Thank you so much for joining us, dr. Dave montgomery. Its my pleasure. This is cnn breaking news. It is the top of the hour. Im Brianna Keilar and this is cnn special live coverage of two unfolding stories. First, President Trump breaking his silence as the Coronavirus Claims more than 100,000 american lives in just four months and these faces here, these are some of the people, just some of them we have lost. The president tweeting his sympathies to families in this most devastating National Tragedy in modern times taking more american lives than any known natural or manmade disaster including any u. S. War since world war ii. We are also watching the outrage and unrest over the death of an unarmed black man in Police Custody. Several demonstrations erupting across the country, included in minneapolis the site of this killing where looting and flames marred neighborhoods there. Protesters taking to the streets demanding the arrests of four Police Officers who were just fired after the death of george floyd on memorial day. The Minneapolis Police chief is apologizing to his grieving city today after the death of floyd. Bystander video of his arrest is very graphic. And in it, you can see the Police Officer is pinning floyd to the ground with his knee on floyds neck, even as floyd pleads that he cannot breathe. He died shortly after this and we are learning new details about one of these officers and a previous Excessive Force claim. Well have more on that in a moment. But first, the fires still smoldering in minneapolis where protesters clashed with police. Riots erupting overnight, at least 30 fires reported. Some buildings burned to the ground. Stores destroyed and looted and at times, Police Responded by deploying tear gas and rubber bullets. Demanding the four officers involved be arrested and charged with murder. In the last hour, minneapolis city councilwoman called for a state of emergency. As we stand here grieving, yet another loss of black life, a sense leless tragic loss of bk life. I really dont have many words, but i know that somethings got to change. And so i am asking my colleag s colleagues, the mayor and anyone else who is concerned about the state of affairs in our community to declare a state of emergency, declaring racism as a Public Health issue. Until we name this virus, this disease that has infected america for the past 400 years, we will never, ever resolve this issue. To those who say bringing up racism is racist in and of itself, i say to you, if you dont call cancer what it is, you can never cure that disease. Cnns Miguel Marquez is live in minneapolis and miguel, you have some new reporting about one of the officers who was involved in this incident. Tell us. Reporter a couple of officers, actually. This is the area where anger exploded into rage. This is where the precinct s is one of the officers involved in a 2017 excessive use of force but more on point people paying attention to, that officer Derek Chauvin who had his knee on the neck of mr. Floyd, he had 18 different complaints lodged against him. He was reprimanded for two of them but 18 complaints in his career. All four officers now fired. I want to give you a sense of whats happening right there because the rage we saw last night, this was an auto zone in the shopping area down here. The area behind here was a six Story Building under construction. That has all now come down. The target and all the shops on this side of the street, these also got destroyed and looted. This is actually the precinct. This is the epicenter of it. You can see the Police Officer on top of the roof. Theyve installed these barriers this morning and you can see through those barriers with the windows and the spray paint here. Its still a fairly tense situation and i want to show you whats happening right now. This is the backside of the third precinct here in minneapolis. You can see officers there in their riot gear. Theres a local Community Group here that has come around, and i want to chat with them if i can, thats come around. If i could chat with you. They have been trying to block individuals, this group here, from interacting with the police here who are trying to protect the precinct. If i could . Youre with a local Community Group. How difficult is it to bring down that level of anger here . Its been a little difficult. Its really not a lot of anger, as you can see, everybody is nice and calm and cool. We just want to make sure we keep it peaceful, thats all. You had 100 people from the community trying to diffuse the situation and bring things down now. What exactly, how will you do that . You werent able to back the crowd off from the police. We communicate with the community and we let them know we stand with them. Period. We stand with them, but its not what you do, its how you do it. We dont need to be standing facetoface with Law Enforcement right now, so were asking them to stepba back and stay peaceful. Reporter how concerned are you that more africanamerican men are going to die in the days ahead if this sort of protest continues . Were scared. Its going to be a lot. Its going to be a lot. Reporter and how long will you be out here tonight . As long as it takes. As long as it takes, man. Like i said, man, its a bunch of us that got together, man, this is my brother, marlin, and we want them to have a space to speak how they feel and say how they feel. We are just trying to make sure we reiterate to them that burning buildings down is not the answer to what were trying to get a solution to, and one of the things i stated to all of my White Brothers and sisters is like, we appreciate you being out here and supporting this rally, but this is not your