in terms of missouri law, does this argument that mr. head may have insighted riots, does that seem to hold water? >> i think when you look at the idea of the incitement of a riot you have to look at selective prosecution. on the video jackson seemed to intentionally try to incite unrest so this idea of selecting michael brown's step father for the incitement of riot

scott's loss not a foregone conclusion, the scotts should have won the case and easily so under missouri law in the missouri courts. by the numbers, roughly 300 cases were filed in st. louis involving 239 lit gapts. slightly more lawsuits than litigants because some filed suit more than once. i've assembled 170 signatures. of these freedom litigants here from the case files, that we have been able to discover in the storerooms of the st. louis courtroom, i find this mosaic extremely moving because of what these signatures represent. these signatures were made by persons who were forbidden from learning to read or write by missouri law and this was the first time that they had ever held a pen. this is their signature indicating their agency. more than 100 times the st. louis circuit court responded to their claims with those precious words declaring that the plaintiff was forever free from their punitive master and all claiming under him. for the most part, these freedom suits were family affairs. whether the litigants sued jointly, in tandem or succession, most of these were clusters of fami

scott's loss not a foregone conclusion, the scotts should have won the case and easily so under missouri lawin the missouri courts. by the numbers, roughly 300 cases were filed in st. louis involving 239 litigants. slightly more lawsuits than litigants because some filed suit more than once. i've assembled 170 signatures. of these freedom litigants here from the case files, that we have been able to discover in the storerooms of the st. louis courtroom, i find this mosaic extremely moving because of what these signatures represent. these signatures were made by persons who were forbidden from learning to read or write by missouri law and this was the first time that they had ever held a pen. this is their signature indicating their agency. more than 100 times the st. louis circuit court responded to their claims with those precious words declaring that the plaintiff was forever free from their punitive master and all claiming under him. for the most part, these freedom suits were family affairs. whether the litigants sued jointly, in tandem or succession, most of these were clusters of famil

from the context of missouri laws you can see that chief justjust justin -- chief justice tauny was wrongerem0=ñ obligated to respect. in missouri, black persons had been tí0$vled to freedom by residence for 30 year. furthermore, black persons had the right to an attorney to redeem that entitlement. and the rule of law had held. that small degree of protection alone had been a remarkable thing. in the face of resistance from white slave holders, st. louis courts sustained a law for a vulnerable and friendless population. the chief justice's statement was hyperbole but danger hyperbole. after that no black persons could use the federal courts. did they have any legal rights at all?áyx chief justice taney saidy]mz no. it enshrined a concept of racial inequality that was not present in the racial terms in the constitution's language, despite passages about slaves and slavery that were pivotal to chief justice taney's argument. the sentence provided greater legal stability imposed on black persons through law and several state legislatures responded accordingly. there was push-back almostx2ú]

one of them asked questions about united states supreme law over missouri law.nfused. and we're really trying to get more information, but it was not forth coming. >> what's your reaction to the attorney general's response today saying that it's time to actually change the statute, incorporate the case law right into the statute? >> i think that's absolutely correct. it should have been done before this happened. >> susan mcgraw, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the state of justice in america. get to the terminal across town. are all the green lights you? no. it's called grid iq. the 4:51 is leaving at 4:51. ♪ they cut the power. it'll fix itself. power's back on. quick thinking traffic lights and self correcting power grids make the world predictable. thrillingly predictable. ♪ ah, ♪h it. ♪ push it. ♪ p...push it real good! ♪ ♪ ow! ♪ oooh baby baby...baby baby. if you're salt-n-pepa, you tell people to push it. ♪ push it real good. it's what you do. ♪ ah. push it. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insura

