do you see any tensions between local police and minority communities? caller: not at all. our police department here in louisiana is one of the best. we really do not have any complaints. really they are having problems over in new orleans. there is a lot of tension and things going on over in new orleans. but in jefferson parish, no. host: so what works in jefferson parish as opposed to new orleans, veronica? host: i think -- caller: i think the difference is the police chief. i mean, we have had the same police chief since over 20 something years. host: so there is a trust relationship with community? between the leader of the police department in the community -- between the leader of the police officer in and the community? they go through so many police chiefs, and a lot of the police officers have been getting in trouble since the hurricane katrina thing. it is a lot of controversy. they just got in trouble with , withustice department eric holder, and overcrowding of the prison and not training police officers. veronica, i appreciate you telling us about the situatio

police departments have an inherent conflict of interest in -- with local prosecutors. that is not to say they have teamed up to avoid the indictment of police officers. it is to say that the special relationship that prosecutors enjoy with police, after all, they depend upon police to provide information and often testimony -- >> sure >> -- in cases that they handle, you can't handle a police shooting of a civilian in an impartial way without bringing in a prosecutor from the outside. so when we look at these situations in staten island, ferguson, the outcome was virtually foretolede in ferguson at the moment the prosecutor elected not to recuse himself over the requests of local individuals and his record suggested that this outcome was predictable. it's not that way in every circumstance. but certainly it is a enough of a concern that the approach attorney general sneiderman took is one we would recommend broadly. >> thank you all. >> thanks, senator franken. senator blumenthal? >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for convening this hearing. thank you to each of

they're establishing this task force on local policing, and they also want more funding for local police departments, not only so that they have what they need, but the training and the community input to try to break down some of that distrust. >> one of the big questions the white house is facing is will the president go to ferguson. any news on that front? >> that's been a question from the beginning. what you don't really get is a clear answer from the white house on this. i mean, you look at how touchy and complex this is. it is clear that the white house sees this as a very delicate balance because at the same time you have deep involvement by this white house. i mean, multiple investigations and statements, thousands of calls and meetings, thousands of them, they say, since this begin. but then on the other hand, you have the president not making any plans to actually go there. why is it? well, you could look at they don't want to put any more pressure on the local police department. that's likely. they don't want another flare-up. they also don't want the president to be seen as

political imperative for local police to do the same. they're not required to. the question is, will this build more of a public push to have local police do it as they did with racial profiling. >> nbc pete williams, thank you very much. >>> meanwhile, new protests in new york today in the wake of the recent grand jury decision not to indict a police officer in the killing of eric garner. this morning demonstrators stormed onto the verrazano bridge blocking traffic. last night in new york city the protest reached into the toy gun section of toys "r" us. ♪ don't shoot don't shoot >> and the protests eventually spilled out onto the streets of times square. then after a mostly peaceful start in berkeley, california, on sunday, protests in the college town turned violent. demonstrators smashed store windows, started fires and threw rocks at police. nbc's trymaine lee is covering the protests coast to coast. these protests not slowing down at all. they seem to be intensifying. >> i can remember months ago having a conversation in ferguson wi

and when there's upset and worry about local policing going wrong, local policing being unaccountable, are the political instinct that kicks in is to bring in a higher authority, right? to try to supersede whatever patterns and prejudices and baggage might exist at the local level and instead ask the federal government to try to come in and fix whatever is wrong at the hole level. in the case of law enforcement officers killing people with impunity that is uncanny if it isn't systematic. well if that's the problem, the feds maybe aren't the solution. the feds don't offer a reassuring example of how to do that better twlen comes to their own federal law enforcement experience. this summer as the fbi declared itself faultless in yet another high-profile shooting, this summer, a year after charlie savage first published that devastating data about the fbi clearing itself in 100% of cases that it reviewed, this past summer we also reported on another agency that's also a federal agency which has 50% more armed agents than the fbi does. it's an agency that has doubled in size in the past d

said that he was grateful for the kind of help that the federal government was giving to provide local police forces with more tools in which they can be in closer coordination with local groups. but there is also a lot of discord. the mayor of new york was told by the police union in new york this week not to bother coming to attend the funerals of policemen killed in the line of duty in disapproval of the fact that the mayor expressed his disappointment with the fact that the grand jury in new york city declined to indict the policeman accused of putting on a lethal chokehold to one of the victims who were seen today, the families of which we're seeing today attending this demonstration. >> tom ackerman there on the civil rights groups protest taking place in washington, d.c. just ahead on al jazeera the u.n. tries to broker a freeze in fighting in syria, but rebel groups want more. >>> frustration grows as climate change talks in peru are extended. al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. f

