it is time for us, it's time for our generation to say enough. madam president i yield the floor and have the absence of quorum. so tonight on the communicators, former fcc commissioner, citizen and nest talks about ways to reduce hate speech and extremism online. schematic companies when they find terrorists content, they will tag so that others don't copy it. there is now much greater cooperation we had even two years ago. >> that needs to be done on the pressure needs to be that part. >> watch the communicators comment tonight at eight eastern on cspan2. >> california governor, gavin newsom says he stands with the protesters but opposes those who he said are exploiting the unrest by causing violence and damaging businesses.

his briefing is a little more than 30 minutes. >> good morning. i am the pastor of the genesis church in south sacramento. i am also press of the national network here in south california and state chair. it is so important to have a clear voice in this hour.

and governor newsom has been that not just for california, but also for the nation. we just got through meeting in regards to what we all believe is happening in america is a double pandemic. the first pandemic we are so well aware of and that is with the coronavirus. this has impacted so many, we have crossed that threshold of 100,000 persons being impacted and dying and our nation. and then the impact against some many in our nation's heart wrenching. and then we had this other virus going on we are seeing in minneapolis, what happened to george floyd. that viruses racism. i am happy to say that we are actually speaking against that were talking about that. we have a governor here that is going to call that out.

i'm glad we just had a conversation with myself, him and other leaders there calling this other virus out. this virus that is not impacting just the black or brown community, but impacting our nation and facing that. and so, i am glad to welcome our governor here and welcome you to this press conference. and i guess the meeting after the meeting. and so, thank you governor for coming. welcome to genesis, welcome to sacramento. governor? >> thank you pastor porter. thank you to all of those that are assembled here behind the cameras. that took the time to reach out and connect not just with me but with one another to

talk about the states not only of the state of california but the state of this nation. more broadly the world that we live in. today's meeting, like so many that i have had our humbling. the voices of concern, consternation, anxiety are real and raw. i recognize foundational in so often people in my position are inadequate to the moment. so often we try to meet the moment with the rhetoric. we fain resolve, we make a point to assert a new paradigm. and yet over and over and over again we hear the nays of those whose lives have been lost, have been taken, justice that was never advanced. and communities continuing to feel they are not only being

torn asunder, but not being listened to. i fear, as i know many americans fear that we can be back in that moment. every moment your net feels like a different moment every moment were in it we think we will do thing fundamentally different but yet over, and over, and over, and over again we do not meet that next moment. over and over and over again we fail to rationalize the goodwill henley failed to materialize and manifest the ideals that we so often assert. so i come here today, place of worship, humbled by that past. humbled by the fact i have been part of that past is a former county supervisor and mayor, former lieutenant governor, governor of the nation's largest state. the question i have to ask myself the question we ask ourselves is are we capable of

not just meeting this moment, but capable of doing justice to the moments in front of us. i can put together a group of advisors, i can put together task force, i can promise and promote a few pieces of legislation, but i said this on friday and i'll say it again, program passing is not problem-solving got to change hearts, minds, culture not just laws. we have to own up to some very difficult things. the black community is not responsible for what's happening in this country right now, we are. we are. our institutions are responsible, we are accountable to the smoke we have a unique responsibility for our community in the country and we have been planning that for

generations. generations. things move away, the headlines we indulge on the margins. but we do not systemically, foundational he addressed the roots of these issues. we prune, we do not tear out the institutional racism for all of our institutions large and small. we don't tell me know that. the community knows that you see it manifested in the streets the last five days, they know that. the question is do people understand that. are we prepared to do something differently about that? each and every one of us, what are we going to do differently, foundational he, fundamentally in the short run but in the long run to do justice to this moment. people have lost patience because they have not seen progress. so if you are out there saying people need to be patient,

considerate people have lost patience for a reason they have been told that over and over and over and over again. not just the 52 years i've been around, my parents, grandparents their parents generation heard the same just be patient. heck, i have quoted doctor king at nausea towards justice. we've made progress, is a manifestation of everything we have been promoting we have not delivered. people have lost patience. and if leaders are going to meet not just in this moment but the moments in front of us, the better start listening. we better start hearing people. the better own up to her own responsibility or unaccountability that led to this moment. society becomes how we

behave. we are our behaviors. each and every one of us has an obligation to do more and better. folks in my position, i get that. i own that. leaders can be found everywhere. leadership is not some fancy title. we are desperate for leadership in this country desperate for leadership in the state of california community's large and small leaders can be found anywhere you don't have to be something to do something to soften the edges in the spirit of bobby kennedy were more gentle this life of this world. doctor king to not wait to become president of the united states to exercise his

