Welcome to thursday. It is mooet the pres daily. Im continuing the coverage on what has been a somber day. It has been an eventful and emotional day for a country in crisis. You are looking at live demonstrations being held in new york and philadelphia after the death of george floyd. This afternoon a Memorial Service was held honoring his life. Just around the same time, the three officers were being arraigned at a county courthouse just north of the city. Today there is new evidence that the events of the last ten days have caused a major shift in Public Attitudes connected to some of the social and political issues and connected to these events, a number of high profile and widely respected voices in the military community are now breaking their silence and speaking out against the president s handling of this crisis, which well have more on in a moment. As i mentioned, the pictures from today around the nation have so far been marked by images of mourning and calls for justice. In minneapolis, members of floyds family spoke about his life and the legacy he will leave behind. In new york, George Floyds brother led a Memorial Prayer Service and march in brooklyn. In houston, Community Members are holding a vigil tonight. This morning this was the scene in minneapolis as floyds coffin was wheeled into the convenient chew. Above the crowd was this memorial of floyd with the words i can breathe now written at the bottom. It was an event that looked back on floyds life, while looking ahead to the challenges facing the black community in this country. Family members shared their memories and the reverend al sharpton delivered a eulogy demanding change and justice. George floyds story has been the story of black folks, because ever since 401 years ago, the reason we could never be who we wanted and dreamed to be is you kept your knee on our neck. What happened to floyd happens every day in this country and education and Health Service and in every area of american life. Its time for us to stand up in georges name and say get your knee off our necks. The ceremony ended with an emotional 8 minute and 46 seconds of attendees standing in silence, some in tears. That is the amount of time that officer chauvin held his knee on floyds neck. And so the question, not just for floyds family but for the country, and what will the legacy of this moment be . No one knows for sure. Right now it is clear that floyds death has sparked a dramatic shift in attitudes and some racial issues. For instance, according to some new national polling, there is widespread agreement among americans that police are more likely to use excessive or deadly force against a black person. And dont forget this moment of simultaneous mourning and momentum for change is playing out amid an active pandemic with Great Depression levels of unemployment. Also in an election year. It is a moment this country has never seen before, certainly not like this. Joining me now on the ground in minnesota is Shaquille Brewster with a prayer service, followed by a march that is still ongoing as ali velshi. We start in minneapolis. Just help us live through this day that you experienced through your eyes today. Reporter well, you know, chuck, the ceremony was of course private. It was for family and friends and invited guests only and inside you heard from the brother of george floyd, from the nephew. You heard stories of what it was like to grow up with him, nicknames referring to him. And then you heard from reverend al sharpton in the call for change. He announced that there will be another march on washington where hell call for policing reform in august. On the outside you had people from all over the community, all over the region come in and pay their respects, bringing their family and daughters to listen. People said that one of the moments that stuck with them the most is what you just referenced, the 8 minutes and 46 seconds of pure silence where you were just standing there appreciating the time. I had a young graentleman who td me i didnt realize how long that time was, how long of a period 8 minutes and 46 seconds is. And just before the ceremony we also saw the officers who were charged yesterday, the three officers, not officer chauvin, but the three other officers who were involved in the death of george floyd. They were arraigned and they had a hearing. The judge set their bail at 1 million or 750,000 with certain conditions. But when the subject set the bail, he said that he couldnt think of any other comparison to the situation inspect setting that amount. So it just shows you the unusual situation, both the investigative side with the officers in jail in their orange jumpsuits and then the city of minneapolis doing what they can to say buy and fare well to george floyd. Do you sense that were going to see a vigil or protest of some sort tonight in minneapolis as well as weve been seeing in previous nights. Reporter protests have not stopped in minneapolis, especially at the scene where george floyd died. Theres a cure few in minneapolis and even the curfew, that intersection where you see all those vigils, where you see the murals and people bringing flowers and signs, thats an area that the curfew has not been enforced in that one area. People have stayed overnight, having that sense of community. And i can imagine well expect to continue to see that at that site. While i was at the site yesterday, someone came up and me and said this should be a police where we honor all victims of police violence. It should be a permanent memorial. They couldnt see it going back to anything else. I think we will definitely continue to see the demonstrations and definitely continue to see people who want to honor the life and legacy of george floyd. And remember its not only here in minneapolis, but this weekend in North Carolina there will be services and then hell be laid to rest in houston on tuesday. Shaquille brewster on the ground. Thank