any sense of how this is going in spokane? >> the reaction is trust but verified. there's acknowledgment that things are getting better, but there's a long way to go. a good example is mrs. relations with spokane's small minority community. there's a disproportionate number. and african-americans are less than 2% of the population. they are interacting more. they are not closely roasting them more, but people want to see improvement. >> stick around, you are coming back to show us the reaction you had when you were training, what happens to a police officer that has to make a plate second decision that hopefully you and i never have to make. next, i do one on one with philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsay, he he plans to diffuse the divide between police and community. >>> is it really possible to rebuild trust between an angry community and the police. dozens of departments committed to reform hope so. including the philadelphia police department. [ chanting ] >>> an example of a mistrust at a town hall meeting in march. protesters had to be removed. yel

nothing happening in spokane. they have to import people for naacp there. >> larry: you have to go to canada. going to vancouver. [laughing] >> try. she gave quick answers. are you african-american? well i don't consider myself african american. i consider myself black. we give white peoples pass. bill clinton, colonel sanders and tiger woods. >> a big pass. >> she grew up with parents who are like. we love telling the truth and hate our daughter. they came out and said that about her. that was horrifying. >> larry: punishment. >> layery, i feel a hundred percent sure of the number one halloween costume this area. >> larry: her? >> yes. >> true. >> we won't be invited to any of those parties. >> larry: let me ask you this. she says she identifies as plaque. is black a thing now? a lot of young people have the hip hop culture being black. hip hop culture is black. >> black people say it's not our culture. >> larry: it's part of our culture. it's not like martin luther king zedillo,said yo, yo yo i got a dream [beep

. >>> breaking news to report from spokane, washington rachel dolezal has stepped down as spokane's washington chapter of the naacp. resignation comes amid a growing controversy over her claims that she lied -- or claims that she lied about being african-american. this morning on the "today" show dole czar's estrangezal dolezal's estranged parents spoke about her. we're live here in concorde new hampshire. today on the trail, following the two biggest names in the race for the white house. today it is hillary clinton who is here to kick off her campaign, first public rally in this first primary state. tomorrow it will be jeb bush. coming up next what this trip means for the clinton campaign. the race for the white house right here. this is "andrea mitchell reports" live from new hampshire. (music) boys? (music) stop less. go more. the passat tdi clean diesel with up to 814 hwy miles per tank. hurry in and you can get 0% apr plus a $1000 volkswagen credit bonus on 2015 passat tdi clean diesel models. ♪ [music] ♪ defiance is in our bones. new citracal pearls. delicious berries and cream. sof

any idea how things are going in spokane? >> things have changed a lot since 2010. spokane's relatively small minority community, there is still a disproportionate number of encounters with african americans, native americans. even that small population they are still interacting with them more, they aren't necessarily arresting them more but they want to see better interaction on that front. >>> palm, stick around. what happens for a police officer who needs to make a split second decision. hopefully you or i never would need to make that kind uf decision. philadelphia's commissioner charles ramsey joins me in a moment. >> shot dead and the government does nothing. >> they teach you how to eliminate people? >> ya. >> we've done it and that is why we are there. >> my life is in danger. >> anyone who talks about the islamic religion is killed. >> don't miss the exclusive al jazeera investigation. >> i can't allow you not to go into that because that is your job. >> only on al jazeera america. >> comedy great, richard lewis >> i really am in love with the craft... >>

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any idea how things are going in spokane? >> things have changed a lot since 2010. spokane's relatively small minority community, there is still a disproportionate number of encounters with african americans, native americans. even that small population they are still interacting with them more, they aren't necessarily arresting them more but they want to see better interaction on that front. >>> palm, stick around. what happens for a police officer who needs to make a split second decision. hopefully you or i never would need to make that kind uf decision. philadelphia's commissioner charles ramsey joins me in a moment. >> sit really possible to rebuild trust between an angry community and police? the dozens committed to reform serge hope so and that includes the philadelphia police department. an example of this mistrust, at a philadelphia town hall meeting in march. protesters had to fully be removed. philadelphia's crime was plummeting in 2013, but task force on policing and are come up with concrete ways to build back trust between police and the community nati

brace yourselves. >> breaking news from spokane, washington, rachel dolezal has stepped down as spokane's chapter of the naacp. her resignation over growing claims of her lying about being african-american. >> larry: okay two things. actually 57 things. i have so many questions about this. i'm sure -- let's take them one by one. first, is she black? maybe she's light skinned. okay. here is the he had dense she put out about her parents. >> the spokane chapter of the naacp posted a picture of dolezal next to this black man who rachel claimed was her father. >> larry: no that's not your daddy. that's just a random negro would innocent know she was in the picture as your dad. let's be honest alright. let me give you a sense of how not black her actual parents are. okay. here they are live from montana. larry and ruth an explaining how white their daughter is. >> our daughter is primarily german and czech and european descent.

