and it touched everyone. we'll be obviously watching this one as well and taking you there. our nation's capital, clouds are now beginning in the second weekend of protest and we'll take you there as well. keep it right here on fox news for all the breaking news. leland: and a fox news alert as we look at protests around the country that are going on right now. massive crowds turning out in cities in what is now the second weekend of protests over george floyd's death. remarkably more peaceful this weekend than last. live pictures in washington d.c. looking from the lincoln memorial down toward the washington monument. crowds beginning to gather there. thousands, if not tens of thousands are expected to attend what could be the city's largest demonstrations yet. welcome to america's news headquarters, i'm leland vittert. as a friend told me a couple of days ago, this week has already

been a long year. kristin: it certainly feels that way. it's good to be with you, leland, on this historical day. i'm kristin fisher and we're going to be having team coverage on this. we have mark meredith at the white house and we begin with lucas tomlinson at lafayette square which is right outside the white house. lucas. >> good afternoon, kristin. thousands of peaceful protesters have descended on lafayette square. it's peaceful, different from earlier this week when this burned. i asked her if she wants her police department to be defunded. we support our police department. we work hard every day to make sure we have the type of police and community relationships that will allow us to have safe

neighborhoods. >> yesterday, mayor unveiled a new sign, and ordered the words black lives matters painted on with the same yellow paint that covered the streets. it covers two city blocks and it's not coming off anytime soon. the special soldiers forces from utah national guard were evicted from their d.c. hotel. for days they've been cleaning graffiti off the buildings in d.c. and she was blasted for the decision. all 900 soldiers are returning home to fort bragg and fort drum. and the troops are roughly the same number of troops deployed to iraq. ryan mccarthy is investigation the use of a medical vac helicopter use today disperse a

crowd. critics say it's like using an ambulance for crowd control. a public viewing for george floyd is taking place in north carolina where he was born. thousands more protesters are expected in the capital and d.c. mayor bowser hopes they remain peaceful. kristin: lucas tomlinson, stay safe out there in lafayette square. leland: back with lucas was the crowds continue to agree. the city of minneapolis is making changes to its police practicing, including banning the use of chokeholds and neck restraint. and things have taken a peaceful turn, a welcome turn, matt. >> yeah, leland, the minneapolis police department will now require officers to intervene in situations like george floyd's. and this is the site where george floyd died and as you can see, there's been a steady stream of peaceful demonstrations and prayer a

circles. it passed new proposals that now have to be okayed by a luggage. at least three minneapolis city council members banding together insisting they'll disassemble the police department. and that police are bankrupting the city with massive judgments and settlements and we're going to disband the police department, when it's done we're not going to glue it back together. we'll look at safety and emergency response. it's past due. however, they will not sign off on abolishing the police department, instead deep structural reforms addressing systemic racism. >> this is a moment in time where we can totally change the way our police department

operates. we can quite lit areally lead the way in our nation, enacting more police reform than any other city in the entire country and we cannot fail. >> and here in minneapolis this saturday, the city is trying to recover and assess the extensive destruction left from all of those violent riots. the mayor now estimates at least $55 million in damage. the a.t.f. has released new videos of arson suspects and is asking people to submit any eyewitness video they might have to the a.t.f. after a few good peaceful nights here, the state safety department says it will no longer be enforcing a curfew here this weekend after a week long curfew in the twin cities. leland. leland: real quick, matt. the national guard still on the scene there in minneapolis? or have they pulled back? >> my understanding is they are here. we saw them all week long, protecting fire crews, protecting the police department. we've seen them even protect

locally owned grocery stores. so they did a fine job here. leland: we'll continue to watch for reporting throughout the day. thank you. kristin. kristin: ever since the protesters were pushed back from lafayette square on monday night, security around the white house has been growing increasingly tight. in fact, those protesters can't get anywhere close to the white house. our mark meredith joins us from the perimeter and joist us from the north lawn. it doesn't sound like we're going to be hearing from president trump in person today, right? >> you're correct. we do not expect to see president trump make any on-camera comments today. the protest also get coverage and lucas tomlinson was showing you a moment ago and as you mentioned security around the white house has been beefed up, turned into a fortress more so than it normally is. new fences all along the white house perimeter lines. this is the video as they were getting installed. there are road blocks preventing any vehicles from

getting close to the white house. this as president trump is attacking d.c.'s mayor for her response not only for the protests, but looting and rioting last weekend. the president tweeted mayor bowser, d.c.'s mayor, is incompetent and no way running a city like d.c. if the men and women of the national guard hadn't stepped forward she would look no better than the mayor of minneapolis. president trump came under criticism for the president's response, and of course it's the former secretary of defense james mattis that got the most attention, when he said this, this is his quote, donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people, does not even pretend to try. instead he tries to divide us. now, vice-president mike pence is addressing mattis head-on in an interview with fox news. >> i haven't spoken to general mattis, but i can tell you he's

wrong. what this president has done in recent days is what every american expects a president to do in times of crisis, and that is put the lives and the property and the liberty of every american first. >> that full interview will be airing later on this evening. in the meantime we continue to watch this out of the journal, that the u.s. plans to pull thousands of troops out of germany. that the u.s. still sees germany as an ally, but wouldn't comment on the number of troops pulled out. should start in november, we'll see if there are any developments on that. kristin: thank you, mark meredith from the north lawn. leland: we're keeping our eyes on the stations around washington d.c. the crowds are continuing to grow. we bring in the supervisory agent, and sentinel security ceo. charles, appreciate you being here with us. as we look at the security

around the white house of the no climb fencing, the additional barricades put up, et cetera. how much of that was an off the shelf contingency plan? how much of this has been on the fly, decision making in the past week? >> hey, leland, thanks for having me. i think what we're seeing basically is an evolution that started when the protests first occurred. you know, if we remember, what you do, the protests were allowed originally to be on pennsylvania avenue and the normal barriers that are in place every single day were in place. unfortunately the protest were infiltrated, beginning to be infiltrated by the anarchist groups and other groups, and they had to push the barriers back. leland: i was out there on friday night and also saturday night. we've got video from saturday day when a number of the secret service patrol cars that are

parked on pennsylvania avenue and in the plaza were jumped on and defaced and there was graffiti, et cetera. i really got the feeling that the secret service, in particular, was caught off guard by this and sort of overwhelmed in the beginning. they kept crowds from getting into the white house, obviously, but it didn't seem as though they were prepared. is that a fair assessment, do you think? >> i'll make a more general statement that i think will kind of align with your comments and that is i think across the country law enforcement as a whole was caught a little bit flat-footed in terms of the numbers of protesters that they saw, and also the infiltration of the protests that they saw. so the answer to your question is yes, and it was something that we saw just out not only in d.c., but also across the country. so as a result, some of these changes, in the perimeter were made on the fly. leland: as we look at what's happening right now in d.c., largely peaceful along what is

the new fence line, the no-climb fence that covered the white house, usually a beautiful part of town to walk through and have a picnic as we relax on a saturday. as we look at now, have the rules of engagement changed and monday, when there was the pepper balls, arguably tear gas, or not tear gas, we don't need to litigate that to push the crowd back, and the defacing and burning of police cars, et cetera, will not be allowed? >> well, the perimeter has changed. what has not changed and what will never change is the use of force standards and that is law enforcement across the country is trained to use the minimal amount of force necessary to gain compliance. so that standard is never going to change. leland: but charles, charles, we saw police cars burned and the secret service in their riot gear just stood on

watching. there was no forced to gain compliance. there weren't a lot of people arrested. it seems there was a calculated decision not to be aggressive in enforcing laws and even protecting police cars and monuments, et cetera. i wonder if you feel as though those orders have changed? >> well, we're becoming more aggressive in terms of how we're policing, now that the numbers have gone up in terms of personnel, the support that we're seeing from the national guard. we're seeing a more cohesive strategy going forward. you know, if law enforcement doesn't have the numbers, leland, to effect a strategy and if becomes more of a dangerous situation to go into a crowd because they're burning a patrol car. sometimes the decisions in fact are made to stay back and hold the line. >> the army wanted to put tanks around the white house and as white house said, no, he said it would look like america's

democracy is under siege and now we see the no-climb fencing ringing off the white house blocks away. how significant is the fact that the secret service made this decision? they normally pride themselves on discretion and the sort of standoffish unscene further nature and now we see this. >> so the area around lafayette park, the law enforcement agency is the u.s. park police. the secret service have from the fence line and joined in the patrols. yeah, it is about optics, we have a lot of things put into place which normally you wouldn't see, but these aren't normal times and at the end of the day, the white house and those peaceful protesters and the officers all need to be protected. you know, a lot of this is about optics, leland, and we're seeing it be argued about the national guard. leland: i'm just looking at the optics of the white house ringed off with no-climb

fencing. as you point out, unusual times and what you saw when you were with the secret service. appreciate your time. >> all right. leland: kristin. kristin: massive demonstrations are taking place in major cities across the country this weekend. here to talk about some of the other protests are two local lawmakers, alicia george, and from louisiana from the law enforcement institute, tony. we've spent time talking about the protests and in d.c., minneapolis, new york city and what not be and rightfully so, i'd love to get both of your takes on your states and what you're preparing for today. >> thank you for having me. here in boston, we like to do

things right and as someone -- i participated in one of the protests last weekend and the protest from start to finish was peaceful. they were uplifting. they were diverse. people were really coming together to spread the word around black lives matter, and murder of george floyd. we continue to do that day in and day out. we've had protests across our city all week and they've been something i've been very proud to support and to attend. now, it's a different story certainly for some of the action that's happening after the protest ends. the community members and those organizing these protests have done a tremendous job bringing communities together during this time. kristin: and tony, what about you? what have the protests been like in louisiana and what are you preparing for today? >> well, the protests in louisiana have actually been thoroughly peaceful and i'll give you an example.

