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And one officer was actually found unconscious. This is according to the Baltimore Police department. All are now receiving treatment. We have seen the crowds looting stores. And that is what wolf was just talking about, that cvs was looted. You can see people running in and completely emptying that store, breaking the windows, destroying it. A Check Cashing store also looted a liquor store. Once this looting started, there was very little if any Police Presence actually seen at any of those locations. Its a stark contrast when the riot first broke out this afternoon when heavily armed Police Clashed with protesters on the streets. There was fighting going on. Handtohand combat, if you will, multiple arrests. Maryland state police are ordering an additional 40 state troopers to baltimore tonight as darkness falls. Our than jones was reporting right by a high school. A lot of students walked out this afternoon, reportedly to join rioter throwing rocks at police and reporters. A large number of officers carrying a wounded policeman moved in to exactly where than was standing ing athena was standing. A Police Officer clearly hurt here. Look at that. Do you see that . This is a Police Officer that had been pulled out. You guys, we got to move back. Move back. That was athena this afternoon. That Police Officer injured outside a high school. Just moments ago, the situation raging out of control. Tonights game between the Baltimore Orioles and the white sox postponed. Literally, 20 minutes before they said they were going to go ahead with it. The situation has deteriorated so quickly and rapidly they had to postpone that game. All of this was on the day of the funeral for freddie gray, the man at the heart of this, the black man who died after suffering a spinal injury while in police custody. We begin our coverage tonight with Miguel Marquez. Miguel, its been incredible to watch you out on the street. As you said, you have been in this neighborhood for six days. The words you just used a few moments ago describing what you experience at this moment was holy hell. Holy hell is right. We dont know where this is going right now. We had very little notice that this was going to happen today, this protest from a high school that has just exploded into pockets of absolute riot and chaos throughout the city of baltimore. This is the corner of north avenue and pennsylvania avenue. This is near just a few blocks from where freddie gray was arrested. And the Police Station where he was eventually taken and then moved into an ambulance there. The police here the riot police have moved the crowd down this way on the other side of them is the cvs that was burning for about a half hour before fire trucks were able to get in there. There were two vehicles, one a Police Vehicle right down the way from it that had burned for an hour with no fire trucks around to service it. The hose that you see there at the end of the police line, to the left of the police line we watched them hook that up in a very fast and professional way. And as soon as the firefighters walked away or turned their backs, somebody walked up with a knife and cut holes, two holes into that fire hose. Firefighters were able to come back, shut the water off, remove the link and then reestablish the connection. So they are getting waterton fire now. And i can tell you that the smoke and the fire in that cvs is much less right now. But absolute pandemonium. This is pennsylvania avenue. Thats towards downtown baltimore. This is the area where the street, they walked down on saturday. This is the direction that most of the protesters or i shouldnt even call them protester, rioters and looters at this point, where they have moved. I understand they are moving toward downtown baltimore. It is not clear where. I understand the arena here in baltimore is a place where a lot of students get off on the bus. And thats a place where theyve had some problems. But clearly, the camden yards has also always been a target of theirs. Certainly it was on saturday. Thats where the worst of the violence was on saturday. And then the large number of people you see down this street are for the most part members of the nation of islam. Theyre highly respected in this neighborhood and theyre trying to establish order on their own. Erin . Thank you very much. Were going to be going back to miguel. I want to update everyone on the breaking news. Governor hogan has declared in the past few minutes a state of emergency for Baltimore City and activated the National Guard. So for those who were hoping you wouldnt see fergusonlike images obviously this situation has deteriorated incredibly quickly. One must ask what the rioters have to gain from setting a local cvs on fire in their own neighborhood. I want to go to joe johns. He is out front near the cvs that is on fire. You just heard miguel talking about how rioters literally cut holes in the pipe that was going from with water to put out this fire. And then firefighters had to put another one and attach it. Pretty horrific. Yeah. Weve had an unusual situation that we just walked up on a little while ago. Over here you can see a couple of cars clearly that burned. The firefighters apparently had to take some time before