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Le and by contributions to your pbp station from viewers like you. Fr thank you. Ifill its an alltoo familiar story, in a newar setting. This time, the city of charlotte is on edge, awaiting a second night of protests over the Police Killing of a black man. The drama began with a tuesday confrontation that sparked aat night of trouble. William brangham begins our coverage. No peace reporter protests boiled over in North Carolinas larges city, within hours of the fatal shooting. The victim was 43yearold keith lamont scott, and his sister who did not give her name sai hed been unarmed. They said, hands up he got a gun , he got a gun pow pow, pow, pow thats it he had no gun reporter another woman, claiming to be scotts daughter, went on facebook, saying hed had a book, not a gun, and also had an unspecified disability. In short order, a crowd blocked traffic on interstate 85, throwing rocks, and destroying police cars. Some looted a tractor trailer and set it on fire, and others broke into a nearby walmart. Police eventually used tear gas to quell the violence, but 16he officers were injured. This morning, police chief kerrs putney urged people to step back, and be calm. I can tell you from the facts that the story is a little bit different as to how it has been portrayed so far, especially through social media. Reporter as putney told it, officers had been at an apartment complex, searching for a suspect, when they saw scott get out of a car. They say he did have a gun, andi refused to put it down. In spite of the verbal commands, mr. Scott exited his vehicle armed with a handgun, as the officers continued to yellti at him to drop it. He stepped out, posing a threat to the officers, and officer Brentley Vinson subsequentlyey fired his weapon, striking the subject. Reporter the officer who is also black was placed on administrative leave, standard procedure in such cases. Meanwhile, local activists and ministers called for an economic boycott of charlotte. Across the country we are being shot down. D shot down. Very few cops go to jail for that. N. Reporter the incident cameid just a day after graphic video from tulsa, oklahoma that showed an officer shooting an unarmed black man. Ifill well hear from the mayor of charlotte, after therl news summary. Woodruff in the days other news, the Federal Reserve held fast on keeping a key, short term Interest Rate near record lows. Fed chair janet yellen said Economic Activity has picked up but theres no need yet to put on the brakes. Were not seeing strong pressures on utilization, suggesting overheating, and myrh assessment would be, based on this evidence, that the economy has a little more room to rune than might have been previously thought. Thats good news. Woodruff yellen did suggestg an Interest Rate increase is likely before years end. Ifill the feds action sent wall street higher. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 163 points to close at 18,293. The nasdaq rose nearly 54 points, and the s p 500 added 23. De woodruff the crisis in syria took center stage today at the u. N. Security council. The u. S. And russia clashed over the failure of the latest cease fire, and mondays deadly attack on an aid convoy. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov denied responsibility,re and offered other explanations. But secretary of state john kerry shot back, this is not a joke, and he condemned what he called word games. Now, this attack has dealt aa very heavy blow to our efforts to bring peace to syria, and it raises a profound doubt about whether russia and the assad regime can or will live up to the obligations that they agreea to in geneva. Ne it also raises questions not woodruff kerry called for grounding all aircraft flying over routes for humanitarian r deliveries. Meanwhile, another air strike hit a mobile medical unit outside aleppo overnight. Activists reported at least 13 people died. Ifill president obama and israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu had a final meeting today at the u. N. , after years of testy relations. This time, the two leaders were all smiles. The president said a new 38 billion military aid package will let israel cope with enormous uncertainty in theno region. Woodruff the cost of the emergency allergy shot, epipen, and the company that makes it, drew bipartisan scorn today from congress. At a house hearing, heather bresch, c. E. O. Of drugmaker mylan, defended raising the price more than 500 since 2007. It now costs 608 for a two pack. She said mylan will soon introduce a generic version ata half the cost, but lawmakers were unimpressed. A mother would cut off her right arm to get that dose of drug. F you decided to charge 600 instead of cutting off her arm, and now youre saying youre s dropping it to 300 and that should make us all feel better, when in fact, thats probably a about ten times what the drug should cost. Congressman, we want everyone who needs an epipen to have an epipen. Es all the programs we put in place, from the generic, to the higher patient assistant program, to trying to address every facet, is what we will remain focused on. Woodruff bresch said the Company Makes 50 dollars profit from each epipen. Ifill and outside the capitol today, construction crews started work on the platform for januarys inauguration of the 45th president of the United States. Republican and Democratic Leaders hammered in the ceremonial first nails for the massive 10,000square foot structure. 