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officers around. all of a sudden my automobile came under attack. and you know i've got many years in law enforcement. and i got to tell you, it was a very very scary moment for myself and -- >> i can imagine. but you're safe and well? >> yes. very much so. but kelly, this thing is out of control. i think the curfew should have been enacted tonight. i was there at the mall earlier, kelly, and i can tell you, we had a helicopters flying over. and there was someone in that helicopter that said over and over, this area has to be cleared. and guess what? it was cleared. so i think that when the mayor says that she wanted to send a signal or allow these young people to be prepared for what was going to happen tomorrow night, i find that disingeneral
this was and is an out of control mile. and as a result of the act that occurred to you will be an active tomorrow night, this mob has taken advantage of the night and this mall. i can tell you, kelly and heather, they own the streets of baltimore baltimore. and this is an embarrassment. >> if there with a is a stand down order, who do you think issued that stand down order? >> it is hard to ou wonder if the bolt more commissioner and mayor, the question mark is are they on the same page. because you can see where law enforcement officers were being pelted with rocks and bottles and what they were doing was just standing there. taking it. moving back. instead of aggressively moving forward.
>> the leaders of this city have to step in and try to stop the rioting from going on. earlier, baltimore mayor accused the news media of twisting her words. the mayor flatly denying she said anything that could be construed as giving protesters the okay to spread violence. let's listen to what she said earlier. >> i'm going to protect people's right to protest. the fact that people exploited that does not man i don't have the right to protect people's right to protest. i never said nor would i are say we are giving people's faith to destroy our city. my word shouldn't be twisted. >> that curfew is tomorrow night from 10:00 p.m. it will last at least a week. she was asked why the curfew
the mior isy mayor is talking, we will listen to her. >> we will assemble resources. bring calm to the city. made sure we got the executive order right to give people enough time to know we were putting the curfew in place. we worked with the school system to make sure there was a daytime curfew in place and schools would be closed. a lot of ts to cross and is to dot. >> so some saying troops on the streets are aggravating the situation. are you worried about that? >> we will bring order. it is very clear that i am not interested in exacerbating the situation. my goal is to bring calm. but we will have order. and we will have peace. because there are too many of us in baltimore who believe that baltimore is much better than what you are seeing today. >>
a lot of city officers are extremely tired. that are needing relief from the outside agencies. there is still, i understand, a battle raging to the west of us. >> it is our understanding there is a battle raging as well. i wonder if anyone if anyone from the sun has been able to find out from the mayor why she waited until the 6:00 p.m. hour to call in for help. >> yeah, i don't know. about her strategy. i know that governor hogan did say he had to wait for the mayor but he said frankly that i believe he used a term that you know was about time. i think they thought the situation was under control. i can't speak for them. >> i didn't know they had been asked the question and given an answer.
center sponsored by a baptist church which is put up for the good of the community and burned tonight. it is the latest chapter in what turned out to be a day of unrest. baltimore's mayor announcing a 10:00 p.m. curfew that starts for reasons beyond us tomorrow. not tonight. a little reminder of how today's events have unfolded. when all of this started during our newscast some eight hours ago at 3:00 this afternoon, baltimore time large groups of juveniles. apparently just gotten out of school as cops called them. throwing rocks, bricks and other items at the officers. the officers some of them pick had up the rocks that were thrown at them. and threw them back at the rioters. police have been tweeting that rock throwing and bottle throwing it all still going on. they say more than a dozen officers hurt today. we told you 15 was the official number if police earlier. again a news conference to begin shortly. we hope to get updated numbers.
>> as the mayor was speaking a car came and rushed towards the fire. couple around the fire in the center of the street and right into front of the line of police officers. it was a terrifying moment. leeland, to the degree your cameraman can zoom in on that we appreciate it. we appreciate all you are doing out there. it is clear the cops are moving in. >> they are moving in. what is interesting is that where they are right now is where they started at 9:00 tonight. they were treated and we saw over the past couple of hours what unfolded. which was looting. rioting. stolen cars being driven into crowds. it was a stunning couple of hours and why all of a sudden the police have decided to move down there and they brute their fire trucks to put out fires on these cars whether it is because it coincides with the news conference or thief been
uous. >> earlier, he said, we wanted for her to call and ask for assistance. we wanted her to. so i mean it was a little bit of a contentious moment, i guess you could say. he he didn't really place blame on the mayor but claim very close. >> i don't know if it is the mayor's call. i think the governor of the state of maryland just looking at television and seeing what was going on in one of his cities, should have went on ael pulled the trigger as he finally did irrespective of whether the mayor called for the national guard or not.
and called in the national guard. baltimore's police department asked for up to 5,000 additional cops. fire department is requesting additional manpower. come tuesday night this entire city will be under curfew and that means no one regardless of age will be allowed out on the street between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. that will be the case for at least the remainder of the week. >> all of this follows one of the grimmest days in baltimore history triggered by the death of a young african-american freddy gray. he died earlier this month while in police custody and what city leaders are calling unprecedent street violence. part of baltimore is in chaos torching buildings with be setting police cars on fire and throwing bricks at police officers. at least two dozen people have been arrested. and late monday the mayor delivered a statement to the looters.