d and chris hayes for joining us from baltimore. up next, msnbc's coverage of the events in baltimore tonight continues. as. >>> break news right now. i'm betty nguyen thank you for joining us. the overnight curfew is ending as we speak. the cover of the baltimore sun says unsettled peace. last night in the wake of calm -- it was tense but not violent. and members of the community called for peace. >> do not disrespect us and break things. okay. leave the officers alone. >> our correspondents on the ground say it became quiet with humvees rolling through the empty streets. yesterday, president obama condemned the violence and looting but says this is not a new problem. >> this has been going on for a long time. this is not new and we shouldn't pretend that it's new. >> good morning to you, tracie. we understand schools will be open today. >> reporter: yeah they're trying to get back to normal. and the orioles are playing, although in an empty stadium without the public. and around the downtown area it's very quiet and been fairly cal

thank you very much to joy reid and chris hayes for joining us from baltimore. up next, msnbc's coverage of the events in baltimore tonight continues. >>> police held their line for the first 20 minutes. there was no real activity. then around 10:25, we saw smoke fill the area around pen peb avenue and north avenue. in order to disperse and right now, the streets are mostly clear. a fire started near a local library, reportedly from a molly to have cocktail. the real news tonight, one hour into there curfew, is that well over 99 % of the residents of baltimore have observed this curfew from the start. we saw our cameras show you no more than 100, maybe 200 people on the streets in violation and they weren't on the streets for very long. >> i will give police credit for clarity as to what they were going to do. there was an intention as to a juvenile curfew and a long standing -- >> there's always been a juvenile curfew of 14 and under, 9:00 p.m. so this is in addition to that. >> essentially the truancy law which said if school is there, you ought to be in school

and paul joins us from baltimore. let me ask you a question here this way. you know in our business sometimes, it's difficult for us to sort of change the narrative as quickly as the they're tisk may be changing around you. so i read a line to you that says the streets of baltimore are still tense. is that the reality there? is that a fair statement? >> well, tony, i think that it's fair to say that there's tension, sort of with a sort of sense of festivity here. it's a little too strong, but we have a new orleans style brass band at this intersection and now you probably hear that thunderry sound behind us, and that's a drum line, complete with cheer leaders as well. so this has really become the public square if you will in baltimore. we have lines of riot police, and heavy vehicles on one side and hundreds of people on the other, voicing their opinions, and as well as celebrating if you will. i think celebrating in the community and hope for positive change. one of the interesting things that i want to point out tony, in the line of riot police, there's a

joining us from baltimore chief spokesman for the bpd. okay.f officers were hurt and i'm not going to do that kind of criticism. but i do have some questions and i think that america needs to hear the answers very straightforward. all right. you have got kids. kids can kill you, you know that do i allow kids to break the law to the extent that happened last night? do you think that was extensive policing? >> i think you need to celebrate separate the questions. 250 arrests. >> i understand that but our correspondence. >> 250 arrests. >> we noted that earlier in the broadcast. but our correspondents reported on the scene that looting and arson took place in front of police officers who did not stop it when they could have. those correspondents reported that. >> i want to say that when you say didn't stop it when they could have. what we had yesterday and i think context is very important. we had a situation where it started out with 13, 14, 15-year-old kids and very, very quickly escalated to people coming in. joining and taking advantage of an

. >> he said the protesting took attention away from legitimate concerns over the death of freddie gray. cbs reporter joins us live from baltimore. tell us what it's like on the streets right now. >> it's really an ebb and flow on the streets right now. this is what many call the epicenter last night. this is the cvs pharmacy on the corner of pennsylvania and north completely burnt to a crisp. everything had to be cleared out today. the building has been condemned. i want to show you what's going on right now. we have police in s.w.a.t. gear out here right now not acting out right now. very peaceful on the street. a lot of music going on. people have been marching through asking for justice asking for peace. that is precisely what we're seeing on the streets of baltimore right now. >> and david two baseball games, major league baseball postponed two of them. tell us about the plan for tomorrow which is something we've never heard of before. >> this is completely different, something new to everything any baseball fan really any sports fan. they're going to be playing the game in baltimore but no fans are actually allowed in the

