i think we're seeing that in the case of thomas jackson, the police chief there. he's chosen, of course, to impose a strong arm set of responses to the ferguson challenge. and in doing so, has evoked the very worst images of the nation in its historic treatment of african-americans and no place is better emplifying that problem than birmingham, alabama, of 1963. after all, it was eugene bowls conner who was the public safety director who chose to use fire hoses on the little children of

the chief of ferguson thomas jackson is expected to make that ever announcement. the african americans are set. we are expecting to see the chief walk out and hold that news conference. we understand the officer that will be identify asked a six- year veteran of the ferguson missouri police department. we are told he has no issues on his record. we will check back a little bit later on when the news conference really begins and bring you the details as it happens right here. >> >>> hundreds of cats dropped off at a local animal shelter. coming up the new video released by the animal shelter. >> but first it's @ the -- >> the car doesn't drive itself so you might want to get out there and get on the road soon. things are getting a little bit more crowded everywhere. we'll tell you more about the sunol grade and the bay bridge. >> slightly warmer weather settling in for your bay ever good. rs bulldog: you don't need to camp out 'til labor day to reward yourself. get a queen size serta mattress and box spring set for just $397. not to labor the point, but this sale w

picture on what it's like to own the cars you're considering kbb.com >>> when ferguson police chief thomas jackson spoke to reporters, there was a few bombshells, the officer stopped him not only because he was walking down the street, jackson said the police officer didn't even know brown was suspected in the robbery of the convenience store just moments earlier but then seemed to change the story in an interview a little bit later. don lemon is joining us from ferguson. it's very complicated here. it gets more complex by the hour, doesn't it? >> reporter: it certainly does. he gave us a lot of information but also, wolf, he had a lot of explaining to do. he left a lot to the imagination. my question was why release the name and the video at the same time, take a listen. so there have been a lot of questions about the releasing of the video and the releasing of the officer's name at the same time where it appears they are not connected but by doing so you are connecting them. can you say beyond a shadow of a doubt that is michael brown in the video who pushes the clerk and steals the cigarettes?

. ♪ >>> all right, we are awaiting the ferguson police chief, thomas jackson, to take his place behindhose microphones and announce the name of the officer who shot the teenager michael brown. there is a delay for some reason, we expected that to happen at the top of the hour. we don't know why but we'll continue to monitor this and as soon as the police chief takes his place behind the microphones we'll take the press conference live. i want to bring back our panel, don lemon, pamela brown, joey jackson and carissa mcgraw. thanks to all of you. >> i can tell you why it's being delayed if if you want to know. >> okay. >> i spoke with him on "new day" a little bit earlier and he said first he was doing interviews but he said before he put the name out there, he's going to do it shortly after 8:00 central time, 9:00 eastern. he wanted to consult with his attorneys, with legal counsel before releasing the name because they wanted to do it as gingerly and carefully as possible and didn't want the officer to receive any retaliation what have you and to make sure they were well within their

. >> today, ferguson police chief thomas jackson described the situation as a powder keg. he defended the defense from police and acknowledged that they need a new plan. >> what's happening now is not what any of us want. last night we started getting rocks, bricks, bottles thrown at us and a molotov cocktail and gunfire went off. we need to get everyone to calm down and try to bring some peace to this. we want everybody to be able to protest. we know they are going to protest. we want to facilitate their ability to protest. >> trymaine, let me go back to you. this is the line we have heard. we hear it there from the police department. last night the police were under attack. it was the molotov cocktails, bricks being thrown at them. you're on the ground. what you are hearing from the police about what they are saying protesters are doing to them. does that square with what you are seeing on the ground? >> from my vantage point 35 feet away from where the first canisters were fired i didn't see rocks thrown. i didn't see molotov cocktails. someone did throw something at on

