destructive protests across the city. today a peaceful rally at the state capitol and less than 48 hours after brooks death, he was fired and the police chief resigned. >> he was always happy. he was always smiling. never killing one of his family members because he wasn't that type of dude. so, to you people that are looking around the world, and you have your feelings. before it happened to us, i can only guess add what you felt but now i understand. life shouldn't be this complicated. life shouldn't be where we have to feel some type of way if we see a police or somebody of a different color. i didn't come down here to talk to the media. i came down here to love all my people. but if you ask how this young black man was? look at your children when you see them laugh. that innocence, that joy, that pureness of soul and you had a glimpse of what we lost. you'll have a glimpse of what it feels like because tomorrow we going to have to deal with it again. we going to have to think, and if we didn't say we love you enough, we got to apologize to them for not saying we love you that much. >> you took my cousin from me. >> i want to bring in cnn's ryan, live. just the emotion coming from the camera and wreench seen that obviously at the wendy's. you see the sadness and grief and anger as well. this has become a place of vigils and it was set on fire. >> reporter: when you think about what we just heard, it's very difficult to listen to. i think people were keeping it together until that moment. you heard the words, he wanted to talk to his people. so many are listening to the words. and talk to people behind me, they start the fire behind us. when you look there now at what's going on and coming to mark this moment because when you heard it from the family and asking for answers they say they are and a lot of people have watched that body camfootage and talk about the fact there was this 30-minute conversation. and there's a question somebody seems to be asking over and over again is why were the shots fired? why was he allowed to run off? that's the big question. you're talking to a part of the city connected to the edge of downtown. it's pretty much on the other side of this area over here. there's a lot of people driving by just to take a look at this. the main question is how did the city move forward? you heard they're going to help pay for the burial of rayshard brooks. there are other questions like this wendy's parking lot that was full. you saw the lawyer step forward. but the fact they have a witness that says one of the cars that wasn't involved was hit by gun fire. and that's something that's also upset people in the community. there's so many emotions. and there's supposed to be anather one in the next 30 minutes or so at the capitol. they know session is in today. they want changes. they want changes made to policing. the police chief has already stepped down and now there's a new police chief put into place but they want action and they want it pretty soon. >> ryan young, thank you for that report from atlanta. atlanta city counsel woman is joining me now. thank you so much for being here. the widow of rayshard brooks says -- >> i remember her husband's death is a huge problem for our city and nation. it had to rebuild itself but i am not going to take up for that officer, that shot that man while he was running away. >> you know, i wonder -- i think especially when something like this happens, at each point you look to see where things could have been different, right? what -- when you see this, from rayshard brooks is asleep behind the wheel, appears under influence. then he's awake, talking. he's being, you know, agreeable. it seemed very calm with the officers. it escalates to, after a what appears to be a sobriety test, he's on the ground and being restrained and then there's this struggle. and then we see what happens after that. what is the first point for you where you have a question about okay, why is that at this point. and we question with all of it. and back here when officers are in their capacity or just lack of empathy, don't have respect for our citizens. especially black citizens. so, i have a problem with all of it. i don't know where to start with all of that. i know as a counsel, we real toy and truly have to take this listening session serious. and make sure that the actions that we take afterwards reflect how we feel about our community and what our community has to say. yesterday over to that wendy's to help with the clean up with our public works department and i had conversations with so many of the people that live in that community and that came around, just to get a feel where all of the horrible -- and i have to tell you people are sad. they are sad. they're distraught. and so am i. this is an area where i grew up. i know southwest atlanta. i live on -- in an area where i was actually -- i grew up. i learned how to drive here. i was married here. i raised all three of my black children here. these are the same police officers that patrol my streets. it is scary to think that my son, either one of them, the 23-year-old or the 19-year-old can go out and make some bad decisions and die for it. no one should have to live in that type of fear. not anyone. >> counsel member overstreet, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you so much for having me. we have breaking news in the coronavirus pandemic as sports leagues plan to restart their seasons, the nfl net works are reporting several playrs for the cowboys and texans have tested positive. ed is outside of cowboys stadium. this is sort of what we feared the whole time. right, ed? what happens when people start testing positive? what do you know? >> reporter: as we mentioned several players, the exact identity of who they are, exactly who all of these players contracted the coronavirus is unclear at this point. and a big part of all this in determining the months ahead. the nfl has had the comfort of a little more time. their season doesn't officially start. but there's time to figure out what to do with this. it hasn't exactly what it would look like is unclear. we're also seeing the major league baseball grappling as they figure out a way to restart their seasons in the midst of the pandemic. with the news today that several players of the houston texans and