hear what george w. bush has to say about america s withdrawal. we are now getting a better sense of just how unhinged the final days of the trump administration were and how much worse they might have gotten. among the examples coming to light, the nation s top military officer rallying subordinates to protect the peaceful transfer of power and perhaps even head off a coup. just one chilling scene contained in an upcoming book, i alone can fix it. and cnn has obtained a series of experts. in one general mark milley reassures his deputies about preventing a coup attempt following trump s election loss. he is quoted as saying they may try but they are not going to fing succeed. you can t do this without the military. you can t do this without the cia and the fbi. we are the guys with the guns. cnn s jamie gangel spoke about the revelations with anderson cooper. milley was so shaken by trump s behavior that what he did was he got together with the other chiefs, the navy, th
organizations. invested in communities of color, or put to a reimagining hiring practices at major corporations. and now a year later, how much do you think was actually spent? take a minute and guess? 80%? about 50? 25? what about if i told you that only half of 1%, $250 million was actually spent by these companies in support of black lives. i bet you will think their holier than thou pledges of. black communities and organizations were never going to get the support they were promised. but you would be exactly right. the one group that manage did get a whole boat load of cash was black lives matter. they pulled in more than $90 million last year. but only managed to spend a quarter of it on charitable causes. they have been so shady with the money begged the group to stop profiting off her son s death that probably explains why, according to the new york times, look at this, public support of black lives matter has cratered since june 20th. what a difference a year makes
reporter: i can go home now. okay. they sent the right guy because i would have been walking through the vault like i just want to touch it! they would have had to put me out of there. that was nbc s richard lui reporting. incredible. it is the top of the hour. it is good to be with you tonight. people across the country are venturing out as states reopen and companies loosen restrictions, but are we ready to unmask? as if we don t have enough to deal with, some members of congress are now saying we might have a ufo problem. we ll explain. the royal family speaking out about that infamous bbc interview with princess diana. her sons say it contributed to her death and to decades of trauma for them. also, forecasters are projecting a record-breaking hurricane season and we will graduate from this covid year with some words of wisdom from commencement day. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. you know, every
tonight. people across the country are venturing out as states reopen and companies loosen le restrictions, but are we ready to unmask? en as if we don t have enough to deal with, some members of congress are now saying we might have a ufo problem. we ll explain.eawe the royal family speaking out about that infamous bbc th interview with princess diana. her sons say it contributed to her death and to decades of an trauma for them. also, forecasters are projecting a record-breaking hurricane season and we will graduate from this covid year an with some words of wisdom from commencement day. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson.rs welcome to the week. you know, every week we see more signs that america might just enjoy a summer without covid.am fingers tightly crossed. this morning california s great america theme park opened to visitors for the first time in more than a year. california outlined plans for a full reopening on june 15th, a
pirates. president joe biden bashing the blue, the intel buried his police week proclamation that fuels the anti-police sediment across this country. aishah: thank you, the ticket to this the cdc director is in the hot seat over the agency new guideline for vaccinated adult americans, on thursday the cdc abruptly changed its rules saying those who are fully vaccinated don t have to wear a mask indoors or outdoors, the timing seemingly suspicious to a lot of people, the cdc director said the guidelines shift was all about science, not political pressure. taking all the data together we ve been working really actively this whole last week to try to move the science and move the data to the american people. can you state flatly that pressure has nothing to do with the abrupt shift in the cdc guidelines. yes i can i tell you it certainly would ve been easier if the science would ve evolved a week earlier but i m delivering the science as a science is delivered to the medi