black white brown justice for everyone. we need to increase the capacity of the occ to do their job. not to monitor 10% of the complaints. what's that going to do. it's not -- it's okay. so were not >> clerk: thank you. >> president: thank you. good evening and welcome. >> testifier: my name is vanessa and i represent the bayview community and i just want to make a recommendation that not only are young black men getting killed out here in the streets. we also allow in the services go policewomen to set argument up and set them to prison as well. i know 3 young men in hunters point right now that were arrested by officer ellis as an informant. the guns that were in the car had no fingerprints on it but yet they're ready to put the guns on the african-american young men. they claim it was a robbery but yet there was no victims. no one came and said they were robbed. then the police from my understanding in a preliminary hearing it took officer alice over over an hour to find the pistols that he was looking for in the car. so

lee white's wife, and two fellow employees, lawrence scott and william brown.they were beneficiaries of nine different insurance policies on frankie's life that totaled nearly $1 million. >> humans are very greedy people. and now they see that there's an opportunity for them to make almost $1 million, they forget about their consciences. they'll do anything to make a fast buck. >> prosecutors believe that mr. white was the ringleader, and he had planned the crime for years. hiring frankie for the sole purpose of killing him. >> it's extremely sad, but apparently, the people that perpetrated this crime realized that that's the kind of victim that they needed. they needed to find someone that no one would care about and no one would come forward and knock on doors and look and question anything that had happened. >> mr. white purchased multiple life insurance policies on frankie's life and sent imposters to the required physical examinations. a witness reported seeing the stolen car parked outside the funeral home the night before the crime. the evidence indicate

. >> if your mother is blond your father is blond, you can be white. >> brown: with few opportunitiesned to what he calls a god-given talent, music. >> music for me is my life. it's my freedom. my music give me a possibility to talk to people, to tell them what i want and what i feel. >> brown: he first broke through in the 1970s, performing what was known as afropop and the leader of one of mali's biggest bands. soon enough he was appearing internationally and has continued that for decades including in central park in 2010. he's been one of a remarkable group of musicians who have made mali renowned around the world bringing traditional african ritd ums and instruments into a contemporary context. among mali's biggest stars this singer. and a virtuoso of the harp-like instrument. we also met the master of an ancient string instrument. he's building a school here to help preserve his country's musical history. >> ( translated ): i've decided with my school to save african music, to save african instruments. it's important that african music always remain here because there will be a

. >> having more of the so-called brown fat makes you skinny and with obesity at epidemic proportions everyone wants to find a way to transform the whitead fat cells into the brown kind which burns energy all the time. >> this is an incubator. this is where the cells are cultured. >> the researchers have both kinds of fat cells. >> the good one is this one. and proven contrary to this one what the medical world thoughts one can change into the other. >> we have white fat cells and brown fat cells. figuring out how to transform one into the other. taking that information and turning it into a treatment for obesity is quite another. that is what the dr has in his sites. he has figured out how to turn stem cells into brown fat cells. the next step is to inject those into rats and watch them lose weight. eventually there'll be hope for humans. >> we collect the stem cells from the overweight subjects with cultures in the lab, and we inject the cells into the same subject. diabetes sufferers and doctors ibrahim is not convinced. >> it shows if you do diet and exercise 70% of the people do not develop diabetes. >> a traditional approach that

. >> -- young women in this crowd of police white, brown. >> chris, i want you to stand by. i want to hear from our other colleagues. don't go anywhere. >> jason, you said you were right by the front line and i want to tell our viewers that the media has permission to be there. jason, is it this intense where you are? ear you. >> what do you see? >> reporter: maybe you can see what's happening right now, as the line of officers there are about to move in once again. we saw some of those who were throwing some of the projectiles down in this direction. some of them took off down the street down pennsylvania. some of them still throwing projectiles, going to back off from my photographer here. still trying to show you what's going on. some of them still throwing glass bottles, covering their faces, some of them as they were throwing some of these objects, and then taking off down the street. police using a great deal of restraint, as you can see, they kept their line out here in front of what's been going on down here on pennsylvania street. very disappointing to some of the c