and gave a shout-out to your new twitter followers. >> actually, i'm not sure how the missouri law firmabout that. >> hopefully you won't get sued over it. >> they didn't sue us, so. they probably shouldn't. i'm sure we sent them some traffic for new customers. [laughter] >> but tweeting as much as you do, why do you do it? >> well, maybe one myth that i actually can dispel is that i generally tweet only once or twice a day. >> so you are way behind mark andreessen. you are not at 100 tweets a day. >> i am sort of between peter thiel and mark andreessen in my tweet volume. no, it's my one outlet that a pr team does not control for me to be able to just share my thoughts on the technology industry. >> i guess i wonder, like, why aren't you more scared? >> that might be partly generational. i mean, i grew up on chat rooms. i'm sure i will say something stupid someday that i wake up to in the morning and pull a donald trump or something, and then regret tweeting for the rest of my life. >> how much of it is strategy? >> it is probably less actually strategic than you might think. because m

one of them asked questions about united states supreme law over missouri law.y, they were very confused. and we're really trying to get more information, but it was not forth coming. >> what's your reaction to the attorney general's response today saying that it's time to actually change the statute, incorporate the case law right into the statute? >> i think that's absolutely correct. it should have been done before this happened. >> susan mcgraw, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming .up, the state of justice in america. right now, you can get a single line with 3 gigs for $65 a month. 3 gigs ... is that a lot? that's about ... 100 app downloads, 45 hours of streaming music, and 6 hours of video playing. (singing) and five golden rings! ha, i see what you did... (singing) four calling birds...three french hens ...(the guys starts to fizzle out) two... turtle...doves... i really went for it there ya you did ... you really, really did now get 3 gigs of data on one line for $65 a month. switch to at&t, buy a new smartphone and get

because by missouri law, an individual who understands him or herself to be the imminent victim of a felony, to be in imminent fear of bodily harm, has the right to respond to that in self-defense. the argument is celia, while she killed newsom, did so defending herself against newsom's commission of a felony, rape in missouri. here is the statute that is key to determining whether or not celia was in fact an imminent fear of being raped. let's read it together.

selective prosecution and it speaks to a vendetta against michael brown and his family. >> in terms of missouri lawforebids rioting if the person knowingly assembles with six or more persons and agrees with those persons to violate any of the criminal laws of the state. i think you would be hard press in that video to see michael brown's step father agreeing with people to incite violence, i don't know. how do you read that? >> i didn't see that. i don't see him agreeing with anyone to incite violence. anyone who looks at the context only minutes of the decision of not to indict the killer of your child, anyone would agree he had a great deal of emotion he was dealing with at the time. so the idea of prosecuting michael brown's step father seems like a vendetta to me. >> one would think even the potential prosecution would be adding earth know match to an already roaring fire in ferguson. >> this is it a provocative pact. there are clearly no elements of that law met on the videotape. yet we have a police department willing to pursue charges. if we step back and look at what darren wilson said afte

because by missouri law, an individual who understands him or herself to be the imminent victim of a felony, to be in imminent fear of bodily harm, has the right to respond to that in self-defense. while shent is celia, killed newsom, did so defending herself against new sums -- felony, commission of a rape in missouri. here is the statute that is key to determining whether or not celia was in fact an imminent fear of being raped. let's read it together. what are the key words here for our consideration? , unlawfully against her will. any woman, unlawfully against her will. how do you read this as it applies to celia? >> that makes the assumption the woman in question has will. no such role exists. i think that is why the court did not recognize her self-defense claim. >> good. so it is any woman against her will. i think one of the key questions here is that the court must implicitly resolve for itself before it instructs the jury, is celia a woman with will, a slave woman? >> [indiscernible] i think that is incompatible with the idea of slavery at the time. the slave order -- owner

concerns that you would reign in your tweets after deciding to go public, you tweeted a photo of a missouri lawm. and greeted your new followers. >> i'm not sure how that happened. >> hopfully you will get sued over it. >> they shouldn't. i'm sure we sent them some traffic. >> tweeting as much as you do, why do you do it? >> one myth that i can dispel is that i generally tweet only once or twice a day. >> you are way behind mark andreessen. not 100 tweets a day. >> i am between peter thiel and mark andreessen regarding my tweet volume. it is one outlet that my pr team does not control for me to be able to just share my thoughts on the technology industry. >> i guess i just wonder, why aren't you more scared? >> that might partly be generational. i grew up in chat rooms. i'm sure i will say some things that i wake up to in the morning and pull a donald trump or something, regret tweeting for the rest of my life. >> how much of it is strategy? >> it is less strategic than you might think. because my brain is all over the place. it is actually very representative of the random notions that i have.