we have just learned ferguson police chief thomas jackson will hold a news conference at 3:00 p.m. eastern. todd johnson is joining me live from ferguson. what was reaction from ferguson among the people you have spoken to about the release of the incident report but not the incident report about the shooting? >> joy, people were unsettled. they had more questions than they had yesterday. people want to know what were the exact circumstances under which michael brown died. the fact the ferguson pded pd did not release the officer's name in question and waited until releasing the incident report which implicates michael brown in a robbery to release the name that's raised a lot of questions. people are questioning why, why, why family members have said assassinate michael brown's character, the same day and same moment you release the officer's name. are they trying to distract the community from what the officer did and focus on what michael brown may have done inside that convenient store. people are unsettled. it's an active and engaging day. again, the press conference this morn

and in just a couple minutes we watch and wait to hear from ferguson police chief, thomas jackson. he'll be addressing the public in a news conference. we'll take that live. scheduled to happen any minute now. but just context here. earlier today, the department aimed for transparency, but now they are accused of trying to trash michael brown's name. he is -- you know the story. he is the 18-year-old unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by a ferguson police officer on saturday. that officer now we learn from this morning, he has been i.d.ed as 28-year-old darren wilson, a six-year member of the force. he is married, he is white. while releasing wilson's name this morning, police also revealed michael brown was a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened about ten minutes before brown had his fatal encounter with that police officer. now, authorities released this video just within this last hour that allegedly shows michael brown intimidating and pushing a man at this convenience store. we have also in the wake of these new pictures heard from michael brown's family, and th

we are listening in to the ferguson chief of police, thomas jackson. a listen. >> community relations bureau. and we're going to put together a plan to try to give the sidewalks up in the area of west floresson to the protesters. we're going to put up some cones so they stay out of the street. we're asking that. and we'll put up port-o-potties for them to use and allow them to freely protest for as long as they want. what's happening now is not what any of us want. last night we started getting -- started getting rocks, bricks, bottles thrown at us and a molotov cocktail and gunfire went off. we need to get everyone to calm down and try to bring some peace to this. we want everybody to be able to protest. we know they're going to protest. we want to facilitate their ability to protest because it's a constitutional right. so working with these leaders, we're going to try and put this together and hope that everyone will take the opportunity to get the message out that they want to get out. we understand everybody's anger and need to have questions answe

the chief of police is thomas jackson. thomas jackson. i beg your pardon. clearly, what was critical here is that the captain did not say he'd seen the video released this morning. this is a big headline. i want to bring in two of my guests who have been watching these developments very, very closely. don lemon is live on the scene right now. he listened through that press conference. don, what i think is so critical is that we've had so many developments this morning from the investigative and from the security angle. this morning from the investigative, we heard the name of the officer and we also saw video of an alleged violent robbery, an assault robbery, a strong-arm robbery, they call it, of the deceased, the 18-year-old mike brown, prior to the shooting. and then we saw this community response to the policing tactics. has the dynamic on the ground changed? has the calculus changed at all? has the information made any difference? >> it has made a difference. we're standing right out here at this qt. there's the qt right there, the one that was burned

this is thomas jackson who is the police chief. >> i haven't heard that.y are actually having that meeting now and i have not heard any of that and the results of that meeting. (inaudible) >> that is up to the prosecuting attorney's office. he's waiting to interview. this is all thrown out before. and i see you are new. all of the evidence has to be examined and ballistics have to be exampled and all of the witnesses have to be talked to extensively. and when all of that is done and the toxicology reports are in, they will have a clear picture of what happened out there and present it to the grand jury. (inaudible) i don't know. (inaudible) (inaudible) [inaudible question) >> all i can say if anybody was arrested, from what i understand is because they were in a area that was being cleared by the police. once it was declared by the commander on the scene as an unlawful gathering because of the violence and everything going, they have to clear it. >> (inaudible) >> it was released at the scene? (inaudible) we are hearing -- (inaudible) >> we are going to ha

