st. louis county. anyway, none of you talked about the behavior of majorities. so in prince george's county where i live now, where it is majority african-american, it is the majority african-american electorate -- i mean, people in office. anyn't think there were non-african-americans on the ballot where i live except at the state level. part of this is this generalization of people of color. i think we have to realize that , the expectation that we are going to be able to barriers whenny we are such a small percentage of the population, this whole generalization of people of color -- i just want to ask one other question. when you talk about recruitment, one of the things that troubles me is that -- the money issue, which you did not talk a lot about. a lot times, you want young people to volunteer. a lot of african-american kids are not in the position to volunteer to work unpaid internships long-term, to do any of that kind of thing. some of it is the policy of organizations that don't really consider the communities they are working with. so if you could ju

st. louis county grand jury is leaking more and more by the day. the "st. een the primary recipient of the biggest leaks of the day, beginning with the official st. louis county autopsy of michael brown, which was posted on the newspaper's website late last night. and then followed today by an article that the "post-dispatch" calls, quote, the most detailed account of officer darren wilson's version of the august 9th event, which reads, as if dictated by officer wilson's criminal defense lawyers. the official autopsy appears to be consistent with the autopsy commissioned by michael brown's family, which was made public eight weeks ago. one minor difference is that the official autopsy, which was the first of the three autopsies conducted was able to determine that one of the bullets that hit michael brown was fired at close range. the "st. louis post-dispatch" submitted the autopsy report to two pathologists who are not involved in the case for their interpretations. the st. louis medical examiner, michael graham, who is not part of the official investigatio

st. louis county jury got it. you had the st. louis county police that got it, and you got the st. uis county prosecutor's office who actually requested the autopsy. and very quickly, lisa, i'm going to go through some of what they're saying about it. you have the police department saying our department did not leak any of the information. they're saying they didn't do it. you have a former st. louis county police chief saying it's no accident. and he says that the feds are allowing the information to coordinate leaks to the media and start getting some of the facts out to kind of let people down slowly, you know, presuming there won't be a prosecution. then you have a former st. louis mayor and former st. louis police chief saying if i were sitting in government in some sort of higher place, i might say, let's strategically string this out so the public will have at least been prepared. and two more real quick. darren wilson's attorney saying we're not responsible for the leaks to the media, including those in the dispatch and the "new york times." and lastly, the justice departmen

st. louis county, it reinforces the believe that the fix is in. a lot of people in high authority are in on it, somehow. i think it was really necessary for us to conduct this investigation in a way that actually restored people's faith in the process. to make people believe that there is a way for both sides to we a fair shake, and that will see real justice. i think the exact opposite. the exact worst possible scenario is such a vital and important case is decided, ultimately, behind closed doors in a secret grand jury process. i think that does not bode well for the future and really for the healing we have to do in our city. >> former st. louis county police chief tim fitch has said in interviews the grand jury leaks can be beneficial because "it's not a surprise to people" when a decision is announced. i want to turn to fitch speaking on kmox newsradio. >> i think what you're seeing them do is coordinate leaks to the media and to start getting some of the facts out there to let people down slowly. i think they recognize that it is probably un

st. louis county medical examiner's office, the official autopsy report was leaked to "st. s dispatch." we did get ahold of the copy of the autopsy and confirmed with the county official who has information and privy to information of this investigation, that it is the official copy. that is an accurate copy of the report. in that report it talked about, couple of things that have set people off here. one it talked about the wound to michael brown's hand. what experts say it showed. there was a struggle. proven at the patrol car. the other one is causing much more trouble. it has the to do with, forensic evidence that could show whether or not michael brown's hands were up as he was being shot. we showed the autopsy report to a forensic expert who took a look at it, every detail. and he told us -- as have two other forensic experts, that it does not appear from the entry and exit wound on michael brown's body that his hand were up while he was being shot. what it does not tell you, is whether or not, between those lulls, a lull between the time that was quiet, first time he

