Administrations message. When it comes to adapting to this administrations policy. Youll recall just before chuck hagel was ousted over at the pentagon he had written a scathing memo over to National Security advisor susan rice calling into questions t president s policy on dealing with isis and syria. So they may not be looking for somebody who will be standing up to them everyday of the week. We should point out that just until recently jay johnson, the Homeland Security secretary, was in the running for this position. Were told by an Administration Official that he is no longer in contention for the job of defense secretary and ash carter is sort of the last man standing because jay johnson took himself out of the running or is no longer in the running. He is testifying up on capitol hill right now at a Homeland SecurityCommittee Hearing on the president S Immigration plan and as barbara knows, if jay johnson had moved over to the pentagon jay johnsons successor would have to be named. And that would have created more problems for this white house. Jay johnson, if he were to be in a defense secretary confirmation hearing, would probably be asked about the president S Immigration plan which is deeply unpopular with a lot of republicans and the new Homeland Security secretary if jay johnson were replaced would have to answer questions about the president S Immigration plan. So in many ways ash carter became the last man standing because this was becoming a complicated process in terms of picking somebody. A lot of other people thought to be frontrunners for this job dropped out of the running. People like michelle flournoy, people like senator jack reed were very high on the list and took themselves out of the running. Carol . Said no thank you. Jim akcosta, barbara starr, thanks to both of you. Apparently, its hard to say the word sorry. The st. Louis rams and the st. Louis Police Department are in a war of words over whether or not the team apologized for sundays protest where are where five players put their hands up as they entered the field. In the meantime, president obama is laying out his plan to build trust between africanamericans and Police Across the country. That plan includes overseeing the u. S. Mill military equipment by local police, creating a task force to establish accountability and trust and funding for police body cameras. Ed lavandera live in ferguson to tell us more. Good morning, ed. Reporter good morning, carol. This faceoff wean the st. Louis Rams Football Team and various Police Associations here in the st. Louis area kind of overshadowing what is some good news. It was yet another quiet night here in the city of ferguson. While the grand jury proceeding in st. Louis county has concluded, i can report this evening that the justice departments investigation into the shooting death of Michael Brown as well as our investigation into allegations of unconstitutional policing patterns and practices by the ferguson Police Department remain on going and remain active. [ cheers and applause ] reporter inside the historic Ebenezer Baptist church, attorney general eric holder gave a speech. The attorney general paused to ensure protesters voices could be heard. What we saw there was a genuine expression of concern and involvement. Let me be clear, i aint mad at you, all right . [ cheers and applause ] reporter late monday night, the st. Louis rams addressed the controversy by five of its players, their hands up dent shoot message. A local Police Association said it implied while Michael Brown was shot while attempting to surrender. The rams head called the Police Officers and said in part we expressed our respect for the concerns surrounding yesterdays game. The rams will continue to build on what have always been strong and valued relationships with local Law Enforcement as we come together to heal our region. But the rams spokesman followed up making clear they did not apologize. The nfl is not apologizing its Spokesman Says we respect and understand the concerns of all individuals who have expressed views on this tragic situation. Back in missouri at the First Community meeting of the ferguson commission, more frustration. We understand that were getting killed out here. For his part, president obama promised to follow through. Part of the reason this time will be different is because the president of the United States is deeply invested in making sure this this time its different. Reporter nationwide, demonstrators simply walked out on monday. Walk out of school. Walk out of work. Reporter encouraged by the movement to flood the streets in protest. And, carol, i want to pass along national is just coming in to us now. We have learned that the ferguson Police Department is launching a formal investigation now into, if you remember back last monday night, Michael Browns stepfather louis head in that video that came out, many people had basically accused him of inciting the riot that launched afterwards that night that weve elevened from the ferguson Police Department that they are investigating that matter as a possible inclimate of riot with the Police Department tells us they have interviewed several people that were with louis head that night but they have not spoken with him yet. No charges have been filed yet, not clear if they will be filed but weve learned that they are at least formally investigating that situation and looking into whether or not he incited a riot last monday night here in the video youre seeing