. >> reporter: police chief thomas jackson said the officer who hasn't been named is a six-year veteran. he's on paid leave. >> this is a tragedy for him too. nobody comes to work wanting to do this and go away from something like this feeling good about it. >> reporter: late today michael brown's parents spoke to reporters and pleaded for calm. >> going to do this right. i don't want no violence. we don't want no violence. >> michael wouldn't have wanted that. >> he wouldn't have wanted none of this. none of it. >> reporter: in announcing the fbi investigation today, attorney general eric holder said aggressively pursuing investigations like this one are crucial to preserving the trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. that on the day that michael brown was to have started college. brian. >> john yang starting us off suburban st. louis, missouri, tonight. >>> now we move overseas to the crisis in iraq. more than a decade after u.s. forces invaded that country, toppled saddam hussein. over two years since the last u.s. combat forces left, there the u.s. is engaged

chief thomas jackson would not comment about that. carol? >> brian todd reporting live from washington this morning, thank you. with me now richard weinbltt, former police chief and director of public safety education at ohio state university. good morning, sir. thank you so much for joining me. >> good, it's good to see you again and it's ivy tech community college in indianapolis, where i'm the dean. >> i apologize and thank you for correct he me. >> no problem. >> we appreciate it, your credentials are stellar and glad you're with us here this morning. >> thank you, ma'am. >> the information about this officer is dribbling out, all people want is transparency. wouldn't it help if police detailed the officer's side of the story? >> well, it's a complex investigation, and i know that people don't generally like to hear that especially when emotions are so raw like they are now today here in ferguson, and most investigations take a long time, extremely complex. mark o'meara, cnn legal analyst said earlier this morning that they do take time

. >> ferguson police chief thomas jackson announced his name a short time ago. he surprised a lot of people by implying brown might have been a suspect in what he called a strong arm robbery. let's listen to the chief. >> i want to give you a little timeline of what happened on august 9th. at 11:51 there was a 911 call from a convenience store, further description, more detail was given over the radio, and stated the officer was walking -- the suspect was walking toward quick trip. our officer encountered michael brown on canfield drive. at 12:04 a second officer arrived on the scene, immediately following the shooting and at 12:05 a supervisor was dispatched to the scene. the officer that was involved in the shooting of michael brown was darren wilson. he's been a police officer for six years. has had no disciplinary action against him. he was treated for injuries which occurred on saturday. >> that's the information that the chief provided. providing very few detail about this alleged strong arm robbery. he passed out information packets to the press gathered

before the break you heard from the ferguson city police chief, thomas jackson, who provided some newtragic events that unfolded in missouri over the weekend. here to react to that interview as well as the appalling rioting and looting that followed the shooting is fox news contributor deroy murdock, brian benjamin and denine barelli. to me the one big thing that came out of this interview with the police chief is a struggle ensued in the police car and a shot was fired in the car. that would contradict some of the "eyewitness testimony" that we had heard, right? >> you're right. and there are so many circumstances that are surrounding this tragedy. and my heart goes out to the family of the death of this young kid. >> i agree with you. it's horrible. >> the investigation we hope will sort everything out and we'll get to the bottom of this, sean. what i'm really concerned about is how individuals have taken to the streets, looting and stealing -- >> i want to get to that in a minute because i think you raise a good point. >> sure. >> but, brian, i guess here the question is going to b

and dorian johnson stealing cigars and brown shoving or man handling the clerk and confuse from thomas jackson leaving the impression officer wilson was responding to the robbery call when he shot michael brown, then later today contradicting it. >> there were two separate officers. this robbery does not relate to the initial contact between the officer and michael brown. the initial can tact between the officer and mr. brown was not related to the robbery. >> why did he stop michael brown? >> because they were walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic. that was it. >> having said that, chief jackson then gave the local paper and me yet another version. the officer he said actually did know about the robbery but was not aware that michael brown was a suspect, that is, not until he might have seen the cigarettes in brown's hands. as you might imagine, neither the changing story nor decision to release the video is winning many friends here. you'll hear from the brown family tonight, from dorian johns johnson's attorney and more surveillance video from randi kaye. >> reporter: fergu

plus, robin roberts interviews missouri governor jay nixon and ferguson police chief thomas jackson. >>> the other major story we've been watchingover night is the safe return of two amish sisters who van othered from the family farm. >> the disappearance triggered a massive search in a rural area not far from the canadian border. abc's gio benitez is there. >> reporter: it was a race against time when the two little amish girls vanished. but just hours ago both were found alive by a total stranger taken back home. >> we received the thus that the girls had been found and everybody was just relieved. >> reporter: it was 7:20 fannie miller and her 6-year-old sister delilah working their family's roadside vegetable stand when a red four-door sedan pulled up when it drove off, the girls were gone. their family living in this traditional amish community of 10,000, they have no phone, they ran to a neighbor's house to call police setting off the search on land. rescue teams even searching under water. police only had this sketch to work from. that's because an amish tradition being photog

