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black lives! black lives matter! jillian: it is monday,
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june 1st. you're watching "fox & friends first." i'm jillian mele. rob: i'm rob schmitt. violent clashes overnight as nationwide protests over the death of george floyd rage into another night. fires, looting, riots from coast to coast asthmas i've crowds defy curfew orders. jillian: national guard troops fanned out in major cities as president trump called for the restoration of law and order. rob: we have fox news live team coverage. matt fin on the ground where this all began in minneapolis. todd piro monitoring the latest from the white house. todd williams joins us with expert analysis. jillian: we begin with brian llenas who has been live in new york city all night long where looting escalated overnight. you've seen wild scenes out there,. >> reporter: we have. looting was going on for at least five hours, beginning at 11:00 p.m., groups of people
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swarming stores. behind me is a chanel store here in soho. this is really the luxury store center of new york city, a place where many tourists come and people love to come to be seen or if you can afford it, to buy stuff. you can see some of the stuff that's left over, gucci things. they find their way into the store this way, just follow me real quick. they broke through the glass and made their way in and stole all of that. dozens of stores in soho have been ransacked, completely wiped clean. we saw police officers here but, frankly, today they were stretched all over the city. i had never had a night like this ever where the protests were jumping from one place to the other of and sporadic and different boroughs. the nypd stretched, really and we saw people getting arrested but at the same time the nypd couldn't arrest hundreds of people here for running from one store to the next. so the looters would go to one block and then go to the other
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block when the police weren't there and would just keep making their way for hours on end. they put all of the merchandise inside of vehicles. you can see this store here, they tore down the wood and broke in. this is bon main paris, a pair of pants costs up to $5,000. these are luxury stores. people were walking around, past police cars, past the press, in front of our cameras, threatening us if we pretty much aired, put their faces on tv and they were just walking from store to store, calling their friends and telling them look, come here. we saw people with jackets walking down the streets, expensive coats. look, i understand that these are luxury stores and whatnot, but these are also jobs. new york city has been on lockdown for three months and there are plenty of people who have lost their jobs in this city. this city is struggling might ely. there's a lot of anger out
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there. plenty of people have now -- probably can't get back to work now with many of these employers, i don't know what's going to happen to some of these jobs. that's the kind of situation we're dealing with. you can see down the street, we see this in every street in soho, it's the bags and the merchandise here from inside as people really packed their city bikes, their ubers, their friends' cars with as much as they could fit. this clearly in soho is not about george floyd at this point. jillian: those images are so definite stating. you have to remember, -- devastating. you have to remember, there are hundreds, thousands of jobs that people have been out of work for months because of covid in some cities, especially hard-hit new york. brian llenas, thank you very much. rob: more than 300 people arrested in the minneapolis area, ground zero for the nationwide anger. jillian: look at this video, a truck driver recklessly barrels into a crowd as people run for
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their lives. rob: matt fin is in minneapolis as the city is under a mandatory curfew. matt. >> reporter: it was another care chaotic night in minneapolis. police arrested 150 people alone as people blatantly violated curfew. we aren't waking up to any major fires this morning and talking a little bit more about the shockingly horrifying scene yesterday as the tanker truck drove through a crowd of peaceful protesters on i-35 in minneapolis. fortunately, no deaths or reports of major injuries. the driver was taken into custody. it's not clear whether it was intentional. authorities say the driver did appear to roll through some barriers. in minneapolis, the governor and state officials are becoming more revealing about how bad the riots have been here. cars without license plates driving around with weapons and rocks. listen to the commissioner of public safety department describe some of the police tactics and weapons they've
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recovered. >> we took an ar-15 off of people. we took guns off of people. we noted that once again their tactics had also changed. we noted that we were seeing cars drive through our neighborhoods and through our communities without any license plates on them and with their lights out and their windows blacked out. >> reporter: the former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, who was charged in connection with the death of george floyd has been transferred from a county jail to a maximum security prison. he was set to appear in court today but his appearance has been rescheduled until next week and in all, the department of public safety says it hazard at least 3 -- has arrested at least 350 people since friday. back to you guys. rob: criminal defense attorney ted williams joins us now with his expert insight. you've seen the pictures, the
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videos. the situation is unbelievable. what will it take to get it under control? can the national guard handle this? >> well, i hope that two things will happen. one, that they will rearrange the curfews so that the curfews will go into play in the daytime instead of at night. and second of all, i hope that the national guard will step in. we've seen them sporadically in some of these places but as you know, like when you look at philadelphia which blew up yesterday, this is very sad. when you look at it, this is not about george floyd, this is about looters and people who are hell-bent on creating havoc. jillian: i'm going to follow up on that, ted. i'm from philadelphia. i was really focused on watching a lot of that play out on live tv on fox yesterday whavmen. what you had happen in philadelphia, the downtown area, officials closed off streets in
