one of the journalists in ferguson is pulitzer-prize winning journalist, wesley lowry, reporter for the "washington post". he and another journalist say they were arrested when working inside a mcdonald's restaurant. lowry started recording the confrontation on his cell phone. take a look for yourself. >> reporter: i'm working on it. >> stop videotaping. let's grab our stuff and go. >> reporter: i have root the right to videotape you, sir. >> let's go. >> reporter: you see me working. please do not tell me not to -- >> let's go. we're down in huh 45 seconds. let's go. >> reporter: now, can i ask you -- >> let's go. no time to ask questions. >> reporter: can i move my car? >> you can move your car if your car is out here. >> reporter: it is. that's what i was asking. >> let's go. let's go. >> reporter: i'm working on it, sir. >> let's go. there's a door over here. let's go. let's go. you can move. let's go, move. let's move! let's move this way. here's the door. this way or this way. >> and that was just the beginning of a very long night. he tweeted about the whole ordeal, saying office

ryan j reilly and wesley lowry from "the washington post."those reporters are both detained and roughed up, but then released. moments ago, police reportedly began firing teargas into another protesting crowd in ferguson. this comes from christina:. reporter john swain said this picture. police are telling people they must leave immediately. what is going on right now is no longer a peaceful protest. we are on the four canal in ferguson. from the crowds and the clouds of teargas, this does not seem to be ratcheting down. ratcheti down. "first look" is up next. >>> good thursday morning. right now on "first look," a fourth night of violence in ferguson, missouri, as police unleash tear gas and smoke bombs on people protesting the shooting death of an unarmed black teen. >>> the bright lights of broadway go dim for robin williams, as marin county authorities come under fire for saying too much. >>> plus, a new eye in the sky. one of the sharpest ever. a texas teen makes himself at home at walmart. and a new michael jackson music video launched

the video we played with wesley lowry said what one of the things that upset the officer was that he was trying to film him. how widespread is that? have you noticed the police trying to keep people from filming them and catching their activities on the tape at all? >> they have never said anything to us. we have been out there since saturday obviously when the shooting of michael brown happened. saturday afternoon. then sunday when it really started to get intense later in the night. we never had instances where the police officers were coming up to us, moving our cameras railroad touching us. they would tell us to missouri back for our safety. we agreed because the swags were getting more intense every second that went by. we were never told to stop filming. at one point last night when we were filming what happened to aljazeera's crew we got a little nervous. so we stopped filming. it wasn't because they told us to. >> was there anything in particular -- i'm curious. the police tried to disburse the film crew and then their first thought is to point the cameras on the ground. ther

ryan j reilly and wesley lowry from "the washington post."ters are both detained and roughed up, but then released. moments ago, police reportedly began firing teargas into another protesting crowd in ferguson. this comes from christina:. reporter john swain said this picture. police are telling people they must leave immediately. what is going on right now is no longer a peaceful protest. we are on the four canal in ferguson. from the crowds and the clouds of teargas, this does not seem to be ratcheting down. that does it for us tonight. it is much more on the situation in ferguson tonight from the let's work with lawrence o'donnell. so police now are arresting reporters in ferguson, missouri. one of those reporters who was arrested will join me, as will one of the reporters who has been hit with tear gas. >> two reporters in ferguson, missouri were arrested. >> evidently, i wa

here's the door. >> wesley lowrie, a reporter behind that lens joins me on the phone now live from ferguson, missouri. wesley, just walk me through this a little bit. it seemed the officer was being very clear to move out. the circumstances seemed like an emergency. what was the surrounding scenario. >> the scenario was there were two reporters sitting at mcdonald's. there was no protest outside. there was no clear danger whatsoever. two reporters who purchase meals from mcdonald's who had been told initially we did not have to leave. then that changed. there was an immediate evacuation. the two of us had already been recording because when s.w.a.t. teams show up to evacuate a mcdonald's, any responsible reporter would pull out their phone. that's what we did. some of the officers took offense to that. i was being gestured out with a large assault weapon. i tried to pack up my bag. 30 seconds long. he says we're down to 45 seconds. my arrest came about 5 seconds after the video cuts out. that certainly wasn't 45 seconds. so i think that what we see in this case is officers who were upset th

