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Demonstrations, a much calmer night than ones weve been seeing this week. The flashpoint for all the nationwide anger and grief is the death of george floyd, a black man who died in minneapolis just over a week ago after a white Police Officer pinned him down with his knee on his neck for at least nine minutes. Not long ago, a big flareup in washington after what had been a day of peaceful protests. Take a good look at it right now. Were going to have to be careful. Yeah, be careful. Dont get too good a look it. Yep. There it is. Press, press, press, press, press are you okay . There. Reporter today we saw protesters returning in large numbers. The crowd swelled throughout the course of the day. It was entirely peaceful. People were energized. They were angry. They are passionate because of what had happened the day before, and they stood outside here just north of the white house. This is lafayette park, which is just in front of the white house. They were chanting for george floyd, breonna taylor, chanting black lives matter and all of the other chants we have heard throughout the course of these protests. There was a curfew that went into effect around 7 00 p. M. The washington, d. C. , police decided not to enforce it. There was never really any altercation between Law Enforcement and protesters, anybody out here, until just after 12 30 a. M. That is when agitators decided to come up to this fencing here. This is new fencing on the edge of lafayette park. They started pushing it, seemingly trying to get through. Now, there was a huge contingent of washington, d. C. , National Guard on the other side. They pressed forward, firing a number of different types of crowd control measures at those agitators, including pepper spray, which hit us, as well as a combination of, we understand, pepper and tear gas pellets, and that drove the crowd back, dispersed them, and now there are really only a few stragglers left. But natalie, i think the really important point is the vast majority of the protesters who have been out here for the past few days have been entirely peaceful. But as you know, once these protests get into the evening hours, as they wear on, things can change, and unfortunately, this day did end with violent clashes. Well, the mayor of seattle has extended the citys curfew through june 6th, as hundreds of protesters demonstrated on tuesday. At least 14,000 complaints have been made about Police Conduct during protests held over the weekend. On tuesday night, we saw a different tactic with some protesters using umbrellas as protection to avoid police spraying crowd control chemicals. In nearby port reasoned, oregon, protesters lie down on the ground with hands behind their backs like george floyd, a symbolic gesture. A similar story in new york, where there were also a couple hundred arrests across the city, mostly for curfew violations. But overall, it has been relatively calm with far less of the uncontrolled chaos weve seen the past couple of nights. Cnns Shimon Prokupecz was there. Reporter at this hour of the night, all we were hearing last night were sirens, Police Chasing the looters around town. And i want to show you just up the street. I mean, there are police cars that are driving around, you know, their lives on, but look how quiet it is. There is no one outside. And thats how its been here for the better part of the night. Behind me here is union square park, which has been a gathering point here for many of the protesters. There was a lot of looting in this neighborhood. Theres a lot of stores now boarded up. There was none of that here tonight. There has been some looting across manhattan, but you know, its important to say that were just not seeing what we saw last night. I will tell you, were told by the nypd, there were about 200 arrests tonight, and thats going to be curfew violations. There was some looting. We and our team witnessed a couple of those incidents, but overall and i think its important to note this its now starting to rain, so thats going to help things along as well. Things much different here tonight. Well, despite a 6 00 a. M. Curfew in los angeles, protesters are still on the streets. Theyve been sitting on the ground, some of them with their hands in the air. Police say they will enforce violations along with any looting and criminal acts to the full extent of the law. The lapd says hundreds have been arrested during these protests. Police in atlanta, georgia, used tear gas to Disperse Protesters on tuesday at the 9 00 p. M. Curfew. According to police, 400 arrests have been made since friday and curfews have been effective at reducing violence. Six atlanta Police Officers face charges, though, for using Excessive Force to arrest two College Students at a protest saturday night. You see the officers yanking a woman out and tasing the driver. Two of the six officers have already been fired from the department for that. They all have until friday to turn themselves in. And in the city where george floyd was killed, thousands gathered peacefully in front of the State Capitol in minnesota, still demanding justice. Only one person charged in floyds death, the Police Officer whose knee was on floyds neck for nearly nine minutes. Three other officers who were on the scene, and