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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 and friends with a focus on how
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mr. floyd lived, not how he died. it follows memorials in minneapolis in mr. floyd's order. it also wraps up a week of mostly peaceful protests across the country and around the world with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets to demand justice, equality and reform in the wake of mr. floyd's death. right now, jonathan serrie is live in raeford, north carolina with the scene there. jonathan. >> reporter: hi, arthel. behind me, you can see family members and close friends filing in to the relatively small church in raeford for what is going to be a private memorial. but earlier in the day there was a public visitation and thousands of people showed up to pay their respects. the public viewing drew people not only from north carolina, but other states, people of different races and all ages, but they were united in this feeling that it was simply important to be here.
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take a listen. >> this is all together different. it's almost like a paradigm shift in protesting and standing for justice because of the phenomenon that it is throughout the world, other nations, not just here. >> reporter: so so many people attending the public viewing. right now, george floyd's family preparing for this private memorial service at the church in raeford, small town near fayetteville where mr. floyd was born. on thursday, a memorial took place in minneapolis. a monday viewing and tuesday memorial are scheduled for houston, texas and the significance of that location is that is where mr. floyd grew up. here in raeford, the sheriff has asked people not to protest, saying instead the memorial is about the life that mr. george floyd lived and this is the time to embrace the family with
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expressions of love and kindness and, arthel, we've seen people honor that. what we're seeing is thousands of people show up to express their love for the family and really a sense of optimism that some lasting change is going to come out of this event. back to you. arthel: jonathan, i know that terrence floyd, the brother of mr. george floyd, when he arrived at that site where his brother took his last breath in minneapolis, he said to the protesters, let's do this in peace and do this in the name of my brother. he said you take your voice to the voting booth not just for justice but for reform that is needed. wondering if huh a chance -- wondering if huh if you had a o speak any of the people who wanted to show up to see mr. floyd for the last time, even if it is in a casket.
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>> reporter: i haven't spoken to any family members yet. i did speak to folks who showed up here for the public viewing and they really are united in the sense that this was important to be here and not just to express 130ur support fe family but even strangers who had no connection to the family or no connection to this area, people coming from other states, as far away as georgia, because they have a sense that even though we've seen so many of these tragedies, where there's outrage, where there's protests, only to die down and nothing's done, they feel there's something about this that is different, that this event so shocked america that it really broke down some walls and that mainstream america is going to try and make some changes and heal some of these very deep wounds that have existed in this society for hundreds of years, arthel. arthel: yeah, jonathan, that
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seems to be the consensus among many people of various walks of life, that this is a pivotal time in our nation and that people as horrific as what led to this, the event that led to this, the killing of mr. floyd, it does feel that the time is now, that that is going to lead to some change. a lot of hard work ahead but it does feel like it will lead to change. jonathan, i know you'll be there and throughout the service, we will be here throughout the service, we will have that live for you here on fox news channel when it does begin. in the meantime, eric, i'm going to send it over to you. jonathan, thank you. eric: thank you, arthel. protests are back out on the streets across the country, calling for that change. demonstrators pouring into the nation's capitol, the police chief in washington, d.c. says today's protests there could be one of the largest in the city's history. lucas tomlinson is live near the white house with the latest on
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that part of the coverage. lucas. >> reporter: good afternoon, eric. thousands of peaceful protesters have descended on lafayette square next to the white house, so far all the protester versus been peaceful. in fact, it's been so peaceful that d.c.'s mayor muriel bowser says because it's been so peaceful, she wants the u.s. military to go home. >> 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 mark esper ordered all active duty military police outside d.c. to return home to fort bragg and fort drum. he ordered the national guard troops in the u.s. capitol to disarm. we've not seen a large police presence or military presence here. the guard troops are a few blocks away and are not wearing
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helmets, face coverings, a much more relaxed atmosphere and more relaxed social distancing. nationwide, over 40,000 national guard troops have been mobilized, more than doubled in the past four days. thousands of protesters continue to pour in, many arriveing from the lincoln memorial a short time ago. d.c.'s mayor hopes the protests remain peaceful. leland: it appears that a lot of them are wearing their masks because of the coronavirus. thanks, lucas. arthel. arthel: eric, thank you. protests continue in minneapolis, ground zero for the movement sparked by the death of mr. george floyd in police custody. it is a calm scene there today and it comes as the city council makes changes in how the police department can operate. let's go to matt finn, live in minneapolis with the latest. matt. >> reporter: this is the location where george floyd died and we've been in minneapolis for more than a week now and this intersection has remained
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very peaceful. we witnessed day after day of public gatherings as you see right now, people paying their respects and leaving flowers and momentos behind for george floyd and we have also seen peaceful demonstrations here, prayer circles. this has really become sacred ground. it is entirely blocked off in every direction. neighbors are protecting it. there are roadblocks up. and this will ultimately become a historical site, one of tragedy but an area that is being very much respected and there are signs everywhere, asking people to pay their respects, to be respectful towards this location and there is a ton of free food in the area, neighbors are dropping off food for people who are struggling right now, there's a cook-out going on, there are flowers. so a joyous location right now but also a very somber and sacred, arthel. arthel: and that's how this
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works, you know. the emotions -- it's like an emotional roller coaster. it goes from shock and despair and stress, very stressful and then it turns into a bit of anger and it's okay that people are angry too, not to take it into a violent direction of course, but to express how you feel and then it goes to a joyous occasion in a sense, that you celebrate this man's life and that's what you see behind you right now. meanwhile, i want you to tell us about the city council ban on choke holds there. >> reporter: yes, yesterday the minneapolis city council held an emergency meeting where they passed new reform on police, immediate reform. police officers are no longer allowed to use choke holds in the city, not allowed to use neck restraints and are required to immediately intervene if they see another officer using a choke hold like we saw in the george floyd video and they're required to immediately report
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it, arthel. arthel: and then also before you go, matt, if you could, talk to us about the reaction to city council members who called to disband the police department. >> reporter: yes. well, at least three city council members including the president of the minneapolis city council have now banded together, saying they're going to dismantle the police department and defund it. they would like to use more city resources, calling 311 instead of 911 and across the city we see posters, we see spray painting, we see a strong sendment supporting the minneapolis police department being disbanded as we know it in favor for what some city council members call an entire reconstruction and so yesterday during that emergency meeting, obviously some of those of council members got together and thought that perhaps the immediate reform would kind of pave the way towards this dismemberment of the police department but the mayor has said he will not sign off on
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taking the police department apart. rather, he says he is committed to true and substantial reform of systemic racism, arthel. arthel: matt, before i go, i want to point out what you're seeing, what we're seeing behind you, it's a sense of community. you have people showing up from various parts of the city, bringing food, bringing water, you know, again, this is in yourisinnourishment for the sou. if you could tell us what you see in that regard. >> reporter: we have a large cookout going on right now, all types of food and there are lots of canned goods around, supplies like baby diapers, lots of those things being dropped off and you see mothers coming and you see people coming who are probably in need from the pandemic, who are probably hurting just in general in this city. like you said, right now this is more of a celebration of life for george floyd. this is one of the more jo just
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afternoons -- jo jus joyous aft. right now, the community is gathering together. we've noticed all week a ton of di sers adiversity, people froms of life are coming to this intersection to pay respect to george floyd. there is a growing memorial, more flowers than you can count, people leaving behind posters. right now people are filling out posters and mementos. george floyd is being heavily remembered here and his name is plastered all across this intersection and it seems like the local government, the city government is giving people this community free rein to do what they want with this space. there are large roadblocks. there's no traffic coming in and out. if you place a flour down, it stay there's -- flower down, it stays there. if you paint a mural, it's staying there. people have the liberty and ability to come here and pay their respects in any fashion they want for george floyd,
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arthel. arthel: matt finn, thank you very much. eric, i'll toss it over to you. eric: thanks, matt and arthel. there are calls across the nation from some who want to disband or cut the budgets of local police departments, it's a very controversial idea. we heard matt talk about that in minneapolis. we'll be hearing more across abt across the nation later. right now, we are awaiting the start of george floyd's memorial service, this one for friends and family in north carolina, where he was born. we'll bring it to you live as soon as it gets underway. the cities that we have reports from, they're not the only ones feeling the i'm papght o -- impf floyd's death. the protests have spread coast to coast and also overseas. we'll have the latest on that and what's going on on the ground, straight ahead. what getting fueled with one protein feels like. what getting fueled with three energy packed proteins feels like.
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to start watching today. arthel: nearly two weeks after the death of mr. george floyd, protests continue throughout the country and around the world. in new york, an 8:00 p.m. curfew is still in effect, even though thousands have defied it to take their voices to the streets. in los angeles, a lawsuit has been filed against the city
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alleging excessive force in violation of civil rights. protests also taking place overseas. christina coleman is standing by in los angeles. benjamin hall is in london. we begin with jackie heinrich, she's in new york city. jacqui. >> reporter: arthel, there are about a dozen demonstrations happening in all of the different boroughs today. the biggest one right now is happening at this moment, there's a group marching across the brooklyn bridge into manhattan. we're at the barclays center where the group started earlier. there's another gathering planned in a couple hours. today the protests have been peaceful. last night, also largely peaceful. there were only 40 arrests in the city yesterday. and that's pretty significant given how things were shaking out over the nights previous to that. the biggest news out of new york this morning is the two officers in buffalo were charged with assault after they were seen pushing a 75-year-old protester on thursday in buffalo.
