matt damon. pharrell williams will be with us tomorrow. "nightline" is next, so go crazy. stay up all night. this is "nightline." tonight. inside the no-police zone now run by protesters in seattle. what the demonstrators want. >> east precinct is the prize here. the east precinct is everything. >> as tensionsen the tak new york's governor, 100 days in front of the cameras. a andrew cuomo on leading the hardest-hit state, clashing with president trump. >> if you had to give president trump a grade on how he's handled this pandemic, what would you give him? >> "nightline" starts right now, with byron pitts. good evening. thank you for joining us. it's been called chaz, chop,

free-cap hill. a slice of seattle where antipolice protesters moved in two weeks ago and are now running things, and now the mayor and police are grappling with how to bring the standoff to an end. here's matt gutman. >> reporter: four blocks up, barely that far across, and i s. citizen journalist enters occupied territory. >> every day at like 3:00 there's a lot of different community meetings, a lot of discussion about what this thing is going to be. >> reporter: this afternoon, many feeling validated by breaking news. >> the first charge is felony murder. >> reporter: the former atlanta officer who shot and killed rayshard brooks last friday was charged with 11 counts, including murder and aggravated assault. >> they should be charged, because there's always a better way. >> that makes me feel good. and that's, that's all we want is justice. >> whosets our streets!

ho what rr: the capitol hill occupied protest. steel sealed off from outsiders by barricades and patrolled by armed residents. it's a place where no cops are allowed. an area those inside say is for the people by the people. >> in the last few weeks, we've made quite a movement, haven't we? >> reporter: it's just blocks from downtown, and some of the homes of corporate titans like amazon and stcks. it's just about six b it's the point of contention. >> reporter: we take you inside the zone that's been an calling fair. others a protest rally. >> if you're not willing to go that far, then what are you doing down here? >> reporter: one that after nearly ten days still has a

police precinct building under its control. ? the east precinct will not be returned. >> reporter: the faces of those who lost their lives at the hands of police now adorn the police precinct's boarded up windows. they vow to hold the precinct until their demands are met. >> it's having police officers turn in their badges. >> reporter: it was nearly thre protesting the death of george floyd at the hands of police. >> let's bring this down! >> reporter: protesters taking their anger to the east precinct of the capitol hill neighborhood where the standoffs were some of the most explosive in the country, offea flashbang gre and v moment liv by salisbury. demonstrators facing a wall of officers across a barricade. >> all hell broke loose. tear gas and pepper spray.

i think they broke out the rubber bullets, and it shocked this neighborhood. >> reporter: days later, anothe. and tensions heightened, as a man drove his car into a crowd of protesters before shooting and injuring one of them. then n a bin a bid to deescalat tensions, officers vacated the east precinct, that void quickly filled by protesters who would declare the area theirs. >> this building is the people's. you know, we pay for it with our taxes. >> leaving the precinct was not my decision. we fought for days to protect it. i ask you to stand on that line, day in and day out. >> reporter: the situation in seattle now a national flash point. the president himself warning multiple times he would take action like in this fox news interview. >> it's pathetic. no, no, we're not going to let this happen ino , we are going to go in.

>> reporter: mayor jenny durkin firing back. >> one of the thing this is president will never understand is listening to community is not a weakness. >> reporter: on the ground, omari has found himself from journalist to arbiter. bridging the divide between protesters and police. >> we're just media people who actually build a lot of relationships. >> reporter: after his videos of the protest caught the attention of city leaders, he began hosting community meetings like this one with harold skogens, partment who pealeolice some of totrs' deman. >> body-worn cameras, recording at protests, that is a change that has been made. in no way do i imagine this comes close to meeting the needs, but one of the things in the conversation is to understand how we serve the business owners and the

residents. >> reporter: and amid the stalemate over the fate of the precinct, scoggins served as an intermediary. >> i was african-american before i put my first uniform on. so all our personal experiences inform our decision making. we are also focussed on serving the ptesters tt theyafe space to to exercise their rights. >> reporter: down playing the symbolism of the precinct's takeover. >> the precinct itself is just the building. our focus is on how do we make sure policing adapts to the situation? the chief made very clear that policing will never be the same. in seattle or across america. >> it's not a protest. i call it burning man, a festival. it has nothing to do with black lives or what happened to george floyd. >> reporter: victoria beach

chairs the police department's african-american community vi license to lawless said the longer they have these streets the harder it is to get it back. and she needs to be on the front line taking it back. >> reporter: other protesters are frustrated by the lack of progress and clarity in the movement, like bookkeeper shawn gaston. >> there's a whole bunch of people out here. >> reporter: what is the message? >> there is no message. >> reporter: even the name is a point of contention. first it was the chaz. capitol hill autonomous zone. after some people rtseniker, icl became the center focus. that's not the black community. the black community is six blocks up the street and to the left. that's the black community. that's where we need to be at. we're standing in front of a police station, what typef

message is that sending? it looks like buffoonery. >> reporter: takiyah ward brought together activists to create a street mural like those seen in so many streets across the country. >> we came out and laid down the lettering. we wanted to make sure black artists are heard with this piece. >> reporter: those three words, a reminder of why many say they'll continue raising their voices. >> what i want to see is the system that allows for black people to be murdered and there be no accountability, i want that system gone. that's what i want. >> reporter: for "nightline," matt gutman in seattle. >> our thanks to matt. coming up, sitting down with the governor of new york. how he guided his state through the height of covid-19. >> do you feel responsible for

