. >>> coming up, trayvon martin's mother sybrina fulton's mother joins us. >>> and horrific end. isis warns that they will strike again after beheading american journalist james foley. >>> two more u.s. strikes hit isis targets in iraq overnight. president obama is set to make a statement at this hour. foley's mother was seen today leaving her new hampshire home and heading to church. her son kidnapped two years ago in syria told ""the boston globe" about his passion for journalism. >> without all of these photos and first-hand experience, we can't really tell the world how bad it might be. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. isis militants are threatening to kill another american journalist a day after releasing a video of the gruesome execution of american journalist james foley. he was kidnapped two years ago in northern syria. the video, which we will not be showing, has now been authenticated by u.s. intelligence. he was held in libya for 44 days back in 2011. after being released there, he spoke to "the boston globe" about the importance of his coverage despite

sybrina fulton joins me now. thank you for being with us.dering what went through your mind when you heard about michael brown's death? >> the first thing that went through my mind was the family and then i was thinking, here we go again, here we are again. how do we stop this from happening? is this a terrible tragedy that continues to happen and continues to happen and people you warn about the character assassinations, people that he may be exposed to. is that something that you've already seen happening? >> yes, for some reason information was leaked out and people had to decipher whether it was true or not and a lot of the things that they said about my son were not true. a lot of things that they said about me and my family were not true. a lot of things that they are saying about her son is not true. i want her to be prepared for that. i also, you know, have been in contact with her and i mentioned to her that this is going to be the most horrible time in her life. it could not get possibly worse than this. >> it's one thing to lose a

. >>> still to come in "the newsroom," two years ago, sybrina fulton got the same phone call michael parents did, that her unarmed teenage son had been shot and killed and she's penned an open letter to the family pledging her full support as the browns deal with their son's death. >> i felt that it was best that i let people know that note o o my family but the trayvon martin foundation supports their family. >> the message she wants the world to hear, next. our new flatbread sandwiches may be flat... the flavors, are anything but. so whether it's taste inspired by the freshness of the mediterranean... or the smoky spice of the southwest... or bold, adventurous thai flavors... ...you always get flavor that's anything but flat. and always with chicken raised without antibiotics. new flatbread sandwiches from panera... ... each 360 calories or less. try one today. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve.. at humana, we believe the gap will close when healthcare changes. when frustration and paperwork decrease. when healthcare becomes simpler. so let's do it. let's simplify

you hear tracy and sybrina fulton up there right now, talking to the crowd.that why you decided to come out here today? why did you decide to attach yourself to this? >> when i spoke to michael brown senior yesterday, he asked me and oscar grant's uncle to come out and be here today. >> an invitation? >> michael brown, senior, asked, told us what time he was coming out and asked us to come out here and you know, when the cameras leave, when the crowd subsides, we are gonna be here next month, next year, five years, ten years from now, we will be here for their family and so that's what he understands, that that's why we call ourselves the circle of fathers because we don't leave when everybody else leaves, we stay here for you, we give you our direct phone number so when you need to talk to somebody in the middle of the night, pick up the line and we talk to you, 2:00 in the morning, 3:00 in the morning and that's what we're here for. a great point, the cameras are here, ferguson is the focus over the nation and some would say the world, thank you very much,

tracy martin with the beard and sybrina fulton were there.lled tray vonn in 2012. she mentioned the daughter of my next guest, hadiya pendelton killed in 2013. she was an honor student and died as young shot into a park. sybrina fulton mentioned hadiya as the, quote, countless other michaels and travon's in our country. her father is joining me now from chicago. nathaniel, the funeral for michael brown finished about 90 minutes ago and we know you couldn't attend the ceremony because of health reasons. thanks for taking some time to talk with us. >> thank you. >> the browns, of course, are laying their child to rest today. you have done the same. what has been going through your mind today? >> well, first, i really want to say my condolences go out to the brown family. and every kid matters. you know, the way i feel today is really upset that another young soul has to be put to rest, stopped in his footsteps, because, you know, an officer decided to, you know, unload bullets into him. it's a travesty. >> and that being said, you mentioned it

. >> i talked to sybrina fulton, trayvon martin's mom yesterday, and one of the things she said and she wrote an open letter to you and one of the things she said in that is that she was warning you that people will try to attack the character of your son. >> uh-huh. >> just as she said they did with her son trayvon. >> uh-huh. >> do you feel that's already happened? >> yeah, and even if this hadn't happened, people do that anyway. people do that anyway. but he was a teenager. he was growing up. he was only 18. he had a chance to make a mistake and correct it, just like the officer. he had a choice, and he choose the wrong one. and was it really necessary? no. my son was only 18. only 18. >> later on, we'll have more of my interview with the parents of mike brown. i want reaction from "the new york times" charles blow who wrote about the challenges and heartache of raising young african american men in a society and cross fire co-host van jones is with me. van, it's interesting to hear the brown family talk about the impact that meeting with attorney general eric holder had, looking him

sybrina fulton cofounded the trayvon martin foundation after her son's death.en the case we're seeing now and the story of your son's death. teen agers, unarmed, young black men, both becoming the symbols of a larger national movement. it seems it would be a natural thing for to you pick up a pen and write to them, but you decided to do it as an open letter. why do that? >> one of the things is because a lot of the words i had to say to the family i don't think i would have been able to say at this time personally to them, and so i felt that it was best that i let people know that, not only my family but the trayvon martin foundation supports their family, and i thought it would just be best in order for me to write an open letter. >> if they reached out to you, would you meet with them? >> absolutely, absolutely. we have been in contact with the parents, tracy and i have been in contact with the parents of. >> i'm so glad that's happened, because i think there is power in your voice, joining their process of grieving and all that they're going through. i actua

