The death of george floyd, the unarmed black man pinned down on memorial day by Police Officers. One with his knee on his neck. Dont make the mistake of thinking this is all about riots. We have seen peaceful protest like this one. This is in new york. Protesters cheering as Police Officers kneel with them. We have seen looting and destruction. We have seen police get aggressive with protesters. But lets not forget what this is really all about. Lets not forget the lawlessness and violence that took the life of george floyd. Calling for his mother, crying out, i cant breathe. Its so hard to listen to this. But this is the terrible reality of what happened just six days ago. Mom, i love you. I cant breathe. Please. Lets not forget the lawlessness and violence that took the life of ahmaud arbery, shot to death while jogging in a georgia neighborhood. Im going to talk to his mother and George Floyds brother tonight. How can you condemn the violence we saw in some, not all, without condemn
And Derek Chauvin now facing the more serious count of Second Degree murder. The three others charged with aiding and abetting Second Degree murder. Minnesotas governor saying, quote, this is a step today that the public wants to see. And in the face of all those protests, the former defense secretary james mattis launching a blistering rebuke of President Trump, accusing him of trying to divide the country instead of trying to unite the American People and saying quote, we are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. I want to get right to Alex Marquardt whos on the ground in washington, d. C. Tonight. Alex, what are you seeing . Reporter don, look at this crowd right here. Ill ask Jamie Mcmichael to pan over. Youve got this whole crowd of people on their knees all taking a knee in front of this long row of National Guard troops. And this really speaks to the mood of what weve seen today. It has been an entirely peaceful protest. The crowds are thinning ou
Doing some amazing things. And please go out there and vote. Thank you very much. We appreciate you. We appreciate the message. And thank you, everybody, for watching. Our live coverage is going to continue now with chris. Hes standing by. Chris, you have you always say, and i steal this from you. You say there are americants and there are americans. That is an american. That was a wild thing he did. I love his rationale. And its interesting what People Choose to do during a time where every one of us is being measured. I love you, my brother. I love your coverage. Thank you for telling the story straight. And i will see you soon. Im chris cuomo. Welcome to a midNight Edition of primetime. This is night 8 of protests all across america. Its not because of one thing. The flashpoint, no question, was what happened to mr. Floyd in minnesota. No question about it. It was so obvious. It was so obnoxious. Everybody was aware. And if nothing else it was so long they had so long to do the righ
This is cnn tonight. I am don lemon. It is just a little after midnight here, on the east coast. After a day of massive and peaceful protest, there are major developments in the killing of george floyd. All four of the former Minneapolis Police officers involved in his death are now they are facing charges. And former officer Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee into floyds neck, now facing more serious, upgraded count an upgraded count of seconddegree murder. And three others were charged with aiding and abetting seconddegree murder. And, in the face of all those protests, the former defense secretary, james mattis, launching a steaming rebuke of President Trump, accusing him of trying to divide the country, instead of trying to unite the american people. And saying, and i quote, we are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. Protestors out in the streets of los angeles tonight, where a curfew has just taken effect. Cnns kyung lah is live for us there. Oka
Secretary of the navy in new york news. Mr. Secretary, its great to have you with me. Lets start off, first off, by explaining theres been criticism by the right about the president s pr campaign to go around and talk about what these cuts really mean, the demonstration of it all. And listen to how john boehner has listened to the president on the road. The president has been traveling all over the country and today, going down to newport news in order to use our military men and women as a problem in yet another Campaign Rally to support his tax hikes. Mr. Secretary, how do you respond to that . Do you think the president is using our nations military as a prop . Well, the military leadership of this nation, both in uniform and civilian, is going to capitol hill for the last year and explaining how bad sequestration would be, what a bad idea this would be, how it would impact military readiness and how it would impact the ability of the navy, marine corps, and the other parts of the m