in normandy. caratan by the accidents of geography is the spot where that must happen. it's not a big town. 4,000 people or so in 1944. it's located near, very low ground. it wasn't like that in 1944. but much of the land around it was inundated and many of you know it was one of the german defenses against the normandy invasion is to flood certain portions of normandy in hopes of foiling airborne operations and the like. caratan is the focus for what remains of the 101st airborne division in the aftermath of the landings. the 101st had been scattered around southward and in about the first three to four days after d-day their fight is a matter of capturing some of the key d-day objectives and then sort of for the commander putting together a coherent, cohesive entity he can maneuver. he'll approach from the north. he'll take his 327 glider regiment and envelope around to the right of caratan. this is soefg a busy map. but these are some of the better maps you're going to get in terms of accuracy

that is not part of the normandy landscape. whatever the germans left is a permanent reminder of the atlantic wall. those are the fortifications they built already in 1942, 1943 alliedns to stop an invasion. these fortifications were built by slave laborers. there were built very solidly, so you can't take them down. i understand that some of them are slowly sinking into the sand, but they are permanent reminders of the german presence there. as close as we'll probably ever get to a german or austrian museum in normandy. finally, yesterday, german chancellor angela merkel was in normandy at the 60th anniversary for the first time. a german chancellor showed up. schroder was there. you could say it has become a place of german conciliation as well. if you think about it, is quite astounding that in 1984, chancellor kohl was not invited. in 1994, chancellor kohl was again not invited. the story apparently was that chancellor kohl's brother was gravely wounded in normandy and later fell in france. for personal reasons, he did not

the biggest city in normandy and the perfect pivot point to advance out of normandy. also an inland port to help your logistics, to land supplies and people and whatever else. so, british general montgomery, 21st army group commander had hoped to have cannes the first day. after d-day. he will deny later in life, disingenuously and hoped to have it and, instead it takes a month. they are facing the toughest unit in the entire german army. one example the canadian third division will ultimately end up in a blood feud with the aforementioned 12th ss panzer division, a youth division, 16, 17, 18-year-old alumni of the hitler youth alongside hardened russian veterans. there will be the killings of canadian prisoners by 12 ss, most notably, at an abbey west of cannes, the western suburbs of cannes when the ss captures canadian prisoners, initially they shoot them, just almost out of hand. out of sorts, they head down on the eastern front at times. eventually they will collect them and take them to the abbey des jardins and one by one execute them, at least 25 are killed in

now you see a break-through in normandy in late july 1944. and the kind of mobile campaign the americans had always wanted. now doesn't mean that it's safe out there. there are powerful german units moving and retreating, trying to get out to avoid encirclement. >> the 2nd armored division on the even of july 28th and 29th will be in a road block position and run into a very powerful german ammored task force that leads to a confused night bat well significant loss of life on both sides. there's plenty much very furious fighting going on. from a bigger picture poichbt view it's to the american's advantage now. the germans are really in some trouble. on august 1st they activate the famous 3rd army under general george patton. you have two operator u.s. armies in play now. the 1st and the 3st and bradley moves up to be an army group commander of the 12th army in control of all the u.s. ground forces, and patton's 3rd army has a reputation for being very armored heavy because he likes mobile and mechanized warfare. this is precisely what they wi

army in normandy. when they take barniville on june 18th, what that means is the germans are now sealed off in the peninsula, mainly in their perimeter farther to the south. they may try to counter attack but they are mainly preoccupied with surviving and holding line. the focus of the army's efforts from june 18th all the way through mostly the rest of june is to get to shareborg. bradley lines up three u.s. army divisions up in the peninsula and speends them toward there i the second half of 1944. you will have the 9th division on the western coast. in the middle you will have the 79th infantry division, known as cross of lorraine division. they found in world war i. it is new to combat in world war ii. one of the things that's interesting is if you've seen many photographs of u.s. army soldiers from the normandy campaign is that during this phase of the normandy campaign you can instantly recognize a 79th division soldier. in most cases, u.s. army soldiers have a very tight pattern netting on their

