Probable cause, most experts expect the grand jury to not deliver an in2k50i7dictmenindic reason, grand juries rarely indict Police Officers, period. Thats because by in large most grand jurors identify with peace officers and not with suspects. Is word of the decision feltering out to the decision and what is the reaction . So far not much has filtered out. This moment has been a long time coming, protesters and Law Enforcement has been waiting for this movement so they can move on one way or another. Folks definitely wonder how they came to the conclusion. The prosecutor taking the extraordinary step of presenting all the evidence. Protesters are tense and anxious for preparation of days or weeks of demonstrations. Do you get the sense the Holiday Weekend will deter people from coming out to protest for lack of indictment. For the organizers who were in the thick of organizing and rallying around Michael Brown say they plan on using the Holiday Weekend to their advantage calling a black friday boycott beginning thanksgiving morning through sunday. So as this announcement butts up the Holiday Weekend it is opportune sometime for demonstrators to make their needs known. Thanks. Thank you. It joining me now former federal prosecutor paul butler. Professor first explain to us if you could, why a grand jury having all the evidence is not necessarily a good thing. Well the prosecutor has the option of marching down to the courthouse and filing charging in missouri. He doesnt have to use the grand jury. Where he uses the grand jury in cases like this, an unarmed person shot by a police officer. Guess what his indictment record is 0 for 4. A grand jury has never returned a indictment for an officer shooting an unarmed person, black or white. So theres questions why he chose this route. In theory the grand jury is conscious of the community a group of people who come to together, a very low standard, probable cause, they dont have to think about the defense, just whether it is reasonable for this case to go to trial. In feterms of the jury selection, one would imagine it is extraordinarily difficult to find men and women who are not familiar and have developed p opinions in this case. Can you tell us about the selection of this grand jury. First you dont want people who havent heard of ferguson that would mean they werent living in the real zblorworld. Should i say have an opinion. Sure. You want people who heard a little bit about the case but can only render a decision based on that jury room evidence. So you dont have the hassles of grand jury because their standard is low and they dont have to have a unanimous decision. If nine people decide to bring ab indictment than officer wilson will be indicted. In terms of the browns attorney, seven witnesses are saying Michael Brown had his hands up, why is that probable cause or why is it. Good question. What a lot of observers say, is if the case, the evidence goes both ways, that means theres probable cause. That means a jury, a regular jury should decide this case in a trial. But what this prosecutor believes, apparently is that when it is a closed case he sends it to the grand jury. He is a politician. Hes an elected official. We know theres a wide gulf in the way people feel about this case, some feeling he is trying to provide political cover in the event theres no indictment he could blame it on the grand jury. The release of the transcripts you would think would be critical, carols office saying, she entered no order to release the transcripts and made no agreement. Do you think it is likely the public will gain access . I will believe it when i see. The prosecutor has claimed that will happen. But grand jury proceedings are secret. The witnesses arent supposed to be revealed. In high profile cases we often see regular jurors coming out afterward and talking about what happens, if grand jurors do that they will go to jail. They cant say a word about what happened in the process. So the judge has discretion to release some of the records, i just dont think it will happen. Let me ask one more big question. In terms of the possible charges, first degree murder, Second Degree murder, voluntary or Involuntary Manslaughter. Criminal negligence. Do you think it is irresponsible to think proclaim what the grand jury could hand down. What is the realm of feasible. I think a hard core prosecutor will be looking at voluntary manslaughter. That would mean theres some kind of heat of passion event. Maybe the evidence would suggest officer wilson got carried away. That he got enraged. Thats voluntary manslaughter. If he was wreckless thats Involuntary Manslaughter or negligent homicide. Murder one, murder two, those are the off the table. Theres lots of charges some prosecutors would seriously consider. More as a said on that grand jury decision in ferguson regarding the fate on officer darren wilson. Plus secretary of defense chuck hagel has designresigned. Next on now. All clear lookin good close it up got it. And then, santas helpers boarded the train, and off they went. And thats how we got it. Wowww. You guys mustve been really good this year. The magic of the season is here, at the lexus december to remember sales event. This is the pursuit of perfection. Americans drink 48 billion thats enough plastic bottles to stretch around the earth 230 times. Each brita filter can replace 300 of those. Clean. Clear. Brita water. Nothing is better. Its monday. A brand new start. Your chance to rise and shine. With centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. 