The Baltimore Police department lined with barricades and officers protesters Standing Firm with their demand for justice. How do you take a man, put him in handcuffs and we hear the frustration of the community. We hear the angst and the hurt in the gray family. And we have an obligation to make sure that we are as open and transparent with this investigation as we can be. Reporter freddie grays mother shielding her face overcome with grief tuesday. Still unable to lay her son to rest. Police have yet to turn over his body. The family plans to conduct a second private autopsy. The Baltimore Sun quoting the family as saying before he died gray underwent surgery for three fractured vertebrae in his neck. I dont know at what point mr. Gray suffered the traumatic and fatal injuries. I dont know. But im determined to get to the bottom of it. Reporter the department of justice says its now launching their own probe to determine if any civil rights were violated. And this week Baltimore Police department releasing the names of all six officers who were directly involved in the april 12th arrest. Five men and one woman their ages range from 25 to 45. Four of them relatively new to the force. The other two have at least 15 years of experience with the department. All six suspended with pay. Authorities stressing that the actions taken against them in no way implies any wrongdoing in the arrest. The Baltimore Police department is promising to have their investigation wrapped up by next friday. Theyre going to turn it over thanks so suzanne for that report. Well this is not the first time that the Baltimore Police department has been accused of Excessive Force. An investigation by the Baltimore Sun found that since 2011 the city of baltimore has paid out close to 6 million in Court Judgments or settlements to victims of police abuse. Lets bring in the reporter behind that sun investigation mark puente and pastor of the Empowerment Temple Church who marched with the protesters last night. Gentlemen, thanks so much for being here. Reverend toipt start with you. We understand more than 1,000 people turned out to protest and it was very emotionally charged. In fact we hear that freddie grays family also came out. His mother became overwhelmed at one point. Can you describe what the whole experience was like . It was overwhelming not just for his mother but for fredrika which was his twin sister. To feel the heaviness of the reality being outside of the precinct knowing these six officers essentially on a paid vacation while we have to pull money together for a funeral. Its a gravin equity and a slap in the face to say its a mystery. Its not a mystery, its a murder. And those six officers need to be held accountable for it. Mark we talked abtd the investigative pieces youve done for your paper, the Baltimore Sun in which youve looked at Excessive Force in the Baltimore Police department. What did you find . Well our investigation found that since 2011 Baltimore Police officers have been sued countless times, in 102 cases the city either settled or jury awarded damages to suspects who eventually became plaintiffs in those lawsuits. And what stood out to us is that in nearly all the cases the individuals were charged during questionable arrests and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assault on a Law Enforcement officer. The charges were later dropped by prosecutors and judges. Many of the individuals had broken arms broken bones, black eyes other injuries. And the city paid out damages. And they didnt track these cases. They had no way to know multiple officers had been sued multiple times for similar accusations. Mark thats incredible. Those findings are incredible that the people who were originally arrested it turns out there was no rationale to charge them criminally. And they came out of it with all these injuries. Were you able to determine if baltimore is worse than other Police Departments . Is something going on specifically in baltimore . Well we looked at dallas as a comparison as a similar size department. Dallas had 26 claims and paid about the same amount of money. Would have saved baltimore millions of dollars the state has a cap per case. Had that cap not been in place the number could have been significantly higher. Reverend one of the most infuriating things to the protesters is that the Baltimore Police department has not been able to provide any answers about what happened to freddie gray once he was in custody or even why they pursued him to begin with. Last night a spokesperson for the Baltimore Police department came on cnn and spoke to erin burnett. And his answer was stunning in its basically lack of awareness. I want to play this for you. Were going to follow the facts where they go. The Deputy Commissioner said no force was used. All of the evidence that we have at this time indicates there was no force used there was no bruising no indication of any sort of broken bones. However, that investigation is still ongoing. Reverend he says that all of the evidence shows that no force was used . Yeah. When you look at his spine is 80 severed, it shows a pattern of quite negligence. And for the mayor and for the Police Commissioner and that precinct captain needs to be held accountable. Three Different Things. Number one, they still dont have probable cause as to why they even arrested him. Number two, they cannot give accountability for their lapse in time. And number three, never in the history