And fairness from our institutions. Our president tonight treated nose who want change as the enemy. He gave a speech about whats going on and never mentioned the problem of police abuse. The abuse of force that started this. He never mentioned the problems that minorities face. During this period of social unrest, during this pandemic and beyond. He said he was an ally to protest aerers and the exact sa time he had officers forcing out Peaceful Protesters right across from where he was. You can see it. I want you to watch and watch this line advance and move these people out in a way that we didnt see last night. Peaceful protesters. Okay . And you check anywhere you want, these were Peaceful Protesters. He said he was an ally. It was all captured live. So, he was lying in real time. As he was saying something, the opposite was being demonstrated. He was literally doing the worst to the people he said he supported. But the reason i have such fear tonight that if we dont all come together, were going to have worse days ahead, is why he did what he did. He had them cleared out so he could do this. So he could walk to where the protesters were in front of st. Johns Episcopal Church in Lafayette Park and lift a bible. I dont know why. He certainly wasnt taking any oath. He didnt open it. He didnt read from it. He didnt even go into the church. He really didnt say anything. I mean, if i were to pop the sound right now it will be greater than ever before. So, why didnt he go in . Maybe he stayed outside because what happens inside that church, especially, is much more and better identified with the people he had chased away from in front of it than what he is about. Google the history of st. Johns e ppiscopal church. Its been there since the early 1800s. I think it was president madison staked money for its founding. It has always been about addressing the needs of the local community. Especially social justice. It supports activities to help the people who need it. It doesnt refer to those seeking justice as thugs. Its making masks right now for the pandemic. It doesnt pretend there is no pandemic problem. And it preaches inside that building, that church, that you must live what is in the good book. Holding it in your hand, if you dont hold its message of love and mercy in your heart, is an empty gesture by an empty suit. Even the bishop of that church is appalled. Here is reverend maryann buddy on cnn just moments ago. Let me be clear. The president just used a bible and the sacred text of the judeochristian tradition and one of the churches of my diocese without permission as a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of jesus and everything that our churches stand for. To do so as you just said, he sanctioned the use of tear gas for Police Officers in riot gear to clear the church guard. I am outraged. Just look at that image of him. Standing in front of a Church Holding a bible. Basically saying, hey, all you evangelicals, im your guy, law and order, its all in the book. They tell me. What this president wants this to become about at a time when leaders need to regain trust, right, thats whats missing right now. How do they gain trust . You speak truth and show steps that are being taken to get to a better place. Talks not enough. Trump wants to make this a battle of might makes right. He asked governors to dominate protesters. He literally said, listen, this is a movement, and if you dont show force, it will grow. Hes half right. Demanding justice and the full freedoms of the liberty that is a godgiven right in this country, that is a movement. And it is one that he should be leading. But he is wrong about force. America does not go for harsh strength. Not for long. If you try to beat back people in all these cities, youre going to have them joined by many, many more. Even in a pandemic that is keeping a lot of people home for now. Thats what happened just tonight. I find it to be the most frightening sequence of events since mr. Floyd was murdered. The question now is, how will the nation react . Well watch together. Little bit of a different night tonight. More curfews going into effect nationwide. One in los angeles just began, as we speak. So has atlantas. Two hours from now, new york has a new curfew. 11 00 p. M. That goes into effect. Well be working two shifts tonight. Ill do this show now then well be on from midnight to 2 00. New york has a bigger police presence. 8,000 officers are there. Curfews youre going to see in spots all across the country. Do they work . I dont know. It really depends on the time, place, and manner of their enforcement. Well watch. We have something bigger than just watching the events unfold. We have somebody whos going to be key to the future of this situation. The lead prosecutor on the floyd case. One man is in charge of all the cases to come and overseeing them. Okay . Its not the happnnipin county prosecu prosecutors. We have him with us tonight. Attorney general ellison is here to talk about whats going on and what Keith Ellison believes will happen. But lets state that were going to look all over the country, but lets start with where this started. Cnns sara sidner is in minnesota. Today marks seven days since his death. I believe you are situated near the scene of where this all unfolded. You were explaining to me last night this place is being treated solemnly in the community. They dont bring the noise and the anger and hostility there. They keep it sacrosanct at least for now. Whats it like at this time . Reporter absolutely a place of peace, a place of