last week at the state capitol in baton rouge, we had hundreds of protesters gather as we were in session and one of our african-american state representatives, denise marcel, went to the front. chamber, we call it the well, to applaud the peaceful nature of the protests. and she was joined initially by 17 of our african-american colleagues in the house of representatives, but as her speech unfolded, each of us, one by one, gathered with her and at the end of the speech, every member of the state house of representatives stood right alongside with representative denise marcel in praising the peaceful protests and that's what we've seen all across the state. with our leaders, our african-american leaders, our governor, everyone praising the protests for the nature and really doing well. kristin: that's good to hear, in the middle of all of these protests, the entire country is dealing with, both

massachusetts and louisiana are getting ready to implement phase two in terms of reopening in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. so, how are the protests impacting the attempt to reopen phase two? >> well, it is-- it's certainly an interesting time to say the least and we here in massachusetts and in boston in particular are looking for a stage two opening. later today our governor will roll out his recommendations and the state's guidance around that phase two, looking forward to relaxing regulations especially around retail establishments. our neighbors and residents and visitors will be able to start eating jut doors in many of our restaurants and we're looking forward to a return to what i'd call a new normal. it's going to take a little bit of time. it's going to take a lot of precautions and we're hopeful that this positive trend we've seen around the infection rate and the unfortunate death rate as it relates to covid-19,

we're looking forward to that continuing to improve. and for me as a parent, as a mom, as a former high school teacher here in boston, looking forward to the work that we have ahead to make sure that our communities can return safely to school, whether it's this summer for some summer programming or in the fail for -- or in the fall for what's important for that school. kristin: so many parents have said that. and tony, what about you? attempting to get into phase two reopening in louisiana? >> almost no impact. there may be a couple of blocks in new orleans that are impacted by the protests, but again, they're peaceful. so, you know, for us in louise loui louisiana, everybody is excited for phase two and including moms ap dads being able to watch a little league baseball game or a soccer game. it's really looking forward to this and again, protests here

are so peaceful, it shouldn't impact the phase two opening at all. >> you know, it's interesting, here in washington we've been, you know, under lockdown for a while because of the coronavirus, but it's really been the over the last week or so, when you walk around downtown d.c. that all of these store fronts had started to be boarded up because of some violence early on or destruction of property early on in these protests, and it feels like a hurricane could be sweeping through. although the last two days and today expected to be entirely peaceful. pretty crazy times we're going through as a country. thank you so much. >> thank you, kristin. kristin: coming up tomorrow, former joint chief of staff, mike mullen, joins chris wallace for an exclusive interview. check your listings for time and channel. and howard kurtz takes a look at how they're covered on media

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>> live pictures from london as the crowds are dispersing after a protest in the united kingdom's capital. benjamin hall on the ground there, has been for much of the day. benjamin, so we understand, is this a protest about george floyd or is this a protest about police practices in the u.k. sparked by george floyd? >> well, leland, you're absolutely right. this is a protest that began to commemorate george floyd and his death, but it's morphed into something much larger than that. it's about police brutality here in the u.k. and asking the government to change legislation to bring in reforms and we have seen thousands upon thousands take to the streets here as well as elsewhere. we spoke to some people earlier and here is what they told us. >> everywhere, and the police--

it's a system the bad ones, and their behavior. >> the u.k. continues to be under a partial coronavirus lockdown and gatherings of more than six people are still forbidden, but politicians have been urging people not to come to the protests. people aren't listening, they're here on the thousands and there's no social distancing here, despite the fact that front line medical workers are urging people to avoid this. and protests around the world, we've seen them in australia. people showing solidarity with those in the u.s. and indigenous australian who they say have died in police custody. in france, authorities banned two rallies planned in front of the u.s. embassy. they've gone ahead anyway and also in lebanon and south korea. certainly what we're seeing is a massive outpouring, thousands upon thousands of people. it's peaceful at the moment.

but earlier in the week we saw some fringe groups resort to violence. we hope that won't happen. that is well-organized and a peaceful march in london. leland: no politicians saying don't protest because of covid, a different message from here in the united states. benjamin, thank you. we'll check with you throughout the evening and afternoon. kristin. kristin: well, thousands are expected today in the small town of raeford, north carolina to remember george floyd in the place where he was born 46 years ago. jonathan serrie is live in north carolina and jonathan, the best of my understanding, the memorial service today is expected to be smaller and more for close family and friends as opposed to the bigger one filled with celebrities and lots of other people earlier this week in minneapolis, right? >> yeah, that's correct, kristin. the memorial service gets underway around 3:00. it's just for the family. people speaking there, mostly clergy. i believe the local sheriff is also going to deliver a

statement there. but the viewing is open to the public and as you can see from my live shot, it's attracting people not just from around north carolina, but from other states. we ran into one man from georgia who had come all the way here because he felt it was important to show his respect. this is just one of three memorials taking place around the country. the first memorial service was held thursday in minneapolis, the city where floyd died in handcuffs pleading for air, as a white police officer pressed a knee to his neck. >> what happened to floyd happens every day in this country in education, in health services, and in every area of american life. it's time for us to stand up in george's name and say get your knee off our necks. >> video of the fatal incident

has sparked protests in cities big and small around the u.s. and around the world. i know just a few minutes ago, you looked at protests in london. earlier today there was a demonstration in sydney, australia, but at today's visitation in north carolina, the local sheriff is asking attendees to wear face masks and refrain from protesting. the sheriff explains the memorial is about the life that mr. george floyd lived, and this is a time to embrace the family with expressions of love and kindness. and kristin, george floyd was born in this part of north carolina, but he was raised in houston, texas and that is where the third memorial is going to take place. there will be a public viewing on monday and then a memorial service there on tuesday. kristin. kristin: jonathan serrie live in north carolina for us. leland. leland: we'll keep an eye on other headlines as we watch the

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. kristin: large crowds of gathering in washington d.c. this afternoon. our kevin corke is in those crowds and joins us live from the capitol. >> i'm going to step out of the camera, as you can see all quiet so far. we expect that to change in a few at the nation's capitol. live coverage after this. eh, not enough fiber... chocolate would be good... snacking should be sweet and simple. the delicious taste of glucerna gives you the sweetness you crave while helping you manage your blood sugar. with nutrients to help support immune health.

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interaction with american citizens. that seems to be the overarching narrative once again in the nation's capital. you can see here the capitol building right now and the capitol grounds for that matter mostly empty although we've seen marchers coming this way. we do expect that will continue to happen throughout the day. we are here where temperatures are expected to top 90 degrees with high humidity and give way to thunderstorms later on in the day. now that could certain impact the gathering here and over at the lincoln memorial where marchers have been gathering all morning and into the afternoon. i should point out, kristin, a similar story is unfolding north of lafayette park where we've seen hundreds and thousands gather all week long, signs and songs have been the order of the day for the past couple of days. that of course is in very sharp contrast to last weekend in the evenings when we saw fires and glass breaking and looting and we've seen none of that as of late. we do anticipate we'll see

plenty of national guard on hand not just here at the capitol building and the capitol grounds, but all around the city providing additional safety and security. i want to share a tweet from the national guard. they said this today, today more than 43,300 national guard members in 43 states and d.c. are assisting law enforcement with civil unrust and more than 37,000 guardsmen and airmen continue to support the covid-19 response. back out live as you see the pictures here. a very small gathering. we expect that to get larger exponentially. we'll see if they go to the lincoln memorial or circle back our way. we'll be here either way, kristin, no doubt. kristin: i have a feeling you'll be surrounded by a lot more when we see you again. leland: the national guard,

tens of thousands, protesters sparking debate whether the president of the united states can send in the military or national guard to help control the crowd. and an attorney serving our country, kevin, we appreciate you being with us. in terms of what we're seeing right now in d.c., the mayor has asked non-d.c. national guard members who were here, thinking about folks from utah and others who were brought in after the unrest over last weekend and through the week, to leave. can she do that? and what is the law of the land right now as we look at the lincoln memorial? >> leland, thanks so much for having me on. the d.c. national guard has a unique legal status in every state in the union. the state governor is the commander-in-chief of the guard and d.c. of course is not a state so actually the president is the commander of the the d.c. guard. he delegated his authority to the secretary of defense who in

turn dell gates to the secretary of the army to run the national guard. strictly speaking, she does not have the authority to order the national guard units of other states to withdraw from the district. that said, using troops in the city over the objections of the mayor is fraught and you would hope that the mayor and the secretaries and the president are able to work it out. and that the individual guardsmen themselves don't become a football here. there's reporting in the paper that they were turned out of their hotel-- >> the utah guard and others were turned out of their hotel after 12-hour shifts on the line and thunderstorms and pouring rain and 96% humidity. as we look at the crowds right now, what law covers what the national guard can and cannot do. we saw the military police surround the white house as well. are they essentially deputized

as police officers or what are their rules? >> the insurrection act that hasn't been invoked, nor should it be, i don't think, currently they're there to do to send support to civil authorities. so they have to act the direction of the civil authorities. so, they should not be doing anything that law enforcement, whether that's local law enforcement, or federal law enforcement, is asking them to do. leland: i was taking a walk around the lincoln memorial i believe it was yesterday, and you saw groups of national guard walking around without weapons, without riot shields, conceivably somewhat exposed for lack of a better term. do they have the right to defend themselves? >> so, they have no more or less of a right than any other american to protect themselves from violence. the decision was made by the secretary of the army to have them not bring weapons and ammunition into the district and i think that was the

correct decision. it's really hard to forsee a circumstance here where it would be necessary or helpful for the u.s. army or the national guard to use lethal force. leland: there was a discussion earlier in the week about the potential of bringing in the 82nd airborne or the 101st airborne, talks about that. we know senator cotton's op-ed in the new york times has taken on a life of its own as well. the defense at the point in time a time-- the defense department and the president backed off bringing in the troops. do you think it's a legal reason or the crowds have quieted and it's not required? >> i think it's the latter. under the insurrection act, the president would have the authority to do so, however, it would have been politically unwise for him to do so. i respectfully disagreed with senator cotton's op-ed although i have respect for his services in afghanistan and iraq.

