The knee of a Minneapolis Police officer. Family and mourners gathered at the fountain of praise church to remember his life while calling on this nation to seize this moment as the starting point for change. We are not fighting some disconnected incidents. We are fighting an institutional, systemic problem. No more eight minutes and 46 seconds of injustice and the mistreatment of africanamerican men at the hands of the laws of this nation and anyone else. There will be no more eight minutes and 46 seconds that you will be in pain without getting justice. To change not only this country, not only the united states, he changed the world. George floyd changed the world. Presumptive democratic president ial nominee joe biden also honored george floyd in a video message that linked his murder to the broader struggle for civil rights. We cannot leave this moment thinking we can once again turn away from racism. It stings at our very soul. As Thurgood Marshal once implored, quote, america must dissent from indifference. It must dissent from the fear, hatred and miss trust. We must dissent because america can do better, because america has no choice but to do better. George floyds death in Police Custody has galvanized a nationwide movement that has taken its message even to the doors of the white house. Today the president said nothing about george floyd. The president chose instead to spend this day spreading a Conspiracy Theory about a 75yearold man whos hospitalized recovering from a skull fracture. His name is Martin Gugino. We saw him shoved to the ground by buffalo, new york, Police Officers last thursday during a peaceful protest against floyds killing. Here is what trump posted to social media, and we quote. Buffalo protester shoved by police could be an antifa provocateur. 75yearold martin gu geo was pushed away after appearing to scan Police Communications in order to black out the equipment. One American News network i watched, he fell harder than he was pushed, was aiming scanner. Could be a setup. Two officers have now been charged with assault. Gugino remains hospitalized. Trump cites and the report he mentions was done by a man who was reported for a russian propaganda outlet that u. S. Intelligence says tried to interfere in our 2016 election. In a brief texas message, Martin Gugino issued this statement today. Quote, no comment other than black lives matter. Just out of icu. Should recover eventually. Thanks. New yorks governor was outraged at trumps post and was unsparing in his criticism. How reckless, how irresponsib irresponsible, how crude. I mean if there was ever a reprehensible, dumb comment and from the president of the united states. At this moment of anguish and anger, what does he do . Pours gasoline on the fire. On capitol hill, republican senators were asked for their thoughts on the matter. With just a few exceptions, while it remains remarkable to watch, most were reluctant to speak. Do you think thats an appropriate move of the president at this moment . I just saw the tweet, and i know nothing of the episodes. Senator cornyn, can you stop as the mics for a second . What do you make of the president s tweet this morning, and does the president need to be more cautious about what he tweets . I didnt see it, so id have to i mean, you know, im sure that my office will be able to get me a copy of it, but i didnt see it. So no real response to it but why not . I dont think it should be surprising in general because he tweets a lot. I saw the tweet. It was a shocking thing to say, and i wont dignify it with any further comment. Just saw that this second. It makes no sense we are fanning the flames, not at this time. This is not good. You want to weigh in on the president s tweet this morning about the buffalo protester . No. I dont have anything for you now. Some profiles in courage there. Later, the man who leads those republicans in the senate did his best to not say anything at all. The president said that he could be an antifa provocateur. He said that he fell harder than he pushed, and he questioned if he was set up. Was that appropriate . Well, as i said, what weve been talking about here in the Senate Republican conference is what we think is the appropriate response to the events of the last few weeks. What about the president s tweet, though . Was that appropriate, sir . As i said, we are discussing in the Senate Republican conference what response we think is appropriate to the events of the last two weeks. So there was that. And not to be outdone, here is Trumps White House chief of staff. Did you have a reaction to the president s tweet earlier today . Regarding the man in buffalo . I beg your pardon . Did you have a reaction to the president s tweet i learned a long time ago not to comment on tweets, and im not going to break that practice. But they are official statements regardless of the medium. Should the president be tweeting about possible conspiracy theories . Notably no comment there from the president s soninlaw either. Meanwhile, this man, republican senator tim scott, the only africanamerican senator in the republican party, has been tasked with coming up with their partys response to House Democrats proposed bill on Police Reforms. The white house is also very involved in that effort. Tomorrow one of George Floyds brothers is expected to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on the