On Monday evening, CNN's Don Lemon pressed Baltimore Mayor Stephnaie Rawlings-Blake and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan for 11 minutes as to why the city isn't yet under control, provoking the officials to walk away from the live interview.

Lemon began by asking why there was a "breakdown" in communication among city and state officials over why plans to curb the violence weren't implemented sooner. Gov. Hogan assured there was no such breakdown, as Lemon suggested, and laid out exactly the government's course of action. The mayor, too, explained that protocol was followed on a city level first, before bringing in the state and ultimately, the National Guard.

Lemon wasn't convinced this was enough, as he noted what was happening as they stood on a street corner: "You smell the smoke, you hear the sirens, the police helicopters, the news helicopters are overhead."

Gov. Hogan was forced to repeat what he had already explained at Lemon's insistence, even stating that he spoke with President Obama, who commended them on taking the proper actions. Hogan added that every federal, state, county, and local asset has been called to the scene.

Already sensing that the interview was going south, Hogan told Lemon that they had "a lot of work to do" that evening, implying the need to wrap up this interview.

Lemon was more concerned with injecting his own narrative:

The mayor keeps referencing Ferguson, and other areas, where too much force is brought in. But you saw what happened in those areas as well. That might be an example of how you should bring in more force as well, when it's necessary. So you're saying you're doing all this. The question is, I have to ask again, why was this not in place Saturday or Sunday when the situation began?

Increasingly agitated, Hogan tried again to explain:

I don't know how many times we can tell you, but you we can't activate until we've been asked to come in. The mayor and the city are in charge. They believe they were taking the appropriate actions. So, when they asked us to come in, they came in.

Lemon's desperation truly evidenced itself as he tried to pit the governor and mayor against each other. "Okay, we'll let the mayor answer. Go ahead, mayor."

The mayor said:

We worked very hard to avoid having a situation like this and despite our best efforts, there are still those who are intent on destroying our community. And the sad part about is, they're saying that they're doing it in the name of -- you know, for the community's sake. It's just dead wrong. What they're doing is destroying our communities. They are destroying the future of our young people who have to live in a community that has to be repaired. It's not going to happen for free. We have to make those investments and those investments could go into community development projects, into beautifying our community, and now we'll be spending those resources rebuilding the community because some very misguided individuals decided to try to destroy our city this evening.

As the dialogue continued back and forth, an aide to the governor finally stepped in and gave the "cut" signal to end the interview. Even with the mayor and governor stepping out of frame, Lemon kept digging for answers.

As they walked away, Lemon remarkes that they were "touchy."