investigating mr. trump's inner circle. we're live in cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world, i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. thank you for joining us. u.s. president donald trump's return to the campaign trail wasn't as dramatic as he had hoped. the much smaller than expected crowd at his much hyped rally in tulsa on saturday didn't discourage him from attacking proteste protesters, joe biden, the media and coronavirus testing. the trump campaign said almost 1 million people requested tickets for the rally, but an outdoor event was canceled when only dozens of people showed up. and at the main event inside the bok center, many seats in the

upper stands were left empty. here was mr. trump trying to paint the protests outside the arena as violent. >> the left is trying to do everything they can to stop us. every hour of every day including even violence and mayhem, they'll do anything they can to stop us. look what happened tonight. look at what happened tonight. law enforcement said, sir, they can't be outside, it is too dangerous. we had a bunch of maniacs come and sort of attack our city. the mayor and the governor did a great job. but they were very violent people. >> some are wondering whats weigh tahe was talking about because tulsa police said protests were largely peaceful. back in the arena, the president sent a long time defending his awkward walk at west point, that one. he also mocked joe biden

describing his democratic rival as a public et of the radical left. and astonishingly he said he wanted to slow down covid-19 testing so fewer cases would be reported. the disease has killed almost 120,000 people in the united states, but in describing it, the president even used a racist term. >> by the way, it is a disease without question. has more names than any disease in history. i can name kung flu. i can name 19 different versions of names. >> the white house quickly tried to back track trump's comment about testing and officials saying the president was just kidding. cnn's ryan nobles was at the rally. here's his report. >> reporter: president trump kicked back off his campaign for

re-election in tulsa, oklahoma, on saturday night. the first campaign rally the president has been able to have since early march after the breakout of the coronavirus pandemic. the president hoping for a big crowd. leading up to the event, he was promising as many as 20,000 people inside the arena where we're standing and then maybe as many as 40,000, 50,000, up to 100,000 outside. didn't turn out to be the case. they were unable to fill this particular venue and ended up not being any kind of program outside. president blaming the lower than expected attendance on protesters outside saying they were denying people from being able to get into the venue and also blaming the news media saying we were scaring people leading up to the event because of our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. we should point out we have reporters outside the venue all day, very, very few protesters at all. there were some entrances blocked for a very short period of time, but almost all of them opened right back up and it did not prevent 50,000 people from getting inside this venue.

the president, very long speech here, almost two hours, talked about a number of topics including former vice president joe biden, he also spent quite a bit of time talking about that awkward walk he had down a ramp at west point. also closed with a strong message, trying to convince the voters here that he deserves four more years in office and that they should vote for him for re-election. i'm ryan nobles, cnn, tulsa, oklahoma. >> as the president vilified and blamed protesters for keeping the crowds away, he also said there were some, quote, very bad people outside. but cnn reporters saw no evidence of that. martin savidge was outside the arena. >> reporter: these are the largest crowds of protesters we have seen today actually. and the numbers of protesters actually began building after the president started speaking. for much of the day as the rally was being organized and people were starting to make their way in, there were only about 200

protesters, greatly outnumbered by trump's own supporters. but then several hours later he began seeing the streets fill up with protesters. most of them representing black lives matter or causes like those that have been demonstrated against for the past couple of weeks. they're running right into, of course, many of those who were inside for the president's rally. it is a potentially dangerous mix. so far, it has been peaceful. it is boisterous, it is loud, and yeah there are a lot of face to face confrontations, but the protesters continue to work their way through the streets, blocking traffic, but really nothing more so far. martin savidge, cnn, tulsa. natasha lynnstat say professor of government at the university of essex and frequent guest on our program. she joins us from coalchester, southeastern, england. good to have you here. the president was met with a smaller crowd than his aides had promised but it was a large crowd, didn't fill the arena,

