gray was handcuffed behind his back. that he was in leg shackles and the theory is that he was standing up in the van kind of like this and that he went flying for whatever reason his head contacting the wall and the injuries that he suffered to his spinal cord happening at some point in that fall. now, the police report was released today to the state s attorney. the state s attorney has announced that her investigation is under way. the medical examiner has not completed a report. when we asked the medical examiner about these findings today, they said that they could not comment on an ongoing investigation and that they don t do preliminary reports. but that is a bit of news today that really narrows it down. people saw that arrest video. it looked as though freddie gray was severely injured at that point. he was screaming and yelling. it looks like the investigation is leading away from that and really focusing on what happened in that van. additionally the driver the pol
military in the world. we certainly spend more on our military than basically the rest of the world put together but we don t know how to win wars. and it seems to me that there really has to be a serious national conversation as to why is that the case? where does the fault lie? is that our politicians are too stupid? is that our generals are inapt? is the size of the forces are too small or and this is my belief is that the fact that by its very nature war is unpredictable? to go to war is to roll the dice and you might win and you might not. senate majority harry reid and republican leader mitch mcconnell came to the senate floor to mark the 9/11 attacks and to talk about syria. later in the day senator reed announced the senate would stop work on a resolution to authorize military strikes against syria and will instead work on energy efficiency legislation. mr. president, to i can mentor for those 12 years ago so clearly. not far from here in s219. that was where leader
we re also learning tonight that while protesters have been calling for justice for freddie gray the black man who died of spinal injury in police custody, prosecutors don t have a slam dunk case. could the city erupt again if no charges are announced? no charges being announced is a real possibility, apparently. we have a breaking development ahead. and the president doubling down on his use of the word thug to describe rioters. last night on outfront that word prompted this angry response from baltimore councilman karl stokes. come on. so calling them thugs? just call them nig we don t have to call them by names such as that we don t have to do that. much more with karl stokes on this program tonight. cnn has reporters in baltimore and across the nation. we begin with brian todd in baltimore in the middle of the protests there. brian, the protests are larger than what we have seen recently. what are you seeing? reporter: indeed much larger erin and more structur
two key developments. the man carrying freddy gray made a stop we didn t know about. one discovered on surveillance camera and not logged by police. and they re saying that his death came from an injury he suffered when he was slammed into the police van. we re keeping an eye on it for you, protests anger and people who say they won t give up until they get justice. cnn s chris cuomo is out there, anderson cooper is here and has been covering it for us all evening here on cnn. i want to begin with cnn pfs s anderson cooper. catch us up. the scene in philadelphia has been in very large demonstrations, people moving through the streets, hundreds of people moving. a number of protesters wanted to get on to an off ramp and a few bottles were thrown. i believe a few arrests may have been made. and the protesters continued to move and that s the group we re still seeing now on the street. philadelphia, a large city used to dealing with large demonstrations. you spoke with the m
although they seem to be dwindling right now. we hope that stays in place. tensions are rising here. protests have spread from baltimore to new york city to washington d.c. anger all across this country calls for justice and demands for change but tonight the question is will there, can there be a peaceful night here in baltimore? that is a big question here. chris cuomo is out on the streets and anderson cooper is here and has been reporting all evening. anderson two nights of curfews, you ve been watching this grow and they re moving to get off the streets and this is going all across this country. it s fascinating to see in new york, similar demonstrations that we saw in the wake of the death of erick garner and roving demmen stragds nonstrations throughout the street. we just saw a stand off as protesters tried to move against traffic. much more peaceful and organized with permission from the police in washington d.c. and also minneapolis. but to the point, at the end o