paul beban joins us from baltimore. are police worried about any more violence tonight? >> good evening lobby and of course they are concerned that things could heat back up. but right now sort of an uneasy peace in baltimore. the governor today calling this a turning point that maybe the city has turned back to more than normal. we saw an outdoor concert kids going back to school, businesses reopening, people continuing the cleanup. the city sort of holding its breath. the police commissioners saying the city is stable and they want to keep it that way. >> right now anticipate no major issues. we have a number of resources i've placed them throughout the city to anticipate issues but i don't think there's going to be. >> reporter: libby, the curfew will come back into effect in about as a half ahalf a half hour. mostly quiet here. this is been the focal point this intersection, pennsylvania and north. not a lot of police presence here. although we did see a convoy of city buses and hum vees, filled with police and riot gear, so maybe they'll be deploying around here as n

we'll continue to sow you these live pictures coming to us from baltimore where protesters are very upsetere. andrew to remind our viewers what happened with freddie gray he reportedly fled from police -- and it's really unclear why. but then police stopped him and they reported that they found a knife on him, which was considered for, i think, ultimately some look at this example as someone who is committing, according to police reports, a rather minor offense and then this happens. they die in police custody. you have the police union, andrew that's saying all they needed was reasonable suspicion to stop freddie gray and officers had every right to chase him. what's your reaction to that? >> reporter: reasonable suspicion has to be evaluated in the context of the arrest. you look at the circumstances of this case he had no weapon in his hands, committing no crime and he wasn't hurting nobody. the police had no reasonable suspicion to stop or arrest him. >> okay. so i wonder -- and i know that you've said the gray family obviously they're dealing with just this initial stage of mourning

and del walters joins us from baltimore, and just how serious are these problems, and what impact do they have on families? >>> well, tony, here's this crisis by the numbers. according to the baltimore sun they have the 5th highest rate of homicide than any state in the united states. 229 murders in 2013 alone and keep in mind, this is a city with just under 600,000 residents, and one in ten of those is addicted to heroin. and 55,000 are in some sort of drug treatment program. and if you think that all of those statistics and all of those facts aren't realed, you haven't met bernette mcfadden. >> i didn't understand. what could happen to my child. i'm a mother. i'm supposed to be there. i couldn't understand the grief, i couldn't understand my loss. i had to hold my hand and walk down the hall, and see my child laying on the table. laying on the table, gone. and my two youngest kids, my oldest child said, mom bring him back, mom you're the mother you can bring him back, and i said, i cannot, i can't bring my child back. >> this is the sad fact. mcfadden lost two of her sons to drug re

us. and not only were you mayor of baltimore, you were state's attorney as well. so give us your reaction to the information we heard from police today. they just learned not from police but from a private closed circuit camera that there was a fourth undisclosed stop. what's your reaction to that? >> well you know i think that the community actually is going to be very pleased that the report is not, has not been released publicly but is going to the state's attorney because this investigation is ongoing, and i know that she, the state's attorney would not want any information released that might compromise her ability to prosecute if she decides to prosecute. so there are a lot of information still coming out. you have six people police officers who know what went on and apparently another person who was in the police transport. so you've got to get all of that information together before a decision can be made on prosecution. and the other thing that the community really has to understand is that all these statements that have been given to the police are statements not given under oath as opposed to what the state's

think the words that neill franklin said that i would agree with completely wes moore joining us from baltimore, is that this was bound to happen. the trigger may be freddy gray's death, but this was bound to happen. >> last night was a really hard night iffor baltimore and i don't think many people are surprised. you're right that this has been a long time coming unfortunately in many ways. especially because we see that this isn't just about freddie gray. in fact the family of freddie gray, the leaders, ministers, et cetera, have been urging and calling not just for peace, but also urging for no protests yesterday in respect for the fact that yesterday freddie gray was laid to rest. this is what happens when you have a combination of anger and disparity and on that tunism. when you have people who feel that the system is structurally not working for them. and so any type of spark can set this off. so unfortunately for many people, this has not come as a huge surprise. >> once again what we're looking at is the situation in baltimore, maryland whichscended into chaos after the funeral of fredd