you. Let me move over to new york. Ali velshi. This has been just a sea from a far, the shots of the crowds, the march across the bridge. Tell us about it. Youve been living it all day. Reporter yeah, i have. You and i talked earlier about it. You can still see protesters let me be clear, these were many people who were at the memorial for george floyd. They may be protesters or people who were memorializing his life. The mass of the crowd has come into manhattan. There were 5,000 or more people there today. It was peaceful. It was a memorial. There was prayer. There was singing. There was chanting. There was all that sort of stuff, including an appearance by the mayor of new york, de blasio. De blasio having all right now from the police and public. He was booed but he did deliver a speech here. But it was like most of the things that are happening in new york. During the day they are incredibly peaceful and most of the people are involved in a peaceful march and peacefully came across under the escort of nypd across the bridge. The bridge is still full of people. This has been a couple of hours that weve been seeing people continue to come across. So thats what the situation is now. They are protesting in the city. There are crowds of protesters in manhattan tonight and there has been pockets of tension every night for the last week or so. Well have to see what happens tonight. But the protesters have been very peaceful today. Ali, i dont want to leave out the pandemic here. Governor cuomo made a request of some of these demonstrators. Tell us about it. Reporter yeah, look, hes talking about social distancing. I will tell you everybody there had masks on. But this is a bit of an issue because of the number of people who were out there. Take a look at this, by the way. New round of these people coming off the bridge and getting applause by the people there. The thing it feels like, chuck, is a marathon. You come into the finish line and people are cheering you on. Thats kind of the feeling people have got. About half of the people have masks. Theres a number of people here from Nypd Community Affairs in the bright blue shirts. Theyre actually handing out masks to people coming across the bridge who dont have masks on so they can try and at least protect themselves and each other. Ali velshi, tremendous coverage today. Thank you. And of course thank you to Shaquille Brewster. Joining me now the andrew young, longtime civil rights activists, an ambassador to the united nations, former mayor of atlanta and also keith mays, a professor of africanamerican studies at the university of minnesota. Welcome to you both. Ambassador young, ive been looking forward to talking with you. We havent spoken in a while. I just want to get your thoughts about today and about what this means to a movement youve been involved with for more than 50 years. Well, i think the fact that ive been involved for 50 years gives me another perspective, and that is that this is a tremendous recognition of a serious problem, and i think the rallying of the entire world, theres never been anything like this before. But it happened so quick and it almost happened so easy. I go back to birmingham in 1963. It took us four months to really mobilize the city and then when Martin Luther king went to jail and wrote the letter to the birmingham jail, there were only 55 people who showed up to go with him. So this is phenomenal. But what happened in that time that we were organizing is that we were also defining the goals. We were spelling out what victory could we achieve, what realistic answer could we take to the nation. And we went through the march on washington and the Kennedy Administration took all of that energy and defined it in really a very good civil rights bill which took another year to get passed. Now, everybody has seemingly right now got ideas of, you know, what are we going to do to make it tougher for the police to be brutal. And that is a serious problem, but thats not a problem that well, that problem has been addressed here in atlanta when the police and the students, young people, black and white, ended up kneeling together for eight minutes in prayer. And those are the kinds of gestures that are helping people to get to know each other. But its a tremendous strain on the city. I was the mayor for eight years and who is going to pay the bills for all of this . The economies of every city that we see marching are in shambles because of the coronavirus. And how do we restore the American Economy and make sure that well, that we can live together as brothers and sisters and not perish together as fools. So the spirit right now and i think were seeing that and i think we will see that building up through the funeral in houston. But both the blessing and the curse of this huge Global Movement is right now no leaders have emerged that are giving definition to what is going on. And how do we resolve it . I have faith that our communities are strong enough, but i would really hope that well, first time i got arrested in atlanta i reached out my hand and shook hands with the policeman and said, officer, before you lock us up, i just want you to know were all the same size and we want the same things. We were trying to get raises for the sanitation workers. I said if the sanitation workers get raises, youre going to get raises, too, and you and your children need help. And so reuniting the nation. And i think that thats why we need a national and local leadership that reunites us and reminds us that we are one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Ambassador, let me get professor mays to attempt to answer your challenge there. Professor mays, answer ambassador young here. What should be the goals that get set . He brings up a good point. You take the momentum, were in an important, potentially an inflection moment. How do you not lose the momentum . Professor mays . Well, you have to set the agenda and you have to