that's a long time. if we calculated with the clock, that's how long he was laying there. there is no excuse. was laying there. there is no excuse. they had enough time. they had enough time. now what will we do with the time we have? as we assure the family out please let us take them out 1st. they have to prepare to go to north carolina and then back to houston where we will do the final services. they appreciate you all for coming. everybody else the city did the family. reverend brian will you come quickly quick eight?

give usa will you come quickly quick eight? give us a benediction, just a benediction. and we are going to ta ke benediction. and we are going to take the family out. everyone else remained in your seats. #if # if you will remain where you are for the benediction. good gracious god merciful master walked with us while we run this race. speak to us as we lift our voice. use our hand so as we lift our voice. use our hand so that they do not become this. change our hearts so that our rage will shift to rehabilitation. convict the country so it can finally be the land of the free in the home of the brave. we pray this prayer in the name of the innocent black man by the name ofjesus who was killed by a government and still rolls again. and with that power we

march on until victory is won. # music let's show the family. please everyone, please be seated except the family. please remain in your seat. as we escort this family out. thank you so much. please, please we need everyone to remain seated. ## # # annex and extremely moving, and extremely powerful memorial to george floyd. one of many events to

mark his life. it ended with eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence. the length of time george floyd was held to the ground by their children's knee on his neck. visible upset. we heard from george floyd's family describing him as a gentle giant. as someone who loved football someone giant. as someone who loved football someone who loved playing computer games. an ordinary person, a family person. and of course the reverend al sharpton who was ramming people asking them what will we do with the time we have now? calling this a movement, calling people to act. my colleague was watching also she joins us live from washington. it's been an extraordinary memorial,

extremely powerful, extremely moving. yes it was part religious service and we heard that incredibly exuberant gospel singing at one point with everybody on their feet and cheering and clapping. it was pa rt and cheering and clapping. it was part political with al sharpton making direct references to president trump. and his behaviour over president trump. and his behaviour over this week. but much bigger political points about the fate of african—americans in this country. talking repeatedly about get off our necks. you've had your knee on our next if you get your knee off your our neck we can do all the things that we have determined to do. in education, and health care, and jobs in the economy, just get your knee off our neck. repeated big political. it was also personal. it was a memorial service for a man who is loved by his brothers and by his

family. there were sweet memories of him asa family. there were sweet memories of him as a child, making stuff with a ba na na him as a child, making stuff with a banana mayonnaise sandwich. i don't know why that stuck with me. one of my kids loves mayonnaise sandwiches. but there were lovely memories of him andi but there were lovely memories of him and i think that's just as important to realise that george floyd was a man who is loved, who had a childhood, who was a person like anybody else. who didn't come from a wealthy background at all. came from a poor background in america as so many african americans do. much more likely to fall below the poverty line if you're black thenif the poverty line if you're black then if you're white. talk about how they didn't have a dryer so the quickest way to dry our clothes was in the oven. but it was a family full of love and there was always food for people on the table and everybody was welcome. i think it was that for an hour and a half we've listen to this culmination of personal stories and political appeals and religious calling. and that's what made it such a powerful

service. as you said, ending with eight minutes and 46 seconds. in the river and al who is a very famous civil rights leader here warning us that this was going to be a long time. eight minutes and 46 seconds isa time. eight minutes and 46 seconds is a long time to sit in silence and stand in silence. as he said, it was long enough for those cops to realise what they were doing. the cop who had his knee on his neck to realise and for the other three cops he said, to do something about it. a long time for all of us to think. it was a fitting service. a long time in television to spend eight minutes and 46 seconds in silence as well. but it was time for i think, all the people in that audience and people around america who had been protesting to think about george floyd and the last minutes of his life. it certainly was a long time. that's exactly what they redfern said. that is a long time. he asked about what we are going to do with the time that we now have, that appeal, that call to move forward. it felt like the reverend sharpton

was talking about a turning point. he described that so many people we re he described that so many people were coming out, hundreds of thousands risking their own health because of course we are in the middle of a coronavirus pandemic and yet they risk their lives, they went out to march. to make noise about george floyd stopped to make sure that this doesn't go unnoticed.- sharpton has been at nearly all of these events that i can remember where black people have been killed by police or have died in violent circumstances. he has been to a lot of these. he's given a lot of these eulogies. and yet, you are right, in this one i detected notjust a sense of urgency that he always brings but a sense that maybe there is a turning point. he referenced things that are different this time around. the fact that the rest of the world is watching. and we seen these big