they got to those to put those fires out. Now the police have been moving down the street apparently sort of a streetsweeping operation. And were moving with them, erin, as i talk to you. The fire is out. Thats the good news. The question now is what are the Police Planning to do next. There are only a few people out here on the street. I dont see anybody who is confronting them. And we havent seen any rocks thrown since we got here at least. The smoke is extremely strong and the longer we stand out here the more difficult it is quite frankly, to breathe. Behind the Police Officers you can see a number of fire engines as they continue to try to work on the building fire, the structure fire that is just across the way from us. We cant even see it partly because of the smoke and all the vehicles erin. So police have stopped here for the moment. But periodically they take a few steps forward. And they look like theyre trying to clear the street. Obviously they are in that line. Theyre trying to hold the line. I mean at this point it does look rather militaristic. I know now, joe, the governor of maryland has activated a state of emergency for Baltimore City. Going to bring in the National Guard have. You seen any evidence of that at this point, or i would imagine theyre really just getting on their way. But have you seen anything . No, we have not seen National Guard out here. As i look at these officers im trying to get close enough to see some of the badges. Theyre all Baltimore City police as far as i can see. I dont see anybody from any other units, at least from this location, erin. All right, joe johns, thank you very much. Were going to go back to our reporters. And we have reporters all across this area of baltimore as they find out more of what is happening. Outfront, were going to bring in jamal bryant pastor of the temple of baltimore who gave the eulogy at freddie grays funeral. Also representative keith haynes. Representative haynes let me begin with you. What is your reaction to what were seeing tonight . Just a deterioration, riots, rioters cutting holes in a fire hose so that police and firefighters cant even put a fire out in a cvs. Yes, thats my understanding. That is correct. I have to say first of all, let me just simply say this initially. That we are urging calm peace and civility in the city of baltimore. We understand that emotions are running high and that people are frustrated and outraged. But violence is not the answer. So we are asking for calm. At this moment. I am really at a state of surprise that the situation has deteriorated to at this point on today. We have had a number of civil protests since over a week ago, i think on two saturdays ago they began. Yes. And were very proud that individuals were able to exercise their constitutional right to protest and exercise their freedom of speech and do it in a civil way. We are grappling with the situation now in our communities and across the city. And i do understand that the governor has just issued a few moments ago a state of emergency in the city of baltimore. But at this point we are urging calm. People are frustrated understandably and theyre outraged and are seeking answers. And they deserve it. But at the same time we do want to exercise as much civility as we move forward. Of course they lose. They lose the hearts and minds of a lot of their fellow countrymen by what they have done today. Seven police were injured. One was unconscious, as i said cutting that fire hose, looting stores. What they have done is pretty its pretty horrible. Well, youre absolutely right. No one wants to see anyone injured in a protest or in a situation where individuals are demonstrating. And to see i think seven Police Officers that have been injured, i think one is unresponsive and several cars have been set afire is not the answer. And its not the direction in which we as a community, my legislative district or the city i would say would want to move. And i am hoping that with all the Community Leaders all the legislative leaders across this city, all the religious leaders across this great city, and im joined with one of the greatest leaders in the city of baltimore, Pastor Jamal Bryant that we can do whatever is necessary to exercise calm among those that are causing the problem. And let me simply say this. I dont think that there is a tremendous overwhelming number of individuals that are at this point razing areas of destruction in compared to the numbers that have been protesting peacefully over the last week and a half. Reverend bryant is with us as well. Reverend bryant of course i know you gave the eulogy at freddie grays funeral. I know this is personally distressing to you what were seeing. Let me get your reaction to the breaking news that the gosh of maryland has now put a state of emergency on Baltimore City, and the National Guard is going to be coming in. Fair . Is that the appropriate response, given the riots that were seeing . Its amazing. We are in a state of emergency. And have been in so for several years now because of the Excessive Force and how it is that African Americans have been treated. But to what has happened today, yes, that is a state of emergency as well that needs some redress right now. I have pastors gathering at New Shiloh Baptist Church