More than 500 National Guard soldiers have been called out and sent to the area. Now, in response to the violence, President Donald Trump tweeting for the minneapolis mayor to, quote, get his act together and bring the city under control. Or i will send in the National Guard and get the job done right. Of course, the National Guard had already been ordered in, not by the president. He then says these thugs are dishonoring the memory of george floyd. Cnns Josh Campbell is in minneapolis. I spoke with him by phone last hour. There were a number of protestors that gathered outside this precinct. Precinct 3 is the name. Just not far from where the death of george floyd occurred, which we know was the africanamerican man who that dramatic video that we showed before, showed him on the ground with a Police Officer with his knee on his neck. He later died. Thats obviously been the subject of a robust investigation by local officials, as well as the fbi. But its that incident that has now sparked such outrage here, in this community, leading to a number of protestors gathering outside this police station. What started as peaceful then turned into a very confrontational situation, where you had protestors outside who were throwing rocks at the police station. We did see a number of Police Officers on the roof who were returning fire, not with lethal weapons but, with teargas. We, ourselves, were gassed at one point and had to move back. But they were trying to push people back from this police station. That continued to escalate through the night, as night fell here in minneapolis. To the scene that you saw on your tv there with flames ravaging this building outside. And protestors, clearly, unhappy with the police. Clearly, taking their frustration and outrage out on the Police Department. I think its important to note, also, that as weve been covering this and been there on the ground, there appeared to be different camps. You have people that are just clearly focused on this criminal activity. Theyre trying to burn down this government building. But weve also seen protestors out there who are nonviolent that have been expressing their outrage at the death of this black man at the hands of the police, here, in minneapolis. And its that dichotomy that weve seen that, you know, is is so such a powder keg here where you have people who are so unhappy. The Police Department thats now being torched. The Police Department has clearly lost this part of the city. Weve seen this these images in so many locations around the United States tonight. People protesting. Let police deciding th the police deciding theyre not going to go in and enforce whats being taking place. Theyre not going to push the crowd back. They theyre apparently going to let this building burn to the ground. Their calculation being their mere presence would likely inflame the situation even more. When your presence is going to cause even more outrage, you have clearly lost this part of the city, michael. Speak to that a little more because you reported this earlier, too. That you were you were you were surprised or you certainly noted that police, at least where you were, were not out in force. Do you think that was a tactical decision . Yeah. When you think about policing and obviously, you know, there are more residents than there are Police Officers. We were there, my colleague sara sidner and i were there. Surrounded by this precinct. Thousands of people, rioters, looters, and obviously the people conducting the criminal activity we saw on our screen by breaching this building. There is no way that Law Enforcement officers were going to come in, in full force, in that type of volatile situation. You know, our estimation is they probably decided that, again, coming in and trying to arrest people or trying to move the crowd back would probably lead to even more violence and possibly death. Now, again, if youre a police official, your job is to enforce the peace, is to calm society. Thats not what we saw taking place. And again, you know, this is going to continue throughout tonight. This protest continues. We have seen it in a number of cities around the country. Still yet to be seen how long this takes place. We did get news just not long ago that the National Guard, here in the state of minnesota, has been called up. Some 500 soldiers and viewers around the world, the National Guard are controlled by the local state officials. They usually are involved in disaster response. They also provide troops to foreign wars, as well. But when that type of action is being taking place where you have, now, the state officials calling up the National Guard to try to protect these facilities, this is clearly moved into a very different and a very dangerous phase. All right. Now, i want to take this moment that the anger boiled over and bring it to you. This is at the Police Precinct that josh was just talking about. Cnns sara sidner was there when the fire broke out. Those are fireworks being fired off by the protestors. We are watching them being fired off directly in front of the all of those sparkling lights overhead, if you can see that, that is from fireworks. But we are, definitely, now seeing a fully fully on fire third precinct here. That is clearly whats happening there. There have been boards that have been put up outside of the third precinct. And those boards are ron fire but it looks like the fire has gotten even bigger at this time. And you can see protestors so close to the fire that they are getting hit with sparks from the fire coming off of that building. So that is whats going on right now. It is official that the building is on fire. The third