authority. every day he's had his moral authority each and every one of us has the capacity to exercise their moral authority every day. we need moral leaders now more than ever and it resides inside of us arts our capacity to lead by example to find our better angels to focus on the things that unite us not divide us. we recognize we have to do things differently we are resolved to prove that. not just assert that into hold ourselves to account because each of us will be judged and we will judge each other to the extent we do justice in a different way i am here as your governor, humble over the last five days resolved to

keep the peace for recognizing an armed camp is not a place of peace the violence is not more violence and if we are going to create the conditions to truly advance police people have to know we made it they have to know they matter and we care. for those of you out there, protesting, i want you to know you matter. i want you know i care, we care. once you to know i have a unique responsibility to prove that to you. you've lost patience, so have i. you are right to feel wronged. you are right to feel the way you are feeling, and we,

collectively, society has a responsibility to you to be better and to do better. to those who want to exploit this moment, that went to blame the violence and fear, we hear you as well we don't have the same sensitivities as it relates to those that are trying to exercise their voice for a place of hurt and pain. when you try to cause pain on others when you're there to exploit conditions not advance the cause of justice that is not serving the greater good we need to also call that out. the looting, the violence, the threats, against fellow human beings that is no place in this state and nation. we as a society needs cult that out. we need to call forth the

better angels and those that want to express themselves and have thank you god bless you keep doing it your rage is real, express it. so we can hear it let's not let others drowned out that rage and those that want to advance this cause, in a responsible and thoughtful way. i'm not patient any longer i know you are not. we hear you, and we have a responsibility now to prove to not just to assert that we are capable of being more and doing better as a society and the community. i want to express my deep gratitude my deep humility to those leaders every stripe that all across the state and our nation are doing justice in this moment those demonstrators there reaching

out trying to calm other people those community leaders that were out there with brooms in the early morning sleeping up glass, the folks that were on the periphery that said you know i can't stand on that in a longer i need to be part of this effort, thank you to all of your examples as well. so much good and so much life is out there there is a stain on the country we have concealed and it is rearing its head again because we never come to grips with it. we never owned it. it is the issue of racism and pastor is exactly right. pandemic on top of a pandemic. impacting her health impacting our economy, impacting our capacity to live up to the greatest ideals. we can talk about being bound

together by whatever mutuality is that doctor king said if that's the case we need to reconcile the fact we are all in this together. the bible teaches us we are many, many parts. but at the end of the day we are one body and when one part suffers we all suffer we have an obligation to reconcile the fact that our faith is tied to the fate of others. south africa, i am because you are. time for more empathy or care. or capacity to collaborate. society is about dominance and aggression. it's what you get. not because of the protesters but the conditions that led to this moment. when protest was inevitable. so, we are committed and

resolved to bringing peace back to the streets, not only in this statement to support the efforts all across this nation. we will do our part, but it's not just a situational moment. we have to focus on the medium and long term and we have to prove our commitment and resolve in that space i just want to thank all of the leaders not only assembled here but throughout the state once again for your courage because now is a time for courage. now is the time for your voice to be brought to the forefront. let me thank all of those who are doing their best to keep people safe under very difficult circumstances and all of those leaders that are out there supporting others keeping people safe, our communities large and small, all across the state of california safe through this very trying and difficult moments. with that, we are happy to take any questions, we've

course happy to also step aside and have members of the community respond as well. reporter: thank you governor from the sacramento bee i will be asking questions on behalf of the press corps today. many of us would like to know what your reaction is to trumps comments this morning to governors to get tough on protesters. >> with the meeting i just had is what the words i just spoke my reaction is my commitment to the people of the state the most diverse state in the world's most diverse democracy to focus on the things that unites us and not divides us. to make sure people are safe, but to make sure people recognize that there is something that lies deep underneath came to the floor and needs to be dealt with its equivalency of energy focus and resolve. we will provide the resources as needed to members of our

community leaders all up and down the state of california but we must resolve to provide those resources to address the systemic problems at the same time. >> you have avoided criticizing the president since the start of the pandemic should we interpret your comments today as a criticism of what he said this morning? >> i have a choice we all have a choice i can be part of the daily back-and-forth and the new cycle and continue to perpetuate the problems that persist in this country i care more about them than some of the noise i heard on the morning phone call.

