i want to bring back charles blow and also van jones. white police officer, zbrand ygrand jury dect to indict them. do you think there are parallels with this and eric garner and michael brown? >> the obvious parallel is the racial dynamic involved. the obvious parallel is that the grand jury chose not to indict. and i'm always telling people to push back from the individual cases and look at the data set as a whole, not the data points but the data set and look at the trends that represent themselves across the cases. and when you do that, it is really hard to argue that there is equity in the system in terms of justice and how it is meted out and who is believed and who is not believed and whether or not you can transpose the racial identities of the people involved and still believe that the cases will turn out exactly the way that they did in those particular cases, would the person still be dead if they were dead, and you knew who did it, would that person not at least get an indictment if not go to trial? and if they went to trial,

. >> van jones. thank you very much. we'll stand by to hear from the president of the united states. this is it for me. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >> breaking news, a grand jury decides not to indictment after the chokehold of a suspect by a police officer in new york. and in new york city, police gearing up for major protests. we are live around the city for you. >>> and the president promised change in the wake of ferguson, now with another federal investigation underway, how will this time be different? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. and "outfront" tonight, breaking news, people across new york city gathering to protest a grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black man. their struggle is all caught on video. right now i want to show you live pictures of the protests. they are large and growing in response to the decision not to indict. the story comes down to this. cell phone video captured

cnn political analyst, van jones. back to get continuing coverage of what's happening in washington, and around the country. >>> and listen, we do have to tell you about the latest regarding a surprise late-night decision that has the senate set to meet today. >> yes. >> that's a rare saturday session. >> and a lot of people are thankful they made it out of this. >> god! [ bleep ]. >> hey! >> yeah, probably be saying the same thing. the guy in this video is pretty shaken up. a rare tornado slams into the heart of los angeles. >> oh, look! oh! [ bleep ] i have a cold. i took nyquil but i'm still stuffed up. nyquil cold and flu liquid gels don't unstuff your nose. really? alka-seltzer plus night rushes relief to eight symptoms of a full blown cold including your stuffy nose. (breath of relief) oh, what a relief it is. thanks. anytime. into one you'll never forget. earn triple points when you book with the expedia app. expedia plus rewards. once there was a girl who even in her laundry room. with downy unstopables for lon

host, lonnie love and ben stein, radio host bethany watson, actor fred willard, cnn contribute tor van jones and our own brooke baldwin. all the best, all the worst 2014. >> welcome. i'm tom foreman and even a carnival huckster would have a hard time to describe the year that just past. 2014 full of baffling mind bending moments like no other and we're going to look at all of them over the next hour. so we'll take down the lights. you pull out the popcorn and let the side show begin. >> 2014 went by really fast. really, really fast. >> i think for the first time in a long time, i'm going to be celebrating that the year is over. >> it wasn't too bad. it wasn't too good. >> it was nuts trying to keep up with the news. it felt like you couldn't stay on top of it. >> big stories. one of the biggest and worst after all. the missing malaysia air jet. took off with 239 people aboard, disappeared and despite a global effort to track it down, that continues to this day, not a single scrap has been found. >> look, how could they found it once it's way down the bottom of the ocean? there's no device th

and let's bring in van jones. you used to advise the president in the white house. you for advice, what can he do to resolve these tense issues right now? >> well first of all, i want to applaud the president and governor cuomo and mayor de blasio. they struck the right tone. you didn't see that happen in ferguson. you did see it tonight. one of the things i think the president needs to try to communicate people is that any system that does not have adequate checks and balances will tend toward corruption and abu abuse. that is not against the police. why do we have meat inspectors? not because we hate the butchers but we have to oversee them and make sure they do say good job. and why do we have construction protectors. there is something wrong with law enforcement where we expect police and prosecutors to police themselves with no good checks and balances. you can say what you want to about mike brown, this case is a case where you did not see somebody grabbing a gun, you did not see someone being violent back. you saw somebody that didn't want to go to jail but h

van jones. appreciate it. we'll check back in in manhattan, show you twhar they are. we'll be right back. in this accident... because there was no accident. volvo's most advanced accident avoidance systems ever. the future of safety, from the company that has always brought you the future of safety. give the gift of volvo this season and we'll give you your first month's payment on us. i found a better deal on prescriptions. we found lower co-pays... ...and a free wellness visit. new plan...same doctor. i'm happy. it's medicare open enrollment. have you compared plans yet? it's easy at medicare.gov. or you can call 1-800-medicare. medicare open enrollment. you'll never know unless you go. i did it. you can too. ♪ >> quite a night of protests. interstate of miami shut down by marchers. police detaining people outside the art institute. a die-in, so-called, at grand central station. go to times square. will riply. last night before we went off air, there were a number off rests made. i'm wondering the scene now. and wondering if police are preparing for what may happen?