from around the city, and im taking clergy to the streets of baltimore because we dont trust the police. And so weve got to learn how to police ourselves. What has happened today is absolutely inexcusable and does not mirror the level of dignity that were looking for in this movement. We want justice and not revenge. And violence has never brought justice. And as a consequence, were asking for a complete redress, but were hitting the streets tonight. We dont want to see any of our children hurt wounded, or even tear gassed or tased. So were moving to pull them back, because this does not motto reflect the Nonviolent Movement weve been a part of the last seven day. Reverend i hear what youre saying but i have to ask, youre saying you find it inexcusable and you want the dignity of the people preserved. But at the same time, when youre saying you dont trust the police do you think that ads at all to the anger a that youre seeing among young people . Theyre attacking police. No, you are responding as if what im saying is a newfound phenomenon. When youre considering how many people in baltimore have had to have redress right here in baltimore. Over 5 million has had to have been paid off for Excessive Force. So what im saying is new to cnn, but its not new to citizens of baltimore. And thats why weve been protesting in the street there is absolutely no reason in the world that today we should have funeralize a 25yearold. So many times we look at the riot but dont look at the root. The riot is absolutely out of order, but the root still has to be addressed by the same governor who has dispatched the National Guard, the same governor who would not give redress to the officers bill of rights that have given them a kind of blue shield where for ten days they dont have to give testimony, they can wait to have an attorney and even what it is that they say is not necessarily admissible in court. So yes this riot is out of order. But we still have to stay focused on why it is that were marching. Reverend bryant, representative haynes i appreciate both of your time. Well have a special report here the breaking news on the National Guard how many, what theyre going to do. Were getting that just into cnn. Were going to get that to you in just a moment. Also, the rioters breaking into stores crowds looting the shelves where. Where the police when this happened . 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This violence comes just hours after freddie gray the young black man who suffered that spinal cord injury when he was with Baltimore Police was laid to rest the day of his funeral. Brian todd is out front in baltimore. Brian, youve been this front of okay were going to go to joe. So everyone obviously given the situation down there, we have intermittent transmission issues. I believe we have joe johns who is just around the corner from where some of the cars were set on fire, joe. Right. Okay. You want to spin around here . I just want to show you weve got a lot of people standing in the street, and some members of the nation of islam, looks like the fruit of islam moving through the street at this time. Were right in front of simmons memorial Baptist Church where only moments ago, the police jay, if youll spin around here only moments ago the police cleared out of the street. And it looks like the community now is trying to restore some calm here on the street. Pastor simmons, this is your church. Yes. Youre out here trying to get people to get off the streets . Exactly. Exactly. Because just tell me this. There was a huge gathering of Police Officers up there on the street. Yes. Were you concerned that that was contributing to the situation . And how would you like to get it resolved at least on your block . No, what i mainly want to do is find out what their itinerary is. Once i find that out, assist them because these are our jewels in the community. And a whole lot of them are operating off of a blown emotion. And if i can get them to cooperate, to disperse to clear the street because i understand exactly whats going on now. Who are these individuals pastor, with the black shirts on . These are 300 300 black men. And their task is to assist in any way, shape or fashion in dispersing the women and the children off the street. Okay. So theyre trying to bring calm out here. Theyre bringing calm. Theyre bringing calm along with the nation of islam. Okay. So its a group thing. Okay. Thank you very much, pastor. Erin, back to you. All right, joe johns, thank you very much. I believe now, brian todd we have your shot back available. Youve been up in the middle of the riots. What are you seeing now . Erin were seeing a phalanx of riot police right here. This is on pennsylvania north avenue. Right behind us is where the fire was at the cvs. It looks like that is still smoldering but a lot of that has been contained. They have three ladders here as they try to get more water into that facility. We saw several firefighters going into it earlier. Smoke was just pouring out of there. And as they try to get some water into that facility. We were told by a firefighter just a short time ago that protesters rioters had cut some of the hoses that firefighters were using to try to get some water into that cvs building. But a lot of it of course has burned