saying should we stop this test. jesse: the cover-up is always worse than the crime. there is a huge somali population in minneapolis, they call it mogadishu. there are about 1,000 somalis working in the minneapolis airport. we have had some problems over the course of a couple years. three somali americans went back to the battlefield. two became suicide bombers in mogadishu, somalia, one went to syria to fight for isis. do you think this plays a role in the lackadaisical attitude with the tsa? i don t know if it s a lackadaisical attitude. the manager came from the airline industry. you had two of his assistants
custody, guys. shots fired by police. shots fired by police. get an ambulance over here. as you know, mcdonald died. his death sparking outrage citywide. in just hours protesters plan to rally on chicago s magnificent mile. many are calling for mayor rahm e manu emanuel to step down. they are mad about how mayor emanuel handled this case. and police in riot gear lined the halls of the mall of america as protesters entered ultimately dispersing the crowd and pushing the protesters outside the mall. five people were taken into custody. but the protest at the mall turned out to be a decoy action. meant to distract police from paying full attention to the minneapolis airport and the light rail station. the tactic worked.
protesters forced tsa agents to shut down two security checkpoints at the minneapolis airport. eight more arrested here, some flights were delayed by hours. black lives matter organizer asha long was at the airport protest last night. welcome. thank you. it s great to be here. thank you for being with me. asha, pastor danny gibbons from your movement told the minneapolis star, quote, we raise the bar. we let the nation and the world know that black lives matter. still, the nation is on a heightened terror alert. people are anxious. your protests made them more anxious. so how does that help your cause? well, our action yesterday was a means toward a number of things, including justice for jamar clark, which we have been working on for over six weeks. it s important that we disrupt business as usual to highlight the fact that black lives are
happening at the minneapolis airport right now. it was supposed to be at the mall of america but now it s at the airport, jeezy. your reaction to this moment and this movement. i mean, i think if it only took 20 people to get the tae attention of cnn and the rest of the world, i think they re off to a great start. i definitely support the black lives matter movement. i definitely think the mall could have handled it a lot differently. now you ve got this. it s going to continue to grow as it should. we have to raise awareness. it s the holidays and they re still pushing this movement. you have to respect that. i do have to say, i have to give you your due because sometimes hip-hop and rap, the industry, get a lot of criticism because of things people deem superfluous that they talk about
registering these things. we ve had radio controlled airplanes for many, many years. and very responsible people. they know the rules. and this is just an affront to their very professional hobby. but that being said, i think unfortunately they re going to have to suffer the consequences from the standpoint of now we have got these quad copters. if we register these things, perhaps that s we have some traceability and some accountability that will prevent people from doing this. all right, thank you very much. appreciate it. we are following some breaking news out of minneapolis. specifically at the minneapolis airport, right in st. paul, minnesota. the minneapolis-st. paul airport. a portion of the ticketing area has been evacuated at the minneapolis-st. paul airport. this after a bag left near the united ticketing counter there tested positive for explosives.