st. louis police officers, less than an hour and a half later, the st. louis city police chief was out there a the site of the shooting giving an official police account of what happened and he immediately thereafter took questions. >> so what we know right now is that we have a suspect who was involved in a theft, who was -- department was contacted. acted erratically. armed with a knife. police officers responded. when they responded, the suspect did not respond to verbal commands to drop his weapon. he approached both officers. when he closed within three, four feet of the knife, in what was described as an overhand grip, the officers fired their weapon. any questions? >> again, that was less than 90 minutes after the police shooting. now that this video has emerged, there are empirical questions to consider about whether or not the police chief's description of how the shooting happened comports with the video evidence that we now have in terms of, for example, how close the young man was to the officers and whether any knife that the suspect may or m

st. louis's tactical people, running the show. >> you spoke with the st. louis county policealled him up and made him aware of it. his representative said he would make him aware of it and have him reach out to me. immediately he called me back and said, where do you want to do this interview? so he met us here and talked to us about it. he's saying that it's not indicative of the men and women in uniform in the st. louis county police department. but i said this video has been out there for a while and this apparently happened back in february -- i mean back in april that he made the speech in front to have oath keepers. how could you not know about it? he said i'm not on facebook or social media. i didn't see that. but the question is, it's what the panel has been saying. i work every day with sunny hostin. our offices are right next to each other. sunny and are aren't best friends but we're friendly and we know something about each other's views on things. we know something about each other personally. we overhear conversations that we have in the office. and if you're a p

st. louis police monies that went -- more than $1 million has went to the st. louis police last year from asset forfeiture and probably much more and we haven't finished it up and the federal government sends money out to local police forces for them to buy toys on display. all you have to do to roll this back is to reform the asset forfeiture law, but the police forces are so incredibly powerful and that's going to be very difficult and you saw that reflected in the way the governor had such a difficult time doing what he knew he had to do which was kick the locals out of the scene and put in more responsible adults and you can see how uncomfortable he was doing it. >> go ahead. go ahead. >> i was just going to add that we should be clear from the local press corps and there were some saying aren't you just giving in to looters and aren't you throwing the cops under the bus? we should be clear that the politics of the situation locally are not necessarily the politics of what they are -- >> nationally. >> as people are nationally or on social media. i think the

st. louis police officer's association, marc lamont hill. it is very loud behind me and it's quite frankly a celebration mode here right now for some people. so just so you now, that's what you're hearing. marc lamont hill to you first, the release of this officer's name, the same time the surveillance tape is released allegedly showing a robbery by michael brown, you say it is convenient timing. what do you mean by that? >> we've been asking for the name to be released for a week now, six days. we want to know who this officer is. they have protected it, covered it up. when they released it, they released this videotape, which it seems to me is trying to divert our attention away from this officer. we should be talking about someone who may or may not have stolen cigars a few hours prior.

st. louis police officer's association. asons not to release the police officer's name at this point. i know you think that, what are those reasons? >> i do, wolf. there are several. let's start with officer safety. first and foremost, you have to make sure this officer is safe. that's the bottom line. that's true for everybody, and that's a blanket rule. the second part of this is that this piece of information like any other piece of information should be kept until the investigation is done. that's to protect the integrity of the investigation itself. in terms of the name and in terms of the disclosure of the name, you've seen and i know you're aware of the fact, there is a great deal of information that's been hacked. a lot of social media information out there. there are all sorts of things floated out there, but the moment you put a police officer's name out there, that police officer becomes a target, and that is the primary reason why you would simply never release the name yet. now there is a time for everything, wo

st. louis police -- st. louis county police officers. in my estimation -- >> i just want to get to the other point of your tweet, which was last night may have been a setup. what do you mean? >> yes. so here's what i found out. let me tell you my experience. we were leaving about sundown last night. we were going to go into one direction. we saw a gang of kids running into the direction where we were going, and then all of a sudden we heard five to six pops, gunfire. pop pop pop pop pop. and then we decided to go the other way. and then we ended up going south. every day we've had at least 300 officers on each side of that street and they were all gone. then this morning i was on the ground about 6:00 this morning, speaking to someone in the media who said, you know, we were contacted by someone in the police department or police officer who said prior to the event, before curfew, that if you want to see something, we've got something to show you tonight. so that was before curfew and i'm just looking at all of the facts and my experienc

