there were 937 passengers onboard the st. louis, which meant that the st. louis was not one story. it was 937 stories. and not just stories but consequences. that there were 937 individual consequences to this ship being sent back. we also wanted to take on this project to trace the fate of all the passengers because after all, when you think about it, the story of the st. louis is the place where holocaust history and american history intersect. and in the case of us in this room, it's also local history. it's miami beach history. so where else but the holocaust museum in washington this nation's memorial, the national memorial to the victims of the holocaust, who else would take on such an america related holocaust story? the other reason we wanted to trace the fate of the passengers was simply the thrill of the chase, the challenge. could we find out what happened all 937 passengers onboard the st. louis? so the st. louis set sail from germany on may 13th, 1939. again, as i said, six months after and most of the passengers had american waiting numbers. 734 of the 937 passengers

louis, illinois, just across the mississippi river from st. louis. black workers were hired to replace white factory workers who had gone on strike. my book about the 1917 east st. louis race riot had its start really in the early 1990's when i was working at the st. louis post dispatch writing an obituary of miles davis, the great trumpet player, from east st. louis, just across the river. riot were ine race his ears as a child. he talked about how horrible it was to learn that white people had massacred black people in this small city in illinois. he thought that it had affected him for the rest of his life and in fact, it might have well. it might well have affected his attitude toward white people until the day he died, really. gosh, miles davis was born in 1926. years old when the race riot occurred. for something like that to be so prevalent, so persistent in the stories he heard as a child seemed to me to be a powerful indication that the story needed to be told. i asked around and black people in general who grew up here knew about the riot b

a good share of their lives, the scotts lived here in st. louis. they died here. they are buried here. in many respects, we can say the scott family was st. louisians. their case started here and in many ways ended here, not with the decision in washington but with being set free. c-span examines the history of the civil rights movement.

louis county and the city of st. louis and the question becomes, there will be some legal process for this police officer and then what? >> that's been a fear the people expressed, people have said to me, the thing we're worried about is what happens after night, what happens next week, what happens next month. and given that this is unusual, the unusual nature of this, there's a chance that people will be vigilant, they will stick around. but toward the issue you raise about being a savvy manager, the way this was handled was almost like the southern segregationist who didn't understand the impact that television would have, how segregation looked on tv. arresting journalists, arresting an alderman, intimidating cameramen, the teargas that was fired in the immediate proximity of the al jazeera crew, all those things that happened, groups that were not understanding the implications of what exactly they were doing -- >> i heard people saying, this doesn't look like america or you could say it looks like america -- ve

st. louis city broke off from st. louis county in 1876. st. louis county is a patchwork of 90 municipalities. most are very small. but most have their own police departments and public safety apparatuses. in order to afford that, they have to sometimes really strain on their budgets. they've developed a real overreliance on revenue generated from traffic stops. as blacks have migrated from north st. louis city to north st. louis county, unfortunately, there's been an institutional lag in their ability to elect people to positions of power. and that's why you see the big disconnect between the power structure in ferguson and the actual people. and there's also a big disconnect between the police force, as we know, which is just 6% black, and the people, which are 67% black. because the towns disproportionately rely on traffic stop revenue to fund their towns, they're constantly pulling over young black males. i used to get pulled over all the time in that area. for me, it was merely an inconvenience. formany young black males, it's a way of li

so after about ten hours, they released me this morning. >> st. louis -- >> with no charges. >> st. louis 421 alderman antonio french, again, not facing charges but ten hours in custody for the crime of not listening. kudos to you for being willing to get back out there after that ordeal and doing so much to keep the rest of the country informed as to what's happening on the ground level. you've been an incredible source of information, sir. thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. good luck. >>> all right. we have much more ahead from ferguson, missouri, where the protests are larger than we have seen them yet tonight possibly because the policing presence has changed entirely in its character. after st. louis county police were taken out of command today, replaced by the stay highway patrol. the state highway patrol was very clear that they would be ratcheting down the militaristic tone of the policing of the last few days and trying to this in a more community policing style way. we've seen evidence of that so far, but as the alderman said, sun is just down. it's just nightfall now