precinct is on fire. We do not know where the police are. We see the liquors that is on fire on the other side of the street. We see a fire behind the precinct. We, also, see protestors throwing fireworks at the precinct. And the fire alarm is going on inside of the precinct. This is a scene that has completely changed from earlier today, when things were peaceful. People cheering and more fireworks going off as, literally, the Police Precinct is burning. And i spoke to sara sidner a short time ago about what she has seen in minneapolis over the last few hours. What has really changed here, something i have actually never witnessed. And i have covered dozens upon dozens of protests. The thing that is different here is i have never seen a situation where police have completely left the area. And literally, let it burn. Usually, you at least see fi fire trucks that come. You see a bigger contingent of police and then, all of a sudden, you will have officers who come in from all parts of the city. In this case, its clearly a calculated move from the police. They moved back to the precinct. They we watched that happen yesterday night. And, today, they never left the precinct. And then, as night fell and the fires grew and then they finally, you know, set the building on fire. The officers were gone. We we have not seen them for hours. What we have seen is fires now burning in other places. So now, just across the street, where theres a huge parking lot and people have been firing off lots of fireworks. You are seeing the target engulfed in flames. You are seeing, across the street from the Police Department, the liquor store in in engulfed. I mean, it is it is burning hot and is burning large. And you are seeing other businesses start to catch fire because those fires are burning so hot. But i have never seen a situation i have never seen a situation where a precinct Police Department precinct is on fire, and there is absolutely no authority out there to try and control the situation. So now, it is literally just the protestors who are out in the streets. And they are some of them just standing and watching. Others of them, cheering. Many times, you will see lots of fireworks that are going off overhead. You hear cheering. People are actually trying to break into the precinct. But its on fire. So theres a great danger there, as well. And now, we could smell gas as we were leaving the scene. And now, were hearing from the city that they believe that the gas line has been ruptured. That is excruciatingly and extremely dangerous because if fire gets near that, we will have an explosion. And im joined now by sheryl dorsey, she is a retired Police Sergeant formerly with the lapd. Author of the book black and blue. Good to see you. But sorry, in these circumstances. I mean, when you look at images like that, the burning of a police station. And thats also after a number of buildings were vandalizes or torched. In fact, i will say the st. Paul police just put out a statement saying 170 businesses were damaged or burnt or looted this evening. I mean, speak to what you saw unfold and what you made of it. Well, listen. Certainly, i dont condone violence. And let me just say this, first. Let me offer my sincere condolences to the family members of george floyd, whose life was tragically taken by way of murder. Let me say that. In regards to whats going on, clearly, they werent prepared for this. And, you know, this situation was very different in my mind because this is the first time that weve actually seen someone take their last breath on television. On a recorded video. And so, i, personally, have seen chatter on my social media platforms about things that were problematic and concerning. I dont know what kind of intelligence they may have over there on that Police Department. I dont know how they couldve been caught off guard by this. But surely, someone should have realized that this situation was very different from other incidents. And people are tired. People are fed up. And if if truly Police Departments around the nation want Something Different to be done, then they need to do Something Different. And the point being, i suppose, that, you know, an eruption like this, a powder keg like this, does not come out of nowhere. That this this has happened before. And the the question being asked on the street there is, you know, when when do we stop having to deal with this and things systemically change . Do you have empathy to that sort of point of view . That people are just fed up with a system. Absolutely because, listen, nothing has changed. I mean, we can go back to rodney king. Not much changed after that. And then, of course, the spate of killings that started in 2014 with eric garner and mike brown and the protests in ferguson and everything thats happened since then. So as long as theres no accountability, then were going to continue have these kind of issues. Were going to continue to have Police Officers, who reportedly has been involved in three shootings in his career. Its not like they dont know who he is. The officer who stood while he took the life of mr. George. These guys have a history. The department knows that. And, more importantly, they were intellectually dishonest when they first reported that mr. Floyd had died because of some kind of a medical incident. And it did not really speak to what had actually happened. And so, folks are tired. And my concern now is, based on things that i am seeing and hearing and, listen, im not really looking and checking. But this anger could, very soon, turn toward Police Officers. Well, terrifying thought. I mean, then, if there is this loss of trust, there