st. louis police.fficers fatally wounding a 24-year-old man who allegedly came at them with a knife yelling "she me, kill me now." after stealing energy drinks from a nearby store. governor jay nixon pleading with people to stay calm. >> last week, i met with and prayed with the mother of michael brown. she's lost a son who she can never bring back. what we can do is work together to make sure michael brown's death is not a tragedy that sparked violence and distrust, but, rather, marks the beginning of the process of healing and reconciliation. >> and that case in st. louis, police were asked why they didn't use tasers on the suspect when he came at them with a knife. saying they have the right to defend themselves. we'll be following the latest breaking developments in ferguson all morning. keep it right here on cnn. ♪ >> you, to a horrifying story unfolding in the middle east. the terror group isis posting a video online showing the apparent beheading of american journalist james foley. foley was kid

police. there are people from outside st. louis have come in with the intention of stirring things up and making the police look bad. but you know what? it's part of the job for cops to know how to deal with that. and the excessive shows of force seem to play right into the worst of what the protesters are doing. >> tom brought up an interesting point i want to get your feedback on, jeffrey. he said that the brown family while they have commissioned an autopsy, you have the local autopsy, you have the brown family commissioning this autopsy, you have the federal autopsies. three autopsies. and one without for instance access to clothing. is there a chance this is creates doubt in a way that actually benefits officer wilson should he go to trial? >> well, i suppose that's possible. but if you are part of law enforcement, your job is to seek out the truth and get the best and most information. and if there is something that your pathologist misses in his or her autopsy, then it's good that you have another one there that can call att

st. louis police released as much information as they possibly could immediately both to the media and to the crowd. that's something that we did not see from the ferguson police department. >> my message when i was out there at the crime scene tonight was that st. louis city is not ferguson. okay? we handle things better in st. louis city. we have the police chief there on site. the police chief updated the media immediately and walked over to the crowd and they were angry. >> that would make a difference here in ferguson. >> huge difference. the tone was set how ferguson police interacted not just with the community but specifically with the mother and the family and the relationship and it's just really gotten us to where we are today. >> appreciate you being with us. we'll speak tonight with all sides on the issue of police and the brown family attorney and only on 360 tonight, perspective from spike lee. he joins us on the have ends unfolding here in ferguson. i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 50,000 bonus points when

clashes between police and protesters growing more violent in ferguson. st louis county police have been relieved of their duty and will no longer be involved with policing ferguson, after police fired tear gas at protesters last night. gungun [ explosion ] >>> at least 10 were arrested overnight, police say protesters threw molotov cocktails and other items. earlier today president obama spoke out about the unrest in ferguson, and expressed concern for the violent turn of events much. >> there is never an excuse of violence against the police or for those that would use the tragedy as a cover for vandalism and looting. there's also no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protest or throw protesters in gaol for lawfully exercising their first amendment rights. >> diane eastabrook is in ferguson now. the police force there in ferguson - we are talking about an entire police force - has essentially been relieved of its duty and will not police the streets. talk about the change in tactics, and what it's supposed to accomplish here. >> well, this

st. louis police chief sam dotson to answer questions about that shooting. first of all, chief, i want to give au opportunity to answer the question why can you initially said his hand was held high. the tape shows it wasn't. >> that's easy. when i was on the scene two days ago, i talked to witnesses. witnesses told us that's what they saw. >> not the officers, other witnesses. >> that's correct. i talked to witnesses. where they're standing, what they remember clearly it wasn't the officer's statements as i read them afterwards said the suspect was holding a knife, not in this gesture. as you can imagine, the first reports have some inaccuracies in them. once we get a complete picture, that's one of the reasons why i wanted to make sure the videos got out as quickly as we could so the community knows we're trying to be transparent and re-create what happened in the last few minutes there. >> now that you see the video, is that a good shooting? did your officers follow protocol? would you show that video as an example to trainees about how to handle a situat

st. louis police wives is also raising money for officer wilson and his family. ining me now is a member of the st. louis police wives association. for her safety, we've agreed to call her hope. they fear they will get death threats after this interview. we agreed to hide her identity. good morning, hope. >> good morning. >> good morning. thank you for being here. >> thank you very much for having us. >> thank you for being here. tell us about your organization. what do they do? how do they do it? >> sure. we have -- we are the st. louis police wives association, and we're mostly composed of wives, mothers, sisters, and even widows of officers and our mission is to assist injured officers as well as police families in a time of need or crisis. so i guess a little bit about how we do that, i should start with food. over the past two weeks, we've been providing food for two command posts in ferguson for approximately 500 officers, 24 hours a day. the amount of donations that have poured in from our community to do this has just been outstanding and we want to thank