services are underway in baltimore for freddie gray the man who died from spinal cord injuries while in police custody. his death has sparked many protests. abc's karen travers joins us live from baltimore karen. >> reporter: goodgood afternoon sarah, an emotion at scene in baltimore. different from what turned violent downtown baltimore saturday night. some of the mourners say they didn't know freddie gray but they wanted to be here to show support for the grieving family and show their outrage at his death. mourners packed this west baltimore church to pay their respects to the family. it's been a week since gray died from injuries sustained while in custody at the baltimore police. today his family overcome with greefer trying to put aside their -- grief trying to put aside their confess with how the 25-year-old died. >> they want answers but right now their primary concern is burying freddie gray. >> reporter: it's a far cry from saturday's admonishings that turned violent -- demonstrations that turned violent. violence skate -- escalated. the mayor blamed it on out of towners. >> many not from the community in essence were trying to high jack the raw emotions of

paul beban joins us from baltimore. how are things looking on the streets as the curfew is about to start? >> 40 minutes away from curfew since 10 o'clock, and since 9 o'clock we have heard announcement after announcement from the choppers overhead to community leaders telling people it's time to go home time to clear out. we saw people holding up signs saying "go home", there was a surge a while ago, but there are still thousands in the side streets. it's the focal point here tonight in west baltimore. so much violence a lot - a large crowd, no confrontations. it's getting tense and the choppers are circling closer and closer. if there's an effort to clear the square that's the big concern, what will happen then. >> how are police and national guard going to enforce the curfew? > well the word is it will be at officer's discretion. that is the separative word. i don't know what they'll do here. with a crowd this large, if saw people trying to clear people that's like a powder keg. i think they are hopeful the crowd wil

. >>> an associate professor of political science at a university in maryland joins us from baltimore. thank you for joining us welcome to al jazeera. waters are disputed by vietnam, philippines and taiwan, why are the small islands important to china. is it strategic, economic - what is it? >> there are many different factors. the two principal ones are national security in terms of controlling sea lanes. and the other part is the natural resources. china is a factory of the world. they have enormous need for energy. they stimate that underneath -- stimate that underneath waters of the south china sea, there's billions of barrels of oil and natural gas. china is attempting to extend its sovereignty by building snalations far from the coastline. on the other hand they are hoping to explore the waters beneath to develop the oil and gas. recently they hauled a $1 billion oil rig off the coast of vietnam, provoking a lot of tension with vietnam over that. this is something that china is looking at from many different angles. not both military and strategically, but chickly. >> back in 20

that may have play into the restraint that we saw yesterday in baltimore and perhaps they went overboard. >> don lemon is joining us from streets of baltimore right now. where are you? what's going on. >> reporter: i'm in west baltimore at at a park with members of the crips, members of the bloods members of -- to try to crush the unrest and the violence here. he ear at we're at a park. there are a couple hundred people here. they're playing music and sports. there are kids here. there was organized by an anti-violence activist carmichael stocki. there are nba players here who have come out to try to get the young people to do something positive. there's food they're barbecuing there's wings, potato chips, they're drinking soda. it's really quite peaceful. it's good the see people doing something positive. to piggyback on what you're saying about the young people -- >> don lemon, we're losing the connection. >> -- arrest records. >> go ahead. i think we've recorrectednnected. >> reporter: all you have to do is get the records. it will show who was arrested. most are not teenagers. the interesting thing is i was out on t

baltimore overnight. the latest on what's happening right now our national correspondent ryan young and correspondent athena jones, both joining us from the streets of baltimore. athena you had a chance to speak just a little while ago with the governor of maryland larry hogan. tell us when he said? >> hi wolf. that's right. i spoke to him after he met with naacp volunteers here at the satellite office that they just opened in a neighborhood not far from the gilmore homes housing project where freddie gray was arrested back on april 12th. i asked him how he felt about how things went last night. here's what he had to say. >> things are way better than they were and we've turned a corner dramatically. it was a completely different story monday night. we had the national guard, state police, police officers from all around the state and country helping us working with community leaders. it was a great night. it's not over yet. still a lot of frustrations still a lot of hostility, still anger in the community, and there's still people out there that want to make trouble and still some, you know folks out there that want to get things out

baltimore police on the ground. quite frankly they were overwhelmed. all the rest of the boots on the ground came from us. n: she defends the mayor's actions. >> i think we baltimoreans in our wildest dreams did not think that baltimore young people would tear up their neighborhood. kevin: today, the governor boarded a blackhawk helicopter to survey damage from above as national guardsmen lined the inner harbor of a city in crisis. >> we're not going to have another repeat of what happened last night. it's not going to happen tonight. kevin: i did speak on the phone with the mayor's press secretary four years ago. by now, we're hoping some reply and rebuttal to the hinting about delayed response by the city of baltimore. unfortunately, we have nothing from the mayor's office at this hour. leon? leon: all right. thank you, kevin. thank you, kevin. meantime back over here in the streets here on northwest avenue here the scene here, one that is actually we're seeing here lots of helicopters in the air. hang on a second. look at this scene here. there's a police officer there exchanging hugs with the protester