st. louis county police, or st. louis county prosecutor's office.ok at a limited subset. but the very troubling thing about these leaks, it's not just that the information is sort of seeping out, it's how -- what is insidious about the leaks is how it's reframing the debate because not only do these leaks all corroborate officer wilson's account of the events, look how they've shifted the focus of the debate. it's focusing on what happened in the car. and yet the fatal shots were fired when he was outside of the car, probably moving away. and so he did not have the right to use deadly force because, at that point, officer wilson would not have been in imminent danger, would not have been in imminent danger to others and yet the focus shifted on whatever happened that struggle that went on in the car. and that plus the leak about marijuana use, relevant because we know when you use marijuana you become violent. >> and so few people use marijuana in this country. >> right. >> just to underline that point, mark, i think your point about the nature of t

st. louis are going to give equal justice to their child. >> reporter: we spoke to the st. louis countyr's office, local police, and the justice department, and they all say that the leaks didn't come from them. meanwhile, scott the grand jury has until january to come to a decision. a local prosecutor says it could happen as early as mid-november. >> pelley: vladimir, thanks very much. much of the u.s. is witnessing a rare event at this hour, a partial solar eclipse. this is a live picture from griffith observatory in los angeles. those are sun spots that you see right down there in the middle of the sun. in this time-lapses picture it appears as if someone or something is just gobbling up chunks of the sun but, of course, what you're seeing is the shad oast moon as it passed between the earth and the sun. in a moment, writes, or rails. desperation, inspiration. i have a cold with terrible chest congestion. better take something. theraflu severe cold doesn't treat chest congestion. really? new alka-seltzer plus day powder rushes relief to your worst cold symptoms plus chest congestion.

st. louis county government. there could indeed be big changes afoot. >> i think it's pretty clear that the need for wholesale change in that department is appropriate. exactly what the forms of that change will be i think we'll wait until we complete our inquiry. >> holder also expressed his frustration with the recent spate of leaks around the grand jury charged with deciding whether to indict officer wilson. >> i've said i'm exasperated. that's a nice way of saying i'm mad. because that's just not how things should be done -- >> what can you do? >> whatever the sources of the leaks are need to shut up. >> those leaks seem to prepare the public for the possibility, some would say, frankly t inevitability that they will not indict officer wilson. with the growing sense among many that there won't be an indikt. everyone including the superintendents of seven area school districts who, get this, signed a letter to prosecutor bob mcculloch asking him not to announce the decision about an indictment during school ho

st. louis county, but usually prosecutors present themselves as advocates for the victim's family. mcculloch has not communicated extensively with this family. he doesn't appear to be somebody who believes this should be prosecuted. it does appear that he's driving toward the result of not prosecuting darren wilson. >> and the unusual thing of not even outlining what charges he wants the grand jury to consider. >> exactly. >> he said i want to give them the evidence and let them decide, which is unheard of. >> it's unheard of. and we don't know what he's saying in the grand jury proceeding. he could be in there phoning it in. the family and the community would need to have faith that the case being presented and being presented with fashion and whole-hearted belief in the case. when a prosecutor doesn't believe in their case, it shows in the way they try it and present it. many people in the community and certainly the family don't believe this prosecutor believes there's a case. >> some positive news comes out of the tragedy, voter registration has soared in ferguson since the dea

st. louis county department, waiting to hear back from them.ack a political commentator and also others with us. first let me -- is this coming from washington? be honest about it. >> it feels like it. there's so much international, at this point, international scrutiny on ferguson. they had to do something. whether they're right or wrong isn't the issue. it's the appearance of being unresponsive. that's the problem. >> mark o'mara, will this help things out in this situation in ferguson? >> the animosities that existed in ferguson were way before mike brown's shooting, justified or not. obviously a lot of animosity because of the way the neighborhood reacted. unfortunately the leadership in the police department has to change. if he's the sacrificial lamb to get it started it has to be. fergs han to move forward and it doesn't seem they can move forward with this police chief in place. >> do you agree with that mel robins? >> i do. it's interesting, mark o'mara will agree with me, mark represented george zimmerman and i was there covering it f

st. louis county, prosecutor saying, nothing has been leaked.n't know where the information is coming from. so with everything that is out there, how is the grand jury going to sort this out if these, what they say has been reported is indeed true? >> i think the grand jury. you are under oath. little different than witnessed accounts. people just standing around saying, hey this happen. whatever happened. you have got a, people that have various agendas. and you don't know what they are. i'm not saying they're necessarily malicious. i'm saying you don't. that is not the place where you are going to necessarily get the truth. under penalty of perjury. potential to go to jail the i would hope the justice system, vets itself out. >> what do you mean people have different agendas. >> people have this idea, police are corrupt. they are corrupt. all police are not corrupt. you have that fact. you have, dorian johnson, had a little skin in the game. i am not trying to impugn his testimony necessarily. i am saying you jauunderstand trying to slant it.