st. louis police department overreacted. how come there isn't a review yet, of the st. louis county police department, although that review is coming, i want to bring in al jazeera's diane eastabrook joins us from ferguson. diane there seems to be allot of focus on the police chief jackson releasing this information that has clearly inflamed the community. what are you hearing from the ferguson police about this? >> well, we're not hearing so much from the ferguson police. they held a press conference this morning, they did not take any questions from the media and then they handed over a packet of information afterwards. and during the prrches they mentioned that there had -- the press conference they mention they'd there had been this strong arm robbery just before the shooting of michael brown at the convenience store. we were wondering, what was the connection? we read in this packet that yes indeed he was a suspect in that strong armed robbery. so we weren't able to question the police. what we're hearing from crowds here, some of the people that are out demonstrati

st. louis county prosecutor withdraw from the michael brown his family multigenerational ties to the st. louis policeepartment will impede his ability to handle the case fairly. his father was st. louis police officer, killed in the line of duty by an african-american man. >> i know the pain of that, is the fact that he was a police officer and killed in the line of duty, had nothing to to with any of that. what it did to me, and did it effect me, absolutely effected me. is what it did for me, is or to me, was made me i think a fierce advocate for victims of violence. for his part, he has said, he would only step aside if the governor orders him to. our priority would be for the federal government to take over. >> bather say they can't move on, they want the man who shot brown, officer tin wilson to be fired immediately. >> is they want his boss and the mayor to resign because they have shown a failure of leadership in this time of crisis. is if they do not resign, we call upon the people of ferguson. to immediately to a recall. >> the franked jury is expected to finish hearing testimony by mid octob

st. louis. police say in this case, officers shot and killed a 23-year-old man who allegesly stole from a convenience store. he allegedly approached officers with a knife and said shoot me now, kill me now. he would not put down the knife and he ended up dead. critics have charged that the media are putting ourselves in the center of the story, but police haven't exactly helped that by arresting several journalists. my crew and i were right in the thick of it last night when the tear gas started flying. we along with people in the living rooms across the nation watched these images which in some i was seem so incompatible with life in the modern of united states of america. we watched these images unfold in realtime. this afternoon the people of ferguson are cleaning up after one of the most dramatic nights so far. nine days after the death of michael brown, the protests started out peacefully but that would not last long. we have tried to set up a strategic peace plan so that the people could freely m

>> governor, will the ferguson police department and the st. louis county police department still be providing the feet on the ground as far as the police officers go, or will the highway patrol be stepping in with more of its officers? >> captain johnson will be the lead in the security position of this. we'll have significant resources and patrol. they will continue to be part of the multidisciplinary team with shifts from the local region to assist that. we expect we'll continue to rely on a joint force in this area to make sure with the various shifts involved. but operationally, the patrol will be the lead agency when it comes to security. >> i'm sorry. you know, is we'll have the -- we'll have whatever is out there. i think that the challenge we face to date is not whether you have enough officers or not. the challenge we face today is not whether you had enough resources or not. the challenge is not whether you've shown enough strength on the police side or not. i think we've shown that. that's why i think a little shift here and a little oper

enjoy the relief. >>> breaking news, police outside st. louis on edge prasing for more protests after an unarmed black teen was shot and killed by police. i want to go to don lemon who is in the middle of these protests. don, obviously, i know you're now with people as they are gathering for tonight's protests and we're all wondering whether this will be a replay of last night's violence. >> reporter: i was just talking to them about that just before you came to me. i'm standing out here with a bunch of people. let me show you where we are, erin, because i think it's important. this is the store that they believe michael brown left before he made his journey back to that street, that fateful street where he lost his life. so obviously it was a sliable store then, now it looks like a burnt had be burnt-out relic from a war zone. hundreds have gathered in a short time. this young man struck me because he says, gas me, shoot me, i will stand my ground. what do you mean? >> i mean, i understand that they say they're going to allow us to have a peace