but let's talk about his performance, natasha. what you thought of his speech. at some point he called himself the champion of minorities, and pointed the finger straight at joe biden for what he said was biden's abysmal record in supporting black americans that was one aspect. >> right. i mean, i don't think he can really say that he supports minorities. this would have been a great opportunity to talk about juneteenth, and what it represents. instead he decided to spend 10 to 15 minutes rambling on about how he went down a -- was walking down a ramp. he did nothing to really reach out to all americans, and it makes me really wonder does he not realize that he's the president of the united states and not just the president to this increasingly shrinking group of his adoring fans. at one point, as you already mentioned, he referred to the

coronavirus as kung flew. i i don't know how he's going to attract asian-americans or really anyone with these types comments. and he spent time spewing out lies or falsehoods or inaccurate accounts. what would really appeal to the independent voter if they were hearing this rambling speech? what in there would resonate with them? and the other thing that i want to point out is the way he refers to the democrats as this unhinged left wing mob, that's not really focusing on reaching across the aisle and trying to unite people. >> right. and the rally comes at a time when his poll numbers are dropping, so one would think that top of mind would be to unveil a strategy for why he deserves a second term. did he do anything like that? >> no, there was no strategy. it was just his greatest hits of trying to attack the left, trying to attack protesters, he did focus a little bit on the

monuments because that's something that plays well to the crowd. but it is more like a stand-up comedy routine. it is recycling the same old comments over and over again. and talking about things that are basically untrue and that can be easily fact checked. but he didn't really offer much and i think it is interesting that he did this going to a state that he won by 35 points, and he couldn't even fill up the stadium, the reports from "the new york times" it was about two-thirds full. this was really all about him. not really about a campaign strategy. he's just going to this place where he thinks he's going to get all kinds of adoration, which he needs because his, you know, ego feeds off of this, and wasn't even able to accomplish that. >> do you think republicans in congress will be disappointed, perhaps would they want to hear from him aside from the types of things you just shared? >> well, they're probably hoping that he will start actually talking about policy and instead

of getting distracted by, you know, just trying to get these -- the base to support him. because they know, if we look back to 2016, he didn't win with a majority of vote in the popular vote. so he's going to have to reach across to the middle, a little bit, in order to gain more support. and they're going to be concerned that this is going to affect their tickets as well. those that are running for senate, those that are running for congress, they're going to be affected by the fact that he represents the republican party. he is the republican party. they made this deal with him. and he's completely unable to talk about policies in ways that might connect with independents and other republican voters, that aren't in his base of just adoring fans. >> let's talk about the issue that so many americans are involved in right now. during a speech, he bashed protesters who support black lives matter and police reform. will this hurt him or help him

with the supporters? if he continues to ignore an issue which has galvanized americans, who are still in the streets, trying to bring attention to this issue and doing it. >> i think we're seeing with the poll numbers that on average all the polls show that he has 55% disapproval rate, which is incredibly high at a time when you need the numbers to change. so he's really only speaking to this base that isn't that large and is not large enough for him to win the election with that. and the other problem is he's completely activated the democrats and people who in the past may have not gone out to vote, would have voted democrat, but didn't want to vote. so we see that on the left side of -- the progressive side, people are active, more likely to vote than ever, and he's doing nothing to unite people. and that's going to be a problem. >> natasha lindstaedt, thank you

for joining us. >> thank you for having me. the top federal prosecutor in new york who has investigated some of the president's close associates now says he is stepping down. geoffrey berman's resignation came a day after saying he would not resign. attorney general william barr asked the u.s. president to fire him, which he says the president did. but curiously the president says it was barr's decision and he was not involved. evan mcmorris santoro unravels this very public power struggle. >> i'm just here to do my job. >> reporter: on saturday morning, geoffrey berman walked into his manhattan office is vowing to keep working as one of america's highest profile federal prosecutors. by late afternoon, he was replaced by a presidential order. in between came the end of a dramatic battle between berman, the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, and william barr, the u.s. attorney general. berman refused to step down friday after barr issued a surprise statement announcing

