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Minneapolis now approaching a billion dollars. This developing story, the Minnesota Attorney general elevating the charges against the Police Officer accused of killing george floyd. Now its seconddegree murder x. Charging three other officers with aiding and abetting murder. Tonight we welcome former state Department Official Kiron Skinner on a new and serious debate taking hold across the country. A real crisis, the crisis america has in governing itself. The failure of leadership across america to stop the rioting and protect innocent americans. Are the media and politicians actually fueling the problem . We also have tonight louisiana senator bill cassidy on the death of innocents expect allout war on Law Enforcement. Plus, conservative commentator kristin tate on how the media, she says, botched a major story involving the president and why the media has to get the story right now more than ever. Also House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member jim jordan with us tonight on the other big story today, the credibility of the trumprussia probe took a major hit today. The former Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein admitting to Senate Judiciary at the first of a series of hearings into the botched trumprussia probe, he said this bombshell rosenstein admitting there was no there there to begin with to start the russia probe, and he admitted a lot more. To this debate, three years of political chaos, a president and administration, a Political Party attacked and a onceunited country dragged through the mud, a nation now divided and a growing distrust the of politicians abuse of power to attack they are political opponents. Im Elizabeth Macdonald, the evening edit starts right now. Elizabeth thanks for joining us. Youre watching the fox business network. Lets get right to Hillary Vaughn with the latest developments from washington d. C. Hillary . Reporter liz, i talked to one africanamerican protester in his 20s whos been out here for the past five days on the streets protesting. I asked him what his reaction to the news that minnesota officials are now charging the other three fired Police Officers that were involved in George Floyds death. He tells me it is proof that protesting here has made progress and has made a difference. The Minnesota Attorney general this afternoon, keith ellison, announcing the three officers thomas wayne, al lander and tieu taw are being charged with aiding and abetting George Floyds murder. Those three officers were at the scene hovering over floyd in the minutes leading up to his e death where he told officers crushing his back and neck, i cant breathe. Derek chauvin is now facing an increased charge of seconddegree murder. George floyd mattered. He was loved. His family was important. His life had value. And we will seek justice for him and for you, and we will find it. The very fact that we filed these charges means that we believe in them. Reporter while protests marked their ninth day, the president continues to push for a military presence on the ground to quell any violence. National guardsmen are here in d. C. From ten states at the Nations Capital protecting both the white house and also our national monuments. Around the country an historic 74,000 National Guard soldiers and airmen were activated for domestic operations. Defense secretary mark esper overturned his decision to send a couple hundred active duty soldiers home from d. C. After attending a meeting at the white house today. Esper himself is a former member of the National Guard. Today he had a different view than the president over protest response saying he does not support using active duty troops to get a handle on large scale protests. Use active duty forces should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now. Reporter liz, we are four hours from curfew here in d. C. It was pushed later to 11 p. M. Tonight. The past two nights its been 7 p. M. Which means the over 1,000 protesters gathered here in the block leading up to the white house are several more hours to protest before theyll be breaking curfew. Liz . Elizabeth thank you so much, Hillary Vaughn, from washington d. C. Now to the other big, major story of the day. Former Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein getting a grilling before Senate Judiciary. This is the first in a series of hearings taking aim at the problem, the validity, the credibility of the fbi probe into the Trump Campaign and muellers trumprussia probe. Was there a basis for it . Turns out looks like Rod Rosenstein is admitting no. Two years ago he had lectured and pushed back when asked whether republicans might have legitimate reason to suspect the factual underpinnings of these probes. But it was a different Rod Rosenstein today. Nobodys ever been prosecuted for working with the russians. The point is the whole concept that the campaign was colluding with the russians, there was no there there in august 2017. Do you agree with that general statement or not . I agree with that general statement. You signed a warrant application in june of, i