and this is when trayvon martin was killed. he happens to accidentally see the news. like i had it on and sometimes you forget your kids are running in and out so he had watched it and you know, i had to make a decision. and it was a very difficult decision to make. you know, my son was six years old at the time. remember, he's six, but as you saw him when he was up there, it ain't a regular sized kid you know, he was six, but he looked older. and our kids, they look older because they're taller and everything likes that. kid now they're just built different, i don't know if it's hormones or what's going on. >> something in the food. >> they're built different so i had to remove the disney rose-colored glasses from him to make him understand that, you know, in society, as you get older, you're not going to be looked at as the cute little kid with dredlocks that looks like his daddy, you know what i'm? you're going to be looked at like a threat and that's a difficult thing to have to do. in the book, one of the main responses that i've gotten as we do that tour across

to the broader context, remember there was no videotape with trayvon martin. this, there was a videotape directly pointing to the actions. and i think what it shows if i could be optimistic in the broader sense, take t. shes that the jurors will do the right thing if they have the evidence to demonstrate what that right thing is. the defense was saying don't believe your lying eyes. because of course the person who is the defendant was saying that he was attacking me, he was approaching me. but that is not what the tape showed. >> joey jackson, thank you, my friend. >>> coming up, ravaged by time. new images from the ocean depths showing the titanic's shocking decline. every day, visionaries are creating the future. so, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. the united states postal service makes more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. e-commerce deliveries to homes (michelle) i know what it's like to be in a financially struggling family. we had a lot of leftovers...[chuckles] i couldn't have asked

didn't upti of anger also a reflection of the time, the shooting of brown following the deaths of trayvon martin and ericne of ferguson in 2014. >> i think five years is n five years after the end of slavery, everything wasn't better >> this quick trip convenience store burned to the ground today the ferguson community empowerment center sits in its place. >> all the shirts in these bags -- >> the save our sons program is housed here as staff and volunteers aim to get residents jobs through professional and financial training >> they stay on top of you making sure you follow up with interviews you have. >> it's changes like these that residents say are necessary. >> okay, okay. >> wesley bell is an attorney and former professor the 2014 protests propelled him into politics. last year he was elected st. louis county prosecuting attorney >> i think i'm proof positive of change we ran a campaign that was based on addressing issues of criminal justice reform and court reform but also obrded. >> a community once so divided now trying to sow the seeds of change for the future. >> we have a lot more of

. >> reporter: the death echoes the shooting death of trayvon martin george zimmerman was acquitted of third degree murder after mounting a similar defense. like the zimmerman case, this was an altercation case that turned very deadly when one side decided to use his firearm unlike the zimmerman case, here in this case we have video evidence >> gabe, in your story you noted this was a stand your ground case initially. why did it change? >> reporter: lester, the defense lawyers changed tactics and are now relying on simply self-defense so they didn't have to reveal more of their strategy before trial. if convicted, drejka faces 30 years in prison >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> also making headlines this evening, president trump sparking new confusion on gun background checks, pulling new tax cuts off the table, and feuding with denmark over his rejected offer to buy greenland, all while doubling down on his controversial marks about jewish voters. nbc's peter alexander is at the white house. >> reporter: president trump tonight delivering mixed messages about enhanced background chec

he represents the families of trayvon martin and michael brown.e i talk to you, something bad has happened. this is one of the first times i've spoken to you where we're in a different place in the conversation. but in your opinion, is today's development positive or neutral? because it's not the decision as kathy said to fire the police officer. >> i think it's positive, ali, because eric garner died as a result of the police using an illegal chokehold. and as we have talked several times before, ali, i absolutely believe that eric garner case is one of the most vivid examples of the fact that the police can get away with murder when they kill a black or brown person in america. >> benjamin, what do you think of the police union and the suggestion that kathy park and i were just talking about in that if you go down this road of holding individual police officers responsible for what the union says is the police officers doing their job, they will hold back from doing that, they will call a sergeant and the implication is that will result in mayhe

department declined all repeated requests for an interview this is big in my ground he says bigoted trayvon martin this is about making sure he doesn't have any a game i don't pacifiers for many i thought with a bone and they think i'm going to be able to get away with the with the guild auto maasai no easy stops issue no never happens. off the move in 2 weeks of protests on aug 25th the community of ferguson came together for a day of mourning as michael brown's family laid their son to rest. the family who danced for calm. but simply to symmetry a crowd of family members and friends watched as michael brown's coffin was buried . as the mourners went home michael brown's mother said her final goodbyes to her son . i know that that's got to be a proud but my crutch always had always got me a proper knight moment but you know what what you end up honest. young brothers who ain't got nothing on me right back and that's why they competed they are much better so that's of course they want to start a fight so it's hard for me. the day after the funeral in downtown st louis people gathered to announce t