is this obvious frustration. There is the repetitive nature of what were seeing. And, you know, i was talking to Brian Stelter last hour. I mean, its not that these things are new. Its just that there are more cell phone cameras around. And thats whats troubling people. How to rebuild the lack of trust. How to get to a point where were not having this conversation every year or twice a year . Well, first of all, there needs to be action. And there needs to be, in this instance, there needs to be criminal charges. And so i understand and appreciate that the District Attorney wants to have a solid case before they go forward. Nay may only get one bite at the apple. And we know now, according to reports, that the officer who kept his knee on mr. Floyds neck for nine minutes is being represented by the same attorney who represented officer yanez, the officer who shot and killed filando castile. But this is very frustrating to the family. Its almost further exacerbating situations because it gives the inference that maybe theyre not doing anything. Maybe they dont care. Much like they didnt do anything about this officer in the three other prior shootings he had been involved in. And who knows how many uses of force that just were never reported or never made national news. Yeah. Yeah. I i really appreciate you coming on. Cheryl dorsey, retired Police Sergeant. Thanks so much. Thank you. All right. We got to take a short break. When we come back, just ahead, more than 500 National Guard soldiers, as we said, are on their way to minneapolis st. Paul as those protests spin out of control. Well be right back. My family and i did a fundraiser walk in honor of my dad, who was alzheimers. 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And they were going to be sent before all of this happened, as well. Demonstrators setting fire to a Police Precinct and several other buildings. Minneapolis officials warning protestors actually move away from that area because there were reports of the smell of gas and the possibility of a severed gas line. And so, people were ordered to back off for their own safety. Its not just minnesota, either. Protestors have been out in force in cities across the u. S. , including denver, colorado, louisville, kentucky, memphis, tennessee. They are angry over the death of an africanamerican man in Police Custody on monday. Four officers have been fired. Prosecutors say, though, theyre not ready to bring charges. Joining me now on the line, cedric alexander, Dekalb County georgia. I wanted to ask you, cedric, you know, do you think thats the key to this . That there was that News Conference where city state attorneys, earlier, and they held this long News Conference. Everyone expected charges to be announced and it did not happen. Were you surprised at that . I was surprised at it. And if you were to ask me, which you just did, do i think that had anything to do with what we may be seeing and experiencing tonight in minneapolis. Very much so, possibly. And probably, what they should have done was really take more time to get their acts together in terms of what procedure or what it is they may have had some intentions of doing, as it relates to arrests or indictments. And they didnt really look very wellorganized. They really didnt tell people very much. And i think the da there in Hennepin County made some statements to the effect of, well, it appears it may not be much here. And i think that really bothered people, particularly just three days ago. All of us saw a horrific crime take place in front of us. So it becomes very difficult when you make that kind of statement very prematurely. And then, you find yourself later on having to walk it back. But, regardless of that, this type of violence is not acceptable. Regardless of what was said or what was not said. Burning of property, putting people at risk, the Economic Impact its going to have upon that community that is probably like many communities, already compounded with covid. What were seeing tonight is reckless, on behalf of those folks who are out there rioting. And it truly does take away from the main message of of of an event that took place, that has shocked this nation and this world. And the focus comes off of that, and it comes onto this. But as the president stated earlier, he wants to make sure that the focus stays on mr. Floyd. And i think we all have to appreciate that. But, at the end of the day, in all of this, what we see here going on tonight is reckless. But, at the same time, we have to understand where this anger and frustration comes from because, for a period of time now, all of us have witnessed these types of events that have created so much concern, hurt, anger. And then, we get to another Tipping Point to where we are now, which bring us to where we are tonight. You are former Public Safety director in Dekalb County. We touched on this last hour. This is a conversation that just recurs and reoccurs and reoccurs. What does need to change, systemically, because we could be having this conversation in six months. We could be having this conversation next week. Or we could be having it again tomorrow. We dont know whats going to what the day is going to bring. But i do know this, is that we, as americans, have to get through what were experiencing right now. And, at this very moment, there are some concerns that people have about policing in america. And what is it that we can be doing better . And i tell you someone who spent a large part of my life as a a a Police Executive in two major cities in this country. And having been in situations, in which officers were involved in events. Some that were good. Some