Of whats going to happen in georgia specifically in november. But it also is very worrying in terms of what the republican battle plan is going to be in every state they think they can do this stuff between now and november. And its just it is it is enraging. Rachel, also if this plane lands on time, the reverend al sharpton is going to join us at some point in this hour. Great. After the day he has been through. Well done. Thanks, lawrence. Thank you, rachel. Thank you. Two weeks after george floyd drew his last breath, after four Police Officers were arrested and charged with his murder and after two autopsies of his body and after daily protests that began in minneapolis and have stretched around the world, george floyd was buried today, in his hometown of houston, texas, with his body arriving at the cemetery in a horsedrawn carriage. The funeral fit for a president and it included an appearance by a Vice President who hopes to be president who delivered a message to George Floyds 6yearold daughter, gianna, that he clearly considered as important as the message he was delivering to the nation. To georges children and grandchild, i know you miss your dad and grand dad. But to gianna, as i said to you when i saw you yesterday, youre so brave. Daddy is looking down and hes so proud of you. I know you miss that bear hug that only he could give. The pure joy of riding on his shoulders so you could touch the sky. The countless hours he spent playing any game you wanted because your smile, your laugh, your love is the only thing that mattered at the moment. I know you have a lot of questions, honey. More than one speaker referred to the current president of the United States without mentioning his name. Here is George Floyds niece, brook williams. Why must the system be corrupt and broken . Laws were already put in place for the africanamerican system to fail. These laws need to be changed. No more hate crimes, please someone said, make America Great again. But when has america ever been great . And then came the eulogy from reverend al sharpton. Who taught these cops that they can do this to george or those elected let the cops before get away with this . And when they have the highest level of government that excuses it. When some kids wrongly start violence, that this family dont condone and none of us do. The president talks about bringing in the military, but hes not said one word about eight minutes and 46 seconds of Police Murder of george floyd. Oh, he said the family has my sympathy and all of this. He didnt give those on the other situations his sympathy. He challenged china on human rights. But what about the human right of george floyd . The signals that were sending is that if you are in law enforcement, that the law doesnt apply to you. We then hear before one of the reasons the protests against the murder of george floyd have been so intense is that we have been here many, many times before. But at none of the funerals of any of the unarmed black men killed by police have we ever heard anything like what houston mayor Sylvester Turner announced today. As i speak right now, the City Attorney is drafting an executive order, an order that i will sign when i get back to city hall. And what that order will say is that in this city, we will ban chokeholds and strangle holds. In this city, we will require deescalation. In this city, you have to give a warning before you shoot. In this city, you have a duty to intervene. In this city, we will require comprehensive reporting. In this city, you must exhaust all alternatives before shooting. And there will be other things in this executive order. But i want you to know, it goes beyond just policing. Because i have been talking with Business Owners and ceos over the last several weeks, and what ive said to them, when we invest in communities that have been underserved, and underinvested in, when we havent done the investments, then you dont have to spend as much on policing. If you take the necessary funds and invest in our communities. Police murder of unarmed black men has been an american way of death across centuries. I have been studying and writing about this subject for 40 years. I testified to congress about it 35 years ago, and i have never felt hopeful about changing this pathological streak in american policing. I left hope in this arena to the naive. I left hope to the people who dont understand police culture, the people who dont realize no Police Academy has ever trained a bad person. To be a good person. But today, after listening to the mayor of houstons executive order, after seeing the radical action in the Minneapolis City Council is prepared to take, and after yesterday seeing the most comprehensive Police Reform bill ever introduced in congress, ive begun to wonder if now is the time. If now is the time the protesters finally win. Win something. I have for the first time begun to wonder if now is the time for hope. For the answer to that question, we must turn to wiser voices than mine. And so leading off our discussion tonight, professor eddie, the chair of the department of africanamerican studies at Princeton University and msnbc contributor. And adam is a staff writer for the atlantic. Professor, let me start with you and let me start with that basic question is this time different . Is there a cause for hope this time . I think there is potential. We see, as you rightly note, lawrence, that there is an opening. But at the same time that you lay out what the mayor of houston just said and the legislation in new york state, the legislation passed by the house, we heard donald trump and his ilk