. >>> the head of the naacp in spokane, washington is at the center of a heated national discussion about racial identity. social media posts and public media posts rachel dolezal gave the impression she was black but her parents say she is really white. a look at the story that has lots of people talking. >> she runs the spokane brach of branch of the naacp. here is rachel dolezal at a rally in march describing hate mail she said she received. >> not isolated just in spokane not something targeting me, it's targeting the larger black community. >> but the police department has stopped its investigation into those claims. dolezal teaches africana studies. here she is on youtube. >> what does that do to us as an image, how does that then connect to doing what you love? if you are an an artist selling your art or if you're a musician selling your music and performances? >> reporter: but her claims of black heritage as in this application for appointment on a police oversight board her mother describes her ethnic background as german swedish and czech. it's so very disturbing that she's beco

claiming he couldn't visit spokane because he was battling bone cancer. a local reporter from affiliate kxly confronted her. >> is that your dad? >> yeah that's my dad. >> this man right here is your father? right there? >> do you have a question about that? >> yes ma'am, i was wondering if your dad really is an african-american man? >> that's a very i don't know what you are implying? >> are you african-american? >> i don't understand the question of -- i did tell you yes that's my dad. and he was unable to come in january. >> are your parents -- are they white? >> her parents say she grew distant from them as she took hn her new identity. >> she rejected us. she has asked us not to come to her area. >> her parents claim rachel was always interested in diversity and black culture. the dolezal family adopted four black children and rachel later married a black man and had a child. the couple is now divorced. apparently rachel said she is estranged from her parents due to legal dispute. in an interview, with the "seattle times," rachel dodged questions abo

rachel dolezal is head of the spokane, washington naacp. she's now coming under fire for allegedly pretend took african-american and doing so for years. now her parents spoke out about the situation on her this morning. >> we're just saying that we are, we're confirming the truth. we are her birth parents. >> she has not explained to us why she is doing what she's doing and being dishonest and deceptive with her identity. >> they also revealed dolezal's birth certificate proving their parentage. it stands behind her advocacy record and say racial identity is not a key tearia for leadership. dolezal told a local newspaper it's not as easy as it seems and it leads us to our bing pulse question for you. should rachel dolezal keep her job as local naacp president? vote now at pulse.msnbc.com. i'm going to speak with the former head of the naacp in spokane to get his reaction to this story. >>> coming up police comb the countryside for an entire week searching for two escaped killers. so how unusual is it for a manhunt to last this long? we're g

cnn's stephanie elam joining me on the phone from spokane. stephanie, this was a very sudden development. did this come as a surprise from where you are there in spokane? >> it feels like things were bubbling up over the weekend, brianna. i've been here all weekend long and you could hear people talking about it on the street stores restaurants, people were definitely talking about it. but there was definitely a change. the last thing we knew is that there was going to be a meeting monday night, a regularly scheduled meeting for the spokane chapter of the naacp and she told me she was going to speak there and she was going to say something there but up until then she was going to let the national chapter -- sorry, the national headquarters of naacp take the lead. then we found out that the meeting was canceled. then we found out that one of the committee members, one of the chairman of the education committee sent a letter to her saying it was not in their bylaws that one person could cancel this meeting. so we know there was some disagreemen

there's an naacp chapter in spokane? >> sorry, lady. you are white. you don't get an opinion on this. this is not a buzzfeed quiz. which living single character is. >> let the lady resign. her vice president can now take over the naacp, to congratulations to monique davis. >> it is a gift that keeps on giving. jon stewart's reaction. what? am my whole life never heard of a white person who wanted to be black. an interesting topic of conversation. her family said pronounce her name right so you notice we are pronouncing her name differently. >>> coming up new revelations of the past of rachel dolezal who resigned yesterday as the spokane chapter. why the organization members say that is not enough. >>> the perks of running a presidential campaign from book deals to tv appearances. we examine one reason why so many republicans are perhaps entering the race. how this crowded field could work against itself but for each of them. that's ahead. >>> time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. >>> "the new york times" reports gold