st. louis county police department could potentially be taking over the ferguson police department. where darren wilson came from, the jennings police department were taken over by the st. louis county police department, as well. >> tom, who would have jurisdiction if the police chief were to go and they needed control from the outside? >> the city can make a deal with the county and have them take over. many towns across the country, when policing became too expensive, contracted with the county or the state police to take over. so they could go to st. louis county. >> missouri, like a lot of states, has these small police departments that are overmilitarized, undertrained, and frankly, not doing as good a job as perhaps big city police departments do. >> there are 60 of them in st. louis county alone. >> which is uneconomical and doesn't make any sense. so if this crisis could be used as an opportunity to consolid e consolidate, that might be a good thing. >> the grand jury will come out with a decision by mid november or so. are you getting any evidence they may be going as far a

st. louis county grand jury investigating the killing of michael brown is leaking more every day. we now have the official st. louis county autopsy report that's been leaked and speculation has been running wild in the media about what that report means. and in another report from a single anonymous source in the st. louis post dispatch reads as if officer darren wilson's lawyer dictated his version of why he killed michael brown to that newspaper. but the "st. louis post dispatch" would never take dictation from a criminal defense lawyer. would they? wethey were a littlehorizons to mbit skeptical.ss, what they do actually is rocket science. but at ge capital we also bring expertise from across ge, like lean process engineers we asked who does what, when, where, and why that step first? ideas for improvement started pouring out. with a little help from us, they actually doubled their output speed. if you just need a loan, just call a bank. at ge capital, we're builders. and what we know... can help you grow. right here.innovation starts... with a control pad that can read your hand

st. louis right now. >> it's interesting, tom, because the st. louis countyief said they had considered contingency plans for the city of ferguson as a result of all the tumultuous developments over the past many weeks. does it sound like the county, st. louis county is getting ready to take charge over there? >> i think probably they are. with all the talk that's going on, it wouldn't be surprising. i think it's interesting that you have a state investigation into the shooting, a federal investigation into the shooting, a federal investigation into police practices, and before any of the results are done, you have the attorney general saying wholesale change is needed. i think that's inappropriate. i think it doesn't help whether -- it's not fair to chief jackson, one way or the other. he might be the worst chief there is and needs to be removed, but at least the studies ought to be completed before they announce that he's being fired. >> if st. louis county took charge of ferguson, would that calm down the community over there? everyone is getting ready for

st. louis county, missouri, are claiming misconduct in the grand jury that's hearing the michael brown case details to a friend who then posted it on twitter. >> this is the tweet that's prompted an investigation into the grand jury deciding whether or not to indict ferguson police officer darren wilson. who shot and killed unarmed teenager michael brown. the stweet was setweet was sent. louis account. i know someone sitting on the grand jury and there isn't enough at this point to warrant an arrest. the proceedings are supposed to be secret until a decision is made. the prosecuting attorney's office wouldn't give details of the investigation, but we found the owner of that twitter account. she is denying to cnn she sent the tweet and doesn't want to be identified. >> was that your account the tweet was sent from? >> right. it was my account but i haven't used it. i'm not sure if someone hacked into it. it had been hacked before. but, you know, sending out a bunch of spam mails or whatever they call it. i haven't used it. >> did you know someone on the grand jury? >> no, i didn't. >> have y

