the police department? my organization, the center for constitutional rights, won the stop and frisk case last year and the city of new york, the mayor, the police commissioner, the police union and community members are going to be coming together soon to discuss stop and frisk but also we should be talking about the broken windows theory. the idea of even approaching eric garner, which they should haven't done to begin with as far as i can tell, and how these types of interactions really are sieges on the community. >> if we're really going to make an advance on police community, we have to follow what vince is just saying.

police interactions. but for that interaction we would have no idea what had happened and it would be the word of the medical examiner versus the police unionbut now we really is a concrete sense that this man was killed in police custody. and the next step is how do we deal with that as a society and as a criminal justice system? >> the ramsey orta's arrest may or may not be just coincidental here's what his wife said about -- told a staten island "advance" about the nypd. >> "they park across the street, they follow him. it's obvious once they ruled this a homicide now you all of a sudden find something on him. come on, let's be realistic. even the dumbest criminal would know not to be doing something like that outside so the whole story doesn't fit at all." vince warren, your reaction to that ar vest? >> i think it's outrageous to try to connect as i've heard the police union do the arrest of that man and the relationship to the veracity of the video. the video doesn't lie. the video wasn't carrying a gun. the video wasn't arrested. that's the information we need to stay focused on. and rather than diverted the discussion to what may hav

a new friction between the community and police. the response of the unionce union so far has been very defensive. the head of the nypd police union has already criticized the gentleman who actually videotaped what happened to eric garner in saying, quote, it's criminals like him who carry illegal firearms to stand to benefit the most by demonizing the good work of police officers. is that response disturbing to you, given you don't see a lot of contrition, you see a lot of defensiveness. >> that response, unfortunately, doesn't surprise me. what we saw was eric garner being killed at the hands of police officers. it doesn't matter what the pedigree of the person taking the video was. what matters is the video was made and the question for mr. lynch and for the police department is what the heck are we going to do about it? turns out in our stop and frisk case, we're all coming to the table in a reform process to be able to understand what are the remedies to that practice. the community and the union are going to be at the table. that's the opportunity for

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the way of police reform. the ground has shifted under the police union. everybody else knows that. the mayor knows that. ce commissioner knows that. the people in the communities know that. somehow, this union seems to say that we didn't see what we saw onned v ethe video. that the medical examiner has some political agenda. note they didn't say that he didn't die. they didn't say that he didn't die in custody. so what they do is they deny the things that they can't admit. and that's the larger problem here. they're standing in the way of what we all know is going to happen. there needs to be accountability and a thorough investigation. >> there is the possibility -- now, whether or not a ever happens here, it is in the hands of the staten island district attorney. there's a lot of politics involved in that. there potentially is a grand jury involved in that. so you do now have edward mullens making a case very publicly that sounds to me like it's also aimed at a potential jury, at the politics faced by the da. i want to play another sound bite from what he said. the whole thing was extremely aggressive.

with the head of the police union says this newly-enforced on, takingragging 40-60 days longer than it should, and in the process hurting the man who sacrificed so much for city safety. >> they are causing real harm to some of these guys, it is they don't have the cash reserves to deal with not having any income at all over this time. >> basically, it tells me you cannot trust anybody. >> we have a development late today. after asking a lot of tough questions and pushing for d.c.rs from a number of agencies, including the mayor's office and police department, a representative of the retirement board told me the officers who were forced to retire will have their cases looked at monday, august 26. i am told by a union official that if everything goes according to plan for monday, those officers may get their pension checks within 30-60 days after that. live in the district, abc 7 news. >> coming up at 6:00, a look at the weekend forecast. will clear out in time for any outdoor events. >> the ravens game getting a little spicy. i'll explain. and the nationals continue to be the talk of th

