Of whats going to happen in georgia specifically in november. But it also is very worrying in terms of what the republican battle plan is going to be in every state they think they can do this stuff between now and november. And its just it is it is enraging. Rachel, also if this plane lands on time, the reverend al sharpton is going to join us at some point in this hour. Great. After the day he has been through. Well done. Thanks, lawrence. Thank you, rachel. Thank you. Two weeks after george floyd drew his last breath, after four Police Officers were arrested and charged with his murder and after two autopsies of his body and after daily protests that began in minneapolis and have stretched around the world, george floyd was buried today, in his hometown of houston, texas, with his body arriving at the cemetery in a horsedrawn carriage. The funeral fit for a president and it included an appearance by a Vice President who hopes to be president who delivered a message to George Floyds
Challenge the mayor faces is we have to do it with ensuring the safety of those people and ensuring legitimate people who want to try and express their grief. Folks out there right now want nothing more than to enticed into conflict. Yeah. I dont have to list them. I dont know what cities theyre in. All right. This is ali velshi here. I am in midtown minneapolis. My colleague is joining me in new york for our coverage this morning. Look at the situation. This is after last nights protest in minneapolis. A popeyes thats burned down. You have fire engines under the escort of members of the National Guard here for protection. They were not able to fight the fires overnight because of the protesters around the city. This is a city that has just been lifted from curfew. Curfew went into place at 8 00 p. M. Local time. 9 00 p. M. Eastern time. It was lifted at 7 00 a. M. For all intents and purposes, there was no curfew. People were all over the place all night. Fires were burning and fires
To a white suburban neighborhood and saw no waiting line for voting over there. Completely different story over there. So it sounds like the republican Voter Suppression machinery is working as designed. It is a thing that makes me want to say profanity on television what happened today in georgia, and it is very worrying. I dont i wont go there. But it is very worrying in terms of whats going to happen in georgia specifically in november. But it also is very worrying in terms of what the republican battle plan is going to be in every state they think they can do this stuff between now and november. And its just it is it is enraging. Rachel, also if this plane lands on time, the reverend al sharpton is going to join us at some point in this hour. Great. After the day he has been through. Well done. Thanks, lawrence. Thank you, rachel. Thank you. Two weeks after george floyd drew his last breath, after four Police Officers were arrested and charged with his murder and after two autopsie
Understand it, his family, the family of the somebody is speaking out. Thats right. We had several people speak out at the News Conference today and first time we actually heard from members of the family. They had had imam who arrived while the family was trying to get arrangements for the funeral. They tried to find funeral site. One funeral home turned him down felt he was a terrorist and they wouldnt handle the body. The imam said it he thought it was reckless for the officers to shoot in the parking lot and foolish of the young man to act out. Give you quotes reciting what they said. Also heard from an aunt and the aunt by the name of karen, thats all she could give us for name. If it wasnt for him being a muslim we would not be linking him to terrorism and then we heard from the attorney thats been appointed to this case for the family. He is a harvard law professor by the name of arnold sullivan. He asked about due process. He said look, we are going to keep an open mind. The fa
Understand it, his family, the family of the somebody is speaking out. Thats right. We had several people speak out at the News Conference today and first time we actually heard from members of the family. They had had imam who arrived while the family was trying to get arrangements for the funeral. They tried to find funeral site. One funeral home turned him down felt he was a terrorist and they wouldnt handle the body. The imam said it he thought it was reckless for the officers to shoot in the parking lot and foolish of the young man to act out. Give you quotes reciting what they said. Also heard from an aunt and the aunt by the name of karen, thats all she could give us for name. If it wasnt for him being a muslim we would not be linking him to terrorism and then we heard from the attorney thats been appointed to this case for the family. He is a harvard law professor by the name of arnold sullivan. He asked about due process. He said look, we are going to keep an open mind. The fa