Machines. This was the scene here in ng t. This is where we shoot our show, usually. Weve been on that street almost 18 years. Ive never seen a crowd anywhere near that big. The people of l. A. Have showed up which is encouraging. Do you know how hard it is to get people to walk in l. A. . In l. A. , activism usually means wearing a lapel pin to the Nickelodeon Kids choice awards. These protests are like the president s suits, they just keep getting bigger and bigger. They had a moment of silence at a nascar event this weekend. Which was remarkable. And there are demonstrations all over the world. In bristol, england, they tore down this statue of a slave trader named edward colston. Posed like hes worried someone may notice theres a statue of a slave trader in town. This is what happened to edward this weekend, he got thrown in the river. There were protests in london, paris, australia. And this was very interesting, a message of, im not sure if youd call it, support but this was the
Battle stations. That is what plays me everyone goes to their battle stations. Immediately people go well once again another example of blacker people resisting the cops and being criminals and why are you driving drunk and why are you running away from the police. And then of course you have other people, you know, in their battle stations saying of course, another story of cops who immediately shoot a black man for just sleeping in his car. But like, it is messy. No one wants to admit that the thing is messy. Its [bleep] messy. If the story didnt happen now, maybe we would be looking at it differently. But it is a messy story. It is not the per sphect perfect story. And in a weird way it not being the perfect story means we shouldnt look at it in the most perfect way possible. We should try and break it down and understand how Something Like this comes to be. Because we dont always have video like this, we dont always have stories like this. We dont always even look at it like. This
Potentially behind the rioting, they a may be showing up in tulsa. The National Guard is out in force. Were going to talk to tim murtaugh on the ground there. Were also going to talk to dr. Alveda king about brand new sound, new comments coming in from former top obama official susan rice. Shes saying now that the Trump White House is racist to the core, thats a direct quote, and susan rice echoing Hillary Clinton that trumps voters are deplorablings. She says Trumps Senate reporters [inaudible] the trash heap of history. This is the democrats game plan to win the 2020 race. Plus, trump attorney and former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani, hes going to take on the story we brought to you last night. Democrats adam schiff and Speaker Nancy Pelosi were against john bolton before they were for him. They were saying hes not a patriot, but now they want to bring him in because they want to push back on donald trump. Democrats talking to Democratic House chairmen about getting bolton in to
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Garrett good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight. Im Major Garrett. Were going to begin with breaking news. A stunning surge in coronavirus cases across much of our country that is forcing states to close bars, beaches and businesses, reimposing restrictions just days before the july 4th holiday. Tonight, the number of new infections nationwide is nearly double what it was just two weeks ago. In some states, the increases are even more dramatic. Texas is now reporting 8,000 new cases in 24 hours, a new record. And in what feels like a nightmarish flashback to the early days of this pandemic, overflowing Emergency Rooms in houston are sending patients to other cities. Tonight, californias governor says cases are spiking so quickly there, he is shutting down most businesses he only recently allowed to reopen. And the fast food giant mcdonalds says it is scrapping plans to serve food inside most of its restaurants for at least the next three weeks. Nationwide