laura coats, next steps here. george floyd with chauvin in custody. where does it go from here? >> what are the actual charges? being arrested essentially means that you have been brought under the custody of the police but what charges are you actually looking at? you can't just simply have somebody handcuffed and bring them into a holding charge and not state any charges for an extended period of time. the question is, what will be the underlying charge? it need not be a comprehensive set of charges. they could add some later, they could take some away. but normally you'd have one lead charge to present to the judge as to why this person has been arrested and why they're asking the person to be detained. that's the second issue everyone's going to watch for. if he is, in fact, held on murder charges or some umbrella

term like a manslaughter or any sort of intentional killing or unintentional killing, the question will be, will this person be held in jail pending whatever trial may be down the road? now, these bond hearings can be very different in the same way that police encounters between white people and people of color can be treated differently. we saw that with sandra bland, the ability to access bond and khalif, a young man accused of simply stealing a backpack and was left to languish and we know what happened in his life after that, and he has passed away. we know how important it is, this idea of presumption of innocence, but also how ingrained in our system is them having to pay for the access for the presumption of innocence. the next step, is what is he being charged with? whether he'll be held or

released. if released, there are a great number of benefits to a defendant being released. they're able to be around the community. they're able to build a defense by having lengthy conversations with their counsel, being able to elicit testimony and aid in their own defense. they can't appear at a grand jury. they can't have their lawyers go to a grand jury to actually see what allegations are being led against them in that particular instance of that context, but they're in a much more beneficial position. so i'll look for two things. whether the hennepin county attorney is inclined to prosecute based on an intentional killing of mr. george floyd, and whether he will ask him to be held until the actual trial takes place. it will be a clear indication if they are going to pursue charges about how they will pursue conviction and ultimately, if they are successful, any sentence that would be handed down if these charges are actually leading to a

conviction. it's very tough at this very early stage, brianna, but all of these factors and of course, a judge will be well aware of the climate but it will not be the only instructive factor. certainly, a judge is going to look at the atmosphere in minnesota right now and is well aware of the tension that is brewing and we know full well what happened last night, but the court will be looking at the history, the criminal history of any defendant, but also about the actual severity of the crime they're charged with. if he is charged with an assault that's less than any of the homicide-related or murder charges, the judge will have a very different approach to holding this particular person because although he is no longer a police officer, i suspect he does not have a criminal record that would match a judge's decision that would normally hand it down to actually hold somebody, however, final point, it's very important to consider,

the actions of the police department to fire these four individuals is a learning to and signaling to the judge, this is no longer one of our own. this person has gone rogue. it's not in line with our policies and whatever normal blue wall of silence or frater inization that would normally occur is not here. >> thank you. we're just patst the top of the hour. i want to reset for viewers here and around the world as well. the officer who was taped kneeling on the neck of george floyd, derek chauvin, has been taken into custody. floyd, of course, died after these images were taken. we do not know yet what chauvin has been charged with. we're waiting to find that out. what we do know is that demonstrators said this is not enough and we have been looking at some live pictures of a rally where protesters are continuing to demand charges against all

four of the officers. activists there saying, obviously, while they welcome this, and that was not their words, certainly, this is something they welcome, it is not enough. also a first look at yet another recording of the arrest. it's so important to watch, hard to watch as so many images from this case has been. this is the angle that appears to show three minneapolis police department officers kneeling on floyd during the course of this arrest, not just one. floyd can be heard saying, i can't breathe, man. please let me stand. >> i can't breathe.

i can't breathe, man. please. please, let me stand. please, man. >> cnn has reached out to the minneapolis police department for comment and to verify its authenticity. we have not yet received a response. we have also not yet heard back from floyd's family attorney and not able to locate the person who took this video here. the fallout from that brutal arrest has been explosive across the twin cities. a police precinct engulfed in flames, demonstrators storming buildings and businesses and igniting several fires. more than 500 national guard troops are headed to minneapolis and neighboring st. paul where police say more than 170 businesses have been damaged or looted. i want to bring in miguel marquez on the ground in minneapolis. he's been our eyes and ears. do you think that this arrest is

