Fast moving day in ferguson. That happened on the same day in that a local grand jury started considering evidence as to whether or not the Police Officer who shot Michael Brown should be charged with a crime for that shooting. There is still a lot to see in ferguson, and a lot to report from ferguson, and we will have all of that coming up, including multiple live reports from the scene in downtown ferguson starting in just a moment tonight. But before we get to that news from ferguson, today was also a day of angry reaction, and denunciation by the president of the United States, by the Vice President of the United States and by leaders around the globe in reaction to the actions of islamic militants operating in iraq and syria, the militant group which yesterday murdered an american journalist in cold blood. They beheaded him on camera, and then uploaded the video of the killing so it could be seen worldwide. Today the family of that jurnist, the parents of jim foley, they were able to make a Public Statement today to answer questions about the loss of their son. Watch. Do you have a message for the people behind jims death . We beg compassion. And mercy. We beg compassion and mercy of jims captors, we beg mercy. They never hurt anybody. They were trying to help. And theres no reason for this slaughter. Jim was just innocent and they knew it, they knew that jim just a symbol for our country. Its difficult to find solace, but we know jimmys free. And we know hes in gods hands. And we know gods work, and we know hes in heaven. So were so proud of him, we have to be. Happy for him. Were the ones that we need the courage to continue without him. He was an inspiration to us and so many others. So we miss his courage and love, his determination, his laugh, his smile. He brought so much joy into this family. The mother and father of journalist jim foley speaking today along with one of jims brothers in front of their home in rochester, new hampshire. He was an accomplished journalist, he was writing for the global post in boston at the time of his abduction in syria two years ago. Today the editor of the global post did an interview with andrea mitchell. He told her for the first time that global post had had some communication with jim foleys kidnappers. At one point it seemed like they may be receptive to free jim foley. The editor also told andrea after the u. S. Started bombing, isis positions in iraq this month, the militant group got in touch with jim foleys family again, to tell them they were Still Holding him and that because of those air strikes, they were going to execute their son. Is isis even open to any kind of negotiation . Weve had communication with the captors. And there was a at one time receptivity to a negotiation that would lead to a release. Its impossible to say, because the kidnappers ceased to communicate with us, with the family. So i dont know what their plans are now. We know what theyve done, and we have to believe that theyre more than capable of doing this again. Did they cease to communicate when the bombings started . There was weve not released this, but there was one communication after the bombing began that went to the family that stated that jim would be executed and we hoped and prayed that it would not. And we did everything ourselves to communicate back to them that jim was just an innocent journalist who loved the syrian people. The ceo of global post, which is where jim foley was working before he was abducted in syria two years ago, and ultimately beheaded by isis militants in a video that was released yesterday. The ceo of globe post said there had been communication with the Group Holding jim foley during his time in captivity and that the group had sent a communication this month when the u. S. Started bombing isis targets in iraq, the group saying that they would kill jim foley because of those air strikes, and they did. We are not going to show the video that the terrorist group released. Doing Something Like this on camera, like similar groups did with daniel pearl in 2002 and Nicholas Berg in 2004 in iraq. And many other times since. The reason these militant groups do this on camera is to make it into more than just a murder. To terrorize and propagandize and extort. What they hope will be a global audience for this murder, if they can just make enough people watch it. If they can just make it horrific enough, light it just right, add just the right soundtrack and just the right terrifying verbiage to go with the visuals of their murders, they hope well all watch. They hope well all never be able to forget it. Theres good reason to not give them what they want. And to not help them disseminate the images of them killing people, which they so want the world to see. In part, its decency, right . Its not rewarding their behavior and there by incentivizing more of it, in part, it is a news judgment, the news value of these snuff films. If there is no additional news value that can be gained, no Additional Information that can be gained from seeing them commit the actual murder, rather than just being told whats what the tape describes, there is no reason for any News Organization to show the tape. Thats why it was disgusting that the New York Post today showed an image on the cover of the knife