two reporters were among at least 16 people detained, including wesley lowrie from "the washington post." >> they slammed me into the soda machine. grabbed my bag. grabbed my phone n put me in temporary restraints. >> as anger and violence flares in the community undersiege, why did the police use so much force, and why aren't local police forces more representative of the racially diverse communities that they are supposed to serve? this hour we'll hear from president obama as missouri governor jay nixon meets with local leaders. last night the governor tweeted situation in ferguson does not represent who we are. must keep the peace while safeguarding rights of citizens and the press. >> this is not a ferguson problem. this is a national problem. >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchel in washington. watching with the rest of our nation as a missouri town explodes. weekend looting and response to the police shooting and killing of unarmed teenager michael brown has now led to continuing mostly peaceful protests but the police response looks more like a combat zone. two reporters who

brown, and two reporters covering the story, ryan riley from the huffington post and wesley lawy wesley lowrie were arrested while sitting at a mcdonald's not too far from the demonstrations. they were let go a short time later and not charged with any crime. they each smoke with chris hays last night and described their interaction with police officers. >> i was told to stop resisting despite the fact that i had gone limp, and my arms were limp. on the way out of the mcdonald's my head was purposefully slammed into the glass door, and the officer sashgsticily remarked that he was sorry. >> he threw me up against the soda machine, and i put my hands behind my back, and i said i'm not resisting. they said you are resisting. stop resisting. and i said i'm not resisting. we were standing outside and they refused to give us any information. tell us what we're being held on. >> nbc news reached out to the ferguson police department but they have not gotten back to us. >>> u.s. troops have returned from iraq with encouraging news. the number of refugees trapped by isis is smaller than feared. chuck

"washington post" reporter wesley lowry videotaped the incident as it happened. officers in s.w.a.t. gear told him and "huffington post" reporter brian riley to leave. >> evidently, uhm, i wasn't moving quickly enough. and both of us were arrested. >> reporter: both were released, no charges were filed. people in ferguson are still demanding to know the identity of the officer who killed brown on saturday. witnesses say the unarmed teen's hands were up when he was shot. officials so far are not releasing the officer's name. >> we will interview and talk with anybody and everybody who has anything at all to say about this. >> reporter: the county prosecutor says all evidence will be presented to a grand jury. michelle sagona, kpix 5. >> dozens of vigils to remember michael brown are planned across the country today as part of a national moment of silence. one of the vigils will be at 4:00 in oscar grant plaza in oakland at 14th and broadway across from city hall. >>> it is 4:39 now. israel and hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire for another five days. roc

physically assaulted by police last night those journalists were ryan riley of the huffington post and wesley lowry of the washington post the two reporters had been working in a mcdonald's not too far from the scene of the incident when a swat team stormed into the restaurant and demanded that everyone immediately evacuate soon after the two journalists began recording the police activity here's a look at some of that footage what's going on we're going on stuff videotape an autograph or something tells me which video hurry up lets you know these are what you do you see you are. easier to know if you start to do what you know you know we were down about forty five seconds and still. we're not used to shoot this until the job done and i'm john that's for sure and this is your classic cars are here let's go this is what i was just going to let you go through here let's go. that's when the journalists were told to stop the proceedings and leave when they didn't the officer shoved lowery into a soda machine and slammed riley's head against some glass just before taking them into custody upon being rel

. >> wesley lowry and ryan reilly, both briefly detained by police today. >>> we'll be right back witht's events in ferguson. >>> we'll be back with much more from ferguson in just a moment. >>> we have news from the governor jay nicks. a lot of people asking where the governor jay nixon has been. he tweets, canceling all appearances at the missouri state fair to visit north st. louis county tomorrow. we want to bring in the president and director of naacp legal defense fund and msnbc contributor goldie taylor. something's got to give here. i can't imagine this situation continuing the way it is. >> well, there needs to be leadership. what's got to give is the failure of leaders, elected leaders to step up in that state. i remarked earlier, chris, that people are talking about the police. appropriately we're spending a lot of time talking about the police activity. should be explaining to them whether there was a curfew, why there's a curfew, whether they approve of the actions of the police and what they expect to unfold over the next few days. there has to be leadership. that is the

more details about what is happening, i'm joined by "washington post" reporter wesley lowry. thank you for being back with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> you've been reporting for us throughout the week. the story is about the death of michael brown and the volatile situation in ferguson. but what happened to you? >> reporter: of course, and one thing i would note up front is that the story is not be the journalists here, but the journalists are in many ways the eyes and ears of the nation. our experience in a lot of ways are what some of this story is about. as i listened to that audio. when tremaine, who i consider a friend, someone i look up to immensely. when i looked at that audio when i got out of jail, it brought tears. my experience is at mcdonald's, i was working with ryan, ryan and i were both there working, during protests, charging our phones, police officers came in and they initially said you should leave. it's going to get hot, you guys should get out of here. we said, we're fine, we know it's going to get hot and that's why we're here. the office

