we are very much asking that the d.o.j. get involved in this situation. now, it is requiring a fresh set of eyes, an unbiased set of eyes, a set of eyes that's going to find what actually happened to sandra bland. this family needs an answer to the principle question, what happened to sandra bland? >> sharon cooper, at the press conference today you explained why you and the family were unable to get your sister, sandra bland out on bail that weekend. could you quickly run us through the flex complexity of that and how it got jammed up? >> absolutely. we have the initial call from her on saturday afternoon at approximately 1:50. that was saturday, july 11. she did inform us she was picked up for a routine traffic stop. she expressed surprise she was in jail at that point. she shared with us the amount of the bond and shared at that time