talk about theres no systemic racism in the criminal Justice System and in policing. We heard language about being tough on crime. We heard comments about democrats being soft on crime. So as we see protesters and we see Movement Among certain politicians and in certain houses and in the house of representatives, we still have in existence this broader frame of policing that you have been fighting for 30, 40 plus years. And so im hopeful that theres some Movement Possible here. But im also realistic. You know, its almost like that line from the souls of black folk. Its a hope not hopeless. But unhopeful. Adam, what is your sense of where we are and how this particular killing by police might be the one that points us in a hopeful direction . I think thats almost the wrong way to look at it. This is the one that the most recent one to spark these protests, but i think the protests are, in fact, in part a reaction to the succession of videos that we have seen since the proliferation of cell phone cameras that offer white americans a window into what are all too common interactions between black people and law enforcement, in which a black person becomes subject to violence and brutality. And i think that its not just about george floyd, its about all of these people, all of these names that we have learned over the years, and i think its finally sort of, because of a confluence of other factors, its finally exploded into the sentiment of this is too much, this is enough. I think the question of where we go from here depends on a lot of things, because when it comes to policing reform, its not enough to do changing at the federal level. You also have to do changes at the local level. And there are so many different local Police Departments and so many different local jurisdictions, and different rules for all of those jurisdictions in which, you know, Police Unions and various other factors make the police not simply a public service, but a strong, political faction in those areas that is difficult to defy whether youre a republican or democrat. Lets listen to more of what reverend sharpton said today about george floyd. God took an ordinary brother from the third world, from the housing projects, that nobody thought much about, but those that knew him and loved him, he took the rejected stone, the stone that the builder rejected, they rejected him for jobs. They rejected him for positions. They rejected him to play certain things. Teams. God took the rejected stone and made him the cornerstone of a movement thats going to change the whole wide world. Professor, what was your reaction to that . I thought it was a powerful moment. You know, it wasnt you know, when we think about the montgomery bus boycott, we forget about claudette cloven. She didnt represent what many thought was respectable enough to mobilize around. But what reverend sharpton did in that moment, in his eulogy was to show the stark differences and to say this man from the projects of houston served as the kind of symbol irrespective of his background, no matter what candas owens and her ilk are saying, he became the basis for a certain kind of argument to be made for a more just criminal justice testimony, in many ways to overturn an entire frame of thinking about policing in this country. It was a radical gesture, a gesture that in some ways speaks to the least of these in a very concrete way. I thought it was a powerful moment within the service. I thought it was a powerful moment. Adam, your point about the protests that were seeing today have in them an accumulation of anger, of rage, of objection, to a long string of incidents like this, and unfortunately, as part of this tragedy and as part of this funeral today, many of the family members of some of the famous names in that line of tragedy were there. Reverend sharpton made a point. There was a very important point for him that they be there, making within the service the point that you have made here, that it is what were seeing on the streets now, is an accumulation that has been building over years through several incidents. And at the same time, during these weeks of protest, the police have not have been able to control themselves and have delivered so many examples of police abuse of protesters. Right. I think these protests are out here, theyre protests against Excessive Force by armed agents of the state. In the face of that accusation, we have many, many examples of the police in response using Excessive Force. As if to validate their critique. And i think thats one of the reasons why youve seen such a tremendous shift in public opinion, from 2014 to today. Back when ferguson happened, it was less than a majority of americans who believed there was a problem with systemic racism in law enforcement. Now that is almost 70 . And the reason for that is partially the accumulation of evidence to that effect. But its also the reaction of the police in the face of that evidence, which is, you know, almost an attempt to silence the people who are making the point, and in doing so, making it for them. Professor and adam, thank you both for starting our discussion tonight. We turn now to msnbcs shaquille brewster. He is in minneapolis tonight. Shaquille, whats the situation there tonight on the night of the funeral . Reporter lawrence, as the funeral was going on in houston, here in minneapolis you saw the commemorations continue, as the Memorial Service was going on, people were bringing flowers to the site where george floyd was killed two weeks ago yesterday. You also saw people bringing their families, bringing their children. I saw so many children