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Last week. >> theres no way freddie gray should be dead right now. theres no one on either side of the debate that would disagree that freddie gray should not be dead right now, whether it was a legal arrest or illegal arrest. how he was treftated he shouldnt be dead. for some reason its not sitting right with me that this police commissioner anthony batts would go so far to take some of the responsibility some of the blame, that doesnt seem right. its not what a police commissioner should do. c...

Withdrawal of the 3,000 national guard troops he sent into the streets. >> been a really rough week. lets get back to normal in the city. tentative signs of rebuilding. more than 200 businesses destroyed. >> youve got so many different scenes spread across the city. >> speaking on nbcs meet the press, mayor rawlings-blake vowed the rioters will be caught using security videos. >> so we can bring them to justice. >> reporter: as for the six baltimore police officers facing a range of charges in f...

>> well one of the things that you have is whether you have someone who is a hands-on good mayor or if you have someone over there as miss rawlings-blake is which means that all of this was handled by protecting a narrative or trying to protect a narrative as opposed to local politics. but theres no doubt the trillions and trillions we have spent has not worked. everybody wants to keep ongoing what is ongoing except the people suffering. >> you know as we watched those pictures ed and then a day...

Your thoughts? >> well one of the things that you have is whether you have someone who is a hands-on good mayor or if you have someone over there as miss rawlings-blake is which means that all of this was handled by protecting a narrative or trying to protect a narrative as opposed to local politics. but theres no doubt the trillions and trillions we have spent has not worked. everybody wants to keep ongoing what is ongoing except the people suffering. >> you know as we watched those pictures ed...

It is endorsed by police. it is endorsed by community leaders. i will travel and go to cleveland home to present this in that community and i will travel around the state. it is vital. america is strongest when we are united not divided. plain and simple. >> i will ask you a question i asked congresswoman edwards looking at the decline of baltimore the last 60 years. in 1960 it was the six the largest city with a million people and now it is 600,000 out of the top 25 and there has not been a rep...

Reporters on the story two months before they came, we had a huge investigative series done on excessive force and violence by the police and the fines the city is paying. dont say the media -- the "sun," was on the story. amy said the media. >> we identified what i was talking about. >> please, take the part of media you want to be critical of --. >> okay, okay, i play 9 clip of your mayor, mayor rawlings-blake saying we need to give space to those who wish to destroy and claiming she was misch...

A lot of people, conservatives have pointed out that baltimore has not had a republican mayor in 50 years. is it unfair to say that the liberal policies have filled the city of baltimore? >> no, it is an uneven video. for example our schools prior to the freddie gray incident mayor rawlings-blake was prevailing to release money for school funding. when you have schools operating in 20th century and we are trying to prepare our children for the 21st century those children know they are not being ...

Reality, depth of it? >> reporter: yeah, i dont think weve had that directly from either side. definitely there seemed to be implied criticism of mayor rawlings-blake from the governor when he said he felt she waited a long time, and they were glad when she finally reached out for help. when you talk to people as we have in this pest baltimore neighborhood, people felt the mayor didnt know what to do. whereas the governor has been proactive. yesterday over at penn and north, where weve been all ...

Jury. the prosecutor and states attorney mosby has been looking at the case for a week. she received the finding of homicide. she acted. again, it is a probably cause finding. it is the going of a process. there has been no judgment made. i is a long process between now and a charge, charges being filed and a criminal proceeding going forward. >> lets talk about the baltimore police. a "baltimore sun" investigation found over the last four years more than 100 people won $5.7 million in court jud...

Us to them. >> reporter: this maybe the popular image of a powerful woman in baltimore, but the real battle for peace, justice and civil rights is being becamed by these women. >> if with the nation watching three black women at three different levels cant get justice and healing for this community, you tell me where we are gonna get it. >> reporter: thats right the mayor, the states attorney and the head of marylands military are all black women. >> i love this city and i know we can be better ...