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We have no confidence in local, state prosecutions. the attorney general talked with mrs. garner and me today. they talked about an independent investigation. but let's be clear. let's be clear that while we ask for the federal government to move, we are moving that way on saturday, a week from this saturday, december 13th, we are having a national march in washington, d.c., where we are calling for the justice department to take this case and the case in ferguson and the case in cleveland. it is time for a national march to deal with a national crisis. >> that was earlier today. the protests ...

Prosecutors dealing with local police because they work together hand in glove in terms of cases. a prosecutor depends on the local police for all of their cases. all of their evidence. which is why you need someone outside of that arrangement. outside of the politics. local prosecutors run for office. police unions are involved in either supporting or not supporting. a lot of different conflicting things that really makes people much more comfortable and the results, more fair, when you have outside people involved. that's why we call for federal prosecutor here as well as in ferguson, as wel...

Today by a grand jury not to indict. police officers who had interacted with an individual named eric garner in new york city. i just got off the phone with my attorney general, eric holder. he will have more specific comments about the case in new york. but i want everybody to know here, as well as everybody who may be viewing my remarks here today, we are not going to let up until we see a strengthening of the trust and a strengthening of the accountability that exists between our communities and our law enforcement. when anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law, th...

Means that we need to intervene. in the case that you brought up earlier, anthony baez, the trial judge of the state level after that officer was acquitted said that there had been a miscarriage of justice. he said that the police out and out lied on the stand. so there was a lot of pressure for a federal prosecution. if there's similar pressure here, this was an incident caught on time. the police officers ruled the medical examiner ruled the death was a homicide mr. garner's crime was selling a loose tobacco cigarette. it was caught on time and he was saying, i can't breathe. all of those ri...

Somewhere else in manhattan. somewhere else blocks away, even in another burrough. it has been a rapidly unfolding situation and a little unpredictable on boast the west coast and the east coast. we have much more to come in our ongoing coverage in the reaction to the new york city's grand jury decision not continue to diet the police officer who killed eric garner. lots ahead including the reverend al sharpton. stay with us. has the fastest retinol formula to visibly reduce fine lines and wrinkles in just one week. neutrogena®.