it breaks my heart because those of us from baltimore know how hard we fought for those resources andtores, to bring good quality products and items to our community. and to have those stores destroyed, mom and pop kiosks destroyed senselessly they are working to recover. i also visited lexington market where vendors are desperately trying to get back to normal and dealing with the damage that was done as well. i want to sincerely thank the baltimore city police department, and i want to thank all of our other law enforcement partners who we have had in our city over the past week. commissioner, you're going to have to give all the counties who have been here because i can't remember, but i know several counties in maryland have -- we have -- they have sent us resources over the past week, and they've been extremely supportive. i'm very grateful for that. trying to think if i missed anything. i should have started here, but i'll end here. i want to thank the members of the community. not just the ones that you see here behind me but the ones that you haven't seen or won't see that hav

. >> woodruff: joining me now from baltimore is special correspondent jackie judd. jackie, tell usre and what is the situation right now. >> good evening, judy. i am standing in front of the shiloh baptist baptist church where earlier today there was a funeral for freddie gray. there were appeals for peace. within two hours of the funeral ending, north of here violence broke out. there were groups of mostly young people. they appeared to be very disorganized. they walked around for a bit and then became violent. they were hurling rocks and stones at the police officers who were riot equipped. the police from my eye, they appeared to act in a very restrained manner. we are told about half a dozen officers are injured one is unresponsive, in the words of the police department. there has been some looting of stores. we saw from aerial coverage by a local station one police car seemingly unoccupied was pounced upon by probably 30 or 40 protesters, a tactical unit suddenly appeared. the officers raced out, the crowd dispersed, one man on the ground has likely been arrested. >> woodruff:

thank you very much to joy reid and chris hayes for joining us from baltimore. up next msnbc's coverage of the events in baltimore tonight continues. >>> this is a special two-hour edition of "the last word" on the people of baltimore in 47 years. in total 144 vehicle fires and 15 building fires last night. 235 people were arrested. 34 juveniles. baltimore city police say 20 police officers injured in the activity yesterday and last night. let's go right to msnbc's chris hayes there in baltimore. chris. the curfew is now officially under way. i'm seeing a lot of people behind you. is that media? are there the people of baltimore still in the street? >> reporter: you know, it's a mix.

thank you very much to joy reid and chris hayes for joining us from baltimore. up next, msnbc's coverage of the events in baltimore tonight continues. >>> police held their line for the first 20 minutes. there was no real activity. then around 10:25, we saw smoke fill the area around pen peb avenue and north avenue. in order to disperse and right now, the streets are mostly clear. a fire started near a local library, reportedly from a molly to have cocktail. the real news tonight, one hour into there curfew, is that well over 99 % of the residents of baltimore have observed this

from baltimore. boy. my vision is ternlrible. i can't make out the street. it's west baltimore. adam may from "america tonight" is walking with community leaders in baltimore and is on the phone with us. adam, if you would, you worked in that community, lived in that community. if you would, first of all, tell us exactly where you are and who you're walking with and what you're hearing. >> reporter: tony this is a developing situation right now. i'm standing next to congressman and i was joined with a couple hundred faith leaders here in baltimore. they all joined hands and marched right into the center where this rioting is taking place. the congressman is holding handing with smuft some of the major leaders from the big churches in baltimore. he's walking directly up to the police line. he's about 20 feet away right now where you have a couple hundred police officers all stands there with their shields up walking directly towards the police. i'm not sure what the message is going to be at this point, but all of the chaos happening here right in the center of this part of the city has had it come to a stand still with this scene unfolding right here. let me walk a little bit closer.

also joining us from baltimore, police detective rod wheeler.