berman had resigned, a move berman said never happened. on saturday afternoon, barr sent a letter to berman saying because he refused to step down, the president had fired him. and replaced him with an assistant u.s. attorney. berman is an experienced federal prosecutor and former defense attorney. he's also an active republican. he donated $5400 to president trump's campaign in 2016, worked in the president's transition team, and was a former law partner of trump lawyer rudy giuliani. berman was first appointed to the position of u.s. attorney in 2018. after his predecessor was fired after he refused to resign. the same thing has now happened to berman. after initial concerns over his past associations with trump, berman continued the southern district's tradition of independence. >> politics does not enter into our decision-making on charging a case. we bring a case, when the case is ready to be brought. >> reporter: the office has overseen prosecutions of high profile figures in trump's

orbit. friday night berman said our investigations will move forward without delay or interruption. all this comes as a trump administration is actively removing government employees who have investigated and prosecuted trump officials. independent counsels removed from federal agencies, federal prosecutors have alleged meddling from barr in cases against trump's former national security adviser michael flynn and campaign adviser roger stone. trump has been considering removing berman since the middle of 2018, two sources tell cnn. and now berman is out of a job. trump fired him, but told reporters the ouster was barr's call. >> that's his department, not my department. but we have a very capable attorney general, so that's really up to him. i'm not involved. >> reporter: now that he's gone, what happens next is anyone's guess. evan mcmorris santoro, cnn, new york. now former u.s. geoffrey

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when you do testing to that extent, you're going to find more people, you're going to find more cases. so i said to my people, slow the testing down, please. >> a white house official says the president was not being serious when he said that, but is the coronavirus anything to joke about? oklahoma where that rally was held is one of many states seeing an uptick in cases and the virus has now killed nearly 120,000 americans on the president's watch. for more, let's turn to dr. keith neil from derby,

england, infectious disease professor at nottingham university. thank you for coming on. good morning. >> good morning. >> president trump perhaps did not get the crowds he promised there, but there were thousands at this rally and about 90% without masks. that was the estimate. and there are plans for another rally in a state that is spiking as well with cases. are these rallies reckless? >> i wouldn't say reckless, but they are not very clever. i think the answer quite clearly throughout europe we found mass gatherings and when this was looked at across 28 to 30 countries in europe, it was suggested that was the most important thing to stop and slow the spread of covid-19, was banning mass gatherings of any form. i think the wearing of -- also some of it you had -- we had demonstrations on black lives matters in this country and other parts of europe. they're more outside, so the risk is less, but still a risk

in any mass gathering whether inside or outside and most mass gatherings that were evaluated were essentially inside -- outside mass gatherings and inside just makes it a lot worse. >> well, during that rally he made a joke about testing, if we slowed it down, it would slow cases. he said that was a joke. but that's not really true, is it? our sanjay gupta reported the increase in cases is outpacing the increase in testing. >> i think the only -- one of the i was of stways of stoppings doing more and more and more testing. in many parts of europe we're testing so many people, our positive rate is coming in at 1% to 2%, which is not that much higher than the number of people who have got the disease without symptoms, in the background population. so really the more people you can test, the more people you can then isolate and contact trace, and slow the spread. my message would be more, more,

more testing. >> right. because the u.s. is approaching 120,000 deaths with spikes in several states. and these states continue to open up. we know that europe stayed locked down a bit longer and that might be why they're not seeing this resurgence that we're seeing in the united states. >> i think actually looking at the figures in the united states, some from your own websites, and others from the bbc was that this is really lots of different outbreaks all rolled into one country. you 50 different states. looking at the numbers in montana and hawaii, they're very different from the states in the northeast. and from the diagrams i've seen, charting rate of change of cases, the northeast cases, they're falling, but in the south and the west, they're increasing. which is consistent with different academics and different states across your country. >> right. it is hard to understand because