and so that's why rachel dolezal had to give up being the spokane -- the president of the spokane chapter of the naacp. that's why she finds herself in the middle of this controversy over identity and iauthenticity. authenticity is the problem. the big problem that she has now. >> and, amber, what kind of reaction are you getting on nbc/blk to your interview and this whole story. is it blowing up? >> people are furious. people feel like she's coopted blackness and she's hijacked blackness and she's able to make this choice to go back and forth and to be able to make that decision you know having this light skinned privilege. so this is really set off a storm. i think a lot of people have also said look we're happy that she could be a white ally. why can't she just be a white ally. she told me -- she said i don't know if i can be many and be a white ally. she really feels like the black lives matter movement needs black leaders. and she prides herself on grooming young black women and grooming young black leaders, especially in her chapter. >> very complicated stuff. a lot of personal issu

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hallie jackson in spokane for us. thank you. we should mention rachel dolezal will speak out in an exclusive live interview tomorrow morning on "today." >>> in upstate new york investigators now say they believe those two killers still on the loose had even more help than previously thought. today their alleged accomplice joyce mitchell was in court again. this time the former prison worker in shackles, bulletproof vest, and jailhouse stripes. tonight, was there a plot to kill her husband? nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has the latest. >> reporter: shackled in a bulletproof vest and a jailhouse jumpsuit joyce mitchell looked frazzled as she faced a judge. >> i've gone over the charges with miss mitchell. >> reporter: the tailor sop supervisor accused of smuggling hacksaw blades and chisels to help escaped killers richard matt and david swet. >> joyce talked to him about her involvement during the last few days before she was arrested. >> reporter: mitchell's new attorney assigned to the case today says only she's ple

kendis gibson, abc news, spokane. >>> now to news overseas. u.s. air strikes in libya have targeted the mastermind of a deadly attack. the libyan government says the militant leader linked to al qaeda was killed yesterday along with several others as the u.s. launched a string of 500-pound bombs. the terror suspect had been charged with a 2013 attack on a gas plant in algeria where 35 hostages were killed, including 3 americans. >>> thousands of syrians are in turkey this morning after breaking through a border fence to escape intense fighting. the large surge of refugees took turkish troops by surprise. a chaotic scene unfolded with people throwing their belongings over the fence. others passed babies over barbed wire until there was an opening wide enough to walk through. >>> a chaotic situation this morning in the capital of the former soviet republic of georgia. they're trying to tally up exactly how many zoo animals might still be on the loose. many of them escaped their enclosures following severe flooding over the weekend. a hippo that was r

kellye: the spokane chapter says they need more time to assess the situation. the city of spokane is investigating whether rachel dolezal lied about her ethnicity when she applied to be on a political oversight board. coming up -- a florida woman has abandoned her attempts to row solo across the pacific. jonathan: and she just got started. a freighter rescued her about 155 miles off the coast of japan. she started in japan. she sent out a distress single --distress signal after encountering bad weather. the trip was expected to take about four months. the capital pride concert stayed strong today despite the weather. organizers tweeted that it would take more than a little rain to stop a show. they rocked out in front of the u.s. capital until 9:00 tonight. i have to say, last night was hysterical. i was on the train with a lot of folks were on the train from there and they were all exhausted. kellye: were you thinking about the wilson phillips song? "hold on"? devon: a little bit. we are holding onto the heat and humidity. the storm chances are mixing in as we

now the spokane n.a.a.c.p. leader is expected to talk to the first time on monday in a letter to her local shapter. rachel rights there are questions and assumptions swirl: allen schauffler has more from spokane. >> reporter: she runs the spoken branch. n.a.a.c.p. , is a visible and vocal advocate for the african-american community in eastern washington statement. here is rachel dolezal at a rally, describing hate male she said she received. >> it's not isolated in spokane, or just targetting me it's targetting the department. >> reporter: the police department stopped their investigation. rachel dolezal teaches africans and is outspoken about discrimination. here she is on you tubing. >> we have older white men. what does that do to us as an image, how does it connect, of course, to doing what she loves, if you are an artist selling your art or a musician selling four music or performances. >> reporter: her claims of black her tame, as in this application for a position on a police oversight board is in questi

the head of spokane, washington, naacp resigns in a fire storm. it comes after her parents say she is white. rachel dolezal is accused of