st. louis county have written to prosecutor bob mccullough asking him to announce whether or not wilson will be indicted at night or a weekend, so as to avoid putting students in the middle of a possible protests. residents have told cnn's sara sidner if there is no indictment, the reaction could be final. >> some people say they'll be a part of blowing it up if they didn't get indicted. i just hope it doesn't get bad. i hope nobody gets hurt. >> i know they're going to be really upset with the government buildings. i've heard about curfews that are going to happen. people are still thinking they're going to be able to protest and some people are scared. >> officer darren wilson has not been seen in public since shooting michael brown. at least six felony drug cases have been dismissed because wilson failed to show to court to testify. >>> an unmanned nasa-contracted rocket exploded at the wallops island, virginia. look at this, the debris crashing down on the launchpad. spewing fiery wreckage everywhere. there were no injuries, but significant damage to property and vehicles. the rocket car

st. louis county writing to prosecutor bob mccullough asking whether wilson will be indicted on night or weekend, to avoid putting students in the middle of a possible protests. telling cnn's sara sidner, if there's no indictment, the reaction could be violent. >> some people say. i've heard a lot of people saying there will be a part of blowing it up if he didn't get indicted. i just hope it doesn't get bad. i hope nobody gets hurt. >> i know they're going to be really upset with the government building. i've heard about curfews that are going to happen. people think they're able to protest and some people are scared. >> officer darren wilson has not been seen in public since shooting michael brown. at least six felony drug cases have been dismissed because wilson failed to show up in court. >>> this morning, key questions what about caused a rocket crucial to the future of nasa to explode just as it was lifting off. an unmanned nasa-contracted rocket exploded at the spaceport in wallops island, virginia. the debris did crash down on the launchpad shooting fiery wreckage everywhere. the

st. louis county police officers are taking control of security at all ferguson protests, replacing fergusonf fierce criticism from protesters. the transfer means the county police will be in charge of any arrests and filing any charges. tonight it appears a fight is peruing between some media outlets and the government. ferguson is trying to set exorbitant prices for government records that may shed more light on the shooting that sparked weeks of protests. >> reporter: the documents, including e-mails about ferguson police officer darren wilson, were requested by cnn and other news organizations to try and help the public understand exactly what happened the day of the controversial shooting. but today, in a response from the city, cnn was asked to pay a $2,000 deposit before the city would agree to even begin searching for the records, saying "there is a tremendous amount of work involved with researching whether records exist which are responsive to your request, analyzing the records, redacting the records if necessary and any copying that will be needed." under state law, cities are al

st. louis county had registered to vote since the shooting of michael brown. that's a huge chunk of the vote registration. you have to think people are channelling their anger. a lot of people i talked to said even if you're not seeing protesters in the street people are trying to think of ways to be active. you have peopler that going into the high schools. you have the mass mobilization happening this weekend. so you have a lot of stuff. >> the energy continues. as always, thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> all righty. coming up, are officers looking in the right place for a suspected gunman who's been hiding in the woods for weeks? his sister says no. we'll have the latest on the search to find eric frein. low sd vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself. but parallel parking isn't one you do a lof them.ings great. you're either too far from the curb. or too close to other cars... it's just a matter of time until you rip some guy's bumper off. so, here are your choices: take t

st. louis county bob mccullough has taken a different approach. which is fairly unusual. instead of presenting the prosecution's case seeking indictment, he's decided to present what he says is all of the evidence. as it becomes available, essentially leaving it to the grand jurors to sort it out. he has said he's decided to do things this way, quote, because of the interest this case has generated and the concern it has generated in the community. and over the last few days in a series of leaks from unnamed sources to a variety of media outlets, we have basically been given accounts to appear to back officer darren wilson's side of the story from the grand jury testimony. a few days ago, government officials said the "new york times" -- what government officials gave the "new york times" what they called the first public account of officer wilson's testimony to investigators. stating he told investigators he was pinned in his vehicle and in fear for his life as he struggled over his gun with mike brown. and today, citing a source with knowledge of wilson's statements the

st. louis county. so i think the national folks are keeping their eye on it and think of the stories out there. there are developments in the criminal case and if there is an indictment or a trial and no acquittal or federal investigations and holder announced, the attorney general, announced a pattern of practice investigation that is going to go on for months about police practices, and that is just on the police end of things. what about the whole big issue of race and i mean, don't we want to look at the schools in that area? it is not just a coincidence that normandy school district wasn't credited and that is where michael brown graduated. are we doing everything we need to be doing in those schools to educate our students? there are just a million related stories. >> in my story today, all of people i interviewed were people coming from ferguson who moved to get away from the protest and they are living in river view and there is a double shooting. so i am talking about ferguson and i remember s