of respiratory illnesses has an asthma attack led to your spine being broken. And i think that the Police Department is in fact somewhere between hallway patrol and lost in space to say that theres been absolutely no Excessive Force. Thats why the citizens of baltimore are outraged and were going to city Hall Thursday at 3 00. Mark you know the mayor has come on new day, mayor of baltimore, shes also said she cant get answers. Why cant they get answers out of the Police Department . Thats a big question. Its not just us who are asking. Every person in this town is asking. The National Spotlights in this town waiting for answers. Theyre saying they cant give answers because the Law Enforcement officer allows a certain amount of days before officers are compelled to testify or talk to investigators. Thats been a big issue we found in our investigation that the law favors the officers and they tried to change that this year and the mayor was down there fighting for that but they couldnt overcome the fraternal order of police lobbying. Reverend what does baltimore need to change . Wat do all the people who turned out last night for that protest want to see happen . Theres got to be a complete overhaul of the criminal Justice System not just in baltimore but across the country. Were seeing a pattern of a hunting season on black men across america from ferguson to sanford to Staten Island now here in baltimore. Its so necessary for Loretta Lynch to be confirmed so the whole area is fumigated and we start from the bottom. Mark puente reverend thank you for your information. Well talk to you again. Over to chris. Overseas saudi arabia says air strikes in yemen are ending because Operation Decisive storm has achieved its goals. And yet yemen is an allout battleground as Houthi Rebels are marauding through the southeast of the country. The sea as precarious as on land. U. S. Forces now watching for arm shipments from iran. Lets get the latest from cnns International CorrespondentFrederik Pleitgen in tehran. Fred the latest from there. Reporter yeah. Good morning, chris. And the skies are supposed to be silent over yemen but apparently they are not. The latest information weve been getting is apparently the Houthi Rebels apparently tried to overrun a base and when that happened air strikes were called in. The saudis struck the Houthi Rebels and pushed them back. So seems while the ceasefire, while the cessation of bombardment seems to be happening in most of the country, there are stilg incidents happening. All of this is causing friction between the United States and iran. For a very long time iran has criticized the u. S. s position on yemen. And at the same time you have the u. S. And iran trying to improve their relations among things with this nuclear deal thats going on. I was able to speak to the Top Commander of irans Ground Forces. This is a man who normally never speaks to western television. And he says there is still a long way to go. I want to read you what he told me. He said at the moment we consider the United States to be a threat to us because the policies and actions are threatening to us. We would like the u. S. To change its rhetoric and tone of voice so that our nation could have more trust in the u. S. Military leadership. We trust the American People but the tone of the u. S. Government and military officials is such that we would still consider the u. S. A threat. Of course the same is true in the other direction. Theres still a lot of fiery rhetoric coming out of tehran especially in regards to that standoff thats going on at sea between those iranian vessels and the u. S. The iranians are saying they have no desire to try and sail towards yemeni waters. They say the only thing they want to do is try and provide humanitarian assistance to yemen. Michaela. All right, fred. Lets dig deeper on that. President obama is delivering a strong message to iran about aiding those Houthi Rebels as u. S. Warships patrol the gulf of aden ready to cut off the flow of arms to those rebels. Cnns Michelle Kosinski has the latest for us from the white house. Reporter good morning. The white house has made it clear that the u. S. Is absolutely ready to physically stop iran or backup others from stopping iran and getting anymore weapons to the houthis in yemen. The white house doesnt want to spell it out in those terms. Theyre really reluctant to do so. Theyve been reciting almost as a mantra almost 15 times in yesterdays briefing that the mission of u. S. Warships in that region is to protect the free flow of navigation and commerce. But they also said that the International Community is resolute in enforcing a new u. N. Resolution barring the transfer of weapons to the houthis. And that the u. S. Stands shouldertoshoulder in that goal. Heres what president obama had to say about the situation. What weve said to them is is that if their weapons delivered to factions within yemen, they could threaten navigation thats a problem. And were not sending them obscure messages. We send them very direct messages about it. Reporter and he said part of that message is clear to iran that they need to be part of the solution and not the problem. Alisyn. Okay michelle. Thanks so much for that. Well we have some breaking news this morning. French Officials Say they have foiled an imminent terror attack at a church. The 24yearold algerian suspect was detained on sunday in paris after accidentally shooting himself. Police found a blood