because the prosecutors prosecute the arrests and the cases made by the local police department. to create a separate independent mechanism to hold police officers accountable. we see a broken system, but it's expected. the history of state prosecutors, prosecuting police officers for misconduct is not a good record in this country. the federal government's record is better. it's why in the garner case and in the michael brown case, we support what attorney general holder has done and that's proceed independently with a federal investigation. >> thank you for your time. >>> still ahead -- the human toll of the policing crisis in this country. it's not just the victims. it's the shattered lives left behind. you're watching a special edition of "politics nation" as the country rises up against this injustice. stay with me. introducing... a pm pain reliever that dares to work all the way until... the am. new aleve pm the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour strength of aleve. into one you'll never forget. earn triple points when you book with the expedia app. expedi

>> reporter: lucy, a support event here for local police in cheltenham is happening here at wall park. this is located on church road. take look. so far police have shown up and small group of community members are now singing songs. this is an idea that started on facebook the organizer is a veteran and community member here who says in his words the police are being blamed for a lot of things and he wants to show his appreciation for the good he says his department does. >> we have a very good police group here, and we have good rapport with them and i just thought it would be a good idea to show our support for the local police. >> reporter: and again you're taking a live look at this police support event happening here in cheltenham. a group that has gathered they're now singing song. they have lit candles. originally, they had planned to march from here at wall park to the police department. the police decided that was not a good idea because of all the traffic going on broad street. so again a pretty nice size crowd here lighting candles and sharing a few words with local law en

there is an intrinsic relationship between local prosecutors and local police.ne of the reasons people like me have said you have to get feds in. explain to people, laymen just watching at home, why there is this feeling that there is a conflict when local prosecutors to have deal with local police. >> there is the appearance of impropriety. as a prosecutor in manhattan i work with nypd officers every day. that's how we get our cases. >> where as the feds don't do that. >> i've said this earlier today, at this point, the process is not working. at this point. so you have to examine the process. that's why you need special prosecutors to come in when there is a police shooting, or when a police cause the death of another person, you have to bring in special prosecutors. >> thank you both for your time tonight. >>> tonight nbc news confirming the justice department will conduct an independent civil rights investigation. what will it look like? also, how the garner case can and should change police tactics and training. mmm, a perfect 177-degrees. and that's why th

louis rams players that offended the local police officers association sparking controversy overnight. st. louis county police officials characterize a call from the rams chief operating officer as an apology. the team said it was not. the rams said we express our concerns surrounding the game adding together we are beginning a healing process that will require time, energy and honest dialogue. with more on monday's aftermath, we have george howell from ferguson. >> reporter: there was a call from walk outs from here in ferguson, missouri. fans are saying we saw that play out. we saw people take to the streets in new york protesting for mike brown. people surrounding the justice department and blocking the streets at times. here in ferguson, missouri, it was a relatively quiet day, but still very serious conversations that were had by many in this community. people frustrated with the quality of life. frustrated with how they are treated by police officers and the quality of education and lack of economic opportunity. they got to sound off at a meeting commissioned by the governor of

this reignited the debate surrounding the militarization of local american police forces.actical vehicles. should that kind of military hardware be in the hands of local forces? i'm joined now by tim lynch, director of the cato institute's project on justice. the white house is standing by the pentagon's 1033 program, which allows a lot of these transfers of surplus military gear to local police. take a listen. >> we found that in many cases, these programs actually serve a very useful purpose. and what is needed, however, is much greater consistency and oversight of these programs. >> tim, important issue there, standby -- we're receiving word that any moment now we are going to hear from commissioner goodell on that issue we just gave you the update on. we're still awaiting that right now. we just want to let the audience know they're about to introduce him. we may turn to that in a moment, but i think for now, i do want to get your reaction quickly. the white house defending the usefulness of these transfers of military hardware. do you think that holds water? you are o

that it's very important as well that communities work closely with police, london those with the local police and become partners. this is not a one way street. this is a two-way \street/{-|}street when we talk about public safety. it takes everyone, police and community together, in order to provide the type of public safety i think that we all want to embrace in our respective communities. community policing fsis importance in the valley of human life, the use of excessive force is prohibited, and deadly force is reserved strictly for when an officer's life or the life of a citizen is at risk. noble has launched a pilot program entitled the law in your community. funding from the department of justice, this program aim is to develop trust and understanding between law enforcement and the committee. the law in your committee is an interactive training program of young people between ages of 13-18. it is designed to improve their communicate with law enforcement officers and their understanding of federal, state and local laws. components of the program include but not limited to citizenship.