topic of Police Reforms. In another development, politico has spoken to ten members of the national guard, who say they were uncomfortable with the way they were used at protests in response to George Floyds killing. Quote, they felt that while they swore an oath to uphold the constitution, their presence at times intimidated americans from expressing their opinions and even escalated the tension. One guard member, who was assigned to clear protesters out of Lafayette Square last monday told politico this. Quote, the crowd was loud but peaceful and at no point did i feel in danger, and i was standing right there in the front of the line, he said. A lot of us are still struggling to process this, but in a lot of ways i believe i saw civil rights being violated in order for a photo op. Lets bring in our leadoff Discussion Group on a tuesday night, shall we . Ashley parker, pulitzer prizewinning White House Reporter for the washington post. Alexi mccammond, political reporter for axios. And Michael Steele, former chairman of the Republican National committee, former Lieutenant Governor of the great state of maryland, now the host of the Michael Steele podcast. Good evening and welcome to you all. Ashley, the president made the choice to tweet out what he tweeted, that this 75yearold protester, well known by all the buffalo area western new york protesters, apparently had the technical skill to be carrying out electronic scanning of Police Officers via his phone. A friend of his interviewed tonight finds it remarkable he can do anything with his phone except place calls. So has the president decided to go to war with the demographic youve got . Well, put it this way. The president his aides were debating him giving a speech and they still are, sort of addressing the current turmoil. It would be a speech, not quite a speech on race, but on race and on policing and on law and order and against the backdrop of all of this, as they were discussing it even earlier this week, they knew it was possible in fact, they feared it was possible that the president would Say Something or tweet something, and then this morning he did just that. There are moments that are controversial that the president and the white house think are good for them. Theres still a lot of belief inside there that that photo op you just referenced in front of the church was a positive. But every Single Person i talked to today, senior advisers in the white house, lowerlevel staff, campaign advisers, allies in the president s orbit said simply this tweet was someone said stupid, dumb, unhelpful, a distraction, and it is incredibly frustrating to them because they think he was actually making some small inroads among black voters before this happened. And not just that, a tweet like this doesnt just turn off black voters, but it turns off huge swaths of the electorate, including suburban women who hes going to need to win in november. Alexi, you spoke recently with two women a whole lot of people hope have their names at or near the top of joe bidens potential vp list. Mayor bottoms of atlanta, who has really given a kind of clinic in what mayoring looks like during this crisis, and congresswoman demings, who has the added interesting line item on her resume of having been former police chief in orlando, florida. What did you learn from them that our audience would profit from learning . Well, thank you for having me, brian. And thats right. I spoke with both congresswoman demings and mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of atlanta for axios an hbo show. When talking to congresswoman demings, it was interesting thinking through some of the things that she thinks we could do to move forward, similar to mayor bottoms. The one thing that mayor bottoms said that i think is interesting about how this moment is different is that she feels theres a lot of buyin from a lot of different people in a way that we havent had before. Congresswoman demings, on the other hand, being a member of congress of course and knowing how the system works from the inside out was talking about some of the things that we have achieved in the past. Of course like the Voting Rights act, the sicivil rights act and lot of Bipartisan Legislation she hopes theyre going to start seeing moving forward now. Weve seen how Senate Republicans are putting together a package led by senator scott. Were seeing how democrats and other democrats like Kamala Harris are talking about Police Reform in a kind of sweeping way to move forward. Again, i think the interesting thing that mayor bottoms said is theres a feeling and its almost an intangible, brian. Its not policy, but its an intangible thing that theres a feeling of buyin that there are a lot of americans, to ashleys point, whether its suburban women, whether its older voters, whether its black folks, who are recognizing that theres a massive problem happening in the country right now and that President Trump isnt necessarily making that better. Michael, you and i are old enough to remember 1989, and i brought you something tonight. Here now, please witness and feast your eyes and ears on Bryant Gumbel and donald trump from 1989. Okay. I think today that a welleducated black person, male or female, has a tremendous advantage over a welleducated white person, and i felt that for a long time. And i hope that anybody in the audience thats black and is watching can