there's risks to the soldiers, the risks to the military institution, and a risk for the republic when you have a federal military force potentially using force against citizens. >> you're a student of history and i want to get your thought on this just before we go. what do you make of the former military leaders, big names in american history from mattis on down or on up, depending how you look at it, powell, revered names coming out speaking so forcefully about president trump in a negative way. have we ever seen anything like that of former military members taking such a political stance about a domestic issue? >> sure, you know, just recently there was what was called the revolt of the generals, circa 2006 when a lot of general flag officers had criticisms of our policy in iraq. i think it was proper and correct for secretary mattis

and the other chairman, former secretary and chairman joint chiefs of staff and combatant commanders to speak out. it's unusual to do so, but it was an unusual situation and i think it was appropriate for them to speak. leland: we're taking a live look at chicago where there are crowds gathering, 18 minutes before noon there. kevin, your insights are appreciated on this and obviously, we are in uncharted territory which makes your expertise even more needed and more appreciated. admiral mullen, former chairman. joint chiefs on fox news sunday tomorrow with chris wallace. we'll obviously hear what he said in light of your thoughts. we appreciate it. >> thank you, leland. kristin: legendary basketball star michael jordan throwing his weight behind the fight for racial equality. we'll tell you what he is pledging next. it's been 75 years

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pledging $100 million for racial equality. the former owner of charlotte hornets will spread out the donations over 10 years, con dentaling george floyd's killing and state of racial relations in the united states. kristin: after riots left many cities and businesses damaged. groups of people across the country are coming together to fix their communities. and one such effort is happening in san antonio. joining us now is center of san antonio president matt brown. starting off, just describe what the damage was like in your city after some of the more destructive nights of protests. >> thank you very much for having me on. the main night, really, the only one night that mattered was saturday evening and the big message i'd like to say is that the 5,000 plus citizens

came down peacefully. it was an incredible day of demonstration, and as that was winding up, a handful of bad actors vandalized about 20, 25 small businesses, predominantly family-owned microbusinesses and we had some graffiti. we had broken windows. we had six or seven businesses were looted and it was really unfortunate and painful and then we rallied to the next morning or starting around midnight to clean it up. kristin: so what exactly did you do? how many people came together? how did this all come to be? >> well, our organization, in centro, we have 100 ambassadors that work 24/7, 365 keeping our

downtown clean and safe. we like to think of ourselves making downtown more beautiful and prosperous and welcoming for everyone in san antonio. we started around midnight with a skeleton crew assessing the damage and our full crew game out at 5:30 in the morning. as we started with the deep cleaning, some of the protest leaders from the prior evening, they have already called out to their network and their friends, and the community, hundreds of people were already out there joining us at 5:30, 6:00 in the morning and the business owners were there, the city staff was there, and spurs players were showing up. like it was incredible, the whole community came out and we at centro, even though this is our job to do, we couldn't have done it without the entire

community and so we have just been sharing our love and respect and our admiration for triumph culture which we see here, which is the neighbors helping neighbors out. kristin: one of the protesters leading the charge to clean up was a man by the name of antonio lee and he said if we can get together to protest, we can get together to clean up. i love that. matt brown, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. thank you. kristin: leland. leland: all right. protests continuing around the country, but what about the coronavirus risk created by all of these crowds? we'll break that down when we come back.

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>> live pictures looking up sixth avenue as there's an endless stream of people and protesters walking down from harlem towards lower manhattan. the new concerns are that these massive protests we are seeing will cause a massive spike in coronavirus cases. doug luzader with what doctors are saying. >> not so much social

distancing we're seeing there. it's clear a lot of people are wearing face masks. not all of them. new york has seen a recent up-tick in cases, but mayor deblasio does not think it's because of the protests, at least not yet. >> we are going to watch that very, very carefully. i'll certainly be talking to our health care team, i'd be surprised if that's what's causing it. we're much more likely in the next week, 10 days to see a manifestation, if there is one. >> and that could be due to the incubation period. the c.d.c. nationwide shows more than 1.8 million cases and more than 108,000 deaths so far. in a stunning move, also, some public health experts are reversing themselves on big crowds, saying that in the case of these protests, the risks of public gatherings are worthwhile, but the world

health organization just changed its guidance on face masks saying just about everyone should be wearing one if social distancing can't be maintain and the associated press reports in paris today, police there tried to ban similar protests out of fears that it would lead to more spread of the virus. ultimately though several hundred protesters showed up nonetheless. leland. leland: thousands showed up in london, despite politicians warning about the coronavirus. doug luzader, thanks so much. krist kristin. kristin: thousands of people are filling the streets of washington in the second protests. we're covering it coast to coast right after this quick break. ♪ ♪ ♪

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kristin: protesters taking to the streets for a second weekend with massive demonstrations now taking place all over the country. you're looking at live pictures of protests here in washington with thousands turning out to march after a days of relative peace. welcome to "america's news headquarters" from washington, i'm kristin fisher. leland: kristin, nice to be with you, i'm leland vittert. things notably more peaceful today than they have been in the past week. we have fox team coverage across the countried today. matt finn in minneapolis, aisha huffny in new york, lucas tomlinson in washington, d.c. which is where we begin.

hi, lucas. >> reporter: hi, leland. it's been very peaceful here in the nation's capital as thousands descend here on lafayette square. they're expecting the largest crowd in the more than ten days of protests nationwide. >> we anticipate numbers that are larger than any of the numbers that we've seen to this point. the critical thing for us are insuring that the city is safe when we have lives gathering outside of the public health issues is to insure that we don't have people who are going to be inclined to be involved in bad behavior. so that's more of our focus than the actual numbers. >> reporter: the mood here is also festive. music is playing as the st. john's church, what a contrast to monday night when the nursery was destroyed in a fire. mayor muriel bowser says she wants all u.s. troops to go

home. defense secretary esper says he's obliged to order all remaining police to return home to fort bragg and fort drumm. so far we've not seen a large police or military presence, leland. the guard troops we've seen are blocks away with their helmets and sun glasses off -- sunglasses off. nationwide, over 40,000 national guard troops have been mobilized, that number has more than doubled in the past four days. secretary ryan mccarthy has ordered an investigation into the use of an army national guard medevac helicopter used to disperse a outof protesters -- crowd of protesters. mayor bowser hopes all the protests today remain peaceful. leland? leland: check back in in north carolina when they begin the funeral for george floyd there. lucas tomlinson, thank you.

kristin? kristin: thanks, leland. and right now you're looking at live pictures of huge protests right outside of philadelphia. the city of brotherly love one of the many cities taking place in all of these protests taking place across the country. people continuing to protest against the killing of george floyd as a memorial service is held for him today in his hometown where he was born in north carolina. meantime in new york, two buffalo police officers have now been charged with assault after being caught on tape shoving an activist. by now you've surely seen that video. the manhattan d.a. making a surprise decision to prosecute some protesters. aisha ofny with more live in new york. >> reporter: hi, kristin. that's right. just in the last hour governor cuomo applauding the d.a. and the buffalo mayor for acting quickly. the two buffalo police officers,

as you mentioned, caught on video shoving a 75-year-old man, an activist, to the ground. they are now charged with assault in the second degree. that's a class b felonny. a not guilty plea though was entered for both officers on their behalf. the two officers were suspended without paw. here's the governor. >> buffalo video, we saw the video. what we saw was horrendous and disgusting. i believe illegal. so if there's something else that i didn't see or if what i saw was not correct, then tell me. otherwise do justice. >> reporter: meanwhile, in new york city the manhattan d.a. dropping a bombshell. the d.a. will no longer prosecute protesters on low-level offenses. that's like breaking the curfew. last night the nypd arrested only about 40 people, dropped the curfew as they peacefully

moved throughout brooklyn and manhattan. there's also been a growing outcry over the nypd detaining essential workers. mayor de blasio facing the threat of a lawsuit, the new york immigration coalition says it has resulted in the unconstitutional arrests of a number of law a abiding people. -- law-abiding people. the true few, for now, remains in place through monday morning as protests here in new york city continue. here at union square, one of these just started five minutes ago. a musical memorial just got underway, and so we should start to hear the band in just a couple of moments. kristin? kristin: live in new york city, thanks. leland? leland: large crowds also gathering in minneapolis where police are already promising reform. matt finn live in minneapolis where this all began. hi, matt. >> reporter: and, leland, the minneapolis police department is now requiring officers to

immediately intervene or report if they see another officer engaged in a chokehold like that seen in the george floyd video. this is the location where george floyd died, and for days there's been a steady stream of peaceful demonstrations and prayer circles. behind us right now there are more protests and demonstrations going on. here in minneapolis the city council yesterday held an emergency meeting in which it passed those new police policy proposals that now have to be okayed by a judge. and at least three members on the minneapolis city council including its president insists they will dismantle the minneapolis police department altogether. council member jeremiah ellison, the son of the state's attorney general, says police are bankrupting the city and gutting taxpayers of money with massive budgets and settlements. ellison tweeted, quote: we are going to dismantle the minneapolis police department, and when we're done, we're not simply going to glue it back together. we are going to dramatically rethink how we approach public

safety and emergency response. it's really past due. however, minneapolis mayor jacob frye says he will not sign off on abolishing the police department and instead is committed to deep structural reforms addressing systemic racism. >> we have to be on the precipice of change and that there are reforms that are just generations past due. so we need to seize this moment and channel our collective pain to collective action, and that begins right now. >> reporter: here in minneapolis the atf tells fox news there are ongoing arson investigations. at least 220 buildings were burnt in the violent rye rots across -- riots across the twin cities. the atf has released new videos of suspects and is asking people to submit any eyewitness video they might have. this afternoon the national guard tells fox news that it is still activated here. at one point it had about 700

soldiers. and also after a couple of peaceful nights, the state's safety department says it will no longer be enforcing a curfew. leland. leland: we will see how things go tonight. matt finn, mike tobin on the ground there in minneapolis, thanks so much. kristin? kristin: now to chicago where officials are closing streets in hopes of keeping protesters out of some parts of the city. you're looking at live images from chicago right now. and grade trimble is in chicago's west loop neighborhood today. >> reporter: kristin, this protest has been billed as a peaceful protest, and so far it has remained exactly that. we see thousands of people gathered here today in what i would describe the largest protests i've seen in the past week, and that includes last weekend one of the more violent weekends in the city. i want to show you above the crowd here so you can see how many people are gathered here in union park. they're calling, of course, for