going to change the tone of the protest tonight, miguel? >> reporter: i think there was a lot of energy spent last night and tonight may not be as bad but i can tell you that officials here are preparing for it. we were at the first precinct, which is downtown minneapolis right in the heart of downtown. there was a very, very large police presence there last night. there were a few protesters but there was great concern that protesters were going to move on that precinct or other precincts around the city. >> miguel, i'm sorry to cut you off -- the prosecutors in this case are beginning to speak as this officer has been taken into custody. >> good afternoon. i'm hennepin county attorney mike freeman. i'm here to announce that former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is in custody. derek chauvin charged by the hennepin county attorney's office with murder and

manslaughter. questions? >> what charge of murder? >> he has been charged with third degree murder. we are in the process of continuing to review the evidence. there may be subsequent charges later. i failed to share with you a detailed complaint this afternoon. i didn't want to wait any longer to share the news he's in custody and been charged with murder. >> the three officers involved? >> the investigation is ongoing. we felt it appropriate to focus on the most dangerous perpetrator. i must say that this case has moved with extraordinary speed. this conduct, this criminal action, took place on monday evening, may 25th, memorial day. i'm speaking to you at 1:00,

friday may 29th. that's less than four days. that's extraordinary. we have never charged a case in that kind of time frame, and we can only charge a case when we have sufficient dismissible evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. as of right now, we have that. >> give her a follow-up, go ahead. >> many including the mayor said the citizen with the video evidence available would have been arrested and held while waiting charges earlier. why didn't that happen in this case? >> we have charged this case as quickly, as sufficient dismissible evidence to charge it has been investigated and presented to us. >> you were saying yesterday, it's going to take time. what's changed since yesterday and this morning and now we see murder charges against chauvin? >> fair question. we've now been able to put together the evidence that we need. even as late as yesterday

afternoon, we didn't have all that we needed. we have now found it and we felt a responsibility to charge this as soon as possible. paul? >> what was the final piece? >> folks, i'm not going to talk specifically about this piece of evidence or that piece of evidence. you will see and you all are veterans. i can only talk about what's in the complaint. you will see in the complaint the evidence and put it all together. we needed to have it all. now, let me just quickly say, we have evidence. we have the citizen's cameras, videos, the horrible, horrific terrible thing we've all seen over and over again. we have the officer's body worn camera. we have statements from some witnesses. we have a preliminary report from the medical examiner. we have discussions with an expert. all of that has come together so we felt in our professional judgment, it was time to charge

and we have so done. >> based on the other officer's role in the video, what criminal statutes could apply to those the officers if it's not murder? >> i'm not going to speculate today on the other officers. they are under investigation. i anticipate charges, but i'm not going to get into that. today, we're talking about former officer chauvin, which we believe has met the standards to be charged and that's what we have done. whoa, whoa. >> how close did you look at the second degree statutes? are there intentional or unintentional on the surface that the video tape evidence we've all seen? >> we have looked very closely at all statutes. this is what we've charged now. investigation is ongoing. we have more discussions to do with our experts. this is the same charges that we made when we charged former

minneapolis police officer mohammed neuer, the same exact manslaughter charge. >> -- i've seen cases charged faster than four days. this is the fastest you've ever charged a police officer? >> the fastest we've ever charged a police officer. normally, these cases can take nine months to a year. we have to charge these cases very carefully. because we have a difficult burden of proof, and let me just say something about that. we entrust our police officers to use certain amounts of force to do their job, to protect us. they commit a criminal act if they use this force unreasonably. we have to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. the hennepin county is one of the few prosecutor's office in the last five years to successfully prosecute a police officer for murder, and we did that on behalf of justine damod.

that's unusual. we know how to do this. we have a very veteran prosecutor group aided by a very veteran investigator group at the bca. on top of that, we've had great cooperation from the fbi and from united states attorney erica mcdonald and she may have some things to share with you soon, but she does that on her own timetable. i want to say to you that i'm very pleased about that level of cooperation which, frankly, i'll say to you, doesn't necessarily happen in other jurisdictions according to my friends and the national prosecutors. one last one. >> the investigation took months, close to years, this took days. did public outrage play a role in the speed of this investigation? >> i'm not insensitive to what's happened in the streets. my own home has been picketed regularly. my job is to do it only when we

have sufficient evidence. we have it today. mohammed neuer was a very difficult case. we didn't have the kind of video tape we need. and we didn't, and there were all sorts of other evidence. it took us a long time. we do our level best to charge each case when we have the evidence to do it, but we cannot and i will not allow us to charge a case until it's ready. this case is now ready and we have charged it. >> clear the complaint not yet signed, it's in process and when it's done and ready? >> good, thank you. the complaint is completed, processed now and the signed copy will be made available to you today. >> the other three?