brown fat actually makes you skinny. and with obesity at epidemic proportions, everyone wants to find a way to transform the white bad fat sells that we all have into the brown kind which burn energy all the time. this is called an incubator. this is where--this is where the cells culture. >> these researchers have got both kinds of fat cells. >> the good wouldn't one is this one. >> and have proven contrary to what the medical world thought one can change into the other. >> we have white fat sells and brown fat cells. figuring out how to transform one into the other is one thing. but taking that information and turning it into a possible treatment into obesity is quite another. but that's exactly what this doctor has in his sights. he's already figured out how to turn stem cells into brown fat cells. the next step is to inject those into obese rats and eventually eventually watch them lose weight at and hopefully do that for humans, too. >> through culture in the lab we would inject these cells into the subject. >> diabetes sufferer and doctor isn't convinced. >> if you are obese and diabetic he's saying that 70% of the

on the opposite side of the street, julie brown also waits patiently in her white toyota. the blue volkswagen pulls away, both women make their move. brown prevails, but andrews is not leaving without a fight. she can be seen pulling her car up to brown's white toyota and revving her engine in an attempt to push brown's car out of the parking space. from inside their vehicle, brown and her son watch in amazement as smoke billows from the spinning tires. when the toyota doesn't budge, andrews throws it in reverse. >> as she was repositioning, i thought that she was going, so we got out of the car to get a ticket. that's when she managed to actually move the car completely out of the space. >> brown's 12-year-old son tries to push his mother's white toyota back into the parking space, but in a match between man and machine, he quickly throws in the towel. an eyewitness describes the scene. >> you could smell burned rubber for ages afterwards. she shunted this car all the way out of the space, left the white car abandoned there, got out, went, i think she went and got a parki

brown fat actually makes you skinny. with obesity at epidemic proportions, everyone wants a way to transform the white bad fat cells we all have into the brown kind, which burns energy all the time. >> this is called an incubator. this is where the cells are cultured. >> these researchers have both kinds of fat cells and ever proven contrary to what the medical world thought, one can change into the other. >> so we have white fat cells and we have brown fat cells. figuring out how to transform one into the other is one thing but taking that information and turning it into a possible treatment for obesity is quite another. >> that's exactly what the doctor has knots sights. he's already figured out how to turn stem cells into brown fat cells. the next step is to inject those into obese rats and hopefully watch them lose weight. eventually be he says there will be hope for humans, too. >> we collect the fat cells culture them in the lab then we will inject these cells into the same subject. >> diabetes sufferer ibrahim isn't kind. >> if you do diet and exercise, at least 70% of the people do not look like this. >> a traditi

ever since a white police officers shot mike brown, an unarmed black teen. the white officer was killed of - cleared of wrongdoing. a federal investigation found racial policing. it will fall to the next city council to make reforms demanded. adrian hopkins is a single mother of two. >> i saw the candidates and thought someone has to run and help us. i decided to be the change i wanted to see. >> reporter: two-thirds of ferguson's residents are black. the vast majority of elected officials are white. >> ferguson is not unusual. throughout st. louis country there are many communities that were predominantly white that have shifted to predominantly s black, and overwhelmingly the leadership has not kept pace with the changes in demographics. the former mayor of ferguson is running for city council, a part-time job paying $250 per month. >> it's about participation. unfortunately, our african-americans don't participate in a level as caucasians do in the community. >> 6% of eligible voters turned out in the last municipal elections. whites were not much better.