. >> plus the stranger than fiction story out of spokane that broke the internet. >> rachel wanted to be something she's not. >> outed as a white leader to an ncaa chapter, tonight rachel is responding. >> >>> and all in the movies. 22 years after spielberg's jurassic park the theme park is finally hope. >> every time we unveiled a new attraction attendance has spiked. >> that was awesome. >> "all in" starts right now. >> good evening from washington, d.c. i'm chris hayes. the biggest, nastiest most bruising battle between president obama and his own party during the president's entire time in office came to a head in dramatic fashion today. with house democrats led by none other than nancy pelosi dealing the president a stunning rebuke in his effort to pass the biggest trade deal since nafta. a confrontation brewing for months with progressives including warren and sanders aligning with groups in opposition to the president to argue the proposed deal is bad news for american workers. the president aligning with many republicans to argue the deal which involves 12 pacific rim nations

jonathan. >> she was just elected to head the spokane chapter of the naacp and is currently serving a two year term. by all accounts, a very effective very passionate civil rights advocate. the regional and national naacp organizations have stood behind her, saying they appreciate and support her be efforts. the national group released the statement, saying in part rachel dolezal is enduring a legal issue with her family. we respect her privacy this this matter one's racial identity is not a qualifying criteria or disqualifying standard for naacp leadership. dolezal also chairs a police oversight commission in spokane and she teaches at eastern washington university in the africana studies department. here's what happened when a television reporter asked her very directly about her race. >> are you african american? >> i don't -- i don't understand the question. of -- i did tell you that yes that's my dad. and he was unable to come in january. >> are your parents are they white? >> i'm -- >> now, what they were referencing was a picture that had been posted on the naacp's spokane chap

. >>> the naacp chapter in spokane, washington, is under new leadership this morning. its president rachel dolezal resign monday amid a furor over her racial identity. >> reporter: rachel dolezal resignation as president of the naacp chapter in spokane washington, is doing little to quiet the controversy over her race. >> are you here to make a stand? >> reporter: members of the local swiverlts community held a rally monday night following the development demanding an apology what they view as deception. >> she was one of our own marching with us, yet, we don't know who she is. >> reporter: for nearly a decade the 37-year-old civil rights advocate represented herself as a black woman despite her white heritage and repeatedly claiming to have been the target of racially motivated incidents. but in 2002 she sued historically black howard university where she was a student for discrimination because she was white. that case was dismissed. her true ethnicity last week, said now is the time for her to seek help. >> i think that she needs to step back and regroup before she

appeared in the spokane newspaper, rachel is not only spokane's naacp president but also professor of africana studies and chief of police oh mud bunds man. >> the question city officials in spokane, washington want answered this morning, did rachel violate policy by lying at her race on a job application? she serves as chairwoman of the city's office of police ombuds ombudsman commission where she said she was white and black and indian. she is head of the naccp and teaching africana studies. >> she wants to recreate reality. she wants to just invent it herself. >> reporter: now her parents who are both white, have come forward telling the nbc affiliate khq their family an cess industry is czech, swedish, german with a touch of native american heritage. for years their daughter has been misleading people. >> she knows it's false but i think she's told herself, as well as she's told others this erroneous identity of hers enough that by now she may believe it more than she believes the truth. >> she made headlines in spokane in february when she said racist and threatening letters had

. >> reporter: she walked away from the naacp monday resigning from her leadership position in spokane. colleagues, co-workers and many others in the black community are saying her explanations aren't enough. >> your actions speak much louder than your words. if you didn't want to be a liability to the cause, you would have come kline from the beginning. would you have told the truth from the beginning and people would have accepted her. >> reporter: the controversy blew up when she was caught on camera unable to answer a simple question -- was she black or white? >> are you african-american? >> i don't, i don't understand the question. of i did tell you that yes, that's my dad. and he was unable to come in january. >> are your parents, are they white? >> i re i -- >> reporter: she certainly has lived the black experience by attending howard university and teaching studies where she gave lectures about black hair. >> when it comes to hair hair is for black women much more than just an aesthetic. much more than just an acute ra rament. >> reporter: she's a talented artist. some of her p

there's an ncaacp chapter in spokane? all right. ten years of pretending to be a black woman. interesting. what is she? >> ruth ann and lawrence dolezal say their 37-year-old daughter is white. >> they say their ancest ree is czech swedish and german. >> jon: whaat? ruff laugh czech swedish and german. really [bleep] white. (laughter) even powder is like that's one white lady. that's a white lady. she's white. but that-- underrated underrated. so this woman took this lie very far. at this point you got to wonder, does she even know she's lying any more. >> are you african-american? >> i done-- i don't understand the question (laughter) >> jon: do her mouth says i don't understand the question. but her eyes say [bleep] [bleep]. i'm busted. now an on-camera interview like that is generally followed by, well let's see what it is followed by. >> rachel dolezal has stepped down now as president of spokane washington's chapter of the n.a.a.c.p.. >> jon: yeah that's usually how it goes. and so ends another uniquely bizarre segment of whaaat? unless of course somebody wants to take a