st. louis county. i want to ask the question, none of you talked about the behavior of majorities. in prince george's county, where i live now, where it is majority african-american, majority african-american electorate, i mean, people in office, i do not think there are any non-african-americans on the ballot where i live, except at the state level. so part of this is, you know, this generalization of people of color. we have to realize that as minorities, the expectation we will be able to overcome so many barriers when we are such a small percentage of the population, you know, the whole generalization of people of color is problematic. i want to ask another question. when you talk about recruitment, one of the things that troubles me is the money issue, which you did not talk a lot about. a lot one young people to volunteer. a lot of african american kids are not in a position to volunteer for unpaid internships, to do any of those things. some of it is the policies of organizations that do not really consider the communities they're working with. if you could just comment. >> i

st. louis county police department incident report.i mean, all of these things we've not seen, which are pretty much standard in some cases. only thing we've seen are selective things that seem to favor mr. wilson. >> right. and then you add to that, there's also a layer in some of these reports of outsiders jumping into conclusions. for example, that because there was a close-range shot to mike brown's hand, therefore he was reaching for the gun, when in fact, there are many possible conclusions. we've known for a long time that there was a scuffle at the car. mike brown's friend said that darren wilson was trying to pull him in, and he was trying to pull away. he could have been shot at close range, and that story is true. he could have been shot at close range because he was reaching for the gun, that's darren wilson's story, or because the gun went off in the scuffle, which is also something that darren wilson appears to say in one of these statements. it's not conclusive proof of any one thing. >> but if you look at the headlines

st. louis county police.ef says, i have not been asked to resign, have i not been fired and i will not be resigning next week. if i do resign, it will be my choice. the ferguson police department also says there are no plans, as of now, for jackson to step down. meanwhile, last night ferguson city council, led by embattled mayor james knowles passed two unanimous resolution calling for state wide police reform using deadly force. msnbc's tremaine lee is here. so, your sources in washington are saying, yes, this is happening? >> sources in washington, locally and now i just spoke to a state official who say there are backdoor conversations being had about not only, perhaps, pushing or asking the chief to resign but a whole takeover of the ferguson police department. >> a federal takeover are as we saw in some other states. >> it would be the county. the county -- it would be dismantled as they have nearby police stations, the county police would take over. >> i want to play what attorney general eric holder --

st. louis county to take over. but it's st. e response that the people were so upset with, the militarized equipment, the people with sniper rifles pointed at the crowd. that wasn't ferguson, that was the county police. ferguson has two military vehicles that are not uparmored. they're humvees, so it's like having two suvs in the fleet. not armored vehicles. so a lot of this -- yeah, he has become the face of it, as you would expect. >> you brought the story, evan, this police chief was on his way out. now there's been a whole bunch of others following your lead. what are you hearing right now? >> whatever the ferguson police chief is saying for public consumption, the fact remains he's part of these negotiations with local and state officials and federal officials are involved. right now part of the discussion is his severance and the transition to the leadership. the fact remains that the future of the ferguson police will be without him, and whether he decide to go willingly or forced out, he is going to have to step aside. >

st. louis county prosecutor robert mccullouch says he expects a decision in mid-november. >> axelrod: vlad, thank you. up next, does a can of soda a day take years off your life? what one study has found. $61 billion-a-year business in the united states, but a new study in the "american journal of public health" suggests drinking them could shorten your life. >> reporter: the first-of-its-kind study looked at whether america's thirst for soda speeds up how the body's cells age. researchers at the university of california san francisco used a sample of 5300 healthy adults. dr. elissa epel worked on the study for five years. >> we think we can get away with drinking lots of soad as, as long as we're not gaining weight, but this suggests that there is an invisible pathway that leads to accelerated aging regardless of weight. >> reporter: epel's team discovered napeople who drank more sugar-sweetened beverages, the ends of their chromosomes, known as telemeres were shorter, the shorter the telemeres the less a cell can regenerate, and raising the risk of disease and early death. >> soda may be