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the officers robert mccabe and aaron targalski, facing up to seven years in prison if convicted. the governor applauded the buffalo mayor and the local da, saying he thought what he saw in the video was criminal, horrendous and disgusting and he believed to be illegal. a group of 57 buffalo emergency response team resigned in outrage over the two officers suspension without pay. that has caused a little bit of unrest within the police department. but back to the protests, the das in brooklyn, manhattan and the bronx said they do not plan to prosecute any protesters who are charged with low level offenses. as most of these protests have been peaceful. i was speaking to one of the organizer whose said you have been encouraging people to continue demonstrating for how long? we've been doing this for a week. what is the message and at what
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point does the message get across. >> people keep asking when it's going toen. the question should be what policies will we enacted t enace people feel safe in the community. this could be for the people. i'm leading a demonstration from barclays center at 6:00 p.m. to city hall. that's the first stop. we are hope de blasio and cuomo come out of and talk to us and give the youth some direction. if they don't, the next stop is the diamond district. we're giving them a chance right now to do the right thing. my name is ace burns, 2020. >> reporter: appreciate it. they're not going to be stopping until they see the policies they want in place, not just rhetoric about reform but actual policy changes that make people feel like this has not all been for nothing. arthel. arthel: it's raining here in new york, i'm not sure if it's
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raining right now in brooklyn but in the city it's raining and i know jacqui, from brooklyn to manhattan, john batiste is doing a march for music. he says as a musician, he has a gift to change through music and he's taking that voice, his musical voice and message to the streets of manhattan as well. so people are out and about, letting their voices be heard. jacqui heinrich, thank you. eric. eric: first i want to respond to something we heard from the protester, he said they're being marched out of city hall and he said if governor cuomo and mayor de blasio aren't reacting they'll go to the diamond district on 47th street in manhattan and he said thanks to president trump gasoline is cheap, those are outrageous words to say basically that person was basically suggesting that they plan to go to the diamond district, which is run
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basically by o orthodox jews in new york city, certainly hope that is not the case and we do not endorse or in fact we condemn that type of language here on the fox news channel. someone saying that certainly should be called out in terms of any type of potential threat of any sort that we just heard live from someone who is interviewed here on this channel. meanwhile, in los angeles, mayor eric garcetti is proposing steep cuts to the city's police department budget, this comes at the lapd and the chief are hit with a federal lawsuit alleging they violated the civil rights of protesters. christina coleman is live in los angeles with more on that. christina. >> reporter: well, hi, eric. right now, more than 1,000 peaceful protesters are gathered here on the campus of usc, calling for justice and some of them calling for the defunding of the los angeles police department, something mayor eric garcetti says he supports, even
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though the local police union says it could result in less patrols on the street and more crime. the mayor is proposing 25 $250 million of budgets cuts to city departments including $150 million in cuts to the police department to invest in jobs, health and education. take a listen. >> those dollars need to be focused on our black communities here in los angeles. as well as communities of color and women and people who have been left behind for too long. and will this involve cuts? yes, of course. to every department including the police department. >> reporter: as protesters call for additional police reforms, the los angeles police protective league voiced a mounting frustration with mayor eric garcetti. the union called him unstable and accused of political pandering when he used the words killer when discussing the proposed funding cuts to the police department.
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as the mayor and the union continue to clash over these proposed cuts to the police department, you can see thousands of people are out here protesting against systematic inequality, police brutality, they're calling for justice, calling for police reform and they're continuing to do that throughout the day. this is one of at least three peaceful protests that are scheduled to take place here in the los angeles area, just one, and this has been going on for hours now. we'll have to wait and see what all happens. eric. eric: all right, christina, thanks so much. arthel. arthel: i'm really glad you called out that guy who made those horrible statements during jacqui heinrich's -- during her live shot. i was communicating with producers, did not hear it. i'm glad you called this out. the memorial service for mr. george floyd has begun in raeford, north carolina and right now we want to take you inside. >> let us praise the lord.
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the lord is present in this season of hope. let us praise ye the lord. bow your heads for a moment of invocation. after this invocation, we'll have the ministry of the lewis chapel missionary baptist church in fayetteville, north carolina. we're share a song, a song of total praise. after the singing of this song, then our old testament scripture will be shared by the reverend al rice, our pastor, at the covenant love church in fayetteville, north carolina and new testament by reverend nicholas ridrel, our site pastor here in raeford. having heard the word of god,
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then benjamin sexton, from raeford, north carolina, will share our prayer. let us bow heads just for this moment of invocation. oh, come, lord jesus, here where we have gathered in your name, we need to hear your voice and learn from you. speak to us of gentleness and strength. in your compassion, draw us into your merciful embrace. hush, the distracting thoughts clamoring for attention in our minds right now. center our spirits in peace. open our hearts to your wise teaching. that we may grow wise and strong in a way of our kingdom.
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[ applause ] >> al alleleia, praise the l. to all the ma'aml family membere would like to say we love you very much, we offer our condolences. praise the lord. thank you, jesus. i am very honored to stand here today to read out of the old testament and i hope that these words will not just be something that we hear but it will edify and be received in our hearts.
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psalms: 23. the lord is my shepherd. he's not becoming my shepherd. he is right now in the present my shepherd. i shall not want. he makes me to lie down in green pastures. he leads me beside the still waters. he restores, he refreshes our soul. he leads us in the path of rye righteousness for his name's sake. yeah, though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, notice it says i'm not camming out in the valley -- camping out in the valley. he said i'm going to walk through, i'm going to march through, i'm going to advance through. >> i'm not going to stop.
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and with god being his shepherd, nobody can stop him walking through. i will fear no evil, for you are with me. your rod and your staff, they comfort me. you prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemy and a table is for family. and a table is for conversation. and a table is for us together as family, not to disengage after the meal is over, but to continue to have conversation and continue to talk. you anoint my head with oil, only the anointing of god can carry us through this. my cup runs over. surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me. that means to relentless pursue
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without any idea of giving up. surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and i will dwell in the house of the lord forever. god bless you. ♪ >> i'm honored to be here today. i want to share out of the new testament, turn to first corinthians, chapter 15, verse 50 to verse 57. paul is reminding the church, an eternal idea, to set your perspective to things eternal. he says what i'm saying, dear brothers and sisters, is our physical bodies cannot inherit the kingdom of god.
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these bodies cannot inherit what will last forever. let me reveal to you a secret. we will not all die but we all will be transformed. it will happen in a moment and a blink of an eye when the last trumpet is blown for when the trumpet sounds, those who have not died will be raised to live forever. and we who are living will also be transformed for our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die. our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies. when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die the scripture will be fulfilled when it says death is swallowed up in victory. oh, death, where is your victory. oh, death, where is your sting. for sin is the sting that results in death and the law gives sin its power but thank god, thank god he gives us
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victory over sin and death through our lord, christ jesus. amen. [ applause ] ♪ >> come on, let's give god some glory in this place. [ applause ] >> let us go now to the throne of grace. and if you don't have anything to pray about, then please pray for me. >> amen. >> oh, god, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy past, and now eternal
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calm. god of abraham, isaac and jacob, god of emmett till, breonna taylor, eric gordon and brother floyd, we come now, father, a few of your children, gathered together in the midst of these cons cratecrated walls and we cd the anointing that makes praying easy. we pray for everything that ex oughts itself -- exalts itself against the knowledge of you. we thank you in the midst of these turbulent times we have a
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god on of our side. we pray, lord, come and see about us. do what you do, lord, when you do what you do. we pray in jesus' name. god, that you would allow your peace that passes all understanding, oh, god, come now and sit down together with this family and oh, god we lift them up. we pray i jesus' name that you would do what you said you would do and wipe away all tears. we pray in jesus' name, god, help this family to remember, all the former days, oh, god help them to remember the smiles and the laughter, the words of encouragement, god, the times they stood together as brothers and sisters and in the name of jesus christ of nazareth, we thank you for it right now. oh, god, we're glad today,
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hallelujah, there is none like you. you are lord of lords and king of kings, glory of glories, majesties of majesties and hope of hopes and, god, we want to thank you right now. god, as you look down now upon the circumstance in america, and we pray in jesus' name, oh, precious father, that you would fix it, jesus, oh, father, we want to say thank you, father god for turning things around. we want to say thank you, lord god, for you said that the last shall be first and the first shall be last. lord god, we're so glad today. oh, god, that things are going to change. father, in the name of jesus, have mercy, we pray. help us, father god, oh, god, that we might walk away from this day, oh, god again being closely joined and knit
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together, that indeed we might look upon one another and recognize that we are the sons of god and it makes no difference about the color of our skin, oh, but only the condition of our hearts. father, in the name of jesus, have mercy, we pray. now god, we're going to put it all in your hands. we're going to say thank you, lord. mighty marvelous majestic name of our lord and savior, jesus christ, we declare that it is so. come on, let's give god some glory in this place. [ applause ] ♪ >> and the people of god said amen. >> amen. >> we shall continue the celebration of the life and
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legacy of brother george floyd junior for at this time tara melvin and brother isaac floyd will share melodious songs of zion and after the singing of the songs of zion, dianne schiff will share acknowledgementnd 's anacknowledgements andi would ad silently the obituary and i will be back to show you and share you some love with presentations. amen.
