Im erin burnett. Out front tonight, its not okay. On the day when the nation said a final goodbye to george floyd, whose death has sparked a National Movement on Police Brutality, the president chose to smear this man, 75yearold peaceful protester in buffalo who was shoved to the ground by police last week. The president of the United States tweeting without any evidence whatsoever that that protester could be an antifa agitator, and quote, i watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Could be a set up. A set up . I want to play the incident that trump is suggesting is a set up. It is difficult to watch. You see him there. Hes pushed. He falls. Then he has blood coming out of his ear. And i want to just note to you that this was five days ago. Gugino is still in the hospital. He was in the intensive care unit. Hes still in the hospital. The two officers have been charged with assault. Where the president of the United States come up with an absurd Conspiracy Theory about that 75yearold m
Of another shooting of an unarmed black man. The final moments of Maurice Gordons life, a 28yearold unarmed black man, shot by a white state trooper in new jersey just last month. The exclusive reaction this morning from maurices mother coming up later this hour. Lets start with nbcs Morgan Chesky in houston, Shaquille Brewster in minneapolis. We set the stage for us for what were expected to see. What is the mood in houston. What are we expecting . Reporter the mood is a somber one, people having a chance to pay their final respects to george floyd. A crowd already starting to build. This is a private ceremony, ayman, unlike what we saw yesterday, a massive show of support. Thousands of people coming from all over the state, right here to this place so they could honor the man that has become a symbol for so much more, making the way through the church and having a chance to look upon the face of george floyd before walking outside, socially distance, the whole time, Wearing Masks and