every state is doing it their own unique way. it is hard to keep up. so we have also seen this tug of war with people not wanting to wear masks, not caring about social distancing and you have some governors not coming down harder on people to do that. so it is hard to convince people to wear masks and social distance if they didn't really care about it. and what would be your message to the leaders of these states if they want to try to keep opening and not see the surges in the number of cases. >> i think they need to separate social distancing from mask wearing. and i feel sorry for your governors who make this decision because the w.h.o. one day said masks and 24 hours later said the exact opposite. i think the sense of masks is not as good as we would like. i think the strongest arguments for using masks is in places

where you can't stay more than one or two meters apart, such as public transport, particularly tube type trails and light railways where people are facing each other and other crowded areas. social distancing is something we're getting used to in europe and i think the case for wearing masks is if you can stay two meters apart is much weaker. when i go shopping now, it is easy to keep two meters apart or one meter apart very easily. and i think just walking past somebody poses minimal risk. and you can -- i tend to be in and out of shopping in under 15 minutes. the jobs show 15 minutes at one meter puts you at risk. >> me too. i don't get a basket, i'm in and i'm out. we appreciate your expertise. thank you so much, dr. keith neil for us. >> okay. sunday could prove to be a monumental day for spanish tourism. the one time coronavirus hot spot is now reopening its

borders to other eu states with one notable exception, portugal. this coincides with the country lifting its state of emergency as well. for more i'm joined by journalist al goodman, he is joining us from the madrid airport with what is expected there today. hello, al. >> reporter: what is already happening is the flights are starting to land very slowly, not the masks you usually see here at the airport, but one has already arrived from milan and another has already landed from paris, and another from london is due in the next hour. still, what the spanish government is calling this new normality is not quite what the usual normal looks like. this is the main arrivals hall at one of the terminal four of the airport. the only one of the four that is opened. that tells you how little traffic there has been. and people coming through the doors. still, we're seeing emotional scenes here, a couple of spanish sisters hugging, not social distancing, hugging as they got to meet for the first time in

three months. we talked to an italian businessman coming off that mylim milan flight who said he was happy to be traveling again. we talked to a horse jockey said he was happy to be here, will be even happier to win some horse races. there are restrictions in place. even after the state of emergency lifted, everyone in spain, six years and older, has to wear a mask in public places if they can't maintain the social distancing of about 1.5 meter s or 5 feet. behind me in the arrivals hall for the passengers coming in from abroad from the other european countries, there are tests, they have to fill out a card showing how they can be located if there is an outbreak, and authorities need to contact trace them. they are subjected to a temperature control and also to a visual control by medical personnel. if they see anything at all suspicious, they're going to be sent over to medical facilities in the madrid region and same

thing at the other airports. the toll from the three month coronavirus pandemic here in spain, 28,000 deaths, 245,000 cases. authorities say they are opening up, they want the economy to restart, they especially want the tourism economy to restart, such a fundamental part here of spain with so many jobs at stake. but they're urging people to maintain caution, keep their social distancing. remember, the virus is not yet finished. natalie? >> absolutely. we so hope it goes well. thanks so much, al goodman watching it for us there in madrid. just because they could social distance doesn't mean they did. how covid-19 factored into president trump's return to campaign rallies. we'll have that coming up. also ahead here, black lives matter marches and signs are popping up across the united states and around the world. so is the issue of reparations for slavery, we'll talk about

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen. this is "cnn newsroom." our top story, president trump's first campaign rally in more than 100 days drew controversy and a smaller than expected crowd. the upper decks of the arena in tulsa, oklahoma, we largely empty and an outdoor speech was canceled. covid-19 was a likely factor, but for the crowds with mr. trump and his team blamed the media and protesters. >> i've never seen anything like

it. i've never seen anything like it. you are warriors. thank you. we had some very bad people outside. we had some very bad people outside. they were doing bad things. >> the tulsa police did end up using crowd dispersants, but the police did say the protests were largely peaceful. cnn's gary tuchman has more from tulsa. >> reporter: this is the overflow area outside of the bok arena where president trump spoke for an hour and 45 minutes. people now streaming out of the arena. it is far more crowded here now than it was during the speech. the idea was for it to be very crowded during the speech. you can hear people chanting as they leave towards us. the idea is for president trump to speak on that stage before he went inside the arena, before thousands of people standing on the streets. but the decision was made to cancel president trump's speech outdoors. there was a big screen tv behind

