bill: it's 9:00 p.m. on the east coast. you are looking at a violent scene unfolding in brooklyn, new york. brooklyn is just one of dozens of cities in the grips of a national protest. some of them peaceful, some of them clearly violent. some of these scenes have only got be worse as nightfall drops. it was last monday at 8-year-o . when george floyd died. the governor activated the national guard in the state to keep the peace.

we'll check in in minneapolis in a moment live. we have seen someing uglier scenes in philadelphia, in los angeles, and other great american cities thus far. i want to begin this hour back in brooklyn where brian llenas joins our coverage. >> we are at bedford. this is three blocks away from where it started. it has been a standstill. you can see the police here. we are behind part of the police line. and across from them are the present testers. and there has been a standstill for 20 minutes. but this was an incredibly ugly scene. at 7:30 p.m. with what was a tense standoff, it turned violent after people started getting on top of nypd vehicled. there was a charge from the

police down bedford police. we were in that charge. they were trying to stop people from throwing things. a fire started, a police cruiser was lit on fire at one of the intersections down there. they had to call in the firefighters to protect them as they took out that fire. at that point there was still tons of debris being thrown at police. bricks, glass bottles and plastic. we have seen officers hit with projectiles who have been dragged back to ambulances or behind police lines. we are in front much a gas station. at some point when you came to me this was a bad situation because the gas station had a bunch of protesters in it. at this point as calm as it has been for about an hour and a half. but it was incredibly violent.

there are a number of people injured on both sides of this. again, i can't shut this enough. this started with protesters in front of the police line looking at the police officers. but it was fun. it wasn't until they started attacking police cars that these officers started charging. we spoke to a nurse earlier who was trying to calm the crowd down. there are agitators in the back throwing things. but there are those in the front putting their hands up and showing them they are not here to do anything. they come in peace. but what we have seen is projectiles being thrown from afar into the police line. it seems like the situation as maybe moved a little bit on the other line. i think police officers has split this group as the nypd is so good as doing. they tried to splinter the

protests off. it's still a tense situation. i think the police line is getting ready to move. so we'll move a little bit with them. they are starting to push this way. as they push, you will notice the police cars behind me. they created a line. that's where the ambulance is and that's where the officers are when they are hurt after getting hit by a projectile. that's the situation right now, bill. bill: bryan, thank you for that. this is union square, a part of the city that has ignited itself oftentimes in protest. from this live camera angle, we don't see the dozens if not hundreds of protesters we saw about 0 minutes ago.

so we'll keep an eye on that. perhaps that's dying down for the moment. to the west coast we move, los angeles, california, a cure few will gone into effect in two -- a curfew will go into effect in two hours. reporter: we are in the fairfax district of los angeles on fairfax and beverly. you can see the aftermath of what some of the protests continued into. scenes of license and fires. this was a squad car that's burned from the inside out. as you take a look over here. we are behind police lines. most of these police cars, they have flat tires or some sort of damage, graffiti. and just beyond that line of police cars. that's where you have a majority of the protesters who have been

pushed back. the group isn't as big as it was a little while ago. but people continue to show up sheer, and it's sort of a battle between police and some of these protesters. not all. some of the protesters pushed the lines back to where they were at fairfax and beverly. you can seat police officers are holding the line. you might notice some of them have a green device wrapped around them. those are foam or rubber foliage. we haven't heard too many of them go off in the last few minutes or so. but you can tell by some of the cannisters left over, they have been shooting them at the ground to get people to back up. you can see just behind the line of police cars, the protesters are moving around from one block to another. but it seems like police officers have a big perimeter. they are bringing in more

enforcement. you can see s.w.a.t. teams riding along some of the suvs. it's a developing situation and at the moment very peaceful. it did start earlier today extremely peace new at a park near here. bill: 6:07 in the evening. back in brooklyn. the nyp -- car has been lit on fire. you hear the cheers from the protesters. that's what they wanted. they got their victim in the form of an nypd suv. kevin mccarthy is a representative from california. let's reflect on what you are seeing in your town back home in california and across the country. >> it's very disturbing. this is not in the spirit of martin luther king or my