being pressed into jim foleys throat. Thats why nbc and msnbc and other responsible News Organizations have not done anything like that, and why no responsible News Organization should in my opinion. That said, an individual and very specific element of the murder tape that was released yesterday, did become newsworthy today. Its a detail that would not have been disseminated in a news context before this, but its now very much part of the news of this incident and of understanding how the International Community will respond to this. Today, the Prime Minister of great britain, David Cameron rushed back to london in the middle of his vacation and started convening emergency meetings on iraq and syria within the british government, he did that, because intelligence sources in britain are very worried that the sound of the voice of the man who kills jim foley, theyre very worried that the sound of that mans voice specifically, indicates that he is british. That hes from london. The man speaks in english with a distinct london accent. This is james wright foley, an american citizen from your country. On the strength of their suspicions about that accent theyre just suspensions, no american sources are confirming that the accent has been identified as any one thing. David cameron rushed back to london to convene an Emergency Response in that nation. Is this what it appears to be . Which a british citizen has beheaded an american citizen . Are you any closer to knowing who carried this evil act out . First of all, let me condemn completely the barbaric and brutal act that has taken place. Lets be clear what this act is, it is an act of murder. And murder without any justification. Now, we have not identified the individual responsible on the video. But from what weve seen, it looks increasingly likely it is a british citizen. This is deeply shocking, that we know that far too many british citizens have travelled to iraq and syria, to take part in extremism and violence. What we must do is redouble all our efforts to stop people going, to take away the passports of those contemplating travel, to arrest and travel those that take part in this extremism and violence. To take extremist material off the internet and do everything we can to keep our people safe and that is what this government will do. British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron today saying from what weve seen, it looks increasingly likely that it is a british citizen, the isis militant who killed jim foley in the terrorist video released yesterday, this beheading video, the Prime Minister said it is looking increasingly likely that man is a british citizen. And for britain, you see this in the british press. You see this has caused some existential anguish about how a british citizen could do Something Like this, but more concretely, there is now the question of whether or not isis militants with british passports could freely enter not just britain but the whole of the European Union . Could they bring this home . The head of Scotland Yard told reporters last week, that 500 british citizens are thought to have joined the fighting in syria. Many of them with the most militant groups, including isis. The equivalent number of americans is thought to be several dozen. The prospect of european and American Battlefield trained militants coming back from syria to mount isisstyle attacks at home is something that u. S. Attorney general eric holder last month called more frightening than anything he has seen as attorney general. Today as britain grappled with the fact that this murder may have been committed by one of their own, and as jim foleys family was willing to show some of their grief publicly, and publicly pray for mercy for yet another american journalist held by the same group, and threatened by the same group. Steven sotlov, president obama made some of the starkest and damning remarks he has ever made as president. About anything. Denouncing isis and what theyve done. What happened to jim fol ne foley today. A group like isil has no place in the 21st century, lets be clear about isil, they have rampaged across cities and villages, killing innocent unarmed civilians in cowardly acts of violence. They abduct women and children and subject them to torture and rape and slavery. Isil speaks for no religion. Their victims are overwhelmingly muslim, and no faith teaches people to massacre innocence. No just god would stand for what they did yesterday, and what they do every single day. Isil has no ideology of any value to human beings. President obama speaking today, the president went on to say, while isis may claim out of expediency that they are at war with the United States or the west, the fact is, the president said, they terrorize their neighbors and offer them nothing but an endless slavery to their empty vision and the collapse of any definition of civilized behavior. Very strong remarks today from president obama. Then speaking today in connecticut, Vice President biden made a similar and similarly impassioned case. Watch this. Our hearts go out to the foley family. It is difficult to lose someone in any circumstances, but the sheer savagery and brutality of the method used by socalled isil, some refer to it as isis, has been has exceeded anyway, its