1,600 people will have to fit on the stage. Woodruff still to come on the newshour we sit down withwi libertarian president ial candidate gary johnson; Donald Trumps foreign business dealings as potential conflictss of interest; Police Robots being used to detonate and defuse bombs, and much more. Woodruff we return to the Fatal Police Shooting in charlotte, North Carolina late yesterday, and the violent street protests that followed. Here with me now is the citys mayor, jennifer roberts. Welcome, mayor roberts. Thank you. Were hearing two different versions upon what happened. Is there any new information to come forward late today that lends credence to either version . Well, we have heard from our police chief that we do have video footage of the incident. I they are still analyzing it. Its from different angles. Nt we have heard that a gun was found on the scene. S there was no book found on the scene. And that we are corroborating different witness views as wella to make sure that woe have all the facts in hand. N but we are hearing a very different story from within the city. Woodruff you mean from within the community, from the relative, or apparently the daughter of the victim, and from an eyewitness who said she saw a book fall out of his lap when he got out of the car. C we want to make sure that we have a thorough investigation. Ug we have a history in charlotte of being very transparent, andd we absolutely want the communitm to know that this investigationv will have the highest integrityt we want to of the community to be patient as we put together all the facts. We know there are different versions of the story out there. And we are calling for a peaceful protest while we put everything together,pu and while we get the evidence clear. Woodruff will gun that was found be publicly released . Li will it be shown to the public . And will that video that we understand thats available be shown . Well, i have asked to see the video footage as soon as possible. Chief, at his discretion, can show it to leaders in the community. We are working with our officers to help get that information to some key people. And absolutely evidence. Once the investigation is completed and that we are sure we have all of it, and it is accurate, i want us to be as transparent as possible. We absolutely need to show folks that this is an investigation that is transparent with the highest integrity. Woodruff so does that mean that all of this material will ultimately be made available . A well, there are some legal issues around that. Our policy has been that while the investigation is still active that, that is not made public. But once the investigation is concluded, whatever that conclusion is, then it will be accessible in terms of what extent, again, there are somee legal procedures to go through. But my goal is to make it as clear as possible as soon as possible. Woodruff do you have any more information, mayor w rober, about who the victim was . We know that the the woman who said she was his daughter said that he had a disability. D do we know any more about that . T i have not been able to confirm any more information about the victim. V i know that there are many folk in Addition Community who are stepping up our faith leaders, our Community Leaders who are calling for peace, who are calling for patience, absolutelo want people to express their views, express their frustration, perhaps, with the t slowness of noaks coming out. But we are calling for peace and hope people will wait until all becomes clear and we can get that information out. I woodruff we reported a few moments ago that there appeareda to be demonstrations formingfo this afternoon in charlotte. C what is the state of whats going on in the community right now . We have had some gatherings. We have a small gathering of people in the uptown area, people very peacefully, very quietly, holding up signs, black lives matter. We have a gathering of the Faith Community and some faith leaders who are gathering in a park who have made it very clear this is peaceful. They want to express their concern with a story that, again, has played out all around the country, and folks are very skeptical, to be honest, of soms of the investigations that have happened. But weep people to express that frustration. We want to work with our community. We have a long tradition of our faith business, of our business and Community Leaders comingde together to work through these things. And we have had numerous dialogues. We have a Community Relations committee that the city has that has a process where we can have theseav constructive dialogues. R woodruff and finally,y, quickly, we understand president obama telephoned you today. T is that right . T what did he say . Absolutely. I have spoken to president obaba obama, and he certainly offered anyly help the federal governmet could provide. There are folks in the justice department, others who have worked with Community Policing strategies who know how to workr with communities. H i was grateful for the call. Clearly, this is something our country is facing, and we absolutely do need to know thath there are Racial Disparities still in our country. And it is in our best interests and in our communitys best interest to Work Together, to continue to be a country that is more equal and where everyone iy the treated with dignity and respect. And we pledge to do that here in charlotte. Woodruff mayor jenniferuf roberts, the mayor of the city of charlotte. C thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Ifill issues of race and justice were also the candidates focus on the campaign trail today. John yang reports. And a warning it