that is 22 not at normandy, not able to reinforce normandy.isions 60 german at that time in northwest europe. there are 157 fighting in eastern europe. italy is a relatively small theater. theoristsh military jnc fuller in 1948 called italy tactically the most absurd and strategically the most senseless campaign of the whole war. but before too hastily condemning the strategists of 1943 and 1944, it is vital to ask what they could have done in lieu of invading sicily and then the italian mainland. there was not enough shipping to move roughly one million allied soldiers from north africa back to england or anywhere else. shipping is the narrow bottleneck through which all strategic decision-making must be made in world war ii. there is never enough. there wasn't nearly enough to move that african force back to england. warehouses, and the internal transportation systems are already overburdened from the 3 million americans who are gathering their, pouring into britain for the normandy operation. they cannot take a few hundred thousand more ame

over 21,000 americans killed in the battle of normandy. paris is liberated on august 25 which is the figurative end to this and from the larger point of view how we interpret the battle of normandy, it's the beginning of the end for germany it's not a turning point. the turning point happened earlier, stalingrad, other places like that. it's the pivot point. after normandy, the germans are not going to win this war. it's just a matter of time. but it also doesn't mean it's over now. there's plenty of hard fighting again so this is the beginning 60 an american military, economic, and political superpower that has now accepted that baton to lead this western allied coalition and in a longer view it's the beginning of a major american military presence in europe that will remain to this day through nato. it really is a seminal moment in american history. so the battle of normandy it's fair to say is probably the most significant in the entire history of campaign in northwest europe. thank you. [ applause ] >> we have time for two questions fo

and that's 22 not at normandy and not able to reinforce normandy.the way, there were 60 german divisions at that time in northwest europe. there are 157 fighting in eastern europe. so italy's a relatively small theater. the british military theorists j.f.c. fuller called italy tactically the most absurd and strategically the most senseless campaign of the whole war. but before too hastily condemning the strategist of the of 1943/'44, it's vital to ask what they could have done in lieu of invading sicily and then the italian mainland. there was not enough shipping to move roughly 1 million allied soldiers from north africa back to england or anywhere else. shipping is the narrow bottleneck through which all strategic decision-making must be made in world war ii. british ports, warehouses and the internal transportation systems are already overburdened in the uk from the 3 million americans who are gathering there pouring into britain for the normandy operation. they cannot take a few hundred thousand more americans. and as churchill pointed out ad na

and that's 22 not at normandy.y the way, there were 60 german divisions at that time in northwest europe. there are 157 fighting in eastern europe. the british military theorists, j.f.c. fuller in 1948, called italy the most tactically absurd and strategically, the most senseless campaign of the whole war. but, before too hastily condemning the strategists of 1943-'44, it's tial to ask what they could have done in lieu of invading sicily and then the italian mainland. there was not enough shipping to move roughly 1 million allied soldiers back to england or anywhere else. shiching is the narrow bottleneck through which all strategic decision-making must be made in world war ii. there's never enough. the three million americans who are gathering there, pouring into britain for the normandy operation. they could not take a few hundred thousand more americans. and, as churchill pointed out ad nauseam, the russians would have been very unhappy, had the allied force in the mediterranean remained idle after the summer of

army soldiers from the normandy campaign is that in this phase of the normandy campaign, you can recognizee 79th division soldier. in most cases u.s. army soldiers have a very tight pattern netting on their helmets particularly non-airborne soldiers. 79th had wide netting on their helmets in june 1944, almost to the point you wonder why it's even there, because you're not going to put camouflage ascrim n there or hold any cover. y when you see this wide netting in any picture you know it's a 79th soldier in the latter half of june, 1944. on the right side or really on the original landing coast near utah beach is the 4th infantry division or ivy division. they assaulted and took utah beach on d-day. this is a regular army unit that was new to combat on d-day and will soon earn a reputation for significant bravery and competence as well. three divisions basically advancing shoulder to shoulder. collectively on the command of 7th corps commander jay lawton collins who in my opinion emerge as one of the most competent of all u.s. army commanders in the european theater. he once commanded the