despite widespread demands for their arrest, they still have not been charged. Minnesotas attorney general says everyone will be held accountable. Already these people have been fired. I know that that is not enough to restore faith, but what were doing is looking at the charges, looking at the behavior. And when we are ready, and that wont be long from now, we plan on taking the proper and deliberate action. And those who knew and loved george floyd are calling for justice. The mother of his 6yearold daughter spoke tuesday about the pain and loss the family is now feeling. I wanted everybody to know that this is what those officers took from. And then the other d the end f the day, they get to go home and with their family. She does not have a father. Im here for my baby and im here for george, because i want justice for him. With a closer look now at how the police have been dealing with this crisis, jim beerman is a former president of the Police Foundation and former police chief of redlands in california. Chief, thank you so much for being with us. These protests, they began with the death of one man, but since, theyve obviously grown in size and have taken on a much bigger issue of Police Brutality and social justice. By my count, at least four protesters have died, hundreds have been hurt to various degrees, at least one Police Officer has been killed. Does that indicate to you that in some places, at least, Police Departments need to review the way they deal with protests that are on this scale . I think all Police Departments need to review how they deal with protests, what has worked for them so far, what has clearly not worked for them. Police departments in the United States you know, theres about 18,000 of them are different, every one. Theyre like individuals. Some Police Departments do this really well, understand the Community Dynamics and how to interact with people, and some Police Departments, quite frankly, just dont do a good job with that. A writer for a magazine posted this observation on twitter. Just want to point out that in demonstrations against Police Brutality, police, not Law Enforcement, theyre counter protesters. So, police are not Law Enforcement, theyre counter protesters, according to writers of new york magazine. Can some aggressive moves by Law Enforcement officials be explained by saying in many ways theyre taking the protests personally . Well, theres probably some truth to that. But remember that Police Departments are the arm of local government or federal government, depending what level youre talking about, whose mandate is to try to keep the peace. The dynamics that occur in a mass demonstration like this, especially these that have been going on and on and on, are very complicated and theyre very stressful for both protesters and the Police Officers. Youll see behind the skirmish line of officers, there are other officers. Those are frequently supervisors. And part of their job is to try to keep the officers on the front line calm, because theyre being in many instances, not all, but in many instances, theyre being insulted, being spit on. There are a lot of things that are going on there that are increasing their agitation and their emotions, and sometimes they are human beings, and sometimes those emotions get out of control and they go off the rails a bit. And with that in mind, listen to the police chief in las vegas talking about the situation there, because there have been some high levels of violence directed towards Police Officers. Here he is. The incredible levels of violence that we saw last night are remarkable and should be unsettling to everyone that calls this place home. So, thats st. Louis, not las vegas, but you get the point. Is there an easy explanation here for whats behind this sort of increased level of violence to the police . Well, i think, you know, a highlevel explanation is people are just outraged and people have just had it. St. Louis county has a history. This is where ferguson, missouri, is located, and that area has a long history of problems with Race Relations and problems in the relationship between community and the police. And as i said, thats where ferguson was. And the st. Louis county Police Department was the major Police Department involved in that incident after the Michael Brown shooting. So, theres a history there that is unique and different in many ways from history in other communities. Four st. Louis officers have been shot during this period, so thats probably what the sergeant was referring to in some regard. I dont know that we know exactly why theres violence in one place and there isnt violence in another. Some of it has to do with the way police are handling things, but it also has to do with the local Community Dynamics and some of the players there. The owner of the store where the employee actually made that initial call to police because george floyd had allegedly passed a counterfeit bill, theyve been left shaken by how all this played out. Theyre vowing in the future they do things differently. Listen to this. On behalf of cup foods staff, were not going to call the police unless its an act of violence going on. We feel like we can police our own matters. And unless theres a Violent Crime taking place, we think its for the best interests of our staff and