down now. Maybe you can see if our photo journalist john bennett can train his shot, if we can get it, of that firefighter climbing up that ladder there, still trying to contain that fire at cvs there. Some protesters some people on the street were pushed that way by a line a cordon of riot police. And we came around the block to this section. Also we just saw a team of s. W. A. T. Vehicles come through here as they made their way east on north avenue there has been some commotion here where people were challenging Police Officers but that kind of died down after a while. And look over here, if we can swing our camera here john people have come out to this neighborhood to try to clean up in the immediate aftermath of what has gone on here. Sir, if you can talk to us. Do you have a second to talk to cnn . Can you tell us whats gone on here . What has this done to your neighborhood . This is a black eye to our neighborhood. I have a business right there. Been here for like 12 years. And we dont support this, not this. How bad is this compared to some of the other unrest youve seen in baltimore recently . This is bad. This is really bad. Can you business recover at this point . Well, they didnt bother us. They didnt bother us. But we want to know if our neighborhood can recover from this. Good luck sir. Thank you very much for talking to us. Erin just trying to recover a lot of burned out buildings. Cvs was looted. A Check Cashing business was looted. Rioters were throwing bricks at police cars with police still in them. And theyre just starting to kind of recover as they push some of the protesters and riots down the street that way toward downtown baltimore erin. All right thank you very much brian todd. You know and i think worth emphasizing at this point, when brian is talking to that local business owner, yes, you are seeing these rioters. The majority of the people in these neighborhoods one would imagine are horrified by what is happening in their neighborhoods and in their name. I want to go to pamela brown now outfront in washington. The breaking news at this hour, the governor of maryland declaring a state of negligence just moments ago, activating the National Guard. What does that mean . When people hear that they think of ferguson missouri right . They think of the National Guard vehicles moving in, the armored cars armored trucks. When are they going to show up in baltimore, and how, and how many . Well, they should show up soon, erin, because i know there is a great concern there in baltimore that as night fall theres that the violence of course could escalate. Now you mentioned the National Guard in ferguson. They were deployed there, and they played a secondary role. They didnt have direct interaction with the protesters which the rioters. They were more there for site protection. So its very likely that they could play a very similar role here on not the front lines, but behind the police behind the officials who are there who are confronting the rioters and there on the front lines. We know that a thousand officers in addition to the National Guard have been deployed to baltimore from surrounding counties including Montgomery County also 40 additional maryland state troopers have been deployed today as this violence unfolds. Again, there is great concern, erin that the violence will escalate as night falls. All right, pamela brown, thank you very much. As pamela said we expect the National Guard to be showing up momentarily because of the fears that they have in baltimore about what is going to happen as it gets dark, which you have heard from locals as our reporters have been talking to them. And of course from law enforcement. Outfront next more on the breaking news. The major riot on the streets of baltimore. 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Youre looking at live pictures right now as police try to regain control after rioters looted a number of buildings, set a cvs on fire. We have video from inside that cvs. This is moments before it was actually set on fire. You can see the destruction that had been wreaked by rioters who were ripping everything off the shelves. It was tom fuentes who pointed out. Now there are people in that neighborhood who lost that job because cvs is now gone. This comes just hours after freddie gray, the black man who died after suffering a spinal cord injury in custody was laid to rest. Miguel marquez is on the phone from baltimore. We saw him moments ago. We saw because of the situation there, transmission is a little iffy. Miguel is seeing heavy looting going on. Miguel where are you and what are you seeing . Were about four blocks from where we were before on north avenue, where pressman and pennsylvania avenue. Pennsylvania is the main avenue that cuts from west baltimore right down into the inner harbor and the very touristy areas of the city. Im staring at a liquor store that is being looted now. The window in front is smashed out. People jumping out with boxes and bottles of whatever they want. Stores all along this area being looted. Im looking at police two blocks away watching the looters do all of this and not establish any control. The police seem to have enlisted city buses in order to move Police Officers in large numbers to different parts of the city. Were