>> those questions might be answered now after the fbi announced it would reexamine the local police ments preliminary investigation. for a grieving family, already skeptical of police, an independent investigation may be the only path they can truth. >> there's just a lot of questions that i would like answered and why wouldn't they answer me? because it because of my race? my social status? i just wanted those questions answered. it would be a lot easier for me to have closure and start grieving. >> the woman now tells the daily mail that she believes their interracial relationship lead to his murder. she says she has now left the town sphere -- fearing for her own safety. >>> are there two americas? >> yes, there's white america. and there's black america. but it should just be one america. >> "america tonight" sarah hoye with tough talk. >>> and on the heels of a break through with cuba, a look back to a harsher time and the tough choices cubans made for their kids. >> i travelled with my 5-year-old sister. and it was very painful, because she asked my mom, why do i have to leave?

the federal government wore overhaul programs to dispense to local police departments, programs that led to images like this out of ferguson. the president stopped short calling for those programs be ended, as many critics have called for. >>> also, today, the 16 person ferguson kmis, selected by missouri governor jay nixon met for the first time to address the social and economic factors that contributed to the out p r pouring following brown's killing with input from the community. >> who polices the police? who? i don't believe a damn thing that they say and i can find a damn lie in everything that they have said. a damn lie. >> not the only administration focused on ferguson aftermath today. this evening in atlanta, attorney general eric holder kicked off a series of meetings around the country that he's having between police and some of the communities they police. protesters all across the nation made sure that ferguson and the county prosecutor's decision not to indict did not disappear into the holiday ether. today, as part of the hands up, walk out protest in more than 30 ci

over the past five years nearly half a million pieces of military equipment have been given to local policement, things like more than 5,000 humvees, aircraft, ammunition but what they found was glaring lack of consistency, training and community input in giving that stuff to police departments. now the obvious question is well if the white house is doing this study and they want more does the white house then see that militarization of police departments as some have portrayed it contributing to what's continuing in ferguson and the white house doesn't want to go that far to say they feel that was the problem but they said it is an issue that has been raised and, obviously, when the white house looks at the broader problem and that's what the house says it wants to do. it wants to look at the broader issue not just in ferguson or that region or that community but across the nation. it's apparent that's one area they want to look at. giving this military equipment and tens of thousands of rounds of ammo to local police. >> concerns we've heard echoed on the streets throughout the country wi

in late september 43 students from the southwestern state of guerrero were kidnapped by local police and handed over to a drug gang. more than three months later they're still missing. the students' abduction sparked an outcry of protests and violence. many demand he that penna nieto step down. but analysts say the demonstrations could have unintended consequences. >> the protests aren't against the drug cartels but the government. drug violence has divided and continued to divide mexico. >> reporter: unable to trust local police, jose rodriguez and other merchants decided to install their own security system. he hopes the surveillance cameras will bring him more peace and prosperity in 2015. regular mexicans he says is have already suffered enough. david mercer, al jazeera mexico city. >> if you would like to watch our series on four families, one year, as well as all the latest on the news and analysis, can you go to our website at aljazeera.com. is jazerra have now been in prison for a year. their crime, trying to tell the story of a turbulent and fast-changing he just a minute. i

local police officers what they did to put a smile on her face. >> also the clock is ticking for theistmas gifts and retailers make it worth it for you to wait. first new details emerging into killings of two nypd officers. >> vigils were held republicaning lives of officers and we're learning more about the man that gunned them down he was violent criminal with at least 19 arrest and we get more now from abc cecilia vega. >> open the sunday before christmas, new yorkers stand together on a cold night mourning the death of two police officers rafael ramos and wenj wenjian liu. >> the mother of one of the slain officers quietly praying next to a flowers and cappedlees marking the place where they died and you see chaos and shock a day earlier. two officers were hit sitting in marked patrol car brooklyn when a man walked up to the passenger side of vehicle opening fire striking both in the head at pointblank range. >> shots fired. >> shots fired. >> swat team chased brinsley into a subway station passengers dropping to the floor in fear. he then shot himself in the head. earlier that d