think, 2017 . To get the carter page warrant renewed, is that correct . Yes. Okay. Have you looked at the horowitz report . Yes, i have. I have it with me, senator. If you knew then what you know now, would you have signed the warrant application . No, i would not. And the reason you wouldnt have is because mr. Horowitz found that exculpatory information was withheld from the court, is that correct . Among other reasons enter do you think he was truthful to you . I believed, senator, that mr. Mccabe was not fully candid with me, he certainly wasnt forthcoming. Elizabeth that was Rod Rosenstein in the final comment talking about andrew mccabe, fired form former fbi official. Tomorrow, a vote out of Senate Judiciary about subpoenaing fired fbi officials james comey, andrew mccabe, also former cia director john brennan, former dni James Clapper and others. But democrats want to subpoena roger stone and Lieutenant General Michael Flynn. Lets welcome in a fox business exclusive back to the show republican jim jordan, Ranking Member on house judiciary. Congressman, we love having you back on. Your thoughts and reaction to todays hearing . Yeah, its not just what he said, its who said it. Remember, Rod Rosenstein was number two guy at the Justice Department, the guy who signed the fisa as was discussed with senator graham there. The guy who also named bob mueller as the special counsel. So this is, this is an important person who now says there was no basis for this whole darn investigation. In his words, there are lindseys words, there was no there there. That, to me, is the big takeaway. And, of course, the sec big takeaway is somebodys not being honest. Because when we deposed jim baker, the former chief counsel of the fbi, he said Rod Rosenstein was serious between may 9th, 2017, when comeys fired and may 17th when bob muellers named potential counsel, in that eightdaytime frame that Rod Rosenstein did, in fact, talk about the 25th amendment. So mccabe, baker or rosenstein, someones not being honest. And thats why senator graham and the republicans want to bring in more of these people and get the whole truth. Elizabeth so it your sense that rosenstein essentially said today the trumpmueller probe should never have happened to begin with, that it was politicized and corrupt . Yeah. He said that. By august of 2017 he said we didnt have anything there. In fact, that reinforces what jim comey told us when we deposed him last congress, he said up until the time he was fired, we still didnt know if we had anything. So understand, that means after ten months of investigating d because they started on july 31, 2016, after ten months they didnt have anything. And yet eight days later Rod Rosenstein named bob mueller as special come. And we get two years, 30 million, 19 lawyers, 40 fbi agents, 500 subpoenas, all this and when its all said and done they come back and tell us, oh, wait a minute, we never should have done this investigation in the first place because there was nothing there. Elizabeth yeah. And peter strzok had texted, i think in may of 2017, that there was no there there. Rod rosenstein sent out that broaden scope memo that basically said to the mueller team, go look into other things besides russian interference including Lieutenant General Michael Flynn about his noncriminal discussions with the russian ambassador. That set the stage for flynns prosecution, right, sir . Yeah, exactly. At the time they realize theres nothing there, rod rosen sty allows rosenstein to keep investigating and to keep looking for a crime. We dont do it that way. Thats not how its supposed to work in our justice system. This was wrong from the get go. I hope they do bring in jim comey, because i think we talked a couple weeks ago. Jim comey is the central figure throughout all of this. Jim comey was going to travel from the Obama Administration into the Trump Administration. He was the guy who was going to keep this going. When he gets fired, hes the guy who prompts the special counsel because he leaks those memo, the comey memos all in an effort to get bob mueller named. So i hope he is pressed hard so we can, ultimately, get all the answers. Elizabeth yeah. And, congressman, you know, the doj Inspector General found that the fbi was doing surveillance of the Trump Administration after President Trump took office, after he was inaugurated. Final word. Yeah. Comeys in all these key meetings, hes there on january 4th, january 5th, january 6th, when he meets with obama on january 5th, january 6th when he dose to trump tower to interview the president , and then comeys the guy who sneaks the guys into the white house to set up general flynn. So i hope hes the one that they bring in, and i hope they bring in all those folks theyre talking about. And, again, get elizabeth pientka and strzok. Exactly. Those are the elizabeth yeah. And weve asked, weve asked to talk the pientka. We hope that Christopher Wray helps us out and makes him available for us to talk to on the house side as well. Elizabeth breath hes been missing in action. Congressman, good to see you. Take care. Elizabeth for more on this, be sure