Governor and his handling of it. There is great distrust of the entire system top to bottom. There is a sense that something is different now, that the story that we did yesterday here at the capital where we saw thousands upon thousands, mostly young people, but old, young, black, white, latino, native american, asian, coming together in huge numbers, that people in the movement here have never seen before. Theyve never seen that sort of sensibility. The suburbs, some of these marches that weve been in, theyve marched out to areas where you have very big, very grand, very suburban homes and there are people out front there, expressing their support for whats happening here. So i think that there is weve covered a lot of these things and there does feel to be Something Different here, that that videotape was so shocking at its very core that an officer for eight minutes and 46 seconds could sit on the neck, knee the neck of that individual with his hand in his pocket, as casually as he
His charges now now upgraded to seconddegree murder despite calls by many including the floyd family for first degree charges in this case. We gathered all the facts that we could, we reviewed the criminal statutes, we looked at case law, we consulted with each other, and we arrived at these charges. We believe that they are justified by the facts and the wall. Martha we will bring you a live report on the brandnew developments in that case, and josh hawley, reporter for the state of missouri will join us with his analysis. He is also a member of the Senate Judiciary committee, busy day they are as they their first witness in the investigation of crossfire hurricane, the 2016 probe of the Trump Campaign and possible collusion with russia. That is the other developing story as we go through this evening, it is a probe that cost over 30 million and lasted two years with no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump Campaign and russia. At the heart of the probe the
And paul krugman on what is happening in the economy after todays surprising job numbers. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Americans are on the street in protest again tonight. 11 days since the killing of george floyd by a Minneapolis Police officer. So far the police have been peaceful. Well keep an eye on the situation throughout the evening. Because with the mass protests were seeing tons of Police Activity and people are smartphones out on the streets regarding the police doing their jobs. It is given us more of a picture of what policing in america looks like than we almost ever get even if, in fairness, it is not perfectly represented. And as i start i want to be clear up front that policing in america is very dangerous and very dangerous in this moment. There have been several officers shot and injured, retired st. Louis Police Captain david dorn was killed responding to an alarm at a pawn shop there week. In buffalo, new york, which well dis
Calling them the perfect setup for a flood of new cases. A major story on the political front as the New York Times reports that several prominent republicans including former president George W Bush say they will not support President Trumps reelection. We have Fox Team Coverage on all of the latest developments across the country. We begin with mark meredith. He is live at the white house. Mark. Reporter good evening, john. The white house says the American Economy is rebounding from coronavirus but the latest data shows there is still a threat from the virus here at home and abroad. The latest numbers show here in the United States 110 of thousand deaths 110,000 deaths. And when we look at the numbers globally, the death toll stands at over 400,000. There are concerns about cases in india and brazil. Americas Health Experts are watching to see if the protests over the past week could contribute to an increased infection rate. Dr. Anthony fauci said, quote, i get very concerned as do
That was the president of the Minneapolis City Council who is planning a formal vote to defund the police. So after days of unrest, that is their next step. If you do not believe that we are in the middle of a mass delusion where humanity is willfully rejecting what works for what destroys, i dont think i can help you. But if you cant beat the mob, why not help them . Lets defund. Baby steps first, its too expensive to start from scratch and create a police free city, so lets pick two cities and observe the outcomes. Because the Minneapolis City Council is voting to defund, lets go with them first and lets do hollywood where some celebs who signed an open letter demanding funding actually lived. The comparison eliminates rays from the equation and sits it squarely on something else. Wealth and class. While citizens of minneapolis will fall prey to chaos and roving gangs of violence, last week being the prequel, hollywood will rely on private security, which many of its fabulous inhabit