>> i was looking at wesley lowry's explanation on his twitter feed. he says no explanation why we were in custody other than we were quote trespassing at a mcdonalds. i got to give credit to the journalists. even though they were roughed up, one used the word assaulted, they turned the story back to the others in the police van with them. they described one person screaming in the back of the police van calling out for paramedics and the calls were refused and mocked by the police. they are putting the spotlight back on others -- the people who were there, of course, covering, the protesters they are trying to tell the the stories about tonight. >> brian, thanks very much. brian stelter reporting for us. more on a key fact in this story. some say the key fact, in fact, one that is clearly not made things better in ferguson like many other towns across the country. the population is the majority african american, but as david mattingly reports, the police force is overwhelmingly white. >> black shirt, please turn around, walk away. >> reporter: even u.

two reporters were among at least 16 people detained, including wesley lowrie from "the washington posted my bag. grabbed my phone n put me in temporary restraints. >> as anger and violence flares in the community undersiege, why did the police use so much force, and why aren't local police forces more representative of the racially diverse communities that they are supposed to serve? this hour we'll hear from president obama as missouri governor jay nixon meets with local leaders. last night the governor tweeted situation in ferguson does not represent who we are.

wesley lowry of the washington post and ryan reilly of the huffington post were in a mcdonald's in ferguson last night when officers dressed in riot gear told them to leave lowry caught part of the exchange on video. >> grab your stuff. let's go. >> i'm working on it. >> stop videotaping. >> i have the right to videotape you, sir. >> let's go. >> please don't wave your gun at me. >> let's go. >> you are see me working. >> don't tell me -- >> time to go. >> don't wave a gun at me. >> we are down to 45 seconds. let's go. >> the reporters were arrested, put in a holding cell and later released. no the rights were read. and they didn't get any answers. >> so you're saying there is not going to be an arrest report? >> no. we are not arresting or detained. >> we were told a litany of charges. officers had a lot to say to us. despite that there won't be any -- >> they told us to release you. >> where is the chief? >> somewhere. >> you have to go out that door. >> what was that? arrested with no reason given? they weren't the only ones targeted. a photo journalist from the nbc affiliate ksdk was sh

wesley lowry of the "the washington post" recorded his interaction with the police after he said they were ordered to leave an edmonton restaurant where he charged his cell phone. >> they threw me up against a soda machine. >> the national press photographers association sent a level of protest to the police chief of ferguson saying: >>> both of the journalists taken into custody were released without charge. the action against journalists in ferguson has caught the president's attention. >> and here in the united states of america police should not be bullying or arresting journalists trying to do their jobs. and report to the american people on what they see on the ground. >> missouri governor jay nixon weighed in. >> it needs to be heard. we want to make sure. if people have things to say they'll say it. if you want to cover something, and take pictures, they ought to do it. it's a free country. >> reporter: ferguson's police chief says the ferguson pd is e-vallating tactics and. >> attorney areva martin joins us from los angeles. you had interesting things to say about taping peop

louis, and the washington post's wesley lowry.or being here tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you, reverend. >> joseph, how long has this pressure been building between the police and the people of fergie son? >> well, reverend sharpton, it's been building for years. it's been building this not just ferguson but several other municipalities in the city of st. louis. this just busted the cap off. we hope coming out of here we can have some positive dialogue, some sensitively training and some better communication between police and the community that they serve. >> now let me ask you, wesley. you have been moving around, covering this story. we are told that only 16%. now, again, the town is nearly 70% black. look at the demographic breakdown of city officials in ferguson. the mayor is white. the police chief is white. only 16% of the city council is black. 6% of the police force is black. and the school board, 0% -- not a single african-american is on the school board. do you feel as you move around that this kind of tension is buil