the ferguson police department, the st. louis county police department, they are upset because they have been relieved of duty. the government came down here, took them off the case, insta installed the highway patrol. they are acting out like kids. like you catch a child doing something, you spank him and he starts going to his room, trying to tear stuff up. >> let me go back to you. the incident report about the robbery refers to other reports about the shooting that have not been released. a ferguson police report and a st. louis county police report. what do you make of the fact that we have the robbery incident report, but not two reports about the actual shooting, antonio? >> you know, i think it shows that the local ferguson police department is in over their head. they shouldn't be in charge of releasing any more information. in fact, they have shown in the last week they are incapable of handing the situation at all. i'm glad they put a new person in charge of safety. somebody needs to take the microphone away from the p

st. louis police chief about this. assed and he says horrified and he's not going to stand for it. take a listen. >> as the police chief again when he starts talking about this -- and i can't quote him right now, about killing, that begins to cross the line. there are liability issues and moral issues. there's a lot of issues there. all of us understand in this environment we may be forced to take a life. but it's not something to brag about. >> so again, he apologized to everyone. he says he believes if it offended anyone and new information coming out. they released a statement and it says that the chief would again like to apologize to anyone this video has offend and ask any videos of this nature be reported so we can take proper action against any officer not meeting our standards. they are asking people in the community or out there if they know about officers who may have views like this to send them the video because they want to deal with them. but certainly it's a very disturbing development here the officer r

st. louis. police say a 23-year-old man with a knife robbed a store and appeared deranged when he confronted officers. the suspect was black. angry neighbors gathered but watch what happened when st. louis police chief sam dotson faced the crowd. >> hey, guys, hold it down. let's listen to him. okay, i'm from this neighborhood. listen to me. let the chief talk. we are going to get the answer now. >> so this is what i heard from the witness. >> quiet! ( whistling ). >> listen, man, listen, man! come oy'all. >> pelley: the chief went ahead with his story. he had an easier story to explain than the one in ferguson, but it seems explaining it immediately and fully calmed the tensions in st. louis. the west has wilted through a prolonged drought, but today, the skies opened up in arizona. five inches of rain fell near phoenix. john blackstone reports many people were trapped by flash floods. >> reporter: the area north of phoenix was hit hardest by the sudden monsoon season rain. water was rising quickly ar

police shooting. and then you showed footage of the shooting from yesterday in st. louis city. i hope that the federal government takes a look at that shooting also and makes a determination whether it was a good police shooting or not. >> we'll be talking with the st. louis city police chief about that shooting in a second. i know you have to go, congressman, because you're meeting with the defense secretary, chuck hagel, you are concerned how millerrized the police have become. what are you going to tell secretary hagel? >> well, i'm going to share with secretary hagel some concerns that have been raised by my constituents and by me as far as what i saw several nights out there on west florissant where you had heavily armed police tactical units pointing it these sophisticated weapons at innocent protesters, my constituents. i got a call yesterday from a marine vet who is done two tours of duty in the afghanistan and he says that if in afghanistan they pointed their weapons at unarmed civilians, they would be court-martialed. so apparently this policy has to change. >> congres

st. louis police officer kills a man in a confrontation. olice say the man went toward them with a knife after he was caught allegedly stealing from a convenience store. the st. louis police chief says the officers acted approach thely. the shooting is fueling controversy about police use of force. in ferguson, missouri after days of sometimes violent protests, it was a night of relative calm wednesday. police say they arrested 6 people, down from 47 the night before. nearly everyone who marched to protest the shooting death of michael brown did so peacefully. but tonight could be a much different scene. protestors are planning "a day of rage" this evening with demonstrations outside the white house and in at least 40 other cities. cbs reporter susan mcginnis is in ferguson with the latest. >> reporter: protestors plan to demonstrate again today at the st. louis county prosecutor's office where they are delivering a petition to have prosecutor robert mccullough removed from the michael brown case. they say 70,000 people from missouri and acr

st. louis. police are clark with protesters in the town of ferguson after a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death. patricia vines a democratic committee woman for ferguson township. patricia what can you tell us about what's going on right now? >> hi john. right now i don't know if you can hear the are heading, comes in and goes out. a helicopter going around the area with a search light. a few minutes ago it was filled with smoke bottoms flares, people running, throwing canisters back at the police, throwing rocks and really tense situation. >> the associated press is reporting that molotov cocktails were thrown at police and police responded with tear gas. we're told by reporter on the scene rubber bullets were being fired. has the situation called since then or is it still going on right now? >> well, i haven't heard any explosions or anything like that. and i haven't -- i was not able to see all of what happened. but around it's a lot quieter right now. i haven't heard anythi