we need to talk to rich, poor, white, black, brown.e need to go out and go places we haven't been going. >> reporter: a big weekend here in the first in the nation state and it's only the beginning. athena jones, new hampshire. >> 20 years ago today the united states suffered one of the deadliest terror attacks the nation had ever seen when a truck bomb went off in oklahoma city. 168 people lost their lives. 19 of them children. hundreds more were injured. memorial now stands at the site honoring those who lost their lives and the people whose lives were affected forever. the memorial museum hosted a reunion between the rescue workers, investigators and law enforcement officers of that day. former president clinton who was in office at the time of the bombing will return to deliver raerks during a remembrance ceremony. there severe weather may affect the ceremonies marking that 20th anniversary. this was the scene on saturday afternoon in oklahoma city. wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour were reported by cnn affiliate kfor. it is an in

so we have white fat cells and we have brown fat cells.out how to transform one into the other is one thing. but taking that information and turning it into a possible treatment for obesity is quite another. that is exactly what the doctor has in his sights and has already figured out how to turn stem cells into brown fat cells. if next step is to inject those into obese rats and hopefully watch them lose weight. eventually he says there will be hope for humans too. >> we collect the stem cells from this overweight subject in the lab, then we inject these cells into the same subject. >> reporter: the doctors are not convinced. >> assured if you are obese and diabetic if you diet and exercise at least 70% of the people do not live like this. >> reporter: traditional approach researchers say will always have its place but the chance to give a helping hand in a pill shouldn't be ruled out. kim with al jazeera, doha. >>> much more on our website al jazeera.com. ♪ here is the new religious freedom laws target lbgt community and now arkansas fac

is exactly what many have ferguson's respondents have been demanding ever since a white police officer shot mike brown, an unarmed black teen. the white officer was cleared of wrongdoing but a federal investigation found a pattern of racist policing in the city and its courts. it will fall to the next city council to make the reforms demanded by the u.s. justice department. adrien hawkins is a federal worker and single mother of two. >> when i saw the capped dates i said somebody has to run. somebody has to come and somebody has to help us, so i decided to be the change that i wanted to see. >> about two thirds of ferguson's residents are black but the vast majority of elected officials are white. >> ferguson isn't unusual. throughout st. louis county are many communities that were once predominantly white shifted to black. overwhelmingly the leadership hasn't kept pace with the sweeping changes in demographics. >> the former mayor of ferguson is now running for city council a part time job that pace just $250 a month. >> it's about participation. unfortunately, our african-americans don't participate

we need to talk to rich, poor, white, black, brown.got to get out there and go places we haven't been going. >> reporter: a big weekend here in this first in the nation's state and it's only the beginning. >> that's athena jones in new hampshire. >>> coming up, incredible video of new jersey police racing to rescue a trapped driver after she flips her vehicle and her life is on the line and officers do everything they can to save her and you'll see how it plays out. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century of american energy security. the new energy superpower? it's red, white and blue. log on to learn more. >>> this is something you just don't see every day. a dramatic rescue caught on camera. >> a convertible crashes, overturns, leaving the

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we need to talk to rich, poor, white, black, brown.ng. >> he pulled no pulllies. >> i'm starting to worry when hillary clinton travelers there's two planes. one for her and her entourage and one for her baggage. >> attempting to set himself apart from the crowded gop field. the u.s. should nevada have intervened. >> they'll criticize the president but they would have just dope the thing this far over. >> former presidential told the crowd i want the republican party acting like a political party. >> used his speech criticized the president obama's administration nuclear who is fit for commander in chief. must be prepared to repudiate any deal that undermines american national security. >> crews called the plan a historic mistake. m andy rose. >> the giant looking to end an 8-game losing streak. they got their reinings. a lot of bring on the field. two of riping were actually delivered from the sky as the giant tweeted throughout photo. world series ring delivered by sky divers. now turning to the game. the giants bats finally waking up