pursuant to missouri law as is typical, no defendant is given the opportunity to testify at trial. defendant in 19th century legal culture is deemed to be too self-interested to give testimony. celia herself doesn't testify. many of the parties we have become familiar with do testify. they retell in a sense celia's story. celia's version of events. one of the things that becomes clear at trial while there are facts in dispute and we'll come back to a couple of them. the core of celia's story is never in dispute. there never is a question about a relationship. she's become sick and tried to avoid and to fend off newsome's sexual advances. ultimately by the court. this core narrative is one on which everyone comes to agree. celia is ultimately found guilty by a local jury. we'll come back to our discussion. seal i can't avoids the initial hanging date. she's been taken to a hiding place. who's responsible for that and how it comes about is one of the mysteries of celia's case. we know she's returned to the local jail. a new execution date is set. the state court of appeals hears prel

because by missouri law, an individual who understands him or herself to be the imminent victim of aony to be in the imminent fear of body harm has the right to respond to that

parks, missouri law is pretty clear.hat it basically says is that a police officer is entitled to take deadly force if he, quote, reasonably believes his life or someone else's life is in imminent danger. here is what darren wilson told abc news. >> at that time, i gave myself another mental check, i can shoot this guy? you know, legally can i? the question i answered myself, i have to. if i don't, he will kill me if he gets to me. >> mr. parks, doesn't what you just heard from officer wilson, doesn't that meet the legal threshold for an officer being allowed to use deadly force? >> well, chris, let's not confuse two things. number one, and i know we're going to deal with the issue of the grand jury's actions later in the show. however, that's a defense. whether or not his belief is reasonable. we believe, number one, there should be an indictment. there's enough evidence here that this officer should have been indicted. if you have issue or have that defense, which is fine, have that defense before a jury so the evidenc

i'm not finding under missouri law the use of that this statute in a very, very long time so it would surprise me if you saw criminal charges brought. ultimately this decision would have to be made by the prosecutor, mccullough, who was the subject of great controversy of the original case and he would have to make a decision about whether to charge or present it to a grand jury and that, of course, was a very controversial decision. so i suspect, though, in the end that nothing will come of it. it seems to me a lot of people would think maybe it's overreaching under the circumstances. >> why go there, paul? if i could interrupt you for just a second. if you were representing mr. head, how would you represent him? was what he said enough to incite a riot? >> well, having watched the film, it's -- it's very provocatively said and, you know, it's very hard to prove this charge because the law says that the words -- you have to intend through the use of the words to incite a riot or criminal behavior of some kind and secondly that usually you have to see that it actually did incite the c

licet a fairly low rate >> : happening today president obama discussing situation and person missouri and law enforcement officials and others like a house saying a the demonstrations review their programs like that by his military seller equipment on for some agencies >> : president also scheduled today several like rights leaders and challenges posted trust between law- enforcement >> : son never descends mayor james announcing person police force and will not receive a severance package >> : and st. louis post-dispatch resigned after the are receiving and it is his hope that there's his resignation will of the community he led back here shooting and services get cisco north beach one man injured a silicon valley gunman that should happen to 30 yesterday afternoon an argument ended with a six year-old man getting shot near columbus lighthouse street and injuries not life-threatening and people who live and work around there. and the normal shawmut but the other victim >> : was known very well and i'm sure they'd be all it would take instantly enough warriors self kill if you'll stop doing t

district attorney has come out and said that, you know, the laws in new york are different than the laws in missourid so he is bound we new york laws and must go to a judge to release some information, and it's unclear what kind of information he is seeking to release. in missouri, you know, the laws allowed them to release all the grand jury testimony. >> finally, is there any action that the new york police department can take independent of this grand jury or the department of justice? >> yeah, absolutely. as it pertains to officer pantaleo and even the other officer with him, they have both been placed on modified duety. they're looking into determining if they violated any n.y.p.d. protocols. the n.y.p.d. protocols say there is no use of chokehold allowed. it will be up to internal affairs investigators to determine if officer pantaleo violated that and then up to the board to make a recommendation on what kind of disminute he gets. it could be up to as far as him being fired from the police force by police commissioner bratton. >> pervaiz shallwani of the "wall street journal," thanks very muc

