From the white house so its not clear why. Were reaching out to secret service to get an explanation for why the white house reporters had to leave but what we are seeing now is these protesters clashing with police in front of the white house over that Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park. So theres still protesters there. We can hear people talking. Those are people in front of or around you i assume. Youre by the old church where the president had gone several weeks ago. Reporter yeah. You can see, anderson, it is getting emotional. People talking to the Police Officers as we have been standing here. Probably 150, 200 protesters here in front of the white house if i do a count from where im standing. Kaitlan, the Lafayette Park, is that policed by d. C. Police or federal . Reporter these are metropolitan police right here. And its interesting because, you know, if youre familiar with how in front of the white house works it is certain slots of officers that are in charge of the p
That to you live as soon as that begins. Now in early stages of this u. S. Outbreak, new york had a distinction that no state wanted, the epicenter of the u. S. Pandemic and cases and deaths skyrocketed. But now amid signs of a sharp turn around there and in neighboring new jersey and connecticut, officials are coming together to make sure the numbers keep declining. And they announced a regional quarantine for visitors from states seeing a spike in infections beginning tonight. Here is new york governor andrew cuomo. It is only for the simple reason that we worked very hard to get the viral transmission rate down. We dont want to see it go up. Because a lot of people come into this region and they could literally bring the infection with them. Cnn Alexander Field is with me now. Alex. Which states are impacted and what happens if outoftowners dont fall the rules. The states will change depending on the infection. But new york, new jersey, and connecticut, you have to quarantine when y
U. S. Attorney for the Southern District new york, preet bharara, and former defense secretary, robert gates join me ahead. Plus, moments of reflection. The nation marks the anniversary of juneteenth as demands for policing reform reverberate across the country. Theres no playbook for what we are dealing with right now across this country. Is change on the way . Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms coming up. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is remembering that there is a president ial election in less than five months. Is hoping to be back in his comfort zone this weekend holding his First Campaign rally in months. Saturday night in the city of tulsa in ruby red oklahoma. But the event was riddled with missteps, a much smaller than expected crowd, and news early saturday that six members of the Trump Campaign advance team had tested positive for covid19. Instead of a speech of unity and hope, President Trump gave what critics described as a meandering spe
That is of course the area that saw that horrible race massacre 99 years ago in about three weeks. Theyre headed back there which is frankly good news. Its taken the temperature down a lot here. We were concerned about those two groups meeting after the president s rally. It happened very briefly. There was about a tenminute moment where they sort of clashed. I know my colleague and friend Morgan Chesky is going to talk a little bit more about this. There was a very, very brief moment where the police went in and sort of broke up that group and tried to separate those two groups out. I do think we caught a break with that black lives matter group having left the area. It is important to note that yesterday on juneteenth a celebration that was supposed to be canceled because of covid wept ahead anyway. Local leaders said they felt like they had to counterprogram the president. They said he intention al piley picked that date to drive a wedge. He moved the rally to today, but that wedge
Red state. My god. This is embarrassing. One of the nations top district attorneys fired after standing up to trump and attorney general bill barr. How the president now denies having anything to do with his ouster. Attorney general barr is working on that. Thats his department, not my department. And nearly 500 pages. How a book thats not even on the shelves yet added to trumps bad weekend. Velshi starts right now. Good morning, and happy fathers day. Its sunday, june 21st. Im ali velshi. What happens when you invite a Million People to a party and 6200 show up . Underwhelming. Thats how President Trumps overhyped, overtweeted Campaign Rally in tulsa, oklahoma, last night can best be described. This morning, headlines all sharing that same opinion. Detailing a sparse turnout for this major president ial event. The first since the start of the pandemic. The drudge report capturing the mood of the night best with the label maga less mega. Kind of catchy, dont you think . Might look good