hear me say this, and im talking now as a person that employs thousands and thousands of people. A welleducated black has a tremendous advantage over a welleducated white in terms of the job market. And i think sometimes a black may think that they dont really have the advantage or this or that, but in actuality today, currently, its a great ive said on occasion, even about myself, if i were starting off today, i would love to be a welleducated black because i really do believe they have an actual advantage today. Im sorry. Ill let you catch your breath, michael. The question is how much of that man do you think survives how much of that man do you think survives in our president today . That man wasnt real then. Look who youre talking about. This is the same guy recall the central park five . This is the guy who was looking at those five young black men and saying they should be should be executed. I mean, you know, and he qualifies it. A highly educated, not just an educated. You have to be highly educated. I mean come on. Can we can we not play this game and think that theres something remarkable about what was said here . All we got was what we know, and now we just know it more than we probably did then. And the reality of it is this idea, this notion that, you know, were making small inroads in the black community. Well, come to the black community. I invited the president to join me in baltimore back when he made the comment about Living Conditions in baltimore. I said, join me in baltimore. Lets sit down with the community and have the conversation. I mean so, you know, when you do that, then people will begin to take seriously what you say. Brian, can i add something. Ashley, i brought something for you too. These are sure, sure, sure. Sorry. I just want to say and i know its difficult because were virtual. But i just wanted to say lets think about the 2016 election and how much the president has changed since 1989 and 2016 when he told black voters, what do you have to lose, suggesting that things are so bad for the black community that it was okay for them to take a chance on thencandidate trump in 2016. So i think that says all we need to know. Of course everything weve seen from him in the last two weeks alone, but lets not forget how he talked about black voters in 16. Yes. And as i remember, he liked to twin that with the quote you walk down the street, and you get shot. Ashley parker, i have something for you too. Marketing phrases and how they have changed over time from the guy who sees himself as the brand manager. Were going to make America Great again. Remember the theme make America Great again. Make America Great again wouldnt work out too well, right . Its going to be keep America Great. Its called keep America Great, exclamation point. Ladies and gentlemen of south carolina, the best is yet to come. Sleepy joe biden. Thats the slogan were going to use, transition to greatness. Its a transition to greatness, and greatness is next year. I am your president of law and order. So i gave you a couple examples there, ashley. No one can complain at lack of variety. How are they feeling in real time, in real terms, about the reelection . Well, transition to greatness and the septuagenarian protester really had it coming just dont have quite the same ring. And thats a reflection of the fact that this is a president who even though he didnt always rely, he cared a lot about polls, but he didnt do focus groups. He didnt always trust the polls, and he relied on his branding instinct and his gut instinct, and it often proved right. He did things that the political wise folks said would kill him, would doom a candidacy, and he prevailed. But this is sort of the first moment in talking to people on the campaign in the president s orbit where that gut is kind of misfiring. Now, they say, look, hes dealing with a deadly pandemic. Hes dealing with racial unrest in the country. But they feel like he doesnt have a message exactly. He is flailing and casting about. For instance, even that tweet this morning, they were saying, look, the president needs to be hammering home the idea of an economic comeback, which to be clear is not exactly happening just yet, and attacking democrats perhaps unfairly for wanting to defund so, alexi, back to our previous conversation. What would this president say in a potential National Address . The week is still young. In a speech written by Stephen Miller . Brian, dont do that to me. Dont do that to me, brian. Okay. Im sorry. We have seen the way hes tweeted about this. No, no. Im obviously giving you a hard time. That is all to say that we have seen the way the president talks about these things when hes left to his own devices. To ashleys point, and to my colleague jonathan swans reporting this week, a small group of who they think are highly influential political advisers for the president s Reelection Campaign meant to have a private meeting not long ago to discuss a more hopeful and optimistic message to try to balance out the harsh law and order rhetoric were hearing from the president. They wanted to focus, again to ashleys point, on this economic comeback about this Great American comeback, using words like rebuilding and restoring. Were not seeing that message from the president. Were not seeing any type of hopeful or optimistic messages from the president other than nods to the economy or unemployment