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Growing fear for the safety of the city's officers. two of them were shot at the end of what had been a peaceful demonstration. you are looking at video of the scene. you can hear the gunshots and see the chaos that followed. some people scattering while others rushed to help the wounded officers. both men lucky to be alive according to officials. and now an intense search for the person who fired on them is unfolding. we have just learned three people taken in for questioning have been released without charges. we're covering all angles with our correspondents and guests including the head of...

Day-to-day basis. and big challenges like these should galvanize our country. big challenges like these should unite us around an opportunity that brings us together rather than pulling us apart. >> the president is calling for millions of dollars to fund body cameras for police. but there are many other potential reforms. everything from improved training to electronically tracking police weapons. it's clear something has to change. joining me now is mark moriel, president of the national urban league. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> we've been dealing with thysethese issues for a ...

Decades to come. >> professor peterson, mark moriel talks about the future, but is it not a truthfully depressing fact that in many ways, this speech will be delivered at a moment when this nation is going backwards on issues like the voting rights act? >> yeah, and i would add toe that also the war on women and all the attempts to roll back women's rights. >> absolutely. in so many states throughout the country. >> we talked about this before, martin, but there's a slate of issues, i think one thing we have to be very, very clear on is that dr. martin luther king was a prophet, president obam...

Which is considerable, he said, all right, i'll the one that says the things that are uncomfortable to say in polite society that you don't want to bring up. i think what he did on that night was successful. mark moriel, good point. let's talk about it some more. i think what o'reilly did was -- he ripped the band-aid off the sore underneath. >> he said, we'll talk and people die. -- >> no, no, no. he said, while we're talking all of these young black americans are dying in the urban centers because of policies we have had in place are not working and that needs to be changed. >> bill o'reilly...

What he did through his platform, which is considerable, he said all right, i'll be the one who says some things that are uncomfortable to say in polite society that you don't want to necessarily bring up. i think what he did on that night was very successful. mark moriel, good point, let's get together, talk about it some more. i think what o'reilly was, he ripped the bandaid off, and the sore underneath. >> he said we will talk, people die. >> that's not what he said. he said while we're talking, all these young black americans are dying in the urban centers because of policies we've had in ...