it's the only way to keep the peace in the unstable tribal region of suburban st. louis.ut some folks say police departments shouldn't have all these equipment and i agree because it should be going to our schools. >> new controversy tonight over this military grade armour veekd now in the hands of san diego unified school district school district. >> hey, the san diego school district needs that mrap to defend itself in case los angeles school districts get grenade launchers. which they did. besides, as the san diego school district police chief explained, it's not as scary as it looks. >> there will be medical supplies in the vehicle. there will be teddy bears in the vehicle. >> stephen: what a valuable life lesson, kids, when you see an urban military strike vehicle, run towards it for the free teddy bears. and the district, the district has taken great pains to make sure the mrap does not scare the kids. san diego unified school district is going to enlist its shop class to give it a paint job, see? now it just looks like a mine resistant ambush protected ambulance. o

. >>> 35 people were arrested during a protest in the suburban st. louis community where a black teenager was shot to death by a white police officer. demonstrators rallied against the ferguson shooting and wanted to shut down a highway but they were stopped by the police. omar villafranca reports. >> reporter: chanltsing crowds gathered on an overpass near interstate 70. police formed an opposing line and it didn't take long for the first arrest. protesters intended to bring highway traffic to a standstill at exactly 4:30. the timing was meant to symbolize the 4 and a half hours that michael brown's bob remained in the streets. >> they waits for us to stop protesting, then apparently they don't get it. things have not changed. >> reporter: police had set up barriers to keep them away from i-70 and just behind them, they even also brought out some of the heavier machinery. the protest moved to the police station. >> they got a cop in hiving, parents grieving r demonstrators originalally planned to shut down the highway on the day of brown's funeral but pos

one of their officers in suburban st. louis, fatally shot an unarmed black teenager setting off protest as cross the country. the probe is separate from an investigation into the actual shooting. >>> happening today, philadelphia is one of the estimated 150 cities where fast food workers plan to go on strike. this is video from a protest back in may. march begins at 10:30 this morning at broad and girard and end at broad and arch. organizers want fast food chains to raise minute number wage to $15 hour and give workers the right to unionize. >>> all quiet now but later today dilworth plaza becomes dilworth park. workers spent this morning removing fences and putting final touches on the park. philadelphia spent some two years and more than 50 million-dollar to transform the plaza in front of the city hall. it includes a lawn, water fountain and up scale cafe. the 11:00 a.m. ribbon cutting will kick off a series of events the at the park throughout the weekend. it is absolutely beautiful. >>> it just seems like a couple weeks, m

. >>> a closer look at the actions of the ferguson police station in suburban, st. louis. they come on the heels of the deadly police shooting of michael brown. the shooting sparked weaks of demonstrations -- sparked weeks of demonstrations. community organizers are calling for change. >> we're not looking to go back to a routine that allows left out on the street for four hours. we're not looking to go back to the normality that will allow the police department to continue unchecked, the escalation and violence against the citizens of our city. >> officer wilson says he shot michael brown in self-defense. >>> right after the break. a major construction project that could mean a big headache for you or years to come. >>> a commuter alert that is going to drive a lot of you crazy for some time. beginning on monday, ddot will implement lane closures on second and fourth street. the closures will run from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. on monday through saturday and until the end of 2016. really? during the day? okay. the road closures are going to allow the crews to upgrade unde

investigation in the wake of the police shooting of an unarmed african-american man last month in suburban st. louis. here's the report on the federal double play. >> reporter: today the justice department launched yet another investigation in ferguson, missouri, following the shooting death of an unarnold black teenager, michael brown, by a white police officer. the new probe will look into the pattern and practices of the e any evidence of racial bias or discrimination. >> the meetings as well as in listening sessions as well as informal conversations, people consistently express concerns stemming from specific alleged incidents from general policing practices, and from the lack of diversity on the ferguson police force. >> reporter: a justification that only sparked more questions. >> it sounds like when we talk to people and read some stuff, what specifically, i mean, there are cases that specifically predicated the opening of this? >> you see dismissive. that's what we do. we've read a lot of stuff. >> reporter: holder went on to say there are public records and documentation backing the anecdo

case that led oto a national uproar and weeks of protests and confrontations in the streets of suburban st. louis. mike brown, as you'll recall, was an unarmed teenager. he was shot multiple times by a single police officer on august 9. the weeks of protests that that led to in the streets of ferguson have since continued at city council meetings in ferguson. and also in greater st. louis. people in and around ferguson are not letting this case go. they're still calling for a full investigation. they want justice for mike brown. part of that investigation has to do with the st. louis county prosecutor's us a. prosecutors are offering evidence to the case to a grand jury. they will decide whether or not they want to indict the police officer who's implicated in this shooting. now, at the outsaid they they expected the grand jury to make a decision by mid october. this week, though, a decided to extend the appointment for the grand jury until january. it doesn't mean the grand jury need that long to make a decision, but they do have until january 7 now. now we got an important glimpse into how the