louis. i'm seeing tear gas in st. louis, police violence in st. louis, unrest in st. louis. as the mayor of st. louis, what are you thinking as you watch all this go down? >> well, this is a very highly charged situation. and while this is not the city of st. louis, it is the suburbs of st. louis and it has a huge impact on the entire region, and that's something i'm very, very cognizant of. >> what are you hoping to see happen here? it strikes me that in the time i've been here reporting, there is a little bit of a municipal game of thrones going on. some really indeterminantsy of what's in charge of what. are you confident that the lines of authority are clear? the investigation being pursued in a maximally professional manner? >> i am confident of that. and i really supported and i joined the governor and the county executive, county executive charlie dual yesterday, to announce a change in approach the way this thing is being handled on the law enforcement end. i think and i believe and the county executive and governor as well believe that it was just over the top in te

louis. more than 2500 people are in attendance today, in st. louis. we'll have more coverage from this as we continue here today. on al jazeera america. >>> two people are dead this morning after an explosion at a recycling plant in illinois. one person was also injured in the accident. the explosion occurred in dpran it city, just east -- in granite city, just east of st. louis. the area is closed off for fear of explosion, because the company works in the ammunition industry. >>> an earthquake in california is largest in 25 years. 175 people have reported injuries and many of the area's historic buildings have been badly damaged. melissa chan is covering from napa. she joins us with more. obviously melissa napa has a huge cleanup job ahead of it. where do things stand right now? >> let me explain how things were rite after the quake. 75,000 households at one point did not have power. there were water mains with issues, gas elaboration that were reported, dozens of gas leaks that were reported and take a look at what the city spokesperson told us thi

louis area. this time it happened in st. louis city. north st. louis. two officers who reportedly fired shots at the young man in this case, they were from the st. louis municipal police t department, so city police. it's not the same police force involved in the michael brown shooting or in the police response to the michael brown protests in ferguson. but in this incident today, again, took place about four miles from where michael brown was killed, the young man that was killed today was said to have been 23 years old. he has not been formally identified by the police. police said that he was armed when police killed him. they said he was armed with a knife and, in fact, brandishing a knife and that's why these two police officers shot him and killed him in the street. the shooting reportedly happened at 12:20 p.m. local time. that would be 1:20 east coast time. less than 90 minutes after the shooting happened, the chief of the st. louis city police was on the scene of that shooting to give a statement about what had happened. the police chief basica

>> you're looking live at the baptist church in st. louis, missouri. over the next several hours, family, friends, hundreds of supporter also say goo goodbye to michael brown. brown's death sparked nearly two weeks of protest and outrage in his hometown of ferguson, month m and nationwide. >> good morning and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm michael yves. 18-year-old michael brown was unarmed when he was killed more than two weeks ago. it happened in a st. louis suburb of ferguson when officer deron williams ended brown's life. now it is been investigated by the justice department. it is expected to be an emotional funeral and burial. meanwhile robert ray is at the spot where brown was shot and killed in ferguson. robert, you're seven miles away away from the services. what is the mood and the scene at ferguson? >> reporter: well, the mood is quiet here. behind me is the area where michael brown was shot dead. people have been coming out and paying their respect to the actual pace where he laid for nearly four hours in a fool of blood. people are try

this whole area from north st. louis into north st. louis county is -- there's not like some border fence. it's just a series of neighborhoods next to each other. >> that's really surprising that you would have a local official publicly calling out the nearby two and a half mile away police force as inadequate and not representing the community. i would imagine that's going to create tension between the neighboring police units. >> well, yes, sorry to be clear, that was not the police chief it was alderman antonio french, the police chief would never say something like that. >> to be clear, an important clarification, but he was -- he said this at the police presser? >> he was next to the police and it was after police said said this to group, to urge calm and tell them they had channels to vent their frustration. the thing you've got to realize, this whole area is -- the tension is so thick. we have 200 people on the street here. people talk a lot about -- i've seen the last few days, media is driving this or not. people are showing u

he's live now from st. louis. missouri. >>> thousands of residents have gathered in the intersection, and a section a few blocks from where mike brown was fatally shot. just a few days ago, 18-year-old, unarmed, assailant of the officer shot him, his name still not released. his or her name, i should say. the images are very different from what we saw last night. last night, about 100 protesters were net with armored personnel carriers, about 70 members of the police force in swat gear, gas masks, releasing tear gas that kept up into people's homes. they faced their guns at people and pointed them at nonviolent protesters. it was those images that precipitated a stern rebuke from just about everyone. governor jay nixon announced that he was handing over security of the situation to ron johnson, commander in the state highway patrol. from around 5:00, i have been around here since then. around 4:00 or 5:00, nonviolent, smalltalk test with ron johnson at the front of it talking to them. as night began to descend, it