at that memorial site. One father telling me that he was trying to avoid showing his 6yearold the scenes of george floyd in that video of george floyd under the knee of an officer for nine minutes. But she happened to see it and asked him about the protests and about george floyd. And thats why he brought his two daughters to the scene there. But as those emotional scenes were happening at the site where george floyd was killed, you also have protesters calling for big systemic change. So far they feel like theyre starting to see those wheels turn. Theyre starting to see some of that happen. We heard about the ban on chokeholds in the minneapolis department. Also the move to put the duty on officer it is they see other officers committing or involved in unauthorized force, the duty to report and intervene. And we heard the pressure from the city council saying they now support disbanding the minneapolis department. So they feel like theyre going to get some change from the death of george floyd that peoples eyes are opening up to what needs to happen, and thats the mood youre starting to feel here in minneapolis. Lawrence . Shaquille, theres been an arrest in the dramatic burning of the Third Police Precinct there that we saw live on television as it happened. What can you tell us about that case now . Reporter thats right. We saw a 23yearold st. Paul man in federal court today. He was accused of aiding and abetting that arson that happened at the Third Police District station there on may 28th. Officials say that he confessed to being inside that police precinct. When they found him, he was wearing body armor. He had a baton from that police district. He was not the only one who was in federal court today connected to protesting, connected to fires set during those protests. Two 19yearolds were also in court. Federal court again, from st. Paul. They were found on Surveillance Video setting fire to a health and wellness store in st. Paul. Youre getting the sense that the fbi, in conjunction with minneapolis and state police are doing all they can to track down that video, look at those pictures and follow up on the damage that was caused and the protests and the results of George Floyds death. Shaquille brewster, thank you for joining us tonight. Really appreciate it. You got it. And when we come back, white house staff say theyre working on a speech about Race Relations to be delivered by donald trump. Will that speech be better than his tweets . Thats next. Weve always put safety first. And we always will. For people. For the future. 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The president of the United States is saying a man who you can see bleeding from the head on that video after that fall, faked the fall. That produced outrage in washington, including from republican senators. Well, two out of 53 republican senators. I just saw that this second. It just makes no sense that we are fanning the flames at this time. This is not good. I saw the tweet. It was a shocking thing to say, and i wont dignify it with any further comment. Joining us discussion now, malcolm nance, an msnbc counterterrorism and intelligence analyst. Malcolm, your reaction to donald trump, what might be the first draft any way, of his race relation speech, that tweet today with his judgment about that 75yearold man . You know, the most shocking component of that tweet is not that he called a 75yearold man a provocateur and blamed him for hitting the ground harder than he should have, had he been knocked down by a policeman. I dont actually think thats the most amazing component of that. The most amazing component is he quotes oan, one America Network report, which is actually hosted by a russian former sputnik kremlin reporter, who is narrating this exact Conspiracy Theory almost right into Donald Trumps head. And he took it as gospel. He did not see the indignity of a man being knocked to the ground, blood coming from his head and his ears. And all of us who wanted to when we saw that video, help pick him up, help him, who was put into the icu in serious condition, donald trump only saw an enemy of his state. Professor, what was you reaction to these now leaked reports indicating that the white house is drafting at least a Race Relations speech to be delivered by donald trump . Umm, lawrence, honestly i cant say what my reaction i cant use the words actually, because its absolutely insane. Can you imagine Steven Miller, the man who authored american carnage, Steven Miller, the fellow who was behind immigration policies that snatched babies from their mothers. Steven miller, who was upset because they stopped allowing the sale of confederate flags at a certain moment. Hes going to write a speech . Hes going to coauthor a speech about race in the United States . Donald trump should not open his mouth on this issue. He has sewed nothing but division. Hes exploited white resentment since his election in 2016. He doesnt engage in racial dog whistles, he blows the damn foghorn. What i think hes going to do is play the typical playbook. Were going to hear him talk about what has happened to black folk on the democratic rule in cities and the like. Hes going to put forward a whole range of issues. And the one thing we do know, lawrence, whatever he says thats probably going to make sense, hes probably lying. So i think he has nothing to offer on this issue. Im sorry to be so forthright in this regard, beyond the ignorance of the tweet with regard to the 75yearold man, were going to hear ignorance with regard to race and a bunch of lies from the president of the United States. This is the