shocked the whole world. Its because of people like jim, jim foley who had the courage talking to press people, they know this better than anybody, the press thats here. It takes an incredible amount of physical courage to do the job your colleagues do overseas. This is not something you go in and assist like a walk in the park. So many, so many journalists put their lives on the line every single day to bring the truth to the world and the truth to the country. Its a tripe phrase. We all mourn jims loss, but this is one of those cases where you dont have to know a single journalist, you didnt have to know jim foley or anything other than this was a man doing a job hurting no one who was victimized by one of the most outrageous groups of individuals that ive encountered in my entire career. And our hearts go out to his family. Vice President Joe Biden speaking today at Goodwin College in connecticut, soon thereafter, the pentagon announced and the white house confirmed that earlier this summer president obama had ordered a secret mission by u. S. Special operations troops to go to try to find the hostages, to go inside syria to try to find and rescue u. S. Hostages there, presumably including jim foley, although theyre not being that specific with names. The raid was not successful, the statement says that although u. S. Troops did go in and put boots on the ground in syria, the hostages were not where they thought they would be. Statement from the pentagon says, quote, the u. S. Government uses the full breadth of our military intense and diplomatic ability to bring people home whenever we can. The United States will not tolerate the abduction of our people and will work tirelessly to secure the safety of our citizens and to hold their captors accountable. To hold their captors accountable. The murder of journalist jim foley. The threat to murder journalist steven sotlov, these angry words from the president , emotional words from the Vice President. The treatment of this as an emergency in britain, our closest ally. This is getting close to a tidal wave of momentum on this subject. President obama started air strikes against isis targets on august 8th, since then there have been at least 84 separate u. S. Air strikes against isis targets just this month. The Washington Post asked an unnamed u. S. Official today whether the u. S. Would consider suspending the air strikes as the isis demanded in the beheading video, that they threatened another journalist with the same fate, unless the strikes stop. The reply was absolutely not. The only question is if we do more. And in fact since the execution video was released, and that demand by isis was made that president obama stop the air strikes or else, since that isis video came out yesterday, the u. S. Has launched more than a dozen Additional Air strikes against isis today. 14 at least just today. The u. S. Military announced today theyre thinking about sending more u. S. Troops into iraq. Another 300, maybe . In addition to the nearly 1,000 american troops that have already been sent back into iraq this summer. On days like this the pressure toward war can seem almost unbearable. And the pressure comes from all different directions. Not just from the always hawks of the world, who always want more more no matter the facts on the ground. This group isis, wants to be fighting the u. S. Military in iraq and syria, they want the u. S. Military in another war in the middle east, and they want it more than they want anything else. That explains their tactics toward the u. S. When you think they would be more focused on the assad regime in syria and the government in baghdad. Theyre focused on the u. S. And they want us there more than they want anything. Does the u. S. Want that too . Fighting isis . U. S. Troops fighting isis in iraq, maybe in syria too . Even if you dont consider the deployment of u. S. Troops back to iraq this past june. This past june, even if you dont consider that to be the start of u. S. Military operations in iraq again, even if you take the white house line on that and believe them when they say that those additional troops werent really the start of any military operations. The u. S. Didnt really start hostilities in iraq again until president obama ordered the air strikes on august 8th. Even if you just take the white house line on that, which is arguable, that starting on august 8th, theres a ticking constitutional clock that says the u. S. Congress must make a call here. The u. S. Congress must debate whether or not we want this war. The u. S. Congress must debate and vote on whether to authorize these hostilities in iraq within 60 days of them starting at the latest on august 8th. If it starts on august 8th we are already 12 days in. In to that 60day clock. Amid this surge of disgust against isis, and this murder and the videotape of this murder, and the 14 Additional Air strikes today. The United StatesCongress Must debate and decide on what we do next. Whats happening here now is turning into war. Congress must decide if that is what were doing or not what were doing. Theres no hiding from this any more, this is the responsibility that we cannot constitutionally shirk. This is charlie. His long day of doing it himself starts with back pain. And a choice. 