Americans believe we must summit the brave men and women in blue who police our streets and keep them safe. Americans know the truth. Without police there is chaos. Without law there is anarchy, and without safety there is catastrophe. Americans want law and order. They demand law and order. They may not say it. They may not be talking about it but thats what they want. Some of them may not know thats what they want but thats what they want. We will have law with our extremely talented Law Enforcement officers. President obama, and Vice President biden never even tried to fix this during their eightyear period. Trevor donald trump is always constantly downplaying the number of bad cops. If bad cops was a minor problem you wouldnt have huge protests in every city. You would just be able to point to the bad cop and say, gary, cut that shit out. Trumped signed an exclusive order that was supposed to cut down on trump violence but spent the whole time praising the police. Trumps executive
For three weeks since the killing of george floyd, millions of people around the country have been calling for police to be reined in. And after weeks of local leaders responding to the protests, today, the president carefull carefully shuffled down the ramp into the fray. Called for some modest changes, like a database to track police misconduct. There was a new thing that would challenger Police Departments not to use choke holds, saying the choke holds should not be used unless an officer felt like his life was in danger, which means the thing can be used, but it cant be used. But it can be used. When trump came out to make these remarks, it just felt like his heart wasnt in it. Americans believe we must summit the brave men and women in blue who police our streets and keep them safe. Americans know the truth. Without police there is chaos. Without law there is anarchy, and without safety there is catastrophe. Americans want law and order. They demand law and order. They may not say
Trevor lets begin with the police. If youre black, you know them as the guys pulling you over. If youre white, you know them as the guys that give lap dances at bachelorette parties. For three weeks since the killing of george floyd, millions of people around the country have been calling for police to be reined in. And after weeks of local leaders responding to the protests, today, the president carefull carefully shuffled down the ramp into the fray. Called for some modest changes, like a database to track police misconduct. There was a new thing that would challenger Police Departments not to use choke holds, saying the choke holds should not be used unless an officer felt like his life was in danger, which means the thing can be used, but it cant be used. But it can be used. When trump came out to make these remarks, it just felt like his heart wasnt in it. Americans believe we must summit the brave men and women in blue who police our streets and keep them safe. Americans know the
The people who i see who have not traditionally en invested in African American equality who are now invested, i think thats an important indicator to people who are in powerful places. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supporting social entrepreneurs and thr solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the drive to reform policing is accelerating tonight in the United States congress.
Business partners to speak of the future that they see in entertainment and education, which is front and center for mr. James. But also his future in basketball. This is a lengthy article. You will see a special tomorrow on Bloomberg Businessweek. We will have highlights for you all through the morning. Lebron james is something very different. For our International Audience, basketball is a shockingly simple game. Five players aside, there is a circle at the end 10 feet off the ground with netting, real simple, you put the ball in the basket and you go home. No one has done it like lebron james. I want to make clear, the shock of lebron james is that he is only 69. There are many other bigger, taller people in the sport, but no one has executed in the game like mr. James. He is called a power forward, and that is a big deal for a little guy at 69. Here is lebron james on his new entertainment venture, springhill. Lebron it stems from my upbringing, from akron. For us, when we talk ab