thank you very much to joy reid and chris hayes for joining us from baltimore. up next, msnbc's coverage of the events in baltimore tonight continues. >>> this is a special two-hour edition of "the last word" covering the first curfew imposed on the people of baltimore in 47 years. it comes a day after rioting and looting broke out. in total 144 vehicle fires and 15 building fires last night. 235 people were arrested. 201 adults 34 juveniles. baltimore city police say 20 police officers were injured in the activity yesterday and last night. let's go right to msnbc's chris hayes there in baltimore. chris, the curfew is now officially under way. i'm seeing a lot of people behind you. is that media? are there the people of baltimore still in the street? >> you know, it's a mix. i mean something of an odd scene to be totally honest. this kind of anticipation here. large media presence and there's also community members although a large percentage have gone home. some stragglers who remain behind. the police line that has been in effect all day long. that police line

thank you very much to joy reid and chris hayes for joining us from baltimore. up next, msnbc's coverage of the events in baltimore tonight continues. >>> this is a special two-hour edition of "the last word" covering the first curfew imposed on the people of baltimore in 47 years. it comes a day after rioting and looting broke out. in total 144 vehicle fires and 15 building fires last night. 235 people were arrested. 201 adults 34 juveniles. baltimore city police say 20 police officers were injured in the activity yesterday and last night. let's go right to msnbc's chris hayes there in baltimore. chris, the curfew is now officially under way. i'm seeing a lot of people behind you. is that media? are there the pe

. >> all right brian, thank you very much for that live report for us from baltimore. >>> another developing story we're following, the desperate rescue for survivors two days after a earthquake rocked nepal. tens of thousands of survivors are huddled outdoors for a third straight night for fear their homes will collapse as strong aftershocks continue to jolt the area. more than 3,800 people were killed, and that number we're told is expected to climb. the u.s. is among the countries now sending much needed supplies and search and rescue teams. saturday's quake spread horror through a wide area from nepal's capital of kathmandu to the slopes of mt. everest, the world's highest mountain. there an avalanche captured on camera as you see here buried part of the base camp packed with foreign climbers killing at least 18 people including, we're told three americans. they've been identified as from new jersey who served as a doctor at a base camp david friedenburg, a google engineer based in california was on a three-week expedition to everest, also tom taplin from california died on the mountain

now for the top story tonight, reaction, joining us from baltimore clarence mitchell radio talk show on wbal and reverend jamal bryant who gave the eulogy on freddie gray on monday which started all of the problems in baltimore. reverend, going to begin with you. i want to be fair. >> yes please. >> i want to be fair. so i want to walk through it with you. mr. gray should never have died the way he died. you agree with that, correct? i agree he shouldn't have died at all. >> okay. we don't know why his spine was so severely damaged after what is it three or four weeks now? we don't know; is that correct? >> that is correct. >> okay. and we should know. at least something. preliminary. mr. gray was a drug-involved person. he was a user and a dealer on the streets. he had 20 arrests with five outstanding when he was taken into custody. is that mr. gray's fault that he was a low level criminal? was it his fault in your opinion? >> i'm not sure where was the responsibility of the six officers who arrested him? >> you don't want to answer that question, reverend, that's fine. you don't wan

let's go to our star lester holt from baltimore covering this story. lester, give us your sense of this story as it's developing into the evening. >> well, first of all, let me set the scene. behind me is the rubble from that community center a church-sponsored community center, senior center that went up last night. we watched it burning throughout the night. atf was here. they still haven't determined if it was related to the riots. we're on the east side of baltimore versus the west side where the bulk of the rioting you saw last night occurred. i spent most of the day over there talking to people and trying to get a sense of how does this relate to freddie gray. explain the roots. what caused that eruption of violence. of course, no one can make an excuse for it but they can certainly try to explain the environment, an environment where more than 50% of the people don't have jobs a food desert, a place where a third of the residential housing is abandoned or empty. all the things that have fueled it, and i made a note on "nightly news "a few minutes ago that a cou

baltimore overnight. they are helping officers keep the peace and so far it has been working. cbs news correspondent edward lawrence joins us live from baltimore with the the very latest, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the just within the last 45 minutes that number of arrests went up to 14. that is because four people showed up in this area, one of them had a hatchet on them so police took him away for breaking curfew. this is what youe in many corners in the baltimore area, hum vees from the national guard, so far all quiet as this curfew is expiring. national guard troops in armored cars are patrolling the the empty streets in baltimore. >> the the citizens are safe. the city is stable. we hope to maintain it that way. >> reporter: shortly before 10:00 p.m. tuesday police in riot gear backed by community members moved in on crowds of mostly peaceful protesters instructing them to go home after the mandatory curfew go home. >> show is over people lets go home. >> reporter: defiant protesters squared off throwing bottles and rocks. officers deployed smoke pepper spray and made ten arrests. situation is a par cry from the e