demand that black people once and for all have a stake in society. What are the four critical areas that we need addressed, chuck . Its employment. Its education. Its health care. Its incarceration. People have been working on these issues for decades, chuck. But its hard for people to recognize something called systemic and institutional racism. We dont have access to good schools, we dont have access to health care. The income gap is too wide between blacks and whites. And we go to jail at a much greater rate. And then on top of that, chuck, the police are killing us. So all of those things are on the table. And i think its high time for us to recognize that we have to put pressure on the two party system and maybe even create a third party. We have to be responsible for our own lives, and that means using the pressure thats been galvanized across the country to go to the polls in november and send President Trump a message to say that we are here, not only to remove you from office, but we are here to close these historical gaps. Its the same issue that ambassador young worked on in the 50s and 60s and 70s, still with us today. Ambassador young, if joe biden is the next president , hes going to have to deliver. What do you want to see him deliver on first . Well, i have not really thought about that, but right now i think that joe biden is having the kind of unifying personality that will help us to come together. I think were coming together on our own and i think well elect people to the congress and to the senate and to the county commissions and state legislators that will come out of these people who are marching, and whatever theyre saying, wherever they are, they have got to be very specific. But the only caution i have is that i hate to see we dont have a hate crimes law here in georgia and now everybody wants a hate crimes law. Well, im afraid that that hate crimes law, if we get it and i had supported it, but if we get it, once the police, its applied to the police, the police are going to have good Union Lawyers defending them that are very skilled. But when its applied to the citizens, they wont have the money, they wont have the experience, they wont have the same place. So i dont want to see stronger laws. I want to see more of a spiritual unity and the police and the citizens realizing that theyre on the same side. As a mayor, i had to go to more in atlanta, i had to go to more policemans funerals than i did citizens. Only one was killed by a policeman in the eight years i was mayor. But we had a police force that was roughly half and half black and white and it was onethird female. And i think that it took us many years to develop that kind of racial and community balance. We had people gay and straight. We made sure that ever sector of society was represented in the police force. And i think those are the details from that weve got to come to think together about coming out of this. There was a term we used to use that would be dangerous, that is when you get this kind of big momentum, you tend to get freedom high and you get fairly unrealistic in your aspirations and weve got to have Real Solutions to real problems. And that will only come as we elect sensitive people. Its one thing that i would caution against, that we got disillusions after dr. Kings assassination and we lost the election in 1968 by less than one vote per precinct. And we had people talking about third parties and fourth parties and all of this kind of stuff and everybody was disillusioned. We had been in this so long, i dont trust politics anymore. You cant give up the responsibility of creating a government that represents your interests. And you cant lose faith in politics, whatever your party. And youve got to vote and youve got to express yourself in your communities and youve got to realize that were all on the same side. And right now the biggest thing that worries me im almost, i mean i felt after dr. Kings death, he was in heaven and george floyd is in heaven right now. I loved the mural with him with wings. But he left us in hell and weve got to take this hellish life with viruses and Hurricane Season thats starting now and so were going to have floods up and down the mississippi river, and weve still got a real world that weve got to govern and make safe for all of gods children. Strong words there, ambassador. Professor mays, i sense a gentle tension and i think this is and it may be due to different experiences, but i do think were going to see a tension after the election if, say, joe biden wins between those that want to bring the country together and i think what you were speaking to, which is you cant lose focus on these goals. Well, i think whats going to happen again, i said this earlier, i dont want to be in the prediction business. Im a historian and i study the past to understand the present. But this protest, this momentum will continue throughout the summer all the way up to the fall to election day. Black voters will turn out in obamalike 2008 numbers. We will put joe biden in office. And by the next day the Republican Party i think for all intents and purposes will be defunk. It will go the way of the wig party. The question becomes for us on november 4th, the day after election day, what is it that we are prepared to do . What is the Democratic Party going to do . Will it deliver on its promise to all of those black voters that help put into power . And the question and, is i agree with ambassador young, we have to continue to put pressure on the parties. We cannot become disillusioned, we cannot hold our politicians at arms length and say that our work is done on november 3rd. We have to continue to set the agenda for the party. But the question becomes, chuck, how is the white countermovement, how will they respond . I dont think they have enough Voter Suppression tactics to keep us from putting joe biden in office. I think well get the victory there. The question becomes what do