space. Youre here to support us. Thats what you need to do. Reporter you could not be here last night all night. Youre trying to be here all night . I was out here all day yesterday. My point is, caucasians start doing that and then it start escalating. So we deescalating when its like that. Reporter this is the sense of things right now, you have people trying to bring down that level of anger. You have a lot of people showing up here wanting to scream, yell, shout and throw things at police, and they are hoping that tonight, things will calm down a little bit and they can start to rebuild this area and hopefully get some real answers from downtown. What they really want are charges for those four officers and just a wholesale change at that time way the department treats the Africanamerican Community in minneapolis. Back to you. All right, miguel, thank you for that report from minneapolis. And the death of george floyd is evoking a familiar pain and exhaustion with many in the black community. Heres how cnn political commentator Bakari Sellers responded this morning. The killing of black men, black mothers sons become as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mothers son. We who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens. Said that in 1964 and were still echoing the same cries today. It was hard to listen to that interview. Its just so much pain. You get so tired. We have black children. I have a 15yearold daughter. I mean, what do i tell her . Im raising a son. I have no idea what to tell him. Its just, its hard being black in this country when your life is not valued, and people are worried about the protesters and looters and its just people who are frustrated for far too long who have not had their voices heard, and so you put me on after a brother and i feel like i lost my brother, and nobody cares about the video. They had a video, and two different solicitors looked at that video and declined to press charges. And to so for those of us who have had a mistrust of the system, its very hard for us to do anything else other than just to cry this morning. And then hope and pray that we are not sitting next to ben crump that day. Thats about all we can do. Moments ago, the Minneapolis Police chief issued an apology. Im absolutely sorry for the pain, the devastation and the trauma that mr. Floyds death has left on his family, his loved ones, our community here in minneapolis, and certainly across the country and the world. Much more on this as we watch whats happening on the ground in minneapolis. Plus, just in on the coronavirus pandemic, the governor of new york making a move involving masks, the complete opposite of the president s actions. Also, a senator who attended the hearing into the u. S. Response said he just tested positive for antibodies. What that signals. Johnny cashs daughter slams ignorance over not Wearing Masks as she said her daughter was heckled for wearing one. Hey lily from at t here. Im back and while most stores are open, im working from home and here to help. Heres a tip get halfoff the amazing iphone 11 on at t, americas Fastest Network for iphones. Second tip you can put googly eyes on your stuff to keep yourself company. Uh for example, thats heraldo. Hes my best friend. Oh, sorry nancy, i forgot you were there. Get the amazing iphone 11 for halfoff on at t, americas Fastest Network for iphones. Condolences of the 100,000 people who died from coronavirus, he sent tweets in opposition of the use of masks, defying his own administrations guidance but the governor of new york taking a different route, allowing businesses to deny entry to anyone not wearing one. Were talking about reopening stores in places of business. We are giving the store owners the right to say, if youre not wearing a mask, you cant come in. That store owner has a right to protect himself. That store owner has a right to protect the other patrons in that store. You dont want to wear a mask, fine, but you dont have to right to then go into that store if that store owner doesnt want you to. Cnns Jason Carroll is in new york. Jason, tell us more about this executive order that the governors going to sign. Reporter yeah, well, unlike the president , brianna, as you know, new yorks governor repeatedly has talked about the importance of Wearing Masks. Hes also said when new york city opens, its got to be done in the smartest way possible and thats part of the reason why hes issued this executive order. All of this as the city, the state and the country still trying to come to terms with all of the people who lost their lives because of this virus. More than 100,000 lives lost, a painful milestone and reminder of the deadly impact of covid19 over the past few months in the united states. The front page of the Washington Post showing an image each death representing a ray of light. That number as grim as it is may not account for more victims who died from the virus, but were never counted because they died at home and may not have been tested. Weve taken a terrible hit, 100,000 people is really historic in the Public Health impact its had on us. Reporter the Economic Impact continues to take its toll on the country as well. Another 2. 