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and out of center city. the ben franklin bridge was closed around noon. later in the afternoon you saw everything happening in west philadelphia, where you saw businesses being looted. this is 52nd and art street yesterday. multiple police vehicles were on fire. national guard has stepped in to help philadelphia. my understanding, a lot of the focus has been on center city which was hit so hard two days ago. it seems like once you close center city, then this expanded. i don't know how they're going to get a handle on this without having a focus everywhere, not just on specific neighborhoods. help me understand that a little bit. >> jillian, you are absolutely right. what happened yesterday was that the demonstrators really started working in one area and before you knew it they tried to out-smart the police and to some degree they did because they moved into another area of philadelphia and they used car
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as missiles and had cars carrying down streets without anybody manning the cars and running into other vehicles there. there was a great deal of havoc yesterday in philly and i think that with the national guard, they are now going to be able to talk to each other more and try to deploy in various directions to try to quell these riots. rob: well, let's take a look at the case itself here, what sparked all of this, the killing of george floyd. you've got the attorney general, keith ellison, a pretty prominent left wing democrat who will take the lead on this thing. it's a murder charge. what do you make of where the case stands right now and what's the burden of proof here? >> okay. well, derek chauvin as you know, this 19-year veteran of the police department who is no longer with the police department has been charged with third degree murder and manslaughter. both of those are somewhat
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pretty close to each other because the third degree murder is the unintended killing of a person and the manslaughter has to deal with the -- [ indiscernible ] the big question that everybody is wondering, are those charges going to be upgraded perhaps to second degree murder. when you really look at the video, and the video is going to be something that is going to be used to make a decision as to whether these charges should be elevated, the way chauvin has his knee on this man's neck, he continues it looks to press in. that could very well be considered intent. you need intent for second degree murder. that may be there. guys, let me say this. this is not a slam-dunk. the autopsy report has come out and the autopsy report is clearly inconclusive.
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jillian: ted, real quick, we do have to run but a follow-up to that is a lot of people are saying in order for justice to truly be served a lot of people want to see other charges on the other three officers who were there in the video. what do you make of that, quickly? do you think we'll see any more charges in. >> i think you will see more charges but the question is can they prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt, jillian. that's going to be the question in this case. even if you charge those other officers. jillian: okay. rob: ted, thank you so much for your time. we do appreciate it. 11 minutes after the hour. the president using twitter to announce that the united states is designating antifa as a terrorist organization. jillian: many blaming the far left group for inciting riots and violence all over the nation. jenna ellis, constitutional law attorney, says the move is necessary. she joins us live to explain.
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>> we stand with the protesters. it's the violent antifa radical militants coming out under cover of night, traveling across state lines, using military tactics to burn down our cities. rob: as violence your results in streets across -- erupts in streets across the country. the president placing the blame on antifa. jillian: he said the united states will be designating antifa has a terrorist organization. joining us now is senior legal advisor, jenna ellis. tell me about the decision to get to this point. >> this is a very necessary decision. i think president trump took swift and decisive action by labeling the antifa has a domestic terrorist organization and this now allows as attorney general bill barr said yesterday more of the federal resources to be involved with the fbi joint terrorism task force, the u.s. attorney's offices and local and
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state law enforcement to then make sure to combat these acts of violent terrorism because of course under the united states constitution, we have the right to protest. we have the right to speech, we have the right to petition the government and address grievances. these acts are nothing short of terrorism, by trying to coerce and influence government policy through violence, that's never the appropriate action. for president trump, i think this was a very welcome designation and this is something that attorney general bill barr has said will certainly be enforced. rob: part of the statement from the attorney general, with the rioting that is occurring around the country, the voices of peaceful and legitimate protests have been hijacked by violent radical elements. violence and carried out by antifa is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly. the fbi is going to be going after the money here, this is an organized and well-funded thing, antifa is, and all they're trying to do is wreak havoc on
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this country. you've got to find the people that are paying for this, right? >> yeah, absolutely. and this is something where making sure to go and investigate these cells and the organizations, where they're funded, how they're funded, how they're getting across state lines, how they're able to organize and then to wreak havoc across the united states, this is something certainly that needs to be cracked down on and this is something where i think it's remarkable that we've seen in the united states through just the shutdown orders and now through antifa terror that we've seen kind of the juxtaposition of tyranny and anarchy simultaneously. our constitution has legitimate limited government powers for the purpose of maintaining liberty and freedom and those same legitimate powers to make sure we can have a well-ordered society. so our constitution is designed to make sure that we are a moral, law and order society and