baltimore overnight. they are helping officers keep the peace and so far it has been working. cbs news correspondent edward lawrence joins us live from baltimore with the the very latest, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the just within the last 45 minutes that number of arrests went up to 14. that is because four people showed up in this area, one of them had a hatchet on them so police took him away for breaking curfew. this is what youe in many corners in the baltimore area, hum vees from the national guard, so far all quiet as this curfew is expiring. national guard troops in armored cars are patrolling the the empty streets in

also, joining us from baltimore, police detective rod wheeler.'re right in the middle of it, rod. give us a lowdown of what it looks like. it looks chaotic and dangerous from our point of view. >> it is very dangerous, charles. i hope you can hear me okay. >> yes. >> police cars are trying -- police cars are trying to come through the area. every time they do that, near being attacked. they have absolutely zero control of this situation. they need assistance down here. i don't know if any police department is listening. they need help. this is a horrible riot. >> rod -- >> i'm looking at right now. they blocked a police car. the police officer is trying to get out of his car. hold on one second. okay. i'm just trying to dodge some of these bottles. i'm sorry. go ahead. >> rod, earlier today, the police looked like they were using generally tactics. formed something of a wedge with riot gear on. they abandoned that tactic. to your point, they succeeded control of the streets to the crowd. in my mind, they'll only get larger and more formidable as

we need to interact with people whether those people come from -- if i'm going to use baltimore references those people come from roland park a place where it's more expensive to live or pennsylvania north avenue where it is not as expensive to live people in those communities should be treated and interacted with exactly the same. and then until we start to recognize that and until we start to take -- make our police officers accountable is for their interactions with the community things are not going to change. number two what i think is what we said there needs to be a partnership between the community and the police department and i think that the way in which policing occurs now, there's not that same sort of thing that we had a decade or so ago where we were focused in baltimore and community policing setting up centers, setting up kiosks in neighborhoods, forging relationships between the officer who worked in that district and in that beat and the people that he was protecting and serving. i think that we need that again because you establish those on a personal level. >> mary i j

thank you very much to joy reid and chris hayes for joining us from baltimore. up next msnbc's coverage of the events in baltimore tonight continues. >>> this is a special two-hour edition of "the last word" on the people of baltimore in 47 years. in total 144 vehicle fires and 15 building fires last night. 235 people were arrested. 34 juveniles. baltimore city police say 20 police officers injured in the activity yesterday and last night. let's go right to msnbc's chris hayes there in baltimore. chris. the curfew is now officially under way. i'm seeing a lot of people behind you. is that media? are there the people of baltimore still in the street? >> reporter: you know, it's a mix. large media presence and a large percentage have gone home. some who remain behind. the police line that has been in effect all day long. that police line that is over my left shoulder has been there all day. has not budged. has not moved. the s.w.a.t. vehicle parked behind it started running what sounded like a looped taped message possibly from the mayor or someone told me it was

. >> woodruff: hari sreenivasan reporting for us from baltimore thank you. >> woodruff: in another developmentimore police said they'll turn the results of their investigation into the death of freddie gray over to prosecutors, instead of issuing a public report. and hundreds of people gathered this evening for another protest. organizers said they'll march to city hall. we'll return to what's driving the unrest in baltimore and other cities, later in the program. >> ifill: los angeles county has approved a settlement over systematic abuses of minorities. the justice department said the l.a. county sheriff's department targeted blacks and hispanics with traffic stops, and with using excessive force. under the settlement, the sheriff's department agrees to three years of federal monitoring. and, it will pay up to $700,000 dollars to people who can prove they were targeted. >> woodruff: it turns out this past winter nearly froze the u.s. economy in its tracks. the federal government reported today that first quarter output, the gross domestic product, rose at an annual rate of just two- tenths o

nbc's brian mooar joins us from baltimore. >> reporter: make no doubt about it, this is a city on edgedemonstrate that point, let's show you live pictures of a nearby mall. police came to this mall after there were reports of some mischief by some young kids and officers who really want to make sure nothing gets out of hand in this environment right now. it's really a sense situation where there are people across this city who really want to demonstrate and do so peacefully but they realize that there are some people who don't. as we saw over the weekend, there were thousands of people out in the street marching and few of those people did get out of hand. some set fires and broke windows and confronted police there were 35 arrests and that led the mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings blake to basically call on people to beg people to if they are going to protest, do so peacefully. this of course is on the day that freddie gray was laid to rest a standing room only crowd here at the shiloh baptist church in baltimore. an uplifting message but a message focused on change. and the atto

