jay nixon. let's go to a clip of him. matt sledge asked if he was responsible for how police respond should protests erupt after the grand jury. nixon struggled with his answer. >> you have to clear the state of emergency, but the highway patrol on the unified command. does the buck stop with the when it comes to how many protest are policed? -- it, uh,u know, it our goal is to -- is to, you know, keep the police and allow folks voices to be heard. -- in a balance, that they am using the resources we have to marshal to be predictable for both those pillars. more't -- you know, i am -- i just will have to say i don't spent a tremendous amount of time personalizing this. >> that is governor jay nixon. he went on to say, prefer not to be a commentator on it. your responses, to governor nixon's answer not wanted to take responsibility to the police response and his overall state of emergency that he has just imposed? >> it is disturbing, but it is consistent both for his behavior in the governor's o

governor jay nixon right now. >> good afternoon. for those of you here from out of state, my name is daniel issam. since september 1st i've been the director of the missouri department of public safety. previously i was chief of police for the st. louis metropolitan police department. and most recently, a professor in the criminalology and criminal justice department at the university of missouri-st. louis. i made the decision to join the department of public safety ten weeks ago because of the critical issues that were before all of us in law enforcement. and because of the opportunity to make a difference in the community. my community, where i grew up and where my family and i make our home. but also key to joining dps was the promise that governor nixon gave me. he told me he was committed to bringing people together, to establishing missouri as a model for improving relations between police and the community we serve. he understood that this was not simply a law enforcement issue. and he was committed to more than simply gettin

coming up, missouri governor jay nixon just ordering additional missouri national guardsmen into ferguson. bring you the latest on the demonstrations happening there. more of our live coverage on msnbc right after this.

missouri governor jay nixon held a news conference moments ago. >> later this evening the st. county prosecutor will announce the grand jury's decision. while none of us knows what that will be, our shared hope and expectation is regardless of the decision people on all sides show tolerance, mutual respect and restraint. >> the governor said he spoke with community and faith leaders earlier today to express their hope for a

. >>> protesters in ferguson, missouri are angry at governor jay nixon for declaring a state of emergency before the grand jury has announced if it will indict officer wilson for shooting the unarmed teenager. the governor is doing this as a precaution. cnn's sara sidner is in ferguson. >> reporter: a lot of folks talking about what has happened over the past 24 hours. governor nixon declaring a state of emergency and then saying he has activated the national guard in preparation for the grand jury deciding whether or not to indict officer wilson. propere protesters are upset with governor nixon because they say it is painting them and violent. many show up and are not violent, but very, very loud. they do a lot of chants and they come at police with very strong words. for the most part, they have been peaceful. this paints them all as violent. however, the governor has said he wants to make sure the community is prepared and businesses and residents are protected and he will do whatever it is in his power to make sure that happens. he has gone ahead and put forward the state of emergency

governor jay nixon looking at the security side of things.e ground many security organizers are working inside ferguson to keep them calm in the aftermath of the grand jury's decision. i'm joined by one of them, pastor robert white of the peace of mind church in st. louis. thank you very much for joining me. when you woke up this morning and saw the situation there in your area in ferguson and in st. louis, missouri, were you surprised this could have happened? >> well, first of all, i haven't had a chance to go to sleep yet, so instead of me waking up to it, i lived throughout the night in it, and i was not necessarily surprised but i was angry that what we witnessed last night and what a total to today is difference than what we were told was going to happen this time around. >> angry specifically about the grand jury's decision not to indict the white police officer? >> not at all. those of us who understand systemic issues we're having in this country, we realize that our chances for an indictment were slim to none. and in our community,