start of pulling their children out of normandy. it was a circle, a vicious circle. >> special accreditation would have the effect of staunching the flow of transfers. for those that wanted to leave it meant that the escape route was closed. chris mccast ce caskell is head of the school board. >> i don't think anyone set out to deny transfer rights or any way mitigate parents opportunity to make choices. the problem is you can't do that while also serving the 80% of the children who chose not to leave. clearly, this law, this tuition calculation, is unsustainable. any district in the state that ends up in the situation where the children are transferring out, will ultimately go bankrupt. >> reporter: desperate to keep her son in the school outside the district, marcia pearson joined the lawsuit to fight the action. in august, st. louis county judge ruled the school had to let the children at least those in the lawsuit to transfer. >> thank god i am relieved. it is the pressure, has been lifted off of me. i mean literally, the other

on june 6th, 1944 in normandy. many of the friends have been involved with this memorial from inception to construction to dedication. and we're privileged to continue to work to ensure the legacy the lessons learn and the great unity in this nation around the world and the sacrifices of all who served are never forgotten. to accomplish this mission, we we work very proudly with the department of defense and the national park service who take such good care of the mag nif sint memorial. this is truly a sacred place to come, to visit, to remember and to reflect and to kmem rate the defining moments of world war ii, as we're doing today. would all of our world war ii vet rare rans please stand or raise your hand so that we can thank you for your memorial. would you please stand and raise your hand? our nation owes you a debt that it can never pay. when these veterans came home that we just honored, they took off their uniform, they say rolled up their sleeves and, together, they built this strong, free and beautiful

to exploit that breech in a mobimoe bible campaign in normandy. the commanders is not good. the air commanders told bradly, though he will deny this later, that they could not, basically, bomb whosonly to the american lines. so if this is the u.s. line here, the bombers would ideally come other the german lines and drop their bombs. but if they do that, they're going to run a gaunt lent all along the german line there. plus, it's going to take them forever. hours and hours and hours to do this. they said no, we're going to come over vertically. straight over the u.s. lines and drop our loads once we're passed the u.s. lines. this is, of course, what happens. they come in from that direction. the drops are short. and there is loss of life on the u.s. side. ground commanders demonstrated great frustration because they had taken some hard one ground. and then the ground commander said great, i've got to go take that. even with that, dozens of lives lost. so bradly has to decide. this is a tough senior leader decision. should i unleash the bombing again on july 25 thd, knowing t

walking through that cemetery in normandy on june 6th, absolutely gorgeous day in normandy, and -- you know, i cry every time. i don't know who doesn't. because you just see, okay, well, he was 22. he was 19. he was 26. and it kind of reminds you the essence of the story. thanks, sir. yes, ma'am. >> good morning. this question comes to you from my 93-year-old father-in-law who was an officer in the 361st infantry. i will relay your answer to him. so please be careful. >> okay. all right. >> on behalf of my father-in-law and the thousands of allied troops who fought their way up the boot, through the gothic line, and up to the pogh river, can you elaborate on why you did not more fully describe their endeavors in your book? >> yeah. okay. well, tell him i'm sorry, first of all. >> i will. tell him that when you sign his book, please. >> i'll tell him that. right. tell him to write his own damn book. >> i'll tell him that too. [ laughter ] >> as an author you're constantly making narrative decisions. and yes, i know there's a big bloody campaign that goes on after the liberation of rome

unhinge that and that will compromise the entire position in normandy. what ends up happening is a slow and bloody slog. it's bad for tanks and vehicles. you can't provide much fire support there. bradly gains seven miles of ground in two weeks and suffers 40,0500 american casualties. so that makes it tough to use. it's turning into a kiernd of campaign of attrition. which is not really what either side wants in a way. it was a market coupleture. many times, it was invaluable for these reasons. it had been invaded by romans, by kings, bid napoleonic armies. you name it. obviously, the germans, in 1940. and all of those invaders in the old days, had wanted invaders throughout history had generally wampbted. domination. power. women. whatever. and, you know, the americans come in 1944. they don't want any of those things. they want to liberate the town. so what's supremely ironic, these most benevada lant of invaders do more damage, arguably, than all the others combined. the allied air forces had bombed on d day. it would be the natural place to go and co

