i'm kate bolduan. thanks for sticking with us. push for police reform front and center in a new way. on capitol hill lawmakers hearing from george floyd's brother on procedure, and law enforcement accountability. as as we've been listening a powerful statement and press conference out of minneapolis. the city that has been center of this crisis. we just heard from the minneapolis please chief who is taking this on his shoulders, promising real and tangible ching within the department saying at one point, "we will get better." listen. >> i'm immediately withdrawing from the contracts with the minneapolis police federation. i plan to bring in serious advisers to bring in a thorough review how the contract can be restructured for true reform and

flexibility. >> start with lucy cavanaugh in minneapolis. folks can see, you were, still are, in the room where this press conference happened. take us through what the police chief really announced here. >> reporter: right, kate. a significant press conference by the police chief medaria arredondo. he spoke passionately and refused to mention of name of derek chauvin, the former minneapolis police officer involved in the killing of george floyd and outlined a plan in his words would shape a new paradigm in peacekeeping. they are effectively today going to stop negotiating, doing contract negotiations with the police union here. this isn't about salaries or wages, he said. this is about restructuring new contracts that take into account things like excessive use of force. like the role that supervisors play in responding to calls. in being able to address, for

example, misconduct by police. he spoke how difficult it is when you have grounds to dismiss a police officer for misconduct, that you have to negotiate with a third party that often prevent you from being able to actually dismiss that police officer. he also announced they are going to be looking at using research-based, early warning systems to effectively weed out, quote/unquo quote/unquote, bad police officers early on before things escalate to crises and tragic endings like we saw in the killing of george floyd. this is part, this is going to involve research that was used, for example, by the university of chicago, to identify that early on. on the topic of defunding police, he did not get behind that movement. he said he would need to see sort of a robust plan, in his words, in place, to assure the city of residents before he could get behind that, but this is what he came out with, kate. a significant new announcement from the minneapolis police

chief. >> speaking of personal, and in candid terms about his experience in the department and what he feels now that this is on his shoulders. lucy, thank you so much. go now to capitol hill. george floyd's brother testifying before a house committee. listen to this. >> george wasn't hurting anyone that day. he didn't deserve to die over $20. i'm asking you, is that what a black man's worth? s $20? this is 2020. enough is enough. the people marching in the street -- cnn boris sanchez, live on capitol hill. we've been watching, boris. it's still ongoing. what are you hearing? >> reporter: kate, gripping testimony from philonise floyd, brother of george floyd. he talked about lamenting, the fact he wasn't able to be there when his brother was dieing, being strangulated at the hands of police.

he said that going through this ordeal has been the hardest thing he's ever had to deal with but he honors george's legacy by coming here, speaking to legislators, bringing george's story firsthand saying they need to listen to the thousands of voices that gathered in the streets calling for change. listen to more of what he said. >> i'm tired. i'm tired of pain. pain you feel when you watch something like this. when you watch your big brother, who you looked up to for your whole life die, die begging for his mom -- i'm here to ask you to make it stop. stop the pain. stop us from being tired. george called for help and he was ignored. please, listen to the call i'm makiing to you now. >> reporter: also we heard from benjamin crump, a civil rights

attorney with ex-tentensive experience in this. these are the democratic witnesses. on the republican side they've actually heard from one especially controversial witness, dan bongino, a former secret service agent. someone who's a really strong defendinger of president trump, espoused deep state conspiracy theories repeatedly on cable news. he's effectively making the case police should not be defunded and the federal funds provided not altered. really, it's a question of whether the league system, the policing system, in the united states is affected by racial prejudice or not. that is the line of questions we're expecting these lawmakers to present to these witnesses shortly. we'll, of course, monitor this and brick you what ng you what >> thank you. investigating the death of

haur javiar ambler. video just released and it is tragic to watch and hard to listen to as he is heard saying "i can't breathe" multiple times during his arrest, saying he's not resisting arrest. he can't breathe. you hear him say it over and over again. cnn's ed lavandera is following this and joining us now from austin. ed, you sat down with ambler's parents. what did they tell you? >> hi, kate. local news reporting brought details of this story to light, and his -- the parents of auv y javier ambler said more than a year since their son died and taken this throng get the most basic, the basic details of his death to come to light for them, and that is what is so troubling agency they wait to find out more details about how their son died and why. [ siren ] >> reporter: body camara of a police officer captured the