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we wrote governor jay nixon back in october. i told my team let's put it in writing to the governor so we wrote the governor october 6th, said, it's been brought to our attention that this particular prosecutor's office has already poultry every case on hold that it has with this officer. >> okay. >> they put them on hold for a reason. >> i got all that but now that you know what darren wilson said to the grand jury, where they rendered a decision not to indict even on the least of charges, what's your reaction to that? >> well, i mean, we are devastated by that news, this grand jury didn't see it. but also too, they weren't given the proper evidence. he easily could have not confused them, he could have gave them just enough evidence to get probable cause. think of it like this, in most criminal cases you have beyond a reasonable doubt. in civil cases we have prepond rans of evidence and probable cause is even less than that, it is a very low standard to get probable cause. what happened is you dump all this information on them

governor jay nixon making the declaration and activating the national guard ahead of the grand jury's decision in the shooting of michael brown. nixon says the st. louis police will lead the response. oddly, though, the governor was unable to say definitively who exactly would be in charge of security. >> given that you have declared the state of emergency and you've put your highway patrol under limited command, does the buck ultimately stop with you when it comes to how any protests are policed? >> um, it, uh -- you know -- our goal is to, you know, keep the peace and allow folks' voices to be heard. i have to say, i don't spend a tremendous amount of time personalizing this, vis-a-vis me. >> is there any one agency ultimately in charge? >> we've worked hard to establish unified command to outline the responsibilities. and now with the additional assets provided by my order today of the missouri national guard, we've worked through a number of operational issues, the folks have. >> nixon's announcement comes just days after the fbi issued a bulletin to law enforcement across the uni

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governor jay nixon named a commission recommending how to deal with the fallout of the protests here. some african-americans called for a protest nationwide. our the city, state, and country ready for the outcome, whatever it happens to be? >> i've been very impressed looking at how the community is dealing with it. this is not to deal with the short term but the people there you read their bios, two cochairs and members of the community, a really impressive group of people and i think they're worried about outsiders coming in and about the unknown. in general between the leadership of the governor local leadership, the city is ready to deal with whatever the grand jury decides. >> i think there is no doubt as a mentioned in the opening, the national african-american leaders are calling for protests if the indictment does not come in. i respect those people a lot but no one outside that room has seen all of the evidence. no doubt if the indictment does not come through, a large number will feel as though this is a miscarriage of justice no matter what the evidence says. how that gets

governor jay nixon has declared a state of emergency. as soon as we know what the grand jury's decision is we will send out a breaking news alert through the wusa9 news app. cbs news is prepared to break into programming sometime after 9 p.m. tonight to bring you the grand jury's decision. scott pelley will anchor on the coverage and you will be able to see is here on wusa9. >>> protests in ferguson and the way police reacted drew national attention to the militarization of police. >> some students at university of maryland say it's a problem with their campus police force as well. >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> put your hands up! >> don't shoot! >> the group umd coalition says the campus police force is equipped with dozens of m16 rifles purchased from the pentagon, but officers still have no body cameras. >> i think that our police force should be able to protect themselves and i think that body camera is part of that protect because if you have a body camera, then i can't say you did something that you didn't do because you have it o

jay nixon will meet with members of the clergy in ferguson in the next hour.er grand jury which has been meeting since august, reconvened today, today's decision coming after many are question whether the grand jury was the best option in the first place. offed all available evidence but no recommendations on what charges to consider. >> usually the prosecutor has a very specific case against the criminal defendant but in this case he is allowing evidence both for and against an indictme indictment. >> the brown family arguing the process is unfair. >> i think this process is unlike anything i've ever seen in my 20 years of practice. why you come in with charges, it's probable cause, seven people said his hands

there is governor jay nixon probably taking some questions now in his news conference. where he called for tolerance and restraint ahead of the announcement of the grand jury's decision here. he also added the faith leaders are also asking for peace, churches are going to be open tonight as safe havens for people. and so the governor continues to speak. and the mayor of st. louis is there, as well as charles dooley who is the county executive. oh terrific, terrific. is this florasynth avenue, the epicenter of so much activity particularly in august. can you move the picture so i can see that picture just a little bit better. so there it is. we're starting to see a bit of a crowd gathering. i would imagine there are more media people than demonstrators, we are a little over two hours away from the announcement of the decision from the grand jury that those numbers will increase. let's get to lori jane gliha, she's from "america tonight." and she is in clayton, missouri. and lori jane, good to see you. first of all give me a sense of what you're hearing, what you're seein