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president trump is taking a strong stand here. jillian: i want to read this forge a second, a statement from the aclu, saying, quote, terrorism is an inherently political label, easily abused and misused. there is no legal authority for designating a domestic group any such designation would raise significant due process and first amendment concerns. that's that. then overnight it appear as if twitter suspended antifa from its platform. so you look at the amount cul statement -- aclu statement. you look at twitter suspending antifa. your final thoughts. >> no, there certainly is federal law that can be enforced. that kind of statement is just a ridiculous political maneuver by the aclu. i think if this were a different administration, they probably wouldn't have come out so strongly and i think that that's just something that we all need to come together to make sure to preserve and protect america and so we all need to support president trump and this
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administration to make sure that our country gets back on track with law and order. rob: maybe twitter seeing the light, banning antifa. that's a big moment. thank you so much. jillian: looting and acts of arson in cities across our country robbing small business owners of their entire life's work. rob: it really is -- it's disgusting to watch. the owner of a chicago smoothie shot who had his shop ransacked said police must act now because it is anarchy out there. he joins us, coming up. it's kind of my quiet, alone time. audible is a routine for me. it's like a fun night school for adults. i could easily be seduced into locking myself into a place where i do nothing but listen to books. i never was interested in historical fiction before, but i'm obsessed with it now. there are a lot of like, classic and big titles
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images, dozens of cities under curfew nationwide as violent clashes and mass protests rage over the death of george floyd, the national guard deployed across 27 states and washington, d.c. rob: in medicine wra minneapoln 300 protesters arrested. a tanker truck was seen driving right through a crowd on sunday on a highway. that driver was arrested. in new york, looters overnight targeting so many high end stores in the soho district of manhattan like chanel, a rolex shop, so many others, gucci. jillian: completely ransacked. in the nation's capital crowds defied curfew and vandalized the lincoln memorial. rob: violent protests and looting are threatening chicago's attempt to move into phase three of reopening with covid-19 after the city's businesses have been shut down
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for nearly three months. >> it's a terrible thing that after being shut down for so long and the businesses were preparing for opening on june 3rd, and we will make a determination whether or not we can go forward but we haven't made that determination yet. jillian: a chicago organic super food juicery was one of many businesses ransacked this weekend. the owner joins us with his reaction. nick, thanks for being here, unfortunately under these circumstances. i know many business owners like yourself were making plans, hopeful, as you prepare to reopen after being closed for so long with covid. and now this. how are you feeling? >> feeling a little bit shocked and, you know, kind of like we've been kicked while we were down. my operation, we've been open in some capacity for the last few months because we're a carry-out, predominantly carry-out business.
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we've been doing a lot of deliveries and really making it work, finding ways to just keep things afloat during this pandemic over the last few months and this just -- the whole city turning into -- the whole downtown district, business district has basically turned into what looks like a war zone, you know. rob: it's absolute mayhem, nick. we're looking at video. tell us what happened to your store. >> well, on -- i've got to think what night it was. it was saturday night. we saw the protests going on downtown and then the riots and the looting started spreading. i was on my way back to the city from the suburbs with my wife and young daughter and we noticed people driving crazy on the highway. we got home, turned on the news to kind of see where things were at, if like our business was in danger. and realized that the cvs across the street, kitty corner from us
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looked like it was being set on fire. it was totally being looted. rioting in the streets. and surely enough, shortly after, like our phone started going off, we've got an alarm system, we've got a camera system and we were basically forced to just watch helplessly as we saw looters coming in and out of our store, stealing and breaking everything that they could. jillian: hey, nick, i'm curious -- you know, we've seen images and video from across the country from different cities after the fact, the day after a lot of people in the community have come out to help with brooms and with paper towels, wiping down graffiti and trying to get the glass up off the sidewalks. have you seen any of that near your business? >> yeah, yesterday that was a really i guess like a silver lining or high point that's come of this, is that neighbors and just concerned citizens were coming out and like you could see the pain and grief in their eye as they're watching my
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manager, myself, we were cleaning up, sweeping up glass, trying to piece things together and kind of like kind of figure out where we're at, what the next move is. there were a lot of people coming up and extending their sorrow, condolences, and offering to help. so that was definitely an up side to this. there seemed to be a rallying of the community. jillian: you need to remember the positives in our community and the people coming to help in these situations. rob: nick, i hope people buy ten million gallons of your juice once you get reopened, sir. >> true that. thanks for having me. jillian: it is 27 minutes after the hour. a total break down of law and order leaving police officers across the country in the line of fire. rob: we have a panel of retired members of the nypd on deck to discuss how to stop the mop that is hell-bent on hurting police