a few things i know, the role of the special prosecutor in local police shootings. ay we need special prosecutors. of course, police reform. also in st. louis municipal court reform, which is responsible for a lot of the abuse of the poor we saw in the aftermath of this terrible shooting. >> one other question i have, locally there is a new commission that's been created. mayor announcing a civilian review board. >> that's the mayor of ferguson. very low confidence any of us place in the mayor of ferguson. i think he's part of history that would be moved aside and i wouldn't worry about what he says is going to happen. >> and last question, is there any reaction so far -- we obviously saw a protest spontaneous by members -- by the way, we're looking at some of the protests of -- nationally there have been calls for people to walk out of school and work. that's what we were looking at there. any response to the st. louis rams members who protested at the game over the week snend. >> just the usual divisions. the people that support the protesters, the community of con

police departments have an inherent conference of interest with local prosecutors. that is not to say that they have teamed up to avoid indictment of police officers. it is to say that the special relationship that prosecutors enjoy with the police, after all, they depend upon pleased to provide information and often testimony cases that they handle who can't handle a police shooting of his wife and and impartially without bringing in a prosecutor from the outset. so when we look at the situation in staten island will look at the situation in ferguson, in the ferguson circumstance the outcome was virtually foretold at the moment that the prosecutor elected not to recuse himself over the requests of local individuals, and his record suggested that this outcome was predictable. it's not that way in every circumstance, but certainly it is enough of a concern that the approach that attorney general schneiderman took is one that we would recommend broadly. >> thank you. thank you all. >> senator blumenthal. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for convening this hear

the local prosecutors typically have connections with the local police departments, they work on it onar basis. local prosecute nurse a lot of places are considered law enforcement and considered a version of the law enforcement offers. they have a close working relationship. whereas the u.s. attorney's office is more separate from that. but a grand jury process, one thing that is not publicized well is many locale at thises have a local grant jury process inish to a federal grand jury review process and what we are seeing now lately in these incidents being publicized primarily because of media emphasis and renewed emphasis on media and everything being televised whether it was not before, we did not have videos of these incidents before. so these incidents have been happening, but they have not had a spotlight on them until very yes represently because of everything that is being filmed now and now they are on tv. but getting back to your question on that issue, that's one of the primary considerations is grand jury should we look at a local grand jury process, federal grand jury pro

they also want to ask congress for more money, more than $260 million, to increase training of local police and purchase some 50,000 police body cameras in the hopes at least of helping to answer some of those questions that in situations like ferguson oftentimes go completely unanswered. also they want to take a closer look into a review that they've already commissioned, the results of which came out today, into federal money and military equipment going to local police departmen departments. $18 billion worth. nearly half a million pieces of military equipment over the last five years, like more than 5,000 humvees, tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition, aircraft. that's contributed to what some see as the militarization of local police departments. the white house isn't going so far as to say they feel like that contributed to the problems we saw after the ferguson shooting. but they want to take a closer look at it because what their review has found so far is a glaring lack of consistency in these federal programs, as well as training and community input into using some of this equ

it's calling for better tracking of military equipment provided to local police departments and seeing $263 million for more training and for those body cameras we've talked about so police confrontations of people can now be recorded. >>> well, attorney general eric holder was here in atlanta for a first in a series of nationwide conversations on the ferguson shootings. he has opened two civil rights investigations into the case, as you know. he says the case presents an opportunity now to tackle issues that have long been ignored. >> as we've seen around the country, there have been large numbers of incidents in response to the american people -- not just in those areas but the american people to wonder what's going on here. what is it we feed to do differently. >> now, holder's appearance still drew protests, both outside and even inside the meeting at ebenezer baptist church where martin luther king jr. had briefed. it's important to note after the disturbance he said peaceful civil disobedience is what it's all about and, "i ain't mad at you." protests over the ferguson played out

es certainly they're suggesting these are best practices they like local police to do but the local policethem. it goes to the limits of pow other this particular issue. >> speaking of a strategy, president obama sat down for the first time since the decision was made in ferguson last night with b.e.t. as well as comedy central's stephen colbert. those are air later today and this evening. perry, when you think about the strategy of who he's speaking to because clearly this is a specific audience. you think about ferguson being one of the things that has divided this country more than many other things in recent history. what do you think was the thought behind speaking out to both of these places? >> reaching out to b.e.t. audience was obvious. the president wants to feel like he brought in some of the activists who are mostly black, who have been involved in ferguson. the white house wants to reach out to that community as well. the president wants to be the president of all people. and i think it's important one thing to note in the polling as well, is we're seeing, we talked about ferg

