The supreme court. That will play out over the next couple of minutes. Well bring you that news as well as soon as it unfolds. Our team of reporters have been gathering all across the country as 50 states have now seen protests and demonstrations as a result of the killing of george floyd. At the same time, the National Guard has been deployed in about half of those states including right here in philadelphia. Were going to talk about that in a moment as well. We do want to begin with our nbc news reporters. We have ali velshi in minneapolis, ron allen in new york, craig melvin in washington, d. C. , and blayne alexander is in atlanta. Minneapolis obviously the epicenter of all of this, walk us through what we saw over the past 48 hours or so and where we are this morning there. Reporter yeah, waking up after a quiet night in minneapolis. Police did approach it in a much more orderly manner. I think we are up to 300 276 arrests between sunday night and early morning. This is the site at which george floyd was killed. There are demonstrations continuing to go on. Mostly people putting down flowers and signs. One Big Development is the frustration that minneapolis people have been having the Hennepin County attorney who seems to have been slow walking the charges against the four police who were implicated in the killing of george floyd. Only one has been called. There are calls for three more to be called. The attorney is being helped by the attorney general of minneapolis who is the former congressman. Heres what he said to stephanie earlier. I know that people are frustrated by the pace. But i want to ensure them, as a person who is dedicating my life to civil rights and justice, i am going to pursue justice vigorously, uncompromisingly. Reporter one of the things that happened last night, there was a demonstration by the river and a truck driver, truck drove into the crowd. Now, for whatever reason, by good fortune, the protestors had separated. It was a peaceful protest. That man was rescued by police because the crowd was closing in on him. There were many people in the crowd who were emphasizing not to hurt this guy or not to touch him. We dont know what his motivations are. He was taken to the hospital and he has been charged with assault. Ayman . All right. I want to cross over to craig melvin in the Nations Capital which saw tense moments. Give us the scene there this morning, how officials are responding to that moment outside of the white house. Reporter ayman, im going to step out of the way so you can see. I dont know how much of a Vantage Point you have here, to see the firefighters who just arrived on the scene about five minutes ago. What were seeing right now is these d. C. Firefighters are they appear to be making sure that a fire that was burning in this small building is out entirely. This was one of several fires set just a few hundred feet away from the white house last night. In fact, it was still smoldering when we arrived about two, three hours ago. Last night here in d. C. , fires, flash bombs, rubber bullets. Throughout the night there was a citywide curfew at 11 00 eastern allowing the folks who showed up here didnt seem to care too much about that curfew. After the curfew was supposed to go into effect, there was looting in georgetown, fires set in trash cans, businesses destroyed as well. Theres more graffiti around washington, d. C. , right now than you could possibly fathom. Federal buildings, riddled with graffiti. This church behind me, this is st. Johns church. Its known as the church of the president s because with the exception of one president over the last literally 220 years, every president at some point has worshiped here. There was a fire set in the basement of this church last night. I just walked across the street, i saw atf agents in the back of the church. The concern, of course, is that there will be more of this tonight. The mayor of washington, d. C. , Muriel Bowser expected to start a News Conference within the next hour and a half or so to update us on the situation last night, to update us on the plans for tonight as well. The National Guard has been called out. They remain on duty. The curfew, were told, is also going to be in place as well. Demonstrators, protestors last night, told me they do plan to be out once again here in the Nations Capital, ayman. All right, craig melvin live for us in washington, d. C. Lets go over to new york and ron allen. Some of the more notorious videos involved members of the nypd. Explain to us the scene in new york city. What are the reactions between the nypd and protestors and demonstrators that took place. Reporter ayman, were expecting to hear from the mayor shortly and the police chief as well who will explain what they think went wrong last night. Theres damage all over the city and many communities. Were in soho, you can see behind me the chanel store where theyre trying to repair the damage. Theres a lot of damage up and down the street. Looking this direction, down here. Stores are being boarded up. People are cleaning up the streets. There are sanitation trucks going by. Its a mess down here. Theres graffiti everywhere. There were huge crowds of demonstrators and protestors running through the streets of new york last night into the wee hours of the morning. It started in midtown, they went downtown across the brooklyn bridge, the Manhattan Bridge into brooklyn and there