ryan j reilly and wesley lowry from "the washington post." those reporters are both detained and roughed up, but then released. moments ago, police reportedly began firing teargas into another protesting crowd in ferguson. this comes from christina:. reporter john swain said this picture. police are telling people they must leave immediately. what is going on right now is no longer a peaceful protest. we are on the four canal in ferguson. from the crowds and the clouds of teargas, this does not seem to be ratcheting down. that does it for us tonight. it is much more on the situation in ferguson tonight from the let's work with lawrence o'donnell. so police now are arresting reporters in ferguson, missouri. one of those reporters who was arrested will join me, as will one of the reporters who has been hit with tear gas. >> two reporters in ferguson, missouri were arrested. >> evidently, i was not moving quickly enough. >> for not leaving a mcdonald's. >> every night there are cops all over the place. >> ferguson remains on edge. >> another nig

"washington post" reporter wesley lowry videotaped the incident as it happened. officers in s.w.a.t. gear told him and hutch ton post reporter bryan reilly to leave. >> evidently, i wasn't moving quickly enough and both of us were arrested. >> reporter: both were released, no charges were filed. people in ferguson are still demanding to know the identity of the officer who killed brown on saturday. witnesses say the unarmed teen's hands were up when he was shot. officials so far are not releasing the officer's name. >> we will talk to anyone who has anything to say about this. >> reporter: all evidence will be presented to a grand jury. michellecy gonna, cbs news. >> a national moment of silence is planned today in memory of michael brown the man killed with vigils in dozens of cities. one of the vigils is at 4:00 in downtown oakland at oscar grant plaza cross from the city hall. >>> united nations has announced its highest level of emergency for the humanitarian crisis in iraq. islamic militants have overrun much of the country's north and west and have driven o

. >> two reporters, ryan reilly of "the huffington post" and wesley lowry were arrested. both say the police were acting aggressively. >> let's go. >> i'm working on it. >> stop videotaping, let's grab our stuff and go. >> i have the right to videotape you, sir? >> let's go. >> you see me working. please do not tell me -- >> time to go, let's go. we're down to about 45 seconds. let's go. >> reilly tweeted this picture just before he got arrested. both reporters spoke to msnbc after their release. >> i said, officers, i'm going to need to stock my bag, give me one second at which point they said let's take him. slammed me into the soda machine, grabbed my bag, grabbed my phone and put me in temporary restraints. >> i was given a countdown. i was told i had 45 seconds, 30 seconds to pack up all of my stuff and leave. at which point the officer in question who i have not -- who i repeatedly would ask for his name and was never -- or his badge number was never given it decided that he was going to help me pack. he grabbed my things, shoved them into my bag and i was then -- w

"washington post" reporter wesley lowry videotaped the incident as it happened. officers in s.w.a.t. gear told him and "huffington post" reporter bryan reilly to leave. >> evidently, i wasn't moving quickly enough and both of us were arrested. >> reporter: both were released, no charges were filed. people in ferguson are still demanding to know the identity of the officer who killed brown on saturday. tiffany mitchell says she witnessed the incident from her window. >> the teen steps away and he started running away from the cop. the cop follows him, kept shooting, and the kid's body jerks as if he was hit. and as his body jerks he turned around puts his hands up and the cop just continues to walk up on him and shoot him until he goes all the way down. >> reporter: officials so far are not releasing the officer's name for safety concerns. michelle sigona for cbs news. >> a national moment of silence planned for today in memory of michael brown with vigils and dozens of cities nationwide. one of the vigils will be at 4:00 in downtown oakland. it will be at the osc

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wesley lowrie and ryan reilly claim they were handcuffed after police said they were not packing up theirhings to leave quickly enough. lowery caught part of his episode with the cell phone. >> stop videotaping. >> please don't do this. >> let's go. >> you see me working? please do not tell me not to use my cell phone. >> let's go. down to about 45 seconds. let's go. >> reporter: the street -- >> let's go. not time to ask questions. move your car if your car is out here. >> reporter: what i was asking. you didn't have time to ask me. >> let's go. >> reporter: i'm working, sir. >> let's go. >> here is a door over here. let's go. let's go. you can move. let's go. move. >> reporter: sir, please -- >> let's move. let's move. >> last night, lowery who shot that avoid spoke about what allegedly happened when the camera stopped rolling. >> tried to direct me toward another door. i said, officers where would you like moo to go? the bag slipped off of my shoulder. officers, i need to adjust my bag and they said let's take him. slammed me into a soda machine and grabbed my bags. >> reilly said, in