numbers, which didnt paint a whole picture of the unemployment numbers. So no matter who writes the speech, we know that the president will say what hes actually feeling at the end of the day. And if its about race, i dont know that weve heard a National Speech from the president about race. So we could be in for any number of things. And, Michael Steele, the fear among republicans is that this president truly may be on the wrong side of history, that that sound you hear in the distance is the demographic train leaving the station. And talk to me about all the downballot effects of the president choosing to go his way. Thats a big concern right now among a number of candidates running for anything from u. S. Senate to governor to state legislatures, particularly with redistricting top of the batting order beginning in 2021, when new state legislatures come into play. Republicans are very concerned about losing a lot of the gains that we started building on and growing back from 2010. We have lost a number of state legislatures since then, and the reality of it is with trump at the top of the ticket, it makes it harder for them when the country is clearly moving in a very precise and clear direction on a number of issues, not just on the civil rights issue before us, but on the economy as well as on covid19, which we still have to deal with. These realities are making it harder when the president is just talking law and order, and the publics perception is youre not uniting. Youre dividing, and youre creating more problems for that narrative. Its going to be hard for republicans, and we saw. You showed the line, up, down heads and no comments from the leadership and rank and file caucus members just on the president s tweet. And if they cant respond to the president s tweet, what are they going to do in the hot, you know, fire of a campaign when their opponent is challenging them and they have to address that lack of response with their voters . Much obliged to three firstteam, allamericans starting us of on a tuesday night. Ashley parker, alexi mccammond, Michael Steele, thank you to our friends. And coming up, as more of america opens for business, what michael was just talking about, a stark warning from one of our nations top physicians. Tonight the words we all need to hear from dr. Anthony fauci. And later, todays primary election debacle. Long lines in the hot sun, in the pouring rain, just to cast their votes. Is what happened today in the state of georgia perhaps a preview of what might happen in november . The 11th hour is just getting under way on this tuesday night. I dont keep track of regrets and i dont add up the years, but what i do count on. Is boost high protein. And now, theres boost mobility. With key nutrients to help support. Joints, muscles, and bones. Try boost mobility, with added collagen. I have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. Because i can still make my own insulin. 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Whenever that man uses a term like worst nightmare, it is time for all of us to pay attention. As dr. Fauci warns, theres still so much we dont know about this illness, a point underscored today when the World Health Organization suddenly walked back yesterdays suggestion that asymptomatic spread of the virus was, quote, very rare. Doctors say they still dont know enough to be sure. Meanwhile, new coronavirus cases climbing just as the nations initial hot spots are reopening. In the past 24 hours, over 18,600 new cases reported that we know of. Another 800 people died from coronavirus in our country just since we last spoke. We are joined once again by dr. Stephen sample. Hes an e. R. Doc at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in jasper, indiana. And because so many loyal viewers have asked me, its in the southern part of the state, actually closer to louisville than it is to indianapolis. Happy to clear that up. And its a terrificlooking small town. Doctor, has anyone that you know of explained to the virus that its summer. Were tired of being indoors, and were bored, because i assume we would all get a pass, correct . Everybody gets a free pass. I thought the coronavirus was over, right, the way people are acting these days. Yeah, its not over, but people seem to have forgotten that. How are you doing, brian . Im doing fine, doctor. Its freiggreat to see you agaid thanks for coming back on. There was an item that really got our attention today. We mentioned it at the top of the broadcast. D. C. National guard, an untold number just for hipaa reasons, an untold number of guardsmen and women have tested positive for the coronavirus. Is this the kind of thing and obviously the implication is they were around a huge number of public protests in close quarters. Is it your expectation that were going to be seeing in all these cities where the streets have been filling up new hot spots . I think its unavoidable. And i will level with you. I was marching on saturday in louisville, kentucky. I have not sorry, ive got a fly in here, brian. Thats all right. I have not dropped my guard. I wear a mask. But this is not about the coronavirus right now, right . So were talking about that, and absolutely every physician on earth is worried about a flare in these cities that are holding these huge protests. But i will tell you who is not exceptionally worried about that. It is