normandy up by at least two touchdowns after the half. the parents there saying this is a shift. the parents of those players are saying, let's think about michael brown and how we can come together and make a difference. >> it's always been about michael brown setting and being a trigger for a national and regional discussion about something larger than that incident itself. and so that's where the focus should remain. and we should stay away from a lot of these districting issues that get away from what this whole event has brought about and unified. we have what i consider to be a rainbow coalition of support for justice in this case for transparency. i want to stay away from these other issues that tend to district away from that. >> thank you so much, appreciate your time. back to you, melissa. >> all right, thanks so much. >>> it is a massive floating garbage patch that's doubled the size of texas and it's only getting bigger. what's being done to clean it up. the researcher who first discovered it nearly 20 years ago will join us n

walking through that cemetery in normandy on june 6th, absolutely gorgeous day in normandy, and -- you know, i cry every time. i don't know who doesn't. because you just see, okay, well, he was 22. he was 19. he was 26. and it kind of reminds you the essence of the story. thanks, sir. yes, ma'am. >> good morning. this question comes to you from my 93-year-old father-in-law who was an officer in the 361st infantry. i will relay your answer to him. so please be careful. >> okay. all right. >> on behalf of my father-in-law and the thousands of allied troops who fought their way up the boot, through the gothic line, and up to the pogh river, can you elaborate on why you did not more fully describe their endeavors in your book? >> yeah. okay. well, tell him i'm sorry, first of all. >> i will. tell him that when you sign his book, please. >> i'll tell him that. right. tell him to write his own damn book. >> i'll tell him that too. [ laughter ] >> as an author you're constantly making narrative decisions. and yes, i know there's a big bloody campaign that goes on after the liberation of rome

from normandie my father went on belgium, holland . they followed the road of the unconditional surrender of the forces of nazi germany. later i got to know quite marshall, phil bernard montgomery, the general who had commanded the allied land forces i d-day. and the man who took the surrender of all germany forces in holland, northwest germany, and denmark on may the fourth, 1945, less than 11 months after d-day. by monty toaken spend a weekend with his hero, winston churchill, who had been prime minister. a very extraordinary privilege for a 19-year-old university student, i can tell you. later still i was appointed official biographer of the field marshal in three volumes. i was able to interview many of andreds of u.s. surviving british surviving commanders in the command. all serving under the supreme commander general dwight the -- whit the dwight d. eisenhower. abileneht me here to many years ago in the 1980's to do research in the library's papers. in many other libraries and archives. in 1998, i thought i should move on. i did

>> of course, really it is the first meeting, because in normandy it was very short, shake hands and more. now they have opportunity to meet face-to-face and to talk on all the issues that now are very hot issues between russia and ukraine. i think that the presence of european union, belarus president, and the kazakhstan president, that helps to create certain atmosphere for negotiation because poroshenko plan that he proposed in june is not acceptable absolutely for the people in the south and east regions of ukraine that are fighting him. now it is obvious that poroshenko should regard its -- his offers to -- to them according to the geneva agreement, that was reached in presence of foreign minister of the united states, and of course polish foreign minister -- >> and that plan you talk about, of course, is that 15-point peace plan that was put forward in june, but let me ask you about russia, because the ukraine is saying that ten russian soldiers -- they captured ten russian soldiers in his territory, and they were in fact on a special mission. so there is the argument that in f

d-day and normandy artifacts are relatively rare, certainly a well-known event, but finding, being able to receive this collection was quite a joy. we have a number of other materials in the collection, which is certainly one of our primary missions. it contains three dimensional artifacts, photographs, archival documents, letters, diaries i believe. so it's really a rich collection that will aid our ability to tell the story of world war ii and specifically normandy and the d-day invasion. the army comes from civilian population, and if the civilians don't understand or cannot learn what the army and military as a whole has done for them, then they will not be able to respect that force or even volunteer as well. the army has to know its history. the american public has to know its history, military history, so that future wars, future conflicts, future peacekeeping operations or even domestic missions can be learned upon and used to better aid basically in not committing the same mistakes. i would also say that it's an honor thing as well, a privilege to learn about the army's history