so i take it new york law is a lot different than missouri law when it comes to releasing this kind of information that was presented before a grand jury. >> it is very different law. and it's worth pointing out that dan donovan is not the district attorney for all of new york. he is only the district attorney for staten island. and for people who are not from new york, they may not be familiar with the politics of the city. staten island is by far the smallest and the most conservative of the boroughs. as you noted earlier, the grand jury in this case was a diverse group. but by the standards of new york city, staten island is clearly the most pro-cop area. in fact, lots of cops, lots of police officers, live in staten island. and i think the fact that this was a staten island grand jury and an equitied staten island district attorney may tell part of the story about why there was no indictment. >> we're going to take a quick break. we're awaiting the mayor of new york city, bill de blasio. he'll be coming to the microphone any minute. the panel will stick around. much more of our cov

general basically said in response to us, this shows that you have to change the deadly force law in missouriich is a law that predates, more than a 40-year-old law. predates the supreme court decision which changed the rules for all 50 states. now, you normally do not have to change your statute. what you do is simply incorporate case law into your law books, basically, which is what every state does everywhere. lawyers around the country i've talked to, they're stunned that any lawyer in a grand jury would ever present a law that has been overturned by the supreme court without including, oh, by the way, here's how the supreme court limited that law. the attorney general is outraged by how that happened. we asked them, is this the first time you've ever given the grand jury the wrong law to deliberate over? and their answer, which they finally gave us was they -- they cannot answer that at this time. so they don't know, apparently, if to take them at their word. they don't know how many times they've given the wrong law to a grand jury there. i suspect this is the first. >> and i would susp

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obama will convene a meeting at the white house, being discussing issues related to ferguson, missouri, including law enforcement. the mayor of ferguson hopes the city can heal and move beyond unrest. >>> it is sunday night and time for our regular look at the week ahead. tis the sen for shoppin season d giving. in all that help is very much needed, last year there 49 million americans living in households without food security. tonight we'll look at charitable giving and the holiday season. we begin with this report from courtney keely. >> black friday got its name because on this unofficial start to the holiday buying season, most retailers finally get out of the red and turn a profit. but while malls and stores swell with holiday shoppers it's not just the season to shop. for many it's the season to give. now the tuesday after black friday and cyber monday has also been given a new name. #giving tuesday was set several years ago, to inspire people to make a difference. the salvation army is in its 125th year with its red kettle campaign already underway. last year it collected $136 million in priv

are suspect with four counts of first-degree murder and that's the highest possible charge under missouri law> : comedian bill cosby remains under fire for sexual assault allegations more than 21 accused of sexual misconduct and one woman went forward with police on friday named judy and she says which is 15 customer to playboy mansion and molested her >> : now four years later she's ready to share her story to the newsletter is ready to share her story >> : they're just the people within their lives doing this for many years trying not to think about this. because what happens with their typical the think about >> : lapd in opening investigations of the claim selling caused before sexual battery and because we never charged with the crime attorneys have repeatedly denied many of the allegation >> : happening today from washington d.c. mayor marion barry will be laid to rest thousands of mourners is slated to attend the service and very served as washington d.c. mayor for many years and expanding economic opportunity especially among african- american business owners. also known for being arr

because pursuant to missouri law, as is typical in the united states in the mid 19th century no defendantthe opportunity to testify at trial. a defendant in 19th century legal culture is deemed to be too self interested to give testimony. celia herself does not testify, but many of the parties we have become familiar with do testify and they retell in a sense celia's story, celia's version of events. and one of the things that becomes clear at trial, while there is facts in dispute, and we'll come back to a couple of them, the core of celia's story is never in dispute. there never is a question about her relationship to newsom the long standing sexual abuse to which she's been subjected and even how with her third child, she has become sick and has tried to avoid and to fend off newsom's sexualed a ed aadvances even before striking him with the club. this story celia's own story is one that we see in parts adopted by the local farmers who have investigated the case, by members of the newsom family themselves and ultimately by the court, this core narrative is one on which everyone comes t