reflection, a place to remember, a place to honor. All of that for the floyd family and also for the neighborhood. This place hasnt been destroyed. Yes, boards are up, but nothing has happened here to any of these buildings. What has happened are incredible scenes of solidarity. We watched as Terrence Floyd, one of the brothers of george floyd, showed up for the very first time, chris, today, to the scene where his brother died, was killed. He showed up and as soon as he got to the mural that shows george floyd, he broke down in the arms of friends that brought him here. He walked to the side of the store, the cup foods store, where we saw officer Derek Chauvins knee pressed down on floyds neck for more than seven minutes and he kneeled down and he prayed, and when he did, the hundreds of people that were here kneeled down with him. They kneeled down with him and they prayed with him and there wasnt a bit of noise. It was pindrop silence in these streets for five solid minutes as they prayed. And when they got back up, Terrence Floyd said, i need to talk to some of the protesters out there, do not do violence in our name, stop it, you cant use this family for that, youre destroying your own neighborhoods, your own places of business, the places that people go to eat, stop it, instead, do something else, vote and not just for a higher office, not just for Political High Office like the presidency, vote for your local council folks, vote for your state folks, vote for your county folks. He was very clear that you cannot do violence in his name but that he understood, he understood peoples rage. He understood it. He is a family member. Hes like, but dont use us like that. And he said george floyd, himself, would never have wanted to see the destruction that has gone on. Of course, he would never have wanted to be in the situation that he was in with those four officers and as we talked about last night, chris, this was over a 20 counterfeit bill. 20 bucks. The words of the president reporter he lost his life over 20 bucks. Did the words of the president echo to that community yet tonight . Him not mentioning the issue that sparked all of this about the abuse of use of force by officers, a protester needs to be dominated, that hell send in the military. Have those words echoed . Reporter it has not been missed. And the reaction here is not one of rage. Its of disgust. People are disgusted with the idea that the military would be turned upon citizens of this country inside this country. Its disgust. Thats what people feel. But they have also in part ignored him because there is also more information that has come out while all of this was going on, just before the president spoke, about the autopsy both from the pathologist who the family hired to look into the death of george floyd and the Hennepin County medical examiners office. Both of those pathologists said that a homicide had occurred. In other words, someone had killed him. But they disagreed on exactly how he died and what caused his death. One saying it was cardiopulmonary attack and the other saying asphyxiation. And that was the familys pathologist who said he believes that this was death by asphyxiation. Right. Reporter so two very different methods of dying there, but homicide, he was killed. Both agreed that. Right. And, look, i think the distinction between the two reports may make a difference in a prosecution. May not. Depends on the charge. Depends on the case. Reporter absolutely. Depends on the other evidence. One thing is for sure, nobody there is going to accept any reckoning that what happened to george floyd with those officers had nothing to do with why he died. That is eerily reminiscent of what happened with eric garner. That it wasnt the choke that killed him, it was, you know, the state of his physical disrepair. Sara sidner, thank you. As you know, if theres something we need to see or hear, you get in my ear. Ill come right back to you. Be safe and be your best. Reporter well be here. Thank you. Reporter thank you. All right. One officer has been charged. A big part of the outrage on the streets is not just about the actions of what happened to the officers and george floyd but the inaction afterwards. Why did it take so long for that first officer to be arrested . Why arent the other three in the same position . That is a big question. The charges against him, are they the best charges . Do they fully capture what this was about . Those are big questions. And we have a very special guest tonight to discuss what happens with those other three. What does this case look like to him. What is justice. What do the autopsies mean. The head prosecutor, the very center of it all, minnesotas attorney general Keith Ellison joins us next. It only takes a second for an everyday item to become dangerous. Tide pods childguard pack helps keep your laundry pacs in a safe place and your child safer. 