barkley talking with cnn's brooke baldwin, one of our cnn commentators and civil rights activist van joneskley had to say irresponsible and inflammatory. perhaps you have strong feelings about what you just heard. we should note turner sports is part of cnn's parent company. >>> now, we do have this information just in to cnn, a suspected car bomb has exploded near the somali capital mogadishu. police say at least four people are dead and the apparent target was an african union convoy there. the explosion happened close to the international airport as well near the entrance to the city's green zone, that's where many foreign embassies are based. at this early hour no one has claimed responsibility for that attack but new information into cnn, the suspected car bomb has exploded in mogadishu. >>> israel's prime minister is calling for early parliamentary elections, just as he makes big changes to his own cabinet. we'll get you live to jerusalem after this short break. common side effect.dry moa that's why there's biotene. it comes in oral rinse, spray or gel, so there's moisturizing relief

and front now officer very much and van jones.nd many people believe this was about race and not everybody and one person is the former mayor of new york, rudy giuliani. here he is. >> there was no racism in this case. there is no indication this was -- if this were a white man, resisting arrest of the same size, this would happen. in this case the officer was dealing with a criminal resisting arrest. maybe if mr. brown can't committed the crimes and this gentleman didn't resist arrest, they wouldn't be dead today. >> is this about race or a guy who committed a crime and resisted arrest? >> it is about a number of things. i wish that giuliani wouldn't say those kind of things. it shows so much disrespect and content. excessive force was used here. yes, you should comply with the police, but if you don't, it is not that any level of force is okay. there is something called excessive force and something called making sure that somebody who is not able to breathe is taken care of. none of that was done. but let me tell you where race

matthew dowd, van jones from cnn.ditor of the national review, rich lowry, and loretta sanchez, democratic congresswoman. your daughter got married yesterday, congratulations for that. >> thank you. >> let's begin with the fallout from the ferguson and garner case. matthew dowd, it was striking to hear john kasich talk about the chances of working across party lines here. is this a bipartisan moment for action? >> i believe it's a bipartisan moment for action. but it's been thrown into a partisan mix. i think what's incredibly disturbing and troubling about this is i think obviously there's racism in america. and no one deserves -- no human being deserves to die. i don't care what you did. what your crime, no human being deserves to die. the problem in the cauldron we have had, a breakdown in every institution. now there's questions on all sides about the justice system in america. when we now question the results of a law enforcement and justice system in america, we're at a very, very troubling point. and i think at

. >> we're also joined by van jones nearby. >> reporter: -- on the ground. >> sorry. just wanted to let you know van jones is expected at third and pennsylvania. sorry to cut you off. set the scene for us. what are you seeing this hour. >> reporter: a lot of energy here on the ground. marches are starting to gather here at freedom plaza, just steps from the white house. a little of the scene here. a lot of protesters with tee shirts and signs out this morning. obviously making reference to the high profile killings, michael brown, trayvon martin. and we have a symbolic meeting of all four of those families. they will be marching together and this is the first time the four families are gathering. they will lead the protest down the symbolic place down from freedom plaza here in washington, d.c. all the way down the iconic streetlight of washington d.c., pennsylvania avenue and near the steps of the capitol. we heard from the mother of the trayvon martin earlier o who talked to anderson cooper about this march and ant her feelings before. here is what she had to say. >

van patton. the panthers were ooking the books and elaine brown, we now know through onderful works by the great african-american author hugh earson, adam, a former publisher of ramparts, excuse me, of mother jones was also there. the panthers at had her murdered. that if in ering researching your book, you came cross of any further evidence of the fbi being privy to that information. no. no i have not seen that. perspective, the information about reagan, the previous biographers including morris, gary wills and edwards say in their biographies were frustrated by the few pages that the fbi had released about reagan. the heavy redactions in those documents. i believe it sheds light on reagan's politics and helps being a is turn from liberal in his early hollywood days to being a staunch the years thatin followed. i'm curious if you have an dea how large, how many in and around the organizations. how extensive a network of people did they have working for them? dwroid have any idea? you a number, e but it was extensive. and informants egularly attended campus events. the front.uestion in >> i don't know a microphone. would like to say in response to the last dan spitz is the coming that the left h