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ransacked and cars torched. rob: this neighborhood here, you're looking at soho, just completely destroyed almost it seems. aishah hasnie is there in manhattan where some of the worst looting has taken place overnight. aishah, paint the picture for us. >> reporter: good morning, guys. yeah, you know, i have never seen soho look like this. i've been up and down these streets quite a few times and i am actually in shock right now, just seeing the devastation. so many stores including this gucci store i'm standing in front of right now completely gutted and looted. i was here earlier sunday and i saw a lot of these stores preparing for this, they knew this was coming and they started to put up plywood over their windows. protesters actually got through those pieces of plywood. if we want to walk over here, frank, there's still parts of the gucci store that are open, they are trying to cover this up as quickly as possible as police have now started to move out of
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this neighborhood. a lot of these protesters, whatever you want to call them, these people who are looting, they have seemed to have left the area. there are still, though, i'm seeing some groups actually walking past me right now and people trying to pick up what's left on the ground. there's still a lot of stuff left, gucci box, some of the gucci gear still on the ground here. this all started as thousands of protesters swarmed barclays center last night and then they shut down the manhattan bridge, marching from brooklyn to manhattan. amid the chaos, hundreds have been arrested throughout the weekend. the nypd responding to videos of protesters attacking police, tweeting they will not tolerate this type of behavior from agitators who are ruining a meaningful protest and this is happening of course as some officers we saw this video, taking a knee next to protesters sunday in a moment of solidarity, testers saying this is -- protesters saying this
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what is they need from police officers. i've got to tell you, there's no way that the people that were here looting tonight are protesters. i think brian was mentioning even earlier that he saw a lot of license plates, cars -- people jumping into cars and the license plates were out-of-state connecticut, new jersey. people are coming into the city specifically for this, almost like they have a shopping list and taking whatever they can, guys. jillian: it's disgusting to see all of that damage, all of that destruction. and you also have to remember, i mean there, are people who live above a lot of these stores. those people are probably spending their nights awake in fear. rob: yeah. i've got a buddy of mine lives in the neighborhood. go ahead, aishah. >> reporter: i was going to say, i was thinking about that when i first got here because we do see some lights on right now and so you've got to think, i mean, i don't know how you can sleep when you hear the looting going on down here. it has stopped now. this has got to be a restless and dangerous night for these folks because we've seen some of these folks set cars on fire and
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that's the fear is what happens if that fire then spreads to the building. so i can't imagine any of these folks are sleeping tonight. rob: i mean you're seeing this is the worst of society right here and it has nothing to do with george floyd. aishah, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. more than 60 secret service agents injured during violent protests in washington, d.c. jillian: demonstrators throwing bottles and setting fires steps from the white house. rob: todd piro has more on these terrifying scenes. >> reporter: another tumultuous night in washington, d.c., rioting, looting, destruction and fires outside the white house. this fire in lafayette square a few hours ago, mayhem so close to the president's home. >> black lives matter! black lives matter! black lives matter! >> reporter: in addition to the rioting, traditional protests went on, an intense moment here
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between angry protesters screaming at police and look at this scene, less than two hours ago looters caught on camera at a home depot, look at that. this one's really tough to see. one of the most historic churches in the country set on fire, saint john's, known as the church of the president, evidence commander in chief has visiting that parish. at least 60 secret service agents injured this weekend, rioters throwing molotov cocktails and bottles at them. u.su.s. marshals and dea agents have been deployed in washington, the d.c. national guard also called up. the lincoln memorial was vandalized with spray paint. you can see the words y'all not tired yet written there. the world war ii memorial vandalized as well. they are working to find the organizers of the violent following suggestions that antifa could be involved. >> we've seen this pattern before, where outsiders come in. we've seen the mayors talk about the fact that people traveled
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from outside the communities to do destruction, destroying small businesses, life savings of owners of the small businesses. it's truly a tragedy. >> reporter: the president tweeting out the united states of america will be designating antifa as a terrorist organization. he's expected to meet with attorney general bill barr this morning and, rob, as you've been saying all morning long, follow the money when it comes to antifa. it will be interesting to see how it plays out. rob: absolutely. shoes ishut it down. jillian: from molotov cocktails to bricks and fireworks, police officers are being targeted during protests across the country. is there a way forward for the police and the public after this? our law enforcement panel joins me live now, with dr. darren porcher, dr. oscar odem and angel masonnette. thank you for being here. we appreciate it. owodem, i'll start with you.