colleague john lewis who i marched with in sell pla. we want to be able to honor george floyd and his memory. peaceful protest is the way to do it. this isn't the answer. this is not the solution. this is destroying communities. this is putting fear into one another. this is not honoring his memory or those others who have been harmed. i think we need a more peaceful solution to solve this problem. bill: there are some who suggest unless some of the other three officers are charged, this will not end. what is your view of that? >> this is more than george floyd. this is a young kid in georgia who was shot. instances that weren't on film. this is an opportunity to solve a problem to work together. this nation has always believed in a more perfect union.

this has been a rough year. today i witnessed going back to intais, an american rocket. something we have not done in quite some time. i think we should find that opportunity, something difficult. and this seems difficult. but with respect for one another. leadership from one another. the idea and spirit of martin luther king of non-violence. what he was able to achieve and change an entire nation. that's what we need. >> have you thought where you were earlier in florida with the president seeing the marvel of spacex and nasa coming together in a way that showed enormous success and showed american pride. and when you contrast that with the events and the feeling that so many people have expressed the past five days, how are we to make sense of the great achievements on one hand and

what clearly is perhaps a setback for millions of others. >> 2020 is probably one of our roughest years. more than 100,000 people lost their lives from a virus that came from far away. the riots, what we are seeing right now. from understanding, we believe in the rule of law and we believe in justice. can we honor george's life and his family by doing something different? by working towards making the nation better? the president and i had this discussion on air force one together. when you listened to his message today i thought it was very good. he started out talking about this. how do we solve this divide. how do we bring people together. the fabric of this nation is torn. but we are stronger than that.

when you think of what apollo did in the 60s. we have proven we can do it. if you take the spirit of what happened today, a private company partnered with government, lifted up an american engine, something we haven't done in more than a decade and went to placed other nations cannot. all men are created equal because all life matters. if we all believed in that we wouldn't be burning one another's communities. burning and raiding people's stores. we would not take advantage of a situation here. we would look towards what unites us more than what divides us. bill: thank you for your time. thank you, sir. back to bryan llenas.

bryan? reporter: this is the second nypd cruiser we have seen lit on fire. this was up in flames for 0-30 minutes. -- 20-30 minutes. but if you walk down with plea thi --walk down with me. another fire has been lit over here. somewhat of a bonfire. this is a new york city public bus. in front of it you will see -- you can see firefighters take out this fire over here. see over here. if you just look over here.

come here. they are taking out the fire over here. this was a dumpster lit on fire over here. this is the same block we have seen everything the last three hours. the cop cars came first. then there were things thrown at police officers consistently. and now we find ourselves here. we are going to get out of this situation now. but i wanted to give you an idea of the kinds of fires we are seeing here. bill: bryan llenas. in a moment, more from across the country as our coverage continues. first the mayor of atlanta with a mess toonl her people in georgia. >> you are disgracious our city. your disgracing the life of george floyd and every other

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bill: here on the east coast the sun is setting, and moving across the country to minneapolis, denver and california on the west coast where there is a curfew in place in the city of l.a. grady trimble joins us live from chicago. what do you see at the moment? >> reporter: it's a moment of relative calm in what has been at times destructive protest. you can see the tactics they have been using is to try to corral the protesters. just beyond them you can see the draw bridge up at state street. this is the chicago river. we are right in the heart of downtown. the river has several draw

bridges that go on it. each of those draw bridges have been put up in an attempt to keep the protesters from expanding and going to other areas. we are seeing trump towers, michigan avenue. we have seen looting in that area. then over here, this is the bank. you can see the windows have been busted in. graffiti all over the walls. if you keep going down, this is even be worse here. it doesn't appear anybody has gone in. but you can see one of the rocks inside the building. they have been throwing some of those rocks at police officers along with water bottles and other' projectiles. that used to be a squad car set

