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He spoke just a little while ago about the grand jury decision. >> this is an issue that we've been dealing with for too long and it's time to make more progress than we've made. i'm not interesting in talk, i'm interested in action, and i am absolutely committed as president of the united states to making sure that we have a country in which everybody believes in the core principle that we are equal under the law. [ applause ] >> let's bring in the president and ceo of the national urban league. and also joining us congressman lacey clay. thank you very much for joining us. mark, first to you...

Choke hold death of an unarmed african-american man. we're getting new and angry reaction to the grand jury decision in new york. protests are heating up and officials are on alert for the possibility of violence. we're covering all the angles of this bombshell decision and fears it will fan racial tension across the u.s. with the outrage over what happened in ferguson, missouri still very fresh. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. we're following the breaking news in new yor...

The blood flow to the brain so the subject faints and then let go and cuff him without permanent injury. the police departments got away from it because of what happens here, and you see in the video, the officer' forearm is not on the side of the neck, cutting off blood flow, it's cutting off air on the front, it is choking him. so because of that, most police departments that have caught th taught that, and i was taught this years ago, but because there were so many accidents that people accidentally died, they've gone to not using it. it's not technically illegally, but it is against the ru...

Hours. so i would think that before the grand jury should have been the fact that twice he was sued twice for civil rights infractions, one case filed in 2012 was settled and the city paid out $30,000. that's still another case open. so if you have that kind of witness testifying in front of the grand jury, the person that is the target of the grand jury investigation, i would think that that information in and of itself is very relevant and should have been presented to the grand jury. >> don, led me read to you the statement that the police officer daniel pantaleo put out after the grand jur...

One chapter has closed with the decision of this grand jury. there are more chapters ahead. the police department will initiate now its own investigation and make its own decisions about the administrative actions it can take. the federal government is clearly engaged and poised to act. just before the meeting began, the leaders here on staten island, i received a phone call from united states attorney general eric holder and from u.s. attorney loretta lynch. they made clear that the investigation initiated by the u.s. attorney would now move forward, that it would be done expeditiously, and i...