>> we know now he had a conversation with governor jay nixon here, the missouri governor who, as you remember last week, decided to declare a state of emergency. they will be in the background, but he said if needed they will be brought to the fore. here's what he had to say about his conversation with governor nixon. >> we saw during the summer the possibility of even overwhelmingly peaceful crowds being overrun by a few thugs. what i have done is called jay nixon, the governor of missouri. >> i can tell you about the protests that have been going on for now, more than 100 days. for most of those days, they have been peaceful protests. there have been incidents where people have been in the road and who have gotten arrested for blocking traffic, but there's been nobody who has been injured. want the police nor the protesters themselves over the past few weeks. >>> a suicide bomber has attacked a crowd at a volleyball match. at least 45 people have been killed, and 60 others wounded. no one has claimed responsibility. the attack happened on the same day as afghanistan's parliament ap

and we'll hear from the governor, jay nixon when we come back. you are watching al jazeera.e'll be right back. ♪ ♪ >>> regardless of the decision, people on all sides show tolerance, mutual respect, and restraint. >> that is missouri governor jay nixon just moments ago, in st. louis, calling for calm when the decision is announced at 9:00 pm eastern, 8:00 pm local time. at the same time he has activated the missouri national guard so they can be called upon if required. as i mentioned churches throughout missouri in the st. louis is open tonight to provide a safe haven to residents. joining us tonight is one of those reverends of those churches. he believes regardless of the decision, tonight will be an historic night. i want to start by asking you have, why are you in the basement of a church? what is the need for a safe haven? this >> good evening, ali. we put out a call to local churches to see if there were people who were willing to open up spaces where protesters might be able to go for some warmth, for coffee, for food if need be, or just even prayer. and we at the un

louis where governor jay nixon is expected to speak shortly. it's believed he will call for peace ahead of the announcement of the grand jury's decision. good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm luce seal see nolan. a whole lot of eyes on ferguson tonight as the community and the nation really awaits the jury's decision. everyone from local leaders to president obama have been calling for peace and these days leading up to tonight's expected announcement. many protesters say it's not just about getting charges against officer wilson. but it's also about better police conduct and race relations. police in ferguson say they are confident any protests will be peaceful. >> the character of his community will shine through. but we're not going to let anyone that's intent on changing that character or causing disruption to this community to have that chance. >> the white house is also keeping an eye on the developments in ferguson. president obama could issue a statement tonight following the announcement of the grand jury's decision. and cities across am

that's what jay nixon will be remembered for. how his state erupted into riots on his watch and his response is, some local prosecutor made the decision. he is supposed to be the governor of the state. he is invisible. he is apparently incompetent. and the result is for everyone to see. and by the way, those poor cops who were forced to deal with it. it is because of incompetence of their leadership. it is those comes' lives in danger. they're the ones outnumbered by these criminals and hoodlums. if they had just been arrested at the start, the cops would have been in a lot less danger. so i certainly don't blame the comes. they're the victims of the incompetence at the top of law enforcement in missouri. >> very quickly. >> i had to stand in front of the nazis who were protesting in the '70s when i was a street cop. and jeffrey is right. those cops are in danger. the leadership to protect them and put enough people out there to protect the community, protect the protesters and frequent police. >> that was in skokie, illinois? >>

during a teleconference with reporters last night governor jay nixon activated the missouri national guard and explained the unprecedented move. >> my hope and expectation is peace will prevail. i have a responsibility to plan for contingencies that might arise. i hope there's no violence. the effort is to maintain peace and i am hopeful that will occur. >> naacp president said the decision is presumptuous to the hundreds of peaceful demonstrators who have embraced their constitutional right to protest. the fbi is on high alert. that agency sent out an advisory to police last week warning of demonstrators who might preempt the announcement in an attempt to undercut law enforcement. >> reporter: a passionate group of demonstrators disrupted streets near the courthouse where a grand jury is deciding whether to indict officer darren wilson in the death of michael brown. how does this all end peacefully? >> they indict the cop. >> that's it? >> we're not going to stop. >> reporter: missouri's governor declared a state of emergency warning of possible expanded unrest and activated the nat

