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So i think it was that quality about him. And he had the ability to bring out the best in people by trying to figure out what do you want, what are your ideas, and i think it was that capacity to reach and he servedle, president s, regardless of party. He served president nixon. He served president nixon and president ford at the u. N. , and in the months before he passed away, he had worked on a commission that george w. Bush could together on social believe that it was that capacity to reach a...

With police. Watch yourself. I got ya. Reporter hundreds of protesters demanding answers in the death of freddie gray. People frustrated filling the streets, blocking traffic. Some even laying down on the middle of intersections. This as new video shows gray minutes after his initial arrest the last time he was seen publicly and alive. The video shows gray not moving lying halfin halfout of the police van. This is when police say they shackled his ankles. He wasnt responding. He was down his fee...

Tibor Rubin survived the Mauthausen death camp as a boy. In Korea, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery in combat and as a POW.

Concern is intensifying from Baltimore City police and community leaders after the shooting of another student just outside his high school.

Is that the baltimore police will be the primary law enforcement agency taking action. that state police and other police agencies in the baltimore metropolitan area will support them. and will be in less critical areas than the baltimore police department. thats what i found out. >> okay. and, well, of course, watch -- cover these protests as they happen today. thousands expected to attend. leonard hamm, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. was he trained...

Failed to give him medical attention in a timely manner multiple times. >> leonard hamm joins us now. hes the former baltimore police commissioner. i want to start with your reaction to the admission by the current commissioner in baltimore. >> i think commissioner betts did the right thing. it was timely. very unusual for a police department to admit mistakes openly in a film like that but was the right thing to do. and im glad he did it. >> you know, you say timely. the protesters have said th...

Minutia questions but breaking it down from the moment he was arrested and when he gets to the hospital. i think they are doing a wonderful job doing that. this is how you gain the trust of the people that you serve. >> leonard, you know, i want to read you part of the baltimore city police departments policy on custody. it says officers must quote, ensure the safety of the detainee and ensure medical treatment for a detainee is obtained when necessary or requested. investigators say he asked fo...

At 9:26 police first called for paramedics saying they had, quote, unconscious male. at 9:33 the paramedics arrive but they didnt leave for the hospital for a full 21 minutes, not until 9:54. it took them six minutes to get to the shock trauma center and about an hour and 20 minutes after grays arrest. theres so many questions about this case like when and how did freddie gray get hurt? and why didnt police help him more quickly. joining me now are former baltimore city police commissioner leona...

Did come forward today and the police commissioner just as the mayor and police chief did in north charleston because people like me, i get all kind of tweets. when are you going into baltimore? we dont just go in to go in? we go in when theres no response, but when there is response the local citizens and leadership handled that and thats all you want is to see it handled fairly and justice come about. >> right. >> you go in when you dont see it handled right. >> as in ferguson. >> thats not ac...

>> right. which is interesting, because as a police commissioner we havent seen that from other cases that have occurred where they are actually even suggesting this before others do and i think that what it does is lets us know that this is being handled different. i thinks been so many of these deaths throughout the country that i think that those who are in charge mayors, police commissioner s, elected officials are working within framework that people expect. tell us what it is you intend to...