the people who are protesting. I was out there. I saw more masks than i saw in home depot last weekend, and i will tell you this. These people are not asking to go to concerts. Theyre not asking to go to a party. Right now there is a flashpoint in our society, and these people are rising up against 450 years of a metaphorical and a physical boot on the neck of our Black Brothers and sisters. So i apologize a little bit, but, yes, are we going to see hot spots . Probably. Are we equipped to care for them right now . Probably so. The hospitalizations seem to have flattened out. But im going to keep marching, brian, and i hope everybody else does. Stay six feet apart. Wear your mask. As we said before on this broadcast, the marchers see the cause very much as existential a threat to their lives as any coronavirus could cause, and theyre trying to prove that social distancing and social justice can coexist. And your testimony in mind, it sounds like they can. Im going to read you, texas has seen a spike in new cases. Theyre reporting a Record Number of hospitalized patients. Arizonas state director urged hospitals to fully activate their emergency plans. We always check in with the situation at your rather rural hospital compared to all of these other places. How are you doing, and how is indiana doing . Well, indiana in general is doing pretty well. Weve sort of flattened out on our cases. Were still seeing rises every day. I think since the last time you and i spoke, my county has gone up probably by a couple of hundred percent. While were over 200 cases in our counties, and so for about 4 reported deaths. For us, most of our increasing cases has been in the situation that we see all over the country. We have a very Large National turkey processing plant, and they tested a couple of weeks ago about 600 employees. And one or four in five of those were actually infected, some asymptomatic, some presymptomatic. So we are just now getting to the point where were going to see the fallout from that in our county. So were kind of waiting with bated breath. Dr. Stephen sample, thank you for letting us into your house for just a few minutes every so often. Its a great treat to talk to you and get updated on this, and good luck in your fight on both fronts. Absolutely. Thanks, brian. Coming up for us on this tuesday night, to our other major issue. The death of a man from houston, texas, george floyd. 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Quote, they aggressively protect the rights of members accused of misconduct, often in arbitration hearing that they have battled to keep behind closed doors. And they have also been remarkably effective at fending off broader change, using their political clout and influence to derail efforts to increase accountability. We are so happy to have back with us again tonight Brittany Packnett cunningham, activist and former member of president obamas 21st Century Policing task force. We also welcome to the broadcast ronald davis. He was executive director of that very task force. Before that he served at the justice department, and before that he was in Law Enforcement for 28 years as a Police Officer and as a chief of department. And by way of welcoming you, chief, i would like to begin with you. To paraphrase the song, what are Police Unions good for, and how are they making on the other side of the equation, how are they making the situation worse . Well, first let me start, brian, thank you for having me on the show. I think the issue of Police Unions, we really need to take a very careful look. When i think about Police Unions, i think about the phrase power too often we give Police Unions powers they should not have, and that is very inappropriate. What i mean by that, and i applaud brittany and her campaign and understanding more and more about this contract. We can have thousands of people march and demonstrate. But when we go to the Council Meeting to ratify the contract, theres provisions that theres two people in the audience. So the first thing i think we have to do with the union is realize the job of the union is to represent the membership and negotiate for their working conditions. No different than any other union. We have taken that too far. We have changed working conditions to translate to things like how fast you can interview somebody after they use deadly force, whether they can see a body camera video after killing somebody. So part of the reform has to be to reevaluate these contracts, look at the state Police Officer bill of right laws, and to make sure that we are obligated to provide due process to the officers. We should do that. But that due process cannot result in constitutional violation to the community. Right now too often, those provisions are a hindrance to the chief. They tie the chiefs hands. They prevent the chief, he or she, from disciplining officers that need to be disciplined. And system that allows bad officers to maintain their job and their employment and continue to plague the industry. Brittany, same question to you, please. Well, im glad to be back, and i could not agree with ron more. We did a lot of Work Together and had these conversations, and i think its necessary that your audience is hearing someone who has a lifetime of experience in Law Enforcement saying precisely these things. Look, i am a former union teacher. I support collective bargaining. I think