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lay your hands, lay your hands on me. ♪ oh, and then he cried. ♪ lord, do it, yeah. ♪ lord, do it. ♪ we need you to heal right now, god oh, do it for me, lord. ♪ lord, do it for me. ♪ yeah oh, lord. ♪ lord, do it. ♪ oh, come on and do it for me, lord. ♪ do it for me. ♪ right now. ♪ right now. ♪ we need you. ♪ we need you. ♪ we need you. ♪ come on and do it for me,
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lord. ♪ do it for me. ♪ right now. ♪ right now. ♪ right now, right now, right now. ♪ come on and do it for me, lord. ♪ do it for me. ♪ whoa. ♪ lord, do it. ♪ come on and do it for me. ♪ won't you do it for me. ♪ right now, we need your peace. ♪ lord, do it. ♪ right now, we need your love. ♪ lord, you can do it for me. ♪ oh, lord. ♪ lord, do it. ♪ oh, do it for me. ♪ only you can do it for me. ♪ oh, lord do it.
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♪ oh, do it for me. ♪ only you can do it for me. ♪ oh. ♪ lord, do it. ♪ yeah, yeah, do it for me. ♪ only you can do it for me. ♪ lord, do it. ♪ lord, do it. ♪ yeah, do it for me. ♪ only you can do it for me. ♪ only you can do it for me. ♪ only you can do it for me. ♪ only can you heal me, lord. ♪ only you can do it for me. ♪ only you can save me. ♪ only you can do it for me. ♪ only you can do it for me. ♪ only you can do it for me. ♪ only you can do it for me. ♪ only you can do it for me.
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could ever need. ♪ you know something, he's been so good. ♪ he's been so good. ♪ he's been so good to me. ♪ but that ain't all. ♪ he dried, dried, dried, every one of my tears away. ♪ and he turned my midnight into day. ♪ yeah. ♪ i just want to say thank you, lord. ♪ thi.>> this is his song. ♪ thank you, lord. ♪ thank you, lord. ♪ i won't complain. ♪ for god, he's truly, truly, truly been so good to me.
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♪ he's been so good to me. ♪ in this whole world that you could ever need. ♪ you know something, church, i'm going to go down on my knees, i say thank you lord. ♪ i say i didn't know where the money was coming from. ♪ i just said thank you, lord. ♪ i was sick, my body was racked with pain and i still say thank you, lord. ♪ thank you lord. ♪ thank you lord. ♪ in my good days, in my bad days,. ♪ i won't complain.
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[applause] ♪ >> good evening, everyone. first and foremost, i think we all should give acknowledgment to god for his presence in our lives. [applause] in our lives individually and collectively. because we, too, in this world have a purpose just like george floyd in unifying this nation. to pastor steakhouse -- star r r -- stackhouse, sorry about
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that, to family members and friends, the floyd family are grateful as they mourn the passing of their bro, george floyd. i they graciously thank you for your thoughtfulness as well as your kind spirit. to our family, it is understandable that these are difficult times for us, but please remember that god'ses grace is sufficient. god's love is comfort in sadness; peace in weariness; healing in despair. he is always in our presence, and his love embraces us. remember, because he is our salvation, our rock, our shelter in time of storm. we are forever in his care.
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cards and letters are very personal, so i will not read them today. however, if you sent a card or a letter, please know that it's very important to our family. is so we will read and share them in the presence of our family and the comfort of our homes. we would like to acknowledge any letters, condolences, resolutions that have been sent to reassure our family. wal would like to recognize -- we also would like to recognize the presence of so many elected officers as well as any esteemed guests who recognize the urgency of this moment. and came to unite with our family during this time of tragedy. as mentioned earlier, we e please ask that you read to
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♪ ♪ >> in the name of father, in the name of the son and in the name of the precious sweet holy ghost, somebody tell the lord thank you. >> thank you! >> well, family, it's time that we pause now to show you an expression of love. for we understand that love was not put in our hearts to stay. love is not love until we give it away. and so, please, share with us
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this time we shall come and express love for the life and legacy of brother george perry floyd jr. i ask as you come, the family have asked us and we say this all the time, we pastors, that we're pleased that here to the two minutes that have been given now -- i'm a preacher, is so i'm up all the time but i know that two minutes can pass by so fast, you won't know it. what i'll do -- when you see me stand, it's time for you to sit down. [laughter] okay? i'll have my seat, and when i stand, then it's time. and i know people always tell me, well, i i e couldn't stop, the holy spirit got ahold of me. well, when i stand -- [laughter] amen. can i get an a amen in here?
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come on. >> amen! >> god bless your hearts. listen, family, indulge me please because i've been asked to present two presentations that are not printed. first, one from governor roy cooper's office, our governor. i have a presentation, amen. and after that presentation, then a resolution from the lumbie tribe. and i've been hearing the presentation -- and after hearing that, i want to ask that ruby floyd would come and then christopher simmons. and then representing polk county, our chairman of, our commissioners, the reverend elder james leach will share with us.
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and then congressman g.k. butterfield will share. and then our congressman richard hutson will then share. and then i shall come back and present our prognostication of the gospel. at this time, the representative from governor cooper's office. and, please, follow and remember when you -- when i stand -- [laughter] ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon, church. given all the honor to god, his son jesus, the precious holy spirit that keeps us from day day-to-day, to the shepherd of this house, to our congressional delegation, to our leaders, to
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this wonderful family, we are praying with you. pastor, i don't want to go slow. i'm not going to be here that long. my name is jeremy collins. i stand before you this afternoon on behalf of the 75th governor of the state of north carolina, governor roy cooper, who sends his sincere condolences to this family, to our dear, departed brother, brother george floyd. melissa: okay, we have, we have been watching this home-going service for mr. george floyd there in north carolina, raeford. and right now while we continue to monitor and listen, we're waiting for a very special person to take the lectern. in the meantime, i want to bring in rapper trey the truth. he is from houston, he is a friend of mr. floyd's. and, trey, i wanted to bring you on and, first, while we await -- we're going to dip back in. i want to ask you, first of all, just how this service that you're witnessing right now
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touching you? >> it's truly amazing. i think not just to service -- the service, everything that we've been seeing this past week from different cities and states have all been amazing. even the one that was in minnesota. and so i can only imagine what the service will be like in houston. just the love that is shown is definitely something that's special. arthel: yeah. and i know that, as you're talking about, that service is happening this tuesday there in houston. meanwhile, i want to talk about what you did for your friend. you brought together some 60,000 people to the streets of houston to march in peace to honor the life of your friend. and you brought out the biggest of the big names in town. you had mayor turner, you had congresswoman sheila jackson lee. talk to me about why you wanted to do that and the importance from your perspective of why the entire community has to be behind this next move in this
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movement. >> well, because it's just the beginning phases of a fight that we are about to have. it's going to be a long fight. but what happened was we were in minnesota with steven jackson, tameka mallory, jamie foxx and, you know, i just witnessed how quickly and how dominant minnesota stood up for george. and what was happening when i got back, we were trying to show up and support every protest and just the cause. and we went to one that sunday, and i was like, well, why don't we do something for the family. because a lot of us are expressing our hurt and pain, but with we haven't actually allowed the world to hear the family or see how they feel. and i ended up talking to them on social media, and he was like, man, let's go. and a day and a half later we had almost 70,000 people that were at the event with the family, man. and -- arthel: and, trey, how did that
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a make you feel when you saw that? yeah, you know, this is about -- listen, you are clearly a community organizer, and i, what i know about you from people who know you directly, that you are not going to rest until you get social is justice. social justice. so i know this is not about a march, this is about a movement. and i want to hear your plan, your plan of action as you strive to attain social justice and equality. what do you do next? how do you take this from the streets to the boardrooms to the places where decisions are made? >> my plan is basically accountability. you know? you have not just -- and i want to make it very clear it's not just about houston, texas, it's across the world. social media's showing us a different, a different side of the world. you know, a lot of us seen it and experienced it, but the rest of the world never seen it. and now it's showing we have to
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let people know we stand for something. so past the marching and past even with the charges that were drawn up on the officers, there's a lot of police brutality throughout the world. and i feel right now we have to let people know we're going to stand, we're not going to back down. but we're also going to start tearing down the system that's not designed for us, not in our favor. so what we will be doing is getting with people who are in place and getting people in place where we can start changing some of these laws to where things are -- it should never be okay for excess i force. i think the last two days i've seen two elderly people, one got hit in the head, and another -- it's just no, no point or purpose for that. and in our words, we're not going for it. we will stand. arthel: right. and you're going to organize. and, you know, listen, we we hae
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to acknowledge this is tough to watch even for the officers who are out there doing the right thing and really trying to abide by the rules and go by the book. this is tough for them too. we have to acknowledge their hard work as well. and you've mentioned something, that this goes beyond houston. and i agree with you, it does. so i want to ask you, this is going to take a collective force worldwide. so for anyone listening to us right now when they say what can i do, what is their part in this? trey? >> first and foremost, care. you know, a lot of people feel like, hey, you know, it's not affecting me directly, so i don't necessarily have opinion -- arthel: trey, you got to give me for -- forgive me for a second. producers, i can't hear the audio, but is this ms. ruby floyd who has taken the lectern? trey, we want to listen because i believe she is mr. george's
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steph -- stepmother. >> they love everybody. i'm not going to preach, but i've come to tell you today that god -- i don't know about you out there, but god is on our side, praise the lord! can i get a witness sneer and i'm going to tell you something, we bringing back love back in the universe. y'all better come on, ya hear? i don't know about you, y'all better clap them hands. because -- ♪ god, god, you know what god is -- ♪ jesussing and i guarantee -- and guarantee you that george floyd jr., he going to put love back in the universe.