lambert's experience was more than just normandy. and we just had a wonderful moment right before the panel. i always like showing off the holdings here at the eisenhower presidential later museum so i was very excited to show mr. lambert, the 16th infantry regiment's journal from june 6, 1944, and asked him if he had read it. and he said he'd read it and he'd lived it. dr. guy stern, who many of us were fortunate to see in programs yesterday. dr. stern was born in germany in 1922. and was the only member of his family to have escaped and come to the united states in 1937. he was drafted into the u.s. army and sent to camp ritchie where he became one of the ritchie boys. the ritchie boys were largely european refugees who returned to europe and worked in psychological warfare and other intelligence aspects during the war. there was a recent documentary which we were also fortunate enough to exhibit yesterday that i hope you all have a chance to see at another time and following the war dr. stern became a professor of literature, i be

anniversaries. 50 years ago, congress passed the civil rights act. 70 years ago allied forces stormed normandy to restore liberty to europe. very prominent lawyer and supreme court advocate francis scott key witnessing the battle of fort mchenry penned "the star spangle banner." 225 years ago, our constitution first took effect. each of these anniversaries commemorate remarkable individuals pursuing lofty objectives beyond their own interests. in the case of magna carta, we commemorate something quite different. historians have debated for centuries the significance of runnymede, butat one thing seems clear. the individuals who met there were pursuing their own narrow interest rather than an heroic cause beyond themselves. the basic story which began long before the event to running the -- at rynunnymeade has been recounted by louis auto burg. he was a moving force behind the monument erected at runnymede. he wrote a good account in the 1957 issues of the "aba journal>' ." i will give a brief overview of the history. everything in england seems to begin with william the conqueror who was willi

president roosevelt's role in preparing the allied forces for the d-day invasion of normandy. he argues that roosevelt by pushing for earlier military operation such as the north african campaign insured the allied forces would be combat hardened and prepared for d-day. he is the author of a new book "the mantle of command." the dwight d eisenhower library and museum hosted this event which is about one hour. >> our guest rates with a great grasp of history. one of the best military historians on either side of the atlantic. the story is told with great intelligence and sympathy. he writes books that you want to read. these are only a few of the many examples of the high praise earned by this afternoon's keynote speaker, nigel hamilton. we are grateful to have them here with us today to mark this special d-day anniversary. professor hamilton is a senior fellow in the mccormick graduate school at the university of massachusetts boston .president is the author of an impressive and a very long list of books. them are multivolume works and most of them are biographies for which he

joining us now live from the normandy high game is msnbc.com report reporter. see you, amanda. >> reporter: hi. >> so what's the mood at the game and sort of in the community as folks are planning to come to the game? >> reporter: you know, the crowd may seem sparse now but it's worth mentioning it's nearly 99 degrees out here with a heat index that may go up to 107. but still we have crowds coming out in support. normandy scored the opening touchdown here. they've just scored a touchdown again. and the crowd seems to have this very uplifted feeling. now we started off the game with a moment of violence for mike brown, and i spoke to several students here who said he's been a topic of conversation in and out of classrooms this week. she said in her classroom they were -- teach wrers trying to channel any feelings of frustration or anger that students are feeling and channel that into an educational he can pern. she said they were told to write essays, to share their feelings about not only mike brown but also the police presence here and what it means to them a

. >>> in the weeks following the normandy invasion, allied forces used to drive the germans out of the peninsula and begin the liberation of nazi occupied france. tonight at 8:00, author john mcmanus talks about the allies, including the liberation of the important crossroads town of san low. >> bradley's concept is to redouble his efforts to take st. lowe which you see in the middle of our map. this is not a new objective to americans. they hoped to see it sooner than this. the reason it's important, and you'll notice by a glance of the map, particularly every road in normandy leads to st. lowe, it's a crossroads town. it's a market town dating back to ancient times. not a big place but kind of a communication and transport tags and market center for norman culture. it had been invaded many times because it was valuable for these reasons. it had been invaded, you know, by romans, by kings, by napoleanic and they had plunder. you know, stuff, domination, power, women, whatever. and the americans come in 1944 and don't want any of those things. they want to liberate the town. the most b