we do the next day after and the next four years . Will the Democratic Party do its part, which is to live up to the promises that it made to the black electorate . And thats an open question right now, to be honest. Were going to do our part. Were going to put him in office, but its an open question of what the Democratic Party will do between january 2021 and 2025. Ambassador andrew young, professor keith mays from the university of minnesota, i appreciate you both putting this in context for us and giving the different perspectives that youve both come at this with. You also remind us were all on the same side. Thank you, both. I also want to get down to los angeles to check in with our correspondent. Jacob, tell me what youre seeing. Reporter chuck, were here in northeast l. A. And this is a very diverse protest in solidarity. People across the country, because of the killing and the murder, as theyre saying theyre, of george floyd. Right now the lapd is up in the sky. You can see the chopper, the lapd bird thats circling this protest. This is a very peaceful protest and the organizers have said at the very beginning of this protest they want this to be a multiethic coalition. There are members of the envisionist community here. There are Asian American residents. And the point that is being echoed is the one that reverend al sharpton made in the eulogy for george employed. People want the knee off the neck for people in these communities. They want to be free from Structural Racism they see in policing and also the economic inequality and housing inequality. These people are all part of coalitions that have come together in the months leading up to this point to demand chance. As we talked about with katie earlier today, there was a victory when the city council and mayor of los angeles said they were going to defund a portion of the Los Angeles Police department. Theyre going to take 100 million to 150 million away from the police and put it into other city services. Obviously to the people out here, and take a look this way as well, they dont believe its enough. If 100 to 150 million coming out of the lapd was enough for the residents for the city of los angeles, they wouldnt be out here like this today. What are you doing out here . Were fighting for the brown and black people to continue and not be in silence. Power to the people. Thank you very much. You heard it right there. For the brown and black people. Here in los angeles one of the most diverse cities in the country, theres a lot of anger and a lot of animosity toward the Police Department. Theyll tell you theyve been working on it for a long time. Theres a lot of work to do, chuck. Its good to have you back and good to have you in the parent world with us. Thank you, sir. 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President trumps handling of the massive demonstrations following George Floyds death is drawing criticism from some top military brass, on the same day that the current secretary mark esper broke with the thought to sub due protesters across the country. The first secretary wrote a searing essay. James mattis writes, donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people, does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us. Many Senate Republicans defended the president , downplayed the significance of mattiss criticism or claimed to have not read his critique in the first place. There were two republicans who did praise mattis, mitt romney and lisa murkowski. Here is part of what senator murkowski had to say. I was really thankful. I thought general mattis words were true, and honest, and necessary, and overdue. Joining me now, the retired u. S. Navel admiral, formerly served as the nato commander for europe and National Security analyst. I have to say, i think this goes i want to go back to mike mullen earlier in the week. I feel as if what we saw from mark esper and general millie in the last 24 hours was influenced a lot by mike mullen and jim mattis. What are your thoughts on that . Entirely possible. Lets remember, esper is a west point graduate. Mark milley, interestingly, is not. Hes a princeton graduate. These are two folks who have an ear to the ground. Theyre smart and i think they are listening. As you probably know, chuck, hi a piece out in Time Magazine yesterday kind of along the same lines, slightly different angle. But i am hopeful that all of our voices together can help influence this debate, because our active duty senior military leaders are not in a position to step up, at least as freely as those of us who have had these positions and had these responsibilities in the past. Admiral, i get the sense from you and others that your greatest fear and the greatest fear of those that defend the honor of the military and what comes out of it is that it gets politicized and it seems as if this was the panic button you guys all hit simultaneously, is it not . Thats certainly a big part of it. Some of us have been kind of on this note going back to charlottesville and helsinki. There have been plenty of exits on this freeway for folks. Im glad to see a Critical Mass developing at this point, chuck, and i think you put your finger on it. None of us want to see the military dragged into the political environment. And in terms of the responses here, we have a Million Police officers in this country, we have 500,000 National Guard who are citizen soldiers who can back them up. The last thing in the world we want are tanks rolling down pennsylvania avenue or that horrific scene we saw of an Apache Helicopter dipping low over a crowd. Those are tactics you know well. We use those in iraq and afghanistan. We dont use that in the capitol of the United States of america. Tell me about morale in the military ranks. The military is among our perhaps most diverse institutions in our society. It is, and were very proud of that. And by the way, the military is far from perfect in that regard