curbing use of military equipment by local police.ered high powered weapons and tactical vehicles and local police in the last year. the white house is standing by this practice and saying it could be useful, but many are looking at responses to protest and calling for change. the congressman from georgia sponsored the protest and to stop militarizing law enforcement. that is supposed to do just that. he defended this practice of disbursing military to really police and said these kinds of programs have been useful in contributing to assemble safety. is the white house wrong to stand by this? it would 1678ly restrict the transfer of surplus military rep ones great arms to state and local agencies. it does not ban them from a firing that equipment, but it stops the proliferation through the defense department from the battlefield to the streets of surplus military weaponry to reports that have not evidenced a need to have that equipment nor have officer who is have trained and know how to utilize it and when and how to utilize it. >> a

of a few things that are as bad an it as the federal government getting involved in state and local policeingoliceing each is. that is the wrong direction to take. dave: the direction this administration feels most comfortable federalizing healthcare, and federalizing local police forces. >> absolutely. i don't doubt they are heading in that direction. i give them credit for not jumping -- taking a knee-jerk reaction to public opinion as they seem to be inclined to do so often. this particular issue, military gear, that has a lot of the protesters spun up right now when a lot of people looking to capitalize and say that is a terrible idea because it militarizes the police force. frankly it is an efficient and worthwhile use of resources. we are talking again about taking decommissioned military gear and getting it to resource stretched apartments around the country. you can improve monitoring and protocols and procedures for doing that and managing that program. i would hate to see the administration as a reaction to public opinion from ferguson's a we have to stop that program because it is

law enforcement, but when local police lack adequate training, make poor choices or improperly use equipment, these programs can facilitate excessive use of force. those programs provide police with everything from machine guns, ammunition magazines and silencers to armored cars and aircraft. much of it military surplus. so vehicles designed to sustain explosions in iraq are used by s.w.a.t. teams in ft. myers and cape cod. after a series of meetings today, the president promised programs to bring police and communities together. >> part of the reason this time will be different is because the president of the united states is deeply invested in making sure that this time is different. >> reporter: the president is also asking for $263 million for community policing, including $75 million for body-worn cameras. a year-long test in california showed dramatic results. far fewer complaints of police abuse and use of force was way down. so what's next? attorney general eric holder is in atlanta tonight, the first stop on a nat

necessary.that's police departments have been inherent conflict of interest ish local prosecutors, that not to say that they have teamed up to avoid the indictment of police officers. say a the special prosecutors that enjoy with police, after all they depend upon police to oftene information and testimony, in cases that they handle, we can't handle a police shooting of a civilian in an icial way without bringing in a prosecutor from the outside' so when we look at the situation in ferguson, innd, in the fearing circumstance the virtually foretold at the moment that the prosecutor elected not to recuse ofself over the requests local individuals and his record suggested that this outcome was predictable. it's not that way in every circumstance. at certainly it is enough of concern that the approach that attorney general schneiderman is one we would recommend broadly. >> thank you all. >> thank you for convening this hearing. thank you for you extraordinary many, many years. go from theo just made,emark that you mr. henderson, because i think that the lack of indictment in garner case has

local police ruled the death a suicide. [ chanting ] >> reporter: no one accused the press of wrongdoing, but in an echo of protests at ferguson, and after the death of eric garner at staten island, hundreds marched to show that lennon lacy's life mattered. >> we know it was a hanging much the question is was it self-inflicted, was it a staged hanging or was it a hanging or lynching homicide? >> those questions might be answered after the fbi announced it would reinterim the local police departments preliminary investigation. >> there's a lot of question i would like aped. why weren't they. because of my race, social status. i want them apped. it could be a lot easier to have closure and grieve. >> joie chen reporting. snow in an attempt to repair its relationship with the community, the police department of new orleans strapped body cameras on the officers. jonathan martin has more. >> reporter: more than six months after the police department equipped the patrol with body cameras, there are questions as to how much they are used. >> we are concerned they are not recording all encounter

