Environment which was lax when it came to normal, standard procedures associated with covid, wearing a mask, social distancing, trying to take as much outdoors as you can, and working from home. And none of those things were Standard Operating Procedures at the white house. I think that the American Public is getting a look at, when you take risks, you are going to have to pay the piper, and thats whats happening. David before any of this happened, one of the Big Questions in the election coming up just a month from now was, do we trust President Trump more than we trust former Vice President biden to handle this crisis . The president was already behind in most of the polls on that score. We are getting conflicting, sometimes ambiguous or confusing briefings from his doctor at walter reed. There was a lot of working things walking things back. We also saw the president get into his suv, a closed and contained suv, with two secret service agents, to drive past the people inside. He say
Bridge when a tanker truck comes barreling toward the crowd. Police moving in with pepper spray. The driver arrested. In philadelphia, chaos. A line of police cars vandalized, doused in gasoline, and set ablaze. Fire crews racing to the scene just hours after nearby stores were looted in broad daylight. Demonstrations from indianapolis to chicago, to austin, texas, ros squared off with police. Here in new york city, this demonstration has been peaceful. Many of the people here telling me its not about being violent, but sending a message to end inequality. Come in peace, say what you have to say, black lives matter. Reporter the National Guard activated in 20 states and washington, d. C. In chicago, where trains and buses were halted, draw bridges raised after scenes like this overnight. For days thousands have filled the streets, calling for justice, after the death of george floyd. But across the country, city after city brought to its knees when peaceful protests gave way to violenc
With the some sort of spike in the virus, hopefully not. If that happens that would certainly affect the corporate profit outlook. We are looking at a move into the cyclicals. The Financial Sector being helped out by a steepening yield curve. One area of weakness around china because there is heightened china tensions, chips trading lower on the day. On the year, lots of room for the cyclicals to make up given the fact the s p 500 is down 6 . Etf down 18 . Leading the way still is the fangs, the stayathome trade. David a lot of us thought the markets would take a hit because of the horrible protests as a result of the killing of george floyd over the weekend. They did not react to that. We were worried late friday that President Trump would be going after china, yet the stocks did not react negatively to that, even though we learned today agricultural imports might be cut. Is that because the president warned more than he did . Abigail that was more a case of talking the talk and less
The country listening to demonstrates. We dont have to retaliate with anger we retaliate with love. Signs of hope. Take the helmet off, laid the batons down. I want to make this a parade, no the a protest. The efforts to find peace and the worries about what mass protests means in the fight against the pandemic today june against the pandemic today june 1st, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, 1st, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, america in crisis, with Savannah Guthrie from new york city and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody welcome to today. Its nice to have you with us on a monday morning were glad youre with us. Hoda back in the studio. Im here in new york city just a few miles south of where you are in union square, hoda. Normally at this time of the morning, this would be a busy, crowded place. Its quiet now because of the pandemic and a lot more quiet than it was even as recently as a few hours ago. This ha
Having a disproportionately negative effect on the africanamerican population, and then there are so many reminders of the pandemic of racism. And i think the incident in minneapolis and what was the straw that breaks the camels back. Reporter add all of that to the hurt and anger after the killings of trayvon martin, philando castille, sandra bland, all leading to outrage in the streets. Talking about what happened to people like sean bell, eric garner. Reporter this time the protest and outrage isnt just marching through black and brown communities, and their faces look like all corners of america. Theyre on main street, outside the white house. These americans are forcing the tough conversations, and its not always easy to watch. I certainly think that theres some awakening happening within segments that White America that perhaps have hit the Snooze Button on previous incidents. We saw eric garner and we hit the Snooze Button. Philando castille, we hit the Snooze Button. Its sort o