minute. i don t know but. but when i watch football, i want to watch football. i don t want to watch someone s political agenda shoved down my throat whether i m in agreement with it or not. yesterday, some st. louis rams players made a statement about ferguson, coming on to the field with the hands up don t shoot gesture it ruins the game it injects controversy into the game. football should be football. if these players disagree and think it s appropriate to take positions nfl games public displays where were they when former baltimore ravens ray rice knocked the dickens out of his former fiancee rice. they were silent then. my objection is where they do it. they could do it on a news show or write an op. ed or post on facebook or even fire off a tweet. any place and any time. not during an nfl game. that s the one time families gather in the stands around televisions just to have fun. and it s not just the players. remember when bob costas decided to lecture the nation on gun contro
well in the united states of america. we ve got work to do. what s the reaction you re hearing there in washington? i m hearing two different reactions. the first is the president had three meetings on the issue of ferguson yesterday. it s pretty unusual to do that. three meetings in the same issue in the same day. some feel like that s great. you can tell he s focused on this. i talked to one of the young activists who attended the meeting with him. he made the comment that body cameras are a band-aid on a much bigger problem. he s not sure that the solutions have been strong enough and are really going to solve the problem. perry, thank you very much. i want to bring in the president of global grind, michael attended the president s meeting about ferguson at the white house. good to see you. thanks. thank you for having me jose. thanks. tell me about what went on dur that meeting. as perry just mentioned. there was a lot of young people in the room. some folks for ferguso
what is president obama and the attorney general saying? the big thing they talked about yesterday were two ideas. the first is the notion of expanding the use of body camera cameras for police officer. the white house announced they re going to fund 55,000 new cameras. there s a police task force that the white house will have. not in ferguson only but around the country. the idea is task force will present ideas about better training and other ideas to improve policing. those are the two core ideas that the white house is talking about right now. and members o it have congressional black caucus spoke about ferguson yesterday. let s listen to some of that. the things that we re talking about is trying to bring about change, not just for our young people today but for generations yet unborn. that is what we re asking for. a simple justice to allow everyone to stand at the table of opportunity, equality and rightness. racism is still alive and
minute. i don t know but. but when i watch football, i want to watch football. i don t want to watch someone s political agenda shoved down my throat whether i m in agreement with it or not. yesterday, some st. louis rams players made a statement about ferguson, coming on to the field with the hands up don t shoot gesture it ruins the game it injects controversy into the game. football should be football. if these players disagree and think it s appropriate to take positions nfl games public displays where were they when former baltimore ravens ray rice knocked the dickens out of his former fiancee rice. they were silent then. my objection is where they do it. they could do it on a news show or write an op. ed or post on facebook or even fire off a tweet. any place and any time. not during an nfl game. that s the one time families gather in the stands around televisions just to have fun. and it s not just the players. remember when bob costas decided to lecture the nation on gun contro
people who say they re attorneys. people who have been charged for just the application, when it s free online anybody can get it. and so that s a very big concern that there s a giant population of people that are huge targets. and to be victims and really taken advantage of of. we have to be as a community really we have to warn everybody not to be victims. it s really dangerous. what a pleasure. thanks for being with us this morning. appreciate it. we ll be keeping an eye on the homeland security meeting all morning long. it s just getting under way. we ll bring you updates throughout the remainder of the program. but quickly to the white house with the fallout from ferguson was front and center as president obama met with elected officials, chiefs of police activists, and promised programs to bring police and communities together. he also unveiled a new plan for police officers to wear body cameras. moon while, attorney general eric holder said he ll announce new justice de