louis. ferguson part of the broader st. louis. that you're in a situation here where you have now in ferguson a majority black population and a majority white police force. do you think that race is part of the reason the police responded the way they did? >> well, you can't say necessarily that race is the way they responded -- is a reason why they responded that way, but certainly race has something to do with this situation. there's clearly more anger in this community that goes beyond the michael brown situation. people are frustrated about their circumstances and about their relationship with the police and they're expressing their frustration out of this very, very tragic incident. >> you'll be back with us in just a couple of moments. thank you. i want to tell everyone where we'll be going here because we're monitoring these live pictures in ferguson right now. a rally where the mother of michael brown may speak is also beginning in just a couple of minutes. we'll be bringing you there and two reporters who were working in

we're divided in st. louis city, and then st. louis country. the great divider is del mar avenue, and when you come to st. louis county it is predominantly african-american to a great extent as much as st. louis city. st. louis city used to be republicans. and then with the political shift it turned democrats. so municipalities you'll have upwards of 65% african-american in population. >> let's talk about the big city to the south and east, has st. louis will had these kinds of politics, these kinds ofens counters because of the difficulty in changing power structures in the place even as the population was changing ? >> yes, that is actually true. st. louis city is 52% in minority population. the current mayor has been there at least the last four election cycles. we have there in the city several elected offices and it's the unspoken rule that certain of them are to be held by non-african-americans and certain of those offices to be held by african-americans. but at a 52% population you would think as a voting power they could control whoever

louis. you know, we have a history and tradition in st. louis that the local media and elites push everything under the rug. it's a very insular community. everyone is going to the same social clubs, bars with, and nightclubs. kids going to the same schools. if it wasn't for the street protest, the killing of michael brown would have been business as usual. what happened in the streets of ferguson is we've had a change in st. louis and this change is going to be felt for many years and generations to come as these systemic problems we have in st. louis begin to be addressed one by one. >> liz, i want to bring you to today's funeral service. what do you think the message will be today? >> i think there will be a number of different messages. some people will speak to hope. some people are going to speak to change. some people are going to speak to political engagement. all of these are opportunities arising out of this tragedy. i think there is going to be a lot of people that are going to attempt to engage the parishi parishioners with an

didn't happen specifically in st. louis county. having the data, knowing the problem exists isn't enough to get rid of the problem. appare apparently, public protest and unflattering attention aren't enough to get rid of the problem, either. st. louis county, they had to fire the "let's have a black day" police lieutenant, right? but still, six months later, the naacp in missouri was filing a new federal civil rights complaint against the same police department alleging further instances of racial disparity including the way they were disciplining their own officers. the justice department also has an ongoing investigation into racial disparities in another part of justice in st. louis county. an ongoing investigation into how st. louis county provides legal representation to juveniles in the court system. in ferguson, which, again, is 2/3 black, 67% black, there's no black member of the school board. there were protests last year when that school board with no black people on it decided to suspend the superintendent of schools in

louis city and st. louis county have not felt this water from trickle down and when you have a mixture of both poverty and racism and systemic problems and police forcing agencies, then you create a toxic mix that we all need to unpack together. >> kenneth murdock, host of murdock report on wgmu as a.m. radio joining us from ferguson. sthau thank you for being with us. nice to see you. thank you. >> thank you very much, rachel. >>> we have much more ahead including a report from richard engel and the latest adventures of the latest indicted republican serving governor in this country. please stay with us. lots to come tonight. captain obvious: i probably wouldn't stay here tonight. man: thanks, captain obvious. captain obvious: i'd get a deal for tonight with deals for tonight from hotels.com. and you might want to get that pipe fixed. ed a lift? covergirl and olay invented facelift effect firming makeup. luxurious coverage plus the firming power of a night cream to plump skin with moisture. new facelif

i'm happy to be joined live by an alderman from st. louis. antonio french is out in front of the police department and also right at the scene of the now peaceful protests today. alderman french, thank you very much for taking the time to be with me. i don't know if you have any additional information than the police chief or the mayor who understandably are trying to separate themselves, if not for just the optics, from the investigation, which has been taken other by the county. but do you know anything more about the incident that sparked all of this and led to the shooting of michael brown? >> well what we know is the account that was given by the ferguson police department yesterday differs from the eyewitness reports. we have people who are on the scene who say that it played a little differently and that the young man, michael brown, was killed almost execution style in the street. i don't know exactly what happened. the community doesn't know exactly what happened. but those people who think they do know what happened are very angry.