her name is rachel dolezal, she's the president of the spokane, washington, naacp chapter -- at least until very, very recently. meaning this is breaking news. she has decided to step down. i want to bring in our correspondent stephanie elam live on the phone with us right now. how did this news become available to us? has she released this? has he got more to say about this issue? >> well, yes. she's making it clear -- and most everything they've been saying is -- since i've been here in spokane, they've been pretty quiet. dolezal has not been talking to people publicly. all statements have been coming through their facebook page and this is another case of that below. basically she's making the case that this has become a bigger issue around the world about her identity and how she identifies herself and less about the things that need to be focused on here. so she's saying she is removiov herself from that conversation because of this unexpected firestorm as she put it. but there were people here over the week whoend were supportive of her, and then you saw over the weekend that th

saying she once found an envelope in the spokane naacp post office box with pictures of lynches. the post office box says there was no postage on it and whoever put in it there had a key to the box. megyn? >> thank you. joining me with reaction rachel dolezal's parents. thank you both for being here. first of all, did she ever was she born in a teepee? >> no. i thought you asked my wife. sorry. no she was not born in a teepee. she was born in this room next to us in our home. >> did she grow up hunting for food with a bow and arrow? >> no. but i did. >> and the other allegations she makes is that you two would punish her and her siblings by skin complexion using something called a baboon whip in south africa. >> when we were raising her, we didn't have her siblings. >> do you have a baboon whim that you use to punish your children? >> weighed baboon whip in south africa to ward off baboons. >> did she live with you when you were in south africa? >> no. she did not. >> she had already achieved adulthood temperature point. >> yes. >> so this story is so businessar. ruth anne when d

dolezal is expected to speak at the spokane naacp meeting monday night. stephanie elam spokane, washington. >>> just within seconds while stephanie's piece was running there, we have just learned from the spokane naacp facebook page that tomorrow's meeting is postponed and rescheduled. they posted this statement saying quote, due to the need to continue discussion with regional and national naacp leaders, tomorrow's meeting is postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date. we appreciate your patience and understanding at this time. end quote. we'll have much more from the newsroom after this. re in charge of approving every new recipe. because it's cats who know best what cats like to eat. up today, new friskies 7. we're trying seven cat-favorite flavors all in one dish. now for the moment of truth. yep, looks like it's time to share what our cats love with your cats. new friskies 7. for cats. by cats. we call ourselves the freedom hikers. hiking brought us together but that's not the only thing that keeps us coming back. here's to friends who reach

. >>> rachel doelzal has resigned as president of the naacp chapter in spokane, washington. doelzal has been the center of controversy for days since her parents revealed she is white but posed for years as black. demonstrators held a short rally in spokane last night criticizing her while vowing the naacp work would continue. >> people trust us, they believe in us. to have anything impune our name is very offensive. >> doelzal has also lost her job as a part-time african studies instructor at a local university and as a freelance newspaper columnist. >>> time now is 5:08. we continue to follow this breaking news out of berkeley where at least five people are dead after an apartment balcony collapse. we have two crews on the scene and we'll be back with more details. >> from the kpix 5 weather center, good morning, everybody. we have father's day on sunday and we have a change in the forecast. those details straight ahead. >> and we have a long line of traffic now leaving the altamont pass westbound 580 >>> time now for a live update this morning about the breaking story. a

would you allow this woman to keep leading this chapter in spokane? >> john, let me preface this by saying i run from hypotheticals but since you asked the question let me say there are a couple things the naacp has as options and i don't want to try to tell them what to do but clearly the best thing for all parties in this is full disclosure. truth, veracity, integrity, those things are on the line, and so the issue is not so much that she happens to be white and happens to be president of the association because the founders of the association were predominantly white and jewish and republican and female. the issue is whether there's a sense of truthfulness about what's going on, so i would caution others not to tell the information what to do but i think in terms of miss dolezal, it probably would be best for her to simply come forward, speak the truth and the facts in this matter, and then allow it to run its own course. >> you know, a lot of people have been speaking out about this. that's for sure since this really started coming to light late l

to have anything impune our name is very offensive. >> the city of spokane is now investigating whether rachel dolezal lied about her ethnicity when she land add employment on it police oversight board. wendy gillette, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> a lot of people in chicago waking up little tired this morning, after a big night celebrating family cup victory. thousands of fans hit the street after the blackhawks beat the tampa bay lightning to win the title. this is becoming a familiar routine you might say for chicago, blackhawks have won the stanley cup three times in the last six years. we'll have highlight for from that game including a special moment for a former flyer, that is ahead in sports. >>> good for them, but maybe some our way? come on, flyers turn. >> we need a chance. just one. just asking for one. >> a major win overnight in the war on terror. hear what al quaida just said about one of it top leaders. >> also, she is already accused of helping two killers escape prison. now that prison worker supply had another plan for those inmate after they broke free. >>> also on the