that were not so good. And i understand the stressors that come along with that and what kind of of concerns it could cause for any city or municipality in which you may command authority over a Public Safety department. But when we look at whats going on in minneapolis tonight, one of americas great cities and st. Paul, and many of the concerns thats going on in other cities across america. We gonna have to step back because we cannot allow ourselves not to begin to have the conversations and address the real issues around the shootings that are taking place in this country. More specifically, with young, africanamerican men. That that has created major concerns, not just for the Africanamerican Community but, for america, at large. If you look at that crowd out there tonight, you look at crowds at other in in in in other cities across america. Youre going to see a Diverse Group of people, who are hurt, who are angry, who want Something Better from their state and their government. They deserve it. And we have to be able, now, again, because this takes me back to ferguson back in 2014. Being there on the ground in ferguson. Being there on the ground in baltimore. We made progress in many ways. But somehow, we have slipped back. We saw on monday was horrific. It was totally horrific. Millions of us watched that video. We watched a mans life was taken from him, right in front of us. The anger. Were seeing the anger that has resulted from that, as well. Were right out of time, cedric alexander, appreciate you being on with us. Thank you. Do stick around, everyone. Well have more on that breaking news after a quick break. When we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. I remember setting up shipstation. One or two clicks and everything was up and running. All right. I want to take you to minneapolis. The mayor is speaking now. Lets have a listen. The symbolism of a building cannot outweigh the importance of life, of our officers, or the public. We could not risk serious injury to anyone and we will continue to patrol the third precinct entirely. We will continue to do our jobs, in that area. And, you know, brick and mortar is not as important as life. Happy to answer any questions on this topic. At what point did you hear that people did you receive word earlier in the day that people might be interested in protesting at or going into the third precinct . We have received reports regarding many attempting to get into the precincts, yes. Whats your response to saying looters should be shot . Have you seen the president s tweets . No, i have not. Can you id have to bring it up here, to quote it exactly. Does anybody else have that up here . Whats the plan here . What are we doing . With regard to . The states. A lot of businesses have been burned down. A lot of livenlihoods have been hurt. We have not seen we see very Little Police out there, just in general, at the third and throughout. And im just wondering whats the plan . And who is in charge right now, in this city . There is a lot of pain and anger, right now, in our city. I understand that. Our entire city recognizes that. What we have seen, over the past several hours and the past couple of nights in terms of looting, is unacceptable. Our communities cannot and will not tolerate it. These are businesses. These are Community Institutions. That we need. These are banks that people rely on to get cash. Grocery stores that people rely on to get food. These are pharmacies people rely on to get medicine. They are essential to our community. And we need to make sure that they are protected. And so we are working with our officers right now. We are working, of course, resources provided by the state. Weve authorized mutual aid and a unified strategy, so that we can work with different jurisdictions in the area. You know, it was clear, as of last night, that we needed additional help. And we got that additional help. Some from the state, and we are expecting more as well. Ill say this. We additionally need help from our community. We need to make sure that we need to make sure that people are looking out for our city right now. Its not just enough to do the right thing, yourself. We need to be making sure that all of us are held accountable to make sure that were holding up the highest ideals that we stand by. Mr. Mayor, there were people out there tonight that were saying things like where are the police right now . Where are the firefighters right now . Where is the National Guard right now . Those are all fair questions. Where were the police, firefighters, and National Guard to protect that third precinct and to protect that neighborhood . As you already know, there were more than a few fires that our firefighters had to put out. There were more than a few incidents of looting that our officers had to attend to. We are doing absolutely everything that we can to keep the peace. We have officers that are that are stationed around the city, in several different locations. We have, in many instances, assistance from the state to prevent looting at some of these Community Institutions that we know will be necessary to get through this pandemic. You know, this is one of the most difficult situations that our city has been through. Im not going to stand up here and tell you that there are easy answers to it because there are not. What i can tell you is that, through this pandemic, chief arandondo has my 100 support. Chief frito in the Fire Department has my 100 support. We are going to be united as a city. So where is the National Guard . And how is it being deployed . Whos got that control . Who is making those calls . So many of these questions, you