former maryland congressman and former president of the naacp. i know you are on the ground trying to do what you can to help keep the peace. what is the most effective thing you can do or you are doing now. reporter: what has been most effective for me and hundreds of others was to go into the communities yesterday and i will leave to go today to talk sense who young people who are very angry and implore parents to make sure they get ahold of and know where their young people are. this is a situation where burning, looting and loss of property is absolutely wrong. these young people, and some of the older ones, have to understand what you do is what you pay for. we will not sit back and watch this. the most effective thing is in and on the streets. having a conversation with the community and not going into deep silence.
reporter: i have been walking around surveying the damage starting at lexinton market where there was some looting there. up to the mall which was ground zero for the mayhem last night. there was extensive property damage there theft and vandalism. so what i saw was not a pretty picture. luke tell us we heard about a press conference with gang leaders. tell us about that. reporter: just moments ago in city hall, the city council president summoned members of local gangs to call for an end to the violence. they said they were standing in front of stores trying to stop the they are asking the young people the younger
live to baltimore where leland is standing boy with more. reporter: what a difference a couple minutes makes. the riot police we saw standing around formed a line and you can get a sense of them pushing everybody down back off this block. there is no a lot of anger. where before there was not a lot of anger. we are heading back sir, thank you. before you had the crowd walking through that was fesepeaceful and now people are getting up saturday and the police officers upset are pushing people back. this is the sight of the terrible violence that happened last night and the last up couple days. the liquor stores that were burned out and looted are just down there. the cvs pharmacy that was burned remember when the pharmacy was burned the looters cut the fire hoses and the
while in police custody. the governor of maryland is going to hold a conference but he had this to say yesterday: these are thugs roaming the street causing damage to property and injuring innocent we will not tolerate that. we are going live to baltimore now. tell us what is happening on the streets today. reporter: jenna baltimore, the morning after. we are at ground zero for the riots last night. this was a convenience store and there is not much convenience left inside. everything has been stolen off the shelves and the place is trash. heavy police presence today. up the street one of the armored police cars outside of the cvs but the police have been a minute late and understaffed as they tried to respond to looting events around the city. we saw more looting today and folks getting the five finger discount very early. all of the kids are out from school today and watched last night what happened. get down. get back. get up on the stairs. are you watching it guys?
while in police custody. the governor of maryland is going to hold a conference but he had this to say yesterday: these are thugs roaming the street causing damage to property and injuring innocent we will not tolerate that. we are going live to baltimore now. tell us what is happening on the streets today. reporter: jenna baltimore, the morning after. we are at ground zero for the riots last night. this was a convenience store and there is not much convenience left inside. everything has been stolen off the shelves and the place is trash. heavy police presence today. up the street one of the armored police cars outside of the cvs but the police have been a minute late and understaffed as they tried to respond to looting events around the city. we saw more looting today and