. >> chief thomas jackson says officer wilson was on duty hearing calls about a robbery when he confronted brown. residents have more questions for police. >> the coverup and everything else doesn't justify why a man can lay on the ground and get shot down like an animal. >> police say they waited to release officer wilson's name because ey feared for his life. the shooting sparked four days of unrest, but last night demonstrations were calm. the atmosphere at times more like a street party than a protest. highway patrol captain ron johnson is getting the credit. >> people have a chance to say what they want to say, and it's peaceful. i think it's been going good. >> the ferguson native was put in charge of the situation thursday, and instead of facing off against the angry protesters, his officers reached out to them. brian webb for cbs news new york. >> it is unclear if formal charges have been filed against officer darren wilson. he's on paid administrative leave. attorney general eric holder says the justice department will conduct a full civil rights investigation into michael brown's

. >> reporter: chief thomas jackson says officer wilson was on duty hearing calls about a robbery whene confronted brown. residents in the st. louis suburb have more questions for police. >> the cover-up and everything, doesn't justify why a man can lay on the ground and get shot down like a animal. >> reporter: police say they waited to release officer wilson's name because they feared for his life. this shooting sparked four days of unrest. but last night, demonstrations were calm. the atmosphere at times was like a street party than a protest. highway patrol captain ron johnson is given the credit. >> people have a chance to say what they want to say and it's peaceful so i think it's going good. >> reporter: the ferguson native was put in charge of the situation thursday and instead of facing off against the angry protestors, his officers reached out to them. brian webb, kpix 5. >>> oakland police plan to have more officers on patrol downtown tonight. activists are calling for a march starting at city hall at 6:00 to protest the deadly shooting in missouri. >>> taxi drivers in san f

but ferguson police chief thomas jackson said the robbery was not related to the shooting incident that killed michael brown. >> this robbery does not relate to the initial contact between the officer and michael brown. >> police say they released the video of the convenience store robbery today because the press asked for it. earlier, chief jackson described what happened after the robbery. >> at 11:51, there was a 911 call from a convenience store nearby at 11:52, can dispatch gave a description of a robbery suspect over the radio. at 12:01 p.m., our officer encountered michael brown on canfield drive. at 12:04, a second officer arrived on scene immediately following the shooting. >> reporter: after almost a week of silence, the officer involved in the shooting was identified. darren wilson, a white 2-year-old who has served on the force for six years, and according to the department, has no disciplinary actions taken against him. he was treated for injuries which occurred during the altercation on saturday. >> he had no complaints. he was a gentle quiet man. he was a distinguished of

thomas jackson is further son's police chief. >> we've always had a real good relationship with all the neighborhood associations. apparently, there's been this undertow that now has bubbled to the surface, and it's our first priority to address it, to fix what's wrong. >> reporter: the st. louis county prosecutor said late today that rather than make the decision himself about any possible criminal charges, he's case scott. >> pelley: i wonder, do the police have any plans to meet with michael brown's family? >> reporter: they've been negotiating through some of the federal guys who are here, scott, and the answer is tomorrow they hope, for the first time since the hours right after the shooting. the family and the local police have going to get together for a question-and-answer session. >> pelley: the texas governor ups the political ante in the border crise. >> we flag this issue in 2012 and have yet to have a response. it's a failure of leadership. >> pelley: is he using the crisis to raise campaign money? and a dust storm paralyzes an american city when the cbs evening news contin

