the child of poor irish immigrants in new orleans. she was abducted by two black women and the case exacerbated racial tensions brought about by reconstruction. the pratt library hosted this 50-minute event. >>> good evening. it's very nice to be here at the pratt library surrounded by pictures of edgar alan poe and books about poe. baltimore in many ways has a feel a lot like new orleans, an old port city with traditions and quirky and sometimes spooky history. i always kind of feel at home in baltimore just as i feel at home in new orleans. where i lived for ten years. introduce you to this case that has kind of disappeared from the american memory. but for the summer of 1870 captivated the nation. newspaper readers across the country. try to explain it to you so that you can see what i saw as i stumbled across it. i began writing -- i found this story while i was doing much more traditional legal history. i was researching the famous slaughterhouse cases, the first case where the supreme court interpreted the 14th amendment. i was r

i was reading every single day of the new orleans newspapers in 1870. suddenly, there's this story about a white baby being abducted by two african-american women. the rumor begins to circulate that the baby has been abducted for use as a voodoo sacrifice. what could that possibly be about? is that true or is that just the press telling a story? the new orleans newspapers talked about ghost sightings. the story picked up steam. the police are arresting voodoo practitioners. i realized i had stumbled on to something really quite interesting. so what i want to do is show you what interested me so much. this is new orleans around the time of 1870. the digby family were irish immigrants who had come with a great wave of famine irish. they lived in a swampy area known as the back of town. it's back in here. it was a low rent district because it flooded all the time. it was a place where people of different races and immigrant backgrounds all lived on top of one another. it is here that on a summer evening in 1870 the digby children are playing out in the stre

the group in new orleans that i speak of are the afro-creoles. they are a very interesting group, largely in louisiana and mobile. they emerge from the culture of french colonial louisiana where wealthy white men often had romantic relationships with mixed race and black women. and in this situation, when children were born, the white fathers, while they couldn't mary the women, made sure that their children had a start in life, made sure they had money, got an education, they would ata attend bap timents. as a result, there's a class of free persons of color before the civil war who are going to continue on in leadership roles after the war that you don't normally think of when you think of the slave south. i want to take a moment and just read to you from the book about the afro-creoles so you understand why they are so important and why warmoth will have the majority of his police force and elected black officials in louisiana are afro-creoles because they are a polished class of people who could put the lie reactionary whites' argument that a

however, material they finally received from the new orleans' d.a.' provided ample ground for an appeal. >> the daily police reports showed us that these witnesses, freeman and perkins had told very, very different stories in 1985 before the trial as compared to what they said on the witness stand. we began to see how their stories were contrived to secure a conviction of an innocent man. >> there were numerous pieces of evidence inconsistent with john's guilt or consistent with freeman's guilt and that showed that freeman had lied at trial in his testimony on behalf of the state. >> after testifying he saw thompson murder ray liuzza, kevin freeman was given a plea deal and only served ten months in prison. >> we also received leads about potential witnesses who would be helpful. there was a woman who lived across the street from mr. liuzza, she got a very good look at the perpetrator. ms. kelly and other witnesses who testified they saw a man with a blue steel revolver, six feet tall with a close cut hair running past them. john thompson was 5'10" wi

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ferrera had to work closely with the new orleans police department. >> when i originally walked in theynt to do what with these gun? i met with officers from the evidence department and went and selected 186 guns. >> this chain is made from slices of the barrel of a shotgun. >> reporter: debra is an award winning frapper, her mother was killed in a home invasion more than 20 years ago, she found strength child creating what she calls forms of correspondence. if you ask a question, there is another person on the other si side. >> reporter: another piece called one on month uses guns superimposed over 30 faces representing the summer of 2002 when someone was murdered nearly every day in new orleans. >> first you see the guns and then you see the faces of the people. and then you realize these are obituaries and taken a as a whole piece it's a whole month of death. >> i am not trying to give you an answer, i am trying to encourage you to look for your own answers. >> reporter: some messages are clear, there is a may have of new orleans featuring the names in red of more than 100 people kil