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In a historic visit, the nations first African American attorney general eric holder arrived in fergusons missouri today. He spent day 11 of the crisis there talking to people all over town, talking about the Police Killing of an unarmed teenager a week and a half ago, Michael Brown. He spoke to students individually at a local community college, met with Community Leaders in the region. Also met privately with the family of Michael Brown. Officials did not allow press into that private meeting or release any pictures of it afterwards, but this was a very busy day for the u. S. Attorney general in ferguson, seems like he wanted to cover a ton of ground while he was there. You could see him at a local duner called drakes diner called drakes place. The chicken and tilapia come highly recommended. He shook hand after hand after drakes place, he had just sat down with a talk for the locals when of all the gin joints in the world, who walks in . Captain ron johnson, the Highway Patrol leader who has brought ferguson, in not a measure of peace, at least a Resident Voice of Human Understanding from the ranks of Law Enforcement. The two men met today. My man. How you doing, sir . You are the man. The press could not hear all of the conversation between them, some of what eric holder said to captain johnson, he whispered to him, did not mean for the world to hear it. The part that we could hear, the two men talked about how the community in ferguson is ready for peace, ready for outsiders agitating in the streets to go home. Learned that in the midst of his around the clockwork. Captain johnson forgot his own wedding anniversary. Keep up the good work. Thank you. I will. Im going to check with your wife and see if youre doing that. Shes keeping me in check. Happy anniversary, captain johnson. After that meeting, the attorney general went to another local meeting, the local field office of the fbi to meet with agents who have been canvassing door to door, looking for witnesses, for evidence in the shooting death of Michael Brown, into which the federal government has now launched an independent investigation. In terms of how this story continues to play out, in terms of consequences or changes in policing or policy, this stop today may turn out to be the most significant part of eric holders long day in missouri. The attorney general has pledged the resources of the Justice Department and the fbi to investigate not just the individual Police Shooting of Michael Brown, but as we learned late last night, eric holder and the Justice Department are reportedly considering whether to investigate the overall practices of the Ferguson Police department, when it comes to civil rights. The New York Times reporting late last night that the Justice Department has started considering that wider inquiry, and they started it after reports that Ferguson Police allegedly beat a man in 2009 incidentally an innocent man not the man they were looking for, and they charged the man they beat up with destruction of property, because the man bled on their uniforms. That 2009 case is working its way through the courts. It may have inspired a potential broader federal investigation into policing in ferguson. The attorney general has the right to investigate local Police Departments. And to sue them if he believes they have a pattern of violating citizens rights. Congress started working on that law after the Police Beating of rodney king in los angeles in 1991, by the time president clinton signed it into law in 1994, the new power for the Justice Department was tucked inside a broader bill that we more often remember now as the assault weapons ban. The part of the assault weapons ban, it did give the u. S. Attorney general the power to take on the Police Departments to sue them and force them to reform. In the 20 years since the law took effect, its been used by different administrations to different degrees. The Obama Administration has been active in using the power of that law to try to end policing that it believes is discriminatory or unconstitutional. In the first five years of this administration, the Justice Department nearly doubled the number of investigations of this kind from the five year period prior to when they took office under the previous president. The Justice Department started 15 cases of this kind in president obamas first term. Theyre actually asking for nine new attorneys and 11 new Staff Members so they can expand these efforts. The Justice Department is enforcing what it calls a Record Number of agreements with Law Enforcement agencies around the country to reform their departments. These are all towns, cities and states where the Justice Department has stepped in and said we think you have a pattern of violating citizens rights, heres how you are going to fix that. In april, the Justice Department sent a letter to albuquerque, new mexico. About the Police Department there. The letter said they reviewed 20 fatal shootings by albuquerque officers and found that most of those shootings, quote, were unconstitutional. The letter says we will continue to work collaboratively with you. However if we cannot reach an appropriate resolution, the law authorizes the department of justice to violate a civil lawsuit. To