where is the point you say this is not about black or white or brown?his is about, this being america. that is not protesting. he said the words but i think like we have been for six 1/2 years, now waiting for this president to come with his heart, passion behind the words. the words are there. after the bp oil spill. the words were there. where is the pounding of fist? you have to get upset at some point. not to mention he is the first black president. he has something to say. >> hashtag, adam, all lives should matter. >> right. >> you see president get upset at republicans. he gives fervent speeches about republicans. he has the passion. blaming cops at root of things. look at city of baltimore, to me liberal policies of last 50 years where progressives like the president has been in place that caused destruction of cities like baltimore. not the police force. >> first couple things. semantics is annoying. if you go back and forth people are worried about what is thug. we're worried about veriage not actions. the section problem we have false sense in

brown? >> i withdraw. >> mr. grasley? no. mr. roberts? no. mr. [inaudible] no. mr. thune? no. mr. bird, no. mr. isaacson? no. mr. portman? no. mr. toomey? no. mr. coats? no. mr. scott? no. mr. white? [inaudible] cantwell? mr. nelson? aye. mr. brown? aye. mr. chairman? no. mr. widen? no. mr. schumer? i am biproxy. mr. harper? the tally is 10 ayes 16 nays. >> the amendment is defeated. mr. bennett? >> i would long to recognize bennett number one and in the spirit, the way you conducted this hearing i will withdraw the amendment but i would like to speak to it. >> i am starting to love you. >> i feel the same way. this amendment is simple. it would make clear through the new principle negotiating objective we should contribute the elimination of poverty and hunger. this would show this isn't just a way to open global commerce but an opportunity to combat global poverty. trade and foreign investment are playing an important role in global development. if we get trade right, we have the power to positively influence the global fight against poverty and hunger. in 2012, developing countries represented 60 times greater than official aid and that number is only growing. however, trade p

he was wearing a long-sleeve white shirt and a brown short sleeve shirt over the white shirt. investigators say they simply want to talk to this young person to find out what exactly he was doing in that bathroom. live in redwood city, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. >>> okay just in to our newsroom, the arizona woman convicted of stabbing her boyfriend to death will spend the rest of her life in prison. a phoenix judge sentenced convicted murderer jodi arias to life in prison without the possibility of i are lease. two jurors had deadlocked on whether to give her the death penalty. arias was previously convicted of the murder of her boyfriend if 2008 following a stormy relationship. she always claimed it was a case of self-defense. >>> berkeley police are investigating what appears to be a drive-by shooting. it happened early this morning at the intersection of ashby and shattuck avenues. officers say two cars may have been shooting at each other. two men in their 20s were hit and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. no word on any arrests. >>>

. >> reporter: it was the first local election since the killing of michael brown by a white fergusoneman last august. the shooting touched off racially charged unrest and left this city of 21,000 people scarred physically emotionally, and ready for change. >> i want to see new people with new faces, and see if we can't go forward from this point. >> reporter: there were three open seats in the election two were won by african american candidates giving the black community more representation than it has ever had before. now half of the council members are black. for decades white elected officials controlled the town even though two-thirds of residents are black. extremely low african american turnout was partly responsible. voters like eva miller say there's been a double standard. >> one set of rules for one race another set for another. and it should be straight down the line just one set of rules for everyone. >> reporter: this is the spot where michael brown died on august 9th. now it's a shrine covered with flowered and stuffed toys. with new leadership the city hopes to put an

. >> change is what many residents have been demanding ever since an white police officer shot mike brown an unarmed black team. the officer was found clear of wrongdoing. but in the report investigation they found a pattern of discrimination by the city and it's courts. adrian hawk incidence is a federal worker and and a mother of two. >> when i saw the candidates i thought somebody has to run. somebody has to come and somebody has to help us. i decided to be the change that i wanted to see. >> about two-thirds of ferguson residents are black but the vast majority of city council are might. >> overwhelmingly the leadership in those communities has not kept pace with the sweeping changes in demographics. >> city council is a part-time job that pays $250 a month. >> it's about participation. and unfortunately african-american dos not participate at a level that caucasian dos in our community. >> 6% of eligible black voters turned out in the municipal elections. whites at 17% was not much better. patricia is working to change that. >> people are getting the message if they want change they

