more room for economic growth for many people that she feels are not getting a fair shot. so, they are protesting to have their voices heard here on the streets of philadelphia. you see a lot of signs where they are aligning with baltimore in the name of the protest by the group that organized it is philadelphia is baltimore. i ll send it back to you. all right. thanks poppy. in cincinnati hundreds rallied in solidarity. police and rally organizers communicated ahead of time and escorted the protesters along maintaining order until marchers there disbursed. new york city mayor bill de blasio defending the new york city protesters in manhattan. the mayor dismissed claims that demonstrators were mistreated.
an obligation to join the group. you ve seen that. even going back to donald rumsfeld a decade ago, he asked the question are we killing them faster than they are recruited. i m paraphrasing here. this has been a calculation not just the obama administration has had to make but the bush administration. to be fair when we speak specifically of drones remember it s the obama administration that greatly ramped up the number of drone strikes by a significant factor from the bush administration. it s been a favorite tool of this president. it certainly has. jim sciutto, thank you for the reporting. the white house beginning the statement saying it is with tremendous sorrow they make this announcement. let me hand it over to my colleague in washington as we wait for the president to speak. jake. thanks poppy. good morning, everyone. if you re just joining us let s bring you up to speed on what s going on. at this hour we re expecting any moment president obama to appear in the brady whit
manslaughter. his attorney says this is not guilty this is excusable homicide. in your eyes we know it s still early going, we understand there may be videotape we haven t seen yet. is there any way that this is excusable homicide and a horrific accident? absolutely not. i think when you look at the lack of training that s been able to be substantiated in this case coupled with this gentleman s age and his capacity as a reserve officer there s no way this is excusable in any way. you bring up age of course because reflexes change with age. you re talking about a 73-year-old here. thank you, sir, for joining us here on new day. i appreciate it. thank you. john. thanks poppy. jeb bush all but announced as a republican candidate for president weighing in now on the long-delayed confirmation of loretta lynch to be attorney general. so what did he say? this might surprise you. we have the details ahead when we go inside politics.
aspirations as part of this? you know they ve been saying that about me since i ve been a sheriff for 18 years, i speak out on a lot of issues. the fact of the matter is this isn t about politics. what cnn has done, what a lot of these news stations have done by digging in and letting know what life is like and looking at the cells and so forth, i can t think of a better lesson for children to see a guy they revered how quickly making bad choices can end you up in a place like a prison with no choices in your life. i just hope that odin lloyd s family gets as much attention as aaron hernandez. the amazing move by his mother yesterday saying i forgive you in a mother who lost their child. good to have you on the program. have a great day. guys, back to you. thanks poppy. here s a question for you, what is more important for chris christie? social security? the so-called third rail of politics or the third lane on the road to the george
for all of us for that? absolutely. that s the point to drive home this has not gone away in west africa although liberia has taken significant steps forward. it s still prevalent in sierra leone. that doesn t make it any less dangerous. to draw an analogy from a sports team, if you ear in the final minutes of the game you still want to keep your foot on the gas. we still need to be very aggressive to take care of this virus and eliminate it. i think liberia has shown us it can indeed be fought successfully in west africa but they need a lot more resources. thank you very much. appreciate it doctor. no problem. thanks poppy. to ferguson, missouri now, where police are working around the clock. they are trying to find out who shot two of their own officers late on wednesday night. investigators say so far they ve come up short in this manhunt. they are pursuing several leads, though and the reward for this information now stands at $10,000. the mayor of ferguson, one of