because by missouri law, an individual who understands him or herself to be the imminent victim of a felony to be in the imminent fear of body harm has the right to respond to that in self-defense self-defense. the argument is that celia while she killed newsom, did so defending herself against newsom's commission of a felony, the felony of rape or defilement in missouri. here the statute that is key to determining whether or not celia was in fact in imminent fear of being raped. let's read it together. " "every person who shall take any woman flauflunlawfully and by force, menace or duress compel her to marry him or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprizsonment in the pen penitentiary for not less than five years." "any woman unlawfully against her will." how do you read this as applies to celia? >> that makes assumption that the woman in question has will in fact. i know that as a slave that they are -- no such will exists and i think that's why the court did not recognize herself defense claim. >> good. so it is any woman

. >>> now to ferguson, missouri, where the law enforcement is now being scaled back citing improved conditions. jay nixon says the national guard is no longer needed in the city of st. louis and that its presence will be reduced in ferguson. county police officers will also stop working 12-hour shifts. governor nixon declared the state of emergency last month before violent protests erupted when a grand jury decided not to indict darren wilson for the shooting of michael brown. video showed head venting anger and grief after that announcement of no indictment at a st. louis bar is no longer supporting the rams after five players made the hands up, don't shoot gesture on sunday. in a facebook post, the bar said it will now back the chiefs because of the "bone-headed act." >>> meanwhile, an abc news-washington post poll shows americans are split on whether a grand jury should have indicted officer wilson. there's a clear racial divide with nearly 60% of whites approving what the grand jury did in its decision, and 08% of blacks disapproving. more than 50% of americans say they disapprove of pres

>> well i have to tell you, that our deadly force laws in the state of missouri are very broad. people say unconstitutional. we need to define better our deadly force laws. i do believe there are alternatives to death, even if someone does have a gun. but in this situation where this officer felt as though he was in a dangerous situation, he had to shoot the young man and it's unfortunate that he lost his life. and i wish that he did not. because people around america right now, are quite upset about the loss of black lives and black lives do matter. >> absolutely. all lives matter. we have to agree on that. but and i understand what you're saying about your law, for everybody else out there. an officer under missouri law, basically need only fear that he's going to be assaulted. because it's a felony and if an officer fears the commission of a felony on himself, he could then use deadly force. i would argue that's a very low bar, but by any measure here, senator, pointing a weapon at an officer is going to cause an officer to shoot if they have a chance. isn't that beyond any t

i got in a high-speed chase with state troopers of missouri and local law enforcement. i hit one of the state troopers head-on, trying to commit suicide. and i killed the state trooper. i got 20 years fed, and 5 years for escape. i got a detainer in missouri for -- >> open 11. 22-year-old caleb etter's physical appearance is a testimony to his many crimes, beginning with an addiction to methamphetamines. >> i was about 18 years old, trying to make money. took in some dope, in a bathroom the size of the cell and we had ether in the room and the lab blew up. burned us up. 67% of my body got burned up. i did about a year in the hospital. two years to recover and three years later i'm here in prison. >> etter is serving a combined 14-year sentence for assault to commit sexual abuse, assault on a peace officer and methamphetamine manufacturing. >> one day i'm at my girlfriend's house. they kept talking about how great it was. how you've just never been so high in your life. stayed up 15 days off a trip. someone said some choice words to me i didn't like, did some things i di