. >> thomas jackson is ferguson's police chief. >> i know his initial contact was not related to the robbery. >> reporter: witnesses say officer wilson pulled ferguson into his police car through an open window. police say there was a struggle. a shot was fired. two witnesses then saw brown move away from the car. dorian johnson, who appeared in the store with brown, described what the officer did next. >> his weapon was already drawn when he got out the car. he shot again, and once my friend felt that shot, he turned around and he put his hands in the air and he started to get down, but the officer still approached with his weapon drawn and he fired several more shots, and my friend died. >> reporter: police say officer wilson was treated for injuries to his face. missouri governor, jay nixon. >> the point is where we're standing here right now is that new facts are out that weren't out yesterday, but those are not the full picture of anything. >> reporter: the simultaneous release of officer wilson's identity and the store video infuriated many here. the 18-year-old did not have a

. >>: reporter:: thomas jackson and is creating more of a picture of what happened last saturday.he very first mention of what was a robbery that took place saturday afternoon just moments before

missouri where protests over the deadly shooting of michael brown continue ferguson police chief thomas jackson announced today that the officer who fatally shot the unarmed eighteen year old is darren wilson up until now the police department had withheld the name due to death threats to the officer and fear for his safety also today a police report was made public revealing that brown was suspected of stealing a box of cigars from a convenience store and assaulting a clerk minutes before the officer shot him to death police also released surveillance video from inside the convenience store you can see a man who appears to be michael brown attempting to swipe the cigars and also getting into a confrontation with the clerk to talk more about the latest from ferguson i want to bring in our tease on a stance here churkin up hyannis as he i can tell there's some commotion behind you what's going on. let me or we're standing in the central street in ferguson where now in the sixty's in a row protesters are continuing to come out on the street if you can see behind me it is the communion store that

jefferson --omas thomas jefferson -- thomas jackson speaking after he was repeatedly asked by reportersf why he released video of the shoplifting if that was not related to why he was first stopped by darren wilson, the police officer who shot and killed him. >> i released the video tape to you because i had to. in a request for a. >> why did it have to be today. >> if i just released the tape and not the officer's name, there would be similar questions. the murder and the robbery did not come together. why did the video come out when it is not related to it? >> because the press asked for it. >> the robbery had nothing to do with the stop, why would you release the video of the robbery. >> you asked for it. i held it as long as i could. first of all, he needs to resign. he does not have command over his people. he has no rapport with the community. it is time for him to step aside. when you listen, he said he released the video because the press asked for. the press has also asked for justice and asking for autopsy reports in the police reports of what happened on that scene. he has no

after a brief delay, chief thomas jackson updated reporters on the past four days of unrest, including what is being called a an extreme show of force from police. >> last night we started getting rocks, bricks, bottles thrown at us and then a molitoff cocktail went off. if individuals are attacking the police, you need to get out of that crowd. we can't individually go in and say, excuse me, sir, are you peacefully protesting? it's a crowd. if you're not -- if the crowd is getting violent and you don't want to be violent, get out of the crowd. >> we also heard from missouri governor jay nixon who spoke on the phone with president obama today and will be speaking at a news conference in just under two hours. >> he wanted me to thank those leaders who are leading with vigor but with peace. we're demanding answers but respecting others who understand and know that these transitionary moments, these difficult moments sometimes define us and he wanted us to be defined as a better, for peaceful society in the long run. >> with nightfall just hours away, here's where we are right now. the ju

ferguson police chief, thomas jackson, says shots were heard in the area and tear gas was used to dispurse several arrests were made. we are not seeing the widespread looting that shook the community 24 hours earlier. michael brown is the nuyoung ma that was killed. they rejected that the teenager went after the gun before he was fatally shot. >> just graduated, on his way to college. we can't even celebrate, we have to plan a funeral. >> trayvon was shot once, but as we understand from these witnesses, this child was shot multiple times and left on the ground like a dog and so, that's what i think people are reacting to. >> 32 people were arrested monday in connection with sunday night's violence. they face charges of theft, assault and burglary. >>> i want to look at what's coming up on "new day" this morning. >> good morning. we are covering, as you have been, the shocking death of robin williams. he was one of a kind. that statement rings so true with him. his movies brought joy and laughter to millions. though, he, away from the public eye battled with depression and sobriety. we are

