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They wanted to make sure things began to -- somebody began to look at the department and look at those problems so as they could then move to best practices. but marc morial is right. we can definitely do this. and i've often said to my citizens in baltimore, i want us to be a model for the nation of how policing is supposed to be done. and i have tremendous faith that we'll get there. >> congressman cummings i know you're hoping the protesters remain peaceful they don't get out of control. >> yes, that's right. >> that would be a horrible situation if we see violence or anything like that. >>...

From the police and she'll combine that with the information she has to determine whether to file charges. folks in baltimore have a lot of confidence in her. she's a young lady, career prosecutor. and i have a lot of faith in her, too. but as marc morial was saying, there's a lot to be done. but first we have to figure out all of the problems. and we're looking for a ferguson-type review of our police department. and, wolf this is a transformative moment. if we don't get this right now, things will only get worse. >> let me ask marc morial about that. marc "the baltimore sun" reported the cit...

Moment a movement. and we heard from the pastor who has been addressing them saying that they will take this to city hall next -- on thursday later in the week to make their views known. >> suzanne, i want you to stand by as well. i want to get reaction to what's going on. benjamin crump is with us mark morial president of the national urban league. mark een you want-- i know you want to react to what we're seeing and hearing. >> wolf as we discussed this there's also got to be some focus on the long-standing challenges of the baltimore police department. 102 police misconduct lawsuits $6 mill...

Other issues here at the moment wolf. i think they're -- they are very concerned about the amount of press, the amount of tension that all of this has brought and i think they're a little -- were simply not ready for this much attention, wolf. >> they're certainly overwhelmed right now. benjamin crump is with us still. he was the attorney for the michael brown family trayvon martin family. you wanted to make a point. >> yeah wolf i agreed with mark morial. it is becoming a state of emergency when we continue to see america sanction the killing killings of these unarmed people of color. and eve...

This. but of course it's not simply her task alone. the united states attorney there in maryland the state's attorney in maryland they have an important job to do in terms of conducting their own investigations towards justice for the death of this unarmed man. so -- but mayor rawlings blake i believe will do the right thing. >> stand by mark morial because our anchor don lemon, is joining us as well. you see what's going on don. what's your impression your reaction to what's going on on the streets of baltimore right now? >> it takes me back wolf to this summer and i'm sure benjamin crump wil...