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>> what will be interesting is ferguson has come to depend on this as a revenue stream. it's a significant portion of the budget. i wonder if we'll see political reaction to it. brockmeyer. a kind of backlash in ferguson. how is this being received by citizen there is? >> citizens are very pleased about this and it will be difficult for a politician to unring the bell chris. this is the future. you can rely upon, you cannot engage in predatory conduct on citizens to raise revenue. so the city of ferguson will have to figure it out in these new terms, on these new terms and these new times. >> ...

Northwest of us up the hill of the street that runs perpendicular to the police department and south florison. and it was behind the street a ways away. approximately 100 feet or so. and we looked toward that direction and once the police officer went down and began to cry out, chaos ensued. and people began to scramble and run for their cars and take cover behind various cars that were on the parking lot. >> joining me now lizz brown, columnist for "the st. louis american." lizz, what is the mood there today in the wake of this really horrific shooting? >> people are frustrated. people are sa...

From an angry crowd, goes back to day one, 200-some days ago. that's part of the context of what their thinking would be. >> that's why progress is going to be so slow. because there's a dynamic on each side of this. and if they don't come together there will be no change. tom, lizz thank you very much. chris, thanks so much. there are also new details emerging this morning about the latest black eye for the secret service. those two senior agents suspected of driving a government vehicle after drinking at a party, and reportedly disrupting an active bomb investigation. we're also learning t...

People are saddened. people are concerned that this incident is going to derail the conversations that need to be had about what is going on in this town and in this region. i mean, we're -- the unfortunate piece is that these police officers were shot. the good news is that they're back home. but the bad news also is that we're not talking about what also happened yesterday about the resignation of the chief of police of ferguson. the fact that he received this kind of severance pay. the fact that through during his entire tenure, he never read the doj report and never reported on it to the c...

County, chief belmar, is it's provocative in nature. three minutes after the event you're saying that the shooter was embedded with the protesters. that's provocative and it's inaccurate. and that doesn't allow us to get to a conversation about what really happened here. >> but, lizz, what is a guy going to say? he just had two of his officers shot. i mean, you know, they could be at their funerals right now. >> but we're not. okay, chris? we're not. and we expect people like the chief of police to be able to comport himself appropriately and based upon the training that he's had. you don't --...