Early today starts right now good wednesday morning. Im Frances Rivera minneapolis d who died when a white Police Officer knelt on his neck for rest his funeral attended by more than 500 people comes after weeks of global and National Protests that have called for police reform. Nbcs dan shenamen has more on the emotional good bye reporter more than two weeks after george floyd died in police custody, it was time to say goodbye. We honor him today because when he took his last breath, the rest of us will now be able to breathe reporter mourners filled the church to pay their respects my big brother, thats big floyd. Everybody know who big floyd is now. I give you praise reporter it was a celebration of life. I just want to say to him, i love you, and i thank god for giving me my own personal superman god bless you all. Reporter mixed with anger over the way that life ended those four officers were literally on him for nine minutes and let him show they have a heart or soul this is not just murder but a hate crime my precious is the name of jesus of jesus reporter in addition to the songs and the story, there was a call to action and as we lay to you rest today, the movement wont rest until we get justice until we have one standard of justice. Reporter as floyds body went on one last journey, crowds lined the streets of houston honoring a man most of them never knew and now will never forget dan shenaman, nbc news one day after speaking at his brothers few son ifhe will be capitol hill tracie potts, what can we expect from todays hearing expect to hear not only George Floyds brother but also democrats and republicans grappling what they want to do to have an impact to reduce Police Brutality theyre undecided in washington, proposals by democrats to restrict choke holds and create a national database, republicans trying to come up with their own, the white house now saying according to a couple of sources by thursday theyll unveil their own set ofpackage of initiatives, Things Congress can do, things the president can do on his own, and speaking of the president , republicans kind of backing away from what turned out to be a controversial tweet President Trump pitching with no could be operation at all a Conspiracy Theory about the 75yearold protester in buffalo who was knocked down by police President Trump in his tweet suggesting that he may have been working with antifa to scan Police Equipment and black it out, again, no corroboration or support for that at all, and now there are questions about whether or not President Trump should have said this publicly heres new york Governor Cuomo if there was ever a reprehensible, dumb comment, and from the president of the united states, at this moment of anguish and anger. What does he do . Pours gasoline on the fire it was a shocking thing to say and i wont digify it with any further comment. Reporter a lot of republicans when they were asked about that tweet just walked away from the microphone, didnt say anything, decliningcomment at all meantime the protester in a statement saying no comment other than black lives matter. Hes just out of the icu, and should recover from that head injury when he was pushed down by police. Back to you. Tracie, thank you. The nationwide movement sparked by George Floyds death is putting renewed scrutiny on Police Conduct more troubling incidents and videos are coming to live. First a warning, some of the images are disturbing. Gabe gutierrez, good morning reporter phillip, more than two weeks after George Floyds death in minneapolis, new videos across the country are causing controversy. Newly released videos of black men dying during encounters with police are sparking more outrage. New jerseys attorney general says this dash cam video shows 28yearold Maurice Gordon being pulled over for speeding last month. After 20 minutes of sitting in the patrol car, he appears to leave and struggle with the state trooper who eventually shoots him six times Authorities Say gordon twice tried to get behind thewheel o the troopers car and the Troopers Union says he only used force as a last resort, fearing for his life gordons mother is distraught. Its just difficult to watch. Reporter an investigation is under way. The trooper is now on administrative leave it is a reminder that the implicit bias in the best case and racism in the worst case is still involved in almost all Police Interactions with people of color reporter in austin, attainy cam footage from an arrest in march show live pd. 40eyearold Javier Ambler led sheriffs deputies on a chase while being handcuffed and ta r tasered hes handcuffed saying i cant breathe monultiple times. Officers notice hes unresponsive, they perform cpr internal affairs concluded the deputies followed guidelines that incident is also under investigation. Somebody is guilty of not dimming their headlights just shouldnt end up getting a death sentence reporter the videos come more than two weeks after George Floyds death, which is prompting sweeping changes to the Minneapolis Police department after a vetoproof majority of the city council here agreed to disband the department and rebuild it with more of a focus on communitybased policing, the mayor says the biggest road block to change is the police union. We also need the ability to properly terminate and discipline officers who have not lived up