are going to want to direct to our chief, who has been working consistently with harrington from the state. And many of the National Guard, as i mentioned, were stationed and are being stationed in locations to help prevent some of the looting that weve seen. Like what . Like what stations . Banks. Grocery stores. Pharmacies. Mayor, the i have the president s tweet here. He sent out two, just in the last couple hours. One, personally attacking you. A second one can you read it . Just spoke to governor tim wells and i told him that the military is with him all the way. Any difficulty, and we will assume control. But when the looting starts, the shooting starts. This is the president of the United States tweeting just a little bit ago. Whats your reaction to that . What was the other tweet . There was an earlier one, calling you a radical leftist and a weak mayor. And to to get things under control. And i have it here. I cant stand back and watch this happen to a Great American city. A total lack of leadership, says the president. Either the very weak, radical left mayor jacob frey get his act together and bring the city under control, or i will send in the National Guard and get the job done right. That was the first of two tweets from the president. Well, let me say this. Weakness is refusing to take responsibility for your own actions. Weakness is pointing your finger at somebody else, during a time of crisis. Donald trump knows nothing about the strength of minneapolis. We are strong as hell. Is this a difficult time period . Yes. But you better be damn sure that were going to get through this. Mayor, a question whether you made a conscious decision to let people go into the third precinct and offer it up as kind of one of these healing as you referenced earlier in the day. Is that how you were approaching it . No. The decision that i made was for the safety of our officers and the safety of the public. The symbolism of a building cannot outweigh the importance of life. Its a decision that i did not take lightly. I understand the importance of a precinct. But we are able to regroup, and continue providing the same service to the third precinct, as a geography. Mayor, at what point did you make that decision . I dont remember the exact time. Was it earlier in the afternoon . Or just a couple hours before it was taken . As situations started to escalate more and more, as we saw more and more people breach the perimeter. As we noted, we have to have our officers at many locations throughout the city to prevent looting and crime. It became obvious, to me, that safety was at risk. And it became obvious to me that we could take a different route. That would better assist, both the public, as well as the safety of our Police Officers. Mayor, how many officers were in that building when it was breached . Think you have to talk to the chief. And, two, is there a calculus in terms of property versus engaging protestors or being more overt with force . Is there is there a decisionmaking process in terms of building versus engagement . I dont understand your question. I mean, you have a decision to make. Whether the building, the third precinct, in general, some of those businesses on that corner, should just be let go. You know, no Police Responding to it. Or do you engage the protestors and clear them off the streets by, you know, any means necessary . The tools that are at your disposal, in terms of a heavily, you know, tooled, urban police force. I would imagine have have the tools to clear the streets. Yeah, im still not following. The decision comes down to Public Safety. Period. Im going to take one more question. Yep. So what do you tell the public in that community, that doesnt have that precinct that to work from, to help protect the other homes or other businesses . The the the resources that we will offer to the people of the third precinct will continue, period. The building is just bricks and mortar. Its a building. What if it does get worse . You talked about the Community Needs the help. But wh but what if they dont . What is the plan to address that . Ive been in touch with governor walls at the state. Again, i we have expressed the need for resources. We are appreciative, already, of the assistance that weve gotten in the form of state patrols. And, as you know, weve requested the National Guard as well. And we anticipate that those resources will be increasing, as well. Mr. Mayor. Thank you, everybody. Thank you, everybody. The mayor of minnesota, jacob frey there, speaking. Making a couple very pointed comments. He said when it comes to the police station, that was burned down, he said that the symbolism of a building doesnt outweigh the loss of life. He said he made the decision to pull police back, and basically let that building burn for the safety of officers and the public. Pointed out that the looting that we have seen and the arson that we have seen is unacceptable. St. Paul police had reported, earlier, that 170 businesses were burnt or looted or, in some way, damaged by rioters. And, as the mayor pointed out, a lot of these there was a target. There were grocery stores. There were banks. They were pharmacies. And and so on and so forth. And saying the mayor saying the looting is unacceptable. These are businesses and Community Institutions that we need. Cedric alexander is still with me. He is the former publicsafety director in Dekalb County, georgia. You heard what the mayor had to say. Should point out, too, he also responded to Donald Trumps tweet earlier, which was critical of him. And calling him a weak, radicalleft mayor, which brought politics into it, of course. The mayor