>> lrall right, laura coates, hs been charged, derek chauvin, the man who had his knee on the neck of george floyd, proceeding his death. he's been charged with murder in the third degree and manslaughter and just looking here at this statute, in minnesota, it is whoever without intent to effect the death of any person causes the death of another by perpetrating an act evidently dangerous to others and evincing a life and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 years. we were speaking earlier as we didn't know what the charge was. what is this going to say about intent? and so what this is saying here is that without intent to kill, but with no regard for human life. who wha what do you make of murder in the third degree here? >> the actual reading of that statute is so important to understand the state of mind and

the intent of the hennepin county prosecutor. what we're seeing here is that although we've all seen the intentional act of kneeling on george floyd's neck, we've seen the intentional act of ignoring the bystander's pleas for him to be able to breathe and the ignoring of mr. floyd in trying to actually have an opportunity to breathe again, all of those intentional acts as was the length of time, what we're seeing is the prosecutor did not believe that those actions was an intent to kill, but instead, is finding and decided at this point in time and at this point in time, it's important, at this point in time, that irrespective of the attempt to cause death, acted in a way of any anticipation that the person would die, he ignored and that was foreseeable, a foreseeable result of the conduct that was actually there. you see the support, of course,

by the fact this was not something that was sanctioned by the police department, the firing of this officer, the idea of the policy and the procedure manual only talking about the use of restraint of event only when there's a lethal risk posed to the officer or the person is currently and actively resisting arrest, that is not the case here. so you're seeing the prosecutor's office, i think, looking at the fact that this was a police officer and many people who look at these cases see there's a benefit of the doubt that is extended to police officers, what a reasonable police officer would have done, but also, whether this officer intended to get up this morning or have that interaction with mr. george floyd and cause his death. the prosecutor seems to believe that was not the case, that it was unintentional, but the law still recognizes it as a crime. you'll notice, he mentioned the case involving mohammed neuer, a

police officer who shot into an alley way, killing justine damon, a white woman who called an alleged assault of someone in her alley way. they ended up adding a charge of second degree, i believe, to third degree murder from third degree to second degree murder which was a higher actual case, a higher charge to get, so he didn't say there was room to elevate it, but then he also added a manslaughter charge. and the manslaughter charge tracks largely the same language of the murder charge in that it does not believe there was an intent to actually kill but a depraved heart, complete disregard for human being's life. but the picture we know on cnn, he has his knee on this human being's neck, what we also see is this officer's hand in his

pocket at one point in time indicating to people, further, that this was not somebody who was standing at the ready to repel any force used against him or withdraw immediately. when you have your hand in your pocket, you're not ready to spring into action or ready to fend someone. you're almost on your heels, resting on your laurels and you see that even if there was not the immediate intent to kill, certainly a depraved indifference to human life not supported by any real reasonable fear that you had to repel a lethal force copping ming you. and one more point, what about the other officers? and i anticipate those charges but not going to get ahead of myself here. >> i anticipate charges. so we're waiting to see that, laura coates and waiting for this detailed complaint that

we're going to see this afternoon. it sure would have been nice to have that before you have a press conference, right, because there's still going to be a lot of questions about that complaint. laura coates, if you can stand by for me, i want to bring in now the eldest son of the civil rights leader martin luther king jr., martin luther king iii joining me. thank you so much for coming on at this very important moment and we've also just learned derek chauvin is going to be charged. >> thank you. >> with murder in the third degree. so this is killing without premeditation, without intent, but with disregard for human life pretty much is how the law reads. what is your reaction to this on this day after so much hurt that we saw overnight in minneapolis? >> well, it certainly is a very good first step. the officer has been charged and arrested, but i really believe that all four officers also, the

