it is only when the people engage. is it going to be peaceful tonight? didn t this just happen in baltimore where they didn t have the curfew on the second night, there had been protests all day that had involved rocking cars and damaging and looting and vandalism and then they decided, isn t anyone paying attention on history? who is making that call? is it the mayor? reporter: that call is being made by the st. louis county chief john billmore. he has that experience. ferguson has a new police chief, a new city manager. the people making the decision is the st. louis county chief. he is in charge of it. and you know, ma am, are you a resident locally?
police chief jon belmar. hours from now the the st. louis county police department and missouri state highway patrol will take over security for protests in ferguson until further notice. earlier today the mayor and ferguson city council weighed in on the shooting citing this act of violence has no place in our community or our country. they also addressed the recent department of justice report accusing the city of systemic racial bias. we have made changes at the highest level of our administration, police and courts. we are working to make changing necessary to instill confidence in the city, our police and our courts. joining me now from ferguson is nbc news correspondent jay gray. what can you tell us about the condition os the two officers who were shot? yeah as you just heard from the st. louis county chief, fortunate to be alive and
a standing o for the attorney general. this followed a white house summit where president obama met with elected officials, sleuth leaders and law enforcement hoping to bring police together with the white house task force. there have been commissions with the task forces and conversations and nothing happens. what i tried to describe to people is why this time will be different. part of the reason this time will be different is because the president of the us is deeply invested in making sure that this time is different. now from st. louis with a member of the ferguson commission who was at that meeting at the white house yesterday. we talked last week. thanks so much for joining us again. do you think this time we are glad to see you. the white house was watching the interview last week. i know that the president gave
more note from st. louis. the coach of the rams said there will be no punishment for the five player who is took the field in the hands up don t shoot gesture. that angered the police union. this hands up don t shoot gesture represents the idea that our fellow officer darren wilson gunned down michael brown in cold blood and that s not what happened to us. it seems like rather than allowing wounds to heal, they are picking at the scabs. the st. louis county chief have spoken, but the two sides are at odds over whether it was an apology offers. the chiefs said they apologized for the five players and the rams official said the chief only interpreted it that way and there was no apology given. this is andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. and ah, so you can see like right here i can just. you know, check my policy here, add a car,