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[background sounds] arthel: ms. ruby floyd, the stepmother of mr. george floyd. clearly overtaken by the holy spirit with her faith on full display. and that is what the family of george floyd is all about. i want to bring back trey the truth with me here. trey, you know what's happening there. we want to share with our viewers what's happening there. you know, ms. floyd said we are going to -- we're bringing love back to the universe. and that's what this is about, you know? and people need to understand this is why this struck at the core, that we witnessed someone's life drain out of
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their body right before our very eyes. and we, as a people, are people of love. and this is what we have to instill in everybody, but there also has to be action. trey the truth, tell me. >> there definitely has to be action because, you know, without action with we won't get results. the only way we will get results is for these steps. and i can honestly say on national tv, i'm not perfect. i don't have the knowledge to know every step that has to be taken, but i'm prepared to stand and take the steps that's needed and get people in position with us. because this is going to be something that will be more of a team, collective effort whether it may be from l.a. to new york, from minnesota, from louisville to d.c., to houston. it's about getting the right ones who no longer -- i feel like a lot of us in life as human beings, you know, a lot of
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people have fear. i'm one of the people i don't believe in fear, and i feel like the time for fear is over right now. this could be our kid. arthel: right. the time for fear is over, the time for faith always as we watch on our screen next to me that we we see ms. ruby floyd, she is overtaken by the holy spirit. her faith is on full display. and for people watching, i just want them to understand that this is where this is coming from. this is not about excluding anyone, it is about including everybody. and to witness this, you have to see the human side. and when you see the human side of anyone, you can't harm them with disregard for who they are as a human being. trey the truth, tell me what you're doing in terms of action you're taking. give me some sold steps that you're going -- solid steps you're going to be taking the next weeks and months. >> well, we've been doing multiple things.
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as of to date, you know, i found out that there were peaceful protests that were arrest -- protesters that were arrested and charged. i ended up making calls today and had a conversation to where i'm actually waiting on the answer, but i do believe we're going to get all their charges dismissed, because i feel there's no point for them to get a record for standing up for a cause like this. we will, we talked with sheila jackson lee and a couple of others. we want to figure out exactly what we can do to get some of these laws changed through congress and through the state -- i mean, through the representatives that have the power to vote and change some of these laws. and other than that, you know, what i do the best is just stand on the front lines. i'm one of the ones that are gonna protect the people and do everything that we can because i felt just -- for those who know me in houston, texas, they call me the all-town hero because in
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any situation whether it may be natural disaster, life situation, anything, i'm one of the first people that they call. so i feel like for me to wear that title, i'm fully responsible, and i have to make sure everything is okay. arthel: absolutely. well, indeed, trey the truth, you make your living through words, but your actions speak louder than your words. i thank you for joining us. thank you very much, trey. >> thank you too. all right. you take care. a. arthel: and we'll be right back. thank you, trey. so, for a second time we're giving members a credit on their auto insurance. because it's the right thing to do. we're also giving payment relief options to eligible members so they can take care of things like groceries before they worry about their insurance or credit card bills. right now is the time to take care of what matters most. like we've done together, so many times before. discover all the ways we're helping members at usaa.com/coronavirus
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says she wants the u.s. military to leave but the police to stay. >> we support our metropolitan police department. we know they do a wonderful job protecting d.c. streets. 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. >> reporter: defense secretary mark esper's ordered all active duty military police outside d.c. to return home. he's also ordered all a 5,000 national guard troops in the nation's capital to disarm. eric, 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 national guard troops a few blocks away are not wearing helmets, sunglasses or face covering, clearly more relaxed
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social distancing with these protesters. nationwide over 40,000 national guard troops have been mobilized, that number has doubled in the past four days. and the thousands of protesters continue to pour in, many coming from the lincoln memorial. all the protesters are moving north here on 16th street away from the white house, not sure where they're going. we'll find out and get back to you, eric. eric: lucas, thanks. a lot of controversy over those law enforcement and police, apparent police forces who are unidentified who basically had no markings on at all that caused a lot of concern by civil libertarians and others. so glad to see that it's peaceful today. thanks, lucas. arthel? arthel: and, eric, thank you. well, president trump and washington, d.c. mayor muriel bowser escalating their feud over keeping the peace in the nation's capital. the two leaders going at each other over how to handle the protest and the deployment of military personnel in the city.
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mark meredith has more. >> reporter: president trump is not making any on-camera comments today, but those protesters are not too far from the white house. we're keeping an eye on twitter to see if he has any response to those demonstrating. i can tell you though white house security has been beefed up quite a bit over the last several days. we have seen this place, basically, turned into a fortress. it's the most i've seen since inauguration day, and the national guard as well as federal law enforcement can be spotted throughout the city. the mayor has increasingly called on governors to beef up on security, he even wants the governors to reach out to him directly. here's what he said friday. >> and i hope that you also use our national guard. call me, we'll be ready for them so fast, their heads. [applause] 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.
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and they were ripping it apart, and i called the governor, and the national guard went in. in one night, it was over. >> reporter: president trump though has faced quite a bit of criticism over his response to george floyd's death. we have seen a bipartisan backlash really when it came to what happened earlier this week when he visited st. john's church. the decision to clear protesters out of the way with ahead of the president's visit. we heard from several people including the former secretary of defense, james mattis. this is what he had to say. quote: donald trump is the first president in my lifetime disease not pre-- does not pretoned to try -- pretend to unite the people. mike pence is firing back. >> 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. >> reporter: we expect to hear
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more from the vice president when his interview with jesse e watters airs at 8 p.m. right here on fox. arthel? arthel: mark meredith, thank you very much. ♪ ♪ eric: well, former vice president joe biden, well, he now has enough delegates to secure the democratic nomination. today's electoral victory occurred in guam. that put mr. biden over the mark of the 1,991 delegates that he needs to be the democratic nominee. you know, his campaign is now setting its sights on the democratic convention is supposed to start on august 17th in milwaukee. but it's still unclear if the party will be able to hold that event in person because of concerns about coronavirus. north carolina has raised issues about holding the republican convention in charlotte which may or may not happen down there. arthel? arthel: eric, we are tracking --
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[inaudible] tropical storm cristobal in the gulf. the latest on its path as it heads to the u.s. coast. 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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eric: tropical storm cristobal is eyeing the gulf coast. after dumping several inches of rain on mexico, watches now in effect from louisiana to florida. meet adam klotz -- meteorologist adam klotz has the latest. >> reporter: hey there, eric. landfall likely tomorrow in louisiana around this time, maybe a little bit later into the afternoon. but that's not going to necessarily be the only story. this is a massive storm. folks are already seeing rain. there's where it currently sits, some of the outer bands already falling across the state of florida. it's moving to the north at 12 miles an hour, is so you're talking about landfall late
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tomorrow afternoon, getting into the early evening hours likely right along the louisiana coast. several models taking it, pretty much all in agreement. so this is the path we're talking about. but as i said, it's a very large storm, so it's going to affect a much larger area. tropical advisories, warnings in effect from the louisiana coast all the way over to the florida panhandle. usually it's the eastern half or it's always the eastern half of the storm, so that's why you're seeing more warning in biloxi, mobile, getting closer to panama city. storm surge is going to be one of the stories here, louisiana, getting up into mississippi. 2-4 feet that's going to be driven by tropical storm force winds. those winds, again, right around 60 miles an hour. everything in that very large origin and yellow -- orange and yellow bubble. fairly fast moving storm, but we're going to be talking about seeing those winds build early tomorrow, and even if you're outside of that wind field, this
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is the estimated rainfall, and you're seeing from the florida -- areas north of panama city beach, florida, these are spots that are still going to get 6-8 inches of rain. this is a big storm, it's a quick mover, and i think because of that it's going to impact a whole lot of people, especially with rain, eric. eric: yeah. from down south in florida, up north looks like fayetteville. it's going to be a busy season. adam, thank you. arthel: all right, eric, thank you. well, new york city seeing coronavirus hospitalizations spiking on friday, but mayor bill de blasio says this is not caused by george floyd protests. doug luzader explains. >> reporter: a lot of protesting but not so much social distancing underway right now? what happened to the precautions we were all supposed to be taking, and might we see an uptick in cases now because of these big gatheringsings?
