Why is the president moving now . Is it as simple as looking at the events in ferguson and that thats really the spark here . Reporter well, certainly as a political issue this has been alive for some time. You have democrats and libertarian minded republicans who have been saying that this infringes on civil rights and theyve wanted to see some changes for a while, but for the white house, yes, it is ferguson that sparked this as an issue and sparked this review and the president said on monday that those though these local communities needed a lot of this equipment to respond to potential terrorist attacks after 9 11, its time for this review because of the problems of blurring lines between local Law Enforcement and the military, jim. No questions some very powerful images throughout the week. Thanks very much to erin mcpike in washington. At the local level there are a lot of Police Departments that are very happy to get the militarys excess equipment. They say it makes their commu
To be strong. To move forward. To know that hes in a better place at this point. Whats going to be the hardest part . Walking away. Walking away from that casket. For us, its more of a personal level for the family. Just to be in support of the family. To let them know that we stand with them and that we are going to be here for them. We couldnt understand it then and we still dont understand it now why our son was taken away from us. Theres not a theres no certain way that you prepare for to bury your child. Msnbc. Com National Reporter tremaine lee joins us from st. Louis. Youve been there since the beginning of this story when the National News hit, and the rallies and protests started. Its so heartbreaking to hear from Michael Browns parents, and his mother saying the hardest part will be what happens at the end of the day, her ultimately walking out and saying goodbye to her son. His parents did have an opportunity to visit the funeral home sunday after a private moment. Many are
Were following the breaking news. A third night of protests over new yorks Controversial Police chokehold case is now under way. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets since wednesday when a grand jury declined to charge the Police Officer, Daniel Pantaleo, who put unarmed eric garner in a chokehold, resulting in a death that the coroner ruled a homicide. Coming on the heels of the Michael Brown shooting in ferguson, missouri, this latest case has catapulted the issues of policing, race and Excessive Force right into the national spotlight. Were covering the breaking news this hour with our correspondents, our guests, including new york congressman hakeem jeffries. But lets begin with cnns brian todd. Hes here in washington, d. C. Where weve seen some major protests. Brian, what are you seeing right now . Reporter wolf, we are here in the chinatown section of washington, just outside Verizon Center. We got word that there are protests planned for this evening. Police pre
With a pickup truck in the deadliest terror attack in new york city since september 11th told the fbi he wanted to kill as many people as possible and that he felt good about what he did. He was in court for the first time late today in a wheelchair facing a judge and new federal charges. Well talk more about the case and President Trumps reaction to it later in the broadcast. But first, with a simple phone call this afternoon donald trump changed the subject back to Robert Mueller and the russia investigation. The new york sometimes headline, in a call with times reporter, trump projects air of calm over charges. The times quotes the president im not under investigation, as you know, mr. Trump said in a brief telephone call to the times Late Wednesday afternoon. Pointing to the indictment of his former campaign chief, Paul Manafort, the president said and even if you look at that, theres not even a mention of trump in there. After reports that he was fuming about the indictments, trum
What do you think . Well, its a scary thing leaving your home and not knowing if you will go back. My whole body was numb this morning thinking about, could i have taken something else. But my first thought is i have an elderly neighbor next door so as i was leaving we were just told to evacuate, if this is very ser sus evacuation and the flames keep going please go and check on her. But, you know, i can only watch the news now. And its just its just very scary the thought of going home to no home. Very scary. H humbling as you had said. It just makes you think that you really need to be prepared. And we have moved here from the east coast, and people tell you to be prepared. But in the past eight years we really havent listened. And im definitely going home today to go through all the things that i did throw in my car and maybe pair them down and have an actual emergency bag for a earthquake or fire because we definitely were not prepared today and it was really scary. Its so importan