what they say, they want racial justice, they want defunding of the chicago police department. and just this morning the chicago teachers union joined in this, voicing their opinion. they want the contract with the city's police department ripped up, essentially, so there would no longer be police in public school here in the city of chicago. what we notice as we look around is there are not a lot of visible police officers, but they are certainly in the area. they're stationedded at at a precinct nearby as well as the united center where the blackhawks play. one of the reasons we're west of the downtown area of chicago right now is because the city has essentially locked down chicago's downtown area, and it's been that way for the past week. they've made it very difficult to get into the downtown area known as the loop by public transit. they've had municipal dump trucks blocking highway exits x that's why people are gathering

en masse in this area. this group is expected to martha afternoon. we -- march this afternoon, we will be following and we'll keep you posted. kristin: derek chauvin live -- excuse me. i was looking ahead to another story. thanks so much. grady trimble. leland: now we head to miami where mayor francis suarez is preparing for protests there. mayor, we appreciate you joining us. we're glad to see you back in the office after your bit with the coronavirus. boy, you think about it for miami, a city that thrive on tourism and the cruise ship industry, you've got to deal with the coronavirus, the shutdown from that and now these protests. it's got to be a pretty difficult time. >> yeah. it's been, obviously, something that's been unprecedented. you know, the one fair consolation, in a sense, is that this is something that's affected the entire nation. it's not been local arized, not just something that's happened in miami.

obviously, the coronavirus has devastated the world economy and, of course, these protests are happening throughout the country. you know, for us, i think we have done a magnificent job, our police department, the protesters of miami of balancing, maintaining control of the city while at the same time peacefully protesting, you know, injustice -- leland: brings up an interesting point, mayor, and we're watching is some of the video. what we have not seen out of miami or miami beach is the looting and the burning and the violence that we've seen in so many other of american cities. why do you think that is? >> i think it's a lot of reasons. the first is leadership. we have a great police chief who came out quickly and condemned the acts of the officers in minneapolis. we have a great relationship with our community. we've implemented good tactics using our vice squads very effectively. we've tried to maintain balance, like i said, maintain control without unnecessary confrontation. and, frankly, the protesters in miami have done a magnificent job organizing themselves in

ways that avoid confrontations. yesterday we even had people on bicycles sort of managing the traffic. so we change our tactics daily. i have had press conferences almost every day with members of the community. we're looking at our internal policies. we're doing everything that we can to maintain the confidence of our residents. leland: we had some video of some of the more violent protests that did happen in miami. we see some pushing over of street signs there, burning of a couple of cars, etc. what has been your message? is there a zero tolerance for this type of behavior? are you all willing to use enough force to control this? >> our message has been we want people to protest. we agree with the protests, but we want it to be peaceful. the minute it crosses the line into destruction of property or to vandalism, that's when we're going to step in. and so that's what we did on saturday, the images i'm sure you saw on saturday, and we had a couple of cars that were exposed. we took the cars out on sunday,

took away any potential symbols that could be used to make the point other than than the point that's being made by the protests, and that became very effective because there was nothing to burn or loot, and they were there the entire time. leland: all right, mayor. the video is from a week ago today, which was saturday, just so our viewers understand what you were talking about. as we zoom out here, much of miami's budget and economy centers around tourism, especially during february, march and april, the prime month for spring break and the like. you were on this channel a couple months ago talking about the dangers of people celebrating and going out on the water and going to the beach, etc., during the coronavirus. i wonder what's happening to your budgets right now. it would seem as though they've probably been blown away. >> yeah. our budget we have right now projected a $20 million deficit. we had a $20 million surplus going in, and we have about $160 million surplus which is unusual

for governments to have in their savings account. we have the highest bond rating in history. we have the lowest homicide rate in 51 years, my first year as mayor, and during covid we didn't have a homicide in eight weeks while other cities saw an increase in violent crime. so we're very proud of our department, our men and women who seven on the front -- serve on the front lines and our firefighters who also serve on the front lines in the covid battle. leland: mayor, i know you're interested in inviting people back to miami to enjoy the sun and good food, a dinner at joe's stone crab, perhaps. you can put on your visitors' convention hat the next time we talk. >> will do. leland: glad to have you. chris: well, derek chauvin is due in court on monday. meanwhile, the other three officers on the scene are also now facing charges of their own. our legal panel joins us now to

break down all of these charges in this case, and we have the director of the executive office for united states attorneys guy lewis and criminal defense attorney joseph marrone. let's start with derek chauvin, he's facing up to 40 years in prison after the charges were upgraded from third-degree murder to second-degree murder. it is certainly a step in the right direction for george floyd's family who wants him to be charged with first-degree murder. but, guy, i'll start with you, does this upgraded charge make it more difficult for prosecutors to secure a guilty verdict? >> that's a great question, kristin. in some ways it does. they've charged probably the most aggressive charge that the facts would allow. and i wish i could tell you that the hard part was behind us, but it's not. now we move into the litigation phase, and there's going to be very good lawyers who come in and contest these charges.

and even though you've got the video right before you, these lawyers are going to say, look, we don't know what happened before, we don't know what happened after. the m.e. reports are contradictory, and so there's a lot of work to do here to move this case forward. kristin: joseph, if you were chauvin's attorney, how would you defend him, and would these upgraded charges change the way that you'd defend him? >> well, unfortunately, you have to live with the video, and the video in itself, it's not just what you see in the video, it's what the video actually -- the evidence it gives you. it gives you a restraint of over eight and a half minutes, two and a half at the end which there was no response. kristin: yeah, how do you defend against that in. >> well, i think the battle's going to be on the level of charges. you have a second-degree murder charge which is a felony murder charge, can you prove that he

intended to assault floyd and not effectuate an arrest, and that's really the battle. obviously, chauvin's argument's going to be he was intending to effectuate arrest, and reckless behavior is third-degree murder, it's not second degree. and you're really, if you're chauvin's attorney, you're trying to get a lesser charge to save him some jail time, and that's going to really be the battle. openly there's also a manslaughter charge which i think is inevitable. but really the core charge questions can the defense lawyer get the case down to that, and that's really going to be the confrontation. kristin: so, joseph, now the other three officers that were involved in george floyd's death, they've been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. and we've already gotten a taste of what their defense is going to be. two of them are now, essentially, blaming chauvin for all of this and saying that he was the senior officer on the scene, and he should be the one

that's responsible, not them. do you agree with that. >> well, listen, it's going to be every man for himself at this point because if you are found guilty of aiding and ace betting second degree, you're looking at 40 years. especially there's two younger officers there that were only on the force a short period of time. but if you look at the three accomplices, thao is not even touching him. but the other two officers that are actually physically handling floyd, proving aiding and abetting, not only does chauvin have to be found guilty of the underlying crime, but those other two officers have to know what crime he was trying to effectuate. they're obviously going to say he was trying to complete an arrest versus an actual assault. and they have to prove that. so it's going to be difficult. listen, i wouldn't be surprised if those younger officers are looking at for some form of cooperation here to get some leniency and really go against chauvin because that's really where it's going to be. kristin: guy, how strong of a

case do you think the prosecution has against these other three officers? >> joe makes some good points, kristin. i don't think their case is overwhelming by any stretch of the imagination. one of the officers, this was his third day on the job. another officer this was his fourth day on the job. chauvin's the training officer. their lawyers are going to say, look, what am i supposed to do? i'm three days on the job, i'm supposed to tell him don't do what you're doing? he's the senior man there. and, indeed, at one point one of the officers said, hey, should we turn him over. should we do something different, and chauvin said, no. so i think joe makes some good points. you may see some cooperation, a plea bargain here, and again i think there's going -- this case is going to be contested despite the video which, you know, listen, go back to rodney king, kristin. we saw -- [laughter] remember that case in '91?

we saw that case on video. those officers beat the living dog out of that man. that case was tried in a state court. what happened the first time around? not guilty. despite what we saw on that video. so i think there's still a lot of work to do here. kristin: all right. guy and joseph, i believe we lost joseph just in time but, guy and joseph, thank you so much for your time and expertise. really appreciate it. leland? leland: it has been an unprecedented week in so many ways including in the nfl as the commissioner is now responding to protests across the country, and nfl players are speaking out themselves. what they're saying, next. mug. ♪ so you only pay for what you need! [squawks] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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♪ ♪ kristin: tropical storm cristobal is forecasted to strike the gulf coast on sunday. coastal cities are under voluntary evacuation orders as they prepare for the storm with sustained winds of 50 miles an hour. also expected to bring heavy rain and storm surge. french armed forces kill a top al-qaeda leader during an operation in north mali this week, the french minister of defense taking to twittered today to congratulate everyone

involved calling it a severe blow to terrorist groups in northern american. and conservative german lawmakers slamming president trump's decision to withdraw more than 9,000 troops stationed in the country. that can accounts for more than a quarter of troops in germany. a lawmaker argues that the president neglecting, quote, basic leadership tasks. leland: we'll get to the 76 anniversary of d-day in a couple minutes. in the meantime, nfl commissioner roger goodell changing his stance on protests, he said, quote: we, the national football league, admit we were wrong for not listening to nfl players earlier and encourage all to speak out and personally protest. i personally protest with you and want to be part of the much-needed change. we are listening, i am listening, and i will be reaching out to players and others on how we can improve and go forward for a better and more united nfl family. and the nfl was the subject of a lot of controversy that the

white house got involved in, kristin. you think about what drew brees said which is i will never disagree with anybody disrespecting the flag, that was a couple days ago, he caught enormous flak from his own team a mates saying he didn't understand, so he issued an a apology. then president trump weighs in and says, hey, he shouldn't have apologized, and nobody should kneel during the national anthem as we look at the protests over the last couple of years. i'm interested, does the white house still think this is an issue even in light of whatever happened that they can exloin as a wedge issue as they did when vice president pence walked out on the indianapolis colts game? kristin: you know, i think that was an issue that may have been farther to the forefront of the campaign before pandemic, before all of these protests. i think right now they are very focused on some other things, but, you know, look, as we've said many times before, president trump is his own communications director, essentially, and if he wants to tweet about something, that's

his prerogative and he'll do it. one thing i would note about that statement from goodell, he said a lot of things that a lot of players felt needed to be said, but no mention of the name colin kaepernick which started this movement, players kneeling on the sidelines during the national anthem, about four years ago. so that omission clearly generating a lot of attentioned today. leland: well, yeah. he's caught a lot of flak from kaepernick and his supporters because kaepernick doesn't have a job as a quarterback -- kristin: i believe he hasn't played since, right? leland: many would argue that's because he's not a very good quarterback. kaepernick and his supporters would like to say it's because he led the first kneeling protests during the national anthem. i guess the question becomes what's the threat to the nfl if they all of a sudden try to become part of the social justice movement and take sides in this or seen as taking sides in this, where that affects them with their fans. kristin: yeah.