louis and the city of st. louis in ferguson and in the state of missouri saying bhoe, whoa, whoa, whoa, this is not what we want the image of st. louis to be the guns pointed at people and the camo and it was very interesting how much the focus and the comments was about the image as opposed to the underlying problem. >> right. >> we have to leave it there. this is obviously a fluid, developing story. "the huffington post," ryan, thank you as always for your time. thank you to chris hayes. you'll have much more on this later tonight live from ferguson, "all in." thank for taking the time. we want to update you. it is a huge breaking news day today. breaking news out of iraq. a major announcement, just moments ago nuri al maliki announced on iraqi state television that he is stepping down from office. he said he would not give up power until iraq's high court ruled on his claims to leadership and that paves the way for haider al abadi to form a new cabinet. "the ed show" is up next. >>> good evening, americans.

louis city and st. louis county have not felt this water from trickle down and when you have a mixture of both poverty and racism and systemic problems and police forcing agencies, then you create a toxic mix that we all need to unpack together. >> kenneth murdock, host of the "murdock report" on wgmu a.m. radio joining us from ferguson. thank you for being with us. nice to see you. thank you. >> thank you very much, rachel. >>> we have much more ahead including a report from richard engel and the latest adventures of the latest indicted republican serving governor in this country. please stay with us. lots to come tonight. you think you take off all your make-up before bed. but do you really? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover. i'm spending too much timer our calhiringer. can your makeup remover do that? and not enough time in my kitchen. need to hi

louis area. this time it happened in north st. louis inside the st. louis city limits, again, four miles from where mike brown was the shot a week and a half ago. today, this time it was two officers who reportedly fired shots at this young man. they were from the st. louis municipal police department, that's city police, not the same police force involved in the michael brown shooting or police response to the michael brown protests. but in this incident today, the young man who was killed is said to have been 23 years old. he was african-american. he's not been formally identified by the police. unlike michael brown, police say that the man who was killed today, that he -- police say he was armed. they say he was armed with a knife. he allegedly brandished that knife at officers and that's why these two police officers say they shot him. the shooting, fatal shooting, happened 12:20 local time. the chief of the st. louis city police was personally on the scene of that shooting to give a public statement about what had happened. >> in spite of what is

let me first ask the county executive of st. louis county, charlie dooley. if you would. >> good afternoon to all of you. i come to you this afternoon with a very heavy heart. what we have seen these past few days in st. louis county has been a tragedy. for the michael brown family, it has been a tragedy. they have lost a son. in st. louis county, the world is looking at us and how do we treat our own. is this freedom of assembly? of course, there is. we support freedom of assembly. but what we do not support is disobedience for the law abiding people in st. louis county. i have been saddened by what i have even these past few days, individuals come to this community not for the right purpose. i'm for justice. i am not for revenge. i'm for doing what's right and making it right. we have a large job ahead of us. bringing this community together. it is not going to be a simple thing. there are too many questions that has not been answered that need explanations. people need to know, have closure to what is going on around them. are they going to be protected i

that is not the case in st. louis city. st. louis city, we do have representatives. that's my area. alderman chris carter. in that particular case, there was an alderwoman who was actually a witness to the incident, so folks there shouldn't feel like this is going to be swept under the rug. in fact, we've already called for hearings of the public safety committee to start looking at how st. louis city police officers are trained. whether they're trained to shoot or wound. and what cases lethal norse is justified. >> when you talk about healing, there's a tremendous am of trauma in this community. i was struck yesterday, there was a memorial in the middle of the street of campfield right here where mike brown was shot, and there were people around and just completely broken up, and it occurred to me that because of what we've seen with the tear gas and protests and this intense media microscope that's come over this town, there's not been a lot of space for people to grieve, to process, to process everything that's happened in the last 12 days. >> yeah. that normal process usually in