>> reporter: missouri governor jay nixon is holding a news conference at this very hour along with the mayor of st. louis and state and local law enforcement officials to reassure the community that order will remain here in ferguson and in surrounding communities. just before that, governor nixon was in ferguson to meet with several business owners whose shops sit along this avenue. that was the scene of some of the most violent clashes in the early days after michael brown's death. since then, protests have mostly been peaceful with just a few arrests, but charles davis, who met with the governor earlier, isn't worried about the reaction to tonight's decision. >> the governor of the state of missouri comes into your burger shop and says, hi, how are you doing. >> right. >> reporter: what did you take from that? >> i just took that he was being concerned. he came by to make sure we were okay. >> reporter: do you plan to stay open? >> yes. i stayed open then, and i'm going to stay open now. >> reporter: now, governor nixon has set up a 16-person commission to address the concerns of th

. >> pelley: earlier today governor jay nixon tripled national guardsmen in and around ferguson to 2200. representatives of the brown family denounced the violence and the grand jury decision that sparked it. michelle miller continues our coverage from ferguson. >> reporter: the eruption was not immediate after darn wilson's fate was made known, cries of injustice, haunts and bottles thrown at ferguson police department. crowds but then two hours in, when crowds overturned two squad cars and rounds of gunfire could be heard, police responded with warnings and volleys of tear gas. 12 businesses were burned, including this pizza takeout on north florissant. the store manager did not want to be identified. he said authorities did not protect his business. >> my-- my question would be is where were you? why did you promise me that you'd be here to protect my workers? >> reporter: today, the man in been. of the missouri state highway patrol, colonel ron repogle, admitted the police response was not what it should have been. >> last night was a disaster, and we're prepared to team up again wi

. >>> missouri governor jay nixon has activated the national guard against the head of the grand jury ruling in the case of police officer darren wilson. the grand jury should decide any day if there's enough evidence to charge wilson with the death of michael brown. the shooter stirred up racial tensions all over the country. yesterday protestors marked 100 days since brown's death. >> i'll be out here until it ends, rain, sleet or snow, 18" of snow, i'll be out here every day. >> officer wilson stopped brown and friend after a convenience store robbery in august. brown was shot shortly afterwards. he was unarmed at the time. here's part of the newly released audio recording of another officer calling for breakup. >> get us several more units over here. there's going to be a problem. >> video shows officer wilson leaving the ferguson police department hours after the shooting. an attorney for brown's family claims it contradicts earlier reports that the officer was injured. >>> the european space agency says it's confident the philae lander will become active again once it gets close

i'm so sorry, governor jay nixon is speaking. i apologize. let's listen in. >> good afternoon and thanks everybody for joining us. let me introduce chief dan isom, colonel ron of the missouri state highway patrol, chief john belmer, the st. louis county police department, assistant chief al atkins of the metropolitan police department, major general steven danner as well as gregory mason from the missouri national guard. last night, criminals intent on lawlessness and destruction terrorized this community, burning buildings, firing gunshots, vandalizing storefronts and looting family businesses, many for the second time. i am deeply saddened for the people of ferguson to wake up and see parts of their community in ruins. i just came from west florissant. it's a heartbreaking sight. seniors afraid to leave the house, school canceled, kids afraid to go outside and play. what they've gone through is unacceptable. no one should have to live like this. no one deserves this. we must do better and we will. this morning and into this afternoon i met

and we have since discovered that the white house, valerie jarrett was on with jay nixon all night. why wouldn't that by talking to the mayor of ferguson? why weren't they talking to the obama white house? >> that's fascinating, sean. and it has emerged that valley jarrett has multiple conversations with the governor of missouri, ts chief executive and commander in chief of the national guard when he was not communicating with the mayor of ferguson where the trouble happened in august and where we knew it was likely to happen again. the mayor, james knowles, who would be a good interview for your show, told me he's had two conversations with the governor over maybe a hundred days and they were in a room with 40 or 50 people and the governor would give him a few seconds of his time. there's been no communication -- regular communication -- >> but the governor denies the white house pressured him to resist sending in the national guard. what possible excuse could there be for not sending in the guard as all of this is unfolding? >> you know what, sean, in his press conference yesterda