it's a great question. but i would note any commentary about kaepernick's, how good of a quarterback he is, that certainly is not within my wheelhouse. i'll leaf that to you and -- leave that to you and other sportscasters. something a bit more in my wheelhouse, we've got these protesters gathering in cities all over the country today including los angeles. christina coleman is tracking it all. >> reporter: hi, yes. hundreds of people gathered on the campus of usc protesting this morning, one of many taking place here today in southern california. we'll have more on that coming up. ♪ this moment right now... this is our commencement. no, we'll not get a diploma or a degree of any kind. but we are entering a new chapter in our lives. our confidence is shaken; our hearts cracked.

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protesting the death of george floyd as they have been doing for over a week now. christina? >> reporter: hi, kristin. yeah, hundreds of students gathered on the campus of usc this morning to protest police brutality. i'd say that they are fighting for justice. you can take a look and you can just see how many students are out here right now, a sea of red and yellow as the usc students come out here to make their voices heard. now, this protest is peaceful hike a number of protests have been over recent days including the one that took place there yesterday here in the l.a. area. yesterday california governor gavin newsom announced new policing and criminal justice reforms saying he's working with california's black and hispanic caucuses and community leaders to create new statewide standards for crowd control and use of force in protests. newsom has also called on a statewide ban on sleeper holds which involves officers putting

pressure on a person's neck to repredict blood flow. he has ordered police departments to stop training on that tech the anemic, and in recent -- technique, and thiess a dozen law enforcement agencies announced they would stop using that neck restraint. take a listen. >> but at the end of the day, carotid holds that literally is designed the stop people's blood from flowing into their brain? that has no place any longer in 21st century practices and policing. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: l.a.'s curfew ended on wednesday, and on wednesday the d.a.'s office said 61 is people have been charged with crimes earlier this week during the protests, and most of those charges were for looting. others include robbery and stolen property. but again, in recent days the protests here have been largely peaceful. people demanding for justice, calling for reforms to policing tactics.

and as you can see, there's no telling when these protests will stop. at least two more are expected today in the l.a. county lawyer including one in long beach. kristin, back to you. kristin: christina coleman walking a along with the protesters in los angeles for us, thank you. leland? leland: some police departments and especially their leadership are now facing serious questions about the images of police standing by while looters took over entire city blocks. one looter said we got no way of showing people how angry we are. an online petition to remove santa monica's police chief has gathered almost 50,000 signatures after her handling of the looting and vandalism in her city. with more on this, santa monica businessman, one of the people behind the petition, dan power. dan, we appreciate you joining us. are you surprised by the response for her to leave? >> well, on some level i am because i live in one of the

most woke cities in america, and the appetite for law and order is almost nonexistent. but i think as we saw on our streets as the mob ransack ised our -- ransacked our town was at the intersection of incompetence and woke policing. it's one thing to say let's plant gardens that don't require a lot of water and other themes of the left, but when we lose control of our entire town, i think everyone saw that as a moment of incompetence, and it's intolerable. my wife looked at me and said, look, you know, you write about politics, why don't you do something about this, write something. so i posted something on a chat room that's followed by a lot of folks in the town, and someone ultimately commented and said, hey, is there a petition going on this? i said, no, but if you know how to do it, please do. here we are, nearly 50,000 signatures today. leland: as you're promoting this, you said it's one of the most woke towns in america, are any of your woke neighbors upset with you for this and saying, hey, look, the vandalism and

looting we saw maybe not great, but people need to show how angry they are and we, the wealthier residents of santa monica, need to understand that and pay the price ourselves? >> the interaction's been almost entirely online, and as you know, the range of comments -- leland: yeah. [laughter] >> -- run the gamut. but i think that the thrust of the apologists has been, well, no lives were lost. this was just, i think in the words of the police chief herself, just a few insurable claims. which completely negates her primary duty as chief of police which is -- leland: i'm going to get to her statement which is my first respondent is to protect the lives of people in our community, and on sunday my priority was preservation of life, protection of the city. we deployed our own assets and mutual aid resources as a they arrived. broken windows can be replaced, buildings can be repaired, but the lives of my officers and even the looters would have been impossible to restore if lost

that day. i guess the larger question is what message does this send to the business community in santa monica? because without the business community, she doesn't have tax dollars, so she doesn't have a job, nor do any of her officers. can businesses be expected to rebuild is and pour their life savings back if this they don't believe they're going to be protected by the police chief? >> it's a legitimate question. i mean, you know, billions of dollars have been spent revitalizing santa monica. it was kind of a gritty place when i was a kid, you know, not a lot of retail, not a lot of services. it's changed enormously over the decades because of billions of dollars of concentrated effort to create this incredibly vital beachside, urban community. you know, the police chief's priorities were very muddled. it wasn't as if she was protecting the protesters because 40 minutes before the assigned curfew, her police officers -- who are allegedly supporting the protesters -- started firing rubber bullets

and driving tear canisters. she drove them into the core retail district -- leland: unbelievable. >> -- where there was no police presence whatsoever. i mean, the protection of the rei store was left to a young woman, defenseless young woman who stood in front of the door trying to prevent anarchists from crashing the door. so, you know, this was a complete abdication of responsibility. i think a lot of the folks on the left look at the bow wake. we're cutting through the come play seven is city of peace -- complacency e of society with peaceful protests, and the family of george floyd have called for peaceful protests. but it's larger than that. it's a shift, in effect, a peaceful -- leland: we gotta run. >> -- certain wake. leland: george floyd memorial today at 3 p.m., and you're right, husband family have called -- his family have called for peaceful protests. we'll have you back if this continues and if the police chief either resigns or the city

council takes action. thanks, dan. >> thank you. leland: kristin? kristin: one michigan high school comes up with a creative new way to graduate in person while still saying 6 feet apart. how they did it, next. ♪ ♪ i've always been fascinated by what's next.

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leland: fox news alert as we take you around the country right now. just been 2 p.m. eastern here in washington. crowds are growing outside the white house and at the lincoln memorial. chicago, police have tried to shut down parts of interstates and exits, but still crowds are gathered as you can see there, even blocking intersections as they march through their city just before 1 p.m. philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, is filling up as well around their iconic parks. and crowds are now beginning to gather in boulder, colorado, just before noon. all george knowed protests and black -- floyd protests and black lives matter protests ahead of george floyd's memorial

service in north carolina beginning at 3 p.m. eastern. obviously, coverage of the protests and the memorial service throughout the day here on fox. kristin: and what we will do is remind ourselves of the strength that we as a class have already exhibited. we are capable of finding unity in the darkest of places. life is not about the downfalls we suffer, but the comebacks we manifest with our words and actions. a powerful message from the graduating class in michigan where seniors a ace tended a one of a kind graduation ceremony that allowed them to celebrate in person while still applying to all those associate distancing guidelines. and joining us now is the high school principal, michael fray. what an incredible job you have done of making your graduating class still feel special and be able to celebrate the moment in person while being in the middle of a pandemic. so i don't want to leave our viewers in suspension anymore

because this video really speaks for itself. what did you guys do? >> you know, it was really important to us that our students who lost so much this spring had that one opportunity to gather together, and we were able to do that by taking advantage of a local drive-in movie theater. a lot of pre-recorded student speeches, and we really recreated the entire event for them in movie format. so it really was an amazing night. kristin: you had beautiful weather. ing you even filmed it with, it appears, a drone. this was well thought out and well executed on every level. whose idea was it? >> you know, it was a team effort. i'm very fortunate to work with a lot of amazing leaders in our school, and when we started talking this spring about what do we do for our seniors that are losing out on so many of those milestone moments at the end of their senior year? we just kind of stumbled into if we did something virtual, what could it look like.

so somebody threw out the idea one day in a meeting, and the more we talked through it, the more it made sense. like a lot of good ideas, it kind of just snowballed from there. kristin: have you had other schools or universities contact you inquiring about how it worked and maybe thinking about doing it for their schools or universities? >> you know, we have. we've had several high schools reach out and asked us a little bit about how we did it, asked for contact information for the drive-in theater, so i know that some are looking at maybe recreating. i heard of one other school in the state of michigan that was actually looking to maybe set up in their own school parking lot and rent a giant screen and project their graduation video in that format. so, again, we're fortunate. we have a strive-in theater close the -- drive-in theater close to our school, and we were able to take advantage of that. kristin: not just any drive-in

theater, a pretty spectacular one as well. that is huge. if you look at it, that could be a model not just for graduation ceremonies, but also concerts and other events as we head into this summer in places where, you know, strict social distancing is still the norm. final question, michael, how did the graduating class feel about it? what was the response, and i guess were they pleased with it? >> you know, we've had tons of positive feedback. in fact, we've had even some people suggest this should become our new tradition because -- [laughter] it was such a blessed night. people were just able to be relaxed, they had fun, you know, they were able to laugh. the graduates were able to sit with their families, grandparents that would ride in the cars with them. so in many ways, it became more of a family celebration than maybe your traditional graduation event would be. so, yeah, i think we may have created a new tradition, i don't

know that we've replace -- we'd replace it, but we're looking for other ways to maybe take advantage of that facility and to some unique things with our community. kristin: i love it. you have done an incredible job. thank you so much, and look forward to seeing what you guys do next year. >> i appreciate it. thank you so much for the coverage. kristin: yeah, thank you. leland. leland: that's great. live pictures now at 6:49 p.m. in london. you can see a line of protesters up against a long line of police. politicians in london have said please don't come out amid the coronavirus to protest, and as you can see, those pleas were ignored. benjamin hall on the ground with the protesters. hi, benjamin. >> reporter: yeah, hi, leland. well over 0,000 people here today -- 10,000. just in the last hour we've seen some ask scuffles, seen some