it is one of the critical pieces of the infrastructure of this nation. And yet we have Police Unions that are standing as the exception to that rule because as ron already said, they continuously allow themselves to overextend the power that they should be having. There should never be a union that allows someone to actually break the law, see the evidence that will be used against them, and actually give them additional time to get their story together because no one can actually question them. These are things that we see pushed by unions and passed by state legislatures and in city councils. And rons absolutely right. We have to make sure as citizens we hold all these unions accountable. That we check and see everything that is in those police union contracts. That we make it our business to make sure that unions recognize that the just powers of the government are derived from the consent of the governed, and Police Unions actually have to recognize that. Brittany, i got a tough one for you. Please explain to our audience what this phrase defund the police means to you because im hearing it get hijacked, and im hearing 50 different versions of it every day. There are lots of different versions that were hearing every day, and that happens in all movements. Weve got folks that are trying to get that messaging together right now. I will tell your audience that if you really deeply want to understand what it means, i would look at the work of the movement for black lives. They have really broken this down. But heres what i think is important because it can be a scary and intimidating idea, that the systems that weve always known may not exist in the same way. But we are talking about actually giving ourselves the opportunity to reenvision and reimagine what Public Safety looks like in our communities. Were watching minneapolis take the brave first step out there to have their city council say that we can strip away the policing department as we know it and actually bring the community together, Mental Health professionals, parents, young people, folks who understand exactly how to build Community Safety from the ground up. So what defunding the police is, is really about moving the money. It is about divesting from an institution that continues to show itself to be violent, not just against black people but against disabled people because half of the people who are killed by Police Every Year either have a mental disability or a physical disability. The police are still killing over 1,000 americans every single year, and that is an institution that has proven that there should be money divested from it and invested into the communities, people, and programs that we know keep us safe. So ensuring that when someone is in Mental Health distress, that they have a Mental Health counselor approaching them instead of somebody with a gun. That when we invest in employment programs and housing programs for some people, that we actually see crime reduced in communities without there having to be somebody with a billy club and a nightstick on patrol. We now there are Community Investments that work, and defunding the police means moving the money from an institution that is killing people to the institutions that keep people well. Thank you once and for all. Chief, im coming to you after this commercial break. Thank you for your patience. Both guests thankfully are staying with us. 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Police officers still respond, and there are still detectives to track down whoever stole your property two weeks ago. But let me give you a realworld question. A Little Police talk. You have a call for an edp, an emotionally disturbed person, perhaps waving a knife in a public place. Do you in addition to an armed officer sent to that location try to respond with psychiatric resources, the Community Part of Community Policing . So let me start with the question you gave to brittany if i may, and i think her explanation was very good. And the way i look at it is i agree with the goals of defunding, which is the idea that we need to invest in the social services that actually go to the core root causes of crime and quit responding to the symptoms. And the more you provide those services, the smaller the footprint of Law Enforcement can become. Then you can reinvest that funding to sustain those efforts. So for a good example would be the Mental Health crisis. Part of the Mental Health crisis is because the person is in crisis because they cant get services. We hear stories where theyve been trying to see a psychologist or psychiatrist for six months. They havent been on their medication. So now at 2 00 in the morning with a knife in their hand, the only response is a Police Officer. If they get them the services, they wont go into crisis. But when they do go into crisis, you see models around the country now where professionals respond. Mental Health Professionals respond with the Police Officer. It changes the role of the Police Officer. The Police Officer doesnt become the lead, doesnt become the social worker. The Police Officer is there just to guard and maintain and let the social worker or the psychiatrist or the psychologist make the decision on what should happen with that person in crisis. Thats just a couple examples. I think youll hear from every Police Officer in the country ive seen for 30plus years that we are