Respects to george floyd. Today was George Floyds public visitation at a church in houston, which is where mrmr. Mr. Floyd grew up. At one point, the line to get into that visitation got so long it snaked around the building and into the parking lot. There were 200 people in line before the doors even opened. See those red tents there . Thats the red cross. It was so hot they were handing out water to people waiting in line because they were worried about peoples health. They were worried about heatstroke. Mourners turned up to pay their respects today had their temperatures checked at the door. They only let small handfuls of people into the church at a time to encourage social distancing. Everybody was required to wear a mask. But even with the heat, even with the inconvenience of the pandemic, members of the public waited patiently in line, donned their masks, and entered the church for the final opportunity to pay their respects to mr. Floyd before he is laid to rest next to his mo
Year so far. But even with the heat, this is what houston looked like today. Tons of people waiting in line in the hot sun to pay their respects to george floyd. Today was George Floyds public visitation at a church in houston, which is where mr. Floyd grew up. The line to get in the visitation, got so long, it snaked around the building and in to the parking lot. There were 200 people in line before the doors opened. Those red tents there. That is the red cross. It was so hot, they were handing out water to people waiting in line. Because they were worried about peoples health. They were worried about heat stroke. Mourners turned up to pay their respects today. This had their temperatures checked at the door. They only let small handfuls of people in to the church at a time to encourage social distancing. Everybody was required to wear masks. But, even with the heat, even with the inconvenience of the pandemic. Members of the public waited patiently in line. Dawned their mask and ente
The death of george floyd. His Approval Rating has plummeted in the last month and at this moment, joe biden has a 14point lead over President Trump. Obviously, this is a snapshot in time. Behind those numbers, our poll shows an overwhelming majority of americans support peaceful protests that we have seen. Large marches were held across the country over the weekend, including new york, where a curfew was lifted one day early. And today, new york city begins to reopen in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of thousands of people will be able to return to work today. Were going to speak with new york city mayor bill de blasio, coming up. Okay, john. Joining us now is Minneapolis City Council president , lisa bender. Miss bender, were so happy to have you this morning, because the move by the city council certainly got a lot of peoples attention last night and were so happy to have you clarify this. So what are you trying to do . Are you hoping by dismantling the Minneapolis
It new york police kept marchers out of times square today. Still, things have been peaceful enough for mayor bill de blasio so end the curfew early. A group west of london pulled down the statue of a slave trader. Meanwhile mr. Floyds family continues to grieve their loss. Yesterday they celebrated his life in his home town of rayford, north carolina. A public viewing was held before the service. There will be another viewing tomorrow in houston where george floyd grew up. The funeral is on tuesday. We expect joe biden will head to houston tomorrow. He plans to meet privately be mr. Floyds family. Mayor bill de blasio has announced plans to redirect some funds away from the nypd. Msnbc newss reporter joins us live. How are folks reacting from the mayors decision . Reporter it seems like a sea change doesnt it . I was in times square with thousands of folks below 42nd street, the police cordoning off times square. We made our way over to Grand Army Plaza which is where we are now. The
Them. The consequences, the damage, incalculable. But the results predictably dangerous, and this will never work. This is as democrats absolve themselves of any responsibility for massive failure after failure that they have themselves controlled for decades. Now they want to do it on a national basis. Too often politicians lose sight of what is really important. Let us start tonight, lets have a conversation. Lets begin with the basics. We as the vast majority of the american people, when i think most americans do believe in god, that every man, woman, and child in this country in the world are created in gods image. We believe that. You believe as i do that every single human being was born with special unique gifts to my godgiven gifts endowed by our creator that we are born with and while we know human nature is not perfect, we know all the sins have fallen short, the great book again. But if the United States of america is where we have the potential to correct wrongs and injusti