hearing as many as 10 different pockets of rioters right now throughout the city of baltimore. Some of them moving toward downtown baltimore on pennsylvania avenue. Thats why the game has been canceled. On saturday camden yards, the oriole park here, became the focal points for the looters here of where the protesters which is now turned to looting and rioting and utter chaos. Erin . All right, miguel. And we are just getting word right now that the mayor of baltimore is going to be having a press conference in just any minute here. So were going to be taking that live as soon as we get word of exactly when she is going to begin speaking. As i said, that could be any minute. We do know she had a conversation with the president of the United States. He has been briefed on this. Michelle kosinski is outside the white house. This is something that is front and center on the president s desk. You know it is. But i think what weve been seeing is a very measured you might even call it a lowkey response from the white house. And if you look at other prior incidents of questionable behavior by police over the last couple of months thats what weve seen lately. I mean, the president hasnt wanted to get out there and get in the Briefing Room and make a grand statement about this. What the white house wants to do is have this first be handled within the local community, but offer the assistance of the department of justice. In fact for a while today, while this was going on, were seeing the pictures of the rioting escalating and escalating. But then at the same time here at the white house, were seeing pictures of the president Walking Around with the Prime Minister of japan, who is in town for a state visit. And the white house wasnt putting out a statement just yet. Well were wondering when we were going to hear something. Is the president going to appeal for calm . Is he going to make a comment on this . But its pretty consistent with what weve seen, that they havent wanted to sort of give the young rioters a higher profile than maybe is deserved. They sometimes want to give it some time and see how it plays out. I mean, the pictures are stung and extremely disturbing. But still in the grander scheme of things, this is a localized disturbance. Its not spreading from city to city across the country right now. So the white house hasnt wanted to say too much. What they did was deliver a readout or a summary of this meeting that was held with the brandnew attorney general, Loretta Lynch this afternoon. And by the way, that meeting was not called because of this unrest. It was a prior scheduled meeting. But they did talk about baltimore. So the president is being constantly updated on this situation. The department of justice is handling sort of the upperlevel response here. Theyve offered assistance. And we also did learn that the president spoke directly with the mayor of baltimore earlier today. But the white house isnt saying if that was preriot or postriot. The way it was read out is that the mayor was talking about methods to try to keep the peace. Well, if that was prior, it doesnt look like those methods held for very long. But thats what the white house is saying thus far, erin . Thank you very much, michelle. And as i said, momentarily, we expect a Live Press Conference from the mayor of baltimore. Stephanie rawlingsblake who had a conversation with president obama today. Also i can tell you the Baltimore Police will be joining her. Captain eric kowalczyk. Well bring it to you live. In the meantime i want to go straight to dave clinger, former los angeles Police Officer along with l. Z. Granderson our commentator. Let me get your reaction to this sort of. David, first of all, from the police side of things, there are seven injured police. Its been horrible what has happened to police today there is no denying that. When you did see the rioting, though and the looting at several of these stores, there didnt seem to be any sort of Police Presence in any of the footage that we have or that reporters saw. Why would police have withdrawn . Unfortunately, i think an awful lot of Police Commanders around the country lack the intestinal fortitude to step up and do the right thing. And that is because the people above them, the mayor, the governor so on and so forth will not step into the breach and support them. So theyre caught in limbo. And they dont feel as if they can do the appropriate thing in terms of command and control, getting things together and putting their officers in the appropriate posture to stop this. The problem is there is going to be video of Police Officers using force against rioters who are trying to do the wrong thing, and somebody on your network or somewhere else will be very sympathetic to these poor individuals who are being bludgeoned by the police. And so what we need to do we need to step back we need to understand that the police are there to protect life to protect property, and rioters cannot be let loose to run riot literally. We learned this in l. A. I would have thought. I used to work in redmond, washington and los angeles, california. And in my old pd in los angeles, we had a situation, florence and normandy a flash point. And the commander on the ground withdrew and the whole city blew up. Unfortunately, we havent