the road and his heart was broken down. i talked to michael bennett about having a gun pointed to his head and [inaudible] who got his leg broken from nypd and james blake former us tennis player tackled by the police so all these different athletes are telling the stories as to why they are now speaking up and it's not just because they want to be a part of a conversation or topic of the day but personal reasons why they are speaking up. in dealing with directions from cap her neck and eric reed and tori smith and the misrepresentation of what colin was taking the need for and it's important because you see where a lot of times what they ar

when freddie gray was killed in baltimore and taken on a rough ride and died than there were protest. all the news reports said the violence began when protesters threw rocks. that was my aha moment. the actual violence of the men being killed by police was asked actually indiscernible as violence because that's how power works. but when someone threw up rock in the opposite direction it becomes menacing because it might interfere with the way that power works. once you start to hear the way that works. i read a book about how harvey weinstein once called me awful names and through me down the stairs he literally put my colleague in a headlock and push me, called me a word i won't say on c-span. the new york times covered it the next day and described us i was a 25-year-old reporter michalek was 27. we are asking questions about a movie in the new york times described it as pushy reporters. so in response to being physically pushed by a powerful man was the fact that we cause some trouble that got us labeled as pushy. it happens all the time and the focus on the repercussions of these

the killing of freddie gray was a blow to the baltimore police department and the community as well.hings got out of control in baltimore the last couple of years. that it peaked, and crime is starting to go down, as it is nationally. overall, 2014 was one of the safest years in the u.s. on record, certainly as modern records have been kept. it ticked up the last two years. the 2017 numbers, crime has gone down. after a spike over the last two years in chicago, you are seeing early estimates that in some of these cities where violence had been such a problem over the last two or three years that it is starting to recede again. declinee great crime since the 1990's is our topic. harry bruinius of the christian science monitor is our guest, taking your calls, your comments, your questions. nathan, you are up first. caller: thank you for taking my call. my question has to do with a recent book i read, which references a decline in crime starting in the 1990's as being in part because of roe v. wade and the availability of abortion across the country. situations that have reduced the pop

freddie mortgages. taking a look now at the nation's mortgage map, the vast areas of gray, you can see it there, are where the new average or conforming loan is capped at $484,000. in the orange areas, the conforming loans are larger. in the bay area the limit is going up to 726,000 bucks. >>> well, a brutal bar fight. the bay area detectives need your help in catching one of the men in this video hitting a woman. >>> also, call police. the reason behind this frantic message on a vta bus rolling down the highway in the south bay. >>> storm ranger on mobile doppler radar shows our system just offshore. we're tracking the timing and the totals. i'll have a full hour by hour look. you want to stick around. that's coming up in ten minutes. >>> there is some troubling video of an extremely violent attack at a bar in napa. here it is. two men badly beat a woman on november 17 at stone sports bar and grill. they punched and kicked this woman repeatedly, leaving her with multiple injuries. the men also fought anyone who tried helping the woman. they eventually left before police arrived. now, one of the suspects