dallas cowboys are going to stick with coronavirus does appear to complicate things here. and not exactly how the league was pulled. >> thank you so much. and president trump touted to treat coronavirus. the fatd has revoked emergeancy authorization. the entire team and chiefs stood in solidarity with the protesters. it only takes a second for an everyday item to become dangerous. tide pods child-guard pack helps keep your laundry pacs in a safe place and your child safer. to close, twist until it clicks. tide pods child-guard packaging. we know you're always at univethere for them.x, that's why our advisors are always here for you. learn more at phoenix.edu. hey! lily from at&t here. i'm back and while most stores are open, i'm working from home and here to help. here's a tip: get half-off the amazing iphone 11 on at&t, america's fastest network for iphones. second tip: you can put googly eyes on your stuff to keep yourself company. uh for example, that's heraldo. he's my best friend. oh, sorry nancy, i forgot you were there. get the amazing iphone 11 for half-off on at&t, america's fastest network for iphones. all ten members of a south florida s.w.a.t. team have resigned. they're set to meet in an hour with the haulen dale police chief to turn in equipment and voice concerns. >> get your knees off my neck. >> now, the officers are angry that the police chief took a knee with protesters and accuse the chief of kneeling in solidarity with the vice mayor who they say is showing clear disdain for their agency. that woman, vice mayor of hollendale police. what is your response to this mass resignation of the s.w.a.t. team? >> thank you so much for having me today. and i was disappointed and i was shocked when i saw the letter on friday but i think it just resonates with what we're seeing nationally. i think our officers, one of them believes the newly lected police union chief happened in buffalo, new york with the officers who resigned and on the ground. the police chief has been very community minded and truthfully, she was standing in solidarity with me. that was not true. the chief and several officers kneeled in the protest led by community members, northwest community resident whose organized this in support of a man killed by the s.w.a.t. in 2014. many were his neighbors, his friends and family members. his sister there and he embraced. i told her we're going to remember howard and that's what this letter was about. that no officers were charged in the case. that we truthfully believe he was wrongfully killed. and there is no accountability or justice. >> and that was the s.w.a.t. team and not just you have brought up. it's been brought up in the media as well. howard was unarmed and he was shot twice in the stomach. and his family was at home in the end, when police did go in, they found drugs. not a huge amount, right? this speaks to one of the criticisms that has been made about the s.w.a.t. team that maybe they go overboard for drug busts that are yielding no drugs or that are yielding very little. what is it going to mean to this community that they do not have a s.w.a.t. team? on one hand, you have a criticism of them in the vogue case and drug cases as well. on the other hand, there are going to be proponent ozes of the s.w.a.t. team who say if there's a school shooting, who are you going to call with expertise at your disposal? >> of course. and this s.w.a.t. resignation of the 10-member unit has no impact on the operations or safety of our community, our residents, our visitors. we have a mutual aid agreement with the broward county office. but s.w.a.t. is not the first critical response unit. they respond to neutralize a situation after all exhaustive measures are taken. and we are a small city, a four-square mile city, 48,000 people and our county with nearly 2 million residents. i really don't think local police departments should be militarized. i hear arguments both sides. but to tell the truth, howard was a victim of one of 38 s.w.a.t. raids all done in the northwest squaderant of hollendale beach and 16 grams of cocaine. a very minimal amount for a military-style drug raid, that the majority of which are finding zero to little drugs in the homes, terrorizing a community. i don't think that kept us safer and didn't keep howard, his family safer. it's reflective it only happens on one side of our city, verses the other side. west side verses east side. i think our community can be safer by reallocating the funding for the s.w.a.t. department -- i'm sorry, unit. with regards to -- >> do you want to see that going towards pay for other officers? >> no. so, what we've been hearing from lot of our residents, from community members, black lives matter is those should be reallocated to community-led initiatives. expanded scholarships or child care after school. mental health first responders. the things that we really need in direct assistance to the communities that would keep us safer and root out problems at the stem. the things the community wants. and not for a s.w.a.t. team that rarely, rarely gets -- and for assignment, pay, operations, for things that we really don't need that don't keep us safer, verses community-led initiatives thank will keep our communities together, rather than take away a life. >> vice mayor, we appreciate you coming on. thank you. >> thank you so much. next, major supreme court decision. two conservative justices siding with liberals to protect lgbtq workers from workplace discrimination. and south carolina congressman announced he and his family are recovering from coronavirus. this comes as cases climb in 18 states. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ to deliver your mail and packages and the peace of mind of knowing that essentials like prescriptions are on their way. every day, all across america, we deliver for you. and we always will. no no no no no, there's no space there! maybe over here? 