remaining three need to be charged as well, and so while this is a good step, this is nowhere near resolution. obviously, there's got to be a conviction, and it takes -- it's a process, but it's certainly a good first step. >> i also want to ask you. there was something that reporters were trying to get at there with the hennepin county attorney which is, what changed between yesterday and today? they wanted to know what evidence did you find between yesterday and today that would change how you would approach charging derek chauvin and the reason they're asking that is because what we saw overnight in the streets in minneapolis. they're asking if the attorney's office, if leaders there are hearing what is going on, if they're seeing this demonstration of the some people who are demonstrating non-violently, they're not being destructive but then, of course, what's grabbing so much attention is the burning of these buildings, the burning of

the police precinct. they're asking if a different was made in how the response from folks last night played out in minneapolis. what did you think about that? >> well, first of all, i would never be in a position to condone violence, however, i do understand the great frustration and inhumanity that this community experienced by behavior of officers who took steps that became fatal in the life of a human being, so i also understand prosecutors getting all the information before they actually file charges. but i think the whole world was looking at minneapolis saying, look, we saw a man murdered. why is it taking so long to arrest someone? and so obviously factual

information has been gathered, and charges have been pressed. so again, i say this is a good first step, but they must go further. they must go much further, in fact, before total resolution of some level can be acquired, although, this man's life cannot be brought back. and this is on the heels of many other incidents we all know about that are occurring in this nation, brianna, tragically, in kentucky and in georgia, brother aubrey. so, you know, we've got to find a way to operate differently. because you're dealing with a powder kit but this is a good first step, this is a positive first step. >> can i also, sir, get your reaction to the president's tweet where he was suggesting that looters should be shot, that he referred to protesters as thugs? >> i think that a president, in

my judgment, is charged with bringing people together and bringing a nation together and not creating division, and it is appalling, but it is traditional donald trump. this is who he is. at some point, it's not who is donald trump, it is, who is we as american people that have elected a person who continues to personify language that is destructive and yes, we do understand that police departments are supposed to provide some degree of law and order, but to call for killing of persons is certainly destructive. violence cannot put out violence. only love and non-violence can, so we've got to be operating differently. our nation has never learned that message. one day, we're going to have to

learn that message. dad used to say, if we don't learn non-violence, we may one day face non-existence. that is still something that is perhaps possible but i believe in the humanity of human beings. even though it doesn't appear humane at this moment. i have to keep believing that men and women will rise up and conduct themselves differently. >> sir, we really appreciate your perspective. martin luther king iii. thank you. >> thank you. i want to go to the streets in minneapolis now where our miguel marquez is. miguel, tell us, last we spoke, we had not heard from the hennepin county attorney. now we have. derek chauvin, the officer who had his knee in the neck of george floyd charged now with third degree murder and manslaughter.

there could be more charges, the attorney says, we'll get a detailed complaint this afternoon and when it comes to the other officers, quote, i anticipate charges, though, of course, miguel, we don't know what those are. >> and look, this news will be welcome here as well, but it is not going to be everything you want to hear. i want to bring in trey pollard. you've been trying to bring down the level. played the press conference from the hennepin county attorney yesterday where he said they didn't have enough. how much of that contributed to what happened here last night? >> not just here. he struck a match across the country. the fact that he had the audacity to get on a platform yesterday and simply say that he didn't have enough evidence to criminally charge them was, i mean, it was astronomically the dumbest thing that anyone could have possibly did.

>> reporter: mr. chauvin has been charged with two, third degree murder and manslaughter. your reaction to just that fact. >> it's not enough. if you get two african-american males that's in a car and one of them decide to commit murder, and the other one don't call in to say something, we will be incarcerated immediately and then they'll continue their investigation. it shouldn't be no different when it comes to law enforcement. so it's not enough. it's a step in the right direction. i commend the county attorney for doing that much, but you had three individuals that were standing there that could have saved somebody's life and they chose not to. that's an accessory to murder. you've seen it happen and you could have did something about it. >> reporter: the president told your home people protesting last night, it was not pleasant to see. he referred to them as thugs. what does the president not understand about what is