was a huge gathering at the Barkley Center where the professional sports teams play. Just a lot of damage. A lot of ransacking of the city. There was no curfew in place here last night. And today when asked about the National Guard, the mayor and police chief say they dont see a need to call the National Guard in here. A couple nights ago, there was some very some interactions between police and some of the protestors and the police insisted they were showing restraint. Theres a small element of looters, vandals, criminal element inside of the crowds who they say are hijacking these protests. No curfew last night. Well see what the plan is tonight. The damage here is just astounding, its incredible how much damage has been done to this to the heart of manhattan here. Ayman . All right, ron allen live for us in new york. Lets go over to atlanta, georgia, a city that has seen its fair share of protests and demonstrations but also seen a Public Appeal by rapper killer mike and the mayor of atlanta. Blayne alexander is there for more. Blayne . Reporter public names that you mentioned joined the mayor and police chief on friday night. Thats when we saw the height of the unrest in atlanta. Last night there were 64 arrests made overnight and police said there were no major incidents. A much different night than we saw here. The city was under a 9 00 p. M. Curfew. We know there were a far more National Guard troops in the area than what we saw before. All of this was activated after friday. We saw crowds descending here upon the cnn center, taking heavy items, smashes through the glass, trying to get inside but there were lines of Police Officers inside them. Hotels suffered the same fate. Thats why you saw a very different, a very distinctive shift with city leaders from friday to sunday. The other thing that has been really kind of watched very closely is this incident that took place saturday night between five atlanta Police Officers and two College Students. This actually played out live on tv, ayman. We saw two students who were sitting in their vehicles and officers surrounded them. At the time there wasnt a lot of context around what happened. We saw the two College Students sitting in their vehicles, officers came, broke the glass. The young man who was sitting in the drivers side was tased. Within 24 hours of that happening, ayman, the atlanta city mayor announced that both of those officers have been fired and three have been placed on desk duty. They said they reviewed the body camera and found that was Excessive Force and decided to terminate two of those officers. Ayman . All right, blayne alexander live for us in atlanta, georgia. To all of our reporters across the country, thank you very much for that update. As i mentioned, we are here in philadelphia and actually right off to my right shoulder, not far off in the distance, you see the statue that has become the epicenter of the protest for the past couple of days. Theres a presence of the National Guard. The police is here. Philadelphia is considered the city of brotherly love but theres a long and complicated history to this city and Race Relations, Police Corruption and what have you. The city as i mentioned, one of the poorest if not the poorest major city in america. 26 is the poverty rate here. Twothirds of the citys population is black, but over 2 of cityowned businesses are owned by the black community. There was widespread protests as well as looting that took place here. With us now is the Philadelphia City district attorney. Its great to have you with us. I apologize to keep you waiting here in the sun for a few minutes. I want to start off with something you wrote on twitter. You said that my office has been reviewing arrests all day. Criminals will be charged but we must protect the First Amendment rights of philadelphians who are rightly outraged by racist systems and corruption. Talk to us about what youve been doing over the weekend. How were you able to separate the peaceful protests and those that are involved in the looting and the demonstrations. The really good news is, we have had thousands of people here who are doing exactly what the constitution says, exercising free speech. The bad news is as with any National Sports victory or something of that sort, there are opportunistic criminals who are looting and doing other things in the city. And its happening all over the country. Its sad because in some peoples minds it means thats what the protests were. But they were not. The protests were good people expressing themselves about an issue that should have been addressed a long time ago. What were doing is what we always do, were doing individual justice. You look at the facts, at the law and dont lump anybody in with anybody. You figure out what it supports and you figure out whether youre dealing with criminal activity or protests. If its protests, were not going to charge anything. But i will tell you, the case that is are being pushed to us are mostly looting cases. There have been a couple of assault cases. Were waiting for more information on them. There have been a lot of people who have been taken in by the police for curfew violations who will be allowed to be released from the police station. We referenced a little bit the Race Relations in this city. This is the city of brotherly love, long history of fighting for liberty in this country. At the same time, there are a lot