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they are transferring guns off the street of new orleans and creating a powerful new exhibit. jonathan martin has the story. >> in this new orleans gallery, visitors are greeted by guns, a back wall pierced by bullets. each presented a bold story. >> there's 33 different perspectives all on the issue of guns and gun violence in our country. >> new orleans has long ranked as one of america's most dangerous city. the exhibit is forcing frank dialogue about gun violence in the city and across america. >> you have conversations about the second amendment. you have conversations about murder. you have conversations about what are the solutions. you have conversations about who cares. >> the artists from around the country use decommissioned firearms taken off the street as raw materials. ferrara worked directly with the new orleans police department. >> i went and selected 186 guns. >> this chain is made from slices o of the barrel of a shotgun. >> debra lester is award winning photographer, her mother was killed by a home invasion 20 years ago. >> if you ask a person there's anothe

>> guest: new orleans was one of the very important ports. you've got places like richmond, virginia. charleston, new orleans. it is a place where many thousands of people were sold. big slave trading markets. there's been quite a bit of research done on new orleans. the charleston was another place where slave trading took away his right on the street. washington d.c. slave trading took place on the street. ec abolitionists writing back, saying what a disgrace that in the shadow of the nation's capitol, you see people being sold. in places like new orleans and charleston, they started to move to trading inside to take it off the street. you can still see some of these places in charleston, for instance, there is a museum now in the grounds they used to be one of days options. >> host: of the 5 million population 1863, what percentage try to escape? >> guest: again, terrible with numbers. during slavery, lots of men, particularly some women escaped or attempted to escape. we know this through these ads. so black people showed up in ads in the

from what i understand, the trip to new orleans was actually fairly successful. >> patrick chronicles the journey on facebook, chronicleing this photo with the caption, good thing starla didn't see this. despite the innocent facade, they are exploring the transgression, of the big easy, eventually it leads them to the man prosecutors label witness no. 1. >> his wife had found him randomly as we understand and tried to get him to buy what i believe was cocaine at that time. >> not only does the witness claim to know the best places to purchase the drug, he introduces himself under a cousin's alias is there that was the name he used originally with he and his wife. so there were some issues with identity theft. >> patrick says the witness tells an erroneous tale about the recent deaths of his fiancee and two children. >> he and his wife had taken some pity on the witness. the witness returned to charlottesville with them and lived with them for a while. >> why is it someone you hang out in new orleans for a few days suddenly becomes your roommate thousands of miles away? that suggests,

the big easy. a big convention town, new orleans hosts 9 million people every year. , while others are here for the party. >> new orleans is the most exciting city in the united states. when i land here, i feel like i'm home. it's going to be all about pink and black tonight. >> before antonia heads to the club, she invites me to join her in a ritual. >> so what is this place? >> it's a candle shop. >> it's not like a candle shop i've ever seen. >> it's a magic candle shop. the spirit of new orleans has to bless you in order to do well here. usually i get this one. >> he's good for luck. he's also good for money, but i think that you might want to go towards one of his girlfriends. it's the spirit that rolls over love and beauty and abundance. >> she sounds like the lady i need. >> yeah, she's a beauty. >> this is something i can only do in new orleans. >> why is it something you like to do here? >> strippers particularly, we have our beliefs, and it's so much about bringing attitude and luck and attention. and you're going into a really, really dark, seedy place, and

taught me in the '90s when we basically engineered comprehensive remake of the new orleans police department that you can have a safe city and an accountable police department. and the two can go hand in hand. so the changes we seek obviously are a shift away from what i would call a broken window or stop and frisk approach the police, more of community policing model which focuses on violent crime. but also relationships between police and the communities they serve. this outpouring that you see which is really an american movement of all backgrounds, race and colors and religion was sparked because we've had this seemingly unprecedented number of high profile incidents where unarmed black men have been killed by the police and it seems to not be any accountability for those actions. and the protests are really directed at the lack of accountability so we're going to have to focus on what is needed to create a better system of accountability since it appears that juries are not inclined even with the eric garner case it was obvious in the world to take action. >> schieffer

the former tv commenter is already in jail accused of attacking women. ana werner is in new orleansormation on the case. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, it's a stunning start for the all-star and who plays for the minnesota vikings and then here for the new orleans saints where he played with the 2010 super bowl champion. >> look at darren sharper. >> reporter: darren sharper was an nfl star player for the new orleans saints beloved by his city. but a local grand jury there has now indicted sharper for three counts of rape. a federal grand jury has also indicted sharper for allegedly distributing drugs with the intent to commit rape of several women. >> let's start with the good teams first, darren. >> reporter: sharper's string of alleged crimes began when he was an analyst for the nfl network. prosecutors have charged sharper with raping women starting in new orleans in late 2013. and then in los angeles in october of that year. less than a month later an alleged rape in tempe, arizona. and then another in mid-january back in los angeles. the next night, two women claim t