learned that lesson. I do not understand why. We cannot get people in power who are willing to support officers on the street doing this tough job to protect life and property. Of course. There is the vicious circle then. L. Z. , the video of the riots that you have seen has left you speechless. Why that word . You know, first i just want to address something that your other guest said. Excuse me. That is that these incidents arent happening in vacuums. I understand that the Police Officers have are a very difficult job. He brought up the l. A. Riots. You had a police chief, a police detective, rather planting evidence on a black man, and had been doing it for years. And it was wellknown within the Police Department, and the police did not do anything about it until the o. J. Simpson trial. Here you have in baltimore, you have police millions of dollars being spent because of brutality, and now youre talking about doing the right thing. Because of the riots. I do not support the riots. I always advocate Police Officers doing the right thing, l. Z. I allowed you to finish, i allow youd to finish. All im saying is the state of emergency is not when people completely frustrated act out in completely inappropriate behavior. The state of emergency is when it becomes known that you have a Police Department that has millions of dollars spent out within a short period of time because of brutality. That is the state of emergency. Well, thats the point reverend bryant was making as well. Go ahead, david. These are two different things. If the police are doing something wrong, that needs to be squelched. And anybody who knows me knows i speak out very strongly against Inappropriate Police conduct. This is something completely different. People are destroying the livelihoods of innocent people who happen to be living in the wrong neighborhood that is wrong, wrong, wrong, has always been wrong. Will always be wrong. And must be stomped out. I dont understand why its even an issue that were debating. It is completely inappropriate. I see your point, l. Z. But isnt there a problem just in the fact that the police who knows exactly what the reason are, but they might be intimidated. Theyre not stepping up and stopping this because theyre scared about the next video that someone is going to put out there . Im scared about the next brown person that gets killed just trying to get from one place to another. Again, im not saying that the violence that we see right now on the streets of baltimore should be ignored. And i do agree they are two separate conversations. But just because theyre two separate conversations didnt mean we cannot have them simultaneously. We need to be talking about both sides there is video of Police Officers throwing rocks at people. There are video of Police Officers that arent behaving in an appropriate manner in response to this. And i understand everyone is human and you cant control your emotions in that sort of situation. But we have these two conversations simultaneously. They are two different conversations, but that doesnt mean we ignore the one because were upset by images of the other. All right. I appreciate both of your time. Right there, as l. Z. Was finishing his comment, what you could see were looters going in another store and starting to come out of it. As were seeing that around this neighborhood in baltimore. Our Miguel Marquez is seeing a lot of it where he is standing. Next were going to go back to baltimore. What began as rock throwing has now become a fullblown riot, looting, fires, multiple arrests. Police officers are injured. And were going to talk to someone who is on the scene when the riot began to talk about this moment. Why did protests that had been lauded, rightfully so for being so peaceful turn so very violent . We also have the mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlingsblake about to give Life Press Conference with the Baltimore Police department. So many questions for them to answer tonight. Thats going to be live and its going to be on the other side of this break. Financial noise financial noise financial noise quiet mom has a headache had a headache but now, i. Dont. Excedrin® is fast. In fact for some, relief starts in just 15 minutes. Excedrin®. Wow, that was fast. Theres some facts about seaworld wed like you to know. We dont collect killer whales from the wild. And havent for 35 years. With the hightest standard of animal care in the world our whales are healthy. Theyre thriving. I wouldnt work here if they werent. And Government Research shows they live just as long as whales in the wild. 