reporter: you said the country needs leadership right now. do you think the president as providing adequate leadership? >> as i said leadership can be found anywhere. the absence of leaders people in positions of formal authority, we have people that exercise moral authority every day. church leaders, community leaders, faith based leaders of all stripes, teachers, parents, caregivers, people, strangers walking the street that exercise their moral authority by trying to soften the edges of people who are out to do more harm and create more violence. leaders and law enforcement that meet the at this moment realize the empathy that's called for as well. that kind of leadership is desperately needed in this nation and is ample that people begin to exercise it that is my hope and that is my resolve is to find those leaders to call for more of that kind of leadership in this country. reporter: for tonight with managing the protest engine with break-ins and thefts in particular what changes or

tactics you are supporting to be at the confrontations of violence and damage. >> were working with mayors, cities and counties large and small control moral authority, to address the issue of violence. as many know, we have been working with the mayors on deploying national guard to resources in the state of california has a lump has highway patrol which is been on tactical alert for days on 12 hour shifts up-and-down the state of california repositioned and also strike teams to react. the national guard was brought up over 3400 national guard's men and women were called up today we added another 1100 so we have over 4500 national guard men and women that are

available throughout the state of california. part of the protocols of munich country mutual aid is a bottom up not top-down process. mayors work with their chiefs working to coordinate and collaborate the deployment of this teams. the national guard as you know have been already distributed parts of the state disproportionately concentrated in southern california but in northern california we have people preassembled. we have folks in other parts of the state that have been called back up. but thousands and thousands of national guardsmen and women. by the way who are also members of the community. many putting on their uniform, dentists, doctors, folks working construction that are part of that group that are participating. and they're making sure we keep the peace and will continue to meet the request we believe of every mayor and

every police chief in the state. they've done so, so far and we intend to continue to. >> 's are you waiting for local leaders to ask you for help before deploying more national guard's men or women are are we proactively sending them to places you think they need help? >> you cannot proactively send the men without creating more problems than you fix. if the state of california from the state capital is sending national guard men and women without collaboration and coordination to the mutual aid system, the spirit of collaboration and the county level, and the local level, then that is a recipe for more problems. the process we have today is well-established and very formal. it is a mutual aid process. it's established as to proxy examples in the bay area and oakland and san francisco. san francisco had mutual aid

yesterday from tulare county from santa barbara county other parts of the state coming in to provide mutual aid in the city and county of san francisco. similarly mutual aid from other regions into oakland and other parts of the state. a mutual aid approach first working the chp to coordinate and collaborate as it relates to efforts on freeways. as it relates to jurisdictions where those lines begin to blur, and the national guard on top of that for logistical support. but all of that is done through a command and support structure that has a local framework that is appropriate in order to keep all these jurisdictions and keep law enforcement approach in a very organized manner to keep people safe. reporter: are you planning any statewide actions to deal with the protest tonight? like a statewide curfew or anything like that? >> we believe the conditions are very different in the north versus other parts of

the state, like places in san diego are different than even from here in the bay area. each and every jurisdiction has a former mayor. i understand this intimately, has made decisions based on conditions as they see them in real time. curfew says early as 1:00 p.m. in some parts of the state. others as late as 8:00 p.m. that is a determination made by the experts on the ground, based on the conditions in their communities. statewide, we have 7000 california highway patrol. again, for tactical alert and have been for days with protective gear all up and down the state of california. working again to deploy the national guard an additional 1100 guards men and women that are deployed just today, thousands over the last few days. we are looking we have very many national guardsmen working on covid response were

looking at a subset of those on the covid response to see if we can pre-position to make them available to meet the needs of communities all across the state of california. so substantial support from the state of california. and obviously robust local support, mutual aid system well defined well organized county overlay with county sheriff's working with chp and ultimately with the national guard. reporter: the next question is with the "new york times" should like to know how worried you are about the spread of covid-19 at these protests and how the status tracking any related spread. after we saw testing sites closed in los angeles as the curfews went into effect, how are you and local authorities are making sure people can get tested? >> we went everybody to get tested when everybody took on the covid website, type in your zip code and you'll see the closest site for testing available and open today.

yesterday, we conducted over 67000 tasks, day four and five into this very challenging. people are being tested substantially so all of her california even in the midst of this latest challenge. we encourage that from public health and public safety perspective. and we want to make sure we provide more sites, more points of access for people to get tested. and obviously, when this testing sites open to deal with the backlog as it relates to those individuals that otherwise would have gotten tested which again we continue to encourage people throughout the state with symptoms and those are asymptomatic who may be in an environment where they are more vulnerable prospect with the spread of the disease. reporter: the next question is from the associated press you said you were monitoring violent extremists organizing paired have you found any evidence of such groups

infiltrating the protest? if so who are they and you think the police are handling them appropriately? >> well defined all throughout the country, i don't want a particular reinforce and promote which is their intent, and that is their interest. they are well defined those same nays and groups. many do come from out of the communities in which they are creating havoc. they are coming from other parts of not only let's be honest, other parts of the country, many are homegrown. we monitor all of these groups it is our intention to continue to collaborate and share that information. a lot of it is generated by the federal government and the state and a very well organized system that has existed for some time in the state where we share that in real time with local law enforcement. that is also a two-way conversation the law enforcement in sharing what they are hearing in real-time as well.

