Here. That came at great sacrifice, but they wanted to be here. To be part of this because they understand the pain better than anyone, because theyve gone through the pain. And i think that we should recognize the mother of trayvon martin, will you stand . The mother of eric garner, will you stand . The sister of bompa john, will you stand . The father of Michael Brown from ferguson, missouri, will you stand . The father of ahmaud arbery, will you stand . All of these families came to stand with this family. Because they know better than anyone else, the pain theyll suffer. From the loss that they have gone through. I also want to thank all of those that helped to make this as easy as they could for the family, certainly we thank, again, our those in the financial and entertainment world, that immediately jumped up and said to the family that they wanted to help. And make sure that they didnt have to worry about expense, tyler perry. And robert smith and champion floyd mayweather. And
Trump rejected calls to Defund Police departments. We must invest more energy and resources and Police Training and recruiting and community engagement. We have to respect our police. The event was an opportunity to announce his administrations plan for quote wholistic revitalization and recovery in the wake of George Floyds killing by a Minneapolis Police officer. Donald trump repeatedly praised Police Officers and insisted that confronting bigotry will be easy. We have to Work Together to confront bigotry and prejudice where ever they appear and will make no progress and heal no wounds by falsely labeling tens of millions of decent americans as racists or bigots. We have to get everybody together. We have to be in the same path. If were going to do that, we have problems and well do that. Well do it. I think that were going to do it very easily and go quickly and it will go very easily. Interesting. The Dallas Morning News noted that todays event excluded the three top Law Enforcemen
Remains unclear who is behind all these protest. This afternoon, democrat president ial nominee joe biden will hold a rally with democrats from maine. Sandra is a must be in minnesota but it was canceled because of all of this unrest. Well see if he thinks those remarks. We will take it live when that happens. This began in minneapolis last monday with the death of an unarmed black man in police custody. Lloyd repeatedly said he could not breathe as a Police Officer pin him down on the ground, keeping his knee on floyds neck for nearly five minutes. The officer was fired tuesday and now charged thirddegree murder. For those of you seen minneapolis for the first time, you saw five minutes of our worst followed by a week of great difficulty. Every day since monday, may 25 when an officer murdered george floyd has renewed a collective trauma in our city and our nation. Sandra cities across the nation are imposing perfumes as protests grow increasingly violent governors have now mobilized
Ill ask the head of the in naacp. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. President obama admitted today there still is no complete strategy for training iraqi troops to fight isis. After talks with world leaders, the president conceded that the United States and its partners are still suffering setbacks in that fight, even as the pentagon weighs a possible increase in the number of uss troops training and advising iraqis at the same time isis is now threatening a major iraqi base. Well take you to the front lines. Ille speak live with a state Department Spokesman, and our guests are standing by with full coverage. Lets begin with jim acosta. Hes in europe where the president has wrapped up his talks with the g7 leaders. What happened, jim . Wolf in a startling addition president obama acknowledged more than nine months into the battle against isis he is still developing his strategy for defeating this terrorist group. In the battle gentz eye says president obama conceded hes sti
Sources say he was forced out by president obama. Were going to find out why. And holiday storm. Thanksgiving travelers will face some nasty Winter Weather just as they hit the highways and head to the airports. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Lets get right to the breaking news. The grand jury has reached a decision in the Fatal Police Shooting of ferguson, missouri, teenager Michael Brown. Were now awaiting a public announcement which is expected soon. The key question for the 12member jury has been whether the officer, Darren Wilson, will face charges ranging from Involuntary Manslaughter to firstdegree murder or whether the jurors would choose not to indict. The august 9th shooting of an africanamerican teen by a white Police Officer led to violent protests and a very tough response. Ferguson and the surrounding areas in missouri have been on edge ever since and amid appeals for calm, Authoritie