st. louis police officers shot a young black man. st. lice that that is going to cause significant unrest throughout the city. they addressed it quickly. and so far, that hasn't been inflammatory. but things change quickly. everybody is looking for that one spark. that could make this situation which is bad something much worse. >> great to talk to you again. thank you. >> we'll head back later in this news hour. first more on the top story. american journalist murdered at the hands of islamic militants we'll speak with one of jim foley's good friends he spent time as a prisoner. he says he's friends with the other american in that video the man who is a militant suggests might be next. if you suffer from constipation, you will likely also suffer from gas. introducing new dulcogas, which starts working to eliminate gas bubbles in minutes for effective relief. dulcogas, from the makers of dulcolax- nothing relieves gas faster. i thought "so what?", but now "cai can't stop playing.rst that's not how it works. i mean it's so simple. it's lik

st. louis police releasing new cell phone video of another police shooting, it hap >>> breaking tonight, louis police releasing new cell phone video of another police related shooting. we knew about it but just getting the details. it is hard to watch, we warn you. >> the policeman pulled up. y'all called the police? >> we called him, yeah. >> he's got his gun up. oh. >> drop the gun. >> they got their guns out. [ gun shots ] >> we are not playing the moment they shot that man to death. you could see the number of them. he was a 25-year-old man and the st. louis police chief spoke afterwards saying the suspect was armed with a knife and threatening the officers and the officers were acting in self-defense. joining me mark fuhrman, what do you make of the tape? >> when you look at the tape, you really walk away with one impression and then you hear the chief of police describe it. there's a few discrepancies with the distance and a few discrepancies when the officers unholtzered their weapons but it's fairly consistent. i think the problem they're going to have is that the chief is probabl

st. louis county police department. for more we're joined by two guests in st. louis. french has been in ferguson live tweeting and posting vine videos of protests. his coverage has been widely credited for drawing national attention to the demonstrators concerns, as much of the media portrayed them an angry mob. ferguson is also a st. louis alderman representing the 21st ward, longtime community advocate. and we're joined by cornell william brooks, president and ceo of the naacp. he is been in ferguson, missouri to support brown's family and spoke there monday night at a community meeting called by the naacp, where they held a moment of silence in brown's memory. there are plans for a national moment of silence this thursday. cornell william brooks and antonio french, we welcome you both to democracy now! i want to start with antonio french. three days are protest have taken place. the justice department says they're also going to conduct an investigation. his it the same investigation? will they be doing an independent investigation? the family is calling for separat

a lot of anger, and that is something that police are bracing for, one of the things that happened, the st louis county asking the f.a.a. to restrict the air space, not allowing aircraft not involved in relief operations. that's a result of what happened overnight on sunday, when multiple shots were fired at police helicopters serving the scope here. a lot of tension here in something that leaders here in the community are trying to get to the bottom of as they move forward, as they come to an action plan, as they look for a way to get away from the violence. >> let's hope things stay calm. a complaint was fired against st louis. problems have been brewing for a quil. ashar quraishi, appreciate you joining us. >>> david clinker, a former police officer, a criminologist in missouri, and he has interviewed hundred of officers involved in shootings, and looking at shoot iption by the st louis metropolitan police department and wrote a book "into the kill zone." in a 2012 report you recommend the greater transparency be used to ease community tensions. have police implemented your recommendations. w

st. louis police to the highwahighway patrol. we speak with representative hank johnson, about a bill he proposes that would limit tanks and m-16 rifles. >>> and as racial tension have reached a boiling point what's next for a suburb where segregated neighborhoods. >> a riot on twitter, hear from those in ferguson, unarmed black teen michael brown's death. >> my co-host and digital producer wajahat ali ask here. so much faster online. >> fast and mad on twitter. hashtag ferguson, calls it fergus-tein. press conference right now, captain johnson is now trending. check out my page, it's happening that quick. global solidarity movement. we have the hashtag don't shoot, a young boy holding the sign don't shoot. if they gun me down what picture would they use? the gentleman said they'd probably use the picture on the left, that's been tweeted 21,000 times. we've got some really wonderful solidarity movements popping up, mos 14. national moment of silence, in new york, yesterday and today, cities across america. >> and that don't shoot