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in the city. but officials put the curfew in place because of what happened last sunday in the city because of all the destruction and looting seen following two nights of protests that weekend. officials are also reminding people they should still stay home due to the coronavirus, so if it's not protests, it's the pandemic, leland. leland: and not even halfway through 2020. george floyd's death has sparked protests throughout the world. thousands have gathered in london to demand change. benjamin hall on the ground, says there may be as many as 10,000 people as it's getting a little bit more rambunctious, shall we say, as we approach nightfall. hi, benjamin. >> reporter: hi, leland. a majority of the crowd have now dispersed, a remark by peaceful event a couple of scuffles broke out behind us, but that has calmed down to a certain degree. yes, they are here to commemorate george floyd's death, also to demand the british government change its

policies. policing over here is a problem, and they want to see reforms there as well. we spoke to some of the people in the crowds earlier, here's what they told us. >> this is something that we, as white people, will never understand, but we stand for equality and justice. the u.k. is not innocent. >> reporter: politicians across the u.k. from the health minister down have all urged people not to attend this event. because of coronavirus and the lockdown they wouldn't be able to come, but people didn't listen. they under the out in droves as they did up and down the country. there are protests all around the worlded today, every from from australia, new zealand, germany, sweden, elsewhere. in australia people came out to talk about the indigenous australians who died in custody. in france they banned two

protests outside the embassy certainly what we're seeing is peaceful, a couple of bottles thrown, but the majority of people is have gone home, and it's hoped that's how it will stay. back to you. leland: we'll keep watching. benjamin, thanks so much. kristin? kristin: you're looking at live pictures from the nation's capital where protesters are turning out in what are largely peaceful demonstrations. more from the scene and some other protests all over the country right after after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ robinwithout the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood.

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leland: fox news alert, 2:00 p.m. eastern asthmas i've crowds are gathering across the country, and now the second weekend of protests over george floyd's death. so far today, as we've looked around the country, washington, chicago, philadelphia, columbus, we've seen protests in dallas, los angeles as well. they have been largely if not entirely peaceful and we certainly hope it stays that way. welcome to america's news headquarters from washington. i'm leland vittert. kristin: i'm kristin fisher. we have fox team coverage on all of these protests over the country. we have jonathan in rayford, north carolina. mark meredith is at the white house. we begin with lucas tomlinson, right outside the white house near lafayette square. lucas. >> reporter: good afternoon, kristin. thousands of peaceful protesters descended to lafayette square,

just outside the white house. we're told the d.c.'s mayor just showed up to applause. we have not seen her yet. she said all u.s. military forces should get out because the protests have been peaceful. >> we don't think that soldiers should be in the nation's capital, patrolling or policing streets. we made that formal request to the white house. we have no desire to have any soldier out on the street. but d.c. residents can't pay their bills. >> reporter: defense secretary esper ordered all active military police outside d.c. to return home to fort bragg and fort drum. he ordered all 5,000 national guard troops in the nation's capital to disarm. that's roughly the same number of u.s. troops deployed to iraq right now. so far, we have not seen a large police or military presence. the guard troops we've seen are a few blocks away and are not wearing helmets or face coverings. more relaxed social distancing with the protesters.

nationationwide, over 40,000 nal guard troops are mobilized. thousands of protesters are continuing to pour in. so far, all has been peaceful and each festive with music playing in the background. kristin. kristin: i've seen it described as having much move a street festival feel today than it did earlier in the week. lucas, thank you so much. leland. leland: inside the 13-foot no climb fences, just beyond lafayette square, inside the white house, mark meredith is on the north lawn with more on the white house's response to all of this. >> reporter: we can't hear the protesters compared to what we just saw in lucas' live shot. outside of the white house it's calm from where we are inside. we've seen security stepped up quite a bit in the last week. we've seen new fencing installed all around the white house perimeter, including the area around 17th street and pennsylvania. there are roadblocks everywhere, the perimeter around the white house has been reinforced.

with the fencing installed, we've seen additional secret service members out there as well as different law enforcement groups, as they were installing the fencing earlier this week, there were additionan id checks for people coming inside the complex. president trump is encouraging governors to use national guard troops to make sure there is no additional rioting or looting incidents. he encouraged the governors to call him directly on friday. take a look. >> and i hope they also use our national guard. call me. we'll be ready for them, so fast, their heads will spin. we did it in minnesota, in minneapolis, we were incredible. they were ripping that place apart. i love it. we had such success there. and they were ripping it apart and i called the governor and the national guard went in and one night it was over. >> reporter: critics continue to blast the white house response to george floyd protests,

especially the decision by the president to visit saint john's church. protesters were cleared from the area moments before the president's brief visit. now the vice president is speaking out to fox's jesse watters, defen defending what my have called a photo op. >> what that said to me is here in america we will not tolerate burning churches. rioting and looting. or taking advantage of what would otherwise be peaceful protests. to pursue criminal aims. >> reporter: protests aside, the white house continues to watch the fallout from the jobs report that came out yesterday indicating the economy adding 2.5 million jobs in the month of may, certainly some good news as a result of what we saw earlier this year from the pandemic. president said on friday that the american economy is starting to rebound. kristin and leland, back to you guys. leland: mark meredith at the north lawn of the white house. mark, thank you. kristin. kristin: joining us now,

criminal defense attorney, former homicide detective and fox news contributor, ted williams. toad, thank you so much for -- ted, thank you so much for joining us. i'm i'd like to start with where mark meredith left off. he was talking quite a bit about the much tighter security you are seeing at the white house this week. do you think it is the appropriate amount? overkill? or somewhere in between? >> well, kristin, i think it's somewhere in between. quite naturally, you want the white house and the president and his familiar throw be protected in that -- family to be protected in that house. on the other hand, it's the people's house and the people should have some access to it. and when you put up let's say a double fence as you put up here at the white house, you're kind of just saying to the people don't even come close if we should use that terminology. i think that's what's inappropriate. kristin: i want to get your take on this ongoing feud

between president trump and the city's democratic mayor, muriel bowser. she has been very critical of the presence of outof state national guard troops in her city, critical of the enhanced federal law enforcement presence outside the white house. that prompted this tweet from president trump. he said, quote, the incompetent mayor of d.c., mayor bowser, whose budget is totally out of control is now fighting with the national guard who saved her from great embarrassment. here was mayor bowser's response to that tweet. >> there are so many things that i could respond to in that tweet. i think that we all have to just refocus on what's in front of us, and that is that our nation is hurting. it's in need of healing. and leadership at all levels. kristin: so she wants all of these out-of-state national

guard troops out of the streets of d.c. what do you think? >> you know, kristin, our president is the president of the united states and i often wonder why he feels it's necessary to get down in the mud and the dirt with a mayor. when i listened to what mayor bowser had to say there, i thought she gave a more intelligent response than mr. trump, as pertains to these outside guardsmen. i can tell you, the metropolitan police department, the capital police, there are enough agencies without having the national guard here in the city to control crowds. they've been doing it since time and memorial. and i have to say on the part of mr. trump, i think he's overreacting and i think it's unnecessary. kristin kristin: from the nation's capital to minneapolis, since you are a former detective and also a defense attorney, i would

love to get your take on some of the changes that the minneapolis city council has voted in favor for, changes for the minneapolis police department. i want to read a few of them to you and get your take on the other side. they have voted for banning officers from using choke holds, neck restraints for any reason, like the kind that was used in george floyd's death. they say that all officers have an affirmative duty to intervene, regardless of tenure or rank to report another officer for committing unauthorized use of force and they say if they don't they will be subject to the same punishment as the officer who engaged in that unauthorized use of force. what do you think of those changes? are they the right kinds of changes and how would they impact policing on the ground level? >> i think that the changes are appropriate, specifically when we see what happened to george floyd here in minneapolis. and what you're saying is, hey,

you shouldn't use a choke hold. now, i can tell you, it is relatively difficult at times when someone is resisting to body slam them. so there may be some use of a choke hold but i think that portion of the order needs some modification. but when it comes to reporting, other officers reporting that the choke hold was used on someone, i think that there is not only a legal duty, but i think that would be a moral duty on the part of police officers to make that kind of a report. that is the unfortunate thing, as you know. we've got three officers that are charged with aiding and abetting and when you look at aiding and abetting under the circumstances here of what chauvin -- chauvin was the officer who had his neon the necthe on the -- knee on thef mr. floyd. the other officers, one holding him down, another holding him

down, another officer standing there, they had some knowledge of it and they had some duty, a moral and legal duty to act. unfortunately, what they're being charged with is aiding and abetting because they did not act and they should have acted. kristin: now it's very clear that the change that's the minneapolis city council has voted for, a direct response to how defense attorneys for those three police officers, it's a direct response to the defense they're trying to make and essentially placing all the blame for george floyd's death on derek chauvin. ted williams, thank you so much for your time and your perspective. we always love having you on the show. >> my pleasure. thank you. leland: the family of george floyd preparing for the second of three memorial services, this time in a small north carolina town where he was born. you can see live pictures from the church as mourners are beginning to gather and the choir has begun to sing, now about 50 minutes ahead of the service at 3uz p.m. jonathan s -- 3:00 p.m.