so after about ten hours, they released me this morning. >> st. louis -- >> with no charges. >> st. louis 421 alderman antonio french, again, not facing charges but ten hours in custody for the crime of not listening. kudos to you for being willing to get back out there after that ordeal and doing so much to keep the rest of the country informed as to what's happening on the ground level. you've been an incredible source of information, sir. thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. good luck. >>> all right. we have much more ahead from ferguson, missouri, where the protests are larger than we have seen them yet tonight possibly because the policing presence has changed entirely in its character. after st. louis county police were taken out of command today, replaced by the stay highway patrol. the state highway patrol was very clear that they would be ratcheting down the militaristic tone of the policing of the last few days and trying to this in a more community policing style way. we've seen evidence of that so far, but as the alderman said, sun is just down. it's just nightfall now

ferguson is a suburb of st. louis. st. louis the city is not even in st. louis county. it's its own city. the largest police forces in the region are st. louis county and st. louis city. we have 90 municipalities in st. louis county, ferguson one of those, many very small, many have police forces that they can barely afford, and so your best police officers are going to the county or the largest municipality st. louis city, so it's harder for the smaller police forces to actually develop strong forces that are worthy of their community and that match the demographic makeup of their community, and so that's part of what we have here soivment you're saying -- >> woodruff: so you're saying it's a salary issue that causes the police force not to be representative of the community? >> i would say salary is part of it. i would say it's primarily an issue where you have all these different little municipalities fighting for some of the same officers as compared to what we've advocated for on the editorial page which is por fore community to become one larger community with one

bishop jones, to all the members of this community of ferguson and st louis county, those from st louis and those of us from around the country, i first must say to sister lesley and brother michael that the world a praying for you. not just us here, but the whole world has prayed and is praying for you. i don't know that anyone, unless one is a parent, can understand what a parent goes through when a child moves to another level as it relates to something called finality. i remember my father preaching a sermon one time about death. and he talked about his own funeral. and i'm not going to talk about that today, but it just popped into my mind because i was 10 years old when my dad was gunned down. i was 12, 11, when my uncle mysteriously drowned. i was 15 when my grandmother was gunned down in a church, while playing the lord's prayer. while i don't understand losing a child, i understand losing a loved one, and all of us should understand losing a loved one. the statement has been set, and today, and forever, people will be talking about michael brown. that is for sure. but what this

>> well, there's been a constant migration from north st. louis into st. louis county. now a migration further out. people have left the city. many low-income families, single-parent families in search of better schools. of course, when they get out to the county they end up in school districts that are in some cases in worse condition than the city of st. louis. a couple of districts have lost accreditation in st. louis county. so the tax base just not there in a place like ferguson. ferguson's assessed value, that is the property taxes per capita in ferguson are one-third of the average for st. louis county. so the city of ferguson just doesn't have the resources to deliver the centers. >> but todd, part of this-- >> for foes looking for a better life. >> part of this is specific to areas and there are areas like this, like st. louis county, which is very fragmented. there are all sorts of manchestewhere they can consolidate some of these things and have a more flexible tax base. >> there are st. louis county outside of the city, and so you have this fragmented instit

louis county police department. for more we're joined by two guests in st. louis. antonio french has been in ferguson live tweeting and posting vine videos of protests. his coverage has been widely credited for drawing national attention to the demonstrators concerns, as much of the media portrayed them an angry mob. ferguson is also a st. louis alderman representing the 21st ward, longtime community advocate. and we're joined by cornell william brooks, president and ceo of the naacp. he is been in ferguson, missouri to support brown's family and spoke there monday night at a community meeting called by the naacp, where they held a moment of silence in brown's memory. there are plans for a national moment of silence this thursday. cornell william brooks and antonio french, we welcome you both to democracy now! i want to start with antonio french. three days are protest have taken place. the justice department says they're also going to conduct an investigation. his it the same investigation? will they be doing an independent investigation? the family is calling for

louis city and st. louis county have not felt this water from trickle down and when you have a mixture of both poverty and racism and systemic problems and police forcing agencies, then you create a toxic mix that we all need to unpack together. >> kenneth murdock, host of the murdoch report on wgnu a.m. radio joining us from ferguson. thank you for being with us. nice to see you. thank you. >> thank you very much, rachel. >>> we have much more ahead including a report from richard engel and the latest adventures of the latest indicted republican serving governor in this country. please stay with us. lots to come tonight. (vo) ours is a world of passengers. the red-eyes. (daughter) i'm really tired. (vo) the transfers. well, that's kid number three. (vo) the co-pilots. all sitting... ...trusting... ...waiting... ...for a safe arrival. introducing the all-new subaru legacy. designed to help the driver in you... ...care for the passenger in them. the subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. le