eliminate the pattern or practice of police misconduct. Basically the Justice Department is telling the city of albuquerque, you can cooperate in terms ever reforming your department and stop shooting people so much, or we will sue you to force you to do it. The Justice Department has that power. Two days after the shooting of Michael Brown last weekend. Local congressman William Lacy Clay wrote a letter to attorney general eric holder asking him to please take a look at ferguson. He cited that exact same provision of that law, the one signed by president clinton, and put to such frequent use under the Obama Administration, and now the Justice Department is considering that kind of a broad review under those powers. And again, we do not know yet how wide a net attorney general eric holder and the Justice Department will cast in ferguson, missouri, the attorney general himself did show up and walk the streets of ferguson today, he did say quite directly that people in ferguson should know that their federal government is very much involved. Our investigation is different from that which the state is doing. Were looking for violations of federal, criminal civil rights, which is different from what the local investigation is. But we have brought a substantial number of people here who have done a great job, in the canvassing that they did over the past weekend. They continue to follow leads so that we can do a thorough and a fair job in making a determination about what happened on august 9th. My hope also is, through the trip that im making out here today, and by stressing the importance of, and the way in which this investigation is going, that hopefully well have a calming influence on the area. People know that a thorough investigation is being done, being manned by these very capable people. My hope is that that will have, give people some degree of confidence that the appropriate things are being done by their federal government. Attorney general eric holder today in ferguson, missouri. Joining us now is mike jones, a Senior Policy Adviser for the st. Louis county executive. Hes a former chief of staff for the mayor of st. Louis, a former deputy mayor, and currently sits on the state board of education, mike jones has lived in and served st. Louis county his entire life. Due to the huge thunderstorm that is hitting the ferguson area, hes unexpectedly joining us by phone. Thanks for being willing to do that, thanks for being with us. No problem. Live tv, rachel. Thats exact right. Anything can happen. Attorney general eric holder said he hoped his visit would have a calming visit on the area. Explaining the work being done at the federal level would give him some degree of confidence that the appropriate things are being done. Is his hope well placed . Do you think that will be the effect of his visit today . The attorney general showing up on behalf of the United States government sends a message first of all to Michael Browns family, the residents of the area, that there will be strong oversight, and the opportunity to see justice done in this matter will actually happen. I think it has created another opportunity for us in st. Louis to actually begin looking at the relationship between the Police Department and communities of color throughout the metropolitan area. Weve had some meetings this morning with Justice Department officials to talk about this opportunity for training, better communication, changing the culture of policing throughout st. Louis county. We think its an extraordinary opportunity to move this region, this county to another level. If what happened in ferguson has already started those local and regional discussions, that you just described, talking about policing in a broader way, the relationship of the police to the communities they serve, does that make it less important that the federal government does a broader review of the Ferguson Police department . They do have the power to come in and put ferguson pd under federal investigation on civil rights grounds. Do you think thats a moot issue if its being handled locally . I dont think its a moot issue at all. Thomas jefferson said were entitled amongst life, liberty an the pursuit of happiness. One thing he said is extremely important, governments instituted among men to ensure those rights. The federal government has always been the guarantier of individual rights, particularly for communities that have less power and less privilege. Their efforts on behalf of Michael Brown and his family, and looking specifically at the issues related to ferguson. To ferguson, are important. Mike jones Senior Policy Adviser to st. Louis county executives. As wicked thunderstorms roll through the ferguson area. Were going to get you back, when we can put your face on tv, in a way that we can see that it moves. Well have you back when the weather clears. Thank you, rachel. My colleague chris hayes is going to join us next live on the soggy streets of ferguson. Please stay with us. Of homeowns wont have a claim. 