to catch house intelligence Ranking Member devon nunes. He will join us tomorrow night on the evening edit in a fox business exclusive. Thats going to happen tomorrow night. Come back for the show tomorrow night. Coming up, back to the violence of the riots, were going to show you more detail about at least 11 people now killed so far including at least 4 africanamericans. Like David Patrick underwood and david dorn, career Law Enforcement officials, africanamericans shot, hot dead protecting people. Shot dead. Republican senator bill cassidy about how to end this cycle of violence, how to stop the more than 300 attacks now on Law Enforcement, the need for messages of unity and hope. The story next. [ engines revving ] its amazing to see them in the wild like th shhh. For those who were born to ride, theres progressive. Lets be honest. Quitting smoking is hard. Like, quitting every monday hard. Quitting feels so big. So try making it smaller, and youll be surprised at how easily starting small can lead to something big. Start stopping with nicorette. Elizabeth back to the violence of the riots. Lets show you more about the 11 people now killed so far. David dorn can, a retired 77yearold africanamerican Police Captain. He had served 38 years on the force, fatally shot dead by looters and rioters in st. Louis, missouri. David patrick underred wood, a Services Officer in oakland, california, also shot dead. David macatee, 22yearold natalia kelly, chris beatty was a foreman defensive lineman. Calvin horton and james secure lock, a 22yearold black men. Again, four africanamericans now dead. Also this, at least 310 Law Enforcement officials injured, many of them seriously, many hospitalized. Theyve been shot at, bricks thrown at them, theyve been hit with cars and other vehicles. Lets brick in and welcome back to the show louisiana senator bill cassidy. Senator, your reaction to what you just heard. Its awful. It shows you that the original peaceful protests have been infiltrated by criminals and by an anarchists. We are with the Peaceful Protesters. We agree the death of george floyd should not have have happened. But to see this movement, if you will, corrupted by those who seek to kill others does an incredible disservice. We need to ignore the latter two and focus on the first. Elizabeth yeah. You know, people are trying the say that if you criticize the rioting, the looting, somehow thats criticizing the protests against what happened with george floyd. Thats not the case. The story is people are getting killed. Jasmine kelly, 19yearold sister of she recorded a video, shes sobbing and crying pleading for the protesters and rioters to stop. Quote, a protester shot my sister. You were so mad at the police that you are hurting everyone else. And david dorn, the retired Police Officer shot in st. Louis. He was trying to protect his friends pawnshop. Four cops shot that night in st. Louis. 55 buildings, Small Businesses damaged and burglarized and looted. Your reaction to that. Yeah. So Martin Luther king, obviously, i mean, iconic in terms of fighting for civil rights, spoke of the destructiveness of violence in riots. Destroying property, selfdefeating, is how he described it. Wall street journal today article about how africanamerican businesses, mom and mom and pops, have been destroyed and may go out of business forever. That is not positive for anybody, whatever your race, but certainly not for the community in which these rioters are most concerned. I would say i dont think those who are protesting george floyd, when the mayor of atlanta who spoke so well said that if you running down the street with a stolen gucci purse, youre not protesting george floyd. Were for the peaceful, folks. We are against the an a around keyses and the criminals anarchists and the criminals. Elizabeth about 310 Law Enforcement officials have been attacked, hot at and hit by shot at and hit by vehicles. Las vegas police shea nicolonas was on life support, hes in critical condition. Also theyre making neighborhood poorer. Now senior citizens, minorities cant get food, they cant get the drugs and medications they need because Small Businesses have been burned to the ground. Businesses owned and operate by africanamericans and minorities. But, you know, sir, senator, celebrities john legend, jane fonda, theyre reportedly signing a petition to get the budget for Police Departments cut. The New York Times also ran an oped saying that. Your reaction to that . I cannot believe that. I look at my hometown, one of my hometowns, new orleans, where the police are kneeling with the protesters in prayer in Jackson Square before the cathedral for divine guidance as to how to go forward. Now, this can be a partnership. The Capitol Police in washington, d. C. , in a sign of solidarity with the Peaceful Protesters, took a knee yesterday to signal that they did not approve of the death of george floyd. It was wrong. We all know it. We need to work in common towards a better future. Thats the way to go forward. Condoning, coddling the criminals and the anarchists is terrible for the community. Again, to quote dr. Martin luther king, and its terrible for the movement to address the brutality and the racism that the Peaceful Protesters are all about. Elizabeth senator bill cassidy, thank you so much for joins us tonight. Joining us tonight. Weve got a whole lot more show coming up. Stay right there. Tada did you know Liberty Mutual customizes your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need . I should get a quote. Do it. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. 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Lets welcome former white house official kyron what was your reaction . More tragedy upon tragedy. And yet again if we just stop and the take a deepen breath, an africanamerican, george floyd, that had a white Police Officer butt put his knee on his put his new on his neck. Those standing birdied nothing. The reaction that was by did nothing. Thee reaction that was initial expect words from the floyd family encourage us toward peaceful,ts nonviolent protest. Whats happening now is that the reality of george floyd has been taken to a metaphor of putting the neck of the knee on the neck of africanamericans using theng real pain in the race for many africanamericans who are supportive of the american ec appreciate to pursue other objectives that have nothing to do with democracy, nothing to do with race, nothing to do with rights, nothing to do with justice. Really i find this deeply and personally offensive. Elizabeth kiron, minorities are getting slammed, a black fireman in minneapolis, he spent his life savings to build to get bar open. Rioters burned that to the ground. Rioters destroyed nearly 190 units of Affordable Housing in minneapolis set tomi open later this year. A billion dollars in damages in minneapolis. Rioters are make poor a neighborhoods poorer. Thousands of Small Businesses nationwide burglarized or damaged. People in poor neighborhoods cant gett the things they need. Your reaction to that . Again, this is an attempt by race agitators, race baiters to really use the tragedy thats before us all and were unified as a nation on what the George Floyd Murder means. Its an attempt to do something different, which is toer troy or democracy. Destroy our democracy. And these arent really africanamericans are suffering, heir being killed, but many of these who are doing the most violent actions are not africanamerican. And weve got to look at the an anarchists and antifa, what they want to do and how theyre using race as a way, as an opportunity to do something that most africanamericans would not support, most americans of goodwill would not support. Elizabeth yeah. Its an attempt to create a binary opposite, its black versus white, its the president versus i the protesters, its ts one versus that one. All these binary opposites are false. What we see is there is multiavailable a peaceful movement. Multiracial. Theres an attempt to really figure out a pathway forward. We cant get there if we have just mayhem and destruction and further deaths of africanamericans at the hands of those who are just pure agitators. Elizabeth you know, . The headline from the atlantic magazine read, quote the double standard of the atmerican riot. The nationwide protests have been called unamerican, but rebellion hasas always been used to defend liberty. You know, chris cuomo of cnn, don lemon saying this is like the boston tea party, but theres so many mixed messages ot there because, you know, the patriots of the boston tea party, they didnt kill or attack businesses. They didnt devastate whole communities with rioting and looting. I mean, just look at some of the devastation, you know, the dallas smallbu Business Owner lt for nearly dead after nearly being beaten to death. The rochester, new york, small businesswoman seen on video getting beaten by rioters armed with 2x4 wooden planks, a bronx cop was attacked. Atu know, so whats your take on how the medias been covering the looting and the rioting . Its been really unfortunate, playing into a set of narratives, again, that makes these false binary opposites look like they are the america that we live in, and its not true. I just wish there was some way to parse out whos doing what on the streets. Many are there young, for the first time trying to support a democratic america, exercising their First Amendment right. Others are just purely radicalized. Theyre members of faith ocmmunities as well. The medias focusing on the worst of the lot andhe saying ts is what is happening in america. And its absolutely not true. Which, you know, the president s being vilified, everyones being vilified. Theres blame to go all around, but also theres a lot of hope. Elizabeth Kiron Skinner, youre terrific. We loveir having you on and thak you for your service to our country come back soon. Nextki up, key commentator kristin tate isn going to take n the controversy of the lafayette protests in washington, d. C. Shes goingis to break down what really happened. That story next. Usaa was made for right now. And right now, is a time for action. So, for a second time were giving members a credit on their auto insurance. Because its the right thing to do. 