st. louis county police to take over the entire ferguson department. with a grand jury decision soon, school officials in ferguson are warning some 20,000 students to be in danger. and emotional announcement to come separately on a sunday when students are home in case of more mayhem on the streets. ron allen, nbc news, washington. >>> and still ahead on a wednesday night, common complaints. the lesson plan that has a lot of parents frustrated because they're unable to help their kids. >>> a gallup poll out this week shows most teachers in schools where the common core standards are already being taught have come to like them. and while most states agree to them, there have been a lot of protests against them among those who see it as a giant federal government overreach in the effort to build better students. but far from all that in the evening hours right about now in fact at kitchen tables across this country there's a different complaint from parents about the homework their kids bring home. our report tonight from our chief education corresponden

st. louis by supporters of mrikz brown. the first event here outside the office of the st. louis county prosecuting attorney, who's overseeing a grand jury investigation as to whether officer darren wilson wrongfully killed michael brown in the middle of a ferguson street in early august. critics argue that mccullough cannot be relied upon. again, more protests are planned for this weekend. myers' family, so much like michael brown's family did weeks ago, are calling for peaceful demonstrations. wolf? >> joining us from ferguson, missouri, republican senator rand paul of kentucky. thank you so much for joining us. i know you emerged from a meeting with naacp leaders there in ferguson. it's a pretty tense situation as all of our viewers know. tell us why you decided to go there? >> everywhere i go as i travel across the united states, i try to hear from people in the community and maybe from some in the community that republicans haven't been listening closely now have to. so we met with the naacp. we met with black pastors, white pastors, basically community leaders. i wanted to find ou

st. louis county medical examiner's office confirmed that an autopsy found michael brown was shot in the hand at close range and that he had marijuana in his system. brown is the teen-ager shot and killed by police officer darren wilson last august in ferguson, missouri. forensic evidence and this autopsy report actually support the officer's story of how it went down. wilson said brown struggled with him inside the cruiser and brown did not have his hands in the air when he was shot in august. brown's blood was found inside the cruiser to support that claim. the source also says wilson testified to the grand jury that brown punched wilson and grabbed for the officer's gun. during the struggle brown was shot in the hand which again the autopsy report would support. wilson said at one point brown ran told him. wilson told brown to stop. when that did not happen, that's when he opened fire. the grand jury has until january servement to decide if they'll have an indictment. >>> with -- 7th to decide if they'll have an indictment. >>> with less than two weeks to go, voters have some tough ch

st. louis county prosecutor's office is investigating, possible, grand jury misconduct in the michael brown case. a twitter user says someone on the grand jury told her there is not enough evidence to indict ferguson police officer darren wilson. spokesperson for the prosecutor's office says that it is too early to determine if the information in that tweet is valid. >>> and chicago air traffic control center is getting backup to speed following last weeks sabotage. a lot of travelers are still scrambling to get to their destinations, the faa say departures in o'hare yesterday were 85 percent above its normal average, at midway it was 80 percent. >>> coming up at 4:43. how is it looking, katie still fall-like. >> it feels very seasonal, so fall like but a little dose of early october as opposed to what the the the weekend will bring which is more like halloween and in time for that eagles game in less. >> great football weather. >> great foot the ball weather but shock to the system if you are not ready for it. we want to give thaw heads up. be ready it will be a lot cooler out there no mat

st. louis county police chief to take over management of ferguson's police force. our television station in st. louis made calls to the chief for comment, but we get an answer. >>> a followup tonight out of alexandria, the city stopped issuing tickets for vehicles parked on public streets and display a for sale sign. we first brought you the story yesterday. one would be car seller told us he got slammed with one of those tickets. tonight alexandria city officials say a review of the ban is still underway, but until then they'll stop handing out those tickets. >>> whoever takes an uber step forward to become legal in the district after the d.c. council voted to keep app-based car services. in a lovely honking today as cabbies circled freedom plaza in protest and they created quite a traffic nightmare that drove downtown drivers crazy. the bill council passed puts the primary insurance on the app-based companies and requires the app drivers to pass criminal background checks and safety background inspections. if you have something driving you crazy, head to wusa9.co

