Thankfully, and not surprisingly, they have been mostly peaceful. Curfews started here in new york an hour ago. That has not stopped the demonstrations, as you can see. Practically no big citys curfew has. In washington, many thousands of people spent the day marching down the newly renamed black lives matter plaza, one of the streets that leads to the white house. At times the protest was very lively. Parts of the crowd were even dancing. Meanwhile, in north carolina, they danced with the holy ghost at a Church Service for mr. Floyd. The memorial was in his hometown of raeford, north carolina. That was preceded by a public viewing. More Police Officers are coming under scrutiny for their actions during protests. In buffalo, new york, an elderly man remains in the hospital tonight after this happened. When he was pushed to the ground. Two officers are suspended as they face assault charges. Today President Trump repeated what has become a common refrain this week tweeting simply, quote
Ground. Two officers are suspended as they face assault charges. Today President Trump repeated what has become a common refrain this week tweeting simply, quote, law and order, unquote. We begin in washington. And thats where we find nbcs Garrett Haake joining us live. How is the protest going tonight . Joshua, this is a different story. Could be a different planet from a week ago. The protests here today could only barely be described as protests. Its lively. It is jubilant. Its essentially a block Party Atmosphere out here. And i have to tell you, to the degree this remains a protest focused thing, weve really seen a shift from anger and frustration and exhaustion and frankly sadness the first couple of days to, what we are going to do about this . Todays protest has had a distinctly antitrump tone. A distinct focus on voting and on voting him out of his residence behind me, and building on symbol ic successes like the painting of black lives matter on this street and the renaming o
Parts of the crowd even dancing. Meanwhile in north carolina, they danced at the holy ghost at a memorial for george floyd. It was preceded by a viewing. More Police Officers are coming under scrutiny for their actions during protests. In buffalo, new york, an elderly man remains in the hospital tonight after this happened when he was pushed to the ground. Two officers are suspended as they face assault charges. President trump tweeted simply, quote, law and order unquote. We begin tonight in washington and that is where we find nbcs Garrett Haake joining us live. How are the protests going tonight . Reporter joshua, this is a different story, could be a different planet from a week ago. It is lively and jubilant. It is essentially a block Party Atmosphere out here. I have to tell you, to the degree that it remains a protestfocused thing, weve seen a shift from anger and frustration and exhaustion and sadness the first couple of days to what are we going to do about in . Todays protest
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Western edition. Two rulings, two dramatically different opinions. A federal judge in new york today said the n. S. A. s bulk collection of phone records is legal. Writing he dismissed a challenge brought by the a. C. L. U. This comes 11 days after another federal judge in washington said the program is almost certainly unconstitutional. We begin with chip reid. Chip . Reporter well, good evening, jeff. Todays decision is a powerful defense of the n. S. A. Program and it increases the likelihood that this issue will eventually wind up before the u. S. Supreme court. In a 54page ruling, new york federal judge William Paule said the n. S. A. s phone Collection Program does not violate the constitutions ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. He cited specific examples of he cited specific examples of terrorist plots that were foiled by the n. S. A. s collection of every thread of telephone Call Information and added referring to data from hundreds of millions of calls, including phone