missouri. with public trust in law enforcement eroding the u.s.of justice has announced new guidelines aimed at limiting racial profiling. the revised policies prohibit profiling based on gender, national origin, religion, sexual orien station, race and ethnicity it applies to all officers and federal investigations. >> the best interaction that we have with the public is we are most effective when we don't do things on the basis of stereo types, when we look at that other factor. we look at things holistically and come up with ways in which we use the resources that we have. >> reporter: that means government agencies like the fbi, would no longer be ab able to consider religion or national origin when conducting investigation are investigation. but under the new guidelines racial profiling will still be tolerate today law enforcement during airport screenings or agents patrolling u.s. ports and the united states borders. it's argued the new guidelines disproportionately target latinos and rei think plus minoritys? >> this announcement does nothi

missouri situation. he will meet with his cabinet to review federal programs that provide military style equipment to law enforcement agencies. the president will also meet with young civil rights leaders to discuss the relationship between law enforcement and communities of color. >>> the supreme court is taking it first look at the limit of free speech and social media. the justices will hear arguments in a case involving pennsylvania resident, convicted and sentence today three and a half years in prison for making threats against his now ex-wife on facebook. he maintains he was not serious. >> the biggest on line shopping day of the year is underway. today is cyber monday, when consumers are expected to find the deepest discounts on apparel, electronics, health, beauty products. the research firm, come score, expect on line shoppers to spends two and a half billion dollars today alone. cyber monday has been the biggest on line shopping day of the year since 2010. >>> that computer going to get a work out today? >> i've already dipped into that cyber shopping, oh, ya. >> much more to cover on cbs-3 "e

they see police around, we had to assemble law enforcement for missouri. don't stay there enabling these people. now, i have gone out of my way to be fair and sympathetic i think you know that i think you know i have. i'm very disturbed by the stepfather, a man named louis head who called for the burning of ferguson, missouri, i'm not going to play the sound bite again. everybody saw it you said he was emotional. i think you are right. absolutely right. than is not an excuse. so now, now i'm looking at mr. head and maybe others around michael brown andsaying e was this teenager given? i don't know whether you know this but louis head had, his stepfather is, a convicted drug dealer twice. did you know that? >> i was not aware of that, no. >> he has got two trafficking in narcotics convictions. and he served five years in the penitentiary in st. louis in missouri. i'm worried about this whole story that it's not getting out what happened here, counselor. i don't think we know what the family -- and i don't think we know the pernicious influences on mr. brown

the president's proposal for law enforcement nationwide in the wake of ferguson, missouri. >>> more falloutin the wake of more sexual allegations. >>> and a real-life hollywood whodunit. a hacking investigation with one unlikely suspect. this is "way too early." >>> un-likely. hi, everybody, good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it's tuesday, december the 2nd. welcome to "way too early." the countdown is on for our christmas party tomorrow. you're all invited. we even have an ugly christmas sweater over there. on gabriel. he's a day ahead. but we're very excited. i want to get straight to our top story. we begin with what's taking place in washington where the white house is proposing a series of law enforcement reforms in response of the unrest in ferguson, missouri. president obama is asking for $263 million over three years for additional training of police officers and other resources. that includes $75 million to purchase up to 50,000 body cameras f

missouri. he will also meet with government and law enforcement officials on strengthening and building neighborhoods. finally the president and cabinet almost exam federal programs that will give military style equipment to law enforcement agencies. the mayor of ferguson, missouri says darren wilson did not get a severance package as he resigned from the ferguson police force. wilson resigned over the weekend and the mayor says steps are being taken to improve the community's relationship with the police department. >> it's a time for the city of ferguson to begin its healing process. and the citizens with the city of ferguson and the police department. >> wilson's lawyer says threats have resigned. >>> back here at home city and spiritual leaders in oakland calling for an end to the recent surge in violence and vandalism. >> last night people gathered at a prayer service. talking about last week's protest that left several downtown businesses damaged. a 16-year-old who said he rent lie finished a leadership course says the recent events made him want to become a police officer. >> i don't really li