1 million americans filed for jobless benefits last week. That means one in four American Workers, more than 40 million, now furloughed or laid off in the last ten weeks. Hard hit new york city with a stay at home order. Billboards went dark for one minute to draw attention to businesses on the edge of closing for good. The citys mayor said the way to reopen will be over soon. Were now actually in a position to Start Talking about opening things up, step by step, phase by phase. Reporter new york is one of nearly two dozen states seeing a decrease in cases but the centers for Disease Control said there could be a second peak in the country over the summer. This as more than a dozen states are still seeing an increase in cases. In the last week, alabama had a higher case rate than 46 other states. One doctor there said the number of cases in montgomery has tripled in the last month, and he worries about having enough hospital beds. We can handle the number of patients but its tight. Three icu beds available in the entire city. Four patients we know of in the emergency room on ventilators. Reporter reopening moving forward in las vegas. Caesars and mgm resorts say some of their casinos will open next week are with restrictions. Disney and some of the surrounding theme parks set to reopen in july. Many businesses planning to practice social distancing as they move forward, but is the World Health Organizations recommended 6 feet far enough . Maybe not, says the general science which released new findings that say, increasing evidence for the coronavirus suggests the 6 foot w. H. O. Recommendation is likely not enough, under many indoor conditions where aerosols can remain airborne for hours, accumulate over time, and follow air flows over distances further than 6 feet. Dr. Gene agrees with the findings and said when it comes to socalled safe spaces, one should consider two things. Density and time. If youre in an area where youre really close with people and that virus is not in air thats circulating well, its going to be easier for you to breathe it. And the rule is 15 minutes, so closer than 6 feet for longer than 15 minutes. Thats the threshold we have been using. Reporter Health Experts say when it comes to interacting in the age of coronavirus, people should not only wear masks but should socialize outdoors as much as possible. There was just some data that came out earlier this week that said the risk is increased 18 fold being indoors in exactly the same situation as you would be outdoors, so going inside is much more risky for the chances of infection. Reporter and brianna, still a lot of questions about specifically when new york city will begin phase one of reopening. Its the last region in the state that has started into phase one and when pressed on that, new york citys mayor bill de blasio basically said its going to be soon, probably some time in early june. Brianna . Early june. Okay, jason, thank you for that report and you know, in moments of crisis, americans look to their leaders for guidance and for reassurance. Right now, President Trumps focus seems to be elsewhere. He has been egging on protests of stay at home orders. Hes refusing to wear a mask. Hes mocking those who do wear a mask and placing doubt on one of the fundamental tenets of american democracy, free and fair elections. As we passed the milestone, the president again on twitter sharing conspiracy theories about the russia investigation and spreading fears about a rigged election. A day passing before President Trump finally tweeted this. To all of the families and friends of those who have passed, i want to extend my heartfelt sympathy and love for everything these great people stood for and represents. God be with you at Southern Methodist university, thank you so much for joining us. Tell us what you make to overall the president s response to this crisis. You know, its been remarkable for its lack of empathy and i say that because one of the key roles of a president aside from formulating policy is contributing to the National Mood and typically, weve seen in crises before a president try to set a tone of unity, whether its Abraham Lincoln in the civil war or whether its Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression or even something more recent such as bill clinton or george w. Bush during the Oklahoma City bombing and 9 11. The idea is the president typically goes out and tries to say, were all in this together and lets come together and the way to do that is to say, basically, i feel your pain and were not hearing President Trump say that hardly at all. New york ci , no and the former presumptive nominee has weighed . For those wei, im sorry forr loss. Nothing i can say or do to dull the sharpness of the pain you feel right now. I can promise you from experience, the day will come when the memory of your loved one will bring a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eyes. My prayer for all of you is that they will come sooner rather than later, but i promise you, it will come when it does and know you can make it. Hes obviously speaking from the heart. Hes someone who as a young senator lost his daughter and wife and lost his grown son, bo biden. What do you make of his approach . As you said, hes a person who speaks from personal experience and its remarkable to see Vice President biden, essentially, taking up the role of empathizer in chief, of trying to explain to the nation, not so much why it is that were in pain. We all know why were in pain, but we need to know the pain has some purpose. This is why its really interesting that the president has fallen back on the analogy of war saying were at war with the virus. Thats all well and good, but traditionally, when were at war, that requires some sort of sacrifice, some greater tax or burden for the American People. It means the American People are going to suffer together. Were willing to suffer as long as were in it together and seeing progress. And frankly, the president hasnt really told us a lot of what we all need to do. Especially since he seems to be undermining his entire administrations own plans for how to deal with the virus. Yeah, its rem