the d.c. police union. most unions already endorsed democratic nominee muriel bowser. carol schwartz says she's disappointed in the decision but she's not surprised because she said she would not take a pledge to keep d.c. police chief kathy la they' lanier. >>> we're keeping an eye on the supreme court to see whether it will delay same sex marriages in virginia. couples could pick up marriage licenses as early as tomorrow morning. megan mcgrath is live at the supreme court. >> reporter: it's a decision that would have a huge impact on the lives of same-sex couples. gay and lesbian couples will be able to legally marry in virginia beginning thursday morning unless an emergency stay is granted by the nation's highest court. chief justice john roberts can consider the request himself or can he send it to the full court. if no action is taken to delay same-sex marriages, couples could walk down the aisle as soon as tomorrow morning and there are reports that clergy will be standing by. should also mention that some including people who support gay marriage are asking the s

mayoral race has taken a sudden shift to focus on the leadership of the metropolitan police department. it began with the police union endorsing republican turned independent candidate david catania, prompting an accusation from d.c. council member carol schwartz also running as an independent campaign for mayor. it was her understanding to get that endorsement, a person would have to agree to fire police chief kathy cathy lanier. >> i don't know where she got that idea. >> murial bouser says she continues to look forward to working with chief lanier. >> it is very wet out there. we dropped one warning and gained a new warning south of d.c. so ups and downs as we move through the next few hours or so and the trend unfortunately will continue into tomorrow. abc7 live super doppler radar. orange, madison and culpeper counties where you see the box at the bottom of your screen, that's the newest severe thunderstorm warning until 7:00 this evening. it's not moving very fast. the cell moving toward the south and east at just around 10 miles per hour but capable of producing gusty winds up to 60 miles per hour. we had anot

. >>> the police union just made a major donation to the on-line fundraiser that supports the officert and killed brown. the police union donated $1,000 to officer darren wilson's go fund me campaign. right now that goal is to raise $250,000 and more than $200,000 has been donated. >>> doug joins us once again. another busy afternoon. summer. >> yeah, summer. we've got a little bit of a push off the ocean. that's going to create some showers. you can see they're ready right now. across downtown. >> it's murky. >> light rain for the most part. other areas looking at a good evening. we'll take a look and see what's happening. first off our camera live on top of the building towards reston. reston accident you're on the good side right now. you're on the warm side. you can see the cloud cover continues around that region. temperatures have been in the 80s, and we have beautiful sunshine come out. in the city can you see the rain. see the rain right here. can you see that rain coming down into portions of southeast down around the capital as well. around capitol hill. 82 degrees. mostly c

the berkeley police association is now suing the city and its police review commission over charges the commission improperly leaked confidential information about the case to uc berkeley's newspaper, the daily california yum. the police union did asking for a temporary restraining order to excuse its members from april tending commission proceedings until the course of the alleged leak is identified. >>> campbell police are increasing patrols after a woman was robbed at gunpoint just ten minutes before another couple was shot multiple times. both incidents happened early sunday morning. police believe the same person is responsible. the couple, a 31 idea diving instructor and 23-year-old girlfriend were shot in the parking lot behind the first bank branch at campbell and union. they were approached by a gunman who demanded money, then opened fire. the father of the male victim said both are expected to survive. >> i can't comprehend this kind of thing. and for someone to do this, the desperation must be so bad, i just -- how can you not have any value on life. >> police say ten minutes before the shooting, the same suspect robbed a woman at gunpoint at the second street garage a short distance away. >>> this is a police sk

. >> the police union says it is too soon to pass judgment. >> he is vilified in the media and by the politicians. >> before the shooting officer suffered a serious injury and group was lying in the street and a witness described it. [ inaudible ] >> that conflicts with witness whose say brown was standing still with his hands raised when wilson opened fire. the attorney general holder visited the area on wednesday and tried to ease tensions by telling the majority black community of his own encounters with police and promises a thorough investigation. >> my hope is that will give people confidence that the appropriate things are being done by the federal government. >> holier met with michael brown's parents and promised a fair investigation. >>> 4:34. a group of 300 marchers samed a peaceful protest against police brutality in oakland including a tense stand off. >> sky 7 showed the crowd moving down broadway to 880 but met at 7th by police in riot gear upsetting many demonstrators. they turn around and went back to city hall. the mother of bart police shooting victim oscar grant sa