reporter: in 2014, the michael brown case sent further shock waves across the country. the charges held against the whiteolice officer accused of killing brownwood dropped -- killing brown were dropped, triggering mass protests. more than 50 years after martin luther king's march in washington racial tensions seem far from being result. host: away from the u.s., some 8 million people have been affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake claiming over 4000 lives in nepal. foreign aid workers from countries including china, india, and the u.s., have arrived in , where 1.4 million people are in danger. time is of the essence for those trapped underneath the rubble and for thousands of residents homes are now makeshift tents. reporter: thousands of nepalese continue to camp out in open air after fear of aftershocks in the possibility that their damaged homes could fall any moment. for days, many have been too scared to enter any building. as this resident explained monday -- >> for suffocation, i am planning to seek someplace. i never want to go inside the house because i feel unsafe. reporter: with structure i

people are killing -- white people are killing so many brown and black people in the world it is a shamewhen you find out, when people call in this morning it will be all white folks calling in for the killing of other people because white folks like to kill people. it is in their blood to kill -- host: google on to arthur in chesapeake -- we will go on to arthur in chesapeake virginia. caller: if you can do it in one place, you can do it in another. right here in america you have terrorists all over. if you can do drones to attack people all overseas, you should use them right here in america. your ku klux klan, white supremacist groups. training to kill people. they come out from those camps and join the police force just to kill people of color. you need to send some drones and search out these terrorist camps right here in america and wipe them out. if you can use drones in one place, it use them everywhere. right here in america. host: arthur in chesapeake, virginia. john is up next on that line for those who support the use of drones. good morning. caller: good morning. we support

white. this is the first election since michael brown and african-american teenager shot and killed by a white police officer last august put ferguson at the center of a national conversation about race and policing. >>> and philadelphia's urging those to avoid the convention center during next year's democratic national convention. they sent a letter to each democratic committee asking them not to plan any events at the convention up center because of what he called unfair practices. they plan to send the letter to other national and state officials. the letter said in part the democratic party and the carpenters union have been allies for decades in the struggle for workers' rights. and the dignity and equal treatment of all the citizens. the spokesperson said the dnc is already booked and running smoothly. >>> nearly one in ten american adults have a history of impulsive anger and access to guns according to researchers at duke university. the new study shows that more than 1% of adults with anger issues carry firearms outside of their home. experts say examining an owner's history of viole

this was the city's first election since michael brown was fatally shot by a white police officer. >>> in springfield missouri voters repealed an ordinance that banned discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. the city council passed the ordinance last october. >>> the republican side of the 2016 race is heating up. yesterday kentucky senator rand paul announced his entry into the gop primary race. paul is hoping to appeal to a larger swath of voters with his anti washington message. last year he bolstered his bipartisan credibility by partnering with new jersey senator cory booker but his day-old white house run hasn't been without its quirks. his announcement was blocked by youtube for copy write infringement. paul walked out to the john rich song "shutting down detroit." his official website store has the things you'd expect from signs to iphone cases and hats but there are some unexpected items. for $15 you can get an nsa spy cam blocker to cover the camera on your laptop. for $100 you can play a game of rand paul bean bag toss. for a grand you can even have a

and on thursday night, jamie foxx, who will also be performing with chris brown and kid ink. betty whiteris brown and kid ink. and guillermo has an exclusive interview with j.j. abrams, the director of "star wars" what are you gonna ask him, guillermo? what do you have planned? >> how do you do a good director? how do you become a good director, i mean. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how do you do a good director? >> i'm thinking of the barbecue. how do you become -- >> jimmy: your english is worse than mine. besides having a delightful name, our first guest is one of the people who've repeatedly saved this planet from ne'er-do- wells. she is shield agent maria hill in "marvel's avengers: age of ultron." >> orphaned at 10. cobi has had a rough history. nowhere special. >> her abilities? >> increased metabolism. her think is tell ke knee sis. she's fast and she's weird. >> they're going to show up again. >> agreed. they volunteered for the experiment. >> all right. what kind of monster than a german scientist to experiment on them to protect their country. >> we're not at war, captain.