the mayor of baltimore tonight calling the situation absolutely unacceptable unacceptable. david wright leads us off from baltimore. >> reporter: tonight, baltimore police on the defensive. at a loss to explain how freddie gray was in a put wagon walking talking and breathing. and then had serious injuries. he died a week later. what happened is now the focus of a major investigation. tonight police confirming officers did not follow procedures. >> we know he was not buckled in as he should have been. no excuses for that, period. >> reporter: police say the van made several stops. at one point, officers had to pick him up. at no point did he have a seat belt on? >> at no point did he have a seat belt on. >> reporter: tonight police admitted he should have received medical attention sooner. >> this is absolutely unacceptable and i want answers. >> reporter: the incident has touched off a week of protests, including some violent scuffles. protesters claim gray was the victim of what's known in baltimore as a "rough ride." police intentionally stopping short and driving erratically with the intention of cau

baltimore tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> tisha thompson is back at the live desk for us this afternoon tracking the latest out of baltimore. tisha? >> from mon mondawmin mall, they're using the hash tag i love baltimore to invite people out to play basketball, eat food and hold a discussion. this is being driven heavily by pro and college basketball including will barton. at the same time city leaders are preparing for a citywide curfew that begins at 10:00 p.m. and will last through 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. it will be in effect all week. what we don't know yet is if schools will be back in session. the mayor of baltimore is defending her decision to close schools today. she says many teachers called and said they wouldn't show up for work following the protests because of that, many churches are offering to see children who rely on school for a meal. and for a second straight night, the baltimore orioles are postponing their game. that would be tonight, tomorrow the team will play at camden yards but the game will be closed to the public. major league baseball says this may be a first in recent history. the league doesn't have any record of

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again stay with us for any breaking developments from baltimore. you can also take us with you by downloading the wusa9 app. >>> right now we want to go to a press conference being held right now by governor larry owe began. he met with faith community leaders and he's talking about the riots in baltimore. let's listen in. >> last week we asked for some long-term help -- [ inaudible ] what are you prepared to do to help the problems in baltimore? >> we sent the lieutenant governor who a former city councilmember to meet with the groups. we met with the groups again today. we talked about some of those issues. i expressed to them my number one concern is jobs. it's what i've been focused on. creating more jobs and more opportunities in baltimore city is a top pry yorpt of our administration. -- priority of our administration. today our focus is on the emergency actions that need to take place. >> what can do you to convince citizens to come wack into baltimore given -- back into baltimore given what happened yesterday? >> it's not going to be easy. >

from wbal, jane miller with us here on the ed show. i want to bring in trymaine lee joining us live from baltimore.this story that's developing now about what may or may not have happened in the back of the van, this has to be spreading through the community. what kind of reaction are you hearing? >> reporter: oh, certainly one part is disbelief. people from the very beginning didn't believe that freddie gray in any way caused his own injuries. many say they believe the police are kind of trying to see the ground and they expect that. but one thing i heard over and over again, freddie gray never should have been in police custody in the first place. they wonder why he was detained in the first place, being that from the report they said initially made eye contact and he ran off. so that's a problem for many people out here who are saying that the police routinely stop black people and young black men in particular for petty offenses. said we don't know all the facts, but we do know freddie gray is dead and he shouldn't be. >> you had to chance to go out on the street today and talk to some people.

. >>> joining us now from baltimore, social activist jay morrison leader of the coalition. thanks for joining us. quick reaction to the new reporting by our cnn affiliate wjla that freddie gray broke his neck actually while riding inside the prison van, and also sustained a head injury matching a bolt in the back of the van. when you hear these kinds of reports, what do you think? >> well i think those reports support my theory. i watched the video from your colleague brooke baldwin and posted it on joinymcnew york. that shows the officer bending freddie's leg and a loud scream from freddie and a bystander saying why did you twist his leg like that? i think that the injury that happened on freddie's spine happened then, and that -- all that other rough ride and fourth stop all of those support the initial iran jury initial injury. >> you think the push -- >> not a think. brooke baldwin's video is posted. 1:45 you see the officer bending his leg, and freddie screams. officer drops his leg, it falls to the floor lifeless. then when he picks him up, can't even walk. that was an