negative parts come from the president of the police union john mcnesby who toll the inquirer who broke this story this morning that he doesn't like the idea because it gives people another reason to second guess the officer's moves by saying hey you shouldn't have done this. look at what you did on this video you looked at. you guys shouldn't have done this even though people that are second guessing have have all of the answers after whatever happened, with the officer who didn't have any answers, going down that dark alley to begin were not knowing who he was dealing with or what kind of weapons he was dealing w well, we did this story before, we talked to commissioner ramsey last year who told us he was in favor of it. he has been studying the issue as head of the national police chiefs association. some local police chiefs have already started their own pilot programs that the commissioner here hopes to start here in philadelphia by the end of this year n fact, dave kinchin went down the shore earl they're year to wildwood crest where those 15 officers are already using those camer

the police feel they have a mayor who is unwilling to defend them. sergeant mullens, who is the president of the one of the police unions, said that is creating a toxic environment. >> the police right now feel very beaten down. they don't feel they have the support of city hall. they're wavering whether they have the support of the department. they don't feel they have the support of the public. and worse yet is that the criminal knows that the mayor and the public is not on the police side. >> a mainly rally in new york on saturday -- major rally in new york on saturday will bring together the families of eric gardener and mike brown. to the protest is expected to be peaceful. but the question is, with such mistrust between minorities and the police, will a real solution be reached before either's reaking point? >> the ongoing debate over race in america. now, to jibralter where one of the greatest tourist attractions is also becoming a bit of a nuisance. the monkeys are cute but some say that they're becoming a bit too cheeky for their own good. locals argue they've started invading their space. so now jibralter is planning to banish some of them.

but there are statistics with the police unions because every time a police officer shoots somebody, sending out an attorney to work with them. i assure you the police unions are keeping that data because of the fact every time they send out an attorney, it's 20,000 or $30,000 worth of legal fee. i know in 2010, you know, we had 30-some-odd critical shootings here in wisconsin. the reason i know that is because i did an interview with the director of the wppa, jim palmer. >> before we go, albert gonzalez was the man who killed your son. he's currently a concealed carry instructor in illinois. he was never charged. you have spoken to him. have you ever made peace with him over what happened? >> you know, he came to me. he asked -- we walked out of city hall one day. and he came up to me, approached me. and i actually had a video recordings and some day i'll share that with the public. but he asked that he hopes that michael's mother and sister who saw him put a gun to their child's head or their brother's head and kill them, he said he hopes they find peace, but there was some other tr

the police union says it is too soon to pass judgment on officer wilson. >> he has beenville fight in the -- been villa fight by the media and politician. >> before the shooting the patrolman suffered a serious facial injure tree and this new video could be a key to his defense. witnesses heard brown's shot as he went toward wilson. other witnesses say brown was moving away from the officer and then turned to face wilson up. his the attorney general is closely monitoring the investigation. he went for meetings with local officials and residents. >> there is a calming influence on the area. >> everyone here is bracing for a late night of demonstrations and there is rain in the area. the bad weather could potentially slow down the overnight protests. abc news, ferguson, missouri. >>> the uncle of oscar grant, the man killed by a bart police officer just returned from ferguson. johnson met with the family of michael brown and says he knows how brown's father feels. >> he is angry. he is hurt. like i shared with them, i understand the anger and i understand the hurt. but there is total la