also complicating things is that the police chief thomas jackson seemed to change his story. earlier in the day he said mike brown was originally confronted because of the robbery. later in the day he said that officer darren wilson wouldn't have known anything about the robbery that he stopped mike brown and his friend dorian johnson in the street because they were walking in the middle of the street blocking traffic all of that goes into the mix. at the same time, ron johnson of the state troopers getting so much credit after taking over here for diffusing the situation. he still says he sees no reason for police to be in this area as the people you see here demonstrate. greta? >> mike, thank you. and after five nights of clashes between ferguson police and protesters, things suddenly changed during last night's protest. missouri governor turning over the town security to highway patrol captain ron johnson. >> last night was a great night. the great night. there was no calls for service. we did not deploy tear gas. we did not have any road blocks. we did not make any arrest

. >> there appears to be a violent flairup in ferguson, thomas jackson is the police chief there, hens us now. >> what's the latest on the ground there tonight? we understand the riot police have been called back in. >> yes, they have, wolf, and thanks for having me on. we had a crowd gathering throughout the day at the location near the scene of the shooting and near the epicenter of the riots from last night, the crowd was gathering at the convenience store that they -- was burned to the ground during the riot lost nature. as the crowd gathered they started growing larger and larger and more agitated. they started spilling out into the street and the neighborhoods. at one point the officers on the street declared there was a riot, shots were fired into various locations in the area officers were brought in to quell the hostilities, tear gas was deployed. i don't have any further information. >> there are two very different stories emerging about what happened just walk us through your police department's understanding of the facts and what happened on saturday afternoon. >> thank y

confused and somewhat muddled news conference from ferguson, missouri, where the police chief thomas jacksonof the officer involved in the week enshooting of michael brown, the shooting that has triggered the up rest in the ferguson area. the officer is darren wilson. a six year veteran. there is discussion how he was on a sick call, a person was sick and an ambulance was dispatched and the call came out for a robbery at a convenience fort and he may have been responding to that. there is in clear link between the two events. he said there were sunshine requests which could be why he talked about the robbery. hopefully we will find out later when he says he will answer questions of whether the two events are related. >> in this news conference just now he said he was not to taking questions. >> we have more weather, more traffic, all morning, and a new way did help cue updated. >> this is the abc7 news with >> this is the abc7 news with weather and traffic up threw >>> in the north bay it is not so foggy as yesterday. it will be mostly cloudy and cool tonight. it will be dry. temperatures ar

ferguson police chief thomas jackson at the press conference. >> we'll have a conversation about the release of the name. i guess anonymous put out a name, brian something - it is not the name. i have not seen anything else. >> are the guys running name after name? >> that's probably what they are doing, taking the name of everything and throwing it out there. >> twitter has taken down the account, which posted the name. >> so that's the difference with anop mouse. there is -- anonymous. there's no organization. after the tweet came out showing the name had been released a different twitter account with a different anonymous account denied involvement. anonymous is not an organiser or a leader. anyone can associate itself with it. there's no way to vet what is coming out. >> anonymous, or some part, or someone claiming to be anonymous is making itself heard, making an impact on the press department. >> yes, the st louis confirmed that last night their web systems county wide wopt down, and e -- went down, and emails went down. they couldn't send out an email thanking people that were

and then on the day they released had name, ferguson police chief thomas jackson also released had surveillance photos that show mike brown allegedly robbing the store. in one side the protesters got what they wanted but then also got what a lot of people feel is a smear tactic against brown whose no longer here to defend himself. >> daily beast.com. justin it's nice to talk to you. thank you. >> thank you. >> ahead some police protesters say people are coming into ferguson just to cause trouble and make a mess. as the undertone of racial difficulties remains. in a city of about 21,000, where there is a history of trouble between the mostly white police force and the majority black population. and the nation looks at it self and tries to make reconcile. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know words really can hurt you? what...? jesse don't go! jesse...no! i'm sorry daisy, but i'm a loner. and a loner gotta be alone. heee yawww! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. jesse? >> >>> a fox report