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As we have been watching some heavy weather roll through the ferguson missouri area tonight. I want to bring in chris hayes, whos been on the ground in ferguson for nearly a week now doing some pretty incredible work. Both for his own show and for the whole network. Chris, thank you very much for being with us. My pleasure, rachel. Let me ask you where you think we are in the trajectory of the intensity of feeling and the relationship between people in the streets and police in downtown. So last night was there were some very tense moments around 2 00 in the morning, police were sort of going into the crowd and snatching people. Theres this infamous Youtube Video of a Police Officer threatening to kill someone and giving his name as an expletive. When challenged on it. That aside, it was a night that did not end in tear gas. Which was kind of a huge breakthrough in terms of Police Tactics and in terms of how everyone walked away from the night. Tonight were seeing just a much, much calmer seen out here. Its began to rain, which has driven people off. There was a little bit of intensity just about 20 minutes ago. A woman showed up with a sign supporting officer darren wilson. That got the crowd very riled up. There was a rush towards her. A moment of intense tension. She was spirited away. The rain came down, and that has changed the dynamic. The atmosphere all day has been much less palpably tense and intense than it has been since i got here. What about the visit of eric holder today, when youre looking at these things from outside, the presence of a high profile figure like that, when youre talking to people who are interested in protesting, doing interviews for your show, meeting people about the overall circumstance is the presence of eric holder a big deal in terms of how this is going to unfold . Hugely big deal. Its funny, time after time after time that ive talked to residents here and protesters and people on the street, they have cited the department of justice, fbi investigation, the civil rights investigation as this kind of back stop. As something they trust in an environment where they dont have very much trust at all of the local county prosecutor. Bob mcculloch. You can hear some folks behind us up and down, a little bit of a crowd assembling as the rain tapers. Yes. And his visit today was a big deal. I talked to someone on my show who was in that meeting, theres something remarkable about the fact that the highest Law Enforcement officer in the land is a black man who can talk about the experience of getting pulled over by a Police Officer in new jersey as a young man, and the fear he felt. And the air of suspicion that he felt hung over him. And having someone who is in charge of Law Enforcement, articulate that feeling means a huge amount to people here. Weve seen that in a way with captain johnson talking about particularly his own experience and his sons experience in the way he looks at his son, the way that a lot of Police Officers look at young black men. And hes identified with them through very different eyes. That sort of empathy has ended up being having big material consequences as far as we can tell. I have to ask you about something we saw happen, and i saw happen to you, we havent talked about since, which was a few nights ago, when you got some rocks lobbed at you. Youve seen you were unhurt, you seem just as surprised at it as anything, what do folks on the street think about this intense presence of media and tv cameras and bright lights and your staging ground there. Whats the reaction and relationship like . Its interesting, its really interesting. Theres diverse opinions, a lot of people who come up and thank us, they thank us for being here. Particularly at the beginning, thank you for being here, thank you for covering this. I had people coming up to me during the live standins, saying, im sorry they threw rocks at you. Im going to stand here and make sure they dont throw rocks at you. So theres a lot of people who are grateful. There are a lot of people who are angry thea the media. The police are angry with the media, they think were instigating, they think people perform for the cameras. The protesters are performing for the media. The media has become a kind of target of anger. On the whole, i found that African American residents of ferguson have been grateful for the media coverage. Were talking to some residents today who are from a different part of ferguson, in a staging area with the friends of the city of ferguson, a newly organized group that is distributing i heart ferguson tshirts. And friends of the city of ferguson, and the view there was much more negative about the media. The media had come to town and riled people up. It wasnt showing the ferguson that they knew and loved. Its a testament to the fact that something can be happening to you two miles from where you live, in a community that you just have no idea about. And thats probably where i live in brooklyn. Probably true of all of us. In some ways, outsider media has brought that to light. In a way thats disquieting for a lot of folks. Usually in a moment like this i would say watch out for more rocks or watch out for tear gas. At this point i have to tell you to watch out for lightning too. Which im watching strike behind you. Yes, thats right. So be careful of all those things. Youve been doing great work, and we need you back someday. We will. Thanks, chris. What chris was just talking about there about the Police Officer, lots of people saw video today, threatening to kill protesters, and saying his name was a variety of expletives when asked what his name was. 