the police union says it is too soon to pass judgment on officer wilson. >> he has beenville fight in the -- been villa fight by the media and politician. >> before the shooting the patrolman suffered a serious facial injure tree and this new video could be a key to his defense. witnesses heard brown's shot as he went toward wilson. other witnesses say brown was moving away from the officer and then turned to face wilson with his hands up. the attorney general is closely monitoring the investigation. he went for meetings with local officials and residents. >> there is a calming influence on the area. >> everyone here is bracing for a late night of demonstrations and there is rain in the area. the bad weather could potentially slow down the overnight protests. abc news, ferguson, missouri. >>> the uncle of oscar grant, the man killed by a bart police officer just returned from ferguson. johnson met with the family of michael brown and says he knows how brown's father feels. >> he is angry. he is hurt. like i shared with them, i understand the anger and i understand the hurt. but there

the police chief admitted he is caught in the middle. he wants more officer. the mayor says the special public safety sales tax could have raised $34 million but the police union and other city council members backed a different general sales tax that could have been used more broadly. >> egg is connected. when you have kids in libraries and community centers along with a well staffed police force that is when crimes go down. >> some did not mine paying more for police. >> for the sake of our community in general and our kids, more than anything, i would like it. >> the earliest the measures can be resurrected is 2016. >>> viewers are sending pictures from last night's "national night out i this is the big wheel at event on east 27th in oakland. and a block party with an officer talking with kids on their bicycles. we want your "national night out photos," by sharing with them at ureport@kgo-tv.com. >> you may want to share your rain video but we want you to pull over to get that video if you are driving. >> some could walk out their front door and take a few pictures. the rain held off until after "national night out," but it is rotating through the central v

the police union says it is too soon to pass judgment on officer wilson. >> he has beenville fight inthe -- been villa fight by the media and politician. >> before the shooting the patrolman suffered a serious facial injure tree and this new video could be a key to his defense. witnesses heard brown's shot as he went toward wilson. other witnesses say brown was moving away from the officer and then turned to face wilson with his hands up. the attorney general is closely monitoring the investigation. he went for meetings with local officials and residents. >> there is a calming influence on the area. >> everyone here is bracing for a late night of demonstrations and there is rain in the area. the bad weather could potentially slow down the overnight protests. abc news, ferguson, missouri. >>> the uncle of oscar grant, the man killed by a bart police officer just returned from ferguson. johnson met with the family of michael brown and says he knows how brown's father feels. >> he is angry. he is hurt. like i shared with them, i understand the anger and i understand the hurt. but there i

but the police union and other members backed a different general sales tax that could have been usedy. >> everything is connected. when you have kids in the library and the community centers along with a well-staffed police force that's when the crimes are going down. >> some didn't mind the idea of paying more for police. >> the earliest similar measure could be resurrected would be 2016. lisa amin gulezian abc7 news. >> we want to see your national night out photos. share them at you report at kgo-tv.com. >>> a show of solidarity in san francisco when a muni light rail train got stuck. it was stucked because a car was blocking its path. passengers got off the train and walked up to the car. they literally took matters into their own hands and lifted it out of the way. they took a few tries, but just enough for the train to slip by. >>> two brothers are making up for lost time. frank holland and john holland have not seen each other since the 1940s frank lives in san rafael where a hospital worker helped track down his long lost brother. after a a couple of phone calls frank went to

but the police union and other members backed a different general sales tax that could have been used. >> everything is connected. when you have kids in the library and the community centers along with a well-staffed police force that's when the crimes are going down. >> some didn't mind the idea of paying more for police. >> the earliest similar measure could be resurrected would be 2016. lisa amin gulezian abc7 news. >> we want to see your national night out photos. share them at you report at kgo-tv.com. >>> a show of solidarity in san francisco when a muni light rail train got stuck. it was stucked because a car was blocking its path. passengers got off the train and walked up to the car. they literally took matters into their own hands and lifted it out of the way. they took a few tries, but just enough for the train to slip by. >>> two brothers are making up for lost time. frank holland and john holland have not seen each other since the 1940s frank lives in san rafael where a hospital worker helped track down his long lost brother. after a a couple of phone calls frank went to