final moments of hjaviar ambler life. they can't listen. sounds to familiar to the george floyd video. >> when you saw the george floyd video. >> i saw my son. i saw it. i just -- i said, that's exactly, you know, most likely, what my son went through. >> reporter: the parents sat down with cnn for an extensive interview the day after the horrific video was released that showed the death of their son. the couple is angered it's taken more than 15 months to learn the most basic details of how their son died. they were stunned that it all happened because javier ambler allegedly failed to dim the headlights of his car. >> could have been prevented, ay voided. if the officers were to just use common judgment. and don't do, continue to look at my son as just a big,

black -- brack guy that is, his life doesn't matter. >> reporter: it was just after 1:00 a.m. march 28th of last year when according to a williamson county sheriff department incident report a deputy starting pursuing ambler for failing to dim headlights as we approached oncoming traffic. for unknown reasons that triggered a 22-minute pursuit that ended in the city of austin when ambler crashed his car. the incident report says ambler stepped out of his car with his hands up and was unarmed. the report says ambler failed to follow verbal commands of laying down on the ground. mouth moments, several deputies were on top of ambler who suffered from cardiovascular disease and congestive heart failure. officers tased him. >> roll over! >> i just want these officers to suffer exactly -- go to jail. be responsible for what, for your actions.

they used their badge. they used their gun. they used their position to try to overcome people, and it's not right. >> reporter: ambler's death was ruled a justifiable homicide. determined the deputies acted properly and used reasonable force. those deputies are still patrolling the streets according to local prosecutors. riding alongside the lead sheriff deputy was a film crew we "live p.d." cameras rolling and prosecutors haven't been able to get their hands on it. they believe the pursuit of their son was entertainment and hasn't seen the video but has strong opinions about it. >> exactly what it was. he was just putting on a show to show he has the power. and he didn't care who got hurt what was the end. >> reporter: in a statement a & e says investigators never asked

for the show captured by the show's producer and it's no longer available. the video avoided as part of the show's policy for using it against private citizens. after javier ambler lost consciousness deputies administered cpr until medics arrived on the scene. it was too late. hi has two children. his mother carries his ashes around her neck and his father call kd him a gentle giant. >> he's my buddy. i'm sorry -- i'm not as tough as his mom. everything has changed since -- since he was taken from us. >> reporter: the williamson county sheriff is under fire for his deputies' actions. several commissioners called for him to resign. the sheriff said he will not back down calling the attacks partisan and cynical and back and forth also between investigators the travis county d.a. and prosecutors

investigating the case saying sheriff has stymied and stone wa walled education. the sheriff says that is fault. they go back and forth and the family is still waiting for answers more than a year later. >> hearing the father's cries is just -- it's just too much. ed, thank you for keeping the story, bringing the story to light. appreciate it. coming up next for us, as the, as states across the country consider reforms two police departments, a major question considered now in ohio. should racism be declared a public health crisis? and as republicans and democrats chart out their proposals for police reform sources tell cnn the would us is considering its own set of proposals on police reform, but does anyone know what the president would actually sign on to? we'll be right back. y

right now growing pressure across the country to curb

police brutality. of course. at least 12 cities and municipalities started to ban or already banning use of chokeholds by police after the death of george floyd. that's just one example of change and reform that is really being discussed in a very real way now across the country. one state is also considering something quite different. a measure to declare racism a public health crisis. joining me now, sandra williams, democratic state senator in ohio, co-sponsor of this measure. senator, thank you for taking the time to speak with me today. i appreciate it. talk to me about this measure. what does this measure, what is it intended to do? >> thank you, kate, for having me on today. i appreciate it. here in the state of ohio, we have introduced resolutions in both the house and the senate. the senate's version is sent to congress resolution number 14, declaring racism a public health crisis in state of ohio, requiring our colleagues to go

