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Chicago where we saw protesters getting right in the face of police. it appeared to be they were attacking police right before the break. the police then pushing back. today, president obama, chicago his hometown, touched on the issue of black communities not trusting law enforcement. ed henry's our chief white house correspondent. he joins us now. ed. >> megyn, what's interesting is the president was speaking at a college affordability event. so he did not have to comment on the eric garner case, but he went out of his way to do that. he revealed he had spoken this morning before the speech t...

Moving backwards. so if we have to march like the '60s, we're going to march like the '60s. another person said it's seeing people doing something and if you look back to the '60s, this is what it took. marches is what it took. there's a real positive vibe even though they are angry about the tamir case, the eric garner case, the michael brown case. one thing, anderson, it's a diverse crowd. people of all races here. i talked to a white woman, a college student. she's out here to support her friends who are minorities who were racially profiled. here right now, we're heading towards the white ...

Force as opposed to a race thing? >> oh, because it's a case about both. there are two pieces of this. there's the excessive law enforcement and the prosecution. and then there's the reason why this grand jury and why this prosecutor presented evidence in such a way that was likely to not get an indictment. >> this one here in staten island? >> yes. this one here in staten island. so on the first piece it is as clear as day, as clear as the blue as the blue sky, there should have been some serious charges brought based solely on what we've seen in terms of the evidence. there no -- it's a shoc...

Probable cause was met in that case? >> i grant you, mark, that the garner case is far more controversial in terms of the evidence and why there was no indictment than ferguson. that's a no-brainer. but the racial component has yet to be established. i am wanting you to establish it for me. all i hear so far is past examples, rodney king, that's a different case. it was a long time ago. i'm citing other examples. >> i've cited five cases to you. >> i've cited three to you. >> okay. so is this a game of numbers? >> you tell me. my audience wants to hear the evidence. they're wondering why we're...

In the michael brown case there were many eyewitnesses who said that they saw michael brown turn and charge the police officer. those witnesses in many cases were african-americans. so why is this a race issue? >> it's a race issue because, i -- i don't know honestly. >> if michael brown was white this would not have went down the way it went down. that's one thing i can say for sure. >> that was a protester from last night we were mentioning a moment ago. and now we're back live from chicago where we saw protesters getting right in the face of police. it appeared to be they were attacking pol...