[Chris Cuomo, Cnn Anchor:] Better. That is the word that I think you have to use about Baltimore this morning. Overnight a curfew came into effect 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. and it certainly made a difference as did the thousands of police officers and national guardsmen that were standing at the ready as well. We hear from police only ten arrests were made. You will see in social media this morning there's discussion of those arrests and how they were done. We did not see anything where we were last night that would be sparking any controversy. But that conversation will continue. There is less of a threat on the streets so school doors are reopening this morning. They had been closed for a day, however, a very odd situation with the Orioles. I know you think sports doesn't matter, but there's a metaphor here. There will be a game today, but there will be no fans. That's for the first time in Major League Baseball history. No fans in attendance because of safety concerns. There's also a huge day coming on Friday, cannot underestimate its significance, but why? The police are going to present their preliminary investigative findings to the prosecutor's office on Friday. Does that mean you're going to see a perp walk? Does that mean you're going to hear that nothing's going to be done? In all likelihood no and we're going to discuss that right now with Bob Maloney. He is the director of Emergency Management for the city of Baltimore. And we're happy to have you here especially because we know how busy you've been all through the night.
[Bob Maloney, Director, Emergency Management For Baltimore:] Good morning, thank you.
[Cuomo:] Let's start with the immediate and then go to the eventual.
[Maloney:] All right.
[Cuomo:] What worked last night that made it so different than the previous?
[Maloney:] You know, I think we sensed after the last fire was put out that, you know, immediately people wanted to get back to normal. We had the first buses running and, you know, people out helping us sweep. And it just took on. And then through the course of the day I think what we saw is, you know, the true Baltimore where people came out and worked with the city workers and, you know
[Cuomo:] Curfew necessary? Having the guys in the line last night, the way you did it, do you think that was the minimum standard of force necessary to achieve the effect?
[Maloney:] I think, you know, we needed to calculate things and, you know, we didn't want to meet violence with violence. And I think it worked out well and I think the results show that.
[Cuomo:] The canisters last night, were those tear gas or just flash bangs and distracting smoke?
[Maloney:] I'm not sure. I think the term utilizes pepper spray. But, you know, just to
[Cuomo:] Was there a range of things used? We know those pellets were pepper pellets that they were shooting, but the canisters
[Maloney:] What I saw from my vantage point was pepper.
[Cuomo:] OK, but no tear gas used last night as far as you know and the arrests that were done, there is some drama online going on about how men were taken into custody. As far as you know, did anybody get hurt last night while being arrested?
[Maloney:] No.
[Cuomo:] Do you have anybody who needed any medical attention?
[Maloney:] No.
[Cuomo:] So that's a good sign.
[Maloney:] That's a great sign.
[Cuomo:] Do you believe you will need to stay this way? You'll have to keep a curfew in effect for an extended period that you'll have to have the streets shut down. You'll have to have the National Guard come into play?
[Maloney:] Look, I think, you know, those decisions will be, you know, made and in a calculated way. And I think what we have to understand is we're going to have a lot of people in the city as we have for the protesters, as we had for Ferguson. And, you know, getting ready for people who are demonstrating large crowds is difficulty enough. And when you have the threat that it's going to erupt in what we saw Monday night, you know, we have to be prepared. But, you know, I think yesterday was a great day. And we'll build on that and we'll keep moving forward as a city.
[Cuomo:] Number of cops anonymously obviously they got to worry about doing their job keeping their heads down said they let us do their job tonight. They didn't let us do our job the other night.
[Maloney:] I haven't really heard those internal conversations like that.
[Cuomo:] Do you share that? That last night was different in terms of what the rules of engagement were and how much you were allowed to be on the street?
[Maloney:] Well, you know, the curfew dictated how long people were allowed to be on the street. But, you know, clearly the officers have had tolls and authority to do what is necessary under their command. And I think, you know, the majority of officers will tell you that. And what we've done is try to do everything we can to support the police as the lead agency. Keep the hospitals going, answer the 911 calls, make sure that we clean up debris as necessary, function as a city, you know, we have major universities and institutions and all that has to keep going. And that's what we're trying to do.
[Cuomo:] Friday has been set up as the big day by the police commissioner. What is your expectation for Friday? Does this end one way or the other on Friday or is this just one more step in the process of the administration of justice?
[Maloney:] Yes. I think as far as the activity goes in getting back to, you know, where we're not having peaceful demonstrations, things like that, I think we all expect that that's going to continue. I think Friday is a milestone and that will happen. And then I think we have some major organizational marches planned on Saturday. And I think what we all want, what every citizen wants and every city worker is for things to be peaceful. And, you know, we're Americans, right? And we want this is how we do things. And I think people from Baltimore will tell you, you know, we're a special group of people here. It's a very diverse city. And, you know, very close-knit community based and what we saw Monday night is not us.
[Cuomo:] It was just one night and there's a reason that Baltimore's called charm city. Bob Maloney
[Maloney:] Thanks a lot.
[Cuomo:] Thank you very much. I hope that your work becomes less necessary each night as we go.
[Maloney:] Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
[Cuomo:] All right, so Baltimore police, they were using what Bob was saying may have been pepper spray, there was certainly smoke and flash bangs being used. And it made a difference last night in terms of keeping the streets quiet. What will happen next here in Baltimore, we'll tell you when we come back.