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Communities. we have whether federal investigations will really make a difference. but we begin with rick leventhal in new york with more reaction to the death of eric garner. hi, rick. >> bret, many people say they were shocked by the grand jury's decision not to seek criminal charges in this case. from eric garner's family to politicians to the officer who testified on his own behalf, and tonight the protests continue with a crowd estimated at more than 1,000 strong gathering down at foley plaza in lower manhattan near the the federal court buildings. the nypd on high alert wondering how muc...

Endeavor. this is the core of what government does. this is the reason we have a 14th amendment, to empower the federal government to be sure that the states are making their decisions at the street level, based upon law and reason and not bias or privilege. and the only way eric holder can do this, and how many times have you heard me criticize eric holder? until i'm blue in the face. but this time i'm with h him. the only way is by impanelling a federal grand jury to re-examine this. that re-examine natiwill be ver very different from the state. >> and very different in new york than thes in...

Kate snow, always a pleasure. thank you for being here. up next, for nearly four decades, it has been against the law to treat pregnant women unequally in the workplace in this country. but a new case before the high court asks a very simple question, how much are businesses required to do? pete williams is standing by for us live at the supreme court right after this. turn the trips you have to take, into one you'll never forget. earn points for every flight and every hotel. expedia plus rewards. this is the equivalent of the and this is one soda a day over an average adult lifetime. but th...

Proceeding before a judge with cross-examination. they then decided they wanted to do it secretly so they changed course and they had a secret grand jury with no judge, no defense attorney and no public viewing to get a charge against michael jackson. i don't like grand juries, i think public preliminary hearings are far fairer, and i think you need cross-examination of witnesses, particularly a police officer like mr. wilson. you need somebody questioning him about the statements he made and why he did what he did. >> and police officer shootings like the ferguson case. the officers are rarel...

Are in the care of abu dhabi authorities. the cops are looking after them until their father, who is the ex-husband of the victim can arrive. he's traveling in from abroad. so they're in the custody of the police until then. >> nbcnews.com. cassandra, thank you. back here, any minute now, grand jury in new york could release its decision in the death of eric garner. garner died in july after a police officer held him around the neck. you can see it right there. he was trying to arrest him. it's another case of a young black man, or in this case, an older black man killed by police, decided b...