Senator tim scott and Baltimore Police commissioner Michael Harrison talk about Police Reform. This event hosted by the american bar association. Begin thehonor to forum on justice and policing of southtor tim scott carolina. Thank you very much. Its a privilege to have you join us for this program at the annual meeting. Sen. Scott thank you and thank you for your leadership. Thank for making the investment to make a difference. Sir. Ank you, what do you see is the role of congress and Community Relations and bridging the gap of trust, particularly with communities of color across our nation . Sen. Scott i think Congress Plays a role in that, even a significant role, but the most important is the one on the local level, the mayors and county chairwoman, those folks have the most direct path towards Police Reform, not those of us in congress. I have shared this many times. I have been stopped by officers years. S in the last 20 seven times in one year as an elected official and all of m
Grisham responds for the democrats. Plus, insight and analysis from our powerful roundtable. And he always did that which was right from his heart. We celebrate the life and legacy of john lewis as he crosses the Edmund Pettus bridge one last time. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week. On this sunday, as we celebrate a civil rights legend, the country is still in the grip of the coronavirus that has transformed our society, ravaged our economy, upended our politics and most tragic of all, cost so many lives, at least 145,000 in the u. S. This week, more than a thousand americans died on tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday. Five days straight for the First Time Since may. And as the caseloads continue to climb, the president s poll numbers continue to fall. Now trailing joe biden by more than eight points with hundred days before the final votes are cast. Our first guest has his work cu
Under the spotlight state governors act against the use of chokeholds plus. Forces loyal to libyan libyas un recognized government celebrate the collapse of Khalifa Haftar out as 14 month offensive to take tripoli. Hello the us President Donald Trump has been criticized for invoking George Floyds name while taking a victory lap over lower than expected jobless numbers is likely election rival joe biden called his remarks despicable floyd was killed in Police Custody after a Police Officer knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes the death has led to 10 days of protests across the u. S. Hopefully george is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing thats happening for a country theres a great day for him its a great day for everybody its a great day for everybody this is a great great day. In terms of equality new figures for may suggest the American Economy is already starting to recover from the pandemic but its not great news for everyone in march 1 point 3000000 people lo
In the head. It was not even frontpage news. There was nobody demonstrating like this. Children in black six months killed on our streets. No one is demonstrating about that. No one is having discussions about what we can do to combat it. Officerwhite police shoots one black person and we know the name of that person, memorials are developed for them, and they become the cause of a movement to solve the problem. I am just asking for some proportionality. Lets put our time and energy focused on the largest problem we have, and that is those deaths internally. There is nothing white people can do externally to help us. It is a problem internal to us. We must address it. But in order to address that, we have to acknowledge the importance of it. Right now, it does not seem to be important. The only time we get upset is when a white person takes a black persons life. Host we will hear from doreen. Shes in massachusetts. Caller when i watched the video of george floyd, i was totally disguste
It was evident they murdered this man in cold blood, and people want justice. As those calls for justice and change grow louder, there is a growing concern over four nights of vandalism and looting. Business owners fearing the worst are shutting down again and boarding up this time. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im jessica aguirre. We begin tonight in oakland. Some 300 demonstrators marched through the streets demanding meaningful change for all black americans after the death of george floyd. Tonight protests are smaller and peaceful. Nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney is live near Police Headquarters where several dozen people did test that citys new curfew, terry. Reporter yeah, they certainly did. For starters i want to say im not wearing my mask right now because im not within ten feet of an difference a night makes. Last night two blocks from here i was talking about the 40 people that had just been arrested in oakland. Tonight, no arrests, no citations, not to take anything