happening and what has been happening in minneapolis and many other cities? >> what i will tell the president is this. the vigilantes that's coming to minneapolis that's causing all this chaos and confusion is caucasian white males. that's the ones -- if he's calling these guys thugs, then kudos to him. obviously, i know that's not what he was referring to and one of the things that i was always taught growing up is that if you insert yourself into ignorance, that makes you ignorant as the person saying it. so i choose not to indulge into that magnitude. >> reporter: you try to keep the violence down. now the stores, these are people, they did the daily shopping, they were able to get food. trying to hand out food today. what do you expect? i saw downtown minneapolis is locked down, boarded up. they are expecting more tonight. i was at the first precinct last

night, there was a concern. i know other precincts are feeling targeted right now. what is your sense about where things are right now? >> to be honest with you, when they deploy the national guard, i had to change my focus at that point. the first couple of days, i tried to promote peace within the protest and now, it's time for me and my organization to do whatever i can to help the community that's suffering. i've gotten over 300 calls today just simply asking for water and, you know, toiletries, toilet paper, paper towels, things to that magnitude. that's where my focus is going to be today. >> reporter: but do you think the anger has spent itself? >> no, unfortunately, and i just really want the people of minnesota and minneapolis to be conscious of the fact that we have to wake up and see the destruction that we are allowing other people to come in this state to cause. please be intelligent and not indulge in that stuff and if you see it happening, stop them. please, you have to stop them.

>> reporter: officials yesterday making at their press conference and then the arrest of our own omar jimenez today, the state patrol saying, oh, we just had to check their ids, even though clearly, he showed them their ids. what does -- authorities here need the trust of people like you and people who live in this community. where are they on that score over the last couple of days? >> i mean, absolutely horrible. it's always a cover. it seems -- that's the perception they are sending off. my take on it was, african-american male standing there with a microphone, they try to say they didn't know he was with cnn, which was obviously a lie. he showed them repeatedly his credentials and then to save face, they come back and say, we wanted to make sure he was who he was. ray charles could see what that was all about, period.

>> reporter: thank you very much, good luck to you. you have your work cut out for you. thank you. we're not supposed to shake hands, but thank you. i will sanitize after. brianna, i think everybody is going to wait and see what happens over the next 24 hours or so. there is great concern that the energy and the anger that brought us the pictures we saw the last couple of nights, it may not be spent and authorities are certainly preparing for the worst as they are trying to clean up some of these areas that have already been hit very hard. brianna? >> yeah, this is welcome news, but it's just a piece of this puzzle that they want to see there on the ground there in minneapolis. miguel, thank you so much for bringing us that interview. jim acosta is live for us at the white house. jim, tell us what's happening because apparently the president tried to play clean-up with the earlier tweet where he was arguably to basically incite violence in minneapolis, this

was just moments before his news conference. >> reporter: that's right, brian brianna. as you and others can recall last night, president post add tweet that said when the looting starts, the shooting starts. in just the last couple of minutes, as we wait for the press conference. about a half hour late, trying to clarify it and if we have the tweet on the screen, i can read it to you. looting leads to shooting -- i don't want this to happen, and that's what the expression put out last night means. we should point out, the president is quoting in that tweet last night when the looting starts, the shooting starts, he is quoting miami police chief walter headlee, who in 1967, unrest in miami, the looting starts, the shooting starts, made clear not only to police officers but to people in miami at the time, the miami herald at the time reported

headlee, let the word filter down when the loothiing starts, the shooting starts, and told any force is proper when apprehending a felon. that was the context of the original quote back in 1967, whether or not the president is aware of the original context of that quote, that is something we'll ask about the press conference in a couple of minutes from now, but it is hard to imagine that is not what was going through his mind when he posted that tweet last night. as you know, brianna, the president has a long history of incendiary tweets and incendiary rhetoric and even commented on the subject of how police should handle people brought into custody. he has encouraged police officers over the years to rough up people who have been brought into custody and so forth. described as we know, african-american professional athletes as sons of bitches when they kneel, take a knee during professional football games and

protests of police brutality and i suspect these will be brought up at the news conference which by the way the president scheduled to talk about what he's going to do with respect to china, tightening grip on hong kong, which he blamed for the coronavirus around the world and here in the united states, as you mentioned a few moments ago, the president before this news conference is starting trying to clean up what is obviously an incendiary outrageous and just offensive tweet which has the potential to spark violence, to cause violence, as why twitter put a label on that tweet saying that this tweet has the potential to glorify violence and lead to violence. as you know, brianna, the white house twitter handle, the official white house twitter handle, by the way, not the president's twitter handle, twitter handle of the united states government reposted that presidential tweet, that tweet from president trump about when the looting starts, the shooting