. >> we should rename the new orleans bowl the louisiana lafayette bowl. ragin cajuns playing. first and only touch of the game against nevada. james butler, the one-handed grab. win for the cajuns, 16-3 over the wolf page. >> division 3 state championship, high school. the drive for the win, but row matto recovers the fumble, takes it 85 yards. 35-28 campo lindo. then, tiger, don't call me woods garcia,. he forced the fumble for the touchdown. could goers d-3 champions, 35-28. a perfect 16-0 season. >> gates on with stanford. bead uconn early in the season but since then four wins and four losses. tennessee the latest opponent to take it to the cardinal. the the lady vols undefeated at home. they were in command from the opening tip. massinggil hits. harrison scores then graves scores, stanford shoots 25% in a 59-40 loss in knoxville. >>> maybe they could beat the 76ers. maybe the knicks. johnson top-ranked kentucky made ucla look like a 40 and over men's league squad. wildcat scored the game's first 4 points and led 41-7 at the half. that's willy stein with the dunk. bruins c

. >> we should rename the new orleans bowl the louisiana lafayette bowl. ragin cajuns playing.nd only touch of the game against nevada. james butler, the one-handed grab. win for the cajuns, 16-3 over the wolf page. >> division 3 state championship, high school. the drive for the win, but row matto recovers the fumble, takes it 85 yards. 35-28 campo lindo. then, tiger, don't call me woods garcia,. he forced the fumble for the touchdown. could goers d-3 champions, 35-28. a perfect 16-0 season. >> gates on with stanford. bead uconn early in the season but since then four wins and four losses. tennessee the latest opponent to take it to the cardinal. the the lady vols undefeated at home. they were in command from the opening tip. massinggil hits. harrison scores then graves scores, stanford shoots 25% in a 59-40 loss in knoxville. >>> maybe they could beat the 76ers. maybe the knicks. johnson top-ranked kentucky made ucla look like a 40 and over men's league squad. wildcat scored the game's first 4 points and led 41-7 at the half. that's willy stein with the dunk. bruins crashed 8

the senate. john roberts is live in new orleans. >> arthel, good afternoon to you. it was not just a victory for republicans last night, it was a blowout. bill cassidy buried senator mary landrieu by 12 points. cassidy rode the republican wave tapping in a deep well of resentment that really is very, very deep set clear across the state. his only line of attack was that she votes with the president 97% of the time. but that was all he needed to do. >> it was the exclamation mark. the people of louisiana put behind that which the rest of america said on november 4th. we don't like the direction president obama has taken our country. we wish to go in a different direction and i'm privileged to represent these fine folks in louisiana as we place that exclamation mark. >> cassidy's victory was a huge blow to democrats who now do not control a u.s. senate seat, st from texas all the way to the carolinas. landrieu went out gracefully. >> we honor and accept the decision tonight, but i cannot tell you all and my family how proud we are to have made a big difference every da

ferrara had to work closely with the new orleans police department. >> when i walked in they said, youhatnot to do what with these guns? i met with the evidence department and selected 186 guns. >> this chain is made from slices of the barrel of a shotgun. >> debra lester is afternoon award winning photographer, her mother was killed in a home invasion more than 20 years ago. >> if you ask a question there's another person on the other side. >> another piece called one hot month uses guns superimposed over 30 faces, summer of 2002 where someone was murdered nearly every day in new orleans. >> first you see the guns and then you see the faces of the people and then you realize that these are obituaries and it is a whole month of death. >> i'm not trying to give you an answer. i'm trying to encourage you to look for your own answers. >> some messages are clear. there's a map of new orleans, map of more than 100 people killed in the city this year. and small bullets. >> what is happening in this country that this happens the on a regular basis? >> this exhibit has become the gallery's mos