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Media outlets reported that park police were unprovoked when they used,or quote, tear gas to clear Lafayette Park in washington, d. C. Of Peaceful Protesters so thece president could make his y st. Johns church. But the park police said that Media Coverage was totally wrong. Protesters with were attacking and throwing things like frozen water bottles, bricks, caustic liquids at cops. And not o because of a visit by President Trump to a nearby church that had been set on fire the night before, its because the protesters were getting really potentially violent. Lets welcome conservative commentator kristin tate on the story. Kansas citien, now, people at kristin, others at the protest by thehe way, welcome to the show. They were saying it was peaceful. They were coughing from a gas thatro was released but it wasnt tear gas. It looks like it was person balls and smoke canisters. That can be can cause people to cough as well. But it seems like a lot of the coverage was wrong on this. Whats your reaction . Yeah. H. Iathe media fell over itself ths weeko trying to panic the American People with wall to wall coverage that donald trump supposedly tear gassed Peaceful Protesters while he walked to st. Johns church. Those same journalists then taked the president for simply holding a bible in front of the church. Don lemon looked in the camera and told us all we are tiahrting on a dictatorship. There was no tear gas. But these talking a heads on msnbc and cnn, they cant be inconvenienced with facts because theirir goal is not to report news, its to further their left leftwing, unamerican agenda. You can see it when you look at a whatt theyre not reporting. Where is the coverage of the numerous black Business Owners who have seen their dreams go up in smoke as their businesses have been looted and burned to the ground . Where is the coverage of the inner cities that have been completely destroyed for the families who live there . Wheres the calls for justice for the retired Police Captain that was murdered by a rioter . These anchors like don lemon and chrisom cuomo, they are so blind by their hatred for donald trump that they are willing to look the other way when these horrible things u happen. It is tearing the country apart. I have to say these people are waking up to how biased they are, and theyre not listening to these anchors anymore. Elizabeth lets show the statement, lets show what the park police said what happened. I hear what youre saying. Sergeant edward delgado, Public Information officer for the park police, o confirmed they didnt use tear gas. Manager that even we reported last night, we were wrong. United States Park Police acting chief Gregory Monaghan put out this statement. Watch what he says here, kristin. Bricks, caustic liquids, frozen water bolts, also they found fable bats and metal polls. Now, Molly Hemingway of the federalist points out the Media Coverage from npb, New York Times, nbc news, msnbc, they were all w wrong on this. And nancy pelosi and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer issueded a joint statement attacking the president saying he effectively was tear gassing Peaceful Protesters without provocation. The park police didnt know, many of them are saying they didnt know the president was going to the church. Its so sad. So many of these Media Outlets are operating as arms of the dnc and trying to divide people. We need to come together the, we need unity during this time. So luckily, most americans have caught on to the bias and the sleftwing narrative and, hopefully, we n will come out of this time stronger, liz. We need to come together right now. Elizabeth kristin tate, thanks for joining us. Come back soon. Thank you, liz. Elizabeth coming up, weve got more fireworks at the Senate Judiciary hearing today featuring former Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Critics now debate how did the doj, the fbi leadership, why did they with the trumprussia that probe when theyea had growing evidence they didnt have the goods . Rosenstein admit that today. Wereid going to talk about the next line of questioning, was the hearing politically motivated and tainted . Were bringing on Jason Chaffetz next. At Fisher Investments, we do things differently and other Money Managers dont understand why. Because our way works great for us but not for your clients. Thats why were a fiduciary, obligated to put clients first. So, what do you provide . Cookie cutter portfolios . Nope. We tailor portfolios to our clients needs. But you do sell investments that earn you high commissions, right . We dont have those. So, whats in it for you . Our fees are structured so we do better when you do better. 