two police officers in city of st. louis, north st. louis, fatally shot a man, they say wielding a knife after he took two bottles of energy drink from a convenience store. >> what we know right now is that we have a suspect who was involved in a theft, who was -- department was contacted. acting erratically. armed with a knife. police officers responded. when they responded, the suspect did not respond to verbal commands to drop his weapon. he approached both officers. and then when he closed within three to four feet of the knife, described in an overhand grip, the officers fired their weapon. >> area residents told me the man was known around the neighborhood for having mental issues, but despite those very different circumstances in that shooting from the one that took the life of mike brown, the situation is already so tense, so dire, so on the edge, that things did not take long to escalate. angry bystanders started to assemble, fwagather around a cr scene and take up a chant by now that is very familiar. >> don't shoot! >> hands

now to hear from the mayor of st. louis. >> thank you, governor. michael brobñ÷vñ was fatally sht in ferguson this past saturday.n his parents, family, friends, and this community, are all in mourning. these are facts that are not in dispute. nor is the need for a full, fair, and transparent investigation. nor is the need for justice to be served or people to be heard. the governor asked me to stand with him and county executive dooley today to demonstrate our common agreement on this situation. justice must happen. the grieving must be comforted. the angry must be heard. and the innocent must be protected. i agree on the direction the governor set. i offered him the experience of two senior police commanders from the st. louis meant police department, both of whom are here this afternoon. they're available to provide advice and support. sam and ronny will bring a wealth of useful and practical tong the effort, and certainly whatever support they can provide. they can help protect people and their right to assembly@Îy peacefully, protect the ri

this part of st. louis county outside the city of st. louis was also home to missouri's first all-black city, kimlock, settled before the turn of the last centsary. it remained truly separated from ferguson and the rest of north county with barricades on the streets until nearly 1970. development around the international airport gradually forced residents out. today much of kinlock is literally barren, a wasteland, a dumping ground all but abandoned. the community that was here now shoved into neighboring ferguson and other towns in north county. in 1980 only 14% of ferguson was african-american. it remained a majority white community until as recently as late 1990s, in the most recent census, 2010, the black population had reached 63%. it's made up of families like michael brown's and those of the young people that have taken the streets here night after night. those are the streets that lee drove us through telling me there's a direct link between what happened to north county and the life and death of michael brown. >> it connects wit

dan paige is not a member of oath keepers of st. louis st. charles. it says he was our guest speaker on one occasion. il forward your request to dan page and have him.contact you. nonetheless, he was a guest speaker and got support from folks in the audience it appears. i want to ask you about this, don because what he said, i mean, i will be honest not that i you know, this is obviously not a professional assessment, but he sounded a little sort of unstable and kind of erratic and all over the place in his remarks. they were certainly. >> yeah, he does. >> he really does. they were certainly anti-gay, misogynistic, he is a birther. but i wonder. >> but brianna, the most disturbing things he has -- the first amendment right, right? so the police chief says yes, of course he has a first amendment right and what he says about you know, gays about, women, that's one thing. what police are concerned about is what he says about killing people because that, of course, police officers take that very seriously. that's the last thing most police officers say t

what are you hearing from the st. louis prosecutor's office? how much pressure is there on prosecutor mccullough? >> i spoke to ed mcgee moments ago. and he stressed we will attempt to present evidence to the grand jury on wednesday. i said why only attempt? what would stop you? he said it's a scheduling issue. they need to make sure they can get the witnesses there and have time in the grand jury's schedule. this is a regular grand jury that meets in st. louis county every week. but i think they are feeling -- they won't say it. they are feeling a lot of pressure from the community to move this investigation forward. >> folks who aren't familiar with st. louis politics, how is mccullough generally viewed here? what are his politics? what's his background? >> he has been in office for over two decades now. and it's fair to say he is not well liked and well trusted by the black community in st. louis county. there was just -- he ran for re-election against a black challenger, relatively racially charged race. there's a lot of his history where t