st. louis police, their initial response is better than the ferguson police department's response? >> oh, absolutely. and i think that the city of st. louis will get to the bottom line of that incident. we're going to have transparent and fair investigation. >> let me ask you, alderman french pointed out one of issues he saw was lack of black representation in city governance and institutions. do you think this episode is going to galvanize more members of the african-american community to participate and also run for office? >> oh, yes, i'm hearing right now that here in ferguson, that there would be a recall on the mayor here. you have a mayor that represents a majority of african-american community and not only is he not african-american, you have re-republican and 90% democratic area. so yes, the people are looking for change. and i think that change will come. because they want to see more representation and individuals that looks like them. >> i know that you've been leading the charge to get bob mccullough to encourage him to recuse himself from it. but it sounds like he's ve

st. louis where it's safe. [laughing] jam. actually -- i -- i'm pretty sure in st. louis policeand killed a gentleman, three days after the ferguson shooting. >> what, you mean like a different st. louis? >> jon: no, i'm pretty sure it's the one in missouri. >> well, that's interesting. jon: let me tell you something, phaoeu michael. this is good. i can ask you about the st. louis county police -- [cheers and applause] >> jon: can i ask a question. where -- i'm sorry, michael. where are you? >> john, i'm as far away from the shoot-me state as you can get. southern california. that's right. nothing but sun, surfers, palm trees. >> jon: you're not in la, are you? lapd recently shot an unarmed 25-year-old black man to death. >> for real? jon: ya, i'm sorry. here is what i want to ask you. wait a minute, where are you now? >> i'm in the sleepy south, john. nothing to fear in charlotte, north carolina. home of the 2012 national democratic convention -- you're about to tell me something terrible, aren't you? >> jon: no, no. yes. last year charlotte police officer shot down a unarmed f

we also know that the police chiefs of ferguson and st. louiscounty, both of their departments came under fire from protesters. the st. louis post dispatch reports that police helicopters were also shot at. just take a look at that front page. day of protests, night of frenzy. i'm joined now by the mayor of ferguson, that community, not far outside of st. louis. population 21,000. james noels thanks so much for taking the time to be with us. first and foremost, is there anything you can tell us, understanding that you are trying to separate yourself from the investigation. but is there anything you can tell us with regard to the incident that sparked all of this, the shooting of michael brown. >> well, absolutely. unfortunately, no matter how the investigation turns out, the situation is a tragedy for the young man and his family. it's a tragedy for our community that we've seen the community torn apart for this. again, we've turned this over to st. louis county police department. we want this to be a fair and impartial dew process for both the

st. louis county police chief. the letters started in december 2012 and they said that a powerful and well-connected lieutenant in that police department had been directing uniformed st. louis county police officers that they should specifically arrest black people. that they should specifically target black people for arrest in specific shopping areas in southern st. louis county. lone wolf, this whistleblower, said that this lieutenant would make these claims out in the open. at roll call with the other officers present, the lieutenant would say things, like, "let's have a black day. let's today stop everybody with a tan. let's stop everybody black at the mall." "let's make the jail cells more colorful." according to lone wolf, this whistleblower, among the uniformed officers who were being told this by their lieutenant at the start of their shifts at roll call, there were some black officers. lone wolf says the lieutenant dealt with that awkwardness by telling those black officers, "don't worry, i don't mean you

st. louis county prosecutor's office. if the ferguson policecting the evidence and building the case, it is a st. louis county prosecutor, the man in charge of that office, is bob mccullough, and he is the one currently conducting the investigation that will determine whether darren wilson, the officer who shot and killed mike brown will be charged and if charged with what will prosecute the case. a dispatch from reuters reports another time mccullough was in the spotlight. in 2001, he was criticized heavily but stood behind comments that two men fatally shot by a police officer and federal drug agent were bums who were killed during an attempted arrest. and just yesterday, he had harsh words for jay nixon. not too long after the governor decided to replace st. louis county police and put the missouri highway patrol in charge of security in ferguson. a "st. louis post-dispatch" quoted mccullough as saying, the governor had no legal authority to do that and to denigrate the men and women of the county police department is shameful. and for nixon