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i know you say there's a way to repair the relationship between officers and civilians. how di does that happen right nw with the state of the country. >> first, i would like to thank the officers of nypd, the men and women who are out there who are holding down the line, trying to restore justice to new york city. the next thing is, we need of course the politicians to get involved and the community leaders to step forward to bring the olive branch and to begin to work on different issues, to bring us together and to make sure that we understand what we're doing here. we also need them to make sure we are dealing with the agitators that are out there that are not part of the actual protesting because we know the united states constitution guarantees a right to peacefully protest. not rioting. not going up and down and doing all these different things. we understand the pain. because one of the things we say, we say no, we don't agree with the tactics that were used, nor do we agree or do we train
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to do the things the officers did, still we are protecting the communities, still believe in cpr, courtesy profession profesm and respect. we want justice also because this is not what we do and this is not what we should do and this is guaranteed by all officers across the country that are seeing this. jillian: there have been more than 100 officers injured in protests nationwide. you've seen a lot of video coming out from cities all across the country and that includes from over the weekend in new york city, i'm sure everybody saw that video, it made rounds on social media with the two police vehicles who kind of drove into a crowd of people. i don't want to say drove. they inched up into a crowd of people pretty quickly. the mayor had something to say about this. let's listen to what bill de blasio had to say. >> imagine what it would be like, you're just trying to do your job and you see hundreds of people converging upon you. i'm not going to blame officers who were trying to deal with an
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absolutely impossible situation. the folks who were converging on that police car did the wrong thing to begin with and they created an untenable situation. jillian: we're trying to find that video exactly but dr. porcher, i'll go to you with this. dyou do see video coming out that's unfortunate nationwide. you also do see photos across the country of police officers and civilians hugging, embracing these open in these moments. you saw i'm sure a video of the sheriff in michigan saying how can i help, and the community said walk with us and he did. there are good things happening right now. i feel like this is what we need to highlighted. >> i agree. the police and the community need to work in the similar by c relationship. there is a three legged stool. one is the organizational process, consists of the chain of command, officers that respond in respect to superior officers. the second leg to the stool
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would be communications. police have an essential communications network that allows them the radio transmissions to offer other officers in different areas to strategically place themselves accordingly. and lastly, which i think is the most significant piece here, is the resource element. police have a tremendous amount of resource that's would allow them to fortify against the demonstrators in the wake of the riots that we see that are playing out. when we take into consideration the three-legged stool, that's what police will have to apply in terms of fortifying society against the riotous behavior coupled with the protesters that are turning in an unfortunate direction. jillian: angel, we've had conversations in the last where i've asked you point blank how do we repair the relationships and we're here yet again. what needs to be done internally, whether in police department or internally in
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various communities to be able to mend this going forward? >> i think it's important to note that what happened to george floyd was disgusting, was a horrible, horrible thing and police officers have spoken up across the country to condemn the actions of the officer that killed him. it's important the to note that there are thousands of interactions between police and people of core, peopl -- of col, people of every color that occur daily without incident. instead of highlighting the negative all the time, we have to realize that this is -- those are very rare occurrences. cops work in inner cities, black lives matter to police, black lives have always mattered to police. that's not something that is a horrible thing to say. black lives do matter to us. they've mattered to us since the beginning of police work. jillian: all lives matter. >> we do the bulk of our patrol in the inner city neighborhoods, protecting all lives. jillian: i think all lives matter and i think hays what we
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need to -- that's what we need to remember in these moments. angel, oscar and darren, thank you all very much for joining us. and we'll be right back. need an escape from reality that won't cost a thing?