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Former Virginia GovernorBob Mcdonnell walking out of court today in richmond after taking the witness stand in his own public corruption trial. Bob and his wife are facing 14 felony counts of public corruption. The trial lasted last month in virginia. On thursday of last week the prosecution rested and now this week, the mcdonnell defense has started. We had been told that governmmc was going to take the stand. He was on the stand for about two hours today. So far, his lawyers really are mounting a defense to these corruption charges that is based on the claim that Bob Mcdonnell has a terrible marriage. Thats the defense. You may remember during Opening Statements they put out all the salacious details about how the mcdonnell marriage had fallen apart, and the wife had a crush a wealthy businessman theyre suspected of performing things for in exchange for cash and gifts. Sure enough now that the defense has started, the defense really is all about not only how terrible the mcdonnell marriage is, but how much many people dislike and think poorly of the governors wife. Yesterday Bob Mcdonnells sister took the stand to talk about what she said were two different sides of maureen mcdonnell. She said she was often manipulative and unpredictable. Today a defense witness testified she was possibly suffering from some mental illness. When Bob Mcdonnell himself took the stand, he testified that even on the day he was elected governor of virginia, he could tell his wife wasnt going to be able to handle it well. Quote, she was yelling at me about something, suggested it might have been about what she was going to wear. Later in his testimony, he said he was ready to become governor, but he said that his wife did not feel ready to enter that phase of life with him. And so they accepted 165,000 worth of gifts and loans from a wealthy businessman. I mean, whats the apparently this is a really expensive, really experienced defense team. And they somehow must be planning to connect these dots and make us believe that bad marriage and wife people dont like equals not corrupt and shouldnt go to prison. But this bad marriage defense really is the defense that they have started on. Thats the substance of the governor Bob Mcdonnell of Virginia Defense to corruption charges thus far. And the defense starts back up with Bob Mcdonnell on the stand at 10 00 tomorrow morning in richmond, virginia. Amazing. Watch this space. Once there was a girl who never settled for ordinary. Even in her laundry room. With downy unstopables, she matched her oneofakind style with oneofakind scents. Downy unstopables inwash scent boosters. Wash in the wow. Eachwont have a claim. Wners thats why allstate claim free rewards gives you money back for every year you dont have one. And why if youre part of the other 5 , allstate offers claim rateguard. 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Earlier in the show, chris hayes, i was speaking with from downtown ferguson, mentioned that late last night during protests in ferguson, there had been an ugly incident in which a local Police Officer just absolutely lost it on some protesters. A person happened to be Live Streaming that incident when it happened. Watch. Oh, my gosh, gun raised, gun raised. Gunpointed. My hands are up, bro, my hands are up. [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. Hands up get back youre going to kill him. Youre right i am. Whats your name, yourself. Go [ bleep ] yourself. Your name is go [ bleep ] yourself. Okay, officer go [ bleep ] yourself just tried to kill me. I hope you guys are waurching. He had to be told not to point his gun at people. This officer was aiming his rifle in peoples faces, threatening to kill them, telling them to go bleep themselves when they asked for his name. But then you can see another officer step in and point officer go bleep yourselfs gun down toward the ground and then he walks that outofcontrol officer away from the crowd that he was exchanging insults with. The Police Department issued a statement about it. They said last night an incident occurred wherein a st. Ann Police Officer pointed a semi automatic Assault Rifle at a peaceful protester after a verbal exchange. An officer walked over and took action, forcing the officer to lower the weapon and escorting him away from the area. They feel the actions are inappropriate and not indicative of the officers who have worked daily to keep the piece. The st. Ann Police Officer involved in the incident has been relieved of dutiy and suspended indefinitely. So thats a remarkable turn of events following the officer go [ bleep ] yourself incident last even more calm on the streets of ferguson. We do know that things can change at a moments notice in this tender box town. We hope it stays peaceful and safe. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening. Without video, we would have never been able to prove that happened. Attorney general eric holder went to ferguson today while controversy intensifies around the District Attorney who refused to step aside and let the shooting of Michael Brown be handled by a special prosecutor