so statistically, what we re seeing here is if there are agitators out thereto, it is a very very small number the question of course is everything is so peaceful now, as the sun goes down once again, in about five hours from now, how are things going to be and how do things process through the night on saturday we re told there was yet another march here planned in baltimore. then we ll have to figure out whether baltimore is really turned a corner or not. looking good. leland good to see you. then there s the other side to all of this. the police finish their investigation they tell us into freddie gray s death by friday. then the police commissioner says they ll hand it over to a prosecutor who will eventually decide whether there are any charges to file. and in addition to that the fbi and the justice department report that they re looking into whether police officers violated gray s civil rights. let s take it to the judge, senior judicial analyst, andrew napolitano is here wi
what the fbi told the reporter the possibility came up within we were seeking to protect the family. we weren t authorizing it, we weren t approving it but what we did is say look we re going to check this out for you to let you know if we know he s a known criminal the guy delivering the money. exactly right. and we ll provide you with other intelligence what that was is not entirely clear, and the family went ahead. and as you point out, the ransom was paid in 2012 quite some time ago, and weinstein was not released. and the government has said what about what it did? well, the government s saying that its policy remains in intact. it does not condone the payment of ransom because it believes it would put at risk other u.s. citizens. criminals will seek to kidnap them because they know this is a source of financing. so the government s saying we re not for this but the fbi and the government and others have sent families mixed messages. at times said look in this
instance was one of those, paying the ransom might, among all of the terrible choices be the best among them. the official line from the government though has been that no ransom should be paid. we don t condone it and we won t facilitate it. one hostage family has, prominent one came forward and said we were told if we get involved in any family-only money to pay a ransom we could be prosecuted. that s right. we re going to get in trouble. the government has also told other nations that they do not condone the payment of ransom. france for example which has, japan which did not earlier this year and duoof its citizens were killed. so there have been disagreement but it is a very difficult position. you could understand of the administration s long-time, the washington s long-time policy on this. this goes way back before the obama administration. that it does put other citizens at risk. or on the other hand you could understand it if the fbi agents who are almost in daily contact
a conversation with the fbi about if they re so prominently featured in the story. the policy that s been placed throughout the six years the obama administration and, that was in place during the previous administration as well is one that continues to be in place right now. and that is specifically that the united states government will not make concessions can terrorists. and we ve put in a call to the fbi to the people we normally communicate with there, they have not gotten back to us. wall street journal editor john busy is here with us. tell us the background. yeah the reporters are on this. it is a contraction, isn t it? for the administration. but tells you about the tough position that fbi agents are in. they are trying to help the family during a hostage-taking they are trying to guide them if they re getting an offer to pay a ransom and in this instance,
associate editor john bussy, think about that the family paying ransom fbi helping out, but we don t negotiate with terrorists. what happened? wall street journal managing editor, coming up.