saying donald trump knows nothing about the strength of minneapolis. Let lets skip over the donald trump tweet. Well dissect that later with Brian Stelter. But your reaction to that News Conference and what the mayor had to say . Well, you know, someone who has served as a deputy mayor in a major city in this country, i can only imagine what he must be going through. But let me say this about mayor frey. He has been courageous. He has been smart. Hes doing the very best that he can, under the circumstances in which he has to provide leadership in that city. Hes got to make decisions. Hes made those decisions. He did that in concert with his command staff, his fire and police, and other publicsafety sectors. It is a time for us, as a nation, to recognize that minneapolis just does not belong to him. Minneapolis belongs to all of us. Its part of the great United States of america. Were only separated by imaginary boundaries. But this is one land, one country. So, as he is in pain tonight, as much as he is hurt and angered over what occurred in his city, i think it becomes very important for all of us, as americans. And i can tell you this, having been in Public Service for 40 years of my life, its important for all of us to stand with him. Stand with that city and other cities across this country as we go through this horrific time. And that is compounded by the covid virus. We all are still working through and trying to survive through. Africanamericans, disproportionately affected by covid. And, also, by the job losses that the country has seen. Cedric, we were running out of time. I got to leave it there. Cedric alexander, former Public Safety director in Dekalb County, my county. Thanks so much for being with us, cedric. I do appreciate it. Now, i want to move on and talk about other things. Donald trumps tweet. Also, social media, which of course has been a powerful tool for the protest movements, and really brought what happened to george floyd into shot focarp f and brought it to the public eye. Lets bring in chief media correspondent Brian Stelter to talk about all this. I just got to go back to the president s tweet and get your thoughts on this because its a twopart tweet. And you can break it into about ten areas that are pretty concerning. He says i cant stand back and watch this happen to a Great American city, minneapolis. A total lack of leadership. He brings politics in by saying the very weak, radicalleft mayor jacob frey, you were just listening to. Said he needs to get his act together and bring the city under control, or i will send the National Guard in and get the job right. National guard is already being called in. The second part is kind of problematic in many ways. He says these thugs, which is a raciallyloaded word, dishonoring memory of george floyd and i at about wont let that happen. Just spoke to governor tim waltz and told him the military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control. But when the looting starts, the shooting starts. And you can explain the context of that. But the the the the literal reading of that is ill sunday t send the military in and smoot americ shoot american citizens. There is a threat. It dates back to the 1960s when miami police chief was trying to act like a tough guy. Trying to threaten people back then. And here is the president of the United States doing it. This is completely uncartharted territory. It almost goes without saying. Past president s would have never talked like this. Lets hope more rational ideas and forces take over in the morning. But, in the meantime, we heard the minneapolis mayor strongly responding to the president. Saying the president is being weak. Talking this way. And, look, dont take it from me. Take it from rush limbaugh. The president s ally. He was talking the other day about what trump does by stoking conspiracy theories and creating confusion. Russia. You know, the president s throwing gasoline on a fire, and he is having fun watching the flames. Now, back then, a couple days ago, i was talking about that Conspiracy Theory about msnbc joe scarborough. Right now, there is actual flames. There is an actual fire and the president is, once again, using twitter to stoke those flames. Lets hope, again, Republican Leaders and others help cooler heads prevail in the hours to come. Yeah. I mean, just just extraordinary stuff. I did want to ask you because it is an important aspect of this on, both, social media but also the ubiquitous nature of now cell phone cameras and the like. You know, the sorts of things we saw happen to george floyd didnt just start to happen. Theyre just getting filmed. And so theres that has brought a lot of this into sharper focus. But, also, the use of social media and and and the Technology Today to bring the the protests together and expand them in many ways, as well. Yeah. And this technology is an accelerant. It can be a force for good. It can, also, be a force for evil or a force for criminal behavior. And, look, in the past few minutes, weve seen images of some skyscrapers in Downtown Minneapolis having their lobbies assaulted. Windows being broken in some of these downtown areas. This is clearly something that is taking place across different neighborhoods in minneapolis. Now, well past midnight local time. Talking about the 1 00 a. M. Hour. People are able to organize and communicate via social media in ways they werent able to 10 or 20 years ago. However, that also means the mayor and other local leaders are able to communicate instantaneously, as well. And this ultimately is about local leadership. We are not going to see National Leadership in a situation like this. Its