through the entire revised code and look at it from a racial lens to find out what policies and laws we have are contributing to inequality in the state of ohio. >> is this -- is this more a strong statement, a public declaration of the importance that this conversation that needs to be had in the state legislature right now, is it more that than, than changing actual policies? >> for years now we have been trying to change policies, since tamir rice, since alisa williams and others dies in the hands of law enforcement officers. this is in addition to what we tried in the past. nothing worked so far besides a task force put in place several years ago. this is a real statement. an opportunity for the leaders of the state of ohio to publicly

accept and say to the public that racism does exist and perhaps maybe some of the laws we have passed over the years have contributed to how african-americans are seen and how we're treated in the state of ohio, and across the entire country. >> republicans control the state legislature. of course, governor dewine is republican as well. do you have republican support for this, and what, where is the governor on this? >> yes, we do. but the resolution was introduced last week, and at that time we had one senator to sign on, but since then we've actually gotten two more republicans. so right now we have three republicans that are signing on. the first hearing was yesterday. i can tell you we had over 200 people sign up to testify within a three-day time span. yesterday we started the committee at 9:30 a.m. and did not leave until 8:45 last night. people stayed, because they wanted to be heard. the president of the senate and

chairman burke, both leaders that want to actually get something done. the testimony that they heard yesterday, the president of the senate sat in on the committee hearing, it was jaw-dropping, and i believe that we will successfully have this measure passed. >> and it's an interesting approach. thanks for coming in. appreciate it. >> thank you so much for having me. >> thank you. coming up next for us, just as the white house considering possible proposals for police reform, sources inside the administration are telling cnn they're worried that the president won't be able to leave his law and order message behind. we'll be right back. with a lifetime warranty. go from old to new. from worn to wow. the beautiful bath you've always wanted, done right, installed by one expert technician, all in one day. we've been creating moments like these for 35 years,

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republicans today are facing a familiar problem. one that they have faced over and over again since donald trump became president. how to respond when president trump tweets? most congressional republicans that cnn spoke to dodged questions tuesday when asked about the really jaw-dropping conspiracy theory that's pushed by the president on twitter since the protests and death of george floyd. the one when he suggested a peaceful elderly protester who is still in the hospital after being pushed by police was all a set up by the protester. beyond that, there is another big question that republicans and the president are facing. at this very moment. how do they move forward on

police reforms if this is the tone that is being set by the president? joining know mow, cnn's kaitlan collins and phil mattingly. guys, i'm interested in your take on really where things are and where things are going to go with this. first, what are you hearing from the white house about possible reforms? where the president is on this? >> reporter: the white house has not been leading onnie this issue. none of their own proposals. we saw progress yesterday this could be a moment the attitude is changing on capitol hill. you saw the chief of staff mark meadows go up and meet with other republican senators to talk about this. we know what's happening at the white house is basically aides are looking at what they're proposing. will take it to the president and see what he'll get behind and what he'll endorse. of course, that's a big factor in this. then we may see the president speak on that. so far, kate, he has not addressed issues, not said

whether or not he believes there is systemic racism in law enforcement as his top deputies denied they believe there is. you saw him monday as he met with law enforcement that he believes 99% of officers are good. so the question is, can he pivot from this law and order stance we've seen the president take over the last few days, the last two weeks, really, and turn that into the more police reform-minded conversation you see on capitol hill. we may hear the president say that as soon as tomorrow, going to dallas for a roundtable with law enforcement officials and community faith leaders, according to the white house. >> i mean, what are you hearing from folks inside the administration in terms of, talking about, can he pivot from this law and order message, but do they have any confidence that he doesn't -- he doesn't pivot. that's the thing about donald trump. so why would they think that he, he is, or are they kind of expecting that if -- as happens once in a while, that congress

may just have to jam them, if they even can get their act together on this? >> reporter: yeah. you've seen aides come up with carefully crafted messages. the president comes out, reads the words and you see him undo the mecssage as times. even now, aides trying to plot the path forward looking at the president's poll numbers worried he's losing the support from the black community he already had and the president tweeting accusing an elderly protesters of being antifa and raising things like that. times like that the president can step on a message white house aides are try to hit a middle spot on. >> yeah. so, phil, where do things stand on the hill? democrats have a plan out. republicans, we know they're, they have a draft outline, but honestly, give me a gut check on this. >> reporter: yeah, look, kate. i'll be completely honest. i generally fairly pes micsimis on capitol hill for legislation