so, it will be interesting what governor jay nixon has to say about the planning around the announcement. >> we'll be looking forward to your reporting on this issue. thank you. >> over to asia where president obama is working to strengthen ties between u.s. and china. on the second day of the apec meeting, president obama met with chinese president xi jinping a number of times and announced measures that could mean more jobs in the u.s. president obama also had some brief encounters with russian president vladimir putin. nbc news white house correspondent kristin welker is traveling with the president in beijing. what about those interactions with the american president and vladimir putin. >> reporter: president obama and vladimir putin met three times on the sidelines of apec economic summit, talking for about 15 to 20 minutes, according to white house officials. they discuss aid range of topics including iran, syria and, of course, ukraine. the united states, one of several western nations that imposed strict sanctions against russia for incursions into ukraine. the pictures show the

louis where governor jay nixon is expected to speak shortly.y's decision. good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm luce seal see nolan. a whole lot of eyes on ferguson tonight as the community and the nation really awaits the jury's decision. everyone from local leaders to president obama have been calling for peace and these days leading up to tonight's expected announcement

any moment, missouri jay nixon is expected to lay out law enforcement plans ahead of the grand jury in the michael brown case. the city is bracing for news whether or not darren wilson, the ferguson police officer who shot 18-year-old brown, will be indicted and if so on what charge. brown's parents testified before a u.n. committee today saying they want the world to know "what's going on in ferguson." cnn's ashleigh banfield talked to brown's parents and asked what they'd say to officer wilson. >> well, there's one thing for sure, he shot our son. he killed him. so anything that he has to say that he didn't say that day, if he felt the heat was right, i don't want to hear it. >> well, for one, we're trying to figure out why was he playing the part of a judge, a prosecutor and an executor that day, that moment he interacted with our son. he had no right to address the law the way that he did, took michael brown, jr., our son and it's -- we're really lost with words on how to express ourselves about it because we're trying to stay humble and not to be so upset to where -- it's a situat

governor jay nixon is in the st. louis area right now.e met, as we understand, with clergy members in that area. a while ago this afternoon, he is planning a news conference for 6:30 eastern time this evening with some of the leadership in the st. louis area. they're going to be calling for peace, and talking about preparations to protect the public, to protect free speech in anticipation of that grand jury decision announcement this evening. we also know that the family of michael brown, the 18-year-old who was shot on august 9th, has been notified that the grand jury has reached a decision on whether to indict a police officer in this case. their attorney spoke to msnbc a little bit earlier today, before the family was notified about this decision. here's what he had to say. >> they have been huddled up with their family, as you would imagine, on pins and needles, praying for justice and trying to explain to their children what's going on. >> reporter: now, this grand jury decision will tell us whether that -- this officer, darren wilso

they want to address the media and the community in response to a press conference that governor jay nixon held earlier this week. in that press conference, governor nixon laid out a plan, a law forcement plan, essentially, in case there is unrest, if there is a non-indictment or indictment of officer darren wilson, that residents and businesses in the community will be protected. that wasn't really received well in some parts of the community, especially protesters in support of the brown family, who say that if there's any violence at all, it will likely be from the police inflicted on the protesters. so the family says and brown's attorney says they're going to come out here and try to just respond to some of those concerns and what was in the press conference initially. >> simply put, county officials say just take a deep breath, stand back, and calm down. at the same time, dr. michael bodden, the private forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on michael brown, is set to testify before the grand jury today. so what are we hearing about that? >> yeah, dr. bodden just went into th

