police chief jon belmar answering reporters questions, saying they have got some leads but clearly, the suspect or suspects the shooter or shooters, he did use the word shooters are still on the loose right now. so this mystery continues. this is a massive, massive manhunt under way in ferguson st. louis county. indeed around the country right now. for a shooter or shooters who shot and presumably tried to kill two police officers those police officers out of the hospital. they seem to be okay but they suffered very severe wounds. jason carroll is on the ground for us in ferguson. you have been covering this from the very beginning. it looks like the mystery is by no means been solved. they have some clues but they don t know who these shooters are. reporter: not yet. as you heard from chief belmar they are following up on many leads. they have questioned several people according to what investigators are telling us but the bottom line is still no
what s the answer? he also said it s very costly to cover ferguson. it s cost him $5 million so far. any time you have these incidents where you have protests and you have to bring in additional police officers it s going to cost money. we see that in new york city all the time. we saw it as a result of ferguson and the garner incident in new york enormous amounts of money. the governor has the right to activate the national guard if it s necessary. that call would basically from the police chief to the governor s office a request, and the governor makes the decision whether it s necessary. they can do that. in towns like ferguson st. louis, where they don t have the amount of staff that you would have in new york that may be necessary. all right, i m going to leave it there. maria chappelle nadal, thanks to all of you. i appreciate it. i ll be back with much more in the newsroom.
directed at those who serve and protect our communities. he went on to mention a couple of incidents involving other officers including one in philadelphia last week buying a game for his son, and a deputy u.s. marshal shot in the line of duty earlier this week. he says such senseless acts of violence threaten the very reforms that non-violent protesters in ferguson and around the country have been working toward for the past several months. wishing those officers a full and speedy recovery and also saying that the justice department stands ready to offer any possible aid to an investigation into this incident including the department s full range of investigative resources. offering assistance from doj and condemning the shooting of these officers in the strongest possible terms. so help in the investigation. commissioner i want to ask you this the st. louis police chief also said he d appreciate some help. is it time that maybe the national guard is called in?
look. he is an elected official and he can be voted out of office and i think that is the most likely place for some accountability to take place. not the legal system which i think for better or worse has worked its course. don lemon, you spent a lot of time in ferguson st. louis county covering the story. what s your analysis? well i think if the prosecutor has nothing to hide i don t see anything wrong with an independent investigation. he said he was all about transparency. that after the special prosecutor after the grand jury i should say, came to its conclusion he would release all the information. people are saying much of the information is redacted and they have some information with that. so nibble transparency. if you don t have anything to hide you don t have anything to hide. and in an investigation, why not? you re there in new york. two new york city police officers they were shot in the bronx last night. another awful story. do police in new york city based on ev