Be a woman. Ill be making my choice soon and when the choice is made im be ill be sending it over to mitch in the senate and theyll do what they have to do. I think well have a very popular choice, whoever it may be. I think the choice will be next week. Yes i do. Meanwhile, senator Lindsey Graham whose words mean nothing reversed course and tweeted that he will in fact support trump in any effort to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. Democrats are mobilizing for an unprecedented fight over ginsburgs seat. In the last 48 hours, act blue a fundraising platform for democrats raised a Record Number of 91 million and it can help galvanize more to vote for joe biden. According to thank you nbc news wall street journal conducted before Justice Ginsburgs death, biden is leading trump by eight points well outside the margin of error, but if elected can biden keep the promises. If i lose to him ill never speak to you again. Im joe biden, and i approve this message. Joining me is Donna Edwards of m
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 mu
People in the middle of a pandemic are in groups out on the streets. A few hours ago as young protesters stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial, there was a dramatic show of force just behind them on the steps of the memorial, dismounted infantry, many of them with faces covered. Mandatory curfews now in effect in at least 28 major cities from new york to los angeles, meaning millions of americans are supposed to stay home. We begin in the city of new york, where correspondent ali velshi has ventured home from minneapolis and is now at 14th street and fifth avenue in Lower Manhattan where, ali, we should point out curfew has been in effect for, what, three hours . Reporter thats correct. Exactly three hours. Im a block west of union square. We have people who have been arrested getting into this van. Over here on the right, probably a dozen in that van. Theres another van right next to here where theyre still loading a few people in. You can still see Police Vehicles coming in. Then th
New york, where correspondent ali velshi has ventured home from minneapolis is now at 14th street and 5th avenue in Lower Manhattan where, ali, we should point out, curfews been in effect for what, three hours . Reporter thats correct, exactly three hours on union square, we have people arrested. Theres another van right next to it where theyre still load people in. You can still see Police Vehicles coming in. Theres a third person in a van, with some people with zip ties around their wrists. There were more than a dozen people in the last 15 minutes, they were all seated here. They continue to chat. The sur few has been in place for about three hours, what weve seen is Police Moving around to various places and making arrests. There were large groups, numbers of 15,000. There seems to be another group, coming from upper west side. There was a third group in midtown in the 50s, and another group in times square. I spoke to a couple protesters who said there wasnt really an objective to
Tear gas and rubber bullets to try and disperse demonstrators. Protestors marching to the police station, some with signs saying, i cant breathe. Among the final words spoken by 47yearold floyd in that video that was captured by a bystander on monday. What were about to play for you is disturbing. I cant breathe. Please, the knee in my neck. I cant breathe. Get up and get in the car, man. I will. I cant move. Four unnamed Minneapolis Police officers have now been fired as a result of that. The Minneapolis Police department in a press release saying they arrived on the scene for a reported, quote, forgery in progress and that floyd physically resisted officers. An investigation is opened by the fbi and the state. Floyds sister speaking about all of it on nbcs today show. Me and my family are taking this very, very hard. Its very heartbreaking. I would like for those officers to be charged with murder because thats exactly what they did. Shaquille brewster is in minneapolis with the very