and we have work to do inside the military. But since were about to confirt africanamerican chief of a service, the chief of staff of the u. S. Air force. So what is the morale like . People are increasingly concerned at every rank in the military from top to bottom. The active duty military does not want to get dragged into this thing. And chuck, ill point you to that picture we saw of the soldiers guarding the lincoln memorial. Thats pretty striking. Thats not where we want our troops to be. And dont take the admirals concerns about it. Think what Abraham Lincoln but think about that. Think about Martin Luther king giving the i have a dream speech there. Youre looking at i have a nightmare and its u. S. Military troops all over the capitol. And this mixed force, kind of ominously, were seeing people in uniforms that i dont recognize the markings of. Turns out some of them are from the bureau of police, the bureau of prisons. This is really yeah, prisons, exactly, this is not where we want to be at this point. Unmarked troops, helicopters dipping over crowds, pushing away peaceful protesters. Thats not what the military is about. And you know better than anybody, this is what the founders deeply feared and thats why the constitution, by the way, gives congress the power to raise an army. Not to even have a standing army. Weve kind of worked around that. But its indicative of the fears of the founders in this regard. We can still back away from this. Lets do so. So i have to tell you im sure its a fear youve thought of. Secretary esper made his point of view clear on the insurrection act. He gave an order yesterday to remove some Army Personnel from washington, d. C. , only to have the commander in chief order him to reverse that order, and he did. I feel like there is a possibility here of a president giving an order to either millie or esper that they may feel uncomfortable carrying out. It feels like we are in some uncharted territory. I think we are, chuck. And i would categorize what secretary esper did yesterday was two steps forward, disavowing the insurrection act and pulling those active duty troops out of the washington area, both good calls. But bun step back, hold it, not so fast, active duty troops remain in the area. I dont think the second order is warranted. Theres nothing i can see as a military professional that would lead me to believe we need active duty troops in washington, d. C. Ive got to question that order. So to your point, these are in fact legal orders the president is giving. Theyre illadvised and he thought to rely on the advice of his secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs. Im fairly confident theyre advising him not to go in this direction. Lets hope he will listens. Right. But would you feel comfortable not following an order the commander in chief gave if you were still sitting there . Every senior military officer knows very well what im about to say, which is that if it is a legal order you have two choices. One is to obey it and the other one is to take the four stars off your shoulder, put them on the table and say my service as an active duty officer is done. It looks like that is what jim mattis decided to do back in december of 2018. Admiral, i really appreciate you coming on and sharing your perspective and sharing the perspective of many who have worn the uniform. Thank you, sir. Up next, congresss plan for Police Reform nationwide. House democrats say theyll introduce a bill in a matter of days. 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The men and women of the United States postal service. Were here to deliver cards and packages from loved ones and also deliver the peace of mind of knowing that essentials like prescriptions are on their way. Every day, all across america, we deliver for you. And we always will. Maybe itll give us a new perspective. Maybe well see things weve been missing. Maybe itll help us see just how connected we all are. And maybe. Just maybe, if we look at the big picture. Itll remind us just how amazing freedom really is. Welcome back. Speaker pelosi announced today that house and Senate Democrats will be rolling out their Police Reform package on monday saying at this moment the nationwide will change everything. A sweeping reform bill that changes Police Accountability rolls will likely face an uphill battle in the republicancontrolled senate. We have a member of the Congressional Black Caucus who is cochair of joe bidens campaign. Congressman richmond, good to see you, sir. Let me start with whats going to be in this bill and i hear the words comprehensive. Part of me wonders, do you go for broke now or do you acknowledge the situation of republican control of the senate, republican control of the white house and also have a backup plan that goes piecemeal . Well, i think you do have to have a comprehensive bill. First of all, we need to set a marker of where our values are and were standing with Racial Equity, were standing with real Police Accountability, were standing with the men and women all across this country who are standing up and saying enough is enough. And so we have to i mean, it is critically important for us to have a comprehensive bill that lays out our values. Now, i would assume were going to pass several bills. But the other part is it really highlights that elections have consequences and that Mitch Mcconnell is a clear threat to Racial Equity around this country and real Police Accountability. So were going to pass stuff and were going to put it smack dab in the senate and then its up for the country to decide what kind of country we want to be. Do we want to be a country where one person in the senate or Senate Republicans can hold up progress or do we replace them with a senate that will stand n for justice and equality for all . I think you were making an illusion to one senator. Senator rand paul objected to a bill today and says its too broad. Thats his complaint about