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Lining the way here, asking people to, to honk. its been nonstop parties with the cars open, the music on. cars honking. it feels like theyve won the super bowl. wolf? >> all right. thanks very much, miguel. back to you. i want to bring in a special guest right now. congressman elijah comeummings. is delinquent, baltimore. -- his district. the ranking member also of the oversight and government reform committee. congressman, thanks very much for joining us. i dont know about you but i was surpri...

>> you think these protests are going to be quiet through the weekend? >> well look im a proud american. i believe strongly that our first amendment right is our most powerful one. that gives people the right to peacefully protest and grieve against our government. i certainly hope and believe that young people across this country, they have led this movement this is a full movement and i hope they continue to lead and march and continue to exercise that first amendment right. i expect nothing b...

Been report eded in the past in any of the police time lines, its very concerning. >> tell us about your wife. the states attorney. shes the one in charge now of this investigation. give us a little background on her. >> well shes a strong woman. shes my wife. i love had her to death. we met in college. this is her passion. its always been the pursuit of justice. she always wanted to be the chief prosecutor in a mayjor city and she is getting an awesome opportunity of doing it. at the end of the...

Home. >> reporter: she says she decided to become part of the justice system after crime hit home. >> my cousin who was extremely close to me was like my best friend was killed on my front are doorsteps. >> we want peace! >> reporter: as protests spread across baltimore and the nation theres enormous pressure to prosecute the officers who arrested freddie gray and to give the public answers about how he died. some of that pressure may come from her own husband, the father of her two young daught...

Im 25. we have some smart -- were out here. we are intellectual we are smart, were healthy, were beautiful, were not that fire you see. were not those loiters. did you see me on tv stealing anything? no. we are here for peace. >> reporter: thank you. thank you, ashley. good luck. these protesters, wolf eager to put a different stamp on baltimore, a different image on baltimore. this rally, this march, one big step towards that and, again, like on marches in days past, nights past they want to ta...

>> reporter: what happened first? was he secured first? >> he was placed into the wagon with cuffs. he wasnt shackled. he was shackled later en route to where they were going because he was irate they had to stop. at that point they shackled hill. the officers that shackled limb and the officers that placed him in the weigh didnt not seat belt him. >> reporter: he was never seat belted? >> no. its an unwritten, unspoken rule that when someone is irate in the paddy wagon, you dont reach over some...

>> why wouldnt the police officers tell them that yeah we didnt have three stops, we had four stops? >> exactly. that means to me the police officials, like commissioner batts, werent aware of it, because the driver didnt radio in im making a stop, which hes supposed to do. if that driver just pulls over doesnt radio in to the dispatcher the officials, the first day, when they started looking at this investigation, would be unaware that that stop happened until days or days later when they final...

Because i had the feeling that what did happen would happen. >> does her vote disqualify her? >> no doesnt disqualify her. look we will have that debate over issues. i believe as i said a moment ago that you should take on wall street. they have too much power right now. >> is she ready? >> youll have to ask her. wolf im not going to speak that. >> voted against it she voted for the war. what else is a difference? >> climate change is the major environmental crisis facing this planet. i voted ag...

A reminisce left of what happened in november here you can see boards that are up. i can tell you this wolf there is rebuilding here. the same folks opened a brand new business just down the street. and so far, its doing well wolf. >> all right, wish them only the best. lets hope all of them can recover. sarah, thanks for the excellent report. coming up is history repeating itself? the unrest in baltimore bringing back memories of a terrible riots in l.a. 23 years ago. how far have we all real...

From here wolf. >> brian todd, careful over there. well check back. marchers on the move in other parts of baltimore as well as in philadelphia. another rally now planned in cincinnati. go to cnns miguel marquez on the streets of baltimore. miguel, what its going on where you are? >> reporter: several hundred people have gathered here on north avenue. they are marching east and they are going to hook up with another group here and then theyre going to march on city hall. these protests are getti...