my dad accepted a job in the new orleans shipyards and literally would not be in america today if it wasn't for the transportation industry. as a former senate staffer i have deep respect for this confirmation process so i'm honored for your time and your consideration today. i have served in a variety of positions in the executive and legislative branches. currently a service counter to the secretary of u.s. department of transportation. it produced a work in an agency with a visionary leader clear mission and dedicated workforce and a very strong partnership with is congressional oversight committees. secretary fox directed me to focus on high-end priorities policy issues such as the roe america act the tiger grant program and promoting mobility equity and economic development in urban areas across the country. i have had the opportunity to see first-hand the impact that infrastructure has on communities. .. for the federal government to work with our nonprofit. my most personal work came in making the federal government a better partner to local communities following disasters. whe

the sony hack. >>> plus, police officers in new orleans have been wearing body cameras for months. doesn't mean that they are always rolling. >>> this is al jazeera america, i'll john seigenthaler. coming up, most republicans are outraged over the president's decision to normalize relations with cuba. especially marco rubio. the federal government steps in at rikers gaol to deal with reports of excessive violence. >>> and a grow number of police are using body cameras. a look at the impact they are having in new orleans. >>> tonight the white house considering how to respond against the hack against sony pictures. the breach was followed by an online threat against movie theatres that led soapy not to -- sony not to release a movie making fun of north korea. no one has accused north korea of being behind the attack, privately it's pointed to the administrative of kim jong un. >> this is treated as a security matter of the there's evidence that we have seen constructive activity initiated by a sophisticated attack. >> not everyone is convinced north korea is behind the attack. >> it'

the broad more district. legally she maintains enough of a residence here in new orleans. we'll see what she does in terms of a presidency now u that she no longer is going to be in the u.s. senate. >> the question is what do the democrats do, i was just telling her audience about no more states in the south with a democratic senator or governor. >> that is a big question, i talk with mitch landrieu as the mayor of new orleans, mary land drew's brother, it may start to state like georgia and we saw some races in petersberg, but georgia is because immigration is beginning to turn more purple as is alabama. >> very interesting, john roberts, thank you, always good to see you. >> let's go to something president obama set signing an executive order on in his first week in office in 2009, closing guantanamo bay. gitmo is on the president's list to get done, as i just mentioned that executive order. critics say the flood of inmates leaving gitmo could create trouble down the road. lee land bitter has more from washington. >> no question it has major political implications on two

. >>> in sports, the new orleans saints are back on top of the nfc south after pounding the bears. ows for 375 yards including three touchdowns. two were caught by josh hill. saints intercept three of jay cutler's passes in seconds seven times. and new orleans hammers. >>> and cleveland led by kevin love and lebron james jumps out to a 21 of had 0 lead. james ended up with 27 points and 13 assists. but charlotte comes back and gets to within two points in the third quarter. but cleveland holds on to win 97-88. its ninth win in 11 games. >>> in college hoops, julia okafor did it leading duke past elon. okafor has 25 points. duke never trails but commits a season worst seven turnovers. duke still manages to beat elon 75-62. >>> a new york teenager admits he made up a story earning millions trading stocks. the article in "new york" magazine set off a media sensation. it said high school student mohammed elamade $72 million butting on the market during his lunch break. late monday islam and his friend said it was a hoax. he said he runs an investment club at school but making only simul

it is a non-nominal church and the heart of new orleans. at the end of the day, the faith community, the business community, the government community, there has to be the connectedness that cedric talked about. the coalition building. we can't just dialogue and walk away and say, we had a great evening. i would hope that notes are taken and we can begin to talk about how to build on the takeaways. otherwise we are going through the motions, the processes of coming together. all of this can become more of an aggregate, if we would put it in writing and declare in new orleans, cincinnati, atlanta, across the country. we would have more discussions like this that are purposeful. we walk away with solutions. i go back to short-term, long-term. this will not happen overnight. there are things that can be done immediately in every community with a great leadership, visionary leadership. inquiring of the lord as to what we need to do. it doesn't take everybody doing it. if we can entrust not only be elected leaders, but as i said earlier, people on