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now, it is certainly true that lot of these protesters are wearing face masks, but not all of them. add to that possible exposure for the police and national guard troops, this could prove to be a dangerous mix. new york has just seen a big surge in cases, but mayor bill de blasio doesn't think the protests are to blame, at least not yet. >> we're going to watch that very, very carefully. i'll certainly be talking to our health care team, but i would be surprised if that's what's causing it. i think we're much more likely in the next week, ten days to see a manifestation, if there is one. >> reporter: and that would be because of the incubation period. let's take a look at the most recent numbers from the cdc on the coronavirus showing there have been more than 1.8 million cases and more than 108,000 deaths. in a stunning move, meantime, some public health experts are now reversing themselves on big crowds, saying in the case of these protests, the risk of
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public gatherings are worthwhile. but the world health organization just changed its guidance now saying just about everyone should be wearing face masks if social distancing cannot be maintained. meantime, police in paris tried to ban similar gatherings in that city because of fear it could lead to more spread of the virus. ultimately, though, several hundred protesters showed up nonetheless. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. eric: well, a surprising jobs report shows that the economy, they say, is recovering faster than had been expected. as these lockdowns are easing. coming up, "the wall street journal"'s paul gigot and dan henninger will be here to take a closer look at the numbers, what it means for your job, the economy and challenges still ahead. ♪ ♪
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a virtual memorial service was held for annie glenn who died back in may due to complication from coronavirus. mrs. glenn was 100 years old. the glenns were married for 73 years. john glenn was the first american to orbit the earth. >> now, they thought the number would be a loss of 9 million jobs, and it was a gain of almost 3 million jobs. we've been talking about the v. this is better than a v, this is a rocket ship. eric: our thoughtsing of course or ors are with the glenn family. meanwhile, that's president trump, of course, he was touting the surprising jobs report. saying that yesterday. you know, the u.s. economy, they say, added 2.5 million jobs in may. unemployment rate dropping from 14.7% to, at first, a reported 13.3 despite predictions it would rise to almost 20%. so is a v-shaped recovery happening, or will there be a u
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or a w? paul gigot, host of ""the wall street journal" report," dan henninger, columnist and deputy editorial page editor, both joining us from home. so, or paul, let me start with you. first, they say there was a miscalculation, error that the 13.3 was actually a 16.3. but still, it's not up to that a 20%, so this is pretty good news. >> yeah, i think that's right. there's no doubt there's going to be some noise in those statistics because of the tumult that we've had because of the pandemic expect shutdown. we've never had a situation like this with a fall in employment so fast. so naturally, there'll be some noise. but this is good news because it created two and a half million new jobs, and we thought we'd lose millions more. so that suggests that the recovery has maybe hit a bottom, and it's bouncing back. the boar -- the labor market's
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healing, still in an awful place, but maybe we're starting to see that comeback. and the good news in particular is that the count in may was, you know, usually figures in the middle of the month. okay? so that didn't capture all of the reopening that took place in the later weeks of the month. so we should see some further improvement in june. eric: and, i mean, after that, dan, let me go to you for a second, there is the fear, concern that some of the jobs may not come back and that the employment rate for hispanics and for african-americans is lower, and this really has hit more of the low income jobs. what do you think about that? will more come back, or are some jobs, you know, permanently gone? >> well, probably some jobs are are or permanently gone to the extent that businesses have declared bankruptcy, restaurants and the like. some of those have simply gone out of business. and he were the primary job
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creator really for businesses at the low end of the income scale. and it was extraordinary, the extent to which they were creating jobs before the coronavirus happened. we have that element, a couple of elements in the legislation, currently the payroll protection plan, the loan forgiveness has been extended by six months, and now small business owners are able to use more of the loan for operational expenses than they were previously. and that makes it likely that a lot of those businesses that previously had hired minority workers will be able to sustain themselves. and my guess is that they will begin bringing them back into the work force. the third question, of course, is whether it will sustain the $600 employment bonus which causes many people on unemployment to be making more than they were while they were working. if that is exe tended, it creates a disincentive for some
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of those workers to come back. my guess, eric, is that many of them will want jobs rather than a temporary unemployment insurance bow new. eric so, paul, how to you get them back, and what do you see happening the rest of the year? i mean, we will at some point, but when do you think we can get back to the way it was before coronavirus? >> i don't think anybody knows the answer to that, eric, because we don't know the pace of the reopening. we also don't know the pace of the virus. i mean, we have to be careful. so far there's some good news out of texas, florida and georgia, states that opened on the early side haven't seen that real second wave yet. but, of course, it's summer, and maybe we'll see it later. that's a big concern. but i think people are going to be cautious. i think businesses are going to be cautious. but we'll have to see how it goes. we had some good news out of europe too, recently, because italy and spain have been cautiously reopening, and we haven't seen a big new second wave there either of covid is.
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so i think -- covid-19. the good news is dan makes a really important point. this ppp program flexibility, a suggestion month ability to spend the loan as opposed to two will give a lot more flexibility to businesses and probably help a lot more survive. and then that key date is july 31st when the unemployment enhanced benefit of $600 expires. if the congress does not make the mistake of expanding at that level, i think we can see even faster employment through the end of the year. eric: yeah, certainly we'll need that. paul and dan, don't go away because there's controversy this week -- another controversy this week. what general james mattis said about president trump is raising some eyebrows, and we'll have that analysis when we come back. because when caught early, it's more treatable. i'm cologuard.
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events were scaled back due to the pandemic. it was on that fateful today of june 6, 1944, when allied troops launched the largest sea borne invasion in history. the victory turned the tide against the nazis during world war ii. eric: and we remember and honor the sacrifice and the great leadership of winston churchill, dwight d.izen a hour and the others -- eisenhower. if you've been there personally, an amazing tribute to this country and to their bravery, and we thank them. meanwhile, there was a stinging denunciation this week from president trump's former defense secretary in the wake of the president's threat to use military force to restore order in cities here at home. general james mattis calling president trump, quote: the first president in my lifetime that does not try to unite the american people. mattis went on to say that, quote: we are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. wall street editorial board
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calling those comments, quote: the revenge of jim mattis. we're back with the two gentlemen who run that board, editorial page editor paul gigot and columnist dan henninger. is he offended and outraged? >> yeah, i don't think it's so much personal as it is kind of his judgment about having worked for donald trump and what he thinks about donald trump's leadership. i don't think he's motivated by any personal revenge, per is say. i think there was genuine concern about the use of active duty troops in the streets of american cities, there was concern in the military about that. the defense secretary made that clear this week. i think jim mattis went too far in saying that deploying those troops would be unconstitutional since the insurrection act is perfectly legal under the constitution and has been used by other presidents. but i i think the president's
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governing style, his manner of leadership may be catching up to him because, you know, he's gone through an awful lot of defense secretaries, chiefs of staff, national security advisers, and he always hasn't been gracious when they've left. he sometimes gives them a kick as they're going out the door. and that catches up to you after a while. and maybe some of that is what we're starting to hear from, with jim mattis and maybe some others coming ahead. eric: dan, when paul said some others, what to you expect down the road? more of this? >> well, yeah. we have, of course, john bolton's book is going to come out, presumably at some point, and that we expect is going to be very critical of the president's foreign policy. and i guess the larger point that i would make here, eric, is that recall the 2016 presidential election was very close. and the president really at this point needs to be expanding the electorate, not contracting it.
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and i don't think it helps him a lot to be getting into a fight with prominent figures like jim mattis. this election's going to be decided by a lot of independent voters in very important swing states, and i think what you want is more of those independents deciding they can live with donald trump's tumultuous governing style rather than being repelled by it, because that is precisely the argument joe biden and the democrats are going to make between now and november. so i think the job here is to expand the base, not to contract it by getting into petty fights with all of his critics. eric: and, paul, do you think the president's actions, he's been doing that are just the opposite. >> well, i don't think the last couple of weeks have helped him in that regard, to be honest with you, eric. and we'll see if he can somehow set a tone of more empathy. i don't know whether he's capable of that or not. it might help him, i think in
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some cases. you know, the president's right, you have to restore order in these cities where there are riots and the use of the national guard, he's right, has been very good in minnesota. i just think in saying, look, bring active duty troops in before he had con ultimated, you know -- consulted, you know, his team enough, and think that's redounded to his detriment some. we'll see how these protests evolve and how the democrats handle it. do they become violent again? that could help the president, because then he would be seen as a strong leader putting, restoring order. but, you know, it's, it remains to be seen just how it'll play politically. eric: i mean, dan, by and large, the protesters have largely been peaceful. but, of course, we've had the looters, the criminal element talk advantage of this situation because of that. how do you see this playing out over the next few weeks, and in terms of what the protesters are
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saying. we've got about 30 seconds, in term of structural change in police departments like defunding the police. >> exactly. very interesting question, eric. what polls have emerged show that 70% of the public in part or fully supports the protests themselves, but more than 70% denounce the disorder and the looting. and the question is how will those independent voters sort that out and decide whether they think joe biden is better able to bring the country back to normalcy e or donald trump. that is the question. eric: all right. we're up against the clock. paul and dan, thank you. i'm sorry to cut it off, but that's what happens in news. >> thanks, eric. eric: we'll see you in just a moment. to the rural ramblers, back to the landers, head turners and stripe burners. run with us on a john deere mower. because this is more than just grass. it's home. search john deere mowers for more.