department declined our repeated requests for an interview this is big in my ground he says bigoted trayvon martin this is about making sure it doesn't have any a game i don't pacifiers for many homes on fire with a bone and they think you're going to be able to get away with the with the guild auto maasai no easy stops issue no never happens. off the move in 2 weeks of protests on aug 25th the community of ferguson came together for a day of mourning as michael brown's family made their son's arrest. the family who danced for calm. but since pizza symmetry a crowd of family members and friends watched as michael brown's coffin was buried . as the mourners went home michael brown's mother said her final goodbyes to her son . i know that i can't be a proud but my crutch always had always got me a proper knight moment but you know what when you end up honestly young brothers who ain't got nothing on me right back and that's why they compete they are better so that's of course they want to start a fight so it's for all right you hear me. ok the day after the funeral in downtown st louis people gather

the same law was used to defend george zimmerman in the 2012 killing of trayvon martin but the state'sttorney later decided to bring manslaughter charges arguing drejka had 11 seconds to make that decision to pull the trigger. drejka's history is also coming into play. one witness for the prosecution says drejka threatened him five months earlier for parking in the same handicapped spot. >> he said i should shoot you, kill you. >> never saw a gun? >> never saw a gun. >> the trial is expected to wrap up by the end of the week. >>> beachgoers are on the lookout after two more shark attacks in hawaii and florida. 11-year-old christian mariani was playing in knee-deep water in ft. lauderdale when he was bitten on his foot. he escaped but had to get 17 stitches. >> it almost felt like human teeth then i ran out screaming. i just thought like to get out because i knew something was there, something bit me. i don't know what it was so i just ran out and that's it. >> then the attack off hawaii's big island, two sharks were spotted after a woman had to drag herself to shore with bites on her t

this is so evident after trayvon martin and martin brown that a htag black lives matter proliferated. another solution is to bring these concerns to your lawmaker. bringing these to be legislative stage can bring changes and changes in how we as a society view black culture. lastly, if you happen to see salmon with dirty clothing, dark uniform,even a police release your preconception and prepare to love others for who they truly are. thank you. [applause] >> awesome. thank you, matt. in,rom the outside looking it is getting darker in the field. keep their hatred concealed. away from the field, only to be whipped. they've been hating each other ever sense. white supremacy birthed our racism. we look at our sister and started to grade them. look at your brother's complexion. we have a bigger enemy. although black women love their are not only handsome, but beautiful. beautifully ignorant. uplift. down to when a woman your color walks by. they buy bleaching cream so they can match. mother, cousins, sisters, preached to them to continue down that path. we need to stop separating ourselves

what was present in that moment was the shooting of trayvon martin. ferguson. i feel like in this book it's reflecting and speaking to them and the rest of us. you started with a quote that you attribute to. it also feels voyeuristic. >> you wrote the indelicate assertion is in the thin air as a matter of fact hungry for your suffering or crude for sympathy. i want to acknowledge that right here. >> it is an echo when he talks about how does it feel to be a problem to which i felt an answer and there is something to the fact. it is that humanity of our lives and also the incredible beauty. so, the question for me is both how do we acknowledge the social reality and the mass incarceration of the death of the innocent black youth and also recognize it's important to assert and offer them offered n of their lives that is meaningful. that's what i'm trying to do and give them that tradition so they understand that these are not new question. they are questions that are definitive of the united states and notwithstanding their persistence is a gifted society into th

can be one of the most influential carriers of evidentand this is so after the incident with trayvon martin and michael brown with black lives matter proliferated across all social media plat. is to bringtion these concerns to your local lawmaker, bringing these issues to the legislative state can bring a wave of positive change and more importantly change how we as a society view black culture. seely, if you happen to someone with dirty clothes, dark ,kin, or even a police uniform release your preconceptions and prepared to love others for who they truly are. thank you. [applause] awesome, thank you. next up, luna. come on up. [applause] >> from the outside looking in, it is getting darker in the field. they had to keep their hatred concealed. ,ut the way it is concealed thinking about how the milano got it better. we look at our sister shade, and all the while we have a bigger enemy that looks at all of them. men, theyn love their are not only handsome but beautiful. beautifully ignorant. uplift, you are quiet when dark skinned women are to gutter, when a woman the color of your brother w

online, there doesn't seem evidence that he learned it at home or school, he basically -- the trayvon martin case, he wasn't sure why the case was causing such a -- generating so much media coverage therefore he googled that case and he wound up looking up in terms of black and white crime and the algorithm in google produced council of conservative citizens which is a racist website, he went there and started looking around and that began his journey as best as people can tell toward becoming white supremacist. well, what if he had gotten out of his house and he knew african americans, what if he knew people of other races, would that have been different? [inaudible] >> i was going to say, yes, he did knew people. >> he had friends, a couple of friends that people found when this was first baking, i remember one of their mothers saying that his mom seemed very nice, she never picked up anything like that, but at the time that he was googling this he was basically living pretty isolated in his bedroom so at that point in time there doesn't seem like a lot of interaction going on outside, so

terrence crutcher's sister tiffany and eric gardner's.emerald and trayvon martin's -- castillo's sister. tiffany crutcher, her answer to this question is we have to change the law. you cannot change people's hearts. if they view you as a criminal and are afraid of you that is how they are going to seal. you have different people from the time they are young look at black people a certain way and it is hard to deprogram that. what you have to do, when he pulled out this weapon when there is no threat, clear things that are set where it is not allowed. right now unfortunately, i feared for my life, that is it. no other details. we are looking at these different cases, i fear for my life, that is it. that is why i have respect for tiffany in particular because she is pushing for laws to be changed. for the language to be different. when betty shelby was on trial she can't say that is it. she has to show there was immediate threat, pushing for those laws to change what each police department is different. it is a tough battle because each one is completely different. the nypd is different.