jonathan serri outside the church. >> reporter: what you're watching right now is the public visitation. it has attracted a huge crowd, thousands of people from all over lining up, coming in off of the street, although they were prepared for a crowd of any size, the size of this crowd has surprised even local people. but so many people felt moved to come out here to pay their respects. the public viewing has drawn people not only from north carolina, but other states. people of different races and all ages, again, who felt it was just important to be here. want the to show you now a view from live inside the church where george floyd's coffin is on display in this small church. many nearby businesses closed down for the day to provide free parking so that additional people could come here and attend the viewing and then a

private memorial for mr. floyd's family will begin at 3:00 today. the significance of this location, rayford, it's near fayetteville, near the community where mr. floyd was born. on thursday a high profile memorial took place in minneapolis, the city where floyd died in handcuffs, pleading for air as a white police officer pressed his knee to his neck. and then on monday another viewing is scheduled for houston, texas, the community where mr. floyd grew up as a child and then on tuesday a memorial in texas as well. here in rayford, the sheriff is asking people not to protest saying, quote, the memorial is about the life that mr. george floyd lived and this is a time to embrace the family with expressions of love and kindness. and that is exactly what we're seeing people doing here.

no protests to speak of, just expressions of love and deep respect for this man whose life was cut way too short. back to you, leland. leland: all right. back to you throughout the hour and then live coverage at the top of the hour for this memorial service. jonathan, thank you. kristin. kristin: we've already taken you to protests today in los angeles, now we go just a little farther up north in california to san francisco where they are seeing their eighth straight day of protests and claudia cowen is live on the ground to tell us what's happening. hey, claudia. >> reporter: a sunny, breezy day for this march that's scheduled to start just about an hour from now, going across the golden gate bridge. 1.7 miles each way. and this event is slated to last about two hours. organizers got what is called an expressive activity permit, allowing for 300 people and some pretty strict rules, everyone needs to stay on the sidewalk,

they cannot interfere with pedestrians, bicyclists or cars. of course, in many of these demonstrations protesters have blocked tactic to cause inconvenience. this is a major freeway and plenty of security will be on hand to make sure bridge traffic flows and everything stays safe. organizers are asking everyone to wear masks and practice social distancing. the sidewalk is 10 feet wide so that is doable. protests around the bay area have been mostly peaceful this week. there was extensive damage in berkley and oakland. last week a security guard was fatally shot in oakland in what officials are calling a case of domestic terrorism. the suspect is still at large. after a chaotic protest on tuesday, police fired on a man they thought had a gun, turned out to be a hammer. the protester died and the state attorney general has launched an investigation. all of this as the mayor of san francisco lifts a curfew that lasted almost a week and joins other democratic leaders in

announcing plans to cut funding for the police department and redirect that money to minority communities. protesters will be sending a message about supporting racial equality through consumer spending or the lack of consumer spending, this is part of a national campaign asking everyone not to spend any money on july 7th, except at black-owned businesses. and this march across the golden gate bridge, kristin, one of several dozen events taking place today and tomorrow around the bay area. back to you. kristin: should be a very impressive sight. claudia cowen live in san francisco for us. thanks so much. leland. leland: there are new concerns the mass gatherings we're seeing will turn into corona super spreader events, that's in the words of some public health officials, as videos show thousands of protesters packed together, often time not wearing masks. the chair of the new york city council, their health committee, mark levine, tweeted let's be clear about something, if there's a spike in coronavirus cases in the next two weeks,

don't blame the protests, blame racism. let's bring in fox news contributor, professor of health, policy and management, johns hopkins school of public health, dr. marty makary. we've been told for months you can put your entire community at risk. has that suddenly changed because people are getting together to protest? >> no, leland the science is the science. from a public health standpoint we know the drivers of this infection, it's close proximity, the lack of taking mitigation steps like wearing masks. we know it's mass gatherings and travel. when people think about protesting, they should remember it's often gathering people through travel potentially from high risk areas and low risk areas. protests represent all of that. at the same time, most protesters are doing is safely and it can be done safely. the heat can give a false sense

of security that this is not a problem when in fact we're still seeing massive spread around the country right now, despite the warm weather. leland: a lot of video, shows less than 40% of the people wearing masks. this is from the former dean of harvard medical school. many public health experts have already severely undermined the power and influence of their prior message. we were exposed to continuous daily covid death counts until nine days ago. overnight behavior became permissible due to a quote, greater need. do you worry that the lack of warnings and crackdowns for lack of a better term by public health officials and by politicians who seem to agree with getting together now because they agree with the cause, that it completely undermines any type of warnings or things that need to be done this fall if crus tha corona co. >> we can't change our message

in public health for a particular cause. i think this is a cause everybody believes in but remember, there are other ways to protest than breaking some of the public health standards. we saw the nfl players protest by creating short videos through social media. mass gatherings are well-known vectors of transmission. we saw it with the spanish flu. it was the liberty rallies in support of world war i that were a significant driver. leland: with coronavirus, didn't we see super spreaders in clubs in south korea? i'm thinking about the church event, i'm thinking about the subway. >> chinese festival, mardi gras, these are known of events. super spreaders are at large public gatherings. leland: as we look forward on this, if after this -- you never want to have this experiment but seems as though it is happening in terms of all of a sudden open offing up for mass gatherings, people getting on mass transit, et cetera, et cetera, if all of a sudden there is not a huge

spike in cases as the warnings would conceivably purport to show or think you would have happen, does that say that the coronavirus dies in the heat and probably we're okay this summer? >> we're learning a lot right now. we're learning there's a seasonal component. it may account for 60% of the velocity of the transmission of this infection. look at brazil, on the equator, experiencing an outbreak with over 1,000 deaths per day and an incline. the sun belt is getting hit hard right now. we're learning it does spread in the heat. florida, california, texas, mississippi, arkansas, the states that are increasing. there's significant concern here that these are states in the sun belt and we're seeing an increase in cases. in the summer. that's concerning. we'll have more seeding going into the fall where we get a full season of the coronavirus, not just a third of a winter as we did the last winter. leland: as you've seen this

video, being a public health doctor, at times do you cringe when you see the video of people without masks and everybody holding hands and say, boy, two weeks from now we're going to have a real issue on our hands? >> there's no doubt we're going to see a bump in cases. the question is will it be canceled by the seasonal natural decline of the virus. we'll be going into fall with more cases than we wanted this summer. we're not going to see the data from these protests until about four or five weeks from now because it will take two or three cycles of transmission with mostly young people who are asymptomatic when they get infected to really transmit it to others. leland: that's an excellent point. andrew cuomo went as far as to say if you have been in the protest, you should assume you've been exposed and could potentially have it. thank you for your insights. kristin. kristin: more protesters taking to the streets today while the manhattan da made a surprising

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knee in solidarity with protesters in ot ottawa. several events were held in canada on friday. leland: two buffalo police officers pleaded not guilty after being caught on tape shovinshoving an activist to the ground. aishah hasnie was on the streets of the big apple. she is still there. but her camera is not working. we've seen large crowds streaming down sixth avenue towards washington square park as that began to fill up. many streets in new york closed the protesters came from harlem. we'll try re-establish with aishah and get back to her. kristin. kristin: leland, you look at what's been happening across the country and the good news is that the trend over the last week has really been that these protests have become increasingly more peaceful. i talked to a lot of law enforcement oenforcement officie

city and protesters and the sentiment is that while we are expecting these huge crowds, thousands and thousands, as you said, perhaps tens of thousands of people to show up and march all over the city today, we are expecting the protests to be largely peaceful. as you look on 16th street which is where d.c.'s mayor, muriel bowser wrote in large yellow letters, black lives matter, people are saying the feeling felt very different than it did earlier in the week, felt more like a street festival, there was music and whatnot. hoping it really stays that way as we watch all the protests across the country today. leland: you think about it, one week ago exactly right now, next to this street, this is eighth street in washington d.c., the camera's pointed towards the white house, but is being kept a couple blocks back because of the fencing installed, there's

saint john's church that was burned, you can see the black lives matter sign that was put up. one week ago exactly, where they are standing right now, there were police cars, secret service cars that were being burned and later in the night the next day saint john's church was on fire. we think we've reestablished our connectivity with aishah hasnie who is on the street of manhattan, among the marchers, looks like you're among folks enjoying a nice day in the park. >> reporter: it happens, leland, when there's a lot of cell phones in one spot, you can't get a connection so i had to move back a little bit. you can hear what's going on behind me. we're at washington square park where it seems like two different marches, two protests together. the earlier march started at union square, it was led by artist and musician john batiste. they walked over the washington square park.

it's been going on for a while now, it has been peaceful. also happening today, the day really got started -- [no audio] leland: that's what happens on live television. we're transmitting using cell phone signal as aishah and some of the correspondents are marching with the protesters. in new york city, the cell phone towers are overwhelmed by so many people in the crowds. we'll check back in with aishah later today. also later today t george floyd memorial, this is the second of three memorials, this happening in his birth place in north carolina. that is 3:00 p.m. eastern today. you can see pictures of the church that has begun to fill up. there was a public viewing that is going on throughout the morning and early afternoon and then we are going to wait for the service. jonathan serry is there in north

carolina where he says there have been no protests but in the words of the sheriff, there have been a lot of folks coming to pay respect to the family and lift them up in love, to use the words of the sheriff, kristin. kristin: and speaking of memorial services, an nie glen is being remembered today with a virtual me no memorial service. ohio state university is holding the service. anne glen was married to john glenn for 73 years. she dedicated her life for advocating for those on earth, focusing on americans with speech disorders. she died on may 19th at age 100, died due to complications of the coronavirus. leland: she and her husband offered so much to america. all right. outpouring of protests around the country, this is lafayette square, just outside of the white house. kevin cork outside the capitol down pennsylvania avenue.

hi, kevin. >> reporter: full complement of marchers here. we're expecting to be on the move fairly shortly. we'll tell you all about it when we come back.