state law says the information is supposed to be released this morning ferguson police chief thomas jackson finally named the officer at the center of the storm. >> the officer that was involved in the shooght shooting of michn was darren wilson. >> the chief refused to produce a photograph of the officer. the chief provided a time line of what happened that sat for the first time. in this video the relieved, michael brown was involved in a strong arm robbery at a convenience store. police say that's brown grabbing cigars. the clerk asks him to pay, then he wakdz ou walks out with his . highlighted this incident and noted it prompted a call to 911. >> at 11:52 dispatch gave a description of a robbery suspect over the radio. >> in the initial report, the robber was described as wearing a white tee shirt a red baseball cap. a red baseball cap was discovered at the scene of brown's shooting a short time later. but in a short time later chief jackson said the convenience store incident had nothing to do with the deadly confrontation. >> nothing to do. >> stopped for confrontation, the chief sai

what was your dialogue with thomas jackson like? >> well, i had great dialogue with him.ve had a number of very serious conversations in regards to some of the issues that have taken place even he has had some concern about it and said some other decisions could have been made but he's been open. he's been receptive. in the beginning of this he wish he had disclosed more information more quickly and that certainly has been a great concern of a lot of people in this community. but one thing i shared with him going forward is that it becomes very important they share information with this community so it does not appear to be the secrecy and people are just asking for information to be shared with him but i tell you, he's been very amenable. i had an opportunity to talk with him and talk with a number of the clergy and other leadership in this community as well and one thing they all have agreed to is the fact that they have to open up a line of communication they're going to have to do work together and we are going to do what we can to assist them in bringing in resources

police chief thomas jackson explained why earlier this afternoon. >> that's a really good idea. because although, the people marching, protesting, most of them are very peaceful. they have a very strong message they want to get out for answers, i understand that. i understand the anger. but there are some people that come out and are a little dangerous. so we think it is better for peaceful demonstrations to occur during daylight. >> and a reporter for nbc affiliate in st. louis, ksdk, val demmings is former police chief and let me just start with you. on the ground out there. can you take us and get us up to speed on what the latest is that is happening in the community there and in terms of this investigation, in terms of finding out answers as it what happened, what the latest is on that front. >> fbi just announced they are going to launch a civil rights investigation. and in addition to their criminal investigation and also today the body of michael brown was released to the family. we have preliminary autopsy results yesterday. gunshots, plural. don't know how many. now th

state law says the information is supposed to be released, this morning ferguson police chief thomas jackson finally released the name of the officer involved. >> the officer involved in the shooting was darren wilson. >> the chief refused to provide a photograph of the officer, the ferguson police chief also provided the first time line of what happened that saturday. after 11:00 a.m., curgd to police report and this video the department released, michael brown was involved in a strong arm robbery at a convenience store. police say that's brown in the red cap. grabs the clerk's shirt and pushing him. then he walks out with a friend. highlighted this incident and prompprompted a call to 911. >> gave a description of a robbery suspect over the radio. >> in the initial report the robber was described as wearing a white tee shirt long khaki shorts and a red baseball cap. brown's red baseball cap was found at the scene later. but the police chief said the convenience store incident had nothing to do with the deadly confrontation. pressed, the chief said the officer was unaware that brown was inv

really this morning missouri governor jay nixon criticized the police department and police chief thomas jackson for releasing the surveillance video on friday allegedly showing michael brown assaulting a clerk at a convenience store moments before he was killed, saying it was not only released without the governor knowing, but in part is at fault for the heightened tensions. >> number one, to in an attempt to disparage the character of this victim in the middle of a process like this is not right. it's just not right secondarily, it did put the community and quite frankly the region an the nation, you know, on alert again. the police have said the robbery was not related to the shooting. the governor will notice say if there would be action taken against chief jackson or others for releasing the video. >> when you see your son gunned down and see a police chief in an attempt to attack his character, that's just not the way to operate, and then we've made that clear to everyone, and our hope and expectations are now that they're in charge of the security. that bump is behind us, hopefully. >> po