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♪ ♪ ♪ arthel: with the coronavirus pandemic still looming, ten of thousands to are taking to the streets in the u.s. and around the world to protest against racism and police brutality nearly two weeks after the death of mr. george floyd while in police custody. hello, everyone, this is "america's news headquarters." i'm arthel e neville. hi, eric. eric: hi, arthel, always good to be with you, thank you for joining us, i'm eric shawn. a community was fired up and a family mourning the loss and remembering george floyd today. they gathered for a rousing gospel private memorial service that was being held in raeford,
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north carolina, near fayetteville where floyd was born. gospel music and tears flowed as hundreds honored his memory. meanwhile, more large and peaceful demonstrations are continuing across the country, and they are expected in minneapolis and the area there today. the city now has banned police chokeholds in the wake of floyd's death. let's begin with mike tobin who's reporting on the protesters out in the streets in st. paul, minnesota, the twin city of minneapolis, of course, right across the mississippi. hi, mike. >> reporter: hi, eric. we just saw a demonstration wrap up at the governor's residence in st. paul. this coming at a time, of course, when so much of the attention is focused on what's happening in north carolina. it comes on, as the discussion has moved to disbanding the police in minneapolis when the city council had just voted the ban chokeholds. they put a requirement in place that police, if they see excess i force being used, they must report it or be subject to disciplinary action.
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also a requirement if any of the nonlethal weaponry is to be used like flash bangs, like tear gas, the chief must approve that first. but, first, the people who showed up here today say it's not enough. >> as far as i'm concerned, we should be out here every single day, seven days a week until. shut it all down. we shouldn't go back to work. we shouldn't -- this is more important than anything economic that's going on. this is systemic, and it's going to take some level of systemic change. >> there needs to be more done at the legislature, or we need policy changes at the legislative level, we need policy changes within education, with we need policy changes within human services and health programs. we need changes with how funding reaches our community. there are a lot of changes that need to be made. >> reporter: and the demonstrations have taken a traumatically different posture. this one had a start time and an end time. it fit the definition of
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peaceful. police protected the route as demonstrators made their voices heard and then ended at that given ending time. as far as how long it will take for people to continue coming to the street, the people tell me they'll keep on marching until they feel it's right to leave the street. eric? eric: all right, mike, thanks so much. arthel? arthel: well, eric, thank you. another day of massive rallies across the country and in the nation's capital where thousands of protesters poured into the streets marching in memory of mr. george floyd. today ooh's protest -- today's protest expected to be the largest in the history of that city. curve corke -- kevin corke live in washington with more. kevin? >> reporter: arthel, incredible pictures earlier with, we brought those to you live on the network as we showed you what was happening down constitution avenue. we have joined marchers as we continue to move through the city where now, actually, just along the u street corridor. for the folks at home who are wondering, that's still about a
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mile and a half north of the actual white house. to we're about a mile and a half north, maybe a block over. we're not too far away from the -- i mean, the center of the city as we just kind of make our way back down there toward lafayette park. we're watching marchers in every single direction. in fact, this street moments ago was closed a off as a huge band of marchers made their way right past us. now, we're looking left where we are. if you take a look at what's happening over at malcolm x park, you can see another fairly challenger collection of marchers there, all preparing to make their way down 16th street. as you know, 1600 pennsylvania avenue, that gives you a sense of where that street goes, directly to the front door, if you will, of the white house. certainly in that direction. we've also seen a large gathering at the lincoln memorial. a number of people are out, perhaps those who couldn't make it out during the crux of the week, they're out here on a weekend to not only show their support for the other marchers
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here, they also want to be in sol dare with the folks -- solidarity with the folks who are saying enough is enough, they want change x. a great number of them have said to me personally, we want this to be peaceful. and that's good news for everyone. arthel? arthel: indeed, it is. kevin corke, thank you so much. eric? eric: arthel, it's another busy weekend in chicago for demonstrators around the windy city. hundreds of roads downtown have been ordered closed, trains are not stopping at stations out of some safety concerns. there's more security being deployed on the streets to prevent any possible looting this weekend. grady trimble live in chicago with the latest on what's happening there. hey, grady. >> reporter: hey, eric. at the height of this protest, 30,000 people were involved, and they marched past areas of the city that had been loot and were still boarded up from the violence of the prior week. but this protest, much like others across the country,
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struck a different tone. it was peaceful, and police say as of right now there have been no arrests. earlier in the week though there were hundreds of arrest in response to the violence across the city. there were almost more than 200 complaints lodged against the chicago police department including officers you see in this video arresting a group of people who were at a shopping mall at the height of the violence and looting earlier in the week. the officers involved in that arrest have been stripped of their responsibilities for now as an outside investigation takes place. other officer, at least one other officer was caught showing his middle finger on camera. the mayor of this city says there is no place for that in her department. >> and in my view, that person needs to be immediately stripped of their police powers, and they should start the process for firing him. we will not tolerate that kind of abusive, offensive conduct on the part of police officers. period. >> reporter: and many of the protesters today calling for the
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defunding of the chicago police department and the other police departments across the country. mayor lori lightfoot, in her press conference, did not go that far. there is still a curfew in effect here in chicago, that goes into effect in about five hours. eric? eric: yeah. that defunding proposal across the country sparking quite a controversiful we'll are more on that. grady, thank you so much. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. well, in los angeles peaceful protests after the curfew was lifted there. with big crowds still marching throughout the city, calling to defund the police force, this comes as mayor eric garcetti announces major social justice reform citywide including a proposed budget cut to the lapd. let's go to christina coleman now live in los angeles with more details. christina, hi. >> reporter: hi, arthel. i'm at the federal building near ucla here in los angeles, and you can see there are hundreds of people here gathered to protest, people of different
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ages, races, backgrounds, young and old out here voicing their concern and their message, calling for justice. and many of them calling for the defunding of the los angeles police department. go ahead and just take a look, there's so many people holding signs at this busy intersection here. now, l.a. mayor eric garcetti says he supports defunding the local police department even though he's getting a lot of backlash for us. the local police union said it could result inless patrols on the -- in less patrols on the street and more crime. the mayor is proposing $250 million in budget cuts including $150 in cuts to the police department to invest in jobs, health and education. take a listen. >> dollars need to be focused on our black community here in los angeles as well as communities of color and women and people who have been heft behind for too long -- left behind for too long. and will this involve cuts? yes, of course. to every department, including
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the police department. >> reporter: as the protesters continue to call for justice and an end to systemic inequality and defunding of the local law enforcement, mayor eric garcetti says the shift in city funding is not an attack on any police officers. he says the redirected money is to help those ato economic conditions -- adjust to economic conditions and that money would come from different agent i says across city government. but the l.a. police union still voiced mounting frustration with the a mayor. yesterday the union called garcetti unstable and accused him of political pandering after he used the word quill killers -- killers while discussing proposed funding cuts to the police department. >> -- resident of los angeles, concerned about eric garcetti. he's clearly unstable. every single police officer in los angeles -- by calling us killers.
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that's offensive, it's wrong -- [inaudible] >> reporter: now as the mayor and the police union go back and forth on these proposed police spending cuts, the protesting continues as more and more people demand justice. and no telling on when these protesting, when these protests will end. and, again, this is just one of many protests taking place here in california. this one is growing larger by the minute as another one taking place in nearby orange county right now at huntington beach. arthel? arthel: okay. christina coleman, thank you very much. eric. eric: well, arthel, an historic landmark becoming the site for another peaceful protest this saturday, this one in california. demonstrators marched in large numbers rights across the -- right across the golden gate bridge in san francisco, showing their support for black lives matter. one of the many protests that are planned for the bay area.