, 1944, farther down around the south and the west on the coast of france, around from where the normandy invasion had taken place, he's farther down with patton's guys coming in at that point, let me read to you what he received. he received what's called the award of soldiers medal. the soldiers medal was for somebody that was not a combatant but had done heroic things in combat. there aren't in of these that were given. and, by the way, let me add parenthetically -- and this might -- when i first encountered this data i didn't believe it. but further research underscores it. the highest -- the most highly decorated branch of the united states army in world war ii was the chaplain's corps. they even surpassed the army air corps which had enormous casualty rates. i mean, the casualty rates for the army air corps were phenomenally high. but per capita, the chaplains were even more highly decorated. for example, there were 2,453 decorations for various forms of valor for the chaplains. 2,453. those went to 1,783 chaplains. in other words, a lot of these chaplains had more than one. well, o

coming up the troubles allied troops faced after the normandy invasion. that's followed by a look of the role chaplains played in world war ii. and the allied invasion force in burma. >>> with live coverage of the house on c-span and senate on c-span 2, here on c-span 3 we complement that coverage by showing you the public affairs events and on weekends c-span 3 is home to american history tv with programs that tell our story. the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts touring museums and historic artifacts. the book shelf. the presidency looking at policies and legacies of our commander-in-chief. le lectures in history. and our new series, real america featuring archival fost and educational films from the 1930s

so last summer, when a bunch of kids from normandy wanted to go out to hopewell, parents came out inthey feared drugs and gangs and -- >> normandy is largely black, hopewell, it's mostly white and middle class. >> 98% black, poor. hope well is white, middle class. the white children embrace black children. but there's kickback because of all these laws. the real fear of these poor black people, you're going to come to our schools, rape our children and bring drugs and violence. that's still there based on little else. based on a skin color. it's not like every black child is a criminal, but we're still dealing with that. >> mr. wright, what do you think we're going to see? what's happened over the last 11 days. how is that going to change the politics, the perception, the kind of governance structure, not just here in ferguson, but all around north county? >> you have to remember race is a money game. as long as people make money off of white fear, the game will keep being played. people need to be educated. no one cares about what color you are, they care about how they can make mon

normandy -- yeah, river view has. normandy opens on monday. i think we've all got a lot of things to do to make sure those children have the opportunity to begin school. how do we deal with these long-range issues? we6 got to be doing a lot on those. that's not a simple question. but making sure we improve the quality and access to education and provide that opportunity for all our kids, the public schools are the backbone of our state. i do think it's especially challenging here with some of the issues that have arisen. >> okay. so we have heard now from captain ron johnson with the state police in missouri, and now we're hearing for a second time from missouri governor jay nixon. and we are going to come back here on the couch on "outnumbered" and talk a little bit and dissect what we've learned today. it looks almost, governor, you said this, it looks like it's morphed into a town hall meeting. >> well, i think it has. leadership by name is ron johnson. he has exhibited exactly what you want in a leader, calm, articulating the issues, being

officials have paid tribute to american, canadian, and british soldiers who participated in the normandy invasion. but the 230,000 african soldiers that fought under the french flag have often been forgotten. let's take a look at one last article. it interviews one of the veterans, a senegalese man. he's critical of the french answer, the fact that they forgot them. we have not had any recognition from france, and he is very critical of this. >> thank you. it is time for sports update. take a look. >> there was controversy in the final of the men's steeplechase at the european championships in zÜrich. the frenchman winning the race but disqualified before the final hurdle. that means kowal takes goal ahead of the other two. the russian successfully defended his title in the 110 meter hurdle. britain took silver with the favorite relegated to bronze. another was disqualified for running outside his lane. the frenchman produced a brilliant strike gold in the men's triple jump -- brilliant jump, the biggest in europe this year. p nor champion was five seconds ahead of the russian. he will r