going to be about local leaders. Church leaders. Civic leaders. Trying to calm the tensions there. And just quickly, i mean, you pointed out last hour, too. The the the citys newspaper, the front page, a state of agony. That really does speak to what this communitys going to go through. As they do sort of go through and sort of break down what went wrong here, as a city, as a society. Do you do you do you think that the city lacked communication, particularly when it came to the News Conference this afternoon . Certainly what i have seen in the past few hours. Yeah. There was a breakdown of many things, including communication. The Police Department. The fire officials were barely communicating with local residents. And ive been hearing from residents there who are very frustrated by that, on top of the other issues that are at play right now. Look. The images. What many on the outside see as violence, people there, people on the inside see as pain. And this is a story weve seen repeated over and over again, including in baltimore, five years ago. Agony is a very appropriate word for what were seeing. Brian stelter, great to have you on. Up late this evening. Do appreciate it. Thanks so much. Brian stelter there. Well, of course, we will be following this story for you throughout the day ahead. And we want to let you know, though, about a cnn special on Race Relations and Police Brutality in the u. S. A new special. It is called i cant breathe black men living and dying in america its going to be broadcast sunday, 8 00 p. M. , in new york. And that is monday, 8 00 a. M. In hong kong. Only here, on cnn. Going to take a quick break. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Well be right back. 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Minneapolis mayor said what were seeing is unacceptable in terms of the looting and damage to the local stores and infrastructure. When it came to the police bulldogging and decision to building and decision to pull back said bricks and mortar were not as important as human life. In st. Paul several fires set fire there. Nearly 170 businesses damaged, burned or looted in the area. 170. Protesters were protesting the death of africanamerican man, george floyd, four officers fired for the killing and as of yet not ready to bring charges, a lot of people angry about that and perhaps were expecting charges earlier in the day. Now lets quickly turn to coronavirus global death toll topped 360,000 and were getting more proof that latin america is now the center of the pandemic, brazil with a record 26,000 new cases of the virus in the past day. More than 1,000 people die thered in each of the past three days. Those are the sort of numbers the u. S. Has been putting up in the last few weeks. New cases falling across europe, france, britain and spain all lifting restrictions by the beginning of next week. Turkey and the philippines dozening the same. Meanwhile in the u. S. Death toll passed 101,000 and cdc projects more than 20,000 additional deaths by midjune. New cases of the virus are still rising in 16 u. S. States, Holding Steady in 10, falling in 24 others. But in some of those states, particularly in the southeast of the country, things are getting worse. Cnn reports. Reporter this morning in montgomery, alabama, there were just two icu beds unoccupied. Covid19 cases have more than quadrupled in this county since reopening began across the state. We cant fast forward to the end of this movie and are trying to do this the way were approaching this process and i think thats why were seeing spikes not only in montgomery but also throughout alabama. California today reporting its biggest daily uptick in new cases, 2,617. In every other Southern State except florida and tex new cases are climbing, nationally, ticking down slowly for now. As we reopen if we relax too much and dont take physical znsing measures and taking the precautions we can than we may see this start to go up again. Not just in the fall, as there might be a fall wave but in the next few weeks as well. The cdc has posted a model predicting uptick in hospital admissions around june 10th and also reissued reopening guidelines for employers, lets lot of fresh air in, no communal coffee pots, no hand shakes or fist pumps. Bad news for big events, Boston Marathon already moved to midseptember and cancelled. The wisconsin state fair which usually draws over 1 Million People also just cancelled. New york city is still trying to make its mass transit safe as possible. Not quite ready but very close. The hope between 2 and 400,000 new yorker costs go back to work by maybe midjune. Since midmarch more than 40 million americans have lost their jobs. Thats one in four workers. And reopening wont be the end of that movie either. You hear these corporations talking about were going to take this opportunity to restructure. Were going to get lean. You know what that means . That means theyre going to lay off workers. California just recorded its highest number of new cases in a 24hour period. 2,617. There is more testing. People have been out on the bee beexs beaches when they shouldnt have been, theres been some protesting, theres also been reopening. We heard from the mayor of San Francisco who got into granular detail how shes going to open her city. Rep remember that is perhaps one of the most cautious places in the country when it comes to preventing the spread of covid. So midjune shes going to allow sports, no fans. Religious services and summer camps. Midjuly Indoor Dining and haircuts. Midaugust, schools. Thats good. And gymle with modifications. 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