protests in berlin and paris and london and australia, in tel aviv, the fact that there is this focus on this and that it comes at this moment perhaps after the coronavirus where we seen that african americans are three times more likely to have died from the coronavirus as white americans. and that that is added to the sense of urgency. we had already seen some changes the sense of urgency. we had already seen some changes fold up san diego police department just seen some changes fold up san diego police departmentjust yesterday said that it's going to stop using from now, immediately, that neck restraint which killed george floyd. nancy pelosi is just that she's going to blink delete not bring a whole slew of police reforms before the house. when he gets into politics is difficult to change things in this country. but it is a sense of urgency and we are expecting more protests today and right through the weekend here in cities across the country. as always thank you so much for talking us through theirs. my colleague in washington at the memorial for

george floyd has now finished. with that moving extremely moving time of silence. by eight minutes and 46 seconds. through which under which george floyd was pinned down by their children. it was very poignant memorial service. let'sjust their children. it was very poignant memorial service. let's just take you back through some of the moments. they floyd families lead lawyer was the one who started the proceedings. lawyer was the one who started the proceedings. it was not the coronavirus pandemic that killed george floyd. i want to make it clear, on the record. it was the other pandemic that we are far too familiar with in america, the pandemic of racism and discrimination that killed george floyd.

benjamin crump who is the lawyer thatis benjamin crump who is the lawyer that is representing george floyd family. george floyd's brother philonise was the first family member to speak. he shared many memories of his brotherfrom childhood and had this message to people across the world. all these people came to see my brother and that's amazing to me that he touched so many peoples hearts. because he's been touching our hearts, you know. you come to where wherefrom, people are crying right now. that's how much they loved him. i'm just right now. that's how much they loved him. i'mjust staying right now. that's how much they loved him. i'm just staying strong. asi loved him. i'm just staying strong. as i can because i need to get it out. i need to get it out. everybody wantsjustice, we out. i need to get it out. everybody wants justice, we want justice out. i need to get it out. everybody wantsjustice, we wantjustice for george, he's going to get it. he's going get it. ijust want i just want to take you back to

north central university with a memorial service was being held. it's just finished within the past few minutes. this is the view outside where george floyd's body will be moved. this memorial service was the first of a number of various services which will be taking place. this was the beginning led by reverend al sharpton who met george floyd's family a little earlier. announcing a movement at the memorial, calling for people to use their time wisely. all of these events will then culminate in a private funeral on june the 9th events will then culminate in a private funeral onjune the 9th in houston. and members of george floyd family have continuously issued pleas for the different protest that we can pleas for the different protest that we can sing to remain peaceful. they said they understood the anger that people have felt but they want peaceful protests. and for the

destruction of property and looting to stop. this is the scene live right now outside north—central university where the memorial took place. the coffin is being brought out now. george floyd will then have a private funeral for the family members and join in on. numerous events will be taking place across the country. june nine. we heard such strong words from the reverend al sharpton who was using, saying don't let george floyd be used as a part. he was urging people to use their time wisely to do something. but he said that, i am more hopeful today, he described this as a different time, different season, referencing the many white people that he's been seeing during the different marches that he's been

taken place. and he said that people in the hundreds of thousands were risking their own health during this pandemic. my colleague jane risking their own health during this pandemic. my colleaguejane o'brien is at the location where george floyd lost his life. jane, while we we re floyd lost his life. jane, while we were watching inside at the memorial service just talk us through what was happening outside. well a lot of people were actually following the memorial service online. this is the reason it was close to promote social distancing. not much social distancing going on here. and a reference to al sharpton rather been crump saying the pandemic that killed george floyd was not the coronavirus it was indeed this institutionalized racism. this sickness within america's police. as he called it. and what we are seeing here is a real spontaneous, grassroots tribute

