president obama made a number of law enforcement proposals in the wake of the unrest in ferguson, missouri. he is asking for $263 million for additional training of police officers and other resources. that includes $75 million to purchase up to 50,000 body cameras for police officers across the country. they are charged with improving the relationship between the communities and law enforcement. they reject the calls to make changes that transfers military equipment to local police departments. do you think the president s plan to combat distrust between police and minority communities will help? go online to cast that vote. look at what news nation is saying about yesterday. do you think the st. louis rams players who took part on the field should be penalized. 23% said yes. 77% said no. that does it for this edition of
talking about scenes like this, a lot of the burned-out buildings and businesses that were lost in the violence from last week, mayor here in the city says he s trying to figure out a way to get a lot of these businesses and convince them to stay in the community. chris? they ve got big challenge there is in ferguson. we ve been reporting from the beginning that what happened with the shooting reflected issues that go way beyond one place in who movement thanks for the reporting this morning. we heard from the president, he says this time will be different. he says he s going to dedicate the rest of his term to improving the relationship between police and the black community. part of the plan involves money. a $263 million. to provide 50,000 body cameras to police. money may be the easy part. when asked monday if justice was done by the ferguson grand jury, the president did not give a direct answer. senior white house correspondent jim acosta joins us. it s tricky, how you balanc
administration s also promising new guidelines for federal law enforcement to help racial profiling end once and for all. it s calling for better tracking of military equipment provided to local police departments and seeing $263 million for more training and for those body cameras we ve talked about so police confrontations of people can now be recorded. well, attorney general eric holder was here in atlanta for a first in a series of nationwide conversations on the ferguson shootings. he has opened two civil rights investigations into the case, as you know. he says the case presents an opportunity now to tackle issues that have long been ignored. as we ve seen around the country, there have been large numbers of incidents in response to the american people not just in those areas but the american people to wonder what s
community meeting of the ferguson commission, more frustration. you saying we understand this, we get killed out here. for his part, president obama promised to follow through. part of the reason this time will be different is because the president of the united states is deeply invested in making sure that this time is different. hands up, don t shoot! nationwide, demonstrators walked out on monday. walk out of school. to walk out of work. encouraged by the movement to flood the streets in protest. alisyn, the ferg son commission created by the governor in missouri a few weeks ago met for the first time yesterday here in ferguson. a lot of people very concerned that it simply window dressing as they wait for that commission to put together a report. studying the underlying social and economic issues here in the city. that report isn t expected until september of next year. alisyn? it will be interesting to hear what if anything that commission does come up with. than
but ferguson, that is still happening. we re going to begin with a day of action one week after that grand jury decision in ferguson. hands-up walkouts took place around the country. protesters marched in the streets and held rallies similar to this one. attorney general eric holder spoke at ebenezer baptist church where martin luther king jr. preached. as the president took action himself, here s abc s karen travers. reporter: one week later and the fallout from the ferguson grand jury decision continues. marches taking place across the nation including washington, d.c., where peaceful demonstrators blocked traffic. everything needs to be at a standstill until people understand that lives matter. not only do black lives matter but all lives matter. reporter: in new york and philadelphia, and even at the white house, where inside president obama focused on what can be learned from ferguson. mr. obama called for a three-year, $263 million spending package that includes expande