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lesbian and transgender americans. >> today is such a historic victory across the country. it should be transgender people like myself. it's one of the primary reasons. and under a cloud of shame, just to show up to work every day. i think this case, when we woke up today, it was still legal in 28 states to fire an lgbtq person because of who they are. and now it is illegal nationwide. it's really hard to overstate the importance of this. >> and julian, we saw two of the courts' conservatives joining four of the liberals. this is a 6-3 decision. what do you make of that that you have the chief justice and justice gorsuch, a trump nominee, joining the liberals? >> well, that's pretty reflective of what we see in american society. the equality act, which is passed by a bipartisan majority in congress last year in the houses, that is. i would end discrimination unemployment and education, housing, and public spaces and a number of other areas. and it has broad base support across american majorities. that said, there are still xs on the supreme court dockets. and decisions on reproductive health access to abortion access. >> when you're working on a series of victories in recent years from community, how do you fit this into that sort of -- the broader victories that you want to see even more of in the future? >> you can say the victory is critical but we have so much work because we want every lgtq person to be freely and safely. and a march 1st, and extend our lives. we know a -- they are subject to harassment and abuse by police. and there is so much to secure every transgender person's safety. today is a critical victory but there's so much work left to do. just over the weekend, we found out the intervention line run for and by transgender people had nearly doubled since the lockdown said began. and also humans. also people having nowhere to go for help. a shelter in d.c. was threatened with a massacre on the anniversary of the pulse shooting in orlando. there's so much more work we need to do to insure nationwide. >> always great to see you. and one black mother wrote an emotional letter to her unborn child about the world he or she will face. and she's going to join me next to share that with us. plus calling for the president to cancel his rally in tulsa over fears on the virus as well as racial unrest. tide pods child-guard pack helps keep your laundry pacs in a safe place and your child safer. to close, twist until it clicks. tide pods child-guard packaging. some companies still have hr stuck between employeesentering data.a. changing data. more and more sensitive, personal data. and it doesn't just drag hr down. it drags the entire business down -- with inefficiency, errors and waste. it's ridiculous. so ridiculous. with paycom, employees enter and manage their own data in a single, easy to use software. visit paycom.com, and schedule your demo today. an expectant mother with an emotional letter to her unborn child. quote, a letter to my beautiful, black, unborn baby. while acknowledging the fear she has for the world, i'm pleased to be joined by the author of this letter and thank you to both of you for joining us and congratulations. >> thanks for having us. >> we were very moved, ebony, by the letter and its message and we just want people to hear it. so, would you read it for our viewers. >> sure. to my unborn son or daughter. i remember when my dad and i found out you would be the newest edition to our little family. it was the beginning of a global pandemic and we had hunkered down in our two-bedroom apartment for the long hall. you brought us so much stability and happiness. we continue to have an uncertainty, we kept our heads down, continue to work remotely and embrace all the things upon us because of you. then our world was turned upside down in what seemed like days butted really the courses of a few short months. the killings of taylor and finally george floyd. all black, all unarmed, all could have been you. while this isn't the first time we have watched innocent black men and women murdered and while it will not be the last, this time in earthed something i have never felt before. a mother's instinct of fear and rage. i'm in the beginning stages of my second trimeszer pfrp this is when you're moving all your arms and legs, your facial features are becoming more defined and my stomach is starting to become more noticeable. your dad and i should be thinking about who you will look like more, when we'll feel you kick for the first time, whether you're a boy or girl but your gender doesn't matter, because the only thing we can talk about is how we can protect you. when will be the first time we have to have a conversation about what not to do when you go outside, do not keep your hands in your pockets. do not wear a hood. if you're stopped by the police with your hands on the steering wheel at all times. if you're ever detained, no matter the reason, immediately ask for an attorney. never let yourself be alone in a room with law enforcement if you can avoid it and so on. while will so many people in this country see you as a threat, solely based on the color of your skin? you or any black child could easily be another george, ahmad, or any of the other hundreds of black men and women killed by law enforcement and white civilians. for those of us that want children, we are the kind of parent we hope to be. i always want to be honest and open about my feelings. so, let's start here. i'm scared. i'm terrified for you already and you're not even here yet. i want to shelter you away from the harsh realities of the world you're in. and a dictator that warns against me, your father, and now you. and yet, i know i won't be able to do that forever. while the fire is still burning inside of me, it's met with feelings of excitement and joy. despite the feeling of terror, we tell you every day you're worthy. i'm overcome with gratitude as i watch my body change because that means you're growing and we're one day closer to meeting you. i know i won't be able to keep you under my wing forever. but what i can and will do for your entire life is tell you you're black, beautiful, strong, you are powerful. no matter what, i want you to be proud of who you are. know your skin will radiate to those around you and you can do anything. if you ever forget that or anyone makes you feel anything less than, your mom and dad will be there to remind you your life matters and all black lives matter. our backs will be holding you up forever. love always, your mom. >> ebony, henry, it is a beautiful letter. and you know, i think -- i think through so many of these conversations we've been having recent lee, thinking