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The latest news in terms of the prosecutions or potential prosecutions of all four officers involved in the death of george floyd is there are now two autopsies regarding what killed him. One conducted by an independent party. That one determined that floyd died of asphyxiation. In other words, from being having his throat crushed by the officers knee. The other conducted by the Hennepin County medical examiner and they say it was a result of being restrained. This as the country is dealing with the actions and inaction both of which have been found intolerable. These cases all will run through the Minnesota Attorney general, Keith Ellison. He is a longtime government worker. He was a congressman. He is a social activist. Now he is in the pole position of handling the administration of justice in this matter with National Implications and he joins us now. Mr. Attorney general, its good to see you. Good to see you, chris, how are you . Im doing better than i deserve. I know this is the kind of position that you take very seriously and that those who know you would say you prepared a lifetime for. Lets Start National then get to your responsibility locally. The president tonight, no mention of what the protests around this country are about. No mention of any problem with policing ever. No mention of any problems faced by minority communities in this country. He said that those who are doing anything other than peaceful protesting must be dominated and that he will use the military and governors must crush this movement, otherwise it will grow. What does that mean to you as somebody who is in charge with keeping law and order, administration of justice, in the focus state in the country right now . You know, the attitude where you want to dominate someone, its exactly what i believe is at the heart of so much of the problems between police and community. Thats really what is driving this conversation. A spirit of wanting to dominate someone. Its not helpful. It has gotten us into the problem that were in now. And it would be my hope that the president would just stop it and not really comment unless he can comment in a constructive way. What would be your advice, mr. Attorney general, if he were to reach out to your state depending on your reading of the insurrection act of 1807, used rarely, i dont have to tell you, was used after rodney king, though, with the riots in l. A. Do you think your state would accept that help from the federal government, would they want the military presence . I will not offer a comment on that unless i talk to our governor who is, you know, doing i think an excellent job in trying to exercise restraint and restore public order. Its a very delicate balance, as you know. And its not easy. He thinks its easy because hes never actually had to do it and hes never taken responsibility for his consequences of his actions, but our governor is doing that. Im working closely with him to try to do all we can to restore public order and make sure we preserve peoples 1st amendment right to grieve and to raise their voices about what is clearly a historic and widespread problem which is Excessive Force by police. Do you believe that the people from the communities who are protesting are getting a little bit of a bad name for some of the violence and the looting and the destructiveness that is going on in some of these situations that is actually perpetrated or fomented by outside groups . Well, i an assure you the overwhelming number of people absolutely are there to raise the noble cause of liberty and justice for all, respect by Law Enforcement for all, Racial Justice and equality. There are multiracial, multi ethnic group. Now, i have seen evidence of people who dont seem to have any connection with the protests. Theyre not wearing tshirts. Not wearing flags. They dont have chants that theyre using. And theyre going out between 1 00 and 3 00 in the morning and committing acts of arson. And vandalism. Now, that is happening you know, some of the protesters have actually confronted them and photographed them doing it and its available and i think so i think that these folks are doing this to tarnish the reputation and the image of the protests and i think that they want to create in the public mind the idea that this is all a bunch of bad folks, but its not true. The people who are raising their voices are trying to make this a better country and i would just urge them to protect their protests. Take pictures of people who are doing things that the are going to divert the protests from whats real and legitimate and true aim. The president is going out of his way to make a point that these are leftwing organizations. The point for him is clear, he says i dont see any rightwing organizations. Hes basically ascribing ownership of fringe political movements to the democrats and Republican Party and saying in this case its all your team, mr. Attorney general, these are democrataffiliated groups doing all this destruction because you want to destroy america. Theres no factual basis to that. That is a political comment. Its not a factual comment. Certainly not based on any investigation ive seen. All right. Now, to the investigations that you are looking at right now, big part of the frustration was the time between what was seen and evident as, you know, textbook probable cause in the videotape of the alleged murder and apparent murder of george floyd but no arrest, and as you know, the communities that youre responsible for are filled with young black men whove been arrested on probable cause when there were no charges anywhere near ready to be filed. Not with these officers. That is now an outstanding question with the other three officers. Do you expect hthem to be at least arrested on probable cause . Well, let me tell you this. I got this case last night right about this time. Ive spent the last 24 hours reviewing evidence in this matter which i cannot ethically comment on as a prosecutor. And i can assure you were taking a fresh look and we plan to hold everyone accountable who is legally culpable. And that is what were going to do. I am committed to equal justice for all. No special treatment for any