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. >>> rachel doelzal has resigned as president of the naacp chapter in spokane. doelzal has been the center of controversy for days since her parents revealed she is white and has posed for years as a black woman. demonstrators held a short rally in spokane last night criticizing her while vowing the naacp work would continue. >> people trust us. they believe in us. to have anything impune our name is very offensive. >> doelzal has also lost her jobs as a part-time african studies instructor at a local university and as a freelance newspaper columnist. >>> time now 6:09. we are going back to berkeley a live look where at least five people are dead, eight have been injured after a balcony collapsed early this morning. we are going to have the latest from the scene. >> and we finally learned why a new york prison employee allegedly helped two convicted murderers escape the facility. >> sunday is the official arrival of summer and we have a change in the forecast that you need to know about. >> slow traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are

. >> reporter: a strange story of racial identity tonight from spokane washington.one which across the country. the cover has been blown on the president of the local n-double- a-c-p. it turns out she's a white woman who has been posing as a black woman. suzanne malvaeaux has the remarkable story of deception. >> : are you african american? >>:"i don't understand the >> reporter: it all came crashing down for naacp spoke- ann president rachel dolezal--- who has been portraying herself as a black woman for the past ten years. confronted by reporter----her parents are now calling her out. ruthann and lawrence dolezal say their 37-year-old daughter is white. >>:"we are her birth parents and we do not understand why she feels it's necessary to misrepresent her ethnicity." >> reporter: her ethnicity the elders say is swiss, german, check, and some native american. they provided this photo of rachel as a young girl---on the left---on the right---here's what she looks like today. >>:"it seemed like she was doing more of an artistic expressive representation of her identifying with african- am

. >>> rachel doelzal has stepped down as president of the naacp chapter in spokane, washington. as wendy gillette reports, there are growing calls for her to issue an apology for lying about her racial background. >> reporter: rachel doelzal's resignation as president of the naacp chapter in spokane, washington is doing little to quiet the controversy over her race. >> are you here to make a stand! >> yes! >> reporter: members of the local civil rights community held a rally monday night following the development demanding an apology for what they view as deception. >> she was one of our own marching with us. and yet we don't know who she is. >> reporter: doelzal's parents who revealed her true ethnicity last week say now is the time for her to seek help. >> i think that she needs to step back and regroup. >> reporter: the city of spokane is now investigating whether doelzal lied about her ethnicity when she landed an appointment on its police oversight board. wendy gillette for cbs news. >> for now, doelzal is still on that oversight board. and you can hear more from her parent

aliasia, you groh grew up in spokane. first of all, what zung of the family interview that we conducted? >> i was touched and i have to say i related to the experience in particular of ezra who was talking about being a young black man and what it means to struggle through the experiences of being black in a predominantly white area. dollar more black people in spokane but still it can be a traumatizing experience for a young person. i resonated with him telling that part of the story and acknowledging that his sister grew up white in that environment and she doesn't know what it was like. she was close to them in proximity but just because she has black brothers does not mean she can claim blackness. >> i disagree. i think transracial is a thing as much as transgender is a thing. during some very crucial times of her identity development like when she was an adolescent and when sneefs in college things happened. frins, her parents adopted four african-american children sendsing the message, black is good, maybe better ba

in las vegas spokane in offence what could be a t touchdown is ruined by a mascot. what the in world are you doing on the feel. officials throw a flag but later decide to replay, the down. socks the fox got too excited. >>> thanks mr. best. >>> finally tonight, it was a big night for seniors from strawberry mansion high school. the graduation ceremony was held at, the temple performing arts center. prout parents other family members and friend were on hand to witness the big event we congratulate all of the seniors. >>> jimmy kimmel live next on channel six, for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night. >> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight -- from "game of thrones," kit harington. comedian chris gethard. and music from dwight yoakam. with cleto and the cletones. and now, it's that time again -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, everybody. that's very nice.