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
statement says by the police chief and city administration. chief jackson as you point out will receive a severance payment and health insurance for one year. they are calling it a mutual decision and they are saying they have agreed to a mutual separation. are they just playing with words here? reporter: i don t think so. because what i m hearing from my sources is that again, because of the law that is in place, that makes it very clear what the city can and cannot fire a police chief for, there had to be a mutual agreement. he also had to agree to go at the same time. so i don t think they are playing with words. we also know that this community and i have just gotten some information from some of those who have been protesting they are calling for more resignations. that should be no surprise to anyone. they want to see the entire department gone. they have been very vocal about that. the same people you hear yelling there who have been out on the streets for many many days and
believed these two individuals very likely to be have been drinking. that s a violation of being in a government car for the secret service. and that they were told to stand down when they were talking about a test and talking about potentially stopping them and writing up a report. and we just don t know until the investigation is complete what really happened who ordered what who told who to stand down. we just know that this is what the secret service is confirming, that they have gotten these allegations and they re taking it seriously. carol, thanks very much for joining us. we will stay on top of this story as well. we are standing by for a live news conference from ferguson missouri. the police chief there resigned. we will go there live as soon as it begins.
human remains have washed ashore throughout the day and into this afternoon. we have learned about the people who are, by some u.s. defense officials, presumed dead that they were part of a group that actually was working during katrina to pluck people off of roofs and they were deployed to afghanistan and iraq back in 2004 and 2005 and 2008 and 09. our deepest condolences to the families of those seven marines, four army soldiers. they are grieving right now. very very sad story. victor thanks for the update. up next new pressure on kim jong-un to stop a horrifying practice that s led to thousands of kidnappings. right at the top of the hour we ll have more on the breaking news we have been following. ferguson missouri s embattled police chief finally agreeing to step down. we are awaiting a news conference. city officials in ferguson are getting ready to talk to the news media.
i want to explain what we re seeing now. this is at the city municipal building. some protesters have showed up. they are taking pictures of the protesters. there s the delay in the arrival of the mayor getting ready to make a statement. we ll standby. we don t know all the details of the protests that are going on but obviously there s a lot of concern in the aftermath of what is happened in ferguson. tom, you re former assistant director of the fbi. they have some serious problems. this is a community about 70% african-american. they re looking for a new police chief. they have a acting police chief. they have to get their act together and got to do it quickly. otherwise, they ll dissolve that whole police force and bring in outside law enforcement. i agree. back to jeffrey s point about the recommendation to dissolve it, i would like to hear what the people of jennings what