regarding anything except maybe a resolution liking moms. this feels different. i understand feeling doesn't get legislation across the table and certainly doesn't reach agreement on anything, but the political ground right now on this issue of police reform shifted inside the republican conference. both in the house and senate. just take a look what senator tim scott, the lone black senator in the republican conference leading the senate gop effort to draft a police reform bill p. we've seen the outline pap closed-door republican lunch, entirety of lunch how to address these issues. the big issues on a policy side of things, republicans what they're doing based on proposals we've sooner to this point, the draft proposals, have a less aggressive version than house democrats have. a different philosophical take how to get to the similar end games. they want to use grant money as incentives to try and bring about some of the changes the local and state level whereas democrats want to use federal mandates for those.

that said, a legitimate effort is going on. the big question, democrats don't feel they need to compromise. republicans need to come to them and they're pretty far apart. if the president doesn't get behind this it isn't going anywhe anywhere, period. what he does dictates what happens here regardless of whatever tracks they're on now. >> leading us back to twitter. that's where they'll find out. thank you, guys. appreciate it. new reporting today on who was really behind the violence that we saw in some of these protests across the country. cnn's senior justice correspondent evan perez joins me now. this is very important reporting, because this gets to some of the narrative that we've heard from a lot of folks, including the president, the attorney general. what are you learning? >> reporter: well, kate, the picture is a lot more complicated when you talk to police departments from new york, from philadelphia, all the way to bellevue, washington and los angeles. what you're hearing from cops,

and from some of the officials in those cities, is that they're seeing mostly local, sometimes criminal gangs. criminal organizations, that took advantage of the protests essentially and took the opportunity to carry out crimes. looting, destroying police cars, attacking police. they're seeing a much different picture, from what we're hearing from folks inside this building here at the justice department with the attorney general, sort of parroting language from the president who says that this is all an fifa, all leftist groups causing chaos. again, that was accompanies some of the legitimate protests that went on in the last couple of weeks. again, if you're seeing indications there were gangs who traveled in caravacaravans. coordinates they're hits on some shopping districts in los angeles in new york city, in seattle. so that's what we're hearing from officials. so there are more than 50 cases brought by federal prosecutors,

federal investigators, in the last couple of week. a lot of it rioting. some of it is attacking police. what we haven't seen is any antifa. we have seen a couple of extremists on the right. people associated with the bo bugalu boys. they expect to bring some of those cases. kate, look back and see how often it is that the president says something on twitter and then it's up to the departments, the agencies, in his government to try to make that true. >> hmm. that's -- not the way it should work. ever. especially here. evan, thank you. >> reporter: sure. coming up next, the reality tv show long-running reality show "cops" pulled off the air, canceled. after the death of george floyd. are more changes coming to film and screen, and what is the world in hollywood at this moment? ♪ bad boys

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irresponsible. on saturday after michael b. jordan spoke out about mother aspemother -- another aspect of race in hollywood. >> committed to a 50/50 perile y periled -- parody, where is the black actors in hollywood? let us bring our darkness to the light. [ cheers and applause ] black culture. the center of protests, we've dealt with discrimination at every turn. can you help? leaders, black organizations. >> joining me now steph li anie lane, groundbreaking "boys in the hood." can't list all your projects, stephanie, movies including "hustle and flow" and "dear white people." thanks for being here. you fought through your words and work for years for diversity

and more inclusion in hollywood and speak up powerfully on this. what's your reaction to these moves i mentioned off the top? canceling of "cops," pilling of "gone with the wind"? >> i think it's necessary. i mean, i think without context for a movie like "gone with the wind" that you need to have that kind of context to talk about it. it's part of our history. part of our film history. it's part of american history. it can't -- i don't think it can be tucked away and forgotten. we have to look at it, but it has to be looked at within the context of racism, slavery, the war where we are today. >> i'll curious of your thoughts more broadly. what do you see in this moment? after george floyd's death, the protests that are demanding change, and so many industries already responding, and even real signs of real legislative reforms in the works are coming. what is the role of hollywood in this? >> well, first of all, it's very

