Craig melvin is just back from the ridealong. You got the firsthand experience riding along with captain ron johnson. What did he have to say . Reporter you know, for folks who may not have been following this thing, captain johnson, of course, over the entire Law Enforcement effort here in ferguson. Hes got command of the nagtionl guard and the other Law Enforcement agencies, as well, that have all december escended ferguson. Its fascinating. Neighborhoods and businesses and the businesses, Business Owners stopped by or the Business Owners where we stopped, the businesses where we stopped by, essentially were all saying the same thing, ronan. They were saying we want you to continue to protect our businesses so we can stay open. We stopped by a Convenience Store that had been broken in not once but twice. Been looted, saw some video of 40 or 50 young people who had gone in, many wearing masks, taken a bunch of stuff. Young ladies, as well. Bags. Owner, tears in the eyes essentially be
Back in 2012. Wow. But we start tonight with president obama, throwing down the gauntlet to republicans for the mid term election. He got out of washington today and in a speech near his hometown of chicago, the president offered a reality check to rightwingers who have trashed his policies. Here are the facts. When i took offices, businesses were laying off 800,000 americans a month. Today our businesses are hiring 200,000 americans a month. [ applause ] the Unemployment Rate has come down from a high of 10 in 2009, to 6. 1 today. [ applause [ applause ] over the past four and a half years, our businesses have created ten million new jobs. This is the longest uninterrupted stretch of private job sector creation in our history. Think about that. And you dont have to applaud because im going to be giving you a lot of good statistics. [ laughter ] a whole lot of good statistics. Showing this economy is in better shape, thanks to the president s policies, and one area where thats particul
Talked about the importance of the franchise. Im here to vote. All right. Were ready. The most Important Office in a democracy, the office of citizens. Thats what im doing right now. Exercising my right. But now the franchise is under attack like it hasnt been in a generation. I spoke to the president in an interview for my radio show, and i asked him about the importance of getting out the vote in the midterm elections. We cant afford to be sitting at home, thinking that the mid terms dont matter. Because ive got two years left in my presidency, and i want to make every single one of them count, and i need a partner in congress. And the truth is that in most of these states, and most of these congressional districts if he have high turn out, we win. If we have low turnout, we lose. Its as simple as that. What i need everybody to do is just go out there and vote. I also spoke to him about the democratic politicians who havent embraced him on the campaign trail. Heres the bottom line. W
Local prosecuting attorney Robert Mcculloch announced the grand jury decided not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson in the august shooting of Michael Brown. That 1yearold unarmed individual. Mr. Mcculloch said the grand jury decided not to indict officer wilson and five possible charges that ranged from Involuntary Manslaughter to first degree murder. They determined that no probable cause exists to file any charge against officer wilson and returned a no true bill on each of the five indictments. The physical and Scientific Evidence examined by the grand jury combined with the witness statements supported and substantiated by that physical evidence tells the accurate and tragic story of what happened. The prosecutor said that the death of Michael Brown was a tragedy but he also said tonight the grand jury determined at this point there was no probable cause to say it was a crime. Shortly after the prosecutor finished speaking we also heard from president obama tonight. Even as you
Or the American People . This fight isnt about conservatives or liberals. Its not about democrats or republicans. Its about money. If Big Companies can deploy their armies of lobbyists to get congress to vote for special deals that benefit themselves, we will simply confirm the view of the American People, that the system is rigged. It is time for all of us to stand up and fight. Lots of democrats did stand up and fight. The bill passed the house late last night, but republicans were warned. Theyre not going to be able to jam their agenda down the throats of the American People. But even though this bill contains some gop proposals that were hard to swallow, there were also a lot in it that democrats needed to pass. Funding for Early Childhood education programs. Funding for climate action. And it continues the work on the Consumer Financial protection bureau. Far from perfect, but some good measures. Thats a point president obama also made today. There are a bunch of provisions in thi