i think about the work that he's done for the trayvon martin foundation here, for sybrina fulton, for tracy down here in florida. he's conscious about these issues. i just -- i'm hopeful, and i'm going to watch it as well, that there's a bigger plan at play here, because we're not dealing with a dummy. autoes a smart man. he's a business man, but he's someone conscious and aware of the environment and will do something to move forward. >> diamonds are forever and, of course, all of you are as well, forever. >> what about me? >> you're first up next time. >> what about me? >> april not letting you go, john. >> wait a minute. wait, wait, wait. i'm going to say this. i'm for the culture 400 years since we afrikaans were brought into this nation. i'm for jay z making change on the inside and colin kaepernick getting a job back in the nfl and for people to still stand up for what's right. 400 years ago we were -- afri n africans were dealt with. it's still an issue. jay z is wrong there but he needs to do the work from the inside out. >> april, you did it in under 10 seconds. you got your

i remember when trayvon martin was shot and things over the years escalated and escalated and there wastribution and no consequences for the actions. i knew this day was going to come. god holds us accountable. you reap what you sow. this unfolded the lord took me back to that place. the judgment began. the justice is on the nation because we walked away from the principles of love and peace and hope and faith. >> it sounds to me that you would like to give that message to our leaders, to our president. he's coming here tomorrow. what would you say to him? >> i would say to president trump that words matter. and once you speak words, whether they're good words or words of divisiveness and hatred and division, words matter. and once they're spoken, they can't be brought back. they may land in a place maybe that you may not even understand who is going to receive it -- >> or how -- >> or how they're going to receive it. you have the responsibility to filter your words with love. you're the president of all people of the united states. i think that if i had an opportunity to share with him

. >> i saw michael brown and trayvon martin, tamir rice, sandra bland. i saw all those people. and, most importantly, i saw myself because i could have been one of those people on the grou under this sheet. n reporter: williams, the, was arrested after he tried to set fire to a gas ation. there was little damagto the building, and no one was injured. williams pled guilty to arson, burglary, and stealing. he was sentenced to eight years in prison. williams says he regrets what he did but adds he did it for a purpose. >> i was so angry that i didn't ret.ly care what came out of i just did it. in my mind, that would set o t the governmeo pay attention to us, to see our pain, to see our tears, and to see our blood in the streets. >> i feel a lot of pain and some guilt around josh because i really wish that it wasn't his experience. i really wish that hwasn't so young. and i wish that he didn't have to suffer this, like, by himself. you know, i wish we could all do a day for him so that he could come home faster or something. >> reporter: for many, five years feels like just a snaps

this was after all these police consent decrees reinstituted michael brown, trave on trayvon martin .y are acting from created these problems. they had eight years under obama to do a lot. these cities got worse and worse and worse. >> yes, they did. i grew up in the '60s. in the '60s, we were rioting in the streets, we were getting beat up by the police. we had blights in our neighborhoods. towards the end of president obama's tenure, black people were rioting in the streets, black people were getting beat up by the police. there was history repeating itself. even when you said, don lemon having outdone himself tonight, no, he out dumbed himself tonight. he keeps trying to make raise an issue because they cannot engage the president on policy. mueller was a dud. impeachment is not happening. obstruction is a nonfactor. all they have left is the race card. out of all of their cards, the other cards they can't play pit all they have is the race card and they will try to sneak some climate change in. but i saw in the 2000 campaign, elmer getting al gore told us that we would be submerge

movement who are mothers who have had their sons die in a violent death like eric garner and trayvon martincouple of the names, angela bassett, regina king, ciara. >> yeah, she got the rock star. i ran into her in the elevator. first of all i've only had an hour's worth of sleep. [ laughter ] i ran into her in the elevator and i didn't look like this. so thank you. >> we don't get to see it for a couple of weeks. can you give us more of a sneak preview. what else wil e? >> me. >> yeah. yeah. [ >> yeah, i do a lot of changes, a lot of looks, have a lot of fun. you'll like it. >> we're congratulati t third emmy -- and this one is special because it's for a dramatic role and that's special. >> thank you so much. i was nominated in a comedy category twice and people said drama is not your lane. you are a comedian so to be nominated in a dramatic comedy. don't let anybody tell you what you can do. you can do anything you want to do. >> you can do anything you want to do and one thing we think you should do, "black girls rock," you should watch it airing sunday, september 8th on b.e.t. niecy nash