patrons that the police should not be called. Im just wondering, is that just one small example of how over a period of time and a series of incidents that a community loses faith and confidence in the police . Well, thats certainly an example. The issue of Police Legitimacy is a compelling issue that the police have been focusing on for a while. Some places very successfully, some places not so successfully. Look it, the issue of trust and confidence, the people that are protected by Public Servants like the police is the number one issue that is, i think, at the center of all of the tension that we have. When people dont have a sense of confidence in police, they dont trust them, theyre not going to call them. This gentleman, obviously, has some regrets about calling the police, because it ultimately resulted in mr. Floyds death. And when you see that happen repeatedly in many instances, in cases that are less serious than this, i mean, personally, it breaks my heart, because the police are supposed to be problemsolvers. Things that people forget is that in most states, especially my home state, california, Police Officers by statute are called peace officers, and we should be focusing and this is part of the problem, right . The culture is not necessarily framed entirely around this notion that people we call cops or Police Officers are really peace officers, and they should be effecting the peace when they are perceived to do just the opposite of that. Then you get responses like this gentleman who says im not calling the cops unless i absolutely have to. Chief bueermann, good talking to you. Ive learned a lot, so id like you to come back. Any time, thank you. One of the most controversial members of the congress will not be back next year. Iowa republican steve king has lost his primary race to a state senator, according to cnns projection. King was stripped of his Committee Assignments last year when he questioned how the terms White Nationalist and white supremacist became offensive. The nineterm congressman has a history of other racist remarks. He was even banned from air force one when President Trump visited iowa. Still ahead here, if a picture is worth 1,000 words, then what about a White House Photo op where Security Forces used tear gas and flashbangs to clear out Peaceful Protesters . Well hear some of the outraged words when we come back. Also ahead here, protests heard around the world are turning their attention to issues of racism and Police Violence in their own countries. The message from the streets of paris. Thats coming right up. Want to brain better . Unlike ordinary memory supplements neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. Memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. Try neuriva for 30 days and see the difference. They use stamps. Com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again. Its kind of my quiet, alone time. Audible is a routine for me. Its like a fun night school for adults. 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Weve also seen tear gas being used. Here we go. Theyre moving through again. This is exactly what it looks like, exactly what it looks like. Oh whoa 7 news u. S. Correspondent amelia brace and photojournalist tim myers were cracked against a wall when police attempted to move protesters on. An officer was struck in the eyes and his cam was while another camera appeared to hit brace with a baton. The committee to protect journalists says at least 125 press Freedom Violations have been reported in the u. S. By journalists covering these protests. We continue to see examples of solidarity all around the world. Crowds in sydney here joining the protest movement tuesday. Protesters taking a knee outside the u. S. Consulate there. For more on the International Reaction to the killing of george floyd, lets bring in cnns Nic Robertson in london. It seems like the protests to support the United States and what its going through just keep growing. Reporter and weve just heard from the pope as well in his prayers this morning talking about the killing being tragic, being disturbing, talking about the protesters, while we cant tolerate in our societies racism, but he goes on to say that the violence that were seeing in the protests, thats selfdestructive, but you very clearly hear the pope taking a position on this issue, as he does, that what the world is witnessing happening in the United States is not right. So, this is a very, very senior figure making a very, very strong point here. Weve also heard from the European Union Foreign Policy chief saying that this is inexcusable and that this must stop, also saying that peoples rights, dignities and democracies must be upheld. So, theres a very clear sense here in europe that whats being witnessed in the United States is not right, that people dont want to see it, and the protests in support of george floyd, black lives Matter Movement as well, have been very strong, in germany in particular, in ireland, both north and south of the border, here in the uk, another protest planned this afternoon. Weve seen protesters in the netherlands. And its not just europe. New zealand, australia, for example, kenya, in the philippines, greece. There was a protest there as well, the black lives matter protest there yesterday. So, this is something