several studies show that white fat can behave more like metabolically active brown fat in cold temperatures. p. >>> a new survey says the average family will spend about 9 the 9 $900 on prom this year that includes tickets cars, clothes and food. the high are your family income is the less you plan to spend. families with am incomes of $50,000 or more plan to spend just under $800 on prom. those with incomes less than $25,000 will spend almost $1400. >> $1400? >> i would guess the logic is if you're well to dos you're less likely to care about some of the big things that a family that isn't as well off would really want to have a special, you know, all-out prom. >> but this is high school we're talking about. people aren't spending that much money on a wedding dress. >> don't tell me i know. >>> stay with us. "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m.. >>> right now as 5:00 a.m. we're getting you ready for opening day. we're live at nats park as we're just about 11 hours away from first pitch. we will run through all the cool things happening at the park today and in the coming year. a

brown fat actually makes you skinny. and with obesity at epidemic proportions everyone wants to find a way to transform the white bad fat into the brown kind which burn energy all the time. this is called an incubator. this is where the cells are cultured. >> reporter: these researchers have got both kinds of fat cells. >> good one is this one. >> reporter: and have proven contrary to what the medical world thought one can change into the other. so we have white fat cells and we have brown fat cells. figuring out how to transform one into the other is one thing. but taking that information and turning it into a possible treatment for obesity is quite another. but that is exactly what the doctor has in his sights. he has already figured out how to turn stem cells into brown fat cells and the next step is inject those into obese rats and hopefully watch them lose weight. eventually he says there will be hope for humans too. >> we collect the stem cells from this overweight subject who are cultured in the lab and we will inject the cells into the same subject. >> reporter: diabetes suffer and doctor is not convinced. >> it'

not last night's pictures today's pictures of young people older people, in between, black, white out there, brown, out there on the streets cleaning up immediately after -- no fear with no fear. >> reporter: final question couple hours away from the sun coming down. are you confident that that sort of send of peace and momentum, that positive shift will remain? >> i am. . to say there won't be a few people and i think it's a very few people tonight. the community is gone to be intimidated. more and more average citizens taking the street and saying you're not going to do this to my neighborhood on, my block. >> carl stokes, thank you very much. councilman in the city of baltimore. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, congressman elijah cummings will join me live. we'll get his thoughts from the heart as far as what's happening here in his district. >>> also, we are learning about a highly unusual move involving the baltimore orioles closing their game here at camden yards to the public. yet they still plan to play. dear stranger, when i booked this trip, my friends said i was crazy. why would i stay

we too need to talk to the business owners the workers, rich, poor, white, black, brown. we need to get out there and go to places we haven't been going. >> so senator paul has been one of the most vocal voices in the party for trying to expand beyond the traditional republican base he's talked about engaging black voters. gone to speak at historically black colleges. it was interesting to hear him bring that up here in new hampshire. one more thing he talked about was the need to bring the fight to isis. he was asked about that and the importance of taking the fight to them. it's a bit of a response to something he's been accused of in the past being isolationist. he says no it's very important to defend the united states of america, including against enemies like the self-declared islamic state. who else is on deck to speak? >> there's a slew of people who are up to speak. carlie fiorina, the former hewlett-packard ceo and governors like bobby jindal. governor of louisiana, governor scott walker of wisconsin. senator ted cruz lindsay graham a long list of people that wi