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But in order to solve this problem, yelling at me is not going to a solve the problem. Elizabeth okay. Critics including john solomon, hes a journalist, theyre now saying that the Justice Department and fbi leadership failed to stop the trumprussia probe in the space of growing evidence they didnt have the goods. Even a lead fbi agent on the case, peter strzok the, texted in may 2017 just as Rod Rosenstein was getting mueller appointed as special counsel, strzokou texted, quote thereso big account there there. And Rod Rosenstein said the same today. He saidd it in the Senate Judiciary hearinged today. So was the probe politically tainted and motivated . As a hit job by the Obama Administrationin funded by the hillaryal Clinton Campaign and democrats . Lets bring back into the show former House Oversight chair and Fox News Contributor Jason Chaffetz. We love having you on. A whats your take on that . Is it a political hit job . Well, if there was no evidence, is what Rod Rosenstein is saying, that if he had to do it over again, he wouldnt have done it, i mean, it really was stunning what you sawed today, the liz. Not only did Rod Rosenstein who was the Deputy Attorney general, then the acting attorney general say he didnt even fully read the. Application, nor did he lok at the evidence behind it, but that if he had to do it over again, he wouldnt is have done it, in essence, he relied on the fbi. Well, they lied to him then. They didnt give him the facts, theyth didnt tell the truth. They didnt give him the exculpatory information as required. So for him to say, you know, politely, you know, i take accountability, somebody should be going to jail for this. You cant pie on another political spy on another Political Campaign by improperly using police powers. I think its just, its stunning that that person in that role would say those things. I didnt have the information, accountable, but the fbu lied to me. Somebody that is actually needs to a actually be held accountable. And i think were going to get that with john durham and william barr. Elizabeth it feels like they were ready to launch on the Trump Campaign each before the democrats mails were emails were hacked. I mean, the beginning of the probe was weak. Last month a conservative watchdog group, judicial watch, otgot the unredacted original fi and electronic communication that launched the whole trumprussia probe. It came out in july 2016. He only had a thirdhand suggestion of wrongdoing to state, alleging adviser George Papadopoulos was speculating with foreigners that the democrats emails were hacked, and somehowow thats a Foreign Lobbying Investigation . It seem weak from the get go. Yeah, somebody who is yeah. It makes absolutely no sense. I think one of the most stunning pieces of ed out there is that the evidence of out there is that the department of justice never gave a defensive briefing to donald trump. They were giving defensive briefings tot hillary clinton, but if they thought there was somebody who was potentially subversive, somebody who was an agent of the kremlin are, russia, they have a and obligation to tell the candidate, then the president to be and the actual president , donald trump, but they never did that. And i think thats as strong of evidence as any about their mindset that theyre not going to let the new leader of the free world know the information that he was supposed to be responsible for. Theres no excuse for not giving those t defensive briefings. Elizabeth yeah. And, you know, the other thing too is john solomon is reporting that u. S. Intelligence knew back in 2015, five years ago, that Christopher Steele, that they had information that russian intelligence agents were targeting Christopher Steele for disinformation, urging he be evaluated, reevaluated as an informant. That didnt happen. Fbi, doj officials also were told steele had a political motive, that he hated donald trump. To they d knew for five years tt this steele guy was not to be trusted, but they used his dossier paid for by the Clinton Campaign and democrats basically to launch the trumprussia probe and get wiretaps on the Trump Campaign. I mean, i dont think a fiction writer could have written this. Well, the deputy fbi director, andrew mccabe, who went on to become the acting director of the fbi, he testified behind closed doors and said that without that dossier, there would have never been a fisa application. So the court, i think, has not gone far enough to hold the department of justice accountable, and right now i gotta tell you i think Lindsey Graham and what theyre doing in judiciary is the beginning. Its the start of it, but it really is going to come down to attorney general barr and mr. Durham as they probe this. I think theyre getting closer to the finish line. They need to wrap this thing up sooner rather than later, but there are people with subversive actions and flatout lies. I mean, they doctored a document at some point that. Person needs to go to jail. Elizabeth congressman, great to have you on. Come back soon. Thanks, liz. Elizabeth coming up, writer Joshua Lawson put it this way torching and looting businesses like target, wall a mart or Discount Stores hurts single moms working two jobs. It hurts minorities trying to build up a resume. It hurts recent High School Graduates that cant afford college or cant pay the tuition, theyve got to work multiple retail jobs as long as they can between classes. The Washington Times opinion eder charles hurt is going to weigh