starts. twitter had to put a label on that. the president, i suspect he'll try to avoid some questions but i can just guarantee, he's going to be asked that question no matter who he calls on. it was scheduled for half an hour ago. we're waiting for this to start. >> the retweeting of the white house, putting out the language from his tweet basically disproves his clean-up tweet but seems to be all about changing the subject there, jim, as he's talking about china when it comes to coronavirus and talking about looting and shooting on twitter. jim acosta, we will come back to you as the news develops there in the rose garden of the white house. i want to bring in joey jackson and laura coates. joey, what is your reaction to this? third degree murder charge. so the idea here being that perhaps this death wasn't intentional, but obviously, a reasonable person would have known, a person who did not maybe have disregard for human life would have known that what

they were doing could cost someone their life. what do you make of this? >> i make of it that it's a very good first start, good afternoon to you. the fact is it's all about accountability. i have to say, when someone else in the community engages in what's deemed to be or seemed to be a criminal act, there's not a full scale wholehearted investigation, when you get all the evidence to prove someone guilty beyond a reasonable doubt before you move forward, the standard is there probable cause. in english, is there a reason to believe a crime occurred? looked at the video tape, don't have to go into all of that again, but that's what we appear to see but in the event we can split hairs and say it wasn't intentional or he didn't know what he was doing even though george floyd was saying he couldn't breathe, you had bystanders telling him, the man can't breathe, what are you doing, he's cavalierly there. you don't have to establish intent. you don't have to demonstrate that you did it on purpose, that you knew what you were doing and you tried to kill him.

now you get into when you talk about other charges and state charges, other levels of criminality, like what? like you were careless. didn't you or wouldn't a reasonable person know and believe that this is what the result would be when you obstruct someone's breathing? like recklessness, aren't you consciously disregarding the risk that someone would die when you have your knee on their neck, so at the end of the day what we're left with is this. in any one of the people that i've defended, what happens is they're arrested on that standard. the standard is, mr. jackson, why arrested? because the police believe you did something wrong. they don't have all the evidence. they're investigating. you can arrest, upgrade charges, modify charges, alter charges, what you don't do is leave it alone. however, we're at the place now where there is the arrest. now we move forward to determine whether the evidence establishes his proof beyond a reasonable doubt of guilt and i think the videotape with other types of testimony will be telling as to

that. final point, brianna, and that's this. the first good thought but anyone and everyone who was accountable for this death here including the officers who intended and did nothing, that would be further account abou aboutabiliabou ability. not just the firing but other charges as well. >> he said, what do you think the possibilities are for those other three officers? >> although focusing on the most dangerous perpetrator may seem like a good idea, also a legally sound premise here because you're talking about accomplice liability, whether someone acting in concert or aiding in some way or failing to act to save someone's life when you had a legal duty to protect them, all of them require the foundational element of who was the immediate aggressor, who was the person who had the most

direct causal connection to the person who was killed, then you expand and almost work backwards from there and look at the collateral impact of everyone around there, so looking and starting with that person make it is most sense because i believe everyone else who made the charge will be based off of what the conduct they could have prevented and chose not to, but one thing you have to look at here is whenever a prosecutor is looking at the cases of the charges they're bringing, we're always having an eye towards what the possible defenses will be. when you look at this, normally, you would say the police officer is involved in the killing or shooting death of an unarmed person or somebody who even was armed, the immediate discussion for the officer is their self-defense claim, the discussion of, well, this person was acting in the kill or be killed context of life. well, here, we are talking about putting it in the realm, as joey is talking about, of an unintentional killing. what does that do to a

self-defense claim? it essentially says, it undermines it and says, you didn't intend to do so but you didn't have some basis to believe that you were being harmed. there was no evidence to support that somehow you thought it was kill or be killed. your hands in your pocket, the person is no longer resisting and i can repeat this. let's be very clear. resisting suffocation is not resisting arrest. >> that's right. >> all the factors at play here, it's a consideration. >> i was going to say, it certainly is. at what point, they say he's resisting officers, he appears to be resisting death. resisting suffocation. i want to have you stand by for a moment. that's a conversation i want to continue with you here, laura. first, get in a quick break because we are expecting comments from the white house. the president maybe having to answer if he will take questions for his tweets suggesting that looters will be shot. we'll be back in just a moment.