reporter: they're more attractive with blue and white replacing that brown and orange color scheme from the 1970s. >> the old cars were showing their age. >> the carpet grossed me out. >> first impression many riders notice right away the flooring is different. enough of this old dirty carpet. digital signs show where the train is located and other updated information. riders say they're happy to see the aisles are slightly wider and the seats are a little bigger. >> that's a good thing. i carry a big backpack. that's great. reporter: riders are happy to hear automated station announcements. >> the next stop is braddock road. reporter: for now they will only appear on eight car trains. in springfield, mike conneen, abc 7 news. leon: all metro riders aren't the only ones who had to grab umbrellas to hit the road today. alison: doug hill is in the weather center with the rainy forecast. doug: the rain continues here in arlington and outside of the belfort furniture weather center, continue for a few hours and a lot headed this way. down to the south, bottom half of the screen on the outer

michael brown's killing by a white police officers stoked racial tensions leading to violent protests. two-thirds of residents are black, the city's council is white. that is set to change with a record number of african-american candidates stanged >>> the u.s. republican senator rand paul announced he's running for his party's nomination in the 2016 race. the second person after ted cruz to formerly declare his candidacy for the republican ticket. >> we have come to take our country back from the special interest that use washington as their personal piggy bank. the special interest that are more concerned with their personnel welfare than the general welfare. the washington machine that gobbles up our freedoms and invades every nook and cranny of our lives, must be stopped. [ cheering ] >>> alzhiemer's affects millions of people. sufferers wander from their safe environment putting themselves in danger. a teenager drew were personal experience and invented a gadget to help those at risk of wandering off and away. >> reporter: the sweet sound of music. in this daycare facility for th

white police officer. first with michael brown in ferguson missouri. then eric garner in staten island new york, and now walter l. scott in north charleston, south carolina. one thing is clear law enforcement in america appears toto have a problem. and partly because of these incidents but primarily because most cops are white. only 11.9% of the nation's police officers are african american. >> your typical police officer in the united states is a white male from a lower middle class background who is likely not college-educated. >> and critics charge that many cops do not reflect the communities they serve. in ferguson, missouri, 94% of its police force is white while 67% of the population of ferguson is black. and in north charleston, 80% of that city's police department is white but 47% of its residents are african american. bringing more african americans into law enforcement is a problem even the head of the fbi, james comey acknowledges. >> it is imperative for the communities we serve big challenge for the fbi fbi is overwhelmingly white and mal

there are white hoods and brown hoods and yellow and black so that the structural institution turns outbe very important that he tended to downplay in which we do access the way that it ought to be accented it means how is it that the capital can be so global limits flexibility that labor is stuck. working people have to deal with contracting opportunities and get the profits of being made more and more at the higher. what impact would that have for working people. in that sense moynahan had the courage to raise an issue that is unpopular. it is how human beings creatively respond to poverty, in this case white brothers and sisters. it was a magnificent place and the rest is history. but every working class person isn't a robert george. [laughter] i certainly think it is true that he didn't get the complete picture and it was a different economic times. on the other hand he was deflected from seeing other factors because it seemed to him to be accountable, to be accounted for in the reference to recent history of race relations and racial oppression. the kind of things that you have for

and there are white hoods and brown heads and yellow woods and redheads and black codes so that structuraltitution or dimension turns out to the very important that moynihan tended to downplay, and if we do except the way in which it ought to be accepted, accepted, it means how is it that capitol can be so global in its flexibility belabor stuck? working people have to deal with contracting opportunities and yet the profits are being made more and more at the highest level. look at the transpacific partnership on the obama administration. that is left on steroids. what impact will that have for working people? it will create tremendous profit. where will it go? pockets, accountability for everyday people. in that sense moynihan had the courage to raise an issue that was unpopular. but by not attending to that structural institutional analysis to the degree that he ought we have not seen the same thing. our dear brother robbie from appalachian he is intimately acquainted with how human beings created in response to poverty, in this case way brothers and sisters. but in very different histor