st. louis county. i would agree with her that ferguson to me is not a good example. when i grew up there, there were no blacks in ferguson. and it progressed over the last 20 years to be majority black. so it a little different dynamic than the rest of st. louis county. but i wanted to ask none of you talked about the behavior of the majority. where i live, there is the majority of black people, and i don't think there were any non-african-americans on the ballot where i live except at the state level. so part of this is generalization of people of color. we have to realize minorities, the expectation that we are going to be able to overcome so many barriers when we are such a small percentage of the population, you know, this whole generalization of people of color is problematic. and one other question is when you talk about recruitment one of the things that troubles me is that the money issue, which you didn't talk a lot about, and a lot of time you want young people to volunteer and a lot of the african-american kids are not in a position to volunteer and work u

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st. louis county. >> if these young people truly want to get involved, they will register, they will votewill continue to stay in the process. >> reporter: but just 12% of furg isn't's eligible voters participated in the last election, and only 4.5% of eligible new voters have registered since michael brown was killed. which might make some wonder: is this the sound of a new drumbeat for change, or just noise? vladimir duthiers, cbs news, ferguson, missouri. >> pelley: tonight a powerful storm system is sweeping through the nation's mid-section. 24 million people are in its path. at least half a dozen tornadoes have been confirmed today. one in arkansas had winds as high as 135mph. a mobile home was torn apart. one man inside was killed. his wife and two children were hurt. a young woman explains in her first television interview why she is ending her own life. that's just ahead. slow-roasted, the zesty cranberry mostarda, the freshly baked flatbread paired perfectly with our autumn squash soup. a delicious meal made just for you only at panera bread. it's made only from prunes, nothing e

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st. louis county. >>> a teenager shot in the head by a taliban fighter has become the youngest person ever to win the nobel peace she's become a voice for children and equal rights activists for girls. she's sharing the prize with an indian activist she says she wants to work with him. >> a devastating leak for users of the photo sharing app, snap chat. hundreds of thousands of private photos have been leaked online. the site says servers were never compromised and it is believed it includes nude photos of teenagers they sent to friends. half of the users are teenagers and thought the files would be immediately deal yated. - -- deleted. >> the new tesla car will retail for $120,000 and will get you driver aid and safety features including automatic breaking. investors seemed to say so what? stock dropped nearly 8%. >> and tesla's bad day helped drive down the nasdaq, closing at 4276. the dow plummeted dropping 115 points closing at 16,544. and the s and p fell 22 points. >> just ahead on abc7 news, michael finney looks at a new service that claims it takes some hassle out of buying or sell

st. louis county prosecutor's office confirmed they are investing in getting a new accusation into conducty the grabbed jury. this follows this tweet. i know someone sitting on the grand jury of the case. there is not enough of this to warrant an arrest. this from a user with a history of tweeting support for brown's killer. officer darren wilson. the tweet and the user's account have been deleted. the choice to bring a grand jury already a point of controversy. raising more tough questions. joining me now is lisa bloom. it's good to have you back, lisa. >> thanks. >> if this is verified and a member of talking to a darren wilson supporter, is that misconduct? >> it is absolutely. that's the easiest part of this matter. the grand jury is sworn to keep everything secret even from their closest friends and family members. if this juror did talk about the case, he or she should be removed immediately. they can proceed with the 11 remaining grand jurors or the entire panel can be dismissed and the whole thing can start over again. >> prosecutors can file charges without a grand jury. they said

st. louis county. this is a huge chunk of the new voters that are registering in st. louis county.i think it definitely is directly related to the shooting of michael brown. >> yeah, thanks for putting the numbers in perspective there. the 3,000 versus the 4,700 that had been there. as you well know, there's a long history of voter registration as a means of civil rights progress in this country. will this have an impact on the alienation that so many have described feeling? >> i think so. i talked to a lot of people and asked them the question, how is voter registration going to change the conditions that you think created michael brown's death? and they said, we really want people to understand that we matter and that our concerns matter and that any politician that comes into ferguson is going to have to ask us, what do you think about police brutality, what do you think about racial profiling? so i think people think if they change their leaders, if they get a county executive that understands what the african-american community in ferguson cares about, then their issues will m