exciting. it's exciting to be part of the change, to agitate for change and to really go out and make it happen, because for so long, i mean, i've been doing this work in hollywood for a long time with the academy, the producers guild, refrain, women in film. this is all systemic work that has been happening all along and incrementally changed has happened. the fact of the matter is now i think -- i get so many calls from my white friends i love and people in hollywood i hang out with are smart, kind, i wouldn't call them racist or liberal, but i think everybody realizes now's the time you can't sit on the sidelines. you have to be activity anti-racist. that's what has to happen now and i think what michael b. is talking about is absolutely right. we've talked about it for years. black executives at the table, gatekeepers making decisions

about what kind of movies they want to see. that's how change happens. black critics who can review our movies with sort of cultural understanding that a lot of white critics don't have. this is just -- it's just necessary change and it can happen now. i feel -- i'm excited, because i feel like it can happen, and that everybody's really galvanizing together to create this change. >> because it gets to, also -- not just entertainment. it gets to that whole concept of, you can only be -- you can't be what you can't see. and you can't understand what you don't open yourself up to. and i think if there's something more than -- should be more representation in the things we like to watch and listen to, but it's a real societal impact. >> it is. it is. and black and brown people at the movie theater, they spend more money there and our content is important. it's important. i knew this on "boys in the

hood" and john singleton who i love dearly really taught me that the specificity of our stories is universal, and it teaches people that we're human, too. you know? we have the same faults. we have the same loves. we come of age. that's what people need to see, and i saw the impact of that movie, how people called me and said, i had no idea these are boys out there. up know? so i'm excited to continue my work and i feel like hollywood is ready, finally, to really do something, and i really hope that this isn't just a week or two of talk. because -- >> yeah. >> that's not going to cut it. we need real change. >> am yule l. jackson was on with anderson this week and he said it feels like a moment of real change. akin to the '60s as a young activist. do you feel the same? this moment is different? >> i do. i was too young for that.

i wasn't there then. but i feel it now, because literally, the calls i'm getting, they're different. calls i'm getting from my best friends saying, i'm so ashamed i didn't realize what you were going through. i didn't realize how systemic this is. i didn't realize that by doing nothing i'm part of the problem, and i've never heard that before. i have never heard that before, but it goes beyond that. what i've said to my friends is call your schools. call your schools. demand a diverse curriculum. because we need to teach our kids about the middle passage, about how slavery, how america was built on the backs of black people. people don't know that. and if the kids don't grow up with that sort of cultural understanding how are they going to work in the world without it? they won't. they'll keep in their silo, keep in their bubble, the fact of the matter is the bubble is about to

pop, and it has pop and that's why so many are on it's streets. and we have to really get involved in local politics. local politics creates so many rules and regulations and puts people in charge of our lives. we need to know who those people are, research them, we need to vote. can't just wait until every four years for the president and the vice president. we need to get involved now. >> thanks for your leadership. for many, many years. and thanks for coming on. really appreciate it. >> thank you. thanks for having me, kate. >> thanks. up next for us, north carolina seeing a record high in number of patients hospitalized for the coronavirus. what is behind this sudden rise? the latest on the pandemic, next. and right now, is a time for action. so, for a second time we're giving members a credit on their auto insurance. because it's the right thing to do. we're also giving payment relief options to eligible members so they can take care of things like groceries before they worry about their insurance or credit card bills. right now is the time to take care of what matters most.