Strange Point weve reached where the best you can hope for is silence from the president. Malcolm nance, your reactions to the possibility of a Race Relations speech being delivered to this nation by donald trump . If it wasnt so terrible, it was be laughable. I agree with everything the professor just said. I think were going to see the black carnage speech. And i think what youre going to get is the most incredible white splaining that has happened since the articles of succession in the civil war. Literally, he is going to tell us whats good for us as africanamericans. And it is its going to be gasoline by the bucket loads on the fire. His entire being, he exists to make you better as opposed to assisting you or hearing you or feeling empathy for you. He doesnt care about any of those things. This will be about cornating himself. I really think this is going done you know, we always say this, there is no bottom here. We are now about to see a really good example of something that im sure that, you know, governor wallace would never have dared spoken. The only thing thats going to be missing there, im sorry to say, will probably be an epitaph. Congratulations to both of you for meeting that challenge on commenting on the unthinkable. I myself could not come up with a word about it. Malcolm nance, professor, thank you both very much for joining us tonight. We really appreciate it. Thank you. When we come back, dr. Irwin redletter will join us after dr. Fauci said we are just beginning to understand the real effects of the coronavirus. Effortless is the lincoln way. So as you head back out on the road, well be doing what we do best. Providing some calm amidst the chaos. 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A new harvard analysis indicates the coronavirus may have started in wuhan, china much sooner than we realized. And 14 states in puerto rico have just recorded their highest ever sevenday average of new coronavirus cases. One of those states is arizona, where the sevenday average of new cases has increased by 256 in the last two weeks from 306 to 1,091 cases on average. Arizona now has 300 cases per 100,000 people, which ranks 25th in the nation. Arizona is urging hospitals to fully activate emergency to increase bed capacity. As of tonight in the United States, there are 1,983,337 confirmed cases of coronavirus. And as of tonight, this country has suffered 112,518 deaths from coronavirus. And today, at a biotechnology conference, dr. Anthony fauci said were just at the beginning of really understanding the full range of effects of the disease. I thought that hiv was a complicated disease. And its really simple compared to whats going on with covid19. Like oh, my goodness. When is it going to end . It really is very complicated. Were just at almost the beginning of really understanding, and the thing we dont yet fully appreciate is what happens when youre infected and you get serious disease and you recover . What are the longterm durable negative effects of that infection . So theres a lot we need to learn. Joining us now, a clinical professor with the school of Public Health at Columbia University and the director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University. Doctor, i want to begin with where Anthony Fauci just left us, which is the astonishing complexity of this disease, this was really big news to me, the idea that hiv is less complex for him to grapple with than what hes working with now. And were at the very beginning of understanding it. Can you expand on that for us . Yeah, sure. This is its always been called a novel virus, meaning that no one has ever been exposed to it before. So we dont really know anything about the behavior of this virus. And there are many, many issues as fauci was saying, that are just coming to light for example. People have longterm neurological problems. They ever memory issues. There are people who had the disease many weeks ago, but still have not regained and they never regain their sense of taste or smell. And then we have a whole series of pediatric complications that occur long after the child has presumably got the infection, now being called this multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, which has hospitalized hundreds of children around the country. So this is a learn as you go process, lawrence. We dont have anything to compare it to, and were basically in a wait and see game, just as dr. Fauci was talking about. But we do have a long way to go. And clearly talking about the end of this happening, and any time in the near future, were just unfortunately kidding ourselves in a way. What we have now is a lot of chaos about the information, about the data reporting, about how many fatalities are there really. And on and on and on. And what im afraid of, is this absence of information and this data chaos is creating political opportunism that people will be able to say whatever it is they want, including whatever it is trump is planning to what his narrative is going to look like in the first week of november. Speaking of confusion about the data, we have this harvard analysis satellite photographs of wuhan and noting the traffic in the hospital parking lots. And noting a very big surge in the traffic, in the parking and the hospital parking lots, beginning in august, august of 2019, where previously we thought the earliest activity there might have been november of 2019. Weve been constantly pushing back in time what we think might be the beginning of this. And now we could be all the way back to august. What does that tell us thenable the curve of this pandemic, if we really