to george floyd. people coming out from all over the city but also from the community in which he lived. this was his home. and people are coming here to the place where he died bringing flowers. paying tribute, really trying to make sense of what's happened. and to process where they now find themselves at the centre of this extraordinary movement that is sprung up sense george floyd died. a movement that so many people are saying to me that they hope, they pray, they wish, they hope, they pray, they wish, they need this to make a difference. there has to be a change now. it can't be like all the other deaths of african—american men at the hands of african—american men at the hands of police. there has to be a real systemic change within american society. the fact that there are so many white people, part of these protests, one white woman said to me that she was here because she couldn't stay silent anymore. that she had to speak up. she had to show

her solidarity with the people that she feels are being oppressed by the system. and i think that is what i'm saying here. it's not a black movement, it has become an american movement. as we are watching george floyd body being moved now, it's in the hearst now, when you talk to the people there, we heard from the reference sharpton that he is hopeful and i'm sensing that you are feeling, hearing that sense of hope, what you heard this long list of black american men who have died and have lost their lives, do you feel, do you sense that this death, this will be a turning point? well you can never will be a turning point? well you can never tell. i can liken this to the gun rights and gun control protest. we had a mass shooting in a america and everybody talks about the need to control guns. they need to bring in tighter regulations and it doesn't happen. what does happen

though is that local communities start campaigning for more localised gun controls. in towns and cities and states start taking action. and i think this is something that we might see more of here. a very similar sort of movement. you will see a grass roots approach to this. whether congress will actually act at the moment, being that we are in the middle of such a partisan environment and we have such inflammatory rhetoric coming from the white house, it's difficult to tell what will happen at a national level. certainly at this level what i'm saying within the communities that are most affected by this, there is a real desire for change in a real commitment to propel that change themselves if nobody else will do it. jane, thank you for the time being. we are watching right now time being. we are watching right now the body of george floyd. it's

being moved from north—central university. it's now in the hearst. of course, what was are a little bit earlier was the memorial service for him. the first of various different events that will take place to honour him. many different people at that service will stop it was a close service because of the restrictions in terms of social distancing because of the pandemic. but the world of politics and celebrity brought together during that memorial service. we saw kevin hart, the comedian, the actress tiffa ny hart, the comedian, the actress tiffany had a dish, martin luther king the third, the reverend jesse jackson. so many people coming to pay their respects. as we have seen over pay their respects. as we have seen over the last few weeks this incidence, the death of george floyd has sparked protests against the whole of the united states was up people of all generations coming out onto the streets. on that subject, you might have seen this particular

video from charlotte, north carolina which a man implores to generations of protesters to find a better way to express their pain. of protesters to find a better way to express their painlj of protesters to find a better way to express their pain. i understand but let me tell you something right here, he 16! he 16. what are we going to do? you tell me. this ain't the way. it's the united states the president said if you lose we shoot. but it's time to stand up. at this point i'm ready to die for what's going on. let me tell you something, right now it's can happen ten years from now and you're 26, you're gonna be doing the same thing i'm doing. you understand that? ten years. you're going to be right here too. but he also got to stand up for what he got a standup farce. but what you gotta do it 16 is come up with a

better way because how we ain't working. that man in the cap in that video is curtis hayes. hejoins us now video is curtis hayes. hejoins us now from charlotte, north carolina. thank you so much for your time. that video has been seen by so many people. it's inspired so many. when you first heard that older gentlemen just in such despair, what came through your mind? what came through my mind was wow, i'm 3115 years. i'm going to be him. there was so much anger and hurt in his words. i could tell that he was getting more and more upset when we choose not to listen. so at the time i decided to grab him because i want to let him know that hey, i hear you, i understand you. but at the same time i want to let you know that you are my own. you are the 16—year—old man's elder. i wanted him to use his

elder and not turn it into rage but use elder and not turn it into rage but use his anger and turn it into passion. and show us a better way to react. and you had that 16-year-old. they were a number of young people surrounding this man. you are actively talking at the 16—year—old, he sounded incredibly grown—up. in the way that he reacted to your passion. right. when i seen him i could tell in his face that he was young. and i asked them, how old are you? you young. and i asked them, how old are you ? you know young. and i asked them, how old are you? you know this was earlier in the protest and he told me he was 16. we our dialogue but as i was having that moment with my elder i turned around and i seen him again. at that moment i knew that i had to show my peers and my elder at that time hey, look at the 16—year—old. and when i pulled him in i wanted