jay nixon has a constituency, bob mcculloch has a constituency. they're both prosecutors, actually jay nixon was -- >> right, and your point, chris, we're continuing now to review the brand new released information by this prosecutor's office, as we reported, somewhat unusual release but our investigations unit is going through that. we'll continue to report on that tonight, including brand new first-time release of officer wilson's testimony here, which we now know obviously had some major impact on these grand jurors, craig melvin on the ground now, can you hear me? >> i hear you ufine. i'm going to show you the scene here. again, thissing right in front of the ferguson police department. you see what you have -- tactical vehicles separating what i say maybe 70, 80 protesters, separating those folks from the military style vehicles separating them from the officers. as you can probably see here are now in full riot gear. >>> for anybody standing in the street -- >> you can probably hear the warning as well. the warning to disperse. the commander

moments ago, missouri governor jay nixon called for tolerance. >> later this evening, the st.is county prosecutor will announce the grand jury's decision. while none of us knows what that will be, our shared hope and expectation is that regardless of the decision, people on all sides show tolerance, mutual respect, and restraint. together we are all focused on making sure the necessary resources are at hand to protect lives, protect property, and protect free speech. >> joining me on the ground from the justice center in clayton, missouri, right now is msnbc reporter tremayne lee and also nbc's legal analyst lisa bloom, and director of the black law enforcement alliance. also with us by phone is congressman emanuel cleaver who represents parts of central missouri. tremayne, we just heard the press conference moments ago. what is the mood where you are right now as the crowd there and really everybody across the country awaits this announcement at 9:00? >> here we're outside of the courthouse in clayton, and it's pretty calm heras people are awaiting this announcement in about

just about an hour ago governor jay nixon ordered additional missouri national guardsmen to fergusonrevive security at the ferguson police department. still with me is james peterson, an msnbc contributor and director of africana studies and associate professor of english at lehigh university. and joining me is nbc news and msnbc analyst jim cavanaugh. he's also a retired atf special agent and former atf hostage negotiator. and also with me is former federal prosecutor kendall coffey. gentlemen, it's good to have you all with me. jim, let me start with you really fast because we know that the governor had put the state of emergency into effect over a week ago. now we have this additional call-up of national guardsmen coming in. again, hindsight being 20-20, as you are evaluating the steps that you've seen put in place over the last week and the steps that we're watching in real-time, what's your evaluation of how the situation is being handled? >> well, i think they did show a lot of restraint tonight, like the chief said and captain johnson. i think they did take a step back and let

louis to the left of your screen, governor jay nixon is about to hold a news conference.he mayor of ferguson has been slammed for not calling in the national guard troops immediately when those violent protests broke out last night. what are the governor's plans for tonight, as dusk quickly falls? when the governor speaks, we'll take you there live. we are also expecting a statement any minute now from attorney general eric holder, who has promised prior to this a federal probe. if that federal probe is still on and would take the place of what was essentially a grand jury finding that brought down no indictment, holder's already inundated such a decision would prompt federal oversight and action. we'll find out soon, but the very fact that this goes on and escalates, you're looking at scenes in philadelphia, we've seen similar crowds building in st. louis, and in atlanta and in boston and in new york city. throughout the country, the same message, one of confusion and oftentimes one of anger. steve experienced that firsthand last night in ferguson. he rejoins us there ri

governor jay nixon announced 625 in zero interest loans would be available. state senator geena walsh demand the the state do more. >> we have to come up with loan forgiveness to have the states want to keep their businesses and stay. wan eata is trying to be patient and says she will rebuild. >> there's nothing wrong with falling. the problem is when you don't give up. >> 10% of the business district was destroyed during the riots >>> now to chicago, with a gunman shot a woman in an apartment and turned the gun on himself. he was pronounced dead. police say she is the shooter's girlfriend and ex-girlfriend, and was working as an employee at the store. an egyptian court dismissed charges against the former president. [ clapping ] >>> as you hear, cheers erupted inside the courtroom as the judge cleared hosni mubarak of conspiring to kill protesters, they demonstrated against him at the time. in a lengthy speech the judge said putting the former leader on trial was not right to begin with. hosni mubarak was cleared of corruption. he was serving a 3-year senten