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claudia cowan is there right along with the protesters. claudia, can you hear me? >> reporter: yeah, i can, eric. good afternoon. well, i can tell you we have a ruckus situation on our hands after what started as a peaceful march along both sides of the bridge has now taken a turn, and as you can see hundreds if not thousands of protesters marching in solidarity with black lives matter completely shut down all lanes, all six lanes here of the golden gate bridge. this is a tactic we have seen in many of these demonstrations, of course. it's a peaceful protest, but it certainly causes a lot of disruption and inconvenience for folks who are just trying to get across the bridge. so i have to tell you a lot of people in these cars are honking, they are getting out of their cars, and they are joining with these marchers. many of whom, as you can see, have have signs and bull horns. they are shouting no justice, no peace. all in all, it has been a peaceful rally. obviously, the permit calls for
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people top stay off the -- and now traffic on both sides of the golden gate bridge has been lock blocked for i'd say about a half hour now. we're now seeing protesters actually starting to march, so perhaps if a sign that traffic will start moving. we got some aerial shots earlier today. you can see just how many people took part in this event which was organized just within the past few days. and at one point a very poignant moment about an hour into the march, everyone silently took a knee and stayed quiet for more than eight minutes, of course, representing the memory of george floyd and how he died at the hands of that minneapolis police officer. i should also add, eric, that these protesters are also sharing a message about how people can support racial equality through their consumer spending or perhaps lack of it. part of a national campaign to shut down the economy on july 7thing asking if people must
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spend money and do shopping that day, they do it at black-owned businessesful we'll have more for you later. back to you. eric we just saw the aerial image, pretty jaw-dropping of those people over that amazing bridge. there it is. arthel: and, eric, while the george floyd -- yeah, it's amazing. it really is amazing to see our country and residents and citizens come together like that. and while the george floyd protests have highlighted troubling incidents in multiple cities, leadership of one city is showing how they are committed to change. we're going to talk to the police chief featured in a viral picture about steps he's taking to listen to the community week after week. and right now, is a time for action. so, for a second time we're giving members a credit on their auto insurance.
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as robert mckay and aaron tologowsky. they have been released on their own recognizance. the maximum could be seven years in prison if convicted. when the city suspended them, that sparked the members of their squad, their colleagues, to quit the emergency response team. not their police jobs, but the team. state troopers, because of their absence, are now brought in to help protect buffalo.
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arthel? arthel: well, eric, while tensions between police and protesters has escalated into violation in some places -- violence, in some places, the mayor and police chief in santa cruz, california, decided to take a knee along with hundreds gathered last weekend to horn the memory -- to honor the memory of george floyd. since then, the police chief has promised to hold weekly meetings to discuss the future of policing and ways to improve. we are join by chief of police this in santa cruz, andrew mills. chief, welcome. very happy to have you. and i'd like to start by asking you what in your heart sparked that decision to take a knee? >> well, good afternoon, arthel, and thank you so much for having me on fox news. to talk about what's taking place in santa cruz. that morning my wife kathy and i got up and had our cup of coffee, and we were discussing how difficult this situation was
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and how awful the murder was that happened to mr. floyd. and we both felt that we needed to do something, her from her position as a citizen and me in my position as police chief the make a clear and concise statement that this was wrong. it's against everything we believe. the antithesis of what i believe policing is. treat people humanely, with dignity and respect. there was no respect there. there was just a cold, calculated, awful killing. and i wouldn't kneel on a dog's neck, let alone another human being's neck. so we both went out there, i happened to see the mayor, justin cummings, who's extremely supportive of our department and what we're doing and trying to accomplish here. we were talking, it came time for everybody to kneel down, and joy flynn, event organizer, gave the call and we just kneeled together. and a local -- [inaudible] unbeknownst to us, and the
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result was, hopefully, some inspiration to community members and other people to take this event really seriously. arthel: indeed it did, chief. and so from taking a knee to taking a step in the right direction, how do we get to reformation? >> well, we've got a long road ahead of us, but we have to do it quickly. this is something that we need to move expeditiously on, and there's one thing that i think that every police chief in the nation can do. earlier this week we banned carotid restraint here in our department following san diego and several other chiefs. and now governor newsom has banned it in the entire state. i think that every police chief in the nation can make a good faith effort and show progress, immediate progress in their departments by banning the carotid restraints or the chokehold as it's known
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throughout the nation just to show the community that there is hope, that we understand the severity of this problem in policing and use of force and race, and it's time for us to move forward in a systematic, sure and aggressive manner to make change in plussing. if we don't -- in policing. if we don't, i think we lose our legitimacy to be the protectors of society if we can't protect all of society equally. arthel: absolutely. chief, tell me, was it you that i believe said to your department the motto is if you see it, you own it? >> well, i plagiarized that from a colleague of mine in san diego. yes, we're telling our people and others as well, if you see it, you own this. there is no more, hey, it was the other guy, you know, i didn't have -- i didn't see what happened, i was there but all the negating and the excuse
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making, if you're there, you saw it, you own it and you're just as culpable as the person who actually did it. and we're going to hold firm to that in this police department. i know others will join us. arthel: and tell us more about mayor cummings surveillance accountability. can you tell me more about that? >> well, i can tell you this, a couple things. we had a large crowd here that was getting an may noted and started to do minor acts of trunks, and the mayor, who's a black man, stepped up, walked out in the middle of that crowd and told them what he thought and how to make lawful change. it calmed the crowd down, and as a a result of it, we didn't have to deploy resources to do that. in addition to that, the he and i are both working on a way to improve the relationship with the community. there's two things that are low hanging fruit that we think we can do. one is to -- predictive plussing in our city. we were one of the first cities to use it. we tonight see the benefit at --
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we don't see the benefit at this point, we're going to switch to neighborhood policing to solve problems. and the second is to ban face recognition technology. it is just not there. the national institute of science determined that people of color, especially black men and asian women, are up to 100 times more likely to be misidentified with face recognition technology. it is just not there to be automobile to use it at this point. -- able to use it. that as well as some other things x it'll be really interesting to see what our community group of african-american and black leaders tell us what they would like to see changed. we are bound and determined to make real, substantive change that makes sense and still protects our community. and i believe that we can accomplish that goal working together. arthel: chief, i believe you can too because i can hear the determination in your voice, and i can tell it's in your heart, that you're listening and you're ready for change for good for
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all of the people there in santa cruz. chief andrew mills, thank you very much for joining us here. thank you very much. >> thank you. arthel: eric? eric: arthel, we saw an emotional tribute, service to the life of george floyd in north carolina being held at the church near where he grew up near fayetteville. that's in raeford. but who was george floyd and what was he like before the world got to know him? his pastor from houston is here to tell us. there he is. oh, wow. you're doing, uh, you're doing really great with the twirling. dad, if you want to talk, i have a break at 3:00. okay, okay. i'm going. i'm gone. like -- like i wasn't here. [ horn honks ]
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with more. jonathan? >> reporter: hi, arthel. and the service still going on as we speak, and i think you noticed several hours ago listening in on some to have speakers that this is a service infused with the holy spirit. despite the awful circumstances of george floyd's death, this is family fulled with hope, a family with a -- filled with hope, a family with a strong faith. despite the tragic circumstances, family members are celebrating mr. floyd's life. and as with many people who came out to support them, they have a strong sense that some good, perhaps a national healing, is going to come out of this. listen. ♪ lord, is on our side! >> can we get a witness here? and i i want to tell you something, we bringing back love back in the universe! >> reporter: she says they are bringing back love in the universe.
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representative of north carolina governor roy cooper presented this family with a state flag that flew over the capitol in rag league. earlier -- raleigh. thousands of people of different races, multiple states and all ages descended on this small town church for the public viewing. take a listen. >> and this would be my sons, dominic and brendan, my cousins, this could be anyone. my nephew asked me, aunt pam, what is the right thing to do? george floyd, he didn't do anything wrong. so we had to get out here. we need to stand together as people. >> reporter: on friday both the raeford police chief hope county sheriff marched with protesters even though their departments were not involved in mr. floyd's death, they wanted to make it clear to the public that what happened in minneapolis was unacceptable. now, the sheriff urged people, residents and visitors, not to protest today, that today was about loving the family and
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supporting the family. and as you can see from the people out here, what they're doing is simply a show of support. they are following the sheriff's advice x. what we see here. >> just an outpouring of love from people around north carolina and also other states. many people have come from miles away, arthel, back to you. arthel: uh-huh. jonathan serrie in raeford, north carolina, thank you, jonathan. >> thankful for his life and the fact that you gave us a man such a light anything a dark place. he was an o.g. for so many of us. he opened up pathways and doorways that we could bring light and hope to if not for him, my ministry would not exist. and so i'm thankful for that. eric: that's houston's resurrection church pastor saying a prayer for his friend, george floyd.
