with the high standards they deserve, which i have set for myself. he goes on to say he s resigning for that reason. it s the questions over those standards and how he conducted his finances in his office that led him to do this. there has been a congressional ethics investigation opened into this. what this means, brooke is with his resignation, that means he cannot be investigated by the house ethics committee. they only have jurisdiction over sitting members of congress. so that, i m told, is why he resigned why he plans to step down at the end of the month, to stop that investigation. okay. we ll get into some of the examples and some of the questions that have been looked into in a second. jeff staying with you, from what i understand, this has been a slow drip drip drip from his office. you say it is a surprise on the hill. when did this first begin? well brooke it first began with the redecorating of his office shortly after the midterm
washington correspondent joe johns for that. joe, we ve heard from eric holder. what did the president say? well brooke this tweet was signed with the president s initials which means that he was the person that authored the tweet and not, for example, some staffer. it said violence against police is unacceptable. our prayers are with the officers in missouri. path to justice is one all of us must travel together. so the president weighing in as well adding his words to the words the attorney general which i thought were quite strong brooke. incredibly incredibly strong speaking about even his own retired law enforcement brother and how members of our law enforcement across the country should be able to know they get to go home at night. joe johns, thank you very much. i want to take you back to ferguson. don lemon is there. don, let s just perspective, first of all. all of this began just about 24 hours ago when the police chief
and also issues that he himself takes very seriously. i m listening to you. i m wondering are they trimming the christmas tree behind you. what about, we know the president went to the hospital over the weekend. how is he doing? issues with his throat. what did they find? reporter: the white house says president obama has been suffering for some weeks with acid reflux. he made a brief visit to the hospital this weekend on saturday to get that checked out. he a ct scan that came back normal. president obama was asked how his throat is feeling today. he said i was fine. i was completely fine. that s all he had to say about it, brooke. and white house officials say he s doing pretty well. but he s being treated for this acid reflux and been giving him a problem for the last few weeks. doesn t sound like fun. thank you very much. marines remain on high alert around american sbaes. a report on the cia s torture of
bloomberg politics poll. it shows you about the racial divide. 71% of african-americans polled disagree with the ferguson grand jury compared to 15% of whites. in the eric garner case, 77% of blacks disagree with no indictment compared to 31% of whites. then this. when asked if race relations have improved under president barack obama the first african-american president of our country, 53% said relations have gotten worse. that number includes whites and blacks together. you see the number. 36% believe race relations stayed the same. 9% say they ve gotten better. let me turn to our correspondent at the white house and we know the president is speaking about this. how is he addressing the numbers, the divide, the criticism? reporter: well brooke, part of what president obama is doing is really reaching out to some groups who may be discouraged and frustrated and those groups that are outspoken about these
two grand jury decisions president obama met them at the white house here last month with civil rights leaders. he gave an interview on btv. what president obama wanted to reach out to young african-americans who are frustrated and really send them a direct message. here s a little of what president obama had to say. it s important to recognize as painful as these incidents are, we can t equate what s happening now to what was happening 50 years ago. if you talk to your parents, grandparents, uncles, they will tell you that, you know, things are better. not good in some cases, but better. reporter: and the white house says that president obama really wanted to communicate especially to young african-americans with this specific interview that their views are legitimate to raise, that he wants them to express their views peacefully