they will be back in action tomorrow night hosting the new orleans pelicans. >>> we can't just sit around and talk about warriors. because the weather. my commute was even more horrendous than yesterday. >> yeah it's really bad out there. a lot of flooding out there. one thing you could not drive in standing water but it's dark. sometimes you can't really blame people. let's take a look at what we have now. with the morning commute. this is a major problem for the commute. as you move over to westbound 580 you have slow traffic approaching dublin and the traffic is okay so far into castro valley. bay bridge is going to be okay here as you come through. even if you can't mention your area specifically, watch for flooding. 280 looks okay. southbound 280 transition to 87 has to be closed because of flooding. that is just when the rain comes some of the drains are not handling it very well. let's go to steve. steve, will it keep raining? >> some advice here. take the old seven philosophy. just take it slow. let it come to you slowly. or as they say in thailand just relax. because i will tell

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their best start in franchise history will put their record and winning stre on the line hosting the new orleanselicans. three from the final seconds helped them beat orlando. this is a mch up. he's got a nice tou. he runs and better every year. so he's going to provide it for us. >> that is steph curr showing off moves in the kitchen. daughter riley making a cameo appearance. isha writes a blogalled little lights of mine e exchanges recipes and has her own olive oil but it's entertaining. >> little girl i cute. adorable. >> join us tonight on cable chnel 13. the oldest art said to exist. and that is at 9:00 >> american dream in den yichlt one woman went to fashion design queen. >> how cute is that little girl. >> tonight's line up starts with the taste, followed by how to get away with murder, then, back with abc7 news at 11:00. >> that is it for this edition. >> if all of us here, we appreciate your time. 'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00. ( bottles rattle ) it's all your fault, charlie! i wish i'd never met you! - i'm sorry, lindsay. - no-- god.

best start in franchise history will put their record and winning streak on the line hosting the new orleanscans. three from the final seconds helped them beat orlando. this he's got a nice touch. he runs and better every year. so he's going to provide it for us. >> that is steph curry showing off moves in the kitchen. daughter riley making a cameo appearance. isha writes a blog called little lights of mine she exchanges recipes and has her own olive oil but it's entertaining. >> little girl is cute. adorable. >> join us tonight on cable channel 13. the oldest art said to exist. and that is at 9:00 >> american dream in den yichlt one woman went to fashion design queen. >> how cute is that little girl. >> tonight's line up starts with the taste, followed by how to get away with murder, then, back with abc7 news at 11:00. >> that is it for this edition. >> if all of us here, we this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's kids week contestants -- she loves working with little kids and would like to become a preschool teacher, from cincinnati, ohio, it's not nap time. it's time to say hello to...

we fight for workers' compensation like every player, but last year, the entire new orleans saints team finished practice, got on a bus, drove to baton rouge, in order to confront a legislature who was hearing a bill sponsored by the owner of the new orleans saints to cut workers compensation rights. >> i'm going to quote the president of the united states that said if he had sons, he would have reservations about them playing football. lebron james, who once was a great football player, said he does not want his son playing football. i know your son is a lacrosse player. if he said he wanted to play football, what would you say? >> we have had a conversation, and i told him, if that's what you want to do, that is fine. but here's what we will insist on. we will insist on a coach knowing the right way to coach players to keep them safe. you as an athlete need to know that you need to take responsibility for your body. you cannot cede responsibility to someone else. you have the right to the best medical care in the world. if something happens, we know i will be able to take care of your

the pelicans antony davis, the 2012 draft pick. 22 points to help new orleans to a 97-90 victory. into they are up to eighth in the n.b.a. scorer's list with 27,322 points. netting 14 for the dallas mavericks in a 198 victory. josh smith scored 21 points to hewitt job in a win against memphis. lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers bounced back from the christmas day defeat, beating orlando 98-9. >> ars sen winninger said his striker deserved to be sent off. he was giving a red card to head-butting in the 2-1 win. the striker will be suspended for three games. their 400th english ryman's league victory. >> that is a strong word. they didn't kill him, you know. he touched him. he was in control. and i know him to think that it would not win the game. >> crazy companies. mann city had to deal with them and for the game at west brom. they went to a 3-1 victory. 3 points behind the leaders in the table. they have now 20 games more to finish the title, and the title never finished in december. there's nothing about any other team, and i am assured that it is not just the two teams. ot

