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A distressing day for the family. counterproductive, would you say? >> absolutely. we dont want anybody else hurt. >> billy, what would you like to see from the mayor and the police commissioner at this moment? if you had one ask of them, what would it be? >> im not going to put any more pressure on the mayor and the police department than they already have. they know what to do. they know what the correct response ought to be. my message is to the people who can hear me now, who might be tempte...

Agitated. thats why the city is trying to take a steps now. i can tell you the leadership of the city and in communities -- this is a well-organized city. these are strong organizations in this city. theres a lot of participation from this city. the naacp has a news conference scheduled tomorrow. i assume this is part of the topic. on the local level here in the city of baltimore, theres a real desire to not have a repeat of what happened saturday with ugly pictures. that became the story. thats...

Have been about something other than freddie gray? bigger than freddie gray? maybe some people are taking advantage of this tragedy? >> no no. nobodys deliberately trying to take advantage of this tragedy. this is just a boiling over of tensions. >> mr. murphy if you would hold on. im sorry. i dont mean to interrupt, sir. im sorry. but there is some scene taking place with the cvs in baltimore and were going to take a look of a helicopter pilot talking. >> trying to get more information on that ...

And i dont believe its done fairly, and i dont think its done in a way that i mean that evokes justice for all of us. not at all. >> mark claxton, as we are watching these live shots of the cvs pharmacy store that was looted earlier, now on fire i notice that we have yet to see fire trucks there. does that mean that its difficult for them to get through, because those areas have been cordoned off? >> i would assume so. >> were told by the family attorney, billy murphy that the family is watching...

baltimore? >> the demonstrations more than that at this point, going on just a couple of blocks away from us. the first reports were a couple of kids at a mall who appeared to be up to no good. the police showed up and confronted them. it looked at one point like they were dispersing. and then more and more and more people started to show up and get involved to the point where we were just a few moments ago looking at large numbers of young men throwing objects. the reports were that t...

holmes. kim kardashian sits down with nbc days after her father tells the world he plans to document his transition to a woman. that leads to todays poll question. do you think the public transition helps the transcommunity? log on to pulse.msnbc.com and let us know what you think. we start with developing news in nepal. two days after the 7.2 earthquake in kathmandu. the death toll close to 4,000 people. rescuers recover more bodies. more than 7,000 are injured. the quake leaving ...

looted a store in the area. at least seven officers have reportedly sustained serious injuries. >> they have broken bones, one of them is unresponsive. this is not okay. >> we will do whatever is appropriate to protect the safety of our police officers and to ensure the safety of the people that live and work in the area. >> earlier in the day, police said they received a credible threat that rival gangs are teaming up to quote, take out law enforcement officers. officials have not sai...

they are sending aid and rescue teams and u.s. is sending 10 million in humanitarian aid and cannot arrive fast enough. it is the middle of the night in kathmandu and ian williams is there. >> reporter: we have continued to feel aftershocks today a tremor not a strong one but still had people running out onto the streets behind me. it is dark here now and many are still spending the night in open spaces afraid to go home while these aftershocks continue. fearful but also perhaps wonder...

that 25-year-old who died after being taken into custody by baltimore police. that happened jus not too many hours ago. and then right after that about 3:00 today we did get a tweet from the baltimore police saying they were concerned about threats. against the police department and against officers. two hours later, exactly at this moment 5:01 p.m. eastern time violence has erupted to some degree there in this area. we have seen some looting. live pictures again coming out of the down...

sunday. then later today came an open threat of gang violence to, quote, take out law enforcement officials in baltimore. adding to that -- adding to the real danger from the young people in the streets today was the predictable opportunists out there, looking for a chance to destroy and loot and otherwise exploit a bad situation. in the city just north of washington, d.c. we have a call of anger tonight. a perfect urban scene for those who love nothing better than a polarized society....