st. louis county officer bob mccullough.llied and later in the evening they gathered not far from the scene of michael brown's killing, where there was an altar dedicated to those killed by police violence or manifestation of violent racism. but they also carried a cough fi to the ferguson police headquarters where 300 protesters or so rallied. there were people that drove away from philly, from brooklyn, new york, from tennessee and georgia, all to be here in support of justice or call for justice for michael brown. >> so when you say that there are people from all over the country, we know in some of the early reporting, those kinds of folks were called outside agitators. kind of taking us back to an era 50 years ago. explain what those folks are doing in missouri. why is it important to them? what are they arkansticulating t why they are there? >> these groups have been organized by clergy. they're organized on college campuses. they're here to show it's not just an issue mof what they see as racial profiling and police a

st. louis county police have spent more than $120,000 stocking up on riot gear.olice chief thomas jackson says he won't step down despite months of criticism over the police department handling of the shooting and the protest. but w

st. louis county. it's crazy. we have the most crazy, unfocused, balkanized system of government that i've ever seen, and i've worked in five or six states. so a wide variety of issues. we're doing our best to get to all of them. it's not easy, but it's certainly important. >> okay, bill, you actually rate the media. you do a journalism review. what have you written about ferguson? the coverage of ferguson? >> well, i'll get to that in a second, but i just wanted to sort of start with whatever we think about how well the media has done, it's clear that most people in st. louis think the media has done badly. you know, there was a survey the other day that showed about 70% of the people thought the media had made things worse rather than better. now, i wouldn't, i wouldn't necessarily agree with the majority sentiment there. i think that some of the things that christopher just finished pointing to were ways in which the media has really helped -- and this is both the local and the national media -- has really help

st. louis county ferguson to me is not a good example. when i was there there were no blacks in ferguson and it progressed over the last 20 years to be majority black so with those dynamics but it never you talked about the behavior of where i live now the majority of african-americans is the african-american electorate. i don't think there were any non african americans on the ballot except that the state level so part of this is the generalization of people of color you have to realize the minority that expectation that we can overcome so many barriers when we're such a small percentage of the population also this people of color is problematic but when you talk about recruitment one of the things that troubles me is the money issue. and what young people to volunteer but african-american kids are not in a position to volunteer to work unpaid internship selenide is the policy of the organization's that don't consider the communities that they work with the spirit those interesting questions the idea at asking people to get involved poli

st. louis county? >> i think there's so much sensitivity and allegations of bias in this case. we're just trying to keep the peace and keep the investigation moving forward. i think it's a wise move on their part. >> have they hit the point where it's been compromised and might we see that might compromise that investigation? >> i think this is much ado about nothing. there is not evidence. it doesn't say that the person told them there is not evidence. the grand jury is still looking at the evidence and needs another month to do so. >> why so long? is this uncommon? >> it is a bit uncommon, but at the same time i think it's all about due diligence. he's trying to give it to a little microcosm of the american public to make the decision. >>> >> a lot of questions have come about the city prosecutor. >> it's not his job to advocate for michael brown. it is his job as a prosecutor to represent the people of the state of missouri. and i think it's actually wise strategically to hand this to a grand jury. does he have the power? yes. this is a prosecutor whose own father was a poli

st. louis county prosecutor overseeing the grand jury proceedings said a decision could be reached next monthd though it's unknown what will ultimately happen, the residents that have regular contact and organizers i routinely talk to tell me they are increasingly convinced there won't be an indictment. the fact that officer darron wilson spend nearly four hours making his case before the grand jury, the target of the investigation is not typically brought in to do. the prosecutor did not recommend a specific charge leaving it to the grand jury to take new evidence and decide what the evidence warrants is returning the grand jury into a detective unit itself, something "the washington post" characterized as an a typical approach. the people around that city are still angry and frustrated. the situation is just as tense now as it was almost two months ago. if you want a snapshot what is brewing beneath the surface, this is video taken outside the st. louis cardinals last night. there is a man with a i am darron wilson on his back. let's go darren, justice for mike brown, let's go darren. >> ra