but the police union and other members backed a different general sales tax that could have been useddly. >> everything is connected. when you have kids in the library and the community centers along with a well-staffed police force that's when the crimes are going down. >> some didn't mind the idea of paying more for police. >> the earliest similar measure could be resurrected would be 2016. lisa amin gulezian abc7 news. >> we want to see your national night out photos. share them at you report at kgo-tv.com. >>> a show of solidarity in san francisco when a muni light rail train got stuck. it was stucked because a car was blocking its path. passengers got off the train and walked up to the car. they literally took matters into their own hands and lifted it out of the way. they took a few tries, but just enough for the train to slip by. >>> two brothers are making up for lost time. frank holland and john holland have not seen each other since the 1940s frank lives in san rafael where a hospital worker helped track down his long lost brother. after a a couple of phone calls frank went

officers shot him at least six times, including in the head critics including the head of the state police unionspoken out against the governor's statement. a representative for the governor told me what he meant to say is that there should be prosecution only if there is enough evidence but went on to say we stand by the statement and there is no reason for corrections. mike last night, the crowds were large and unruly. tonight looks different. is it? >> and numbers are dropping off, shep. it's like police are just letting them walk it off. and into the night you may notice every once in a while you'll see an adult, someone older than these guys and these are leaders marching with the guys right now. police are using them as mediators. if they spot someone causing trouble they'll use the older gentleman to speak to that person, calm them down. the bishop can't calm them down, police will come pluck them out of the crowd. every time they get friction and a crowd forms up. what they're trying to do is keep crowds from storming up. every time you get a concentration, that is where trouble starts,

lit oix including the head of the state police union spoke out against the governor's statement. a representative of the governor told me what he meant to say was there should be prosecution only if there was enough evidence but he went on to say we stand by the statement and there is no reason for any correction. we have team coverage now on the ground in ferguson tonight. mike, this time last night there was tear gas all over the place. the crowds were large and unruly. it looks different from here tonight. is it? >> reporter: and the numbers are dropping off. you can see the crowd of marches is coming up behind me now. but it's like the police are just letting them walk it off and letting them walk into the night as the numbers drop off. the technique what i've got from a police source. you may notice if you look at the crowd. every once in a while you see an adult. someone older than these guys. and these are some of the religious leaders and community leaders marching right now. and the police are using them as mediators. if they spot someone who's causing trouble or getting

the population of st. louis county. had arundel county police response to a major donation made by the county police union to the officer, darren wilson. a president of the anne arundel county fraternal order of police donated more than $1000. in chief davis's words, "there are occasions that an officer will agree to disagree. this is one of those moments." organizers say it is so wilson will have adequate legal representation. tuesday, a town hall on the issues raised by the outrage in ferguson. "your voice, your future: ferguson: america reaction" will be on news channel 8 and also streamed on wjla.com. get ready for a cooler weekend. you may have to dodge some rain showers. steve rudin has the first look at the forecast. >> we are pretty lucky through the evening. most of the area stayed dry, although it is warm and muggy. the satellite radar, from the belfort furniture weather center, most of the showers to the west. across extreme western maryland, into west virginia. we will stay mainly dry in the district overnight. the temperature slow to fall because of the cloud cover, middle 70's at reagan national, 72 winche

the police union president says it is just a band- aid approach. the real solution is to actually hire more pleased of prisoners or state troopers. >> reporting from the less said. indonesian police and psychiatric tests of that and a teenage daughter of a chicago woman whose body was found in a suitcase. discovered after a cab driver saw blood on his suitcase. police arrested the victim's daughter. the couple claimed an armed gang. allegations are not true and will be disproven. never said a mother and daughter had a strange relationship. the men fell off the syllabus and disappeared unlike michigan as fund. the 56 year-old is discovered yesterday morning. fell off a maryland broke. about 2 mi. from shore on saturday night. passengers saw him resurface once and tried to throw him a life ring. they could not save him. an autopsy will be performed today. later it is losing support of voters according to a chicago tribune poll. >> that did not change much last year. chicago teachers union president has not announced as she is running for mayor. this p