his cabinet and then with civil rights leaders, elected officials, clergy, and law enforcement officials. >>> in missouri the 16-member ferguson commission will hold its first public meeting. all of this as supporters of michael brown are encouraged to stage walkouts across the country. nbc's ron allen has the latest. >> reporter: darren wilson, 28 and recently married to another ferguson police officer, expecting their first child, is no longer with the police force. wilson has been getting death threats, according to his attorneys, who also say he made his decision to resign minutes after hearing from the police chief that others could be in danger. chief jackson would not go into details about the threats. >> were there threats to the department and him as well? >> there have been. >> you take these seriously? >> absolutely. >> what made them credible? >> who's making the threat and their capabilities to carry it out. that's what has to be assessed. i don't want to go into the analysis. >> are they still out this? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: in a letter wilson said, it is my hope my resignation will allo

of his cabinet and then with civil rights leaders, elected officials, clergy and law enforcement officials. >>> in missouri, the ferguson commission will hold its first public meeting. all of this as supporters of michael brown are encouraged to stage walkouts across the country. nbc's ron allen has the latest. >> reporter: darren wilson, 28 and recently married to another ferguson police officer, expecting their first child, is no longer with the police force. wilson has been getting death threats according to his attorneys, who also say he made his decision it resign minutes after hearing from the police chief that others could be in danger. the chief would not go into detail about the threat. were there threats against the department and him as well? >> there have been. >> reporter: you take them seriously? >> yes. >> reporter: what makes them credible? >> who makes the threat and the capability of carrying them out. >> reporter: are they still out there? >> yes. >> reporter: in a letter, wilson said it is my hope that my resignation will allow the community to heal. the mayor echoed that sentiment. >>

. >>> president obama will meet today with his cabinet and law enforcement officials in ferguson missouri after officer darren wilson resigned amidst dead threats to him and other ferguson bailiffs. more now from suzanne mcginnis. >> in states across the country calls for justice for slain teenagers michael brown continue even after darren wilson resigned. >> his resignation doesn't mean anything to me. the purpose for him resigning was because he could not work after what he had done. >> demonstrators forced a busy interstate to shut down. pro teasiors in new york raised their voices as well after a grand jury decided not to indict wilson. with demonstrators five st. louis rams struck the hands up don't shoot posture angering police saying it is unthinkable that hometown athletes were perpetuity einartive that has been disproven over and over again. amid the tensions president obama meets to discuss ways to build trust between police and the communities they serve. brown's family says changes must begin immediately in ferguson. >> we have to get police officers who are not like the shoot

is that president obama will discuss the situation in ferguson, missouri with his cabinet, civil rights leaders and law enforcement officials today. in fact, young civil rights leaders will talk with him about the mistrust between law enforcement and communities of color. the white house says there will be discussions on federal programs that provide military style equipment for law enforcement agencies like was seen in ferguson. >>> the st. louis police group is now calling on the nfl to punish five st. louis rams players who stood with their hands raised before trotting onto the field. with the don't shoot gesture, protesting the fatal shooting of michael brown. the players say they hope something goodwill come out of their action. >> the violence starts, a lot of violence going on in st. louis. we definitely hear about it all and we just want it to stop. you know, we figured we have got a little bit of time, so like i say, we just want something positive overall to come out of it. >> the nfl said it was unaware of the plan. the police union was profoundly disappointed with the players who chose to i

. >> if the measure pass it is law could become tied up in court a long line of men continue to wait on their fate. >> ten states including texas, missouri, have some sort of confidentially law and man who jumped over the white house fence and made his way inside has been found confident to stand trial. a judge today accepted a report saying that he is mentally competent. a christian university admits it blamed the victims for being raped the new report from bob jones university, is next. and growing concerns about super bugs, disease, that become resistant to drugs jake ward explains how bacteria are getting better by fighting back. a new survey says only a small number of campus sexual assault victims ever go to the police. the department of justice released a report that exams why rape victims don't report their assault. 80% never report the incident to police. 26 believe the incident is a special matter, and is not important enough to bring to the attention of police. 20% fear retaliation if they report the assault. this as a christian university admitted today that it has failed to uphold it's core values. a new report says bob jone