doing too much. Were overrelying on the police for problems that were not trained to deal with, that we should not be dealing with, and the only thing we have to deal with it is what is on an officers utility belt. You know the saying, if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Were going to have to reduce the footprint of Law Enforcement. We are going to have to reimagine it. Dont take that to mean on monday you just defund the department and cut it. You have to build the services. You have to see that its working. You have to reduce the need for the police so you can then reallocate the funds from that part of Public Safety to others. It is about Public Safety, not just the enforcement of laws. Thats part of, i think, this movement is so strong because it needs to get away from the law and order nonsense and the rhetoric from the 90s and acknowledge we dont need law and order. We need peace and justice. The system should be one that actually makes us safer and one that has Collateral Damage for communities of color. And its in this way and many other ways from the protests were seeing in this country and around the world that it is hoped george floyd in death will indeed have changed the world, our our perception of it. Brittany packnett cunningham, former chief ronald davis, let us please do this thing. Thank you so much for devoting so much your time to this conversation tonight. Coming up for us, the voting fiasco in georgia today. Those who are rightfully worried that this could be a perverse kind of preview of november when we come back. Looks like they picked the wrong getaway driver. Theyre going to be paying for this for a long time. They will, but with accident forgiveness allstate wont raise your rates just because of an accident, even if its your fault. Cut sonny. Was that good . Line the desert never lies. Isnt that what i said . 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Late into the evening voters in mostly minority counties had to wait on long lines for hours while poll workers had problems with new Voting Machines. In some places they reportedly did not work at all. Nbc news correspondent blayne alexander has our report. Reporter this is primary day in georgia. Lines in atlanta stretching for blocks. Some standing in the rain, forced to wait hours to cast a ballot. Youve been here about three hours. Im not leaving. Youre not leaving . Until im done. Why are you so intent upon staying here . Its important. Its important for me. Its important for my son. So were going on that fourhour mark. Reporter georgia unveiling new Voting Machines statewide right in the midst of a pandemic. Several of the machines were broken. It seemed like maybe half of the machines were down. It was a disappointment. This is something that should have been checked yesterday. Reporter the biggest problems in metro atlanta, specifically areas with higher black populations. The citys mayor asking, is this happening across the county or just on the south end, pointing to a predominantly black area. Lebron james tweeting, they say go out and vote. What about asking how we vote is structurally racist. Blaming local officials saying poll workers were not properly trained. The employees didnt understand the system. So what were they doing for all these months . Reporter one county official firing back at the secretary of state, saying if there was a failure of leadership, it starts where the buck should stop, at the top. Now georgias secretary of state has launched an investigation ahead of novembers election. Our thanks to blayne alexander for that report out of georgia today. Again, it speaks to the right to vote. Coming up, how about some good news . I have a commanding presence who is making history tonight that id like very much to introduce you to. Whether its bribes to roll over. Or an overdue makeover. 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Im thinking about wearing the same flight suit with the same wings on my chest as my peers and then being questioned by another military member, are you a pilot . Im thinking about the airmen who dont have a life similar to mine and dont have to navigate through two worlds. Im thinking about how these airman view racism, where they dont see it as a problem since it doesnt happen to them, or whether theyre empathetic. General brown also spoke about raising two black sons in america in the year 2020. Im thinking about the frank and emotional conversations my wife and i have had with them just this past week as we discussed the situations that have led to the protests around our country. I cant fix centuries of racism in our country, nor can i fix decades of discrimination that may have impacted members of our air force. I want the wisdom and knowledge to lead, participate in, and listen to necessary conversations on racism, diversity, and inclusion. I want to hear what youre thinking about and how together we can make a difference. That is your new air force chief of staff, general Charles Brown to take us off the air tonight. And that is our broadcast on this tuesday night. Thank you so very much for being here with us as always. On behalf of my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night from our temporary field headquarters. Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. At the church today in houston, you could see it. We love you, george painted on pieces of