tonight, the police union offers its sympathies to garner's family but says it believes if he didn't resist arrest "this tragedy would not have occurred." meanwhile a family mourns and a city debates the tactics used to keep peace. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> another break here. when we come back, the surprising admission from a big star this morning on "today." ...we need to break up. is it the biting? cuz i can stop? no! i love you and your show. it's cable. customers are more satisfied with u-verse. switch and we can stay together forever. forever? ow. i'm not gonna lie to you. it's also the biting. break up with cable. choose u-verse tv from $19 a month for 2 years. >>> if you're a movie fan, then you already know they shot sunny on the causeway, linda blair threw up green in the "exorcist." and hal holbrooke does the best mark twain. none of these things wouldn't have happened without dick smith, the veteran makeup artist, a yale grad, world war ii veteran who started here at wnbc tv here in new york and found fame, fortune and hollywood. he gave brando jowls. dick smi

case despite calls for him to step down over his family ties to law enforcement. >>> the anne arundel county police unionust made an online donation supporting the officer who shot and killed michael brown. the police union donated $1,000 to officer darren wilson's go fund me campaign. the goal is to raise $250,000. so far more than $200,000 has been donated to that fund. >> hands up. >> don't shoot. >> hands up. >> don't shoot. >> hands up -- >> things may be calmer in ferguson but protests are popping up across the country, including right ear in d.c. dozens of people gathered yo outside the white house. one woman says the police should protect everyone, no matter what race or economic status they are. >> when someone does something wrong to me, i call the police in america and i expect them to be there for me. but if i have a hoodie on and i'm walking at night, i don't expect them to judge me. what about me is so threatening? >> there were no problems between police and protesters at last night's event. >>> fighting extremists, the new warnings on how big a threat isis is to the united states. >>> plu

police say he was illegally selling cigarettes, the police union said the tragedy could have been avoided had he complied. what happens next will be closely watched as prosecutors weigh the evidence. >> have to determine whether or not criminal conduct attaches to that. that could be murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, or they could refuse to indict. >> reporter: a choking death at the hands of police. >> they're not above the law. nobody's above the law. >> we want justice for eric garner and his family. >> reporter: under review and protest. ron mott, nbc news, new york. >>> as congress begins a five-week summer recess, president obama called on americans today to challenge congress to do more to pass bills that would help the middle class. many have referred to this as the do-nothing congress. and even though the house passed an immigration bill last night, the senate will surely oppose it. we get more tonight from nbc's kristen welker. >> motion to reconsider, lay it on the table. >> reporter: late last night lawmakers scrambled to leave town without addressing t

so are their officers so obviously it seems to me that any objection from police whether it be the individuals or the police unions to having these cameras is based more out of the question of well what is it that you have i mean aren't you doing the public's were on the published on and should you be accountable and i know that here in new hampshire the police are supposed to be accountable for that and here in kenya where activists have regularly used cameras in the streets the police have become acclimated to that so again it really is really the key individuals getting out there and doing this kind of cop block stuff up wiped out or going to great so i can really help. to understand cameras and to be more respectful towards them but there can be that is you know kind of difficult learning period where they might arrest a few people where they were and so now on that note in these cities where cops don't have cameras you know not on their cars not on their person what can the public do to keep them you know at within their within their range. of. legal force i should say. well obviously using force in response

and the san francisco police union accused the weather underground of this murder. >> larry was never in the weather underground. he was in the sds. >> the precursor. >> he was lying and the police union doesn't know what they're talking about. >> bernadine was not a fan of the police and referred to them typically as pigs. >> that was the inflated rhetoric of the time. yes. >> that sort of rhetoric is what catches people's attention when she is calling them pigs and celebrating bad things happening to the police and one gets murdered and you told larry she did it. >> never happened. it's true that the rhetoric was inflated. but you take a situation like chicago today. the police are a violent and out of control enterprise. the endless arrests in the black community. >> do you refer to them as pigs today? >> no. we hang out at the coffee shop and talk to them. when you look at the chicago police department which has been involved in torture and freed people off death row in the last five years because of a systematic practice of torture and forced confessions and so on and these polic

