thousands of americans protesting the death of george floyd. the an armed black man killed it by a police officer in minneapolis. this has sparked days of mostly peacef protests across the nation. at times law enforcement used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds who were calling angrily for reform and justice. earlier this week the san ancisco district attorney announced significant proposals to improve the city s legal and policing systems. we are joined now by skype. district attorney, have you personally participated in any of the protests this week? good to be with you, yes i have. i have been to at least two different protests. what has the atmosphe been like for you? it has been wonderfuri teous rage, creativity, diverse groups in terms of age and race and background coming together to demand long-overdue change peacefully in an exuberant exercise and first amendment rights. there have been incidents ofa burglary, alism and at the beginning you ha
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hearing but again to reit tait what you just [ technical difficulties ] security all around there, and what looks to be like a rifle, but we don t know for sure, but this is what he is tweeting, and we want to take you to his page. earlier he wrote being told to step around bullet casings or blood as lots of evidence in the terminal. now being evacuated by police escort. police are clearing rooms as we move. he also tweeted earlier, now being evacuated, the escort identity checks being carried out. also we want to show you this image that he tweeted earlier. there looks to be a rifle being guarded by an officer. we still have james wedick the fbi agent on the phone. mr. wedick tell us what you see in this photograph. what appears to be a photographer taking a picture of a gun. is that what you are seeing as well? yes, it looks like they have got a rifle on the ground and it looks like there is an officer standing over it, making sure nothing happens to the scen
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. suarez: the world witnessed something today it had not seen since the 15th century: a sitting pope, benedict xvi, announced he is giving up the papacy. the news reverberated around the globe and stunned many of the world s 1.2 billion catholics. it was a big surprise because this doesn t happen all the time. and my first reaction was to pray and to call my friends, texted my friends and asked even my non-catholic and nonbelieving friends to keep us in their thoughts and in their prayers. i had never heard anything like this in my life. the pope has to be there until he dies. and he is resigning? popes can t resign. this hasn t happened in 600 years. a pope can t resign. this news isn t right. suarez: a pope abdicated in 1294 but the last pontiff to do so was gregory 12th in 1415. pope benedict s decision at age 85 came in an announcement made in latin during a meeting of cardinals at the vati
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. suarez: the world witnessed something today it had not seen since the 15th century: a sitting pope, benedict xvi, announced he is giving up the papacy. the news reverberated around the globe and stunned many of the world s 1.2 billion catholics. it was a big surprise because this doesn t happen all the time. and my first reaction was to pray and to call my friends, texted my friends and asked even my non-catholic and nonbelieving friends to keep us in their thoughts and in their prayers. i had never heard anything like this in my life. the pope has to be there until he dies. and he is resigning? popes can t resign. this hasn t happened in 600 years. a pope can t resign. this news isn t right. suarez: a pope abdicated in 1294 but the last pontiff to do so was gregory 12th in 1415. pope benedict s decision at age 85 came in an announcement made in latin during a meeting of cardinals at the vati