just because of their race that we re able to come together to try to come up together with some good answers. over night a prayer vigil echoed by the president outside of the police quarters and now there is security in ferguson. amanda is live on scene in ferguson. amanda, there are more calls for the mayor of ferguson to offered to. where does that stand? reporter: hi toure. ferguson police chief thomas jackson has stepped down and calls are growing for the mayor to do the same. his term isn t up until 2016 and some aren t waiting until that long. and for now the city council seats are up for grabs and this is an important election next month. and senator claire mccaskill spoke of that today. there are new people running for office we re going to have three new council people in ferguson and i hope the people of ferguson realize this is the moment where you exercise the muscle of democracy and you vote and participate. that is the other thing that has gone on in many
For office we re going to have three new council people in ferguson and i hope the people of ferguson realize this is the moment where you exercise the muscle of democracy and you vote and participate. that is the other thing that has gone on in many communities, folks haven t stepped up to be part of the government just consent to criticize the government. reporter: now, i attended a city council candidate forum last night where many concerned residents were worried about the fate of the ferguson police department in light of the scathing police department last week. and this was an event for residents to meet the candidates and half of the questions raised last night were how could city officials move forward and meant race relations in light of what happened. at the same time down the street there was the prayer vigil that you mentioned and there were about 100 people gathering and singing and chanting and it was
And that is to go to the ballot box and including in the third ward, and look at how those are playing out right now and what are the prospects for change? it is tough to say. as amanda was just saying. there was a huge gathering of people wanting to hear the candidates and what they wanted to say and it was a diverse crowd and an older crowd and one of the younger people that i talked to if you were to vote right now and who would you vote for. and he said no one. i don t think anybody will help. and that is a bleak perspective for a political level but i think solutions or ideas are coming in all realms political and otherwise. as toure was mentioning earlier, there is pressure for the mayor of ferguson to offered to. governor ed rengel gave great
Just because of their race that we re able to come together to try to come up together with some good answers. over night a prayer vigil echoed by the president outside of the police quarters and now there is security in ferguson. amanda is live on scene in ferguson. amanda, there are more calls for the mayor of ferguson to offered to. where does that stand? reporter: hi toure. ferguson police chief thomas jackson has stepped down and calls are growing for the mayor to do the same. his term isn t up until 2016 and some aren t waiting until that long. and for now the city council seats are up for grabs and this is an important election next month. and senator claire mccaskill spoke of that today. there are new people running