includeswa language that may be offensive. Reporter donald trump the selfproclaimed law and orderf candidate raised questions today about the actions of a white Police Officer whoseli shooting of an unarmed black man last week is being investigated by the justice department. I must tell you, i watchedhe the shooting, in particular in tulsa, and that man was handswa up. That man went to the car, hands up, put his hand on the car. I mean, to me, it looked like he did everything youre supposedou to do. And he looked like a really goo and this young officer, i dont know what she was thinking i dont know what she wasas thinking but im very, very troubled by that. Reporter trump was speaking during a conference of pastors at a black church in a cleveland suburb. He was introduced by boxing promoter don king. King recalled counseling Michael Jackson about the realities of how blacks are viewed in america, and appeared to accidentally use the nword. If you rich, you are a rich negro. If you are an intelligent intellectual, you are an intellectual negro. If you are a dancing, sliding, and gliding nigger i mean negro chuckles you are a dancing and sliding and gliding negro, so dare not alienate because you cannot assimilate. Reporter in orlando, Hillary Clinton weighed in, too, on race and policing. We have two more names to add to a list of africanamericans killed by Police Officers in these encounters. E its unbearable. And it needs to become intolerable. We need to come together, Work Together white, black, latino, asian, all of us, to turn the tide, stop the violence, build the trust. Reporter as the campaign heads into the homestretch, clinton has a big financial advantage over trump. In august, she raised 60 million, her biggest onemonthne haul yet. Trump raised just over 40 million. Much of clintons money has been going into tv ads. Since midaugust, according to one analysis, clinton is outspending trump on tv by more than 21. For the pbs newshour, im john yang. Ifill only five days until the first president ial debate,rs but libertarian nominee gary johnson wont be on the stage after saying it was his onlyr path to victory. Thats where governor johnson and i began our conversation, earlier today. Interestingly, something that i did not know is that i am polling higher than ross pero was polling before he was admitted into those debates. Ifill the rules were different. The rules were different, and, of course, the rules were really adopted to make sure a third party would never be on the stage again. A ifill so what do you do . O . Well, you just keep plugging away. I mean, im representing, i think, the majority of voters in this country. The majority of voters in thiss country dont know that, but, b you know, thats my task. And speaking broadly, fiscally conservative, socially inclusive, skeptical when ithe comes to our military interventions, regime change, and free market, devoid of croapy capitalism, kevoid of pay to play. Ifill you have just described between a rock and a hard place. Get known, youu dont get the debate stage. Ta its a catch22, totally a catch22. Ifill we have seen polls, p there are voters out there who dont much like donald trump, dont much like Hillary Clinton, who are curious about you. How do you get them to find out . I have never had an issue with 15 . Ifill when is the barrier to get on the debate stage. S but here it is my name has never appeared in one nationalat poll as the first question, johnson, trump, or clinton. Not one. Ifill why should it . T . Im on the ballot in all 50 states. And im the only third party on the the ballot in all 50 states. I have meanted, tongue in cheek, if mickey mouse were the top name, mickey would be at 30 . 3 mickey is a known commodity, but mickey is not on the ballot in all 50 state, either. Te ifill how do you capitalize on the unpopularity u of the other candidates, ands, maybe make the support which you have, which might be soft, if it doesnt look like youre going to be on thelo debate stage, how do you harden that up . Well, actually, think the support is really hard. H last night, there was a poll released that im number onee among independents right now, and thats something i want to point out, also, is. , the Largest Group of the voting population is independent atnt about 45 now of the population. Wheres their representation . R well, as of last night, im leading in that group, which i think speaks volumes. Sp ifill im going to give you an opportunity on get past polls and talk about exworching and leadership. L so this week weve seen a serier of attacks in new york, in new jersey, attempted attacks in minnesota. It never seems to go away. You have advocated eliminating the department of Homeland Security. Somewhat something you would still do, giving what we. Are facing . Yes, i think its an added layer of bureaucracy that really hasnt accomplished anything. Is but talking about governing, this is what i really enjoyed being what i really enjoyeden being governor of new mexico was really being at the center. In this case if i were presidenp of the United States, clearly,es what were doing is working up to a certain point, but clearlyc right now, theres a breakdown. And im talking about shooter in orlando, the fact that they did know about this guy in new york, at least you know, he was on the radar screen. Is it an issue of more resources . I have found those in Law Enforcement, you know, they really do know their jobs. Ir ifill but you would break apart the department of Homeland Security. That wouldnt make ourho ability to fight these people or track those peopleos kee