on fire. the fire department just left. they came out. put out that fire. right now, a moment of calm. but you can seat remnants of the destruction and of course police expecting that to continue potentially as nightfalls. bill: thank you, grady. the curfew is now in effect in more than a dozen u.s. cities as we span from coast to coast. major american cities. great places for so many. with me, my colleague geraldo rivera. you have seen a lot of these yourself. you think about baltimore, day after day. you wonder how we are able to wind count events we are seeing tonight and the past few days. if the pace as hen set as we watched on this saturday evening, we have got aways to

go. >> we certainly do. this will wind down, the passions will cool, the out-of-town agitators will go back to their bases. slink home waiting for the next incident where they can wreak their anarchy and ride the coat tails of a legitimate issue. the problem, you point to freddie gray in baltimore. marginal cities, pour city cleveland is under curfew. this is a city that is fragile. a city where the downtown has just been energized. people are moving back to the city. now we lost 50 businesses, the national guard has been mobilized here. out of town police forces have come in. how long will it take for cleveland to recover now. the scars left throughout urban america.

i covered my first story in 1970. this a 10-year event. minneapolis, that poor town. when will it ever be the way it was before. it's a tragedy. these protesters turned rioters have stolen the memory of the poor man. they defaced his memory. it's awful what they have done. they have no idea. they are selfish and self-centered. they are reckless with their violence. it's awful. bill: we see this in new york, baltimore, los angeles. big american cities. but you are in cleveland. you don't see tonight columbus, ohio. the ohio governor called out the national guard for columbus, ohio. is that level of concern legitimate for what you are seeing in ohio tonight?

>> there is no doubt it's absolutely justified. the residents of downtown cleveland, this curfew they have been ordered to shelter in place. imagine all of downtown cleveland has been ordered to shelter in place because of the danger, the anarchy, the looting. our below is glancing compared to some of the cities. but this is very severe. when a city like this, an integrated city struggles to overcome the various aspects of the legacy of racism and discrimination and separation. when you try to have an integrate the city and try to go forward together and you have urban incentives, various programs to encourage people move downtown. then you have something like this. now all of a sudden people

start, why don't i glow t the threat of anarchy is note present. i think the activists, the an i fas, we should go after them -- the antifas, we should go after them with rico statutes. we have to take more aggressive action. we can't let the anarchists, the black shirts dictate to the rest of society the way they are. they take advantage, they are leeches. they have taken issues like poor george floyd, a 46-year-old man died and it's outraging everybody. but they use this as their excuse. the first six people they arrested in cleveland, five of them were out of town. bill: third degree manslaughter

for the first officer in minneapolis. this ways happened at 3:32:00 p.m. you saw the greatness of america blast off on the east coast of florida. what a remarkable sight. how much pride did we feel seeing those two american astronauts reach orbit? well done. >> i was blessed in 2011 to see the last shuttle launch. my entire family watched this. we held our breath and cheered. then the rocket went up. they were so cool with their outfits there. elon musk and his american ingenuity and enterprise, the sleek rocket going into space. i wanted to be a journalist in space when the challenger disaster stopped that program. now there always you are in

chapter of optimism. people united around their tv sets, instead the bliss and optimism and thumbs up moment goes like that then they were back to watching cleveland going down, l.a. going down, chicago, brooklyn. it's awful. atlanta. it's all of what's happening. to see what happened to leland vittert outside the white house and see what happened with the explosions with cnn headquarters and the explosions in atlanta. first amendment, first amendment. they are destroying the people trying to bring the information. it's an obscenity. bill: to nasa and spacex we thank them for giving us that moment today. it was remarkable. from earlier today the president was in florida and had this to say about the events across

america. president trump: the main victims of this horrible horrible situations are the citizens who live in these once lovely communities. the mobs are devastating the life's work of good people and destroying their dreams. the voices of law-abiding citizens must be shared and heard very loudly. we cannot and you have not allow a small group of criminals and vand we must defend the rights of every citizen to live without violence, prejudice or fear.