in on this story next. If your gums bleed when you brush you may have gingivitis. And the clock could be ticking towards bad breath, receding gums and possibly tooth loss. Help turn back the clock on gingivitis with parodontax. Leave bleeding gums behind. Parodontax. It was a very struggling period of time. Up and down. Depression to exuberance. And you could name many, many cycles like that over the years. My generation, having come through so many wars and so many things. Persistence. Its the heartbeat of this country. Stick with it. The xfinity voice remote will find exactly that. For, happy stuff. The groups happy, im happy. You can even say a famous movie quote and it will know the right movie. Circle of trust, greg. Relax, the needles are jumping. You can learn something new any time. Education. And if youre not sure what youre looking for, say. Surprise me. Just ask what can i say to find more of what you love with the xinity voice remote. Elizabeth okay. Writer Joshua Lawson put it this way when you torch and loot company like targets, walmarts or Discount Stores, youre hurting single moms, youre hurting minorities trying to make enough money to go to college. Heath putting it pretty bluntly that youre make poorer communities poorer when you do things like looting and rioting. Lets welcome back to the show Washington Times opinion editor charles hurt. Charles, when you heard all that, what was your reaction . Well, its really incredible the look back at the last week, you know . I cannot think of a time in america in recent times when america was more unified in their, their sadness, their outrage over what happened to george floyd. Its an absolute travesty of justice. The only way to destroy that unity is to do what some of these rioters or all of the rioters, but some of these protesters have managed to do in the streets over the past week. The idea that you would take Something Like this, something a tragedy like this and turn it into an opportunity to exploit and make for your own personal political or financial gain is the most disgusting thing that you could possibly do. And it actually, and it really genuinely hurts the country. This was a moment where everyone was in agreement that this was a terrible thing. Now the next step is what do we do about it, how do we fix it, and everybody wants to chip in and figure out how to fix it, and these people go out here and change the subject, distract from all of that goodwill. And instead we see night after night elizabeth right. Okay. Footage of things burning and peoples property being destroyed. Elizabeth right. Yeah, they robbed a unifying moment for america. Watch chris cuomo of cnn, america snbc and a writer for the New York Timeses explaining away the rioting and the violence. Some of them have compared it to the boston tea party. Lets listen to this. Please, show me where it says that protest are suppose to be polite andnd peaceful . I can show you that outraged citizens are the ones that have made america what she is and led to many major milestone. Be honest, this is not a tranquil time. Destroying property which can be replaced is not violent. And to put those things, to use the exact same language to describe those two things, i think, really is not, its not moral to do that. I want to be clear how i characterize it. This is, mostly a protest. It is not, generally speaking, unruly, but fires have been started, and theresut a crowd that is relishing that. There is a deep sense of grievance here at play, and when you discount people who are doing things to public property that they shouldnt be doing, it avdoes have to be understood tht this city has got for the last several years an issue with police, and its got a real sense of a deep sense of grievance of inequality. Elizabeth charles, this wanton devastation, does it help those grieving george floyd . Or does it just no, absolutely elizabeth pour salt on the wounds of a nation thats already suffering . Absolutely, its all of those things. But even worse, it actually hurts the people, it hurts the people that all of us would like to see lifted up out of this tragedy. It hurts those people directly. And, you know, no, you dont is have to be d respectful haveo be respectful and polite as a protester, but youre not allowed to break the law. Youre not allowed to hijack a is situation for your own personal financial gain. You not allowed to shoot retired cops on the streetee because youre mad about something. If you mad about it, protest. Thats great. Everybody is 100 in favor of the protests. Thats not the problem here. The problem is when you start burning peoples stores, their livelihoods are destroyed,re you start killing people, you start throwingng bricks at people, thats where you have a real problem. And that is not permissible. Ander for these people to sit he and try to equate9 the two is an abomination. Elizabeth charles hurt, thank you so much for coming on the show. We appreciate your insight. Come back soon. Im Elizabeth Mac donald. Youve been watching the evening edit on fox business. That does it for us. 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