that is absolutely resonating across the world, and no greater demonstration of that, if you will, than the leader of the catholic faith putting his words to this issue as well. Right. And you know, we saw earlier the Prime Minister of canada, Justin Trudeau, have an awkward 20second silence after being asked about the white house clearing Peaceful Protesters for that awkward photo op for President Trump. You mentioned the pope and you mentioned the European Union official. What about leaders of countries in europe. Have they had something to say . Reporter you know, we heard from the foreign secretary in the uk saying that, essentially, that you know, the world is watching and that he hopes for stability to be restored to the United States and that the events that have been witnessed are tragic and unnecessary. I think what we heard from Justin Trudeau goes beyond what ive heard so far, at least from other leaders, to admitting that there is a problem in his own country. We havent heard european leaders stand up and say that. We havent heard boris johnson, for example, say that racism is an issue in the uk in the same way that Justin Trudeau did. Justin trudeau, obviously, you know, has his own checkered past in that regard, and perhaps feels this and the issue more keenly. But it was interesting. You know, when we were talking, when cnn and other journalists were talking to reporters just outside downing street at a protest there over the weekend, they made it very plain that there is racism here in the uk, and that will be certainly felt in many other european countries, absolutely, without a doubt, but we havent had leaders there yet stand up and say this is an issue that we also must address and must face. All right. Nic robertson for us in london. Thank you, nic. John . Natalie, thousands took to the streets of the french capital on tuesday, but this protest was over another case of Police Brutality with striking parallels to the george floyd case. We get details now from cnns melissa bell reporting in from paris. Reporter for a while, paris looked like an american city. Protesters tear gassed as they demonstrated against Police Brutality, but here, their focus was on the death of a 24yearold frenchman who died nearly four years ago, just after he was taken into Police Custody for failing an identity check. His sister, who called for the protest, believes the similarities with the george floyd case are striking. Translator they died in the exact same way. They carried the weight of three Police Officers, three cops on them. They had the same words i cant breathe, i cant breathe, and that was the end for george floyd and that was the end for adama traore. Reporter a report blamed the death on Underlying Health conditions that his family says he doesnt have. Their lawyer believes they should now be cleared. Translator the traore family are suffering in a wave of approximations and lies and true comparison does not stand up. The floyd case has absolutely nothing to do with the case of adama traore. Reporter but many of the protesters who came here today clearly were inspired by events over in the United States. You can see it on some of the signs. You can see it on their tshirts and in many of the chants. Also, by this sense that here in france, too, all too often, allegations of Police Brutality have gone unpunished. We have too few cases proving that policemen can be brought to court and can be sentenced to jail and not simply a suspended sentence, but thats what brings also outrage. Reporter outrage that turned to violence on tuesday evening as police struggled to contain the anger unleashed against them. Melissa bell, cnn, paris. A moment ago when i was talking with Nic Robertson, i referenced the awkward silence from the canadian Prime Minister when asked about a particular protest in the u. S. Well show that to you right after this. I got an oriole here. Eh. Common bird. Ooh look over here something much better. There it is. Peacock, included with xfinity x1. Remarkable. 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And in washington, what started out as a peaceful demonstration turned relatively tense as the National Guard used pepper spray on protesters not far from the white house. Also in seattle, protesters there used umbrellas to try and block chemicals which are being sprayed as a form of crowd control by security officials. And crowds of people dressed in black stood on the steps of the State Capitol in boise, idaho. They held a candlelight vigil for george floyd, whose tragic death triggered all of these nationwide protests. More details now on what happened on monday night, when there was an event just oh, good. Here we are. This is what happened monday night, not far from the white house. The attorney general, turns out, bill barr, ordered the Security Forces there, the police, other Law Enforcement, to use tear gas to clear these, what were Peaceful Protesters, away from a church so that the president , donald trump, could actually hold a photo op at that church, a sign that he was actually getting out of the white house and was not couped up inside and was not scared in any way, i guess, of being amongst the protesters. Now, it was all for a tv moment at the end of the day. And a former minister of the church was among the crowd that