just a few minutes after the encounter between the police officer and the victim here. and so what we are trying to do is communicate the facts of the case. this is by far, as the mayor has stated as well as others, it is different from ferguson. could you address the racial component that the mayor was talking about? can you explain that for us, the fact that he said that because he was african-american as well as the police chief and the police force, that that made a difference to the black community? is there a sensitivity that he s addressing here and understanding within the community or is he trying to make a point about race? absolutely. let me tell you something about mayor hoskins. he is one of the most pro-black elected officials that i ve ever known. he shops black, he eats black, he does everything african-american. so he is by far different than what you have seen in ferguson,
aggressor. these two individuals left the mobil station and they were walking southbound and the policeman pulled up and they walked to the policeman s car and then one walked away and turned around briskly and poi pointed a pistol at the policeman and the policeman stumbled backward and fired as he was going down. we have two black teenagers killed by two white policeman are the similarities. however, if you review the tape and video of the one that occurred last night, you ll see that the victim initiated this by pointing a gun at the policeman before he fired and i reviewed that video. that was mayor hoskins. cnn also learned the shooting officer was not wearing his assigned body camera but the mayor said the technology is new to the department and in the
the poor taking advantage of the safety net is insidious and powerful. and we did our best to try to correct the record in some way. let s take a look at a clip from our series. you profiled a single mother of four who relies on public assistance to survive. here it is. usually i get a box of elbow macaroni and i just get regular sandwich cheese and put it in and make my own macaroni and cheese. sarah hoskins is a 28-year-old single mother of four. she relies on food stamps to make ends meet. for sarah, there s no crab legs. you wouldn t buy this? not the kraft. it s a dollar. for families like the hoskins, even the basics are sometimes too much. i don t use vegetable oil, i use grease. is that cheaper? yes. i can get a tub of lard, a five-gallon bucket of lard and it s like $30 for the cheapest brand they got.
and make my own macaroni and cheese. sarah hoskins is a 28-year-old single mother of four. she relies on food stamps to make ends meet. for sarah, there s no crab legs. you wouldn t buy this? not the kraft. it s a dollar. for families like the hoskins, even the basics are sometimes too much. i don t use vegetable oil, i use grease. is that cheaper? yes. i can get a tub of lard, a five-gallon bucket of lard and it s like $30 for the cheapest brand they got. you know, that s pretty rough. i get the sense you don t get the great, healthy, fresh vegetables and all the new the stuff the rich people go shopping for. you got to take what s there. yeah, that s a woman, forget about the kinds of saturated fat. this is a family that can t afford cooking oil, and it s going back to 1930s depression
prison for stocking madonna in prison after he escaped from a mental place. 54-year-old robert hoskins left the los angeles area facility last friday without permission. back in 1996 madonna testified against him after he jumped the fence of her hollywood home and her security guard shot him. a jury convicted hoskins of stalking and threatening to kill her. before we go our team s top five things of the day. nicholas cage denies some bizarre rumors that is he a vampire. number four, the associated press reports the westminster dog show has dropped pedigree as a sponsor claiming ads like this one with a shelter dog were too sad. number three, the ratings agency standard and poor s cutting the grades of 34 italian banks today as that country struggles with pointing debt. number two, most of the republic presidential candidates making their pitches to conservatives at the washington conference today. tomorrow we will learn the results of the maine caucuses.