all of us to understand that hey, these are three generations. and to weight where doing it right now is not working. because we are out here year after year after year protesting and fighting for the same change that we've been fighting for for so many years. curtis, we don't have much time but you were describing how you got to come up with a better way. what is that better way? i have several courses of action. the first one, everyone has to check their peers. check them if they are not moving for the right because, if they are not moving for change and they are out there causing destruction and chaos, you make sure white man, you make sure black man, white women, black women, check them, check your peers. also we check them, check your peers. also we have to continue to hold our leaders across the board from the smallest towns to the biggest cities to all of the state and hold our leaders accountable. right now we

have all 50 states protesting for change. we have the whole world protesting for change. now that we are on board as a human race it is now are on board as a human race it is now up to our leaders to join us so that we can again, get to that change that we've all been wanting for hundreds of years. curtis hayes, an inspiration to speak to you. anybody who hasn't seen that video i'm sure very few haven't. please do watch it. curtis hayes, thank you so much forjoining us live. let's move away from the united states because it's time for the coronavirus newscast. this is not been a good week for my fragile ego. because i was looking through good housekeeping magazine. on page 34, vicki young, chief political correspondent. laughter. it is you. i know. incredible. how did that happen? very interesting hearing that clark kent inspired you

to bea hearing that clark kent inspired you to be a journalist. then things get even worse to be a journalist. then things get even worse for to be a journalist. then things get even worse for my ego. to be a journalist. then things get even worse for my ego. this week, page nine, chart a blessed, next to michaeljordan, chris mason. hello. what page are you on? 34? stop it. chris come on the chart of less next michaeljordan and alexis mccarty b. —— chart of less. michaeljordan and alexis mccarty b. -- chart of less. nothing to do with my with her outfit. his party above me in the charts. —— cardi. my with her outfit. his party above me in the charts. -- cardi. how was goggle box? it all came about the brief story is it all came about because we are not having in the absence of makeup people to use technology quote gadgetry on television like this. welcome to breakfast with chris mason and rachel heard. i like chris mason. i like the confidence he has to pat us here in the middle. i love it. did

you catch your vision last night? we did. we watched it. the coronavirus newscast from the bbc. hello. it is adam and the studio. in vickie young in this video. and chris m mike socially distance competent news. down the corridor. a long—running theme of this. best chris mason. it has been a face mask as we chris mason. it has been a face mask as we call them now, face covering. and the advice that has changed through time in different parts of the uk about when and where not to wear them and how to wear them safely co m e wear them and how to wear them safely come if you do, cast your mind back to the 3rd of april, and when jonathan van tam, mind back to the 3rd of april, and whenjonathan van tam, the deputy chief medical officerfor whenjonathan van tam, the deputy chief medical officer for england, said this. there is no evidence that general wearing a facemask by the public who are well affects the spread of the disease in our

society. what matters right now is social distancing. and what is the government think about mask right now? today, actually the announcement came today from the 15th of june announcement came today from the 15th ofjune in england, it will be compulsory to wear a face covering of some kind on public transport. something that for example the mayor of london has been talking about for almost two months now. and if you did not do that you will not be allowed to travel and you could end up allowed to travel and you could end up being fine. the government i think, reluctantly but has eventually ended up in this place. and a lot of people saying this is far too slow and why didn't you do it ages ago? in the government saying now the time to do it because we are saying now the time to do it because we are starting to open things up. here is how grant trap, the transport secretary broke into the plane train, bus, and trim using public today. as of monday, the 15th ofjune, face public today. as of monday, the 15th of june, face coverings public today. as of monday, the 15th ofjune, face coverings will become mandatory on public transport. that

doesn't mean surgical mask, which we must keep for clinical settings. it means to kind of face covering that you can easily make at home. there will be exemptions to these rules for a very young children, disabled people and those with breathing difficulties. but broadly, as we come through this phase, we are doing what many other countries have asked transport users to do. interesting because they kind of knowledge a few weeks ago when the prime minister kind of hinted at it is become a pride pride, and the government still vague about the kind of find you might get if you don't have. —— a pride. turning up to war when we get to the station and a bus stop in the hope of peer pressure of the q and a bus stop in the hope of peer pressure of the 0 means we all put them on. interesting that the whole thrust of this was that we expect people to want to do this. they will wa nt to people to want to do this. they will want to do this and their duty and the example they gave was when drinking alcohol in london, was

banned, it doesn't