He had to be on a horse. With this kid, he had to be the kid going to college, as opposed to some kid who didnt deserve to be shot. As a family, you have to deal with both of those thing. You want to deal with the humanity of your child, the kid you remember who made mistakes, who didnt clean his room, late to school. Whatever it might be. At the same time, you dont want to watch the media demonize him. Thats hard. The mother said he was mine and as a parent it sent chills up my spine because im yelling and screaming around the house all the time. I told you to do this 18,000 times. You didnt do it or you did something at school or whatever that wasnt appropriate, and at the end of the day, those three are mine. I dont care what happens, and if thats taken away from me, thats going to be a hole forever, and so shes struggling with that, and he will never be perfect but in her eyes hes hers. Thats right. Hes her baby. Charles blow, mark lamont hill, l. Z. Granderson thanks so much. The
8 a. M. In the west. Remembering Michael Brown. What they are calling Home Going Service for him. He was gunned down by a Police Officer in ferguson, missouri. You are looking at live pictures. Music, singing. There are celebrities. There are stars. There are civil leaders, members of the black community there. The voices of outrage over the shooting are now silent. Michael browns father requested peace on this day, the day that he and his wife lay their son to rest. That request is being honored by the thousands of mourners gathered at this ceremony. Theres so many people there. They have to use an overflow room. For many people, Michael Browns death was a painful reminder of racial profiling and unequal treatment at the hands of Law Enforcement. I want to begin with don lemon outside the funeral service. Stephanie elam is on the street where Michael Brown was killed. I want to go first to don outside this church and don weve seen this really remarkable procession over the last severa
Evan what is the latest news in the development in ferguson . Reporter don, the development is that the police chief of ferguson, missouri, tom jackson, is expected to step down as part of an effort to reform the Police Department there. Now, the announcement is not expected to come until about next week. Most likely. And its all part of an effort by the local officials to bring down some of the tensions there. As you know, don, its the scene of demonstrations almost every night. A lot of people have been callicall calling for the police chief to step down and hes been defiant so far but officials know this is part of an effort that when the grand Jury Announcement comes down, whether or not there are charges again officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown, this is one of the way to show the public theyre trying to reform the Police Department there. Evan peres, according to your reporting, the police chief is tom jackson. Reporter correct. In ferguson krrt thats right. Ac
How is trump reacting . Here is what he told jake tapper. Lets start with new poll numbers. Youre still many the lead by a wide margin but you have lost some support. What do you make of it all . Im a little surprised because other polls have come out where it picked up after the debate. Im in first place in every poll. Gained substantially in a couple of them. Im a little surprised. Its a poll. Summer officially ends on tuesday but is the summer of trump already over . Ne Media Outlets have been benefits but i wonder if the press will tear him down just as fast as it built him up . My guests know more about politics than me. Lets bring them in. Thank you both for being here this morning. Great to be here. Good to be here. You all know how the news cycles work. Does it feel like the love affair is over . I dont know if its over. If you look at our website youll see the top ten stories. Usually six out of ten are trump. I was surprised he didnt say your poll losers, muslims and mexicans
Clowns that are negotiating right now . Plus trump doubling down on his attacks on Hillary Clinton. She was the original birther. She was the one that started that whole thing. Hillary is a birther. By the way, dont switch your votes to hillary, please. Tonight ill tell what you Hillary Clinton said to me when i asked her about those accusations. Thats all a little bit later on. Lets begin with a very busy day on the campaign trail. The latest gop poll, this one from fox news, it has donald trump on top at 26 , followed by ben carson at 18 , Carly Fiorina and marco rubio neck and neck, 9 . Meanwhile, donald trump touted another poll on the campaign trail today. Here it is. Interestingly a poll came out and this is the second one i had, the shock poll. This just came out, trump receives 25 of the black vote in general election. [ laughter ] let me see that. Cnn sara murray live for us now. Trump is attacking their poll coverage but it good news for him, isnt it . Reporter it is good new