he was lying and the police union doesn't know what they're talking about. >> bernadine dorn was not a fan of the police and referred to them typically as pigs. >> well, that again was the inflated rhetoric at the time. yes, the black panthers did that, we did that, yes. >> i mean, that sort of rhetoric is sort of what catches people's attention when she's calling them pigs and celebrating bad things happening to the police at the same time one gets murdered. and then you allegedly went and told larry she did. >> never happened. but look, it's true that the rhetoric was inflated. it's also true you take a situation like chicago today, the police are a violent, of control enterprise in chicago today. the shooting of unarmed people again and again. the stopping of people in the street. the endless arrests. >> do you refer to them as pigs today? >> no, i don't. we hang out with them at the coffee shop and talk to them, but we disagree. when you look at the chicago police department, which has been involved in torture and this is documented, been involved in torture which has freed people

. >> reporter: the police union says it's too soon to pass judgment. >> he has been vilified in the media and by the politicians. >> reporter: a source close to wilson told abc news that before the shooting, the officer suffered a serious facial injury and supporters of wilson point to this videotape showing brown's body lying in the street and in the background, a witness describes what he saw. >> police got out and ran after him. the next thing i know he's coming back towards the police. the police had his gun drawn on him. >> reporter: that would conflict with witnesses who said brown was standing still with his hands raised when wilson opened fire. attorney general eric holder visited the area on wednesday. he tried to ease tensions by telling the majority black community about his own encounters with police. holder is promising a thorough investigation. >> my hope is that that will have -- give people some degree of confidence that the appropriate things are being done by their federal government. >> reporter: holder met with michael brown's parents and promised them a fair investiga

your thoughts, first of all, most recent this week, david catania got the endorsement of the police union. this is an organization that had backed you in previous campaigns, am i right? >> yes, and this time they didn't even ask me to come in for an interview. i would have liked to have done so. but i didn't get that opportunity. i did have a lot of individual police officers approach me, and tell me they were glad i was running, and welcome back, and lots of good feedback. but then they would say to me, where are you with chief lanier, and i would say, i think she's done a good job, and i haven't announced who i would appoint if i should be elected mayor. but i certainly have good feelings about her. and they were immediately, well we were not going to endorse anybody unless they're going to get rid of her. and so, because i didn't jump on that band wagon, i got a feeling is why i didn't get an interview. >> muriel bowser has come out and said she would endorse the chief or keep her on. >> yes. >> will you go that far as to say that? >> well, no i'm not saying who i will keep on and keep

the police superintendent often said the easiest way to reduce crime is to get fugitive's off the street. but the chicago police union president and his counterpart are calling it nothing more than a band-aid approach and the real solution is with hiring more officers and more state troopers. back to you. no sign of those state troopers yet. we will be here all morning monitoring this situation. that's the story for now. >>a chicago woman and her boyfriend have been declared suspects in her mother's murder on the pacific vacation island of bali. heather mack and tommy schaefer were fingerprinted after the body of sheila von weese mack was found stuffed in a suitcase in the trunk of a taxi. she had been beaten to death. the mother and daughter lived in oak park until moving to chicago's lake front about a year ago. oak park police had been called to the home about 80 times due to the women's stormy relationship. >> we all knew there were issues. but no one could have called this. >> every family hopes that this move would make things better but it seems to have done the opposite. >>the suspects were caught three weeks