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we're following breaking news here at cnn. derek chauvin, the officer who had his knee on the neck of george floyd leading to george floyd's death has been taken into custody and charged, charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. hennepin county county's attorney anticipating charges for the other three officers as well. chauvin, if to be convicted, carries a sentence up to 25 years in prison. we are, as well, as you can see on the right side of your screen awaiting the the president, president trump is going to be speaking from the rose garden at the white house and this is about china, but this is coming amid controversial tweets of his about shooting looters. as we were watching that, we'll bring you the press conference as soon as it begins from the

white house. i want to bring in retired nypd detective for the black law enforcement alliance. thank you so much for being with us. i just want to continue a point that our laura coates made about george floyd was not resisting arrest. he was resisting suffocation, and we've seen this over and over where at a certain point, i mean, look. trying to fight for your life is a very human instinct, and that is what we have seen, not just in george floyd's case but in the case of eric garner, for instance, other black men who have been restrained and then died as a result of the tactics used by police. how do you think that plays out in this discussion legally between police and certainly, i guess, how do you think that is going to play out in this discussion about what happened?

>> it's going to be a huge area. each topic of debate, whether or not in the case of mr. floyd was being active or reactive and a lot of times, this comes up with issues of what we call officer created jeopardy where a police officer may engage in a course of conduct that is unlawful, illegal, violates some departmental policy but as a result of their engagement in the conduct, the person holds the victim in a response that is a threat to their life and then the same dynamic that goes on to create jeopardy as you will have with this, and that is, what's the culpability, the responsibility? what actions are the victim in this case?

knows his actions, but for his actions, this wouldn't have occurred, but i think black folk are very familiar. we have a sort of muscle memory. we understand the dynamics. >> all right, stand by for us, if you will. we're awaiting a press conference from the president at the white house. we're going to get in a quick break and amid his tweets, essentially inciting violence in minneapolis, we're going to hear what he said if reporters can get questions in. we'll be back in a moment.

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relationship with china and several new measures to protect american security and prosperity. china's pattern of misconduct is well known. for decades, they've ripped off the united states like no one has ever done before. hundreds of billions of dollars a year were lost dealing with china, especially over the years during the prior administration. china raided our factories, offshored our jobs, gutted our industries, stole our intellectual property, and violated their commitments under the world trade organization. to make matters worse, they're considered a developing nation, getting all sorts of benefits that others including the united states are not entitled to, but i have never solely blamed china for this. they were able to get away with the theft like no one was able tobecause of past politicians a

frankly past presidents. but unlike those who came before, my administration negotiated and fought for what was right. it's called fair and reciprocal treatment. china has also unlaw flay claimed territory in the pacific ocean, threatening freedom of navigation and international trade. and they broke their word to the world on ensuring the autonomy of hong kong. the united states wants an open and constructive relationship with china but achieving that relationship requires us to vigorously defend our national interests. the chinese government has continually violated its promises to us and so many other nations. these plain facts cannot be overlooked or swept aside. the world is now suffering as a result of the malfeasance of the

chinese government. china's cover-up of the wuhan virus allowed the disease to spread all over the world, instigating a global pandemic that has cost more than 100,000 american lives and over a million lives worldwide. chinese officials ignored their reporting obligations to the world health organization and pressured the world health organization to mislead the world when the virus was first discovered by chinese authorities. countless lives have been taken and profound economic hardship has been inflicted all around the globe. they strongly recommended against me doing the early ban from china, but i did it any way. it was proven to be 100% correct. china has totally control over the world health organization. despite only paying $40 million per year compared to what the united states has been paying,

which is approximately $450 million a year. we have detailed the reforms that it must make and engaged with them directly but they have refused to act. because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today terminating our relationship with the world health organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs. the world needs answers from china on the virus. we must have transparency. why is it that china shut off infected people from wuhan to all other parts of china. it went nowhere else. it didn't go to beijing, it went nowhere else. but they allowed them to travel throughout the world including europe and the united states. the death and destruction caused by this is incalculable.