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bill: i want to show you union square in lower in the where people have gathered. so far people are calm. but a much different scene than across the river in lower brooklyn. you have been watching this unfold. you can call it night five perhaps. what are we in for, do you think? >> i think we are probably in

for a little more violence. i think it depends on the venue. the nypd is going to do with they do best and keep things under control. i'm not so sure about minneapolis or chicago. how are the police doing thus far based on what you can see through your monitor, sir? >> what i can see is the nypd is doing what they do well. they are controlling the crowd and segmenting them. there are police cars getting set on fire. the issue comes down to what happened in minneapolis on the first tight when the mayor gave up the third precinct and set the signal the protestors that you can take whatever you want. whenever cedes

the territory to thugs, this ways happened. i think it mayor thought he was preventing more violence and injury. or maybe he thought it was okay for the protesters to burn count precinct. it's time after time we learned in situations like this that when you show weakness, not to the peaceful protesters. but cottage day tores who usually come from out of town. they can take what they want and they will do that. >> was it weakness or were they unprepared? >> i think they were also unprepared. one of the things we do in the nypd and fny is train for these situations. i think the governor has the

right attitude and sent the signal that 35,000 national guard troops are going to be deployed. and i think the governor was very clear that he's going to take a firm hold. and that's the right attitude. bill: give us perspective from inside the police department. the police division. when they are preparing for hours through the afternoon. knowing that darkness will come, and they are going to have to react, what is the strategy? what is the plan that goes into place at at multitude of police division across the country to try and manage this? >> i think there are a number of strategies. at the same time the police you see out there controlling dissidents. the community is getting the community leaders and asking the

community leaders to help calm things down and often that works. i have been through a number of these incidents when i was commissioner and by getting the community leaders in very early and making sure they have understand those who were responsible for these kinds of incidents will be held accountable. i think the three days that it took to charge this officer with murder for the three days that ginned things you have. bill: the officer was charged with third degree manslaughter. >> i think from a legal standpoint that's probably true. but if this was an individual who wasn't a police officer, i think fit was an individual on the street he would have been held other charges. bill: will the other police officers face charges? >> i don't know the details.

but i think one of them who was helping hold mr. floyd down will probably face charges. bill: there are some who believe that you need to let the energy burn off and the protesters tire out over a few days. do you by to that and do you support that? >> i do not. i believe this is orchestrated. agitators from various groups that favor violence and insurrection are orchestrating this. the vast majority of these protesters are peaceful and should be protected. and the thing that's tragic about this is in many instances they are burning down the very stores and institutions that service them. when this is over they will be without them. bill: thank you for your time today. it's good to get your thoughts and consideration.

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bill: police are trying to keep the protesters away from a certain area in atlanta. largely based on last night, atlanta has been a much more calm scene. the cnn center was a target last night. they took their frustrations out on that area in downtown atlanta. we see one individual being led away, being arrested. in chicago there is a curfew that will go in effect 19 minutes from now. we are watching these curfews across the country. the white house, the president is back there. he arrived a minute agree. leland vittert had a late

evening there and he joins our coverage. lead, good evening. >> as rough as last night was, perhaps tonight is equally angry, but the secret service and the park police are a lot more prepared. as we take you down from our vantage point down to ground level. there is a lot of pushing and shoving. a lot of the colorful signs if you will about what these folks want, black lives matter, et cetera, et cetera. but we are not seeing the breaking down of barricades. the secret service and park police pushed back line that they had been allowed to walk up to from pennsylvania avenue in front of the secret service was caught off guard last night out to 8th street and lafayette park.

they have multiple officers and riot police and officers on the mounted patrols for crowd control. we have seen a couple of skirmishes and one or two rounds of pepper spray. we saw destruction of secret service vehicles. i don't think they knew how quickly this was going to organize. we haven't seen the looting we have seen in other cities. but the video down along the fence line in were 50-100 demonstrators who were diehard with picking a fight with the secret service. they were trying to push their way across pennsylvania avenue. that was a line in the pavement for the secret service. they spent hours holding them

back with riot shields and hundreds of water bottles. this crowd. it was difficult to figure out what they wanted. there was not one comont common message of protest. they were angry about donald trump. white privilege, all sorts of things. then when they found out we worked for fox news and they focused on tushed use those tactics on us. they pushed us out of the park. it took us two blocks to get away from them and to the police. tonight the police have come ready for a different situation. they are ready today for what happened tonight. the overwhelming force keeps things calmer. bill: what time did it get really tough last night? >> >> reporter: it was about