missouri. the attorney general basically denigrates all of law enforcement and the president, the president is denigrating american society as racist. how do we get beyond it? >> with better and more effective leadership that we're not getting right now out of anybody in washington, d.c. it's pretty obvious that ferguson, missouri, what happened in new york as you indicated, tragic situations. these are not a microcosm of anything. those are local stories, those are for local communities to deal with. it's just getting real tiring for me and for many other officers who put this uniform on to be used as a battering ram, if you will, and try to use us to describe what's wrong with america. the police are not the problem in america, lou. the police are one of the few things left that's right with america and we ought to begin extolling the honor, the courage, the integrity like we do during law enforcement officer white. president obama and eric holder go down to that law enforcement memorial wall, where there are the names of over 20,000 law enforcement officers who have sacrificed their lives i

law enforcement. ofators claire mccaskill missouri and kirsten gillibrand from new york testified as advocates of sexual assault victims. other witnesses included southern oregon university assistant director of student support and intervention angela fleischer, cornell university police chief cap these owner, and the executive director of the sexual assault and trauma center. this is two hours and 45 minutes. >> we will be joined shortly by senator gillibrand as well to make brief remarks. and senator graham is expected to join us. he is the ranking member on this committee. senators mccaskill angela brent have worked tirelessly to shed of sexualhe scourge violence both on our college campuses and in our military. senator mccaskill and senator cosponsorse the lead and had works very very hard to develop, along with senators gillibrand, grassley, and others , legislation that makes comprehensive changes in the area of campus sexual assault. we hope this hearing will help inform their work. i would like to acknowledge as well the commitment of chairman leahy who last year shepherded the violence against

lawful command. and the ferguson, missouri, to back off. and the case in new york, you know, you're under arrest. once a law enforcement officer gives that command, whether a person agrees with it or not, you are obligated to comply with that officer's commands and demands to take you into custody. there was resistance. it wasn't as aggravated in the garner case, i get that, but it's still resistance. but like i said, when an officer has to use force, i expect it to be reasonable, aggressive and effective. >> describe a takedown because everyone knows i talk about it a lot. i'm a student of arts. i understand chokeholds, go for two carotid arteries, trachea or -- may sound technical, but the reality is there is a legal distinction. do you see a headlock or chokehold? >> well, you know, there's different angles to that video. and that's the problem with it. i don't really want to get into whether it was a chokehold or headlock. >> it matters. >> i find it problematic after they got the guy in custody they didn't perform some sort of, you know, check on him, make sure he's breathing and so on and so

peacefully when they see that stuff happening they see police around, we have a symbol of law enforcement in missourict police to handle that, but they still wanted to voice their concern -- >> they can voice it somewhere else at another time. but don't stay there enabling these people. now, i've gone out of my way to be fair and sympathetic to the brown family. i think you know that. i think you know i have. i'm very disturbed by the stepfather, a man named louis who called for the burning of ferguson, missouri. i'm not going to play the sound bite again. everybody saw it. you said it was emotional. i think you're right. absolutely right. but that doesn't -- that's not an excuse. so now, now i'm looking at mr. head and maybe others around michael brown and saying what kind of an example is this teenager given? i don't know whether you know this, but louis head, his stepfather, is a convicted drug dealer twice. did you know that? >> i was not aware of that, no. >> yes. he's got two trafficking and narcotics convictions. and he served five years in the penitentiary in st. louis in missouri. i'm worrie

we also have more resources than probably the entire state of missouri when it comes to law enforcementicers. just in the nypd alone. so we have the resources, we have the experience, we have the training, and hopefully it doesn't come to that. hopefully the protests are peaceful. people have a right to express their opinion, voice their opinion, let them do so. if it gets violent and out of hand. the people have to be held accountable. i want to clarify the video. during the ferguson protests but in new york city. bernie, i remember when i had the pleasure of chatting with you. it was somber times, to put it mildly, after 9/11 you put high priority not only keeping the peace but showing new yorkers trying to get back to their everyday lives. a lot easier said than done. now many have already questioned why local law enforcement have gone ahead with plans the christmas tree lightening and rockefeller center. i don't see a problem with that. i think that should go on and be continued. i guess the fear would be that it would become needlessly agitated night. do you agree with that? >> i t