i think that mark morial has very eloquently put it into words.hat i would say now the words are transparency. that's what people want. i think a sleeping giant has been awakened here. and i think that there's more training. if you look at the six officers who were involved in this most of them are in their 20s. they're young officers. they can't have been on the force that long. so i think transparency more training and also a sleeping giant has been awakened. and this is not about what freddie gray did before or what he was stopped for, because when you come in contact with police it doesn't matter if you're guilty of doing something or innocent that's what police are there for. that is their job. people however, should not die in custody -- in the custody of police if they are unarmed or if they have been taken down and all of a sudden they end up in the hospital with severe injuries. that should not happen. and so i think that's what the people want. i also want to address something that benjamin crump said. i do agree with him that this shoul

growing frustration among african-american leaders that not enough is being done quickly enough, mark moriale of the urban league says the u.s. is in a state of emergency of tremendous proportions, the president of the naacp legal defense fund says we are in the throeses of a national crisis. are we in the throes of a national crisis, what are you prepared to do about it both in terms of baltimore and the larger picture and what do you say to critics who say that since the death of trayvon martin you have not been aggressive enough in your response? and to prime minister abe, how important is a pacific trade deal to keeping the influence of china in check, both economically and militarily and do you agree with president obama when he says failing to complete a deal will simply further china's influence? thank you. >> before i answer the question about baltimore, i'm going to horn in on your question to prime minister abe. i've been very clear that tpp is good for american businesses and american workers. regardless of what china's doing. and we will make the case on the merits as to why it wi

mark l'oreal of -- mark morial of the urban league said the u.s. is in a state of emergency of tremendous proportions. the president of the naacp legal defense fund says, we are in the throes of a national crisis. are we in the throes of a national crisis? what are you prepared to do about it? both in terms of baltimore and the larger picture? and what do you say to critics who say that since the death of trayvon martin you have not been aggressive enough in your response? and to prime minister abe, how important is a pacific trade deal to keeping the influence of china in check, both economically and militarily? and do you agree with president obama when he says that failing to complete a deal will simply further china's influence? thank you. president obama: before i answer the question about baltimore i'm going to horn in on your question to prime minister abe. i've been very clear that t.p.p. is good for american businesses and american workers. regardless of what china's doing. and we will make the case on the merits as to why it will open up

joining us now is mark morial, thank you for joining us. the police union, we had live coverage they're making the case these six police officers who were apparently involved five of them are cooperating, giving statements to the police, one has not, which of course is that individual's right under the u.s. constitution. your reaction to what we just heard? >> here's the thing. there's a context behind all of this. and that is one, just last thursday the department of justice held a meeting at coppin state university in baltimore at which over 300 people showed up to voice complaints against the baltimore police department. number two, "the baltimore sun" documented in a 2014 article numerous cases of police misconduct police violations and the like. thirdly, the maryland state legislature just rejected an effort by baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake, just recently to amend the law enforcement officers bill of rights to give the baltimore police department stronger disciplinary enforcement authority. there's a history, there's a conte

also joining us the national urban league president mark moriale and tom quentis.senger from walter scott's car says he doesn't know why scott ran out of that vehicle. we've all seen the video by now but he also says scott certainly didn't deserve to die. what's your reaction first of all to the shooting. >> well basically, wolf what i saw here it's one of the those indefensible acts that i have seen. i don't like to make judgments until i'm privy to all of the facts in the investigation. but this one is pretty difficult for me to fathom something could be intree duced -- even if there was some type of physical conflict that took place at the time of the shooting walter scott was clearly regressing he was going in the opposite direction, he didn't appear to have any weapons on him, so i'm really not sure what possibly could have gone through this officer's mind of why he decided to use deadly force. >> do you think race played a role in scott's death? >> i can't answer that question. i do know that historically the criminal justice system race plays a part in a lot

i want to bring in a reporter from our nbc station in baltimore and mark morial thank you both for being with me. you shot some pretty amazing video of a wall of people pushing the protesters away from the police. tell me about that. did that surprise you? >> it did surprise me because some of those people were saying that they're bloods and cripps and they were uniting to work with the police to push the crowds back. it was a way to take back the neighborhood and show a positive light of baltimore. jose last night it was very peaceful in comparison to the night before but as toure was explaining to you, there was still pockets of people who were just causing trouble so much that police had to push them back, form a line and use pepper balls along with smoke grenades in order to suppress the crowd. this was located near the cvs pharmacy that went up in flames where looters went inside but also worth mentioning that there was a lot of positivity, there was churches giving out lunches yesterday and people cleaning up the streets trying to improve the perceptions but of baltimore on the nat

mark morially is joining us right now.there anything major you want to hear the mayor say right snow. >> i think the mayor has to demonstrate a path forward, wolf. she's got to ensure that she has a plan in place to ensure that the kind of disruption and looth doesn't occur while at the same time protecting the rights of the protesters to protest. she's got to articulate the details forward to deal with the underlying issues. miguel talked about them. they're related to the land standing issue between the police and the community in baltimore, to relate it to the lack of opportunity and high unemployment in baltimore. these issues have melded and merged and the reaction we see is a result of pent up feelings. too many people are being left behind. >> we're waiting for the mayor, the spokesman for the police department. if i interrupt you, you will understand why. >> certainly. >> i saw a quote that jumped out at me. you were quoted by a reporter in the news conference that the president had in the rose garden today. earlie

mark l'oreal of -- mark morial of the urban league said the u.s. is in a state of emergency of tremendous proportions. the president of the naacp legal defense fund says, we are in the throes of a national crisis. are we in the throes of a national crisis? what are you prepared to do about it? both in terms of baltimore and the larger picture? and what do you say to critics who say that since the death of trayvon martin you have not been aggressive enough in your response? and to prime minister abe, how important is a pacific trade deal to keeping the influence of china in check, both economically and militarily? and do you agree with president obama when he says that failing to complete a deal will simply further china's influence? thank you. president obama: before i answer the question about baltimore i'm going to horn in on your question to prime minister abe. i've been very clear that t.p.p. is good for american businesses and american workers. regardless of what china's doing. and we will make the case on the merits as to why it will open up

. >> morialle was a civil rights worker, a college vice president, and the first black, first lady of new orleans. but i already knew that. i married her son, markamily, the ancestry in color. >> so my children now know. >> they now know. >> that their great, great, great, great grandmother -- >> -- was an african slave. >> knowing can be freeing, but most often here it is painful. one of the last sights are these sculpted heads, replicas of 60 men beheaded for their role in a local slave revolt more than 200 years ago. but comings wants people to realize we aren't that far removed. >> you look at the papever and you see that some militant group has decapitated a french journalist. we wonder what kind of barbarians codo that. we did that. americans. we did that. americans with white skin. we did that. >> do you feel guilty? >> no. only if i don't do what i'm doing right now. over half of the people coming here cry, and i cry. >> you still cry. >> i do. and proud of it. it affects me. the injustice is there. you really can't do anything about it to change it but maybe you can change some of the effects of it. and that's what i think i'm doing. >>