night. She spoke to cnns jake tapper. I was already stunned and shocked and deeply, deeply offended that they had taken what had become holy ground and had been holy ground for 200 years and literally desecrated it, turned it into not a metaphorical battleground but a literal battleground with those officers and those heavy, heavily armed and just the aggression and the hostility and the innocent protesters, driving them off of church property, for whatever reason. At the time, i didnt even know why that already desecrated that, already turned holy ground into a literal battleground. I could not believe, literally, what people were texting me as i was going back to my car, saying is the president really there . And i could still hear the flashbangs and people were texting me saying, hes walking across the park. I could not believe it. I was saying, no, no, that must be sort of stock photos. No, im sure thats not happening. I couldnt believe it. And when i realized that people had been hurt and terrified for a political stunt, i like, offended hardly begins to describe how i feel. Strong criticism also coming from the bishop of the d. C. Episcopal diocese, who said the president s actions appeared to be a stunt. It didnt seem to be an expression of faith or of solidarity with faith. It seemed to be, as weve said before, an opportunity to clothe himself in the mantle of spiritual symbols and locations to, in some way, bolster or reinforce his own authority and message. And harsh words from the Presumptive Democratic nominee for president , former Vice President joe biden, who spoke on tuesday. The president held up the bible at st. Johns church yesterday. I just wish he opened it once in a while, instead of brandishing it. If he opened it, he could have learned something. Were all called to love one another as we love ourselves. And cnns senior political analyst Ron Brownstein is joining us this hour from los angeles. Ron, good to see you. Reporter another busy day, john. Good to see you. Theyre all busy days. The president seemed to frame the way he wants to run for reelection during that National Address on monday. Heres part of it. I am your president of law and order and an ally of all Peaceful Protesters, but in recent days, our nation has been gripped by professional anarchists, violent mobs, arsonists, looters, criminals, rioters, antifa, and others. An ally of Peaceful Protesters, unless they get in the way of a photo op. Nonetheless, nixon ran and won on a law and order agenda in 1968, a period of unrest. Nixon was not the incumbent. Trump is. And after a disastrous response to the pandemic, economic collapse, weve got a country now more vulnerable than at any time in living memory, has trump got anything else to run on, apart from the imaginary american carnage out there . You know, i was thinking last night that there isnt a lot of nixon nostalgia in america, but certainly, the president is one of the americans who is expressing a kind of nostalgia for 1968, as you suggest. In fact, kind of underlining the point this morning when he tweeted out silent majority, which is the phrase nixon used for his Political Coalition in 1968 that was meant to kind of portray white midamerica. This is a very different country than it was in 1968. For one thing, as you mentioned, the president is the incumbent, and so, its kind of hard for him to run against the forces of chaos that have emerged during his presidency. But even more fundamentally, it is a demographically and culturally very different place. When nixon ran on the silent majority and law and order in 1968, 80 of our voters were white people without a college degree, who were the core audience for the trumpian messages. Today theyre about half as big a share of the vote, about 40 , and the president is suffering from significant, you know, alienation among both minority voters and whitecollar white voters in the big metro areas that have been hit hardest by the pandemic and also by the protests over the murder in minneapolis. Yeah. You asked trump on sunday about his plans to deal with the unrest, which has paralyzed parts of the country. Heres his answer im going to win the election easily. The economy is going to start to get good, then great, better than ever before. Im getting more judges appointed by the week, including two Supreme Court justices, close to 300 judges by the end of the year. You know, among other things, it would indicate he either does not want or does not have, or both, have any clue about how to end the unrest because he just doesnt want to. I also think, as ive said to you before, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And every time the president is under pressure politically, he returns to kind of the core tool in his toolbox, which is cultural and racial polarization. There were some notes early on of sympathy toward mr. Floyd. And occasionally, he still kind of mouths some of those words, but the core of it is i am your latch and order president , i am going to crack down on thugs. Very different message from when rightwing protesters were mobbing the michigan State Capitol with automatic weapons and he was telling the democratic governor to make a deal with them. Now he is saying democrats are weak, the cities are being overrun. That is his message, you know, to his voters, that