remember jay nixon saying he was going to bring in the national guard. the national guard today was not present. peter kinder, the lieutenant governor, he thought maybe jay nixon responded to holder and obama and didn't bring in the national guard. >> then they didn't do their job. what about all the people that last their businesses and property. this is isn't about an 18-year-old who died who's going to -- these are people in there looting from the beauty supply store. stealing tennis shoes. it's shameful behavior, and even on behalf of the stepfather, jumping up and down trying to fight violence, jumping up and down. i want to take you back before this all started, because it was a domino affect fake taking place across the country. there was no outcome that was really going to satisfy. it was like al sharpton, i think they wanted this to be something they could have a loud voice on, to stir the pot, and poke the case and say what a horrible country we are. >> a couple of comments. it didn't stop sharpton to listen to the local elected official, a loc

late friday afternoon, governor jay nixon said $250,000 in zero interest loans would be made available. but more. >> some kind of low forgivenes forgiveness,. >> patience she says she will rebuild. >> it's nothing wrong with falling. the problem is when you don't get up. >> and morris is trying to be patient. she's hopeful that maybe the state will come through with some sort of grant money that these businesses won't have to pay back. michael. >> artist phil burrwick spent his nights on the street of ferguson. he talks about turning burned out buildings into canvases of art. >> i started my thrarchgz day after a thanksgiving breakfast at a homeless shelter with some folks. i thought i got go to ferguson, i got osee the aftermath. i was walking down west florissant, and i was bummed out. i came up ferguson avenue with some art supplies to see if i could find somebody with a shop open, to do some art. and i was amazed to see there were half a dozen other artists and none of us knew each other but we must have all had the same impetus the same motivation and something stirring to make us

. >>> missouri governor jay nixon said he is prepared to call out the national guard.r is worried that violence might erupt after it announces whether it will indict officer darren wilson in had the shooting death of teenager michael brown. that decision is expected this month. could come any day. >>> governor nixon said on tuesday that violence will not be tolerated. >> the national guard has been and will continue to be part of our contingency planning. the guard will be available when we determine it is necessary to support local law enforcement. quite simply, we must and will be fully prepared. >> now, michael brown's parents were in geneva, in switzerland, on tuesday you speaking to a united nations human rights panel. cnn's erin mclaughlin joins us now live from geneva. erin, what was the message they were sending? >> reporter: hi, john, well i had a chance to talk to michael brown's parents yesterday, and they explained to me this is a very emotional trip. and they talked to me about why they felt it was so important for them to travel thousands of miles all the

missouri governor jay nixon thanked the state guard and patrol members who stayed during the thanksgiving holiday. >>> concern in growing palo alto as a police officer is still on the job after sending racy photos of a female suspect to his boss. it happened one year ago according to an independent police audit. the officer was looking for evidence when he found the personal photo. the audit report went on to say, "papd concluded that the detective exercise the poor judgment by sending the photograph. that the act was unbecoming for an officer and disrespectful to the arrestee." a legal analyst says the d.a.'s office should get involved. >> trst in the police department. this could lead to a civil rights case for violation of the arrestee's privacy interest. >> officials tell us the officer was disciplined, but did not elaborate. >>> we are learning more about the side show at the port of oakland early thursday morning. chp says organizers had very poor timing. take a look at that. hundreds of officers happened to be in the area because of ferguson protests in downtown oakland. drivers di

breaking news, governor jay nixon of missouri ramping up the national guard presence on the ferguson after violent protesters and looters terrorized the st. louis suburb last night. in the hours after robert mccullough announced the grand jury decide not to indict officer darren wilson, scores of businesses were looted and burned. over 100 gunshots were fired by civilians in the streets. ferguson mayor says they're wondering where the reenforcements were last night. >> the decision to delay the deployment of the national guard is deeply concerning. we're asking that the governor make available and deploy all necessary resources to prevent the further destruction of property and the preservation of life in the city of ferguson. >> eric holder wading in the controversy as the protests spread across the nation. on the screen four of the cities the protests have spread to today. holder reiterating he is not done with his investigation of both officer wilson and the ferguson police department. >> members of my staff here with me now, they are overseeing the federal investigations into the