me, the big screen tv was on during the speech, but only 15 or 20 people standing there watching the speech. we can tell you one thing is people do not think the rally should be held, a lot of people including the health director in tulsa county because covid rates are at the highest in the county since it all began. it did take place, that's a victory for trump campaign, but not a victory as they thought there would be a huge turnout, 1 million people. they couldn't even fill up a 19,100 seat arena. it was held. people were checked, their temperatures when they came in, offered masks, but most people didn't wear masks when they entered the arena. this is gary tuchman, cnn, in tulsa, oklahoma. in britain, protest leaders have consistently asked to meet with government officials to address racial inequality. black lives matter demonstrators are rallying in london for a fourth weekend in a row with a march planned from hyde park to

downing street in the coming hours. thousands of people have protested across british cities since the death of african-american george floyd in police custody in minneapolis last month. elena veslanovich is standing by in london. what is expected today, elena? >> reporter: this rally is a second day in a row that protesters will gather, they want to carry on this momentum that has been building in the last few weeks as you said, protests not just in london, but many cities across the uk asking that britain faces up to colonial past, butaddress the systemic issues of racism nowadays. there was a heavy police presence, that's because these protests are actually in breach of coronavirus lockdown rules, however, many people wore masks and they were also practicing social distancing. now, the government wants people to stop protesting because we're

in the middle of the pandemic, but the leaders of the movement say they can't do that until authorities address the needs that they are marching for and one of the movement leaders has actually asked for a meeting with uk prime minister boris johnson and this is what she is calling for. >> to be treated fairly, that's all that we ask for, to be treated fairly and to be given justice for those that have been wronged. i think that's anyone's right that lives in this world and we all have the right to be treated equally and there say huge disparity when it comes to quality and ethnic people. that's why it is so imperative we show we level things off, we level things off and ensure that race, ethnic race, black people are treated just as importantly as everyone else in society. >> reporter: now, there has been a lot of conversation in the past few weeks about how britain's own history of slavery

is addressed here, especially in education. it may not be immediately obvious to people in britain that people want that to be changed, there rin creasing calls to raise awareness of that, also to highlight the extremely positive contributions that many, many black people gave to british society, natalie. >> milena in london for us, thank you so much. we'll talk more about what you just said right now. in the uk, some british firms are pledging to pay reparations as they come to terms with a slavery-stained past. the u.n. human rights chief also is urging countries to confront legacies of slavery and colonialism. i want to talk about it with my guest, a professor of black studies at birmingham city university and the author of back to black, he joins me from birmingham this morning, good morning, mr. andrews.

two companies including lloyds of london and green king say they will make reparations and also the royal bank of scotland considering the same. in what way are they considering doing this and do you think it is for real? >> unfortunately, i don't think -- we're having this conversation about reparations of companies like the royal bank of scotland and lloyds of london in particular, we can't underestimate how deep lly embedded the companies are. the lloyds of london, they would return runaway slaves to be returned to lloyds. its whole business model was predicated on slavery. the idea that years later you can turn around and make a token nod, employ a few people, give money to charities, reparations, is frankly offensive and cheapens the idea of reparative justice. >> if we get to this place, if it was to happen in some way,

what form would you like to see reparation takes? >> it has been long-standing campaigns of reparations. including the u.s. courts. lloyds was one of the companies named in one of the cases that went through the courts and people talked about money, money is a big part, let's be honest, there is a big financial get, wealth that we have that was taken from slavery still with us. and so is the -- so a lot of this has to be economic. jamaica, barbados are asking for debt relief, educational programs, but there is lots of practical ways this could be done if we wanted it. >> the u.n. human rights chief called on countries to examine their past and described a better understanding of the scope of understanding systemic discrimination. do you think the global response in support of black lives matter is going to cause real change? >> i would hope so. i think that we're in a moment where sometimes you forget this stuff isn't new. like we just had these protests around the same issues, these