trail leading to his car where they discovered loaded guns. And they found more guns later in his home. The suspect had already been flagged as a Security Risk last year. Also breaking hundreds of migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea are now back on land this morning. This rescue came on the heels of a weekend disaster believed to have killed 800 migrants after their boat capsized. Lets get to carl at the port in sicily where the rescue ship just docked. A little bit of relief at least in this part of the story, carl. Reporter absolutely, chris. For the last hour weve been watching 446 migrants coming off that Italian Naval vessel. They have been adrift by according to early survivor accounts eight days in the mediterranean since heading south in the coast of egypt. Some survivors say they were transferred to six different vessels on their way here because one gang of people smugglers would then pass them onto a different gang. And as you look at those people coming off that boat you just get a sense of how bad things really must be back at home because we have seen women with babes in arms coming down the gangplank. We have seen toddlers so small that they seem to stagger along taking their first steps towards a new life. Now, theres a lot of syrians onboard there. Theyre obviously fleeing the civil conflict there. There are egyptians onboard as well. Things as we know have turned bad there since the breakdown of democracy in egypt. And a lot of subsaharan africans from west africa and from the horn of africa as well. The Italian Police also on hand here though theyre going to be combing through the passengers on that vessel to see if they can find any trace of the people traffickers. Back to you, michaela. Such a horrifying scenario. Good to see those people reach dry land. Thanks so much for that karl. Meanwhile, a nightmare at sea of a different sort. A trip to paradise turns into a nightmare for passengers and crew aboard a Carnival Cruise ship off the coast of australia. Thousands of vacationers were caught in a onceinadecade storm producing some 30foot waves at sea. Passengers are grateful to be back on land and now recounting that harrowing experience. Our senior International Correspondent iranevan watson has more on their tale. Reporter youre right, one passenger called this a nightmare. Can you imagine these 2,000 people forced to basically ride out the storm aboard this cruise ship when the main port in sydney had to close because the storm was just so severe. So these tourists they got a lot more than they bargained for when they went out on this cruise. Horror off the coast of australia. This is the view of over 2,000 passengers stranded on a Carnival Cruise ship near sydney. The east coast of the country slammed by a onceinadecade deadly storm. The waves up to 30 feet high with winds surpassing 60 miles an hour forcing the ship packed with 800 children to stay outside the harbor overnight tuesday. Sydney Officials Say it was too risky. This is the first time ive had this close to port and first time ive ever refused entry to a cruise ship. Reporter passengers back on land wednesday morning describe a nightmare. Ive been on a cruise before and i never had this experience in my whole entire life. I was petrified. Reporter the Carnival Company no stranger to stranded cruise liners. In 2010 Carnival Splendor was left off the coast of san diego for three days due to an engine fire. And in 2013 carnival triumph suffered a similar fate in the gulf of mexico leaving passengers helpless for nearly a week. But this time the massive storm whipping australias coastline, banging fishing boats against the shore and sweeping entire homes off their foundation is the reason Carnival Cruise lines Vice President says this delay was unavoidable. Now, the passengers are back safe on dry land but the australian city of sydney the southeastern coast of australia are still reeling from this storm. Police say that at least four people have been killed by this Severe Weather over the last two days. Police telling me that the most recent fatality was an 86yearold woman whose car was swept away by a flood, by a river that flooded its banks. A top official in this state of australia saying this storm was much more severe than originally anticipated. Back to you guys. Thank you very much for the reporting on it. The storm clearly more than just a Carnival Cruise ship calamity. That looked very unpleasant. Being trapped on that boat must have been so scary. Yeah. Do any cruise ships just come into port uneventfully anymore . I feel they do. And i know youre going to go to the extreme, but most do, alisyn. But we dont report on those. Right. Youre not going to take a cruise now. Ive never really been enticed by the idea being on a cruise and now this kind of shuts it down for me. One of the things you have to know that as big as those cruise ships are and theyre like Apartment Building on their sides, the ocean wins. There is no ship that has any were all just corks on the water out there when poseidon decides fate. I like your fisherman philosophy. People like this is the biggest ship never have to worry. Its never a match. All right. Back to our top news which is that the saudis announce an end to air strikes in yemen just as we get reports of new fighting. Is there a diplomatic solution thats possible . The big question in baltimore is what happened to freddie gray . Why was he arrested . How did his spi