1:00 a.m. things got tough. midnight is when the fences started getting torn down. how late did the agitators stay out? bill: there is time for that if it happens. i will bring in ted williams. ted, good evening. you represented police officers who have been charged with using excessive force. we talked friday, we talked thursday, and now it's day five. did you see it going this way, ted? >> well, i really didn't see it going this way, bill. let me say that at:322:00 p.m. eastern standard time we saw the best of america where we saw the astronauts going up into space. tonight here we are seeing in part between the protesters and

the agitators, the worst of the america. what do i mean by that? the protesters have a legitimate trite protest. but you have in that crowd agitators. those agitators are creating problems for all of us. i would hope that the curfews going on around the country will be able to get some of this under control, bill. bill: ted, when i think about minneapolis, and you think about what we saw together i think it was friday afternoon when the channels came down. there is a question some believe unless the three other officers are charged you will continue to see a lot of these forces in the streets today. i don't know if you agree with that or not. but if you go inside the protests, how many professional agitators do you think and how many live in the towns?

>> that's the $64,000 question. i remember covering mitch mcconnell and thmitch -- -- i r. the mayor of atlanta, the mayor, she said it right. we are better than this. why are people til demonstrating. if you let the system work you probably will have the other three officers charged with something. let the system work. we are better than this, bill. bill: we'll speak again next week. remarkable scenes, a time of covid-19 with the masks on so many.

police officers and protesters squaring off in these great american cities. i don't know a lot of people could have predicted it would have gone this way. here we are coming up on the first of june monday. 2020 has had more highlights than many of us would like to think. back in a moment.

bill: minneapolis has seen the national guard get called in on behalf of the governor. i can hear steve harrigan. let's go to him live to find out what's happening in his location. steve, good evening. reporter: you have seen the panic run of people who have been tear gassed. they are running now. the largest ever number of national guard have been called out in minnesota's history. we saw 0 fires. 200 businesses destroyed.

the governor said we'll have a curfew and we'll stay at home. those are flash bangs and more tear gas coming. we'll start to move backwards. their goal is to disperse this crowd. they are doing it so [inaudible] bill: we'll try to hang with this shot. bear with us. steve harrigan and his crew with the flash bangs. if we can get your audio back. bleed it in my ear. steve, i have got you now, keep going. >> the he's trying run and shoot at the same time. the cloud is starting to hit us now. police come under [inaudible] for four nights of violence

where buildings and businesses were [inaudible] today [inaudible] they would show a police presence. and that what's we are seeing. these protests had a peaceful pleating for several hours. a lot of chanting, a lot of signs. but now the police are attempting to enforce that curfew. the people are regathering and try and make several more attempts to get past the police. so we'll stay with them and watch. >> take good care up there. steve harrigan and his crew in the streets of minneapolis. from los angeles, the mayor expanded the curfew to the entire city. from chicago, they are coming up on a * curfew local time where

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bill: we have spent the last tws the country, mostlye night in a, that is union square in downtown new york looking out at the moment, major cities like new york and los angeles, philadelphia and minneapolis with the death of a man who died in police custody touched on all of monday this past week which seems like forever ago and they're taking to the windows which appears to be a bank and lower new york city. we have also have over seeing peaceful protesters. they are out there, they make the decision to stay peaceful. police officers throughout the country, national guard has been

activated, this is a moment in america that has been sometime since we have seen that together we will go through it and see where it leads on the other side. our coverage continues -- >> continuing coverage now fox news alert the death of george floyd sparking another night of destructive protest across our nation, nearly every major city in america has seen some sort of crowd gathered in the street demanding more from justice amid escalating tensions with law enforcement, you're looking live on the left side of your screen and minneapolis where we are starting to approach a curfew point, this is fox news special coverage, i am harris faulkner. my photos, multiple states activating national guard and some of the protests have taken a violent turn