this part of st louis county, outside the city of st louis was home to missouri's first all-black city, kim lock, settled before the turn of the last century, it remained separated from ferguson and the rest of the north country, with barricades on the streets until 1970. development around the international airport gradually forced residents out. today, much of kim lock is literally barren, a waste land, a dumping ground. >> the community that was here, shoved into neighbouring ferguson, and other towns in north county. in 1980, 14% of ferguson was african-american. in 2010, the black population reached 63%. made up of families like michael brown's, and those are the young people who took to the streets night after night. those are the streets that we were driven through, telling me there's a link between what happened to north country and the life and death of michael brown. >> it connects with the anger on the streets. there's a lot of displaced youth, they came from kim lock or their families, a lot of them are transient, moving from one apartment complex to another, constantly mov

>> are you from st. louis? >> i am not. >> that's specifically how we do investigations in the city of st. louis. we put out information as early as possible so everyone knows what happened. there is a great deal of detail but that's what we know at this point. >> inaudible question. >> we'll spend time in the community to make sure. an alder woman witnessed this situation for the city of st. louis. i've already spoke with two other aldermen because i want this story out as quickly as possible. >> we are starting to hear protests. are you concerned about this? >> it's important for people to understand what happened. we're going to get that message out as quickly as we can. >> do you think the governor should call in the national guard? >> i think this is an incident that happened in the city of st. louis and we're dealing with it. >> all right. so you're watching krchl nn and what you're looking at, you're listening to a crowd presumably, the news is happening, police officer explaining what has just happened,

i'm jake tapper live in st. louis. it's a community in mourning, and beyond that, it's a community that in some ways is angry. angry about what it sees as why the another unnecessary death of yet another young african-american man. throughout these past 16 days, many outside st. louis commenting on all the attention given to michael brown's death have asked why we in the media are not covering others' deaths with the same intensity. why are we not covering black on black crime like the eruption of violence in chicago again over the weekend. why are we not covering the death of dillon taylor, a 20-year-old white man who was killed by an african-american police officer in salt lake city. let me try to answer because it's true. we in the media do not cover inner city violence enough. we don't cover a lot of things enough. and no one would argue that michael brown's life means more than dylan tailler's in a strict sense of life or for that matter the life of journalist james foley savagely beheaded by isis. i think what th

>> i would say that north st. louis county or st. louis county in general is a collection of literally dozens of small townships like ferguson. ferguson, less than 15, 25 years ago was an all-white, small township. that's changed, and you're seeing the fabric of the community struggle through that change. >> yes, indeed. goldie taylor, thank you. we'll be looking for what you have to say on twitter as well as on the air. be sure to go to twitter, facebook, instagram, and msnbc.com to weigh in on this incident, the shooting of michael brown. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion has active naturals® oat with five vital nutrients. [ aniston ] because beautiful skin goes with everything. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results™. aveeno®. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's ready, but our subaru legacy will

st. louis county is doing a separate one. the those are separate. >> (inaudible). >> that's a local operational choice. >> (inaudible) how long do you expect to see (inaudible). >> i think there are going to be some bumps look -- along this road to justice. i think there are going to be some moments of angst between now and the finish line of this process. and it's important that during that process we not see a the -- energy, appropriate energy amassed to cause outbursts but instead off the used to make sure that justice is served and that there's safety. i think there are going to be a number of points along the way. >> (inaudible) being governor wouldn't you say that details have come out in this case that are not facts? because before doing a thorough investigation, (inaudible) actual facts -- >> i'm not approving anything, if i set facts, i didn't mean to nuance it in that way. information that i had not seen that the captain has not seen and none of these guys have seen, like i said the captain has already answered the

a shooting earlier this day in st. louis. this is nearby. we're in st. louis county. this took place in st. louis city where there was a police-involved shooting. the police received a call about a disturbance, and when they arrived found a suspect armed with a knife. they say he was behaving erratically. he was warned several times to drop his weapon but he ignored those warnings and they say he advanced on officers. >> he approached both officers. when he was three or four feet of the night in what is vibed as an over hand grip, the officers fired their weapons. the chief there in st. louis city. following up now at this hour there has been, of course, a great deal of concern about the demonstrators. this demonstration is taking place about half a mile from here. a little bit over that. we're at the command center, and down on the street as you see there have been lining up of the state trooper and other county police lining up to prepare for the possibility. there is concern about what may happen tonight. joining us tonight is rob reynolds who is watching the event