of questions about Race Relations. Were not far away from that statue, it was vandalized, it was spray paint asked its still standing. A lot of people may be looking at that, since he was a controversial figure, why has not been taken down . Should it be taken down . Should the mayor move faster and give the protestors a symbolic win. That statue should never have been here and it should have been taken down years ago. He was a cop who became the Police Commissioner who became the mayor at a divided time in our country. And he stood for Police Brutality and racism, straight up. That was his calling card. The fact that hes the only statue of a mayor in the area in the wheels of power is unacceptable to most philadelphians. Its been a flash point for a long time. It does not surprise me that protestors were trying to break it and tear it down. Theres no reason that government should be making a statement to everyone the way they have made it by leaving it up. In you look there, what you will see is a large contingent of Police Personnel up there. And theres been a large contingent for days at times when there was looting going on four blocks away. A government tells you by what it does, what it values. For whatever reason, they seem to value the memory of someone who died 30 years who did nothing but harm in this city. They should be going a different direction about that. You were critical after the developments of the killing of george floyd last week and you put out a statement that was poignant and powerful that underscores the relationship between Law Enforcement, district attorneys as well as minority communities. When you look back a week from where we are, what is your message to minority communities not just in philadelphia but across the country who have a very sour relationship with the police . My message is that we have to keep trying, your voices need to be heard, and one of the ways theyre going to hear it is at the ballot box. Another way is when it stops helping das to become governor, if all that they do is make police unaccountable. Police have to be accountable just like every other resident in a city. Its not complicated. You just deal even handedly with all people. But we have a culture that has Fought Police accountability for decades. What happens in that vacuum of accountability is what happened in the twin cities with george floyd. Thank you very much for your time. I appreciate it. Thank you, ayman. One other point we should note, this is the 35th anniversary of a very controversial bombing that took place here in philadelphia, the move bombing. That is when the city of Philadelphia Police department dropped a bomb on a group of black activists that were holed up in a house killing 11 people, including 5 children. Relationships with the police have been fraught for decades and all of that underscores the context in which were seeing the kind of demonstrations to police violation as well. We have been tracking joe biden right now, president ial candidate, hes making his first public appearance with the press revolving around what weve been seeing unfold in the u. S. For the past couple of days. Hes attending a church in delaware. Were going to have more on that as well. 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By taking metamucil every day. Welcome back, everyone. In new york city mayor bill de blasio is expected to hold a News Conference any minute now. The mayor is expected to call for an investigation into some of the actions that happened over the weekend involving members of the nypd and protestors. One video shows two suvs driving into a crowd of protestors. That took place on saturday in brooklyn. The mayor initially defended the nypd, blaming protestors for surrounding one we have known about that incident which were learning more details about it. Its not the only incident that is circulating that is getting a lot of attention on social media. There was this video showing what appears to be a member of the nypd, new york Police Officer, pushing a woman aggressively to the ground. You see her there as well on the street. There are a lot of questions about those two incidents that have raised a lot of concerns about how the nypd is going about controlling and policing some of these peaceful demonstrations. Joining me now is the borough president of brooklyn. Mr. Adams, its great to have you with us this morning. A lot of troubling picture that is weve seen amidst Everything Else that is happening in new york. First, let me get your recollection to this two incidents that we highlighted and how you see the nypd doing so far in policing these protests . A long relationship with fighting for civil rights, i march as a Police Officer, i march to end stopandfrisk and i change into my uniform in the evening to patrol marches. I know what is to be on both sides of these issues. We have to have a zero tolerance for anybody who wants to use violence against our Police Officers, but there must be a zero tolerance for those Police Officers who go over the line. What im seeing here with this truck and some of the other incidents by a number of Police Officers, is not acceptable. Take my hat off to those officers that show the high level of restraint, but instances like this is not acceptable. Draw on your experience for me a little bit. I understand in i believe you told the new York Magazine that youve been in touch with the mayor and