some local police are outraged by the cartoon.rial board meeting with area officers. >>> also -- >> reporter: why have you not seen the report? >> search for answers. a report is completed involving a woman who claims she was forced to engage in sexual activity with a local police supervisor in order to keep her job. today the next 10 investigators ask, where is that report? and what does it reveal? >>> that stubborn nor'easter that's been bothering us for the entire week is still producing snow showers. i'll let you know how much longer before the snow moves out and the skies clear in my exclusive nbc 10 first alert seven-day forecast. >>> then coming up tonight on "nbc 10 news at 5," the search for answers after a deadly crash. why pennsylvania state police are looking for more than one hit-and-run driver. >>> right now at 4:30, easy going on the roads in middletown, delaware. drivers taking it easy making their way around snow falling across the region. >>> take a look at this scene. looks like a winter wonderland in drexel hil

how significant is the federal investigations of these local police and local police departments? is this? >> well, it plays a huge role, for exactly the reasons we were just talking about. very hard to get local prosecutors to prosecute their local police teammates. the feds come in from a different perspective, and they have traditionally had a very, very important role in these cases. and keep an eye out on some of the cases we've been talking about. i don't think we've heard the last from the federal prosecutors with respect to some of these cases. >> and midwin, that's what a lot of people are raising, saying guilt or innocence, they want a fair process and they don't feel, i've expressed that, that the local prosecutors don't have a conflict of interest in a lot of these investigations. >> i mean, that's right. and no one can deny the fact that these prosecutors approach these sorts of cases with a different perspective. one of the things that i found the most shocking about the eric garner decision when the grand jury came down was the distance between the prosecutor and th

what the white house is doing now is asking congress for more funding for local police departments, more than $200 million that would include training and some 50,000 body cameras for officers, potentially answering some of those difficult questions in the future that are unanswerable in ferguson. and some are talking about the militarization of police departments. nearly half a million pieces of equipment given over the last few years, more than 5,000 humvees. but there's a glaring lack of consistency and training in these federal grants. the white house wants to fix that and get at sol of the roots of unrest. >> these are the kind of issues that i don't think anybody expects these issues are going to be resolved overnight. he recognizes not one presidential trip to ferguson is going to solve the problem there. >> and as michelle mentions there, attorney general holder was in atlanta monday night where he promised new guidelines to fight racial profiling. he spoke from a church from the 1960s civil rights movement. >> reporter: this is the first of what are said to be a series of commun

announced an executive order to tighten rules on the provision of military-grade equipment to local police, but vowed to leave the transfers mostly intact. attorney general eric holder announced new steps to curb racial profiling. he was speaking in atlanta. we'll have more on the protests and the obama administration's response after headlines. st. louis comic county police say an official with the st. football team has apologized after players raised their arms in the air before a game in a gesture of solidarity with mike brown. but the executive vice president of rams told the st. louis post-dispatch he did not apologize, but merely told police he "regretted any offense their officers may have taken." the lebanese army has to tame the wife and child of the leader of the militant group islamic state, which has claimed swaths of iraq and syria. the news comes as the united states has continued airstrikes against the group with at least 55 cents friday. meanwhile, a u.s. fighter pilot has died in a noncombat crash reportedly in jordan. the united nations world food programme has suspended

. >> reporter: supports the idea of police locally and nationwide wearing body cameras to promote trustansparency. >> is the chief of police going to show what happens -- >> reporter: when it goes wrong for them? >> yes. are they going to? if they do, 100%. that will change the face of the entire department. >> reporter: does it make the general public trust police more? >> we would hope that it would. >> reporter: we asked cherry hill police right now in the testing phase of body cameras if they are working to diffuse crowds in certain situations. >> people act differently when they're on camera. the same holds true for the average citizen and it holds true for a police officer. >> i think there's a mistrust, not just with local police. there's a mistrust with any part of our society where people have been disappointed by the actions of one person. >> reporter: this man says it will help root out a bad seed in any law enforcement organization. for chief monaghan, another facet to the program is choosing body camera technology that has an internal drive and cannot be manipulate ed by th

howng up at 6:00, learn classmates are remembering a local college student that police say was killed by her boyfriend. cooper erieca coming up, we will tell you the good news 0 >> classmates at cornell university are remembering a student who was killed on thanksgiving day. police say 23-year-old shannon jones was strangled by her boyfriend in an off-campus apartment. -- officers say he admitted killing jones after an argument. he's being held in jail without bond and is due in court tomorrow. a judge has denied bond for a virginia woman accused of attacking her former boss and his wife. sayourt today, prosecutors she poses a severe threat to employees of an arlington law firm. the judge previously denied bail to her husband, andrew. police say the couple broke into a mclean home and tortured leo fisher and his wife. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg returned to the bench today, five days after a stint was replaced in her right coronary artery. she experienced discomfort while exercising last week and she went to the hospital. doctors determined she had a blockage in the arte