we must have answers not only for us but for the rest of the world. this pandemic has underscored the crucial importance of building up america's economic independence, reassuring our critical supply cain chains and protecting our technological advances. for years the government of china has conducted he espionago steal our industrial secrets of which there are many. today we will suspend the entry of certain foreign nationals from china who we have identified as potential security risks. i am also taking action to protect the integrity of america's financial system, by far the best in the world. i'm instructing my presidential working group on financial

markets to study the differing practices of chinese companies listed on the u.s. financial markets with the goal of protecting american investors. investment firms should not be subjecting clients to the hidden and undue risks associated with financing chinese companies that do not play by the same rules. americans are entitled to fairness and transparency. several of the most significant actions we're taking pertain to deeply troubling situations unfolding in hong kong. this week china imposed control over hong kong security. this is a plain violation of beijing's treaty obligations with the united kingdom in the declaration of 1984 and explicit provisions of hong kong's basic law. it has 27 years to go.

the chinese government's move against hong kong is the latest in a series of measures that are diminishing the city's long-standing and very proud status. this is a tragedy for the people of hong kong. the people of china and indeed the people of the world. china claims it is protecting national security. but the truth is that hong kong was secure and prosperous as a free society. beijing's decision reverses all of that. it extends the reach of china's invasive state security apparatus into what was formally a bastion of liberty. china's latest incursion and along with recent developments that degraded the territory freedoms makes clear hong kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous to warrant the special treatment we have afforded the territory since the

handover. china has replaced the prorm prorm issed formula of one country two systems with one country one system. and therefore we begin the process of eliminating policy exceptions that give hong kong different and special treatment. my announcement today will affect the full range of agreements we have with hong kong, from our extradition treaty to our export controls on dual use technologies and more with few exceptions. we'll be revising the state department travel advisory for hong kong to reflect the increased danger of surveillance and punishment by the chinese state security apparatus. we will take action to revoke hong kong's preferential treatment as a separate customs and travel territory from the rest of china. the united states will also take necessary steps to anxious prc

and hong kong individuals directly involved in eroding hong kong's autonomy and if you take a look, smoothering, absolutely smoothering hong kong's freedom. our actions will be strong. our actions will be meaningful. more than two decades on a rainy night in 1997, british soldiers lowered the union flag and chinese soldiers raised the chinese flag in hong kong. the people of hong kong fell simultaneously proud of her chinese heritage and their unique hong kong identity. the people of hong kong hope that in the years and decades to come, china would increasingly come to resemble it's most radiant and dynamic city. the rest of the world was electrified by a sense of optimism that hong kong was a glimpse into china's future not

that hong kong would grow into a reflection of china's past. in every decision i will continue to proudly defend and protect the workers, families and citizens of the united states of america. thank you very much. thank you. >> and president trump there announcing that hong kong is no longer autonomous from china. will take action to end u.s. policies that give hong kong special treatment but this is all happening amid his tweets about minneapolis. he said that when the looting starts, the shooting starts. he tweeted that overnight. he tried to clean that up right before his press conference today but he took no questions because the questions clearly would have been about what he said. a tweet that, according to

twitter, was inciting violence. i wan to bring david culver in for us. he's covering this from china. talk to us about this development as the president tries to take aim here. what does this actually do, how is this going to be received? >> well, it was certainly a lot that he covered in that and there is a big context that we have to grasp. for one, it is not being received well here in china and i could say that without hearing from officials because our freed in broadcast when the president was speaking went out to black and that is kplon when things are sensitive and simply put the chinese government doesn't like it. and that is the case. and the president talked about termib ating his relationship with the world health organization because he believes that china has simply controlled the w.h.o. and how they have simply dictated what has gone on

with the handling of this virus early on. now it is also worth noting that the president mentioned several other realities playing out within hong kong and the fear over the border there. he's talking about removing certain policies that now contribute to that special trade status. this is really the tariff free in some cases enjoyment that the businesses have there and so for that to be rolled back, that will be significant not only for those international companies, but also for u.s. companies, quite frankly. that will impact them as well. he's talking about even changing some of the immigration policies for those who come from hong kong into the u.s. what is happening here as the president has portrayed it is they are removing the border and in mir mind hong kong is part of china and in a complete sense he brought up what is a real concern in china and with the new national security law that the state security