now. Carol . When he said this [ bleep ] down. Ed lavandera reporting live from ferguson. I want to take you to pontiac, michigan. The sometimes tense relationship between police and communities they serve was on full display on thanksgiving day. A local store owner called 911 to report a man walking outside of the store who made him nervous. Theres a lightskinned guy that passes by five six times back and forth looking at us, looking inside. He looks suspicious. Are you or anyone else in immediate danger . No. I mean, im assuming yes because he keeps moving back and forth looking at us. The store owner was concerned because the man has his hands in his pocket. Now, the store owner had been robbed multiple times, thats why he called 911. But heres what happened when that young man walking in front of that mans store with his hands in his pocket was stopped by police. Doing what . Walking by okay. You were making people nervous. By walking by. They said you had your hands in the pockets. Wow. That makes people nervous to call the police when its snowing outside. It does. So are you okay . Im fine, how about you . Im good. What are you up to today . Walking with my hands in my pockets. Walking. Are you upset . The police situation, this is outrageous that you would let somebody tell you theres people with their hands in their pockets, theres 10,000 people with their hands in their pockets. Youre right, we have a lot of robberies. You say youre fine, youre good. Im fine. Make sure i get this on camera. Me, too. For my safety and yours. Im being respectable, youre being respectable, the whole situation im mad at the situation of whoever called. Thats crazy. We have to check it out. If you were feeling nervous, wed check on you. For sure, i would just never call. Do we have a picture of the young man. . The young man was a light skinned africanamerican man. He was a young man, probably around 30, 35. You can sort of feel for everybody involved in that story. I want to introduce you to tom manger, the chief of police for montgomery county, maryland. Welcome, sir. Good morning. And i would guess this is the sort of thing that was talked about yesterday in that big meeting with president obama. Yes, these kind of interactions happen every single day. We get calls from folks who s see we encourage people if you see something suspicious call 911. So we get these calls everyday and we have these kinds of interactions. Folks its not a pleasant thing being stopped by police but i think its important for the public to understand that often times were responding to someones complaint and but its incumbent on the officers to be respectful and not escalate the situation in terms of their interaction with somebody. Just having a casual conversation. Got a call, what are you doing, everything okay . I think the officer handled that appropriately. And even the young man said that the officer was respectful toward him. He was more upset at the store owner who called 911 simply because he was walking outside with his hands in his pockets. Whats the answer to easing tensions between police and communities . First of all, its conversation. If anything positive has come out of ferguson it is that every police chief in this country has had i guess a some encouragement and its been a catalyst for more conversations in the community. I know in my community weve been doing outreach relentlessly for many, many years to all segments of the community. We have a very diverse community. But since august there have been people who called us and said come out to our meeting, come out to our event. Its been great. Instead of folks initiating the outreach weve had folks inviting us. And to have these conversations about the relationship between the police and the minority community, to have the conversations about the militarization of police, to have conversations about use of force, those are conversations that we need to have with the community everyday. Its obvious since the community reached out to your Police Department that the Community Trusts the police in montgomery county. Whats your tse zplet. Its not a secret. Its just a relentless effort. Let me be clear, i think we have Great Community support, we do a lot of surveys and have Excellent Community support but believe me not everyone trusts the police in montgomery county. Not everyone trusts the police anywhere. Its those communities, for us its more the new immigrant community, we have a large number of new immigrants that live in our jurisdiction. Our outreach to them has to be just everyday trying to get the message across about what our policies are toward immigration and the fact that we have unreported crime in those communities. So just doing the outreach to make sure that people know that we are their police, too. Its also in who you hire, isnt it . Exactly. One of the biggest responsibilities that any police chief has is to make sure were hiring the right people and, you know, theres some thought that a certain type of person is wants to become a police officer. The fact is that we are as diverse in terms of personality, in terms of every aspect as the community is. And you want to hire people that have compassion, you want to hire people in have good interpersonal skills, that display empathy. We can train people to do police work and deescalate situations. We can train people in how to interact with people, but you cant train people how to be compassionate or how to be empathetic. Those are things that i