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in life he worked with the pastor in christian ministry and outreach at resurrection houston in that city's third ward. that's where he grew up and lived before moving to minneapolis just a few years ago. the pastor joins us now. thank you for being here. our condolences, of course. when you think of george floyd, what comes to mind? >> man, i think of somebody who was larger than life and hospitable. when i was trying to make headway in the cuny homes project right here in third ward -- i'm in the red elephant studios right here in third ward, and when with i was trying to make headway in the neighborhood, i needed some allies, somebody who would introduce me to people, would allow the ministry to happen in the neighborhood with relative safety and who was loved, admired and respected in the
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community. the bible would call that a person of peace. and i would describe george floyd as a person of peace. eric: why was he so liked in that community and respected, as you say x what was -- and what was he able to do for your ministry? we have a picture of mr. floyd with a bible, holding up a bible with some of the folks in resurrection houston. >> yeah. so that's interesting. mr. floyd was a person who was what we call in the neighborhood an o.g., somebody who had been through the wars, who had made the mistakes and who was able to go back to a generation and said, hey, guys, this is the way you ought to move, this is how you ought to do it. and so, man, he took a liking to what we were doing. we would do church in the cuny
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homes project, we called it church of the brucks, bricks is another name for the housing projects created in the late '30s with bricks. we'd are church, we'd are to bring a bunch of stuff out there and, man, he would sometimes help us bring chairs and tables and baptism pools. we would have basketball tournaments and, man, he'd enter a team and participate. and, heck, man, those guys are were so good, they beat all the youngsters and won. that picture you see is us taking a picture after they won the tournament. eric: and there he is playing basketball at the tournament. you just said something that was very important. you said george floyd has, quote, been to the wars and made some mistakes. you know what critics are saying, they say, look, he a had an arrest record, he served time in prison reports say for home invasion back in 2007, and they've criticized him for that. is that fair? does that a matter or does that
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show that he was able to redeem himself in the ministry? >> well, there's something that's interesting. christianity is, the narrative christianity not about -- [inaudible] it's about redemption. and i think he epitomized redemption, how god takes a life that a may have gone one way. and when i met him, i met him, you know, way after that. so what i met was somebody -- the person i met was somebody who's on their journey towards growing in their faith in christ and also, more importantly, impacting the people who he was near and dear to. man, we've got text messages of him even while he's in minnesota encouraging people, man, keep doing what you're doing. and what -- it's interesting, there was one text message in particular that said keep doing what you're doing. i'm going to be back in june.
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and, you know, tragically, he didn't make it to june. but we're thankful for his life, and we think god hears his blood that was shed and, man, he's doing some work in our community and hopefully in the nation to reform us from what i call the original sin of racism. and i think that we have an opportunity, a prime opportunity to let this life with the catalyst for us to have true change in our country. eric: this has seemed to galvanize the country more than any other similar type of death that we've had since, you know, dr. martin luther king jr. how far do you think this movement will go, and you have called him, likened him as a christ-like figure in covering the memorial service thursday in
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minneapolis. at the end it was like he echoeses, perhaps, jesus and pontius pilate. bring that forward a little more and terms of what you see as the life of george floyd, what he means and where you would see this movement going. >> man, it -- thank you for asking. so there's a story in the woulde about cain and abel. cain has a speaking role. not only does he speak to god, he speaks to abel. abel is notoriously silent, says nothing, and then he's slaughtered. but the bible tells us that god heard abel's blood even after he is dead, that he had heard the blood. so it signals to us that even though death may be a final period for us, for god it's just a comma. he literally hears the suffering
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of those who have been slain. and so i believe that big floyd is one of the line of innocent suffers from abel all the way to jesus christ and that god heard the blood of floyd and is using that to bring our country to tears, see the issue of racism, the fault line that's there and across our country. and to bring the national conversation to the forefront. and i pray that we see that the it's either going to master us, or we're going to master us. but i'm hopeful that we allow this death to point us to the redemption that we could have in jesus christ as a people as we repent of this, this original sin of racism. in our country.
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eric: patrick, pastor patrick ngolo, thank you for your wisdom, thank you for those thoughts for our nation, and thank you for appearing today with us here on the fox news channel. and, ironically, sadly, big floyd is back. he will be back in june, this week. not the way any of us would have thought, but as a global symbol of something else. pastor, thank you for joining us. and we will have special coverage of the memorial service for george floyd. it is in houston on monday starting at 1 p.m. eastern time right here on the fox news channel, and we will be right back. i am robert strickler.
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agreement on the suspension of using tear gas, but they say officers can still use pepper spray, flash bang grenades and other tools they need for crowd control. health officials have warned it could increase the risk of infection with the covid-19 pandemic. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. well, the george floyd protests across the country have health care officials reminding us we are still living with coronavirus. the pandemic is still looming. many demonstrators have been packing streets to march without face coverings, some of them, stoking fears of a new spike in cases. dr. friedman is here, former cdc direct exercise former new york city health commissioner. he is now president and ceo at resolve to save lives. i'm going the get to the tear gas in a second, but i want to first start here. what stands out to you when you see the massive protests, and do
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these protests today guarantee an uptick in krone corona cases in two weeks? >> well, only time will tell what will happen, but as a there and a scientist, one of the things we look at is the context. and the fact is that spread out of doors is far less likely than spread indoors. there's so much dilution of virus in the air that one large study that estimated you're 19 times less likely to spread or catch covid outdoors than indoors. in another study, only 2 out of 3,000 people who have had the virus got it outdoors. but that doesn't mean the risk is zero, and that low risk can be made even lower if people wear a mask. that's why we say the three ws are important; wear a maas, wash your hands -- mask, wash your hands and watch your distance. stay 6 feet away if possible.
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arthel: so let's get back to that tear gas and pepper spray. does that exacerbate the problem? >> if people cough more because of pepper spray or tear gas, the risk of them spreading it to others does increase. other things that are associated with these events can increase the risk, that includes, for example, if a lot of people are arrested and put in jail. jail is indoors. remember indoors versus outdoors, big difference. we've seen big outbreaks in jails. so that indoor environment. and we've seen some looting that has destroyed test sites. that would make it harder to control. but to me, there's an even larger issue here which is i've worked in infectious disease control in this country and around the world for 30 years, and it's really important that the community trusts the government. because otherwise they won't come in for testing, people won't get, share information if they're tested, they won't follow the recommendations.
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it's cu that that bond of -- key that that bond of trust between the government expect community needs to be strong, otherwise it's very hard to control infectious diseases. and ultimately, i really hope that we can agree we unite against the virus because it's people against the virus, we unite against racism, and we unite against violence. we're all safer and healthier that way. arthel: so how do you maintain that trust with the government? >> in the case of covid, it means sharing information openly about what's happening. it means making sure that patients who have the infection are provided services sensitive hi are. it means that -- sensitively. it means those who have been exposed to the virus are warned in advance to they don't spread it to others. ultimately, it's knowing that your government has your back in terms of this virus, that we're doing the testing, isolation, contact tracing and quarantine to keep the virus in, at check so so it doesn't explode again. right now we've made a lot of
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progress. people stayed home for a long time. they avoided being in crowded indoor spaces x that's working. in new york city we've gone from more than 500 deaths a day to 30 or 40. that's still too many, but that's a dramatic improvement for this terrible virus. but we can't lose the gains that we've made. and that's why it's important that people keep their distance, wear a mask and that we intense ily test, ice rate -- isolate, contact trace and quarantine. arthel: dr. tom frieden, excuse me, thank you very much, sir. >> thank you. arthel: we're back in a moment. for as little as $5, now anyone can own companies in the s&p 500, even if their shares cost more. at $5 a slice, you could own ten companies for $50 instead of paying thousands. all commission free online. schwab stock slices: an easy way to start investing
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seriously. arthel: michael white, the navy veteran held in iranian custody for the past two years, is almost back on american soil after four long months of negotiations between the u.s. and iran. rich edson has more. >> i'm doing all right. i'm e happy to be back. >> reporter: he's free after nearly two years in iranian custody. u.s. navy veteran michael white has been released. >> i also want to extend my personal thank to president trump for his efforts both diplomatically and otherwise. he's making america great again, and i look forward to future. >> reporter: in images captured exclusively by fox news, white was transferred to american officials at an airport here in sur brick. white -- zurich. he landed on a swiss government plane. white was walked off the plane into american custody and back into freedom. >> i'm recovering pretty
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decently, getting back in shape. >> reporter: in 2018 white says he he was visiting his girlfriend when authorities arrested him. he was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges he insulted iran's supreme leader and posted private photographs on social media. a u.s. official says the astronaut department negotiated for nearly four months with iranian officials through swiss intermediaries to secure white's release. >> negotiating with the iranians is never a linear process. you have to be very patient. this is a regime that has been taking americans hostage for 41 years, and our diplomacy has been successful, and we're going to keep working at it. >> reporter: a senior u.s. official told fox news that as part of the deal to free white, the u.s. agreed to release an iranian-american doctor who served 16 months for violating mesh sanctions against iran -- american sanctions and was sentenced thursday to time served. the official says he has lived in the u.s. for 33 yearses and
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is a medical doctor in florida. senior u.s. officials say they are still working to free the several other americans still held in iran. as for michael white, we asked him what he wants to do when he gets back to the united states. he says he's going to disney world. in sur rubbing, rich edson, fox news. and right now, is a time for action. so, for a second time we're giving members a credit on their auto insurance. because it's the right thing to do. we're also giving payment relief options to eligible members so they can take care of things like groceries before they worry about their insurance or credit card bills. right now is the time to take care of what matters most. like we've done together, so many times before. discover all the ways we're helping members at usaa.com/coronavirus
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