of children in all of this is something that really cuts through to a lot of people to understand, you know, that all of these folks we're talking about are somebody's baby, right? so, i wonder when you penned this beautiful letter, what are you hoping that people take away from it? >> you know, i think what i wrote, i was coming from a place -- like i said in the letter, it's not the first time and not going to be the last time we see these murders happen. and i was coming from a place of anger and frustration. because this keeps happening. and before i think george floyd, it seems like it was just another body. so, i was hoping that it might give somebody, who may not understand or choose to not understand because it doesn't effect them, a different perspective. >> yeah. because, you know, everyone who has a baby is thinking about the future of that baby, even before it is born, right? and henry, you encouraged ebony to write this letter. tell us why you thought it was important to share this >> i mean, like you said, it is just important. and, you know, when george floyd was on floor, he called out for his mom. and i heard somebody say in an interview that when he said momma, he was talking to all of us. talking to all of the mothers. and these are conversations that ebony and i had for years. we met in 2013 and started dating in 2013 and talking about trayvon martin and fill ando castile. i've been in situations when i've been pulled over for no reason and followed me around the neighborhood. so it is things that we've experienced as we've been a couple together. so when she told me that she had the idea to do it, i was like you have to because your voice right now is powerful and they matter and it means something. so we can't hold back. i think everything that you're seeing right now that is playing out in the streets is that we're fed up and tired. and anger comes from pain and hurt feelings and we're hurt and we need change and we need answers. so for anybody, any mother, any father that has seen this and watched it and think, damn, my kids has to go somewhere and now you're not thinking i hope they don't get into an accident or thinking i hope someone doesn't -- a cop doesn't pull them over or do something crazy to them or anything else. i was just like, this needs to be said. it needs to be said. people need to hear it. >> it is a beautiful letter. you don't need me to tell you how many people you are reached. and thank you for joining us. congratulations here in the coming months as you are looking forward to welcoming your baby. >> thank you so much. >> thank you very much and thank you for having us on. >> next, president trump firing back after his unsteady walk at a west point speech fueled speculation about his health. plus we're live in atlanta where the family of rayshard brooks made a tearful plea for justice today. we have details on the investigation into his death at the hands of police. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and get way more.ith wso you can bring yours vision to life and save in more ways than one. for small prices, you can build big dreams. spend less, get way more. shop everything home at wayfair today. anolon pioneered the hard- anodized non-stick pan. we spent 35 years perfecting it. 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the president appeared to be having trouble drinking -- bringing a glass of water to his mouth during a speech. i want to discuss this now with chris cillizza. you have a dotcom piece on cnn.com and you lay out why this should matter. tell us why. >> number one, donald trump is 74 years old. his birthday was on sunday. the oldest person ever elected to a first term as president. two, we know so little about donald trump's past medical history. remember, this is someone who the entirety of his medical history was a 2015 letter by his personal doctor saying that he would be the most physically fit person ever to be president, a letter, ail note, that the doctor since said was dictated to him by donald trump. so we just have very little to go on. and when you have those two things and add it to the fact, that donald trump, whether it is joe biden on hillary clinton, makes the mental and physical health of his opponent an issue, he did it today, said that joe biden was shock and weak. what is good for the goose is good for the gander. >> it is one of his go-to things that he does, where he did this in 2016. he's doing it again with joe biden. i wonder if you think, chris, if the president -- why did he respond to this on twitter? one to argument that he kind of made this into a big deal and now you have more people who are actually looking at the videos. >> reporter: if one argued that, one would be right, brianna. that video was going to get some attention. and i looked this morning and the main video had about 12 million views so people would have seen it. but it is largely a twitter story at that point. when the president of the united states goes to respond to something like that, now all of a sudden every major newspaper, my former employee and new york post and cnn are all going to cover it. so why does he do it? because he can't help himself. because the most important thing for donald trump is to always look strong, competent and in control. any time there is a storyline that suggests he's not he has to respond even though it is quite clearly in this case not the right strategic political move for him. >> it is like a reflex that we see time and again. thank you for -- thanks for joining us. and our special coverage will continue now with brooke baldwin. hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn on this mond. thank you for being here. we begin with pay story line all too familiar in this country. a family is in mourning and a sit is on edge after another police-involved shooting leaves a black man dead. let me show you the scene today in atlanta during this massive march and rally there at the capitol building after 27-year-old rayshard brooks was shot and killed by police on friday. the shooting unfolded in the parking lot of a wendy's fast food restaurant where brooks was awakened by police who found him sleeping in his parked car in the drive-thru lane. and before we show you this video here, i wan

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