think you want to hire people that have those qualities already. And you know, just going forward, we often hear about how you have to obey Police Officers, do exactly what they say no matter how tough they are, but police work is more than that, because you sometimes accomplish more through compassion than you do through where have had a doe. Absolutely. When you get to a point where the only way youre getting compliance and cooperation from the community is to force it under threat of law, i think youre really coming from a position that is not optimum. The fact is that you can walk into a situation, diffuse it by demonstrating respect to the people that youre dealing with, explaining why youre there, explaining what youre trying to accomplish. Those often times when you have that kind of approach you get so much more cooperation. You get and thats the way you build trust with each one of our interactions. Let me be clear as well. There are many times when officers are thrust into situations where its already at a point where theres a lot of danger involved, where theyre the officers need to take control of the situation. So its not ease so easy its easy when you walk into a situation where you can sort of control how things go in terms of a conversation and how it begins. When you get there and youve already got some sort of dangerous situation in progress, its not quite as easy to deescalate it sometimes. We train our officers to do that. But it does we have to react to whats going on in front of us as well. Police chief tom manger of montgomery county, maryland. Thank you so much for your insight. I appreciate it. Sure. Still to come, former supermodel Janice Dickinson breaks down as she tells cnn in graphic detail what she says bill cosby did to her. Its affecting me in my house, its affecting me its really affected these women. But im strong. But cosbys attorney is firing back calling dickinson a liar. 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Former supermodel Janice Dickinson is among the accusers. She says cosby drugged her and rained her after they had dinner together in lake tahoe in 1982. Dickinson sat down with cnns Frederica Whitfield and described in graphic detail what she says cosby did to her. What has held you back all these years from telling this story in detail until now. I remember being humiliated, disgusted. I had revulsion towards cosby and cosby was a very powerful man and probably still is, you know . I trusted this man and i stuffed it. I compartmentalized it because i was embarrassed. At what point did you find yourself alone with mr. Cosby, you trusted him but then things went in a different direction, in your view. Mr. Gardner, stu gardner left the dinner table. I was alone with him and i had menstrual cramps. I had you know, stomach cramps. He said oh, ive got something for that. And he gave me a pill. Did you ask what it was . I dont remember that. I dont remember. But if hes giving me a pill, i trust the guy. I trusted bill cosby. Why do you feel like you trusted him. Because of his demeanor and the promise of a career and i trusted him and i wanted a television career. I always had i had had a successful career for commercials. I wanted to take it to the next level. How do you move from . How do you prove that when its your word against his. I should have gone to the police but once again i was too embarrassed and i was too disgusted and i was afraid for my career soy moved out. Can i prove it . I cant produce a stain on my pajamas and i cant produce the semen that was actually or i didnt go in for an examination of of my woman hood down there. I didnt do rain counseling or any of that. Had i known, i would have. But the repercussions from all of this look how its blown up now on me. Im being slandered and called that i lie. Bull [ bleep ] attorneys, i am not lying. You werent there. I can prove it with polaroids. Put a lie detector ters on me and put a Lie Detector Test on the attorneys and put a Lie Detector Test on mr. Bill monster cosby. Wow. Frederica joins us now from cnns headquarters in atlanta. Dickinson didnt hold back. She didnt hold back and she says, you know, for 30 years she did. At first she said she was afraid, she was afraid for her career, she remained silent. But then she said in recent weeks she felt empowered by the women who have come forward. She says quite the opposite has happened to her versus what Barbara Bowman talked about this morning. Barbara bowman says she has received lots of accolades and support. Her voice mail is full and Janice Dickinson says the opposite. Now there is silence, there are scowls when she goes out in public. She says it used to be she would go out and public and people would say hey, girl. You go, girl. But quite the opposite. She says she is fearful no more. Shes been empowered by the other women and she says she is there for them just as she knows the other women who alleged sexual abuse by bill cosby are there for her. And she believes that while the statute of limitations may have run out, she can not press criminal charges against bill cosby she and her attorneys are exploring whether slander or libel are a possibility because bill cosbys attorney martin singer has called her a liar. We have to talk about this, though. Dickinson and her ghost write and her book no lifeguard on duty did not include allegations about alleged ra ed. You talked with the ghostwriter, what did he say . I talked to the goes writer, pablo fenvez and he says yes,