trinity between the ferguson police department and the court and city hall. the fact you have these resignations indicates that these public officials are reacting to the department of justice report the way roaches react to light. that is to say, they are running for cover. that s a good thing. because that department needs to be rebuilt from the bottom up. we need to create a couple tur of accountability those recommendations not recommendations. those recommendations and proposals put forward in the department of justice report have to be implemented. you need leadership for that. and that we did not have in that department. as you know the police chief is stepping down two police officers forced out earlier, the court clerk forced out, the city manager forced out. is that enough or do you want more? the mayor needs to resign. the fact of the matter is the
city manager worked pretty closely with the municipal court judge to impose these fines and in collaboration with the police department all under his watch. the fact of the matter is we have a municipality that was acting in a rogue fashion. the justice department report demonstrates pretty clearly that this unholy trinity violated the constitution federal statutes undoubtedly state laws and preyed upon the citizens through fines that were discriminatory. we have a police department that engaged in excessive use of force in a racial way. we have police dogs being used on african-americans and most notably children. all under his watch. so the fact of the matter is i m not sure how you can have all these other officials resigning in the wake of this report and the mayor retain leadership and
communicating is nonsense. i saw in the letter to iran but you know what the message i was sending was to you. the message was to president obama that we want you to obey the law. we want you to understand the separation of powers. reporter: secretary of state john kerry facing senators today on that open letter signed by 47 republicans cautioning iran about making a nuclear deal with this administration. he fired his own message right back. my reaction to the letter was utter disbelief. to write them and suggest that they are going to get a constitutional lesson which by the way was absolutely incorrect is quite stunning. mr. secretary, i know this is a well-written speech not a speech. this is not a speech. this is a statement about the impact of this irresponsible letter. reporter: its impact still going. hillary clinton tweeting that it undermines america s leadership.
federal prosecutor she is anxious to hear what the mayor has to say. sunny, what do you want him to say? i think it would be appropriate for the mayor to resign. i predicted his resignation as well as the resignation of the police chief. you know the town of ferguson really at this point needs leadership. and i think it needs fresh leadership especially because we did hear mayor say there was no racial divide in ferguson that ferguson had transitioned from being a predominantly white middle class neighborhood to being a predominantly african-american middle class neighborhood without problems. he actually even said that ferguson was sort of the example of how do that well. so given the fact that he seemed to either have been in total i don t know disbelief that anything was going on or perhaps ignoring it. i think certainly he is not the appropriate person to be a