he, i alone can protect you against all of these dangerous and dark forces that are collecting in the cities and also against the elites who he says looks down on you. So, he always comes back to this place. But when you see the realworld consequences of this politics, both in the extraordinary price we are paying on the pandemic and then in the violence that he has kind of put gasoline on the fire, i think the audience is shrinking somewhat. Its not that theres no audience for it, but its clear hes having hard moving support beyond 45 of the country. With the law and order strategy, its to appeal to religious supporters, but using tear gas and flashbangs to move Peaceful Protesters away from a church for a photo op, thats not seen favorably by many religious leaders. Listen. Mr. President . I know you stood right here and held the bible in your hand. Upside down but it is clear you dont have the bible in your heart. In your heart. For him to turn that book into a prop, for him to turn that holy ground into a battleground, for him to turn that holy ground into a photo op is a sacrelig. Is this one incident of significant support or is it just part of a sort of toxic buildup . No, i dont think he loses any of his support amongst white evangelicals, because he is kind of their sword against all of the changes in American Life that they feel are marginalizing their position. But what i do think this incident exemplifies is what i called a few months ago the trump treadmill, and i wrote that when he told the four Democratic Women of color in congress to go back where they came from, even though they were all, you know, american citizens. And what i mean by that is that he constantly feels the need, as i said, to stir up these cultural confrontations to energize and mobilize his base, but hes on a treadmill, because each time he does this, he reinforces the doubts among many previously republicanleaning whitecollar voters about whether he is personally fit to be president. And you know, i think theres im sure theres going to be polling coming out in the next few days reaffirming what weve seen in earlier polls, that a majority of americans believe he is a racist, particularly a majority of collegeeducated white voters. As an extraordinary statement about an american president , and one i think, again, the consequences of which are becoming more tangible to voters. That does not mean theres infinite tolerance for disorder in cities and breaking windows and looting, and there is, you know, the potential of a backlash if that goes on for very long. Americans want order. But i dont think that most americans at this point believe that trump is making the situation better. In fact, i think most think hes making it worse. Just been told to wrap, ron, but just to your point that most americans believe hes a racist, but yet still has a 40 approval rating. 45 , absolutely. Look, there is a coalition that is open to his message that the changes in American Life, economic, cultural, and demographic, are marginalizing them, but it is not a majority of the country. And if he wins, hes going to have to find a way to squeeze through, despite that again. Weve got to go. Ron, good to see you. Thanks so much. Thanks, john. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared lost for words during a News Conference when asked about President Trumps handling of the u. S. Protests. Here he is. We do have donald trump now calling for military action against protesters. We saw protesters teargassed yesterday to make way for a president ial photo op. Id like to ask you what you think about that . And if you dont want to comment, what message do you think youre sending . We all watch in horror, in consternation, whats going on in the United States. It is a time to pull people together, but it is a time to listen. It is a time to learn what injustices continue, despite progress over years and decades. But it is a time for us, as canadians, to recognize that we, too, have our challenges. Several canadian cities have staged demonstrations over the last several days, chanting black lives matter and calling on leaders to acknowledge that racism is still a problem in canada. As it is in so many other places. Well take a short break. Coming up, well hear from the nfl coach who says, when it comes to the National Football league, theres no discrimination thats ahead. We have a saying at us foods we help you make it. You, the independent restaurants of america. Weve always got your back, but through all of this. You made it happen. You made our friday nights. You even made us dessert. So, to help you get back to full strength, were giving away free reopening kits at our website so you can safely reopen your doors. For all you do, from all of us, let us help you make it. 