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i'll take that. woohoo! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. ensure max protein. with nutrients to support immune health. leland: a fox news alert, asthmas i've crowds continue to flow into washington dc for another day-long protest over the death of george floyd. kevin cork live on capitol hill. so we understand where you are, looks like pennsylvania avenue. we've got crowds at the white house, the lincoln memorial and now leaving the capitol, correct? >> reporter: that's correct. as we make our way down constitution, as you can see, we are along a massive group of marchers, they continue to chant for george floyd and black lives matter. and breonna taylor. we are being swept up through the cloud. we thought we could give you a

birdbird's eye view. as the crowd started moving, we felt like we could safely move along with. we're also concerned as you could imagine about the weather. and we have massive crowds here. with temperatures exceeding 90 degrees and high humidity, there is some concern about those who might be out here for several hours. one of the speakers said about 20 minutes ago, we want to make sure that everyone knows stay hydrated, we're going to be out here all day long. and indeed, that seems to be the case here. i want to bring up one other thing to your attention, if i may. as we left the capitol complex, we saw a police escort up front. so they can safely march down constitution. i imagine we're going to sen enp connecting with another group that is marching near the site on independence. if that happens, i'll see if i can't get agood picture. for now, back to you. leland: real quick, kevin, as

you're marching along with these folks, one of the big problems particularly at this time in washington, d.c., if there was a protest like this people could go into the museums and get air conditioning, there would be restaurants and other shops open with water and the like. i imagine everything is closed along the parade route because of the coronavirus and also what wasn't closed because of that, what happened because of the looting earlier this week. >> reporter: you're right about that. we're seeing a number of volunteer organizations come out and provide free food, free water, everything from gator ade and sparkling water, in an interest to keep people safe out here. people want to get out and march. the hope is certainly that they're able to do so peacefully and safely. we're seeing lots of that as we make our of way down here. this is a good -- this is a better view, good job, mark, as we march along here. we'll tried to keep a bird's eye of what's happening. back to you. leland: crowds much larger than what we've seen all this week.

feels like 91 degrees and will only get hotter throughout the afternoon. kevin, thank you. kristin. kristin: former vice president joe biden has now clinched the democratic nomination. we're going to dig into it a little more with fox news contributor richard fowler, who is also a radio show host of the richard fowler show. so richard, now it is official and, you know, joe biden, he made his first public speech in months on tuesday in which he called for nationwide police reform. he also called on an outright ban on choke holds. it was a big speech but it also cost him some support with police groups. was it worth it for the former vice president politically? >> in this moment, it was worth it for the former vice president. let's take a look at joe biden, not only his record but his -- who got him to this point in the primary. it was african-american voters, multicultural coalitions of voters in south carolina, texas, in michigan, he has to respond

to the voters if he plans on winning the presidential election. i think the next chapter for the biden campaign is who will be the vice presidential pick. this is probably one of the most important vp picks in american history. it will determine likely who will be the next president of the united states. kristin: you hate to play the guessing game but i'm going to ask it anyway. who are your top picks for vp right now? >> that is a good -- i don't know if i could guess and guess it right. i do believe it will be a woman of color. and i think woman of color could come from a couple of places. i think she could come in the form of the mayor of atlanta, georgia, keisha ban lance bought toments, it coulbottoms,the se congresswoman val testimony i d.

the crowds at the protests seem to be getting bigger. it's important he speaks to the protesters in a real way to ensure america can be an equitable country which is what this election will be all about. kristin: i spoke with two top trump campaign aides this week and they told me that they saw a huge surge in black support, support from black voters after joe biden made that comment where he said you ain't black, he has since apologized for it. but i'm curious if you think that comment really hurt him with black voters or is it just something that generated a lot of clicks and headlines? >> that's a great question. and i think that's a question that you have to really flew t n the prism of time. i think that was an inartful comment by the president and he apologized. black voters understand we can

disagree with a candidate but our job here to is move on the issues we believe he could be moved on and i think that's a stark contrast to president donald trump who was -- who was able to tote his low unemployment rate and now that's been sort of evaporated because of covid-19 and he's been able to talk about how he passed criminal justice reform but we see the issue of criminal justice and the issue of equity come up and this white house has been flat footed on their response to the cries of the protesters and response to the cries of black americans from all parties who are saying there's something broke then the system and it's the job of the lead toker to figure out what the problem is, speak to it and come up with meaningful solutions after consultation with communities. this is where the president of the united states has failed. kristin: it is really striking, the contrast between president trump and joe biden. president trump said this week i am the law and order president. on the other side, you have joe

biden and during that speech on tuesday he didn't really mention some of the violence that we've seen towards police officers at all, really just focused on the protesters and certain reforms that he believes need to be made. this is a delicate question i don't want to minimize what's happening in this country. but since we do have an election coming up in five months, who do you think this moment benefits the most? biden or the president? >> the protesters, right, and people calling out for black lives matter is who the moment benefits the most. kristin, it's young folks, young americans, this election is probably one of the most consequential elections in our lifetime and it is the clearest contrast between two candidates. one candidate is saying he's the law and order candidate, doubling down on law enforcement. and the other candidate is saying i'm going to align with the millions of americans who are saying our system is broken and there's an indeed a problem

with law enforcement that goes beyond the case of george floyd, far beyond the case of breonna taylor, goes back to 1992 with rodney king and prior to that in 1955 with emmett till. there's a problem with law enforcement in the country. what the president should do is speak to the problem and talk about how he is a president who will work on making changes, beyond just buzz words. i think that's where the president is losing black voters and losing americans. kristin: thank you so much. got to leave it there. thanks, richard. leland. leland: we're going to celebrate a uniquely american accomplishment, almost a decade in the making, when we come back. this moment. this moment right now... this is our commencement. no, we'll not get a diploma or a degree of any kind. but we are entering a new chapter in our lives.

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and 60-mile-an-hour winds as hurricane season just begins, adam klotz in the extreme weather center, tracking what is now our third named storm. wow, adam. >> yeah, leland, we're already starting off to a really quick start to the tropical season, the hurricane season, our third named storm and this one likely making lawful in the gulf of mexico of mexico tomorrow afternoon, in the evening hours. we have gusts up to 65 miles an hour, this is large storm so we're already seeing heavy rain across portions of florida. that's going to be one of the stories, this is a fast-mover, north at 12 miles an hour and it's large so a lot of people are going to be impacted with heavy rain in this system. there's the track. you do see it getting right there at lawful sunday at -- landfall, sunday at 7:00 p.m. still a lot of rain with this system. we've got tropical storm warnings from louisiana, stretching all the way over to the florida gulf coast. typically we call it the dirty

side of the storm, the eastern side of the storm, that's why you're looking at tropical storm warnings to the right-hand side. those are the areas that will be impacted with the storm surge, with the winds, the strongest winds and some of that really heavy rain. storm surge, anywhere from 2 to 4 feet, largely along the louisiana coast, bil biloxi, mississippi, the standing water could be swept up on-shore. this is the area where we're talking about the tropical storm force winds and heavy rain. i want to leave you with this graphic. even though we're talking about louisiana, that's 6 to 8 inches of rain, getting all the way to panama city florida, a big rain-maker, the timeframe of this, tomorrow late afternoon into the early evening. leland: doesn't help new orleans as they try to reopen. adam, thank you so much.

kristin. kristin: one week ago today, u.s. astronauts were launched to the international space station from u.s. soil for the first time in nearly a decade use ago rocket that was built, owned and operated by a private company. spacex. it was an amazing accomplishment for the company and nasa. it marked the beginning of a new era for space travel. elon musk, he has big plans for that. >> i can't emphasize this enough. this is the thing we need to do. we must make life sustainably multiplaplanetary, to extend lie beyond earth. kristin: and after that launch, just five days later, leland, spacex launched another falcon 9 rocket, no astronauts on top this time, just a bunch of satellites. but it's just a series of two incredible accomplishments from spacex and it proves one of the other of incredible things that elon musk has been able to do, which is prove the feasibility

of reusable rockets, the second rocket that launched it had already flown in space four other times. leland, i know you have not always been the biggest fan of elon musk but you have to give him props today. leland: i was about to give you the compliment that you have been a loyal supporter of elon musk through thick, through thin, through marijuana use, through sec violations and stipulations and now you get to take a well-deserved victory lap. kristin: i feel so vindicated. and i'm just so happy for him. i mean, he has put so much time and money into this. listen to what elon musk said and how much this meant to him. >>.leland: he certainly talkeda lot about that and got to see the president of the united states as well. along the way. we'll move on from elon musk and kristin fisher's victory lap. today marks the 76th anniversary of d-day.

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house, the nation's capitol, the lincoln memorial, by and large they have been overwhelmingly peaceful today as best we can tell. we are also tracking protests all over the country, from new york city, to san francisco, and los angeles. leland: the size of these crowds is truly stunning as we take a look now, looking down at the capitol. you see constitution avenue where kevin cork is marching. we've seen huge crowds at the lincoln memorial and crowds also in front of the white house. all to memorialize and protest the death of george floyd who will be remembered in a service at 3:00 p.m. eastern, a couple of minutes the service begins in raeford, north carolina where floyd was born, the second of three services. we will have live coverage on it as it happens. today marks the 76th anniversary of d-day, when some 156,000 american, british and canadian forces landed on the

beaches of normandy. this year's commemoration looked a little different, because of social distancing guidelines, no d-day veterans were on the normandy shores. there were limited gatherings with representatives from nine countries and you can see the laying of a wreath at one of the many cemeteries there in normandy and you cannot forget on a day in america that has so many different things happening, kristin, sort of the greatness of that generation and what they overcame throughout those years. kristin: it helps put it in perspective. leland: it really does. large coverage of the protests and also of the funeral for george floyd when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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eric: we're waiting for the start of a second memorial service for george floyd. as you know, the african-american man who was killed in minneapolis while in police custody nearly two weeks ago now, his death sparked the outrage and protests nationwide and calls for reform of police procedures. today's private memorial taking place in raeford, north carolina, that is near mr. floyd's birth place in fay fayetteville. thousands of mourners have gathered to pay their final respects. hello everyone, welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. arthel: and i'm arthel neville. today's service is for family

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