michael brown's family will file a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of ferguson missouri today. he is the unarmed black teenager shot and killed by a whitee officer last august. a grand jury decided not to prosecute the officer. brown's death sparked national and sometimes violent protests and spawned the black lives matter movement that calls for changes in how police deal with minorities. >>> maryland governor larry hogan says he will not order a state investigation into the death of freddie gray. there are already four underway in baltimore. the investigation centers on how gray's spine was severed in police custody. five of the six arresting officers have given statements to arresting investigators. he suffered a spinal cord injury and died a week later and a fifth day of demonstrations are planned today at the location where he was arrested. >>> protesters in the gray case will pause to remember his life. there will be a prayer service at sharon baptist church in baltimore. >>> the gray investigation and others involving excessive force in south carolina and tulsa, oklahoma leading to calls for congressional hearings on police body

>> it was the first local election since the killing of unarmed black teenager michael brown in august by a white police officers. is set up racially charged unrest and set 21,000 scarred physically and emotionally and ready for change. >> i want to see now people and now faces and see if we can go forward. >> there were three open council seats, two won by fern candidates on tuesday, giving the black community more representation than it has had before. now, half of the council members are black. for decades white officials controlled the town fooeften two two-thirds were black. low african-american voter turn out was responsible. voters like eva miller says there's a double standard. >> one set of room for one race another set for another. it should be straight down the line. one set of rules for everyone. >> this is the spot where michael brown died on august the 9th. now it's a sho ripe covered with flowers and stuffed toys. >> the justice department released in match shows that black residents of ferguson were the targets of systematic bias disproportion itly singled out for arrests, fines a

. >> we have to go back to the shooting of michael brown by the white police officer. many accuse the city's political leadership about doing nothing of harassment of african-americans by a white police force. two thirds of the residents are african-american. activists hope electing more african-americans to the city council will result in better treatment not only by police, but by all. officials. >> the justice democratic found racial discrimination is a problem in ferguson, but isn't lope voter turnout also a problem and that's why the city council looks the way it does today? >> absolutely. lo voter turnout low voter participation. the voting population among whites and african-americans is about equal but only 6% of eligible cast ballots in 2012. whites weren't much better at 16%, but it was enough to maintain all white control. turn toout is a key factor. we'll see whether that activism we've seen in the seats translate to the ballot box. >> power at the polls. thanks a lot. >> international officials warn that thousands of palestinian refugees are starving to de

this happened where michael brown was killed by a white police officer last august. it's not clear if the shooting was related to that protest. a newspaper report estimated the crowd at about 50 people in ferguson. some lit trash cans on fire. so far no comments from police on the shootsing or the demonstration. you can count on "nbc 10" for the continuing coverage on the crisis in baltimore and the unrest in ferguson. we'll monitor the situations through the "nbc 10 news" app. >>> at 4:05 we have new information now on the murder of a burlington town mother whose body was found in maryland. yesterday a grand jury returned an indictment against the victim's husband. crosby's wife disappeared on new year's eve. investigators say they used a gps and her husband's vehicle to find her body in maryland. his mother jo crosby tried to help him cover up the crime. >>> a man charged with murdering a co worker on the job has a court hearing. peter atem is charged with murdering danny vasquez. investigator said atem stabbed vasquez because vasquez pulled a prank on him. >>> tod

whites turned out. >> this is where michael brown was shot and killed by a ferguson police officers. but from a voter perspective it's important. turn out here is low. during the last election ward three's election won by 23 votes. >> the real reason for that is they are constantly voting for the same people. >> reporter: 76-year-old lee smith is running for city council in ward 3. for him everything changed in september when he went to a heated city council meeting. >> look around you, we are not going to let you go back to business as usual. >> smith's opponent wesley bell, a criminal justice professor and municipal judge who is also black. how big a factor is race in this election? >> we can't act like race is not an issue. it's always there, it's a matter how much of an issue it is. >>> most candidates agree - race will be a factor it's not the defining issue. >> for me it's not race it's who is qualified. >>> earlier we spoke with britney paknet the director of teach for america st. louis and served on the ferguson commission and says this election is a chance to make the city b