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cuomo has held his position since 2011, now sitting down with amy robach, revealing how nine years of experience have prepared him for the two most difficult challenges of his career. >> hands up! >> relationship between the police and community is frayed. we say, to every local government and every police department, you have to come up with a plan that reinvents your police department over the next nine months. >> reporter: in the wake of nationwide protest demanding reform after the deaths of black men and well at tent dsporn cuo voice of protesters must be heard. >> they are saying we don't respect this police force. that has to be repaired. bring them to the table community by community. >> reporter: new york has been one of the states at the forefront of these protests which in recent weeks have

sometimes grown vie lint, frole lootintoxcs force flilike inli k buffalo, where martin pushed to the ground. these incidents illustrate an urgent need for reform. sfwl >> i've signed laws that outlawed chokeholds. >> reporter: do you support defunding the police and starting over from the bottom up? >> i want every community to design their own police force. because new york city is going to be different >> reporter: in one word, can you describe the past 100 days? >> hell. >> reporter: new york was the epicenter of the crisis.

to date, more than 384,000 new yorkers have tested positive. more than 24,000 have died. >> we were the worst in the country and took dramatic action. and god bless new yorkers. they all ral llied, and we now have the lowest transmission rate of any state in the united states. >> reporter: many across the country tuned in to his daily press conferences. >> it's exactly what we said. know the facts. >> reporter: at times he played the role of tough dad like when new yorkers weren't adhering to the stay-at-home order. >> it's self-destructive, disrespectful to other people and it has to stop, tand it has to stop now. >> reporter: but he's been quick to remind new yorkers of their resilience. >> we will get through it because we are new york. >> reporter: a career high 84%. you came in second only to

president obama as the most-trusted democratic leader in america. how do you intend on spending that political capital that you've earned? >> well, hopefully, it gets us through this pandemic. we're asking them to do very difficult things. they see other states reopening and people want to get on with life, and i'm saying, you know, not yet, not this, not that. so hopefully, the trust will help us through this acting in just a smart way. >> reporter: some critics have suggested that if you had shut down a week earlier or two that lives could have been saved. tom frieden says you could have cut new york's death toll by up to 80%. do you regret not shutting down new york earlier? >> well, we didn't have the information then. we closed everything down in about 19 days. but that's march 1st. march 1st was way too late for any of this.

we knew in january that china had the virus. we must have known, whoever in the federal government watches this, if the virus is in china, didn't someone expect that the virus was going to get on a plane and travel? the president didn't enact the european travel ban until mid march. european travel ban, china travel ban, everything should have been much earlier. >> reporter: do you feel responsible for "the new yorker"s who died in this pandemic? >> new yorkers who died did not die because we failed them. we got them a hospital bed, a ventilator. i wish no one died, but that's beyond our control. >> reporter: you've known president trump for nearly 30 years now. how would you say this pandemic has impacted the relationship you have with the president? >> when this started, i said to him, we have to work together.

i need your help, and when we agreed, we agreed. and when we disagreed, we disagreed. >> he shouldn't be complaining, because we gave him a lot of ventilators. >> how many times do you want me to say thank you. i'm saying thank you for doing your job. >> reporter: if you have to give president trump a grade on how he's handled this pandemic what would you give him? >> i don't grade him. the people of this country will grade him come election day. >> reporter: you say you have no political aspirations beyond the job you're doing right now. >> right. >> reporter: why? >> because i support a joe biden presidency. >> reporter: would you accept a cabinet position? >> no. i only represent the people of the state. i have no agenda besides theirs. >> reporter: his agenda is now focused on slowly bringing his beloved state back to life. after nearly three months of shutdown, most of the state is now open for business. new york city on the other hand

is only in phase one of governor cuomo's phase-four reopening program. large crowds have started to gather outside bars and restaurants, causing cuomo to threaten legal action. >> a bar or restaurant that is violating these rules can lose their liquor license. >> reporter: i heard you say, don't make me come down there. how concerned are you that new yorkers are now letting their guard down? >> you can't lose the focus and discipline. because you tell me how new yorkers behave tomorrow. i will tell you the infection rate a week from tomorrow. it is that closely linked. >> reporter: according to the "new york times," 20 states, plus puerto rico have an increasing number of new reported cases. arizona, texas, and florida are also seeing an increase in hospitalizations. >> we still don't know where we're going with this. you look at what's going on around the country now with the spike in the number of viral transmissions. that is frightening.

>> reporter: where do you think we go from here? >> we will pay a heavy price, but we will get past it, but we have to be ready f7l:-fuz next one. >> reporter: have you had a moment to reflect on the toll that this has taken on you? not just as governor, but as a human being? >> i don't know that i want to, to tell you the truth. the goal should be make sure we don't lose a life that we could have saved. that's how i put my head on the pillow at night, and that's how i sleep. >> our thanks to amy. and up next, a surprise ♪ ♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪ gave n closets... we do have a ratt problem. ♪ round and round! ♪ with love we'll find a way, just give it time. ♪ at least geico makes bundling our home and car insurance easy. it does help us save. ♪ round and round! ♪ with love we'll find a way, just give it time. ♪

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but don't come try to live in it. the nba seems ready to get back to work. yesterday, the league proposed 113 pages worth of safety rules and procedures for the rest of the season. first of all, all the games will be played at disney world, which right off the bat seems like the least safe place to be during a peter pan-demic. but they have a lot of precautions in place. the players will be housed together. they will quarantine ahead of time and be tested every day. players will be discouraged from licking their fingers and clearing their noses on the court. were they encouraged to do that before this? players will be required to shower in their hotel rooms instead of the locker room. that's -- i mean, i don't think it's even worth playing basketball if you can't cap it off by scrubbing up with the team loofa! and also, no one will be allowed to touch the ball.5i during the game, so that sounds doable! meanwhile, our basketball-head president is about to go back on the road, but first he is