st. louis county have issued low level traffic and other violations at a per capita rate as much as a dozen times higher than cities in other parts of suburbaneneral's office cited in the report found that per capita african-american drivers in the county are 66% more likely to be stopped than white drivers and are more likely to be arrested once stopped. four of the jurisdictions finds from those violations amount to added revenues. but for the financially vulnerable people who get caught in the system, those violations add up to what one st. louis municipal judge said could become a web of dick ticketing, debt, and if people can't or don't show up in court to show it, warrants and arrests. joining me from st. louis is thomas harvey, executive director of arch city defenders, a law firm that represents low-income people in the area and that recently released a report on local municipal courts. nice to have you. >> thank you for having me. pleasure. >> it seems that there is an actual incentive here. a city budgetary incentive to criminalize local communities. >> there's certainly that impression by my clients and our report is based on taki

i think most americans were uncomfortable watching a suburban street in st. louis being transformed with vivid images, powerful images akros this country into a war zone, complete with camouflage, tear gas, rubber bullets, armored vehicles and laser sights on assault weapons. while this hearing may reveal many strong arguments why some of this equipment may be helpful for the safety of police officers in certain situation, i am confident that militaryized policing tactics are not consistent with the peaceful exercise of first amendment rights of free speech and free assembly. those lawful peaceful protesters on the wednesday day afternoon in ferguson, missouri, did not deserve to be treated lie enemy combatants. i am hoping that what happened in ferguson and what we learned at this hearing today will inform a better public policy that will protect our constitutional freedoms and also provide adequate public safety for the brave men and women who put on a uniform every day to protect the people of this great nation through our very admirable rule of law. the federal

. >> i think most americans were uncomfortable watching a suburban street in st louis being transferred with vivid images, powerful images across this country, into a war zone, complete with cam flij, tear gas, rubber bullets, armoured vehicles and laser sites on assault weapons. >> officials are considering more monitoring to hold police departments accountable, and that includes things from grenade launchers. defense department official said only about 4% of equipment police departments have received have the military attributes. senator tom coburn questioned why $41 billion had been spent on the militarization. >> how do they decide if an m town. >> an m-rap is a truck. >> no, it's not, it's a 48,000 pound offensive weapon. >> joining us from washington d.c. is hilary shelton, senior vice president of advocacy and policy at nwacp, testifying on tuesday on the oversight of federal programs for equipping state and local law enforcement. great to see you. today. >> it was. it was good to see senators on both sides of the aisle seeing there was a problem. whether you are from a rural or

i think most americans were uncomfortable watching a suburban street in st. louis being transformed with vivid images, powerful images across this country into a war zone, complete with camouflage, tear gas, rubber bullets, armored vehicles, and laser sites. >> the pentagon 1033 program has transferred over $5.1 billion in military equipment to local agencies since 1991, including over 600 mine-resistant armor protected vehicles, or mraps. speaking in defense of the program, brian kamoie said military government help locate the surviving suspect after the boston marathon bombing last year. the response to the 2013 boston marathon bombing demonstrated helper pair of this great investments have improved capabilities. grant funded increment such as the forward-looking infrared camera on a massachusetts state police helicopter enabled the apprehension of dzhokhar tsarnaev while enhancing the personal safety of law enforcement officers and protecting public safety. >> in a statement, the mickens of the liberties union says it plans to deliver a petition calling on the g

i think most americans were uncomfortable watching suburban street in st. louis been transformed with vivid images, powerful images, across this country into a war zone. complete with camouflage, tear gas, rubber bullets, armored vehicles, and laser sites on assault weapons. while this hearing may reveal many strong arguments why some of this equipment may be helpful for the safety of police officers in certain situations, i am confident that militarized policing tactics are not consistent with the peaceful exercise of first amendment rights of free speech and free assembly. those lawful, peaceful protesters on that wednesday afternoon in ferguson, missouri did not deserve to be treated like enemy combatants. would happen in ferguson and what we learned at this hearing today will inform a better public policy that will protect our constitutional freedoms and also provide adequate public safety for the brave men and women who put on a uniform every day to protect the people of this great nation through our very admirable rule of law. the federal government has pla

i think most americans were ç uncomfortable watching a suburban street in st. louiseing transformed with vivid images, powerful images across this country into a war zone, complete with camouflage, tear gas, rubber bullets, armored vehicles and laser sights on assault weapons. while this hearing may reveal many strong arguments why some of this equipment may be helpful for the safety of police officers in certain situations, i am confident that militarized policing tactics are not consistent with the peaceful exercise of first amendment rights of free speech and free assembly. those lawful peaceful protesters on that wednesday afternoon in ferguson, missouri did not deserve to be treated lie enemy combatants. i am hoping that what happened in ferguson and what we learned at this hearing today will inform a better public policy that will protect our constitutional freedoms and also provide adequate public safety for the brave men and women who put on a uniform every day to protect the people of this great nation through our very admirable rule of law. the federal gove

st. louis with new body cameras for police in suburban ferguson. that is the site of last month's killing of an unarmed african-american by a white police officer. the police chief says they gave the company 50 cameras and they went online saturday. knox fox 25 in boston. the storm brought down trees and damaged cars. about 400 customers without power but nobody was hurt. this is a live look at atlanta from fox 5. the big story there tonight, a neighbor rescues children from a burning home. eddie hamilton says he heard screaming, saw the mother outside the house. he says he pulled two kids out. was helped with a third by firefighters. all are thankfully said to be doing just fine. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. does your mouth often feel dry? a dry mouth can be a side effect of many medications but it can