abc's david kerley has them and he leads us off from baltimore. >> reporter: police hope to learn tonight from several videos, is freddie gray's spine already injured before he's put in a police van? >> ah! >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. justice department wants to know too. just launching an investigation into how gray suffered a severe spinal injury in police custody leading to his death a week later. also tonight, this auto panning police camera offers new glimpses of the arrest. watch. someone running down the street. then a police officer with two bikes on that same street as squad cars arrive. short of a minute later, gray is seen on the ground two officers standing over him. but slowing and stopping the video, we see the officers kneel next to him. less than three minutes later, a quick shot as he's being put in that van. police say they don't know when gray was injured, but the mayor claims it happened in that police van where gray was isolated. why the contradiction? >> i don't know if it's a contradiction. i looked at the timeline. i looked at the information. i have a lot of co

abc's senior national correspondent jim avila leading us off from baltimore. jim? >> reporter: tonight, david, the community continues to ask questions about why freddie gray died and perhaps tonight, an answer. as baltimore police investigators today privately reported their findings in the death of freddie gray to the state's attorney abc affiliate wjla quotes law enforcement sources saying the report contains medical evidence that grail suffered a massive injury to the back of his head while riding inside the police van. that closely matches a bolt located in the back of the police van. the police commissioner would not comment. >> we will take all our directions from the state attorney. because it is now their case. >> reporter: in fact police today revealed only one new piece of information. telling reporters they discovered that the van carrying gray made four stops not three, as previously claimed by police. >> we are much more suspicious than before in light of that 0 milted information. >> reporter: here is the van's trail on that crucial sunday morning. a

i don't know what the block radius is but the baltimore city fire department is dealing with four fires. >> cbs reporter craig boswell joins us live from baltimore. it looks like the fire department and the police department have really been stretched completely thin today. what else can you tell us about what's going on right now? >> they certainly have. good evening to you. clashes with police are popping up across the city as are the fires. we've seen extra fire trucks streaming through this area trying to get to the massive blaze at the senior center. at some point these clashes with police, some police are pulling back, many of them pulling back. there's a sea of vandals and no officers to be seen. at other locations officers in riot gear are coming in and they're dispersing those crowds. >> reporter: rioters torched a police car threw rocks at officers, and looted stores during clashes in baltimore monday afternoon. officers responded in force carrying batons and using teargas to try to disperse the crowds. >> officers have been placed in harm's way and we know some have been injured. we're going to do everything we can to make s

baltimore. he joins us from there now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.e building that was set ablaze yesterday and we noticed that firefighters had pulled up to the scene once again and the reason for this is that it's starting to smoke here this morning. firefighters are trying to knock down the smoke to make sure that this doesn't spark up once again. the situation just a few minutes ago appeared to be calm but there is no peace in this city right now. follow me. see this? there is a line of police officers here. they are dressed in riot gear prepared to potentially face the rioters who have been throwing rocks and bottles. parts of baltimore burned overnight. >> we want our rights. >> reporter: rioters setting fires to storefronts, liquor bottles hurled by rioters. the city's firefighters attempted to fight the flames but rioters on the march damaged water hoses. police in riot gear tried to stop the violence but were met by more people pouring into the streets. baltimore's mayor stephanie rawlings-blake called the rioters thugs. >> i'm at a loss for

baltimore. but the violence and looting promises to have long lasting effects for businesses in the area. joining us now live from baltimore, nbc's peter alexander. peter, you have an incredible story of one business which is one of many but you also have been hearing from residents koeg on the ground. how are they responding? >> well you saw some of the responses already at the top of the show mica people picking um up broornlgs not bricks. yesterday's violence you describe it it was the result of a combustible mix of poverty, crime and hopelesses in. unfortunately, a lot of families will live with the consequences of what happened monday night and the losses they a experiencing are crushing. take a lack. >> for more than eight hours the levy family helplessly watched their under surveillance cameras from home as looters gutted the store they have owned for 35 years. >> they were coming in college us out totally. >> reporter: they want to rebuild. where do you begin? >> it's just sad. my heart is breaking my heart is breaking for baltimore, it's breaking for all the store owners, it's breaking for us. >> reporte