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social distancing. those are our only two strategies. what we've seen across the country is, as the country's opened up we have started seeing cases go up in places, and it worries me, because there's no obvious way to stop it without shutting down or without really aggressively increasing our testing capacity. >> that's actually what i was going to ask you, because there is a -- a sense among many in the public especially it feels since memorial day, that they're ready to just live alongside the virus and take risks. and i wonder what that means, then, when the only solution is, at moment to lock back down? seems troubling. >> yeah. so i think right now most americans are not ready to lock back down and i understand that. the bottom line, i understand peel are willing to live alongside this virus but means more will die everybody day. another 100,000 deaths by

september. that's a catastrophic cost. and we might see in some places exponential growth. rapid increases in cases. that's very scary. that's what we have to try to prevent, and we really do have to try to figure out how to bring the case loads down from these scary levels, in some states. >> also learning today kind of on the vaccine front that the federal government's going to fund critical studies this summer for three potential vaccines. one of these face three trials is, they say, set to begin next month, which surprised me even. what do you think of this timeline, and can you just remind folks what all can happen in phase three? the fact that the government is, is pushing forward in this critical phase what does it mean? >> yeah. so this is all generally good news. it means that vaccine development is continuing to tick along and i think it's great. phase three is usually the very large clinical trial where you have hopefully we'll have tens

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in georgia. in georgia a disastrous day of voting. no other way to put it. absentee ballot that went awol. the "atlanta journal-constitution" calling it a complete meltdown on it's front page. >> this is wrong! >> reporter: a disaster in georgia. >> we have people waiting in line in a health pandemic for four, five, six, seven hours. unconscionable. >> reporter: massive lines out of service voting machines, inexperienced poll workers and delayed absentee ballots raet a perfect storm that could foreshadow trouble ahead for the general election in november. the state one of the first led by a republican secretary of state to send absentee ballots to all of the nearly 7 million eligible registered voters because of the coronavirus

pandemic, but something went wrong. >> we're being told it's a situation with the machinery. >> reporter: natasha brown, co-founder of black voters matter makes ensuring access to the ballot her life's work but was stunned to find herself waiting for hours to cast her ballot and potentially exposed to the coronavirus. >> i stood in line for three hours. >> reporter: she drove around town to different polling locations noticing a clear disparity. on the side of town consistently on the blacking section it went to one of a the other including my own, people had been in line waiting four, five hours. >> reporter: on election morning, a caregiver took a client to vote in sandy springs a mostly white higher income part of fulton county. >> in and out in seven minutes. but i live here this is where i go vote and been in line at least 30 minutes already. >> reporter: she stood in line nearly two hours. courts ordering polling locations that opened late or

other problems to remain open past the 7:00 p.m. closing time. and state officials including atlanta's mayor urging voters to stay in line to cast their ballots. basketball star lebron james weighing in tweeting, everyone talking about how do we fix this? they so, go out and vote. what about asking if how we vote is also structurally racist? in georgia, the official whose office oversees elections pointed his finger at some county officials. >> just totally disorganized mess. they had three additional months to get ready for this. what did they do? they squandered that time. >> reporter: secretary of state brad raffensperger saying ballots were delivered to those radio requested them as of last week. voters waiting in line at polling places complained they never received them. so they voted in person, adding to the long lines. >> so many people i talked to today would not have been in

line if they had gotten that ballot back, and the county's process those. >> reporter: in this potential battleground state, a warning to the rest of the country. >> so we have a lot of corrections to make for the future. you know, i don't want to say i'm embarrasseds. i'm disappointed. to me it's a series of bad decision s and bad management. >> reporter: a lot of people i spoke to today in the election business say it's a red flashing warning sign for november. a lot of states believe they are prepared but they're not. man power issues related to the virus and will face problems of volume. we are seeing extraordinarily high turnout in georgia all over the country. many people choosing to vote by mail and these counties don't have enough people to process these ballots. and also they need, they're

realizing they need to keep in-voting a viable option. many, many voters you see from the lines want to be able to vote in person. >> tired for calls of investigation after the fact. it's their jobs to get it right beforehand, on the way in. thank you so much for being on top of it. thank you all so much for joining us. i'm kate bolduan. brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. i'm brianna keilar and i welcome you here in the u.s. and around the world. this is cnn special live coverage of two crises in america. the first after weeks of nationwide protests against police brutality and racism and growing calls to defund law enforcement, the police department at the center of george floyd's death announcing big changes. last hour minneapolis police chief arredondo announced he will immediately withdraw the department's contract negotiations with its police