were to begin it in august . So, lawrence, this is more confusion, more chaos. Weve had trouble from the outset understanding what china was actually saying. Was it accurate . Was it withholding information . Somewhat was its relationship with the World Health Organization and on and on and on. And of course, refusing to allow western scientists from entering the country. So i say were operating in a vacuum in terms of when this actually started, how severe it was, and how rapidly it was transmitted. But we sure as heck would have liked to have known, because it would have made a big difference in how rapidly we reacted. Obviously when we did know something was happening on a global scale, there kept being these constant denials by the president. But that being said, it really is Important Information that this actually might have started last summer. Its absolutely incredible new information, lawrence. And doctor, before we go, what is your recommendation for people who have joined the protests . We do see some social distancing in these protests. Theyre definitely further away from each other than they would normally be during a march, most wearing masks. Should they be tested after they have participated in these big gatherings . They probably should be. But lawrence, i have a view that may not be consistent with my colleagues in Public Health. This is a moment of tremendous opportunity to do something about the years of injustice, jim crow and institutional racism. It reminded me immediately of people walking across the bridge in selma in the 60s, in spite of phenomenal risk to their personal health and safety at the hands of police and Police Officers, et cetera. I think theres just some times when you are taking a risk, this is definitely a risk for covid and people should do the best they can, but you cant dismiss the impact and import of this. Doctor, thank you very much for joining us tonight. And thank you for that important Historical Perspective on what we are seeing in this country tonight. Thank you very much, doctor. Really appreciate it. Thanks, lawrence. When we come back, the republican machinery of Voter Suppression is on display once again today. This time in georgia. Natasha brown is the leader of black voters matter, who waited in line for three hours to vote today before driving to a white suburb where she saw no delays in voting at all. She will join us next. You know whats good about this . Your signs pointing at my sign, so people are gonna look at my sign. Switch to progressive and you can save hundreds. You know, like the sign says. 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. Built just for customers 55 and up. 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I waited for three hours, and i saw something very different in the polling sites that i went that were majority white voters. And right now, lawrence, as we speak, and its 10 45, there are over 300 people that are in line on my side of town in south fulton, right now as we speak that are waiting to vote out in the dark. The irony is its at a nursing home. So here it is in the middle of a pandemic, weve got hundreds of people that are going to a nursing home to vote. And its 10 45 p. M. In atlanta, georgia. And of all people to have trouble voting today, it happened to stacey abrams. She got an absentee ballot. She said she requested it in may but was unable to vote with it, because the return envelope arrived sealed shut. She said she went to vote in person on tuesday. So even with the mailin votes, there could be a problem there, too. It is. Its been a colossal disaster. The secretary of state should be held accountable. My nephew went to early vote on friday. He stayed in line for six years. Hours. A state senator sat in line with her husband for over five hours. It is unconscionable what happened. As a matter of fact, the election has been moved twice. So there was more time given, and a new machine. So we are here, we have new machines and were still seeing the same old problem. Something is awry. Is there anything the government of the city of atlanta can do . Well, we are some of the places where i live, i live right outside of atlanta in a county. So theyre really responsible for the elections. But the secretary of state, thats his one job. Hes responsible for making sure that theres an effective and efficient voting, particularly access to the ballot, particular when georgia made headlines in 2018. You would expect that they would get it right, after two years, not only does it seem that it hasnt gotten better, its gotten worse. And so we have got to deal with this. There are major Voter Suppression. Were talking about democracy, democracy is on life support right now. We have to take this serious and make this a fundamental, core issue around Voting Rights in this country. What can you do between now and november to get a fair president ial election in georgia . Were fighting all kinds of levels. I think were going to have to sue. Were going to have to start to see lawsuits. Were going to have to hold people accountable and put pressure on the secretary of state and election board. Were going to put a demand is its not just mailin voting. We saw how that went. We cant leave that up. We need all kinds of options. We need to make sure in the middle of a pandemic, you would think you would want all of the polling sites open, as well as hailin ballots so people wouldnt have to vote in a concentrated way that would risk their lives in order to vote. This is just completely unacceptable. Its undemocratic. 