the star man with the pel kaningz action athon e davis scoring 22 points to help new orleans to a 97 90 victory. elsewhere,die nowitzki is up to 8 he netted 14 for the dallas mavericks in their win against the lakers and lebron james and the cavaliers bounced back at miami by beating the orlando mar margic. japan head coach jarv nugiri procetested alleges of match fixing. he was one of 41 defendants in 2011 manager of the game in question. he has called for calm from japan supporters ahead of their defense of the asia cup next month. >> i believe in the honesty and innocence of spanish football. i will be cooperating with the spaj issue authorities and seeing this case through to the end. i would like to tell all of our supporters to stay calm during this investigation. we need their support to take the asia cup. >> arsenal manager says a player deserved to be september off and the striker has apologized to his teammates. he was given a red card for head butting in the second half of the 2-1 win. the french striker will be suspended for three games. wenger's 400th premier league vict

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in an interview with the new orleans times scalise said he spoke to all kinds of groups to oppose a tax plan. i detest any kind of hate group. for anyone to suggest i was involved with a group like that is insulting and ludicrous. he never saw duke at an event adding he was a state representative before me. everyone knew who he was and i would not go to any group he was a part of. but in the early morning hours, robert costa of the washington post reported this. david duke told the paper his long time political adviser that kenny night had a relationship with scalise himself. that is why he was invited. and why he would come. kenny knew scalise and scalise new kenny they were friendly. he was elected majority whip but some democrats are calling into question whether scalise should remain in leadership. other colleagues are offering their support including bobby jindal. >>> michael grimm is calling it quits. the republican lawmaker resigning after pleading guilty to felony invasion. it will take january 5th. he said, quote, this decision is made with a heavy heart. i enjoyed a special re

church.the local ands a non-nominal church the heart of new orleans. of the day, the faith community, the business community, the government community, there has to be the that cedric talked about 3-d coalition building -- talked about. building.ion we can't just dialogue and walk away and say, we had a great evening. i would hope that notes are taken and we can begin to talk about how to build on the takeaways. otherwise we are going through the motions, the processes of coming together. all of this can become more of we would put it in writing and declare in new orleans, cincinnati, atlanta, across the country. we would have more discussions like this that are purposeful. with solutions. i go back to short-term, long-term. this will not happen overnight. there are things that can be done immediately in every community with a great leadership, visionary leadership. inquiring of the lord as to what we need to do. everybody doing it. if we can entrust not only be elected leaders, but as i said earlier, people on the ground. people every day who have voic

pulled over by the new orleans police department, up against the wall. the victim was a u.s.r a little bit. what do you expect from an air head 17-year-old. i pled guilty to armed robbery and off i went to the louisiana correctional institute for women. one day, the prosecutor in my case came to the prison to visit and he said, i just want you to know that you don't have to be what you did that day, and you can make it, and you can be somebody. and i'm still -- why wouldn't every prosecutor want to do that? >> diana began studying in the prison's law library, researching cases of fellow inmates and sending letters to the presiding judges. she even had one woman's sentence reduced. >> doing the few things that did that made an impact, i want more of that. i want to do more of that. i want to help people like that. >> a model prisoner, diana was released in 1977 with a full pardon. the whole episode became a distant memory until donald zelenka confronted her with it nearly 25 years later. >> i was like, you know what? you opened the door. i'm walking through it. let's do this.