four days after the violence delwood's mayor says he can't get a meeting with governor jay nixon and he's frustrated. >> personally i've not heard from the governor. >> some business owners are frustrated too. a tire warehouse owner vetted. for the first time since monday the road connectferguson and delwood was open to traffic. on lookers gawk lookers gawked t destruction. late friday afternoon, governor jay nixon announced another $625,000 in zero-interest loans would be available. but state senator gina walsh demands the state do more. >> we have to come up with some kind of loan forgiveness some kind of incentive to have these folks want to keep their businesses here and want to stay here. >> juanita morris is trying to be patient and says she will rebuild. >> it's nothing wrong with falling. the problem is when you don't get up. >> and morris is trying to be patient. she's hopeful that maybe the state will come through with some kind of grant money that these businesses won't have to pay back. michael. >> refned diereverend dien ah ta minister from the nearby town of fawfontaine

>> we know the governor of missouri, jay nixon, he's about to hold a news conference. activated national guard? he's also declared an emergency. what are you seeing in terms of local, state, federal law enforcement on the streets of ferguson? >> reporter: let me give you a sense of what it looks like. it looks like any other day here. basically traffic is moving in and out. take a look at the street here, you can see traffic moving in and out. no road closures, no police presence along here. and again, speaking to law enforcement in the many weeks leading up to this, what they're going to try to do is measure their responses. you know, wolf, they were so heavily criticized for their response last time. this go around, they're going to measure their response in terms of how they deal with protesters and in terms of what we're seeing out here right now, peaceful, no demonstrators out here right now. traffic is flowing. no sense of law enforcement, at least not at this point. wolf? >> jason carroll, we'll check back with you. i want to bring in our justice reporter evan p

no missouri governor jay nixon swearing in a special commission less than an hour from now. that's all ahead of the expected grand jury decision any day now over whether officer darren wilson will, in fact, face charges of the unarmed teen michael brown. this as many warn that no matter what the grand jury decides, it's going to lead to more violence. mcgraw mill haven is a radio talk show hoe at ktrs in st. louis, and he is my guest today. no matter what happens, mcgraw, people are saying in your town that there's going to be violence? you can feel a sense that there is deep worry here in st. louis. gun sales are through the roof. plywood sales are through the roof. there's a fear that regardless of what happens, there's so much inertia, so much energy, adrenaline being shown that no matter what happens, but there are many people who think that he will not be indicted and not charge, and if that happens, there are many people who are fearful, and there are people who have contingency plans. schools being closed, hospitals dealing with it, businesses closing. there are conti

governor jay nixon, this is his last term. we had a county executive race with two people who never even came to the communities that they were asking to vote. so i know just voting for candidates, democrat or republican, no matter what you think you look like, because we have lacy clay who hasn't even spoken up on his first congressional district. so i don't think voting or just voting is the answer. i don't think ballot will protect me from tear gas and rubber bullets. >> let me ask you this. there have been a lot of signs and billboards coming up. i'd love to get your opinion on this group. they've raised several thousand dollars to get this billboard up in ferguson. the picture for everyone who is watching cnn is from the website of the same name. it's pants up - up -- #pantsupdon'tloot. the group behind it has ties to the pro-police organizations. have you seen this? your response to this billboard? >> yeah, heard about it. i heard it's on lindbergh. that's what we're dealing with. we're dealing with unchecked, you know,

>> you know, it's interesting, i was reading that missouri governor jay nixon has declared a state of emergency as a precaution, and st. louis police chief sam dodson says his officers are ready for whatever happens. so is there a state of emergency that's already been declared? >> reporter: well, governor jay nixon, he said that he's actually required to issue that state of emergency in order to call up the national guard. and he wanted them to be able to be here and to be in place, just in case any of that unrest happens. they've said all along, they hope it doesn't happen, they don't think that it will happen, but they want to be prepared, just in case that it will. but that's the point that really hit protesters hard. they've been out here for two months, and the protests have been mostly peaceful. so when the national guard was called in, the state of -- declaration of emergency was made. they said they felt like it was a hit on them, that they were expected to do things violent when, in fact, the last two months, they haven't been doing that. they were upset about that, but poli