issues of racism are long-standing, go back centuries. and this isn't just about the past this is very much about the present. racial inequalities we have, the reason that george floyd is treated the way he is, stereotypes that come directly from the slaves and the slave trade. if we are honest about this, we have to understand that today our world is equally as shaped by racism. >> what of this argument from people who would be opposed to that acknowledgement of the crimes committed regarding slavery and lasting damage calls would worsen social tensions by reopening old wounds. >> the bank of england just said they would think about an apology, but neglected to mention that when to end slavery in the uk and british empire there was a huge 100 billion pounds and money was given compensation to the slave owner. the money was so large to the government had to take a loan

from the government of england, only paid back in 2015, that was to compensate -- imagine centuries, then after, it is not like slavery ends and it is all well and good. poverty, racism, et cetera, et cetera, and there is no compensation. that's the scare we're talking about. that's why there are social tensions, that's why you have the problems of racism we have because that damage was never repaired. if you're not going to repair it enstop havi , then stop having the conversation about reparations. >> it is up to leaders to milwaukmake a difference to step up to the plate. what are the chances of reparations in the united states, especially under the trump administration which won't discuss or even mention black lives matter? >> i mean that's the problem. if you have any campaign like that, it does depend on people in power making the changes and on both sides of the atlantic, america or here, boris johnson's

administration -- but having said that, joe biden gets elected, are we going to see huge -- probably not. the lesson here is that we really need to not -- it is not leaders that make the difference here, it will be the organizations, the centuries of organizing, which we have been doing and we'll have to do. i think you're seeing that with the protesters now. you have to give up on all these -- america has had the most successful civil rights movement probably in history. as some of the best legislation on the books in the world. yet still produces terrible outcomes. at some point we have to start defending ourselves. >> well said. we really appreciate your insights on this. your expertise. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. british police are investigating a stabbing attack saturday in reading, england, which a man with a knife killed three people and wounded three

others in a park. police say they arrested a 25-year-old local man at the scene on suspicion of murder and that they're not looking for any more suspects. armed police also raided a block of apartments nearby as they search for a motive in this. authorities say they're not treating the stabbings as terrorism at this time. prime minister boris johnson calls the incident appalling and says his thoughts are with all of those affected by the attack. and we have breaking news right now. police in minneapolis say a shooting overnight has left one man dead and at least 11 people with nonlife threatening wounds. details are sketchy at this moment. minneapolis, of course, is where george floyd died. it has been the epicenter of nationwide protests over police brutality. it is not clear if this shooting is related to that. we're looking into it. we'll have more as information

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authorities in atlanta have issued an arrest warrant in connection with the fire that burned down a wendy's last week. they say that this woman, natalie white, is wanted for first degree arson. the restaurant was set on fire after rayshard brooks' fatal encounter in the parking lot with atlanta police in body cam video, brooks is heard telling officers that white is his girlfriend. investigatores say more suspects could be involved. about 150 protesters gathered in atlanta saturday night outside of the zone three police precinct, that precinct

is less than two miles from the wendy's restaurant where rayshard brooks was shot and killed by a police officer last week. american flags were burned, one woman singing america the beautiful as she did. president trump said at his rally in tulsa he wants to make flag burning ining illegal and it desecration. >> we ought to come up with legislation that if you burn the american flag, you go to jail for one year. one year. >> that may be difficult, the u.s. supreme court ruled in 1989 that burning the american flag is free speech, protected by the u.s. constitution. john bolton, the former u.s. national security adviser for the president and now author of a blockbuster book on his time in the trump white house is making an astonishing accusation about the president and his turkish counterpart. bolton says trump suggested to turkey's president that he would

help quell an investigation into a turkish bank suspected of violating ire ran sanctions. that was being led by the prosecutor who trump just fired. >> the president said to erdogan at one point, look, those prosecutors in new york are obama people. wait until i get my people in. and then we'll take care of this. and i thought to myself, and i'm a department of justice alumnus myself, i never heard any president say anything like that. ever. >> a u.s. federal judge has ruled that bolton can publish his tell all book called the room where it happened against the wishes of the white house. but the judge blasted bolton for going forward with it before getting white house approval to make sure he wasn't publishing national security secrets. the ruling says the book does contain classified information and bolton could be held criminally liable.