this police chief thomas jackson from ferguson, at one point did say that the officers there were responding because there was a call -- they were doing the sick call. there was a robbery at the convenience store and they were responding. at one point he said that. i heard him say that. whether or not he back tracked on it the second time, i'm just baffled. taking it one step further and releasing this video that he says quote i've been sitting on for six days and then releases the name darren wilson, i have a hard time saying this ferguson police department has bungled this thing and the basis for a lot of the angst in ferguson. captain ron johnson kept the peace last night. he kept the peace. i'm sure he's scratching his head how am i supposed to handle this when the ferguson police department is -- listen, i think they are screwing it up. they need to sit down, get together, this is what happened, we'll be as transparent as we can, if we listen to the brown attorneys and family and ask for calm and peace but here's all the information instead of this piecemeal release what they want to do

officers reflected, racial cultural makeup of the community. [ applause ] >> reporter: police chief thomas jackson says recruiting african american officers is difficult. >> i promoted the first two ever african american sergeants on the ferguson police department but we lost a few officers to higher paying departments and so forth and officers leave and so we were constantly trying to recruit. >> reporter: the questions coincide with an apparent racial divide in enforcement. >> what do we want? justice. >> reporter: a study by the missouri attorney general show african americans in ferguson are much more likely to get pulled over. they account for 86% of city traffic stops and more than twice as likely to be arrested than whites who have been pulled over. john gaskin is with the local naacp. how do you fix this? >> people got to vote. people got to get out in elections. that's a big part of this. >> reporter: in ferguson, the majority population is vastly under represented inside city government. on a city counsel of six, there is only one african american. this is from the website. >> you know,

. >> the real bombshell that came out of this latest press conference is chief thomas jackson of theas that michael brown was not originally stopped by officer darren wilson because of the robbery of the stack of

after a week of refusing to do it, claiming reports of death threats, the police chief thomas jackson disclosed the name of the officer, 28-year-old dar ep wilson, but only the -- darren wilson, but on the barest out lyles. >> he has been a police officer for six years, no disciplinary action taken against him and treated for injuries. >> disclosing the name was a demand, knowing it offered little sfags. at the same time the police released a surveillance video, showing michael brown allegedly stealing sig areas from a convenience store and roughing up the clerk. local resident hung on to each statement and expressed doubt about the police chief's timing and motivation for putting out the surveillance video, and concern a local police investigation would go anywhere. >> it's trumped up. that's what it is, that's the bottom line. >> it was a rough moment for the community that had, less than a day earlier, begun to embrace the man obvious seeing security. captain ron johnson urged patience with the process much. >> i can tell you this, in our anger we have to make sure we don't burn do

thomas jackson even mingled with protesters and brought them water saturday. ron johnson in charge of security for the town indicated the crisis has reached a turning point. >> there were no molotov cocktails tonight, no fires, no shooting, we did not see a single handgun. the police officer fired a single bullet. >>> this fight the recent piece, officer wilson supporter says the -- officer wilson supporter says the media coverage of the shooting and chaos have heard ferguson. >>> we believe this only intensified the distraction of the st. louis area. >>> the us justice department is conducting its own investigation. >>> officials released details of the makeup of the grand jury on friday. and includes six white men men, three white women, two black women and one black man. the online fundraiser in support of officer wilson has surpassed $300,000. yesterday, st. louis county police released an incident report in the fatal shooting, due to the ongoing investigation, many details had been withheld and there are conflicting accounts over whether or not michael br

i think we're seeing that in the case of thomas jackson, the police chief there.osen, of course, to impose a strong arm set of responses to the ferguson challenge. and in doing so, has evoked the very worst images of the nation in its historic treatment of african-americans and no place is better emplifying that problem than birmingham, alabama, of 1963. after all, it was eugene bowls conner who was the public safety director who chose to use fire hoses on the little children of birmingham and chose to arrest dr. king and helped prompt the letter from the birmingham jail. through the racist response to the legitimate american values to justice under law and the need to lift up the first amendment right of assembly and free speech that help to bring about the way in which he used nonviolence to promote social change. i think what america has seen and i think, in fact, what the world has seen, i was in geneva just last week at the united nations conference reviewing american compliance with the convention on the elimination of racial discrimination and i can assure