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I dont see discrimination in the nfl. You know, we relative in a great atmosphere, like i alluded to earlier. Were lucky. We all live together, joined as one, for one common goal, and we all intermingle and mix tremendously. You know, if society reflected an nfl team, wed all be great. Just four teams in the nfl have nonwhite head coaches. Last month, the organization announced an expansion of the rooney rule, intended to address Racial Disparities in hiring. And as many in the nfl call for unity amid the protests, the debate over Colin Kaepernick has resurfaced. He is the San Francisco quarterback, right there, who knelt to raise awareness of Police Brutality back in 2016. Many argue his silent campaign led him to lose his nfl career. Facebooks ceo is now trying to ease outrage among his own employees. Mark zuckerberg held a companywide town hall tuesday to defend his decision not to take down President Trumps inflammatory posts. Zuckerberg said hes committed to free expression. One employee told cnn that zuckerbergs remarks were, quote, lacking, and that he risked alienating more of his staff, rather than addressing their concerns. Cnns John Defterios is with me now from abu dhabi, looking at this story for us. You know, zuckerberg is trying to strike a balance to protect free speech and also be active against posts that incite violence, but apparently, some facebook employees arent having his stance. Reporter yeah, this is a heck of a global story as well, natalie, because of the 2. 6 billion active users on facebook. Zuckerberg called this town hall to try to create some unity amongst the 48,000 staff members. Nearly half tuned into this town hall. And you heard some of the comments here. Zuckerberg said he took a tough decision after being pretty thorough about the process Going Forward, why not to take down the content, in particular from President Trump, even though he thought it incited violence. This is particularly sensitive, because six months ago, zuckerberg was on capitol hill and said that facebook would take a much more stern stance against these sort of postings and something that crosses the line in the future. And also, theres the perception of influence from the president , because zuckerberg had a call with President Trump on friday. We didnt get a readout from that call, but again, the employees are saying, okay, you had the call friday. We had a blackout on monday. And on tuesday, you made your case. But it wasnt crystal clear. And they have a stark contrast again here with another Silicon Valley company, twitter, which the president uses regularly, of course, with his 80 million followers. And he is suggesting now, jack dorsey, that he wants to factcheck the president. He didnt back down from that position, and Mark Zuckerbergs saying im doing this in the case of free expression, as you noted here. But its not going down well with all his employees, thats for sure. Yeah, absolutely. Lets talk about the market, john. Thats one area of your expertise as well. Were seeing nationwide protests in this country, record unemployment with 40 Million People filing for claims during this pandemic, but wall street keeps moving higher. How so . Reporter well, investors try to put these buckets of riots and protests and unrest into a certain category of shortterm risk. They dont think its going to derail growth Going Forward in the United States or hurt its standing internationally. And people here are watching that closely, obviously, in india and china at the same time. This may be different, though, natalie, because of that unemployment could rise to 20 in the next month with 40 Million People filing for benefits. But all of the forecasts, whether its in the United States or china, india, in europe, they see a vshaped recovery. Im not so clear thats going to come to the fore. If you look at u. S. Futures, again, were on the up side here. Three days of gains. At a threemonth high for the s p 500. If you look at asian markets here, seoul hitting a threemonth high as well. Theres a belief that the stimulus on the table worldwide of 7 trillion, 3 trillion of that coming from the United States, will be enough. By the way, before we go, we should point out a case study for the workfromhome attitude here from one company, zoom. It put out its firstquarter results. It had, get this, net income of 200,000 in the First Quarter of 2019. That zoomed up to 27 million, and they were suggesting in the month of april to have a common platform of 300 million participants in a single day. Thats not the traffic of facebook, but its growing pretty rapidly, natalie. My goodness, yes. Were all zooming these days, arent we . You and i arent right now, but thats where. John defterios, always a pleasure. Thank you, john. Okay, one man in washington, d. 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I appreciate the question very much, but you know, opening up my house to strangers, i truly feel that there is a moment in this country where i know that 95 of the people in that situation would absolutely have done exactly what i did and wouldnt have questioned it and would be beaming all day from the love thats been pouring in, coming out of a very awful situation of just police attacking innocent protesters. Many, many hours later, as the sun was rising, they all safely left. There they are. Byebye. The man who took them . How do you like that one . Its like the end of the night when you were younger and you were leaving the bars and the sun was up. Thats the difference between john thank you. Im john vause. Im natalie allen. New day is next. Well see you around. Audible is my roadtrip companion. Its kind of my quiet, alone time. Audible is a routine for me. Its like a fun night school for adults. 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