that had president trump claiming victory. >> had a very good decision in the john bolton book case. and the judge was very powerful in his statement on classified information and very powerful also in the fact that the country will get the money, any money he makes. i hope a lot of books -- well, i probably don't hope that, but whatever he makes, he's going to be giving back in my opinion based on the ruling, he's going to be giving back. >> bolton has suggested the white house retroactively classified details in the book improperly. the book is set to be released on tuesday. the site of president trump's rally in tulsa a few hours ago is notable for a century old shame. next, we'll tell you about the black wall street massacre, which happened not far from where mr. trump spoke. want to brain better? unlike ordinary memory supplements,

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slaughter in u.s. history. the area was known as black wall street. many americans never learned about the massacre in school. cnn's randi kaye has this look back and a warning, some of what you're about to see is graphic and may be difficult to watch. but we believe it is important to bring you history as it happened. >> reporter: in 1921, the greenwood area of tulsa, oklahoma, was thriving. it was an affluent area, home to more than 300 black-owned businesses that became known as black wall street. >> it was an amazing time for blacks in tulsa. >> reporter: despite all the success, african-americans were still dealing with segregation, and deep racial tension. it came to a head beginning on may 30th, 1921, when a 19-year-old african-american man was accused of assaulting a white woman in an elevator in downtown tulsa. >> the elevator doors close, and a few minutes -- few moments later a scream, the elevator

doors open, and dick rollins runs. >> reporter: the woman never pressed charges, but dick rollins was still arrested. >> by the end of the day, many whites were claiming she had been raped in the building. >> reporter: by the next day, may 31st, 1921, a white mob gathered outside the courthouse where rollins was being held. promising a lynching. >> lynchings were all too common in tulsa. >> reporter: a group of african-american men went to confront the white mob at the courthouse. there was a struggle between the black and white armed mobs and shots were fired. the african-americans retreated to greenwood, hoping to protect their property and families. but the white mob followed, killing african-americans and burning down everything in sight. >> they called in the national guard told there was a negro uprising and negros were killing innocent unarmed whites, so they sided with the predominantly white police force. >> reporter: nearly 6,000

african-americans were forcibly deta detained, the white mob stole their valuables and burned their homes to the ground. george monroe was 5 years old when the massacre happened. >> the thing that i remember more than any other thing is when my mother looked out the front door, and saw four men with torches coming down our sidewalk into our house. >> reporter: this woman's grandmother lived through it too. >> it was really murder, it was a massacre. my grandmother was awakened at night and just told to run. just get up and run. and they ran. she was only 9, they ran for days. >> reporter: by the time it was over, at least 300 african-americans were dead. many were buried in mass graves or piled on dump strucks and du dumped into the arkansas river.

35 square blocks of property were destroyed too, leaving most black families with only the clothes on their backs. >> this was about racism. this was about envy. they saw many of them were very wealthy and they were simply envious. they would make comments such as how dare those negros have a grand piano in their home and i don't have one in mine? we will not forget the history of black wall street or the 1921 tulsa race. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, west palm beach, florida. >> a horrible chapter in american history. i'm natalie allen. i'll be right back with another hour of "cnn newsroom."

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not quite meeting expectations. president trump promised a packed rally and thousands in an overflow area in tulsa, oklahoma. he didn't get either. on stage, the president made a controversial claim saying he asked for less coronavirus testing, the white house is playing it down. the democrats seizing on it. also this hour, a top federal attorney is out after a power struggle with the white house. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now.