last night on "outfront" that word prompted this angry response from baltimore councilman karl stokes. >> come on. so calling them thugs? just call them nig -- we don't have to call them by names such as that we don't have to do that. >> much more with karl stokes on this program tonight. cnn has reporters in baltimore and across the nation. we begin with brian todd in baltimore in the middle of the protests there. brian, the protests are larger than what we have seen recently. what are you seeing? >> reporter: indeed much larger erin and more structured. this protest march mostly college students hundreds of them several hundred marching from penn station in baltimore to city hall. they tell us they're going to march back toward penn station. who knows how long this protest will go. i'm with one of the marchers now, rashaun smith, a sophomore, what has drawn you out here? >> i'm out here to support black lives and -- [ crowd noise ] i don't want to have to walk outside and -- [ crowd noise ] black lives matter. all black lives matter. >> rashaun, thank you very much for talking to us

maureen: karl stokes' comments on cnn ignited a firestorm on social media. today, he was asked about his choice of words. >> going to stereotype them, then just go for the word that is most commonly used to stereotype poor black kids. maureen: also on twitter today mayor rawlings-blake apologized for the way in which she characterized the rioters on monday night. the unrest in baltimore made major league history today. the baltimore orioles played the chicago white sox in camden yards without a single fan in the stand. it's the first time a major league game has been closed to the public. league officials made the move in the name of safety. as for the game the orioles won 8-2 and tim brandt will have the highlights and player reaction a little later in sports. some reaching across the aisle in the wake of the cries in baltimore. at a house oversight committee hearing, the committee's chair congressman jason chaviz a republican took a moment to compliment the maryland congressman elijah cummings who is a democrat. >> we're proud of you and the way you're con

i want to bring in karl stokes.bout police-community relations, they seem to be better today. but what needs to happen in the long term between the police and residents that they are tasked with protecting? >> actually i'm not sure if they are better today. it wasn't too long ago that the police ran athletic leagues, that they ran computer labs mentoring programs, and then in the early 2000s, we had a new mayor, we had a new police commissioner from new york, and the commissioner said we're not social workers. so with that edict, they closed the police athletic league they closed the centers where kids came to do their homework after school. they stopped mentoring to the young people. they broke a bond that had been for decades in baltimore city between the police and the people. i'm not sure if they are better in term of relations today. >> well let's follow on that. the notion of broken bonds. the atlantic suggests today that there should be two states of emergency declared. one for the rioting and looting last ni