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Good morning, i'm michaela pereira. john berman is off today. at this hour, a growing sense that the choke hold death of a staten island man by police is bringing more folks together regardless of their race and the decision not to indict the cop responsible has inspired more protests not just in, no but across the nation. demonstrators marching, staging sit-ins, die-ins, blockades, demanding change in the way police treat minorities. on the heels of ferguson it's clear this is more about -- about more than the nypd and eric garner and more than just black and white and justice in america in...

Protests planned for this evening. police presence starting to be established here. squad cars behind me, police cars down here. we have seen police patrolmen walking up and down the streets. i saw two undercover cops with badges on getting ready to blend into the crowds out here. police forces across the united states gearing up for more protests tonight. this comes as the police force that's at the center of this whole controversy is undergoing major retraining tonight. thousands protesting in new york, st. louis, d.c., so-called die-ins in chicago and boston, a national outcry over police t...

Put eric garner in a chokehold. >> the verdict was hard to understand. but i haven't seen all the details. but it's sad that race continues to play such an emotional, divisive part of life. >> you're looking right now at live pictures out of chicago where protesters are already starting to come together for this third night of demonstrations. if you were working late in manhattan last night and looked down the street, chances are you saw swarmed of protesters. taking away the neon because of the billboards, the sit-ins, die-ins, chanting mock coffins, conjured images of the past, selma, birmin...

Staging die-ins where they lay on the ground at clayton, missouri, and a missouri mall intended to disrupt holiday shopping. they did it in seattle as well. that was also the faktic in portland, where police ultimately made arrests and where reverend jesse jackson encouraged the crowd. >> we've seen a mean-spirited backlash in our country that does not represent the best in us. we must fight it in the face of michael brown. >> reporter: portland also produced a warm moment from the demonstrations. a photograph of a white police officer hugging a young, black protester. in ferguson volunteers p...

Tom is an organizer with the tampa tea party patriots. good to have you, tom. >> great to be on, neil. thank you. >> neil: all right. so, a lot of congressmen are saying we're done with this town hall stuff, it's so yesterday. so you are going to hold forums anyway. don't they have to be there? they were there the first time and they chose not to listen to us. the american people spoke resoundedly in one voice saying we don't want the monstrosity of socialized health. >> neil: what are you going to do? >> we're going to do it anyway. show up and do the candlelight vigils and do our healthcare ...