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rob: welcome back. protests raging across the united states, really tearing apart america's cities right now. such a terrible thing to seem and now some local leaders are joining the president in pleading for an end to these violent demonstrations. >> we support the right of peaceful protesters and we hear their pleas but what we are now seeing on the streets of our cities has nothing to do with justice or with peace. >> this is not in the spirit of martin luther king, junior. this is chaos. jillian: our next guest is the niece of martin luther king and says her uncle's message is being taken out of context by those who believe violence is a
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solution. alveda king joins us live. i'm wo wondering what you think your uncle would say today. >> good morning, jillian, as we follow these situations we're also following and praying for the family of george floyd. i just heard our mayor, we just saw the mayor of atlanta on here in atlanta speaking out, asking people to stop. the president of the united states urging people to protest and to speak out peacefully. martin luther king, junior did say that the message of the voiceless is violence, i'm paraphrasing him. however, he was not condoning violence. he was just letting us know that those who in pain must be heard, must be considered, must be treated as human beings.
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rob: let's listen to that, you're talking about that right now. let's listen to your uncle. >> in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard, justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention. rob: you say that's being taken out of context, alveda. tell us why. >> many of the young people, many of the rioters and those who are doing violent deeds feel as though martin luther king said you have to be violent to be heard. no, he's saying you must be heard. please don't be violent. martin luther king, junior supported nonviolence, the love of god. it will take the love of god and reason and sanity. i've been following mr. floyd's family, listening to his brother, for instance, listening to the police chief there in minnesota, and the answer is not violence. there is pain.
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i'm in pain. i hate to see this, to hear this, to know this. his breath, mr. floyd's breath was robbed. he was robbed of his breath. his life was taken from him, his voice, his life. that was very wrong. we must have justice. it must be done righteously. it must be done in a nonviolent manner. jillian: your uncle had something to say about nonviolence. let's listen to this. >> nonviolence is not sterile passiveity but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation. jillian: we have a couple seconds left. your response, your thoughts on that. >> in the 1960s we responded with god's love, with the word of god, with treating people as human beings. the life of a human being has been lost. let's not be violent.
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let's be proactive, prayerful with love and with faith. jillian: absolutely. rob: alveda, thank you so much for your time. we do appreciate it. thanks for getting up early. and we'll be right back. you doing okay?
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this is part of the reason why. after that protest today, you had looting which now led to fires and this fire department has been out here several hours, trying to knock this particular fire down. this building was hit hard, this entire street, actually, was hit hard by looting. you take a walk down here just for a few minutes and you can see leftover boxes, items left over, tons of broken glass, just scattered throughout the street. and this kind of further illustrates also what's happening right here. this is the rei store and it was -- a couple of the protesters who were out here who were protesting peacefully, part of the march, tried to stop a lot of the protesters from breaking into the rei. there was video of at least two standing in front of the door, even though they were being yanked away and it looked like it was just too much for those protesters who were trying to
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defend the store. this store is also experiencing some sort of fire as well. a lot of items taken out of here. the police in full force here in santa monica, as well as the national guard and the sheriff's department. hopefully it will be a quiet night for the rest of the evening and the morning. back to you. rob: they didn't even wait until the cover of night, the looting happening just in the middle of the day. unbelievable. jeff, thanks so much. jillian: and we'll be right back. are you sick and tired of looking and feeling heavy? probioslim promotes healthy digestion and helps you lose weight. patented probiotics ease constipation, gas, and bloating, while powerful egcg burns fat and calories. unleash your potential with probioslim, the #1 probiotic fat burner at walmart.
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jillian: dozens of cities under curfew nationwide as violent clashes and mass protests rage over the death of george floyd. rioters destroying police vehicles, lighting them on fire. hundreds of protesters arrested as things escalate. rob: looters targeting many high end stores in new york city. look at this scene, chanel, gucci, a number of stores emptied out in soho overnight. a really charming neighborhood destroyed. the national guard deployed across 27 states right now as well as in washington, d.c. the president scheduled to speak with law enforcement officials across the country later this morning. you can see new york national guard on standby. could have been a big mistake. i think that was definitely needed in new york last night.
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these curfews mean nothing to people who want to riot and loot. jillian: the peaceful protests we see across the country, the message is getting drowned out by the radicals and agitators. "fox & friend"fox & friends" hag coverage. >> black lives, black lives matter! >> go home, now. good morning, it's monday, the first day of june, 2020. this morning, dozens of city are under curfew nationwide at this hour as violent clashes and mass protests continue to rage over the death of george floyd. at least 60 secret service agents injured over the weekend in d.c., the clashes outside the white house, as flames erupt in the streets of the district. ainsley. >> something that was so sad, the historic saint john's

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