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To sit in that church before i gave the eulogy and then to go to the cemetery and join the floyd family and join the mother of Trayvon Martin and eric garners family and the family of Ahmaud Arbery and so many of the families that we brought in, it was to really have a sense of pain and commitment, lawrence, because we should not have a club of families that are victimized by racial and police violence. We should not have a reunion like that, but they go to comfort another family and commit his body to the cemetery. So i left there with a sense of the personal pain that mothers and brothers and sisters of a deceased person that should have never been killed feel and a sense of determination that this must stop. This is deeper than a rally or a hashtag or a march that i or somebody else may lead. This is peoples loved ones, and we have a responsibility to make this society better. I know you have multiple roles in a situation like this. Youre a political activist. You have political objectives youre going to try to achieve now in the policing of america. You preside at these funerals. You are the clergy presiding at these funerals. You are a consoler to these families. And i want to go to something that joe biden said directly today to George Floyds daughter. In his statements, he was talking about the questions she would have. And he said, no child should have to ask questions that too many black children have asked for generations. Why is daddy gone . Reverend sharpton, youve had to answer that question for those black children for decades now. How do you handle it personally with those little girls like George Floyds daughter that we saw . I handle it by trying to tell them the truth, that there are those in society that are not fair and that we have not done enough collectively to make society more fair, and that hopefully by the time that little girl from george floyd comes of age, this will be part of history. I explained to those that are in that family that were young that there was a time that blacks couldnt drink out of certain water fountains or use certain public accommodations. I did not know that time. By the time i came of age, my mothers generation had corrected that, and i hope we can correct what we are dealing with now so by the time she comes of college age, shell be studying about it rather than having to confront it. How hopeful are you tonight . Im very hopeful, lawrence, because through all the decades ive fought, ive never seen so many different type of people white, black, asian, american indian, latino marching together in a pandemic, risking their health to say this has to stop. I think this movement has too much energy and vigor that legislators are not going to have any choice but to pass new laws and prosecutors are going to have to enforce. I think that were seeing the beginning of the end. Its not going to be without challenges. Its not going to be something that happens automatic, but i think the energys there to stick it out, and we all intend to stick it out. You pledged that today to George Floyds family, that you would stick it out, and you also pledged it personally, that you will be around no matter how long it takes and youll be in their lives. What is that part of your life like because we know that these families all over the country have your cell phone number in their pockets, and they must call that number once in a while. What is that part of your ongoing ministry to them like . Its very personal. I talk to the mothers on a holiday because i know thats a bad day for them. I make myself available to them, not the people at National Action that work in the office, not just to call to lead a march like theyre going to in d. C. On august 28th, but how are you feeling . Do you need to talk to somebody . Because these people, unlike me, did not choose to be involved in a movement. They did not decide this is my life. I decided this is what i was called to do. They were thrust into this, and i try to always communicate with them and help them because they woke up one morning, and their whole world turned upside down, and they still years later are trying to figure it out, and i try to help them figure it out. And also they feel in some cases abandoned, that people used their name of their loved one and moved on when the news cycle moved on or when the case moved on. And i want them to know that im there. Im like a member of their family. Im in touch with people i fought cases for 22 years ago because i wasnt there for a media season. I was there for a justice reason. Reverend al sharpton, thank you very much for joining us tonight from the car as you leave the airport and head home after this very, very long day for you, this historic day. It means the world to me, rev, that you decided to join us and get the last word tonight on this program, and i know it means everything to the audience to hear from you one more time today. So we really appreciate it. Thank you very much. Thank you, lawrence, always. Thank you. Al sharpton gets tonights last word. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts now. Well, good evening once again. Day 1,237 of the trump administration. 147 days remain until the president ial election. The protests and rallies that have rocked our nation after the death of george floyd have entered their third week, and today americans gathered once again to raise their voices against police brutality. Today the final public funeral for george floyd took place in his hometown of houston, texas, a proper homegoing 15 days after his life ended while under 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 institut