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He waengt snt up to the jo. The words on Senior Defense official or departing secretary of defense chuck hagel who announced his resignation just a while ago. What happened behind the scenes between hagel and the administration appeared less harmonio harmonious, saying he was forced out because the white house lost confidence in him. President obama made the decision to remove hagel because the threat from isis required different skills. And he offeredl struggled to articulate and was passive. Chuck hagel will remain defense secretary until new secretary of defense is confirmed. The u. S. Is attempting to wienld down the war in winding down the war. During his tenure afghan for forces took the lead in security in afghanistan. Our forces drawn down. Our combat mission ends there next month and will partner with afghan to preserve the gains we have made. Jaoining me now, mark, let m start with you, given the fact you were one of the reporters that broke the story in the times that the president had secretly expanded the mission in afghanistan to include a combat role, the president seemed to rebut that today. Where is the truth. Well what the president said was that the combat mission would be over but didnt see the United States wouldnt be involve in combat operations next year. He said it would be very narrow, hunting down al qaeda and Training Afghan forces. What we reported over the weekend was that the new authorities are broader than originally planned for next year and will include potential air strikes against al qaeda and taliban and erm expanse on force. If american troops see threats they could go after any number of other groups in afghanistan. It is a Broader Mission than was laid out originally several months ago. White House Press Secretary today said there was no secret order and that the mission in after fan stan is what the president outlined previously. They seemed very concerned about the scope of the mission changing, you want to be trans parent with the American Public whether or not we were engaging in a deeper combat role. They may have been planning to discuss this publicly about the new authorities. Clearly the political message has been the war in afghanistan is ending. As we know the u. S. Force in afghanistan is shrinking. The bigger fight was not about numbers, but about the authorities. Thats why this was so intense of a discussion that pitted two sides against each other. One side the American Military who clearly is worried about force protection. They have people in afghanistan they want to protect them seventies, versus the political narrative that the war is ending and there wont be american troops in afghanistan next year. The conversation were having with mark is exemplary about how fraut issues over defense are. Was there any thought in your mind that, regarding hagels riz ig nation that it was mutual, in so far as chuck hagel did he want to leave, is there any creedence to that . I think, alex, the issue wasnt personailit personalitie strategy. And clearly they have had trouble articulating strategy both in afghanistan and syria. Chuck hagel with his back ground as a grunt in vietnam had very, very keen insights into the lives of ordinary what i call working class military and was able to push policies that were favorable to them. But he was not a strategist and the lack of a strategist in the top level of the pentagon has been just glaring and the Obama Administration realized they needed someone at penatagon who could articulate a strategy for afghanistan and syria and sell it to the joint chiefs and the public. None of that has been done and trouble has brewing in both places. Secretary of defense chuck hagel how much do you think his relationship in syria may have factored into tensions with the white house. Mark why dont you take that. I think it was huge. I think it was the latest issue with hagel in this dispute over syria policy. As we know over the last year we have seen a Mission Change from this question of whether assad needed to go against the battle against isis to those opposed to assa assad that is just one issue. Hagel was chosen two years ago at a time Obama Administration thought he would be doing Different Things at the pepenta. So he hasnt fit in with what they have been doing and theres a feeling of the ongoing war against isis. Afghanistan is still going to be in the news and they needed to find someone else. Speak fg that someone else, theres a strategist is that the theater of war has changes, its more of a theeter, if you will. Michelle flournoy from 200920011 and of course jack read three term senator, former officer, are any of those folks in your, i guess bracket for potential next secretary of defense . Well Michelle Flournoy is the obvious choice to me. Shes a strategist. The problem is the u. S. Has chosen two different