st. louis county police department may -- what we're seeing may be emblematic of what is going on there. >> let me just speak. at least the st. louis county police department has a greater percentage -- has a greater effort at diversity. when i talked to the mayor of ferguson last night, he said, there's no racial divide in ferguson, their police force has 50 white officers and 3 african-americans for a community that's 60 to 70% african-american. >> that's remarkable in and of itself that the mayor would say anything like that, it's almost as if he's operating with blinders on. but i do think it's going to be very problematic with the african-american community, because now we thought we were seeing this transparent investigation. right? there's a different police force investigating the shooting. now, i think people are thinking, this police force is really troubled, and so maybe we'll see the justice department looking into it, maybe we'll see a police monitor, but i suspect, at this point, shouldn't we be seeing a special prosecutor -- >> mark geragos, this police officer, he wasn't o

st. louis area did not need, there has been a second deadly police shooting. this time it was st. louis police officers who shot and killed a man with a knife after he stole food from a convenience store. police are saying the 23-year- old black man refused orders to drop the knife and told officers that they would have to kill him. the mayor of nearby ferguson says this new incident could cause even more tension. >> there's a lot of people making conclusions. we stay completely out of the investigation. even the slightest thing can enrage people's anger. >> police officials are saying today's shooting appears to be justified. >>> u.s. attorney general, eric holder, will be in ferguson tomorrow. he's checking on the federal investigation into the fatal police shooting of michael brown. reporter, marley hall has the very latest. >> demonstrators marched peacefully. walter rice says he can't believe the violence that has come to the st. louis suburb. >> i never experienced nothing like this. and i have seen unrest around the world. but i never thought it would be here in my hometown.

st. louis city police chief speaking today after yet another young african-american man was killed by police in the st. louis area today. in this shooting today, again, it was two officers from the st. louis city police department, and the young man who they killed was said by police to be armed with a knife in this snen incident. police also said they recovered a knife at the scene. now, local residents told reporters today that the young man who was killed was well known in the community, but, again, he has no been formally identified. after the police chief spoke today, which sort of ended up being as much to local residents as it was to the press, local st. louis alderman antonio french who you'll recognize here in the foreground, he spoke to the same crowd that the police chief had just spoken to, and the crowd did seem to be at least somewhat agitated and upset about the chief's announcement about the killing. antonio french basically tried to talk the crowd down. this was a remarkable scene. watch this. >> but the last thing we need is violence in our neighborhood. hey, listen. that's

st. louis police officer was involved. we're going to work to reestablish the audio, so wees n hear what's being said by the state police. as we work to fix the audio -- actually the audio's fiction of firms, there are lingering questions that hang over this investigation but we will get to that. let's continue listening. >> i would like to introduce ron johnson for him to update you on the events that occurred last night and what's ahead for today. so captain johnson. [applause] >> all right, good afternoon. and if you can't hear me i'll step out into the crowd a little bit. >> you're doing great. >> well, i can tell you this: all right. all right. but i'm going to tell you i'll stand here but if the crowd can't hear me then i'm going to step out here and they can tell you what i say. they're here to tell you what i'm going to say. >> put in a little closer. come closer. i'm talking about the people behind you. i'm talking about the people behind you, come in closer. i'll step behind the mic, come on in. i want the people

st. louis police chief. we know brown was unarmed but that a confrontation ensued and the officer fired on brown, killing him. st. louis county police say brown didn't comply with the officer saying there was a struggle over the officer's gun which then prompted the officer to shoot brown. according to dorian johnson, a friend who was with brown at the time of the incident, it was the police who escalated the confrontation. he said brown had his hands up in the surrender position when he was shot by the officer multiple times. president obama issued this statement this afternoon. i know the events of the past few days prompted strong passions but as details unfold i urge everyone in ferguson, missouri, and across the country to remember this young man through reflection and understanding. we should comfort each other and talk in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds. joining me now, msnbc political analyst jonathan capehart and an allred from ksdk in st. louis. ann, you're out there. i will start with yo

st. louis county police, it is, i believe, am i correct that it is st. louis county police that have taken over the investigation of michael brown's death, it also seems, taken over the response to protesters in ferguson? >> which seems kind of like it's a mixed bag here, so on one hand they're protecting barriers, creating perimeters and pushing back against some protesters, saying -- hurling expletives at them, on the other side, they're in charge of this investigation, with so many layers and complexities to this case, and as we know, everything is hanging in the balance of this community. people are dion madding charges, and we're far from that, chris, but as we know, this is a serious situation, and every single moment, every single day is getting more complicated. >> we've seen -- there were two events last night, there's one at a church near ferguson, one in a nearby suburb, that both police chief and the governor attended. is there any sense? it seems to me in the absence of information, in the absence of information about who this police officer