practically every road in normandy leads there. it was a market. but a kind of a communication and transportation and transportation center for market culture. it had been invaded because it was valuable for these reasons. it had been innovated by romans, by napoleon i can armies. you name it. obviously germans in 1940. and all of those invaders in the old days had want ed what invaders generally wanted, plunder, stuff, domination, power, women. whatever. the americans come in 1944. they don't want any of those things. they want to liberate the town. as they see it. and what's supremely ironic and tragic about this whole thing, these most den neff lent of invaders at saint-lo do more damage, arguably, than all the others combined. the allied air forces had bombed saint-lo on d-day. why? because it's a cross roads and it would be the natural place the germans would use to counterattack omaha beach. so this creates ruins and kill miss french civilians caught in the muddle of all this and, of course, as the push for saint-lo matures into a major groun

school did reopen on monday, normandy high school where michael brown graduated.he case, though, in the district where brown was killed. nearly 12,000 students in the ferguson florissant district will remain out of school for the rest of the week. amanda is here from msnbc.com and she joins me now. first of all, how many kids are we talking about in this area? >> you know, there are multiple districts in this area. >> do you know? >> i don't at the moment, no. i attended normandy high school on the first day of school and the kids there were highly aware of the protests going on. it's really only three miles down the street from here and they really keyed into the social underpinnings and the racial tensions here. the teachers said that they were hoping to take this aggression or any type of strong feelings and turn it into an educational experience for these kids, hopefully writing exercises. they brought in counselors in case kids suffered any trauma, needing to talk to someone. but ironically there were state educators, alumni there cheering on the kids as they

. >> reporter: normandy high school's vikings took the field with heavy hearts, a moment of silence for michael brown, a recent grad. the team raced to an early lead. then dominated and won 21-8. >> he was a great kid. he was a graduate. he was in this program. and every day and every time we come to school here, we go to practice, we go to a game, we take him with us. >> reporter: ferguson also feels good today about four straight peaceful nights, as authorities move quickly following the protests to suspend two officers accusing them of offensive comments. dan page for remarks in 2012 seen on youtube including this apparent reference to his military service. >> i've killed a lot. and if i need to, i'll kill a whole bunch more. >> reporter: in nearby glendale officer pappert said i'm sick of these protesters, you are a burden on society and a blight on the community. >> we're embarrassed by this situation. again, it was very concerning, very shocking to us. >> reporter: also today supporters of officer darren wilson who shot and killed michael brown making their voices heard. >> we hav

normandy -- riverview has. normandy opens on monday. i think we've all got a lot of things to do to make sure those children have the opportunity to begin school. how do we get to these long-range issues? we have to be doing a lot. that's not a simple question. but i will tell you that making sure that we improve the quality and access to education and provide that opportunity for all of our kids, public schools are the backbone of our state. and we'll continue working. i do think it's especially challenging here with some of the issues that have arisen. >> my parents marched. my parents marched peacefully and not peacefully. didn't matter which side it was on. but they gave me a quality education in the city of st. louis. our city schools are closing, governor. you are the chief. you are the admiral, the head. why are our schools closing. why are they being boarded up and sold off? >> we'll get back to -- we'll continue our discussion because these are major issues. let me just quickly say that we see challenges to city schools. i don'

normandy, yeah, riverview has. normandy opens on monday. i think we've all got a lot of things to do to make sure those children have the opportunity to begin school. how do we get into these long-range issues? we've got to be doing a lot. that's not a simple question. i will tell you making sure we improve the quality and access to education and provide that opportunity for all our kids. public schools are the backbone of our state. and we'll continue working. i do think it's especially challenging here with some of the issues that have arisen. >> my parents marched peacefully. it didn't matter which side it was on. but they gave me a quality education in the city of st. louis. our city schools are closing, governor. you're the chief. you're the one. you're the admiral. you're the head. why are our schools closing? why are they boarded up buildings, sold? >> we'll continue our discussion because these are major issues. let me just quickly say that we've seen challenges in st. louis city schools. i don't mean to get micro about this, but as