strategies in both iraq and afghanistan in the last 13 years, the counter insurgence puand then the equip strategy. Both of those strategies have failed. So theres a crying need for someone like Michelle Flournoy to articulate and sell a coherent strategy. In terms of general dempsey he has a big voice in advising the white house. How much of a role has he played in the latest chain of events. And will have going forward. I think hes pushing for someone to strategize. He works for civilian head of the pentagon, the secretary of defense, so he has limited maneuver room in announcing a administration strategy. He has to follow the line set by president and secretary of defense. And they havent had that person in place in chuck hagel. As good as he was as other things, particularly personnel matters, there hasnt been anyone at the pentagon to do that strategic work. General dempsey has done what he can to articulate but hes kind of cam hamstrung in pushing that strategy out. Mark, in materials of foreign policy, national security, isis, afghanistan, syria, et cetera, dave outlines correctly, both of our previously announced strategy hasnt been efficacious do you think there will be a shift 1234. I think the strategy has to come from the white house, from the president. And so, you know, president obama got beat up over the summer when he said we dont have a syria or isis strategy, which i think unfairly in that case he was beat up. But there is this broader question of what is their vision for the next couple years. I mean, its not it was not chuck hagels job to come up with that. He could have probably articulated it better but clearly there are issues with the white house, with the team at the white house and just getting rid of chuck hagel will. I felt bad for the guy standing up there this morning. Thafrpgs for your thoughts. Coming up we give you the announcement about the impending grand Jury Announcement in ferguson. Earning your diploma. Providing for your family. Real associates, using walmarts benefits to build better lives for their families. Opportunity. Thats the real walmart. As the company thats all about printing. But did you know we also support hospitals using Electronic Health records for more than 30 million patients . Or that our Software Helps over 20 million smartphone users remotely configure email every month . Or how about processing nearly 5 billion in electronic toll payments a year . In fact, todays xerox is working in surprising ways to help companies simplify the way work gets done and life gets lived. 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Joining me on the phone from missouri, craig, thanks for joining me. In terms of timing on all this. Can you report when we should expect the announcement from the prosecutors office. Weve been told a few hours. So, you know. I would if if you hear 3 25 in st. Louis, i would say, sometime between 6 00 and 7 00 local time is what were told. Preparations are under way. The unified command post, unified command, of course the group that Law Enforcement umbrella that over saw the law enfor enforcement protest. That was set up in the same location as it was last time at the end of West Florence avenue. Governor is meeting with clergy at 4 00. The Justice Center where the grand jury wrapped up its deliberations, barricades have gone up there, and weve also seen Court Workers covering up various monuments on the ground of the Justice Center. Covered the world war i memorial. Theyve been doing things like that preparing for, you know, preparing for protesters. But as we have been reporting, you talk to folks on the ground they will tell you they dont anticipate anything like what we saw last time. So i guess well know for sure . Five or six hours once this decision comes down and folks do protest, hopefully, peacefully. You are seeing an increase in Police Presence and folks not from ferguson coming to the area. Yes to both. We have seen additional officers just outside the Justice Center today throughout the course of the day. Last time in the wake of the shooting, there were a lot more folks from out of town. Now that could just be, you know, i havent seen them, but weve been here for more than a week if how. Weve been talking to some of the larger organized protest groups. But again, i mean, its, they say they are here. We just havent seen them yet. Maybe we see them tonight. That remains to be seen. That was one of the chief complaints from a lot of folks who live in ferguson and in the area, one of the chief complaints was basically these folks from out of town have come in and, and have come mand eared the movement, so to speak. It will be interesting to see the types of group thats come out tonight, the tomorrow, over the next few days as well. Weve already got press releases from organizations that are planning protests over the next couple days. Yeah that is a tension in this story. The gulf between expectation and reality. Thanks as always craig. Just ahead were awaiting an announcement from the grand jury regarding the decision of wilson. Next. And last but not least, the High Performance gti. Looks like were gonna need a bigger podium. The Volkswagen Golf family. Motor trends 2015 cars of the year