to those ideals reporter no response from the Minneapolis Police union across the Country Police unions aggressively fought to protect the rights of their members accused of misconduct. Does it make sense to Defund Police no, not at all. At this point in time, we need more resources we need to be able to give the services that is needed in our communities. Reporter here in minneapolis, city councilmembers have already banned choke holds and say they are planning more changes, although its unclear at this point what they will be. Phillip . Thank you for that report protests over Police Brutality continue across the country. Overnight in seattle demonstrators marched in to city hall whose city hall our city hall coast to coast, thousands of people pour into the streets heres nbcs Miguel Almaguer reporter taking over roads, streets and bridges. The call for george floyd is being realized in communities across the nation n portland after violent clashes, the police chief is stepping down, clearing the way for a black chief who is the head of Community Policing im going to listen im going to care about the community. Reporter the growing demand for accountability includes calls to police the police not one officer tried to help me reporter the new york cop who shoved a demonstratorto th ground cursing at her during a protest against Police Brutality was charged with misdemeanor assault, harassment and menacing, a rare step but likely not the last officer to face charges for abusing their power. One incident in one area results in every cop in this nation being tarnished reporter with cities lik los angeles imposing a moratorium on some arresting techniques, other departments are simply dropping charges against protesters but after more terrifying scenes like these of cars plowing in ds accountability for those beyond the construction in minneapolis brandon wolf accused of arson after a mob overran a police precinct, with demands for reform gaining momentum quieter but just as powerful call to action. 87yearold merle evers the widow of civil rights activist medgar evers led her own protest from remember we tirmt homretir. Miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. Video captures the shocking moment an officer was set on fire during a protest against Police Brutality in mexico a warning, some may find it disturbing the officer was getting on his motorcycle, a protester is pouring a flammable liquid on his back he suffered burns on his neck and torso in stable condition. No word on whether any arrests were made there. Lets get a check of your wednesday weather and bring in janessa webb good morning good to see you both this morning. Thanks for joining us. We are watching a high impact weather day across the great lakes into the ohio valley, and this actually just got increased to a moderate risk this is kind of rare that we see for the ohio valley for this afternoon and into this eveningr record warmth across the northeast this afternoon for bismarck into the dakotas, slightly cooler and a little bit of sunshine. And its time we talk about swampy air more of that coming up i can already feel it janessa, thank you straight ahead, a tragic discovery in the case of two missing children in idaho. Jor obmaprlems at the polls. The georgia primary plunges into chaos, raising concerns about the general election in november of branstorming. Get it . Kelloggs raisin bran crunch. Two scoops of delicious. Yes. Neutrogena® ultra sheer. 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Nbc news reached out to chad daybells lawyer but have not heard back georgias secretary of state is promising investigation after catastrophic voting problems in their primary election voters waited late into the night to cast their ballots and poll workers had trouble with the new Voting Machines. Blayne alexander has more. Reporter this is primary day in georgia, lines in atlanta stretching for blocks, some standing in the rain forced to wait hours to cast a ballot. Youve been here about three hours. Im not leaving reporter youre not leaving. Why are you so intent upon staying here its important. Its important for me, its important for my son so were going on that fourhour mark reporter georgia unveiling new Voting Machines statewide in the midst of a pandemic. Several of the machines were broken seemed like maybe half of the machines are town. Its a disappointment this is something that should have been checked yesterday. Reporter the biggest problems in metro atlanta, specifically areas with higher black populations. The citys mayor asking, is this happening across the county or just on the south end, pointing to a predominantly black area . Lebron james tweeting they say go out and vote, what about asking if how we vote is also structurally racist. Georgias secretary of state is blaming local officials saying poll workers were not properly trained. The employees didnt understand the system, so what were they doing for all these months, all of a sudden they wake up, they say lets have an election on tuesday . Reporter one county official firing back saying if there was a failure of leadership, it starts where the buck should stop, at the top. Georgias secretary of state launched an investigation ahead of novembers election thanks to blaiyne alexander for that report. 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