the new york union world is concerned. the big issue in the teacher's union separate from the police union. usually in the controversial issues they will maintain a low profile. >> do you think it's appropriate? >> in this instance, i would prefer that they not be involved. >> you see this is anti-police, this protest. >> it is anti-police. they certainly have a right to demonstrate, hopefully it will go peacefully. it's surprising to see the unique alliance. >> what are your thoughts on this particular case, people are familiar with the focus on ferguson, maybe they're not. man at staten island who died in police custody and placed in what appeared to be a chokehold or bard, chokeholds by new york city standards are outlawed. is that what happened? is it as simple as that or more to it. >> it has to go before the grand jury. there are lots of witnesses. the officers have an opportunity to speak themselves. something happened in the scrum, you might say. >> it was all on video. >> lot of it was on video. we need the testimony of the people who were there to find out what happened, what was

the police union has not commented on the new changes. >>> today separate events are planned in honor of the unarmed teen killed by a police officer in ferguson, missouri. first at noon a prayer for racial healing across the country will take place at the martin luther king jr. memorial. and then later today at 7:00 p.m. there's going to be a rally for police reforms in front of union station. that's going to be followed by a march down 8th street. the shooting death of michael brown has fueled a national conversation about race and militarization of police. >>> our traffic reporter gives us a full rundown on the rails. >> metro is not taking a break from track work this holiday weekend. there are closures you should know about. on the red line two stations are closing for the weekend. the bethesda and medical center stations. buses will operate through friendship heights and grovener. green line trains will run every 16 minutes. and blue and yellow lines will operate normally. on labor day monday metro will operate on a sunday schedule. stations open at 7:00 in the morning and will s

. >> reporter: the police union says the city rejected similar proposals before, including once used in san francisco and calls the latest version politically motivated and desperate. >> what if this officer who's now retired but working is seriously injured. >> reporter: the city is asked to meet next week to discuss it. >> the mayor and i will be coming out with a memorandum this week, this coming week, and we wanted to begin negotiations right away. >> this is a smoke screen, away from the measure b problems, away from the police exodus problems. and it's really a disingenuous effort at this point. >> reporter: well, despite the harsh disagreement they say they will meet with the city once the proposal is officially unveiled on wednesday. robert honda, nbc bay area news. >>> aldon spmyth for half a season. we have live coverage of the decision. jim kozimor breaks down what it means, but we begin with scott budman with the buzz coming from fans. >> reporter: as a lot of fans told us, they had a pretty god feeling aldon smyth was going to get a suspension of some kind. when they fou

the police union has not commented on the changes. >>> today separate events are planned in honor of the unarmed teen killed by a police officer in ferguson, missouri. first after noon, a prayer will take place at the mg memorial. and later at 7:00 p.m. there will be a rally for police reforms in front of union station. that's going to be followed by a march down h street. >>> if you are heading downtown today, some metro stations are closed on the red line. first 4 traffic gives us the full rundown on the rails. >> metro is not taking a break from track work this holiday weekend. there are some station closures you should know about. on the red line two stations are closing for the weekend. the bethesda and medical center stations shutdown and closed through monday. orange and silver line trains will run every ten minutes. green line trains will run every 15 minutes. and blue and yellow lines will operate normally. monday metro will operate on a sunday schedule. stations open at 7:00 in the morning and then shut down at midnight. back to you. >> thanks, melissa. >>> two local areas a

president of the united federation of teachers both supported the protests and came under fire from the police unionsor green to participate in the rallies. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] [♪] >> this is democracy now!. michael brown senior has requested a day of peace. well-known voices from the hip-hop community who joined the protest and ferguson. is a world renowned rapper and activists. they spoke in a packed gym. >> we are in a st. mark's church and rosa cleeli mente. why have you come to ferguson? because id ferguson respect to life. i try to be a compassionate person. --espect people's bake is a people's basic right to exist. people's rights to due process. he is someone who could be my son, someone who could be me, someone i relate to on a lot of levels, being a black man. that thee in a way news stories could not capture. some of the other aspects are critical of al sharpton and jesse jackson, but these are people who never speak out on behalf of the people. want to show up myself so i can shine a light on the real protest movement that is going on here. a lot of people think t