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Justin i apologize in advance if i have to interrupt you to go live to this press conference. I know youll understand. But let me just start by asking you what happened. We had all been talking about how there were just little brief moments of anger, but this was so peaceful. Then all of the sudden today it just turned. You were there when it turned. What happened . I really cant explain it. Earlier in the day, there was reports, there was social media memes going around saying everybody purge today, a reference to a movie in which there is a period of lawlessness. And so frankly, weve seen those go around before. Weve seen them go around. We get them forwarded to us from concerned residents and say is this real . And police tend to beef up their presence downtown and nothing comes of it. Well today the climate is obviously a bit different with the frustrations in the community. And so police sent out an incredible number of officers to our downtown area and to the mall. And, you know it was something where there was a handful of students who were at the mall. This is a place where students go to catch buses. There are no Yellow School buses in baltimore. Kids ride public transportation. And so this was it is unclear whether people were actually participating in this socalled purge, whether they were simply trying to get home. But police were there in riot gear. Students started throwing things at them. And shortly afterwards we got reports that a mile south, a Police Officer was injured in a police car was being destroyed. Thats when i ran down and got in the middle of everything. And justin in terms of how things are now, we have seen looting now in several stores now can report that inside the baltimore mall which you were just referring to i dont know if you can see this but we now Baltimore Police say they have reports several people are now inside that mall. They are looting, destroying property. This is according to Baltimore Police, the latest that we have. How much loot having you seen or are you seeing now . I was inside of the area pennsylvania avenue and north avenue where a lot of this is taking place. And the police had perimeters set up up the road and i think to the south. And really people were freely flowing either side. Civilians were driving through, and there was there was just this sense that you could come to this place and break in to stores, and you could set fires, and you could stand on the police car and get a selfie taken. And thats what was going on. And people were coming out with bags of groceries and various things. At one point, it was bizarre. The Check Cashing place had been broken into it. And it seemed like people had sufficiently raided it. Word must have spread on social media or something that this is a place you could break into it. Like 200 people rushed it all at once. I had a group of selfidentifying crips gang members who were protecting me saying i wasnt safe. I ventured away from them at one point to take a picture and a man with a hoodie pulled tight over his face approached me with mace. He told me to kick it out. He wanted my cell phone. He sprayed me in the head. And i retreated back to my safe spot where i was with a store owner who had a shotgun protecting his property. Wow. Just to give us a sense of how dangerous it is and also the point that justin is making everybody. And i think important to emphasize that a lot of the gangs have been on the streets, they say trying to impose their own sorts of order, playing a very significant role in. This right now youre looking at pictures of looters going into the baltimore mall. I just told you Police Reported there are people in there looting. And now youre looking at just moments ago, im sorry, about five minutes ago, that this picture was taken. Let me go to Miguel Marquez. Miguel youve seen a lot of looting. You said it picked up. Youre now seeing arrests . Yeah disturbing that the mall is now being looted as well that would be lots of protesters or lots of looters, and basically criminals inside that mall looting a very big mall. Right here were at press roberts and pennsylvania avenue. You see the individuals against the wall there. I counted seven or eight arrests. These two on the ground there are now waiting for transport by police because of this right up the street here, if you look up that way, you can see on the right side there is a sign and you can just make out a small number of people there that is a liquor store that they have been looting at with abandon, without any concern for police whatsoever. The police i can tell you are right over here watching those looters do all of that unable to really do anything other than stay in a defensive position and take care of their own. You can see the police down roberts street as well where the arrests were being made. And it sounds like we have obviously just lost miguels audio. As ive been emphasizing, just given the fluid nature of the situation that were seeing in baltimore, weve had sporadic transmission issues. We are of course waiting this Live Press Conference from the mayor of baltimore, as well as the Baltimore City Police Department. That city now put under a state of emergency by the governor of maryland. The president of the United States has been briefed on this situation. Were going to take a brief break and well be right back. Unbelievable toenail fungus . Seriously . Smash it with Jublia Jublia is a prescription medicine proven to treat toenail fungus. Use jublia as instructed by your doctor. Look at the footwork most common side effects include ingrown toenail, applicationsite redness itching, swelling, burning or stinging, blisters, and pain. 