it. Your reaction . Too many people who want to be a no will find a reason to be no. And so if you listen to him, hes letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. So how broad is too broad when youre talking about antilynching. So i would just hope that people get past the red herrings and look at the facts. Articulated them by now. That bill has been in the senate for months. So i just dont see a lot of validity in that argument. So if you have a problem, then why dont you talk to people and see how quickly we can get it passed and make it the law of the land and put it on President Trumps desk and see if he will sign it or not. But the other part is Mitch Mcconnell himself, i believe, holds up a lot of progress for minority communities, black and brown all across this country. By the way, im curious, as cochair, national cochair for joe bidens campaign, he has a comprehensive plan on policing. How much do you feel compelled to sort of bring the biden plan into the congressional negotiations now . Well, look, we have a very strong judiciary committee. We have very strong members who have been advocating for legislation since we took control of the house. And if you look at all the legislation thats been intro dic deuced by clats, it is comprehensive when you put it together. So were putting all of that together to push a very aggressive bill. And youll see more legislation introduced. Ill be introduced legislation next week with broad, broad support from around the country. And so its not necessarily a biden plan. What it is is a Racial Equity plan, a Police Accountability plan. It is a plan to stop the ability of a Police Officer to put his neck put his knee on an individuals neck for 8 minutes, 46 seconds. What is your basic theory of the case of what it is that we have in our Police Forces . Is it a training issue, is it a vetting issue . Do we have too many police, not enough . Are they underpaid, badly trained . I know the easy thing to say is its a little bit of all of it. But in your experience, what do you think is the two biggest issues there . Its a little bit of all of it. But let me just tell you that for the last couple of years it has been too often that simply by the color of your skin you can be perceived as a threat. And so we have to stand up as a country and say that well take that no more. Real community policing, Police Officers get out of their cars and go into the neighborhoods and they know the people who live there. Theyre not inherently afraid of them simply because of the color of their skin. And that when Police Officers make mistakes, when Police Officers are bad, we have a system that deals with them swiftly and so if you look at me, for example, if i make a mistake, i am going to be arrested on day one. I will have to prove my innocence. Far too often with Police Officers, they have the right to not make a statement. They stay on leave, paid leave most of the time, and so we just have to make sure we create a system that is fair, that is just, and it holds Police Officers accountable. And if we do that, the good Police Officers will be able to do their jobs a lot better because they will have the respect and the trust of the community. People will want to cooperate with them more. But as of now, theres a real distrust in the Police Department and theres a real sense of anger and frustration, especially with africanamerican males. Weve been yelling this since 1989 when nba came out with a song about Police Brutality. In fact, that song was nwa putting the Los Angeles Police department on trial for Police Brutality. Now we have video and nothing is changing. So now its enough and so i am happy to join with my colleagues and push the issue further. Youre in new orleans. You represent new orleans in congress. Ive got to ask you about the drew brees situation down there. He has made an apology, in part saying i made comments that were insensitive and completely missed the mark on the issues we are facing right now as a country. Instead, those words have become divisive and hurtful. It is not an accurate reflection of my heart and character. This is in response, he made comments about why he wouldnt kneel and seemed to in the eyes of many people not understand what kneeling was about. Do you accept his apology and what more do you think he would need to do if you dont . Well, i do accept drews apology, for several reasons. One, hes always been someone who spoke his heart and i think he heart, and i think he made a big mistake. I think he was wrong on the issue, and i think he came back and acknowledged that. We want to be a country where we come together where we have real conversations and we learn from each other. The other thing ill say about drew brees is he has put a lot of community inmoney into the c. Whether its building playgrounds or putting hospital cameras in the nicu. He has been positive in new orleans. Weve all made very bad mistakes in things weve said. I think hes grown from the moment. I think if you look at malcolm jenkins, if you look at lebron, if you look at other National Athletes who took the time to go to social media and educate him on the real failing, i think he heard it and he adjusted his position. But now i think its incumbent on him to take a step further and actually be an advocate for the cause that were talking about. Colin kaepernick not in the nfl because he was taking a knee is problematic. And so i would hope that he continues to evolve and speak out. But i just think that what we wont do is what too many people do, and that is never give people a chance to make it right. Never give people a chance to address things when they may speak inaccurately. So i do accept it. All right. Congressman cedric richmond, democrat from louisiana. As i said, new orleans no less. Thank you for coming on and sharing your perspective with us. I appreciate it. Thanks for having me, chuck. 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