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The Situation Room-20141202-22:01:00

admiral john kirby. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the national guard is on the move tonight in missouri and there's now new post-ferguson fallout, hundreds of high schoolers who walked out of class. this is the latest in the decision not to charge the police officer in the death of michael brown. and now we're learning off-duty police officers from the police union are volunteering to protect wilson who has been forced into hiding and faces continuing threats. and michael brown's stepfather is under investigation for his actions last monday night and the rioting that devastated parts of ferguson. our guests include emanuel cleaver of missouri. let's begin in ferguson with

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The Situation Room-20141202-22:04:00

quote, regretted any offense taken and added, "the rams will continue to build on what has always been strong and valued relationships with local law enforcement and the greatest st. louis community as we come together to help heal our region." but a rams spokesman followed up to say they did not apologize. st. louis police in turn took to twitter to compare the definition of apology to the rams' statement. you're being looking at the businesses, many of them boarded up. the business owners here, quite frankly, struggling. there's no business to be had on this street. businesses are boarded up and police plan to investigate all reports of property damage, wolf, as they try to move forward in this case. >> thanks very much, george howell on the streets of ferguson. and now two federal investigations. listen to the attorney general of the united states, eric

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The Situation Room-20141202-22:11:00

ferguson, far bigger than mr. head or officer wilson. this is a dramatic revelation that we have not moved as far as we thought in terms of race relations. these are the best of times and the worst of times, to quote the opening lines of the tale of two cities. we've got to do something about it that exceeds just focusing on ferguson. >> wouldn't it be helpful, though, if mr. head, the stepfather, apologized, expressed some remorse, said he was simply acting out of his frustration, his anger, he really didn't mean what came out of his mouth? >> it was my understanding that he's already done that, that he's already apologized. and i think that what is the purpose of now trying to indict this man? i mean, there is no socio

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The Situation Room-20141202-22:08:00

protect him. i asked if it's officers surrounding him 24/7, police in front of his home at every moment, they would not give those details. wilson has gotten threats over the phone, in e-mails, on social media, that there are apparently bounties on his head and these are threats not only to him but his family as well. he says that the protection will go on as long as necessary. >> all americans deserve to be protected. we stand for due process rights not just for police officers but for all americans who, by the way, our members spend every day on the job and in their off duty hours endeavoring to protect. >> reporter: knew, community activists in ferguson say there will be likely be people in the area who are upset that ferguson is getting this protection but jim pasco of the fraternal order of police, when anyone is

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The Situation Room-20141202-22:21:00

him that what -- they made ferguson look like fallujah and americans, black and white, were all alarmed when you see the emirates walking down the street and you see the military-style machine guns. i think we need to allow certain surplus to go to new york, philadelphia, boston and those areas that might be targeted by terrorists, we need to make sure that they can have everything that they can possibly use to combat terrorism. but bringing that kind of equipment into waxahachie, texas, where i was born or ferguson, it makes no sense. and so i think we've got to redesign that program to make sure that communities that receive equipment are able to finance the training on that equipment, to just tell people to get up and use that equipment i think is foolish and it's not in harmony with the will of the american public.

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The Situation Room-20141202-22:20:00

rocked the city following the grand jury decision not to charge the former police officer darren wilson in the death of michael brown. we're back with democratic congressman daniel cleaver. congressman, i think you're with the president as far as military-style equipment from the pentagon being provided to local law enforcement. but you don't like the heavy military equipment but we're told that only about 4% of that equipment is really military grade, which the pentagon provides and made clear yesterday that it will continue to be delivered. is this really a big problem? >> it is. congressman lacy and i flew back from ferguson, from st. louis, actually, with the attorney general and went immediately to the pentagon to meet with secretary hagel and we talked -- we spoke with him about the use of military equipment in what is called the 1033 program and told

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The Situation Room-20141202-22:23:00

of my children with them. i think it's foolish to even believe that the police forces around the country are evil somehow and people are psychologically in a spot where they may not be good police officers but to condemn the police officers around the country i think is foolish. >> should the president visit ferguson? >> absolutely not. the president was elected to be the leader of the free world. he was not elected to be the head of the naacp or the urban league. there are people who get up every morning with the job of dealing with civil rights matters. and if a person goes to ferguson, we created a whole another controversy. for every action, there is an

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The Situation Room-20141202-22:46:00

that we're predominantly working with. we have talked to others about their willingness to help but i'm not at liberty to go into those discussions right now. >> everybody set for a new secretary of defense over there? >> secretary hagel is the secretary of defense and it's a big job. his focus is making sure our men and women around the world at harm's way around the world in iraq and afghanistan get the support that they need. that's our focus right now. >> you've seen the reports that ash carter is about to come the nominee, right? >> we've certainly seen the reports oh ut the reports out there in the media. this is something that only the president can announce. >> i'm anxious to know if and when that happens. the press secretary for the pentagon, john kirby, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me, wolf. stand by. we have exclusive pictures from a city right at the heart of the fight against isis.

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The Situation Room-20141202-23:04:00

multiple officers over the course of a day or a week working in shifts to protect him. then you have the cost of food, of rental properties where you might have to move him around. this could be a very expensive due set and right now the police aren't being paid and we're not sure who is being paid for it. >> and they want to protect his wife as well. now to the investigation of michael brown's stepfather. george howell is joining us live from ferguson, missouri. tell us what's going on as far as this part of the story is concerned. >> reporter: wolf, good day. we're talking about a lot of property damage here in ferguson. a lot of business own here's are struggling. so the question now, was there a singular voice? a singular event that helped to spark and incite the looting and the riots? that's the question we understand the police chief of ferguson, tom jackson, is into. also, when the st. louis county police are looking into this case.

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The Situation Room-20141202-23:06:00

and when you think about what we've heard from brown's family. leslie mcspadden. we understand that she put it out there that it was a very emotional moment. that mr. head was acting out of frustration and she makes the point that he did not act. still, police are at that video. they're questioning whether the words that he used there, whether the emotions in that moment. whether that help to change the mood of that crowd that night. whether it helped to incite in riot, the looting that we saw play out here. >> george howell on the streets of ferguson. thank you very much. joining us, our anchor. don lemon, sonny, the community activist, john gaskin, and tom fuentes, former assistant director of the fbi. do you think the police would have a strong case against the stepfather for inciting violence? >> no. i think they'll have a hard time proving that somebody that heard

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