. >> i talked to sybrina fulton, trayvon martin's mom, yesterday. of the things she said, and she wrote an open letter to you. one of the things she said in that is she was warning you that people are going to try to attack the character of your son, just as she said they did with her son, trayvon. do you feel that's already happened? >> yep. and even if this hadn't happened, people do that anyway. people do that anyway. but he was a teenager. he was growing up. he was only 18. he had a chance to make a mistake and correct it. just like the officer. he had a choice. and he chose the wrong one. and was it really necessary? no. my son's only 18. only 18. >> listening to that my heart just goes out to michael brown's parents. that interview not easy for them to do. michael brown's funeral will be held monday in st. louis. it will be open to the public. civil rights leader the reverend al sharpton will give the eulogy. >> well, coming up next on cnn, we're hearing from some of the men who were held prisoner with jim foley who were released later. >> ahe

. >>> coming up, trayvon martin's mother sybrina fulton's mother joins us. >>> and horrific end.will strike again after beheading american journalist james foley. >>> two more u.s. strikes hit isis targets in iraq overnight. president obama is set to make a statement at this hour. foley's mother was seen today leaving her new hampshire home and heading to church. her son kidnapped twoea

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officer darren wilson a short time ago, we saw a crowd of supporters off to the side of me there as sybrina fulton of trayvon martin, as well as her husband, expected tom brokaw here today, showed up a while ago, expected to be here to show support for michael brown's parents, the father of jordan davis, whose high-profile shooting captured headlines in 2012, jim, there when he was show in the a gas station in jacksonville. but really the main focus of today is michael brown and hearing what his parents have to tell those folks here that have shown up to show their support for him, jim. >> i so he that michael brown's father has called on the protest to be peaceful, both today and tomorrow, as the fine al takes place. are you feeling that's likely? are folks there concerned about folks taking a turn for the worse again tomorrow? >> reporter: when i first got here, i spent time in the community, where michael brown was shot and got the sense it was very tense. the smallest thing could set anyone off. though largely, since i've been here, things have been calm, things have really, as stephanie elam

. >> that's sybrina fulton. i want to show you live pictures.and it starts to get, to be dark here, more and more protesters are starting to appear. i'm showing you live pictures of the largest group right now walking down there, about two blocks from the location i'm at right now. they are walking heading toward canfeld drive. joining us now is martin family and now brown family attorney benjamin crump. good to have you on the program. michael brown's mom said justice will bring peace to ferguson. what is justice in their eyes? >> i think justice to them is justice as it would be for any other parent, that is that the person who executed their child in broad daylight will be arrested and brought before a court of law to be, to have to answer for the evidence and the witnesses against him and that he's held accountable. that's what they want. make no mistake about it. these parents are not asking for people to be violent. they have not asked for people to be irresponsible. what they want is justice for their son because he can't speak for himsel

i got to know sybrina fulton very well during the zimmermann trial and know jordan davis' mother, asct that she was able to publicly carry that grief with such elegance and i said that over and over again. she's such an elegant woman and really doo seemed to depend on her faith. as a mother myself of a young boy, he celebrated his 12th birthday, i'm watching that and i'm in tears, there's no purer love and in my mind than the love that a mother has for her son. it is a very, very spectacular special relationship and it's just -- i'm so saddened by the fact that i'm seeing this type of mother's loss and grief over and over and over again and to your point, charles, which i think is so poignant, as mothers of brown and black children, males, we do have that extra burden when you're teaching them about things, stranger danger and look both ways when you cross the street how do you teach them the folks that are supposed to protect you may, in fact, harm you. it's just -- it's the extra burden of the mother of color. >> you know, davis, michael brown's cousin was talking about having this

with michael brown's mother, lesley mcspadden, along with valerie bell, who lost her son -- and sybrina fultonon died after being shot in a barrage of bullets in 1996. we have more now from don lemons in st. louis. what an intend interview you conducted. -- intense interview you conducted. >> it was intense. it was the first time the three women had met. sean bell's mother and trayvon martin's mother had met. it was the first time that they met michael brown's mothers, lesley mcspadden. it was an emotional interview, as you said. it was intense. but there was also something in it that was very helpful that will prove to be hopefully very helpful to michael brown's mother. here it is. >> we got it. >> we got it. >> we got it. we got it. >> hey, ma'am amp hey, ma'am amp god bless you. god bless you. >> an emotional embrace. >> just lean on him. he going to cover you. he going to cover your family. and he going to make sure you're okay. >> the mothers of trayvon martin, sean bell, and michael brown meeting for the first time. >> keep your head up, no matter what is done. keep your head up. you ca

. >> reporter: and now sybrina fulton is offering support to the family. writing i wish i had a word of automatic comfort, but i don't. meanwhile, police here in ferguson fight an uphill battle to keep the peace. and police seem very focused on gathering as much intelligence as they can about the protests. one reason they may have arrested so many people. a lot of names and phone numbers to follow up on. >> thank you very much. lesley mcspadden and michael brown sr. join us now with their attorney benjamin crump. my condolences on the loss of your son. >> thank you. >> tenth straight night of violence in ferguson. the national guard is there now and still the violence ended just hours ago. ms. mcspadden, what will bring peace to the streets of ferguson? >> justice. justice will bring peace, i believe. >> only if that justice results in the arrest or charges being fired against officer wilson? is that what it's going to take? >> yes. he ain't been arrest. hold him accountable for what he did. >> mr. brown, do you have faith in the system in this matter? >>