Telling the president directly that his rhetoric is not helping. As the National Guard now takes up positions near the white house. And those active Duty Army Military Police units from ft. Bragg get ready to be in the nations capitol tonight. Jon karl is live at the white house. Our team, across the country. And the emotional moment playing out in minneapolis. The brother of george floyd, terrence floyd, visiting the scene of his brothers death. Kneeling in prayer at the makeshift memorial. Terrence floyd denouncing the nationwide violence in his brothers name. What he is calling for instead. And tonight, just in, the results of an independent autopsy. What they reveal. And the medical Examiners Office out with their results a short time ago. With the former Police Officer Derek Chauvin, charged with murder, now on suicide watch. Protests in at least 140 cities, from new york to philadelphia, to atlanta, from chicago to los angeles. Demonstrations largely peaceful. But some taking a v
Officers are selfless public servants. Choke holds will be banned except if an officer ive life is at rick. Offices have to share problems with abuse so problems dont move from one Police Department to the next. We will have reform without undermining our many great and extremely talented Law Enforcement officers. Joining me now, joegy joe gimaldi. Gentlemen, you were together on a town hall that i hosted. Glad to see you back now on overtime. Thanks. You know, joe, ill come to you first. A big moment for the president to lay down Police Reform. How do you think the rank and file and leadership among Police Officers across america will react to this . Well, i think were going to embrace these reforms. We were a part of the conversation, not just management, the International Association of police chiefs, but labor. The fraternal order of police. We heard america. We heard americans. We were listening. We understood that reforms needed to happen. That Common Sense Solutions to these pro
Continuing to get more information tonight on the street. Blayne alexander, this is statement, by the way, from chief erica shields who says for more than two decades i served along side some of the finest men and women in the Atlanta Police department. Out of a deep and abiding love for this city and this department i offered to step aside as police chief. Apd, Atlanta Police department has my full support, and mayor bottoms has my support on the future direction of this department. I have faith in the mayor, and it is time for the city to move forward and build trust between Law Enforcement and the communities they serve. That is the message from the chief. The mayor came out making a statement that while it remains to be seen whether the use of force in this case was appropriate she doesnt believe that it should have been used. In other words, she says theres a difference between what police can do and what police should do. I do believe weve got blayne alexander on the ground enatl
Night rally could be a superspreader event. That remains a concern, even though the rally drew a much smaller crowd than expected. The campaign had promised to fill the 19,000seat arena, but according ing ting to the tuls marshal, 6,200 people showed up. And they were treated to a nearly twohour freewheeling speech that included a racist nickname for the virus, a claim that testing is whats causing the spike in case numbers and the president saying that he told his people to slow down on testing. The Administration Says that comment was in jest, but the president himself didnt deny it during an interview today. Did you ask to slow it down . If it did slow down, frankly, think were way ahead of ourselves. Weevil done too good a job, because every time we go up, 25 million tests, youre going to find more people. Then they say, oh, we have more cases in the United States. The reason we have more kapss is because we do more testing than any other country by far. Whether the low turnout at
All of the stemming from the death of george floyd. All four officers involved were charged yesterday. In minneapolis. Protests continuing coasttocoast overnight. Lets update you. From portland, oregon thousands marched to the justice center, some pleading with police to take any with them. To the Nations Capital where hundreds gathered near the white house chanting george floyd mattered repeatedly. We begin with lauren green in new york city with the latest on the attack on nypd officers. What is the latest . Reporter the attack happened late last night against those Police Officers, they were wounded in what is being called a completely cowardly despicable unprovoked attack. Two officers patrolling the streets of brooklyn trying to protect local businesses from living when a man approached them with a knife stabbing one of the officers in the neck. Fellow officers responded immediately, exchanging gunfire with the perpetrator, two officers were shot in the hand come all three wanted