police officer. shem walker is dead. nobody was ever prosecuted in this e that case. basically, no one is ever prosecuted. a grand total of three killings resulted in an indictment of local prosecutorings. and pres siesly one case was there a conviction of a police officer for killing somebody in the line of duty. and in that one case where there was a conviction, the officer served no jail time. the conviction was for negligent homicide, probation for 15 years. zero jail time. so, yeah, people are upset: of those 17 t people killed by police in the cases where the race of the person killed is known, 86% were reportedly black or hispanic. 86%. one conviction. 179 deaths. zero jail time. >> the mother of tamir rice who was holding an airsoft pellet gun. today, in cleveland, his mother spoke publicly for the first time. now, for context here in terms of understanding what she says, the family, mother who was speaking here, she lived just across the street from the park where her son was killed. he had been at the park she says, along with his 14-year-old material e sister. >> my name is samaria rice. and on november 22:00nd, about 3:30 p.m., reminding you that i stand righ

hiring an additional trauma counselor for the women's center and putting a local substation for police on campus. putting forward a training program for sexual assaults. and anonymous survey in the spring to determine how often students experience sexual abuse on campus. the university's only explanation for cancelling the appearance at the press club is the energy is best spent focusing on the community. with the police investigation into the alleged gang rape still going on, freewheeling exchange with the national media could come back to haunt the university and its lawyers. christine. >> joe johns in washington. thank you. >>> will he or won't he? jeb bush is talking about his plans for 2016. >> i'm thinking about running for president and i'll make up my mind in short order. not that far out into the future. i don't know the exact timeline. >> the former florida governor making comments on monday. in a preview of a possible campaign theme, bush is calling for more active foreign policy. bush says his decision is whether he can quote lift people's spirits and not get sucked into th

local prosecutors run for office. policenions are involved in either supporting or not supporting. a lot of different conflicting things that really makes people much more comfortable and the results, more fair, when you have outside people involved. that's why we call for federal prosecutor here as well as in ferguson, as well as in other cases. a week ago tonight, reach he will, i talked to you from right here at the action network where the parents of eric garner and his wife stood on this stage with the parents of michael brown from ferguson and the young lady from the young man gurley who was killed by police in a housing project in brooklyn saying we would stand together for federal prosecution. a week later, another grand jury has come out now in new york. this is a national crisis. it is a napt problem. a few of us in the civil rights leadership met with the president and the vice president on this on monday. we cannot just go from else to else, city to city. there must be a national response. the federal government

and then later today, they're bringing in police, community leaders, local politicians, faith leaders, for a broader discussion at some of these issues, how to strengthen communities around the country just like ferguson. so that's the president's agenda today. as he now begins to get involved. even though the justice department is still investigating. barbara. >> thank you, tracie. >>> for more on the president's handling of the situation, we're joined by carrie dann, a political writer for nbc. welcome. any chance he's going to make a trip to ferguson again? >> i think right now as tracie mentioned, there's still an ongoing doj investigation so his going to ferguson might be complicated that way. another thing is a presidential visit myself requires a lot of security, a huge footprint, a lot of cost. it may not be something the white house wants to do in this community right now. you're seeing him try to handle this from the white house, meeting with law enforcement and civil rights leaders from d.c. it was the attorney general who made the trip before, not the president. >> yes, co

the policy does not apply to local police or t.s.a. rkers. >> the guidelines come in the wake of anger sparked by the deaths of people by police. >> we can't afford to profile, to do law enforcement on the basis of stereo types. it undermines the public trust ultimately, but also makes us not good as what we need to do. >> in 2003, the bush administration barred profiling based on race and ethnicity. the new rules expand it to include national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity. law enforcement can consider cashing san francisco including race and gender when those match a suspect. the rules cover only federal law enforcement and don't apply to local police unless they are part of the federal task force. there are exclusions. the t.s.a. can still use profiling at airports. parts of u.s. cusps and border protection can profile on the southern border and other ports of entry. an f.b.i. program that collects information on the race and ethnicity of neighborhoods called mapping can continue. civil rights groups