we are monitoring those groups. i will say this, i have been deeply involved in terms of the collaborative spirit, and engagement with the local, regional and federal level it has been an incredibly focused and very effective system. i am pleased with the communication flow between those respective agencies in those jurisdictions. reporter: i understand you don't and name the specific groups could you generally characterize what type of extremist groups are talking about? >> groups who want to create problems. they are groups that are well defined and highlighted by the president and others. there are other groups out there that are organize some are less organized. some individuals that are not even organized that certainly are looking to create havoc. i don't buy any say we should hide these nays there known and received but they start to

be spread between their supporters. with all due respect to some of these groups, i'm not going to give you that privilege right now. reporter: the sacramento observer asked locally, african-american protesters have been injured, shot in the face of the rubber bullets not far from the capital. she would like to know if you can address this and if shooting into a crowd of people is justifiable in the situation? >> i do not know specific issues related to those incidents. i'm happy to get more details about those incidents. all across the state we are monitoring from bakersfield to modesto, fresno, santa barbara, l.a., san francisco, san jose, northern parts of the states, we have been monitoring all across the state the activity. all i can say is we want restraint. we want as much expression and respects with law enforcement

and protesters as humanly possible. empathy, understanding, collaborative spirit. we also need peace. we need to protect small businesses. we need to protect people who are scared, they are behind walls with their children and they are scared about their safety as well. we need to call out those who are hell-bent on creating violence and drowning out the voices of legitimate protests. reporter: instances of police firing into crowds of what appeared to be peaceful protesters are targeting individual peaceful protesters have been well documented. have you seen those it and what is your reaction to seeing that? >> nothing breaks my heart more than seeing anyone get hurt. nothing bricks my heart more to know that in some instances, though when asked to quantify this, that kind of violence was unnecessary to keep the keys. and so again, i cannot impress upon all of our partners up and down the state of

california, to promote restraint, respect, honor, and the privilege of the work that they do and make sure we are not creating an environment where we are putting people in harm's way. we are not doing things that don't do justice to our calling. when there are inappropriate acts done, people need to be accountable. that is another message, there will be accountability. we will appropriately investigate any acts of violence against others. whether those actually perpetuated by people in positions of power and influence with the badges on or uniforms, or members of the community who are attacking and assaulting in a violent manner innocent people and businesses. reporter: being told many to wrap it up so is our final question, number of reporters have asked about the state budget. as you know, the state senate passed their own proposal last

week. what was your reaction i do agree with the parts they have passed related to state workers. they are not suggesting a pay cut as you have. is any chance you can add anything to your budget proposal we have to do more to help support the small business leaders it is a former small business person i intimately appreciate the incredible sacrifice for entrepreneurialism the state of california or intervale should run through our veins. i'm deeply concerned about the pandemic as it relates to the impact on small businesses, doubled the budget we put together for small business

loans, microloans for business particularly women and minority owned businesses. they varied targeted report for small business clearly this moment will consider us to consider more as it relates to the give-and-take of a budget process. i've been through this and many, many times for it all i can say is a collaborative spirit, i appreciate the work the senate is doing the support the assembly is getting to this process we can continue to have a robust and very positive conversations and that is what a budget is all about. we submit our thoughts. we go through deliberative process, they put out competing proposals, we work across those differences in the spirit of collaboration. and it defines the moment which is the spirit of collaboration. emily worked to get to a threshold where we can, together support a package that needs to be delivered by

june 15 and signed by myself by july 1 and i'm confident we are well on her way to meet those goals and i respect and appreciate the work that they have done in the process they've taken. i also want to enclosing express real appreciation for the work that we have to do together over the course of the next hours, days, and weeks and many, many months and years ahead as it relates to our commitment, i'll resolve, to do more than just pass resolutions urging to or passes not by by not recognizing the enormity of our responsibilities not only quell the violence that persists today, but to address the foundational issues that led to the violence in the first place :

for all of those leaders that were assembled here today, thank you for your guidance, thank you for your faith and devotion and cause, not only to the state of california but the state, the black community here in the united states of america. in cuba. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court in public policy events from the presidential primary through the impeachment process. and now, the federal response to the coronavirus. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on

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