two reactions to what's happening, tony messneger and brian fletcher. we welcome you both to the program. brian fletcher, how did the situation in ferguson deteriorate to this point, do you think? >> i don't think anyone really knows the answer to that.3 i believe it's a built-up frustration of generations of difficulties within the african-american community. unfortunately, this tragic accident happened to occur in fergen and it could happen in any large suburb in the united states. unfortunately, ferguson is getting the attention at this point. >> woodruff: your newspaper, the editorial page, tony messneger, has been writing about this. to many, looking in from the outside, it's hard to understand how the police force could be majority white and the community majority african-american. how can there be such a disconnect or a discrepancy between the two? >> i think the important thing to understand looking from the outside is how divided this community is by jurisdiction. ferguson is a suburb of st. louis. st. louis the city is not even in st. louis co