in los angeles, after the rodney king beating, in the early 1990's. in new orleansafter the police abuses in the wake of the katrina hurricane catrina. and cincinnati, in oakland, and even in cleveland. in 2004, the city enters into another consent decree, obviously here we are ten years later, they need to revisit this, many of the reforms did not hold, but this is something that the department of justice, and not just this department, this is something that the civil rights division has historically been very active in purr sighing over the course of the last 25 years. >> one more question, and that as we await, the mayor having a press availability in a police training academy to talk about the measures that the police are going to be undertaking in the months ahead, to make sure what happened with eric garner doesn't happen again, there was an interesting moment, and that he was at the white house on monday for this big meeting in which a number of civil rights leaders and people concerned about the relationship between police and communities met with president

the community? here is an unarmed man burned and shot. in orleans, it is never isolated. and again, i believe it can get better. he mentioned training, the cultural sensitivity that is necessary, and here we have a population that is over 60% african-american. the police -- the new police chief who is african-american, i believe he is trying hard to mend some of the fences. but it is never isolated in my community. i believe the biggest crisis coupled with training is one of credible leadership. when that later of the police department and that mayor who hires him can be trusted and are transparent, and we are people of feeling. you can feel that you can trust what they are saying. then things begin to get a little bit better. but at points in new orleans, post and pre-katrina, it has never been an isolated incident. so there is no easy answer to this. and i live by a principal -- where there is no competition, there is no resolution. so we have to continue to confront the issues collectively and be on the protesting have that kind of purposeful intervention and prevention

the way we bring down crime in a community is not arrests, it's preventing arrests. my experience in new orleansn the 1990s is that you could combine an accountable police force with public safety. bring down crime and reduce friction between police officers and the community. those are the kinds of things the urban league embraces. >> mr. morial, we want to thank you for coming in today. >> thank you. >>> up next, we take a closer look at president obama's response this week. >> there are ways of channelling your concerns constructively and there are ways of channelling your concerns destructively. >> the image that said so much this week. the president appealing for calm while ferguson burns. our sunday group joins the conversation. >>> productive ways of responding and there are destructive ways of responding. burning buildings, torching cars, destroying property, putting people at risk, that's destructive. and there's no excuse for it. >> president obama trying repeatedly this week to put a lid on the anger that erupted across the country after the grand jury decided not to bring charges aga

it is a nondonimnational church and the heart of new orleans. at the end of the day, the faith community, the business community, the government community, there has to be the connectedness that cedric talked about. if we begin to work as a country the coalition building. we can't just dialogue and walk away and say, we had a great evening. i would hope that notes are taken and we can begin to talk about how to build on the takeaways. otherwise, we are going through the motions, the processes of coming together. although this can become more of an aggregate, if we would put it in writing and declare in new orleans, cincinnati, atlanta, across the country. we would have more discussions like this that are purposeful. again, we walk away with solutions. i go back to short-term, long-term. this will not happen overnight. there are things that can be done immediately in every community with a great leadership, visionary leadership. inquiring of the lord as to what we need to do. it doesn't take everybody doing it. if we can entrust not only the elect

she has been in louisiana politics, her brother is the moi ya of new orleans. this -- mayor of new orleans. this signals the end of her career. >> what were the deciding factors of this race? >> money was the big thing. >> the koch brothers pouring a lot of money, and a lot of adds linked her to president obama. president obama not popular in the state of louisiana. >> she supported the keystone xl pipeline. jonathan martin in new orleans. thank you. >> that will do it for this news update. thank you for joining us. i'm thomas drayton in new york. i'll be back at 11:00 p.m. eastern, 9 pacific for a full hour of news and the recap of the headlines coming out of louisiana. thank you for joining us, see you >> growing up in a poor neighborhood in baltimore means the odds are stacked against you. >> and so we have a school to prison pipeline operating in baltimore and in other cities across the nation where young people believe with some good reason that their destiny lies behind bars and they, too, will become members of the under-caste. >> females is getting preg

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to this day, we fight for workers' compensation like every player, but last year, al, the entire new orleans saints team finished practice one day, got on a bus, drove to baton rouge in order to confront a legislature who was hearing a bill sponsored by the owner of the new orleans saints to cut our players' workers' compensation rates. >> al: i'm going to quote the presidents of the united states who said if he would have sons he would have great reservations about them playing football. lebron james, once a great football player, says he doesn't want his sons playing football because of the violence. i know your son is a great lacrosse player. if he came to your tomorrow and said he'd like to switch to football, what would you say? >> we've had the conversation and i told him if that's what he wants to do, that's fine. we would insist on a coach knowing the right way to coach players and keep them safe. you as a player, as an athlete need to know you need to take responsibility for your body. you cannot cede responsibility for taking care of you to somebody else. you have the best medical