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Down. he was really strong because there were four or five firemen just holding him down. in the beginning, he was stupid, but the more conscious he got the more he just wanted to get out of the situation. >> a few minutes later, police arrived and the masked man is taken into custody. he is charged with robbery and possession of a weapon. he hasnt pled yet. his accomplice is not caught. the men strike out on this apparent robbery because despiter strikes back. >> i do not play baseball, but it ...

The line. >> i ran directly to where the police and firemen were and started talking to them and pointing up to where she was. >> an hour passes. as they hang out the open window, clayton is trying to keep rochelle calm, feeding her vital rescue information. >> he said, that bucket is coming right up to your room, right up to your room. i thought to myself, that fire truck is not coming up this high. >> and shes right. the ladders arent tall enough to reach the top floors. >> we couldnt breathe....

Timothy mcveigh believed that he was going to cause people to rise up and rebel against their government. this was going to be the start of the revolution. and what happened was the total opposite. you saw a community in total support of its law enforcement, of its firemen, of its government. it shows that when we put our hearts and our minds together, we can make something good happen out of something terrible. >> but resilience, alone, cant protect against every threat. events continue to demo...

And it was fantastic. it ruins the backdrop thing. >> yes. they came to your house because youre so hot, they had to put you out. >> lets make a deal. lets have quotas in professions where lives are not at stake. club deejay knock yourself out. but firemen, police officers doctors, pilots competence matters more than anything and that should matter. i think this was done because of lawsuits they are scared of being sued over discrimination. but the fire department is like an olympic team. it dep...

Looting. now the bashing as looted businesses are cleaning up and burned out stores think twice about rebuilding whole foods facing a backlash for feeding the guys brought in to protect the community. critics on social media saying "whole foods feeds the oppressor." gary b. what do you say to that? >> its craziness, brenda. we just talked about in the last segment that one of the roots to stop poverty is to have people have jobs. the businesses of baltimore provide those jobs. the police are bro...

The firemen are going into the liquor store. >> go to the other side! >> reporter: okay asking us to move. so were coming back across the street now. theyre going to start to hose this down. >> okay, lets go. >> reporter: now, over here you have people coming out filming, theyre coming out of their houses. theyre actually asking for the police. some are angry, but some are asking the police to be here as well, don. do you have any questions? im sorry if im overtalking you, but i cant hear you we...

Injuring people and destroying property. and were going to put a stop to it. its not going to continue. were bringing every asset we can. when you say outside agitators, what do you mean? >> people come from all over the country -- >> but most of the people arrested are from baltimore. >> i know, theyre getting stirred up by outside agitators and people looking for an opportunity to get in trouble. thats not the same as the people who were peacefully protesting. >> we watched live as a business ...

Much copycat. i was talking to one person in east baltimore who said folks saw people on tv out running and looting and they were starting to loot their own neighborhoods. and a lot of discontent that they are targeting corner stones convenience stores that folks go to shop in every day. >> ben jacobs from the guardian on the streets of baltimore this hour. youre seeing live pictures of baltimore firemen attempting to put out several fires. that large fire in east center. thats another fire burn...

Blocks and blocks of boarded houses when there should be window panes, jobs in removing lead paint, jobs removing wood and putting up window panes. if you just have a plan, a commitment to reconstruction, youll put people back to work and people really want to work but some police living in pennsylvania -- i think residents is important. police and firemen must be seen as neighbors, not as occupiers. >> lets talk a little bit about the incident that ignited all of this freddie grays death. do yo...

They put him in handcuffs. they found a switchblade on him. however, theres nothing necessarily illegal about having a switchblade on you. it still remains unclear why he was placed under arrest. he was placed in the back of a police van wearing shackles. at some point that police van stopped twice. they say to fill out paperwork. and by the time the police van got to its destination, freddie gray was paralyzed with his spinal cord severed and within a week he was dead. that led to peaceful prot...