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It is going to start in a few seconds with the mayor of baltimore, and Baltimore City police giving an update on the riots that are happening in baltimore. The mayor of baltimore has spoken to the president of the United States already today about the situation. This is a live picture of looters outside the baltimore mall, which is put in this it is a very downbeat area of baltimore, where youve seen the riots. This mall was put in to try to rejustify nature the area. It is now being looted. There are several looters inside we can see this ourselves. Our reporters have seen increased looting going on in the past 90 minutes as dusk has fallen. The governor of maryland has put a state of emergency on the state of baltimore and activated the National Guard. Our pamela brown is reporting that the National Guard should be arriving at any moment. This isnt something theyre going to wait on for a day or two or a few hours, they want to get them in tonight because of the situation and how dicey it is. The numbers we have, seven Police Officers injured today. One of them was unconscious. We dont know the status of that officer. We do know the others were receiving treatment. We now know that some looters have been taken under arrest. While looters are running around there has been at least for more from what our reporters have seen from what our cameras have seen limited Police Presence throughout the afternoon with the looting going on around baltimore. The orioles game of Baltimore City of course Baseball Team was supposed to go on today and they were sticking with that until just about an hour suddenly had to postpone it. That game postponed at camden yards tonight. This press conference literally, as i said to begin in seconds. We have our little warning here. Just as we await that i want to bring back david clinger, former pd officer and elsie grander son. Im sure ill have to interrupt you as this begins. But le start with you, david. So what should police do right now . Right now youre looking at the baltimore mall which i said was really put in this neighborhood of baltimore to try to rejuvenate it now being looted by people who actually live in that neighborhood. It is difficult to know because i dont have a 10,000 foot or 5,000 foot view of everything. I dont know where the roads are running. I dont know how many people the Baltimore Police can call on, so on and so forth. It strikes me there should have been a good bit of preplanning in terms of logical places that rioters might strike. And certainly once rioters show up they should have enough people to move in force to stop it at some point. Why that isnt happening, i cant say. So elsie, im sorry, so elsie, what are they supposed to do at this point . Community leaders, right, who share your frustration, and saying this is a long long problem with police, but now in this immediate term what is happening is wrong and sorry. Elsie, the mayor of baltimore is coming out. Lets take a listen to her live she begins to speak with the Baltimore Police captain. Thank you, all, for being here this evening. What we see tonight that is going on in our city is very disturbing. It is very clear there is a difference between what we saw over the past week with the peaceful protests those who wish to seek justice, those who wish to be heard, and whatant answers and the difference between those protests and the thugs who only want to incite violence and destroy our city. Im a lifelong resident of baltimore and too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for, tearing down businesses tearing down and destroying property things that we know will impact our community for years. We are deploying every resource possible to gain control of the situation and to ensure peace moving forward. Ive been in contact with our governor and he has agreed and i requested and he has agreed to deploy the National Guard as soon as they are available. They will be immediately deployed. We ordered a curfew be in effect instituting tomorrow the curfew city wide 10 00 p. M. To 5 00 a. M. Again, there will be a city wide curfew 10 00 p. M. To 5 00 a. M. This preliminary curfew will last for one week and be extended as it is necessary. Let me be clear, we already operate under a juvenile curfew and those young people who are 14 and under have a 9 00 p. M. Curfew because it is a school night. Over 14 it is 10 00 p. M. That is tonight and every school night. Again, we have ordered a curfew to be instituted starting tomorrow 10 00 p. M. To 5 00 a. M. And we also activated the Emergency Operation center to be available to have an Administration Wide Response to the incidents as they occur. I want to thank City Council President jack young for being here. I want to thank councilman Brandon Scott for being here also. Councilman eric costello. I want to thank Kiefer Mitchell for being here on behalf of governor hogan, and for all of your work coordinating this response. Im going to ask colonel de souza to speak and ill ask Council President jack young. Colonel . Thank you, maam. Good evening, everyone. Im colonel de souza, the chief of patrol for Baltimore City Police Department. At this point i just want to mention a couple of things real quick is that like the mayor said we love our Baltimore City. Right now were seeing unprecedented type of violence throughout the city. Mainly towards the west side of baltimore. Were not going to tolerate tat. The Police Department is not going to stand for that. Were fully deployed at this