be rest assured we will continue to bring you the news you need to know happening across the bay area. thanks for joining us this morning. the "today" show is next. good morning good morning breaking overnight, fire and fury a sixth night of mayhem and mass protests over the death of george floyd one week ago. in louisville one man killed in a shooting between police and protesters near the white house, anger at a boil and in minneapolis, this shocking scene a tractor-trailer plowing through a crowd of peaceful demonstrators. the driver arrested. the national guard now activated in 21 states this morning we're live across this morning we're live across

the country listening to demonstrates. >> we don't have to retaliate with anger we retaliate with love. >> signs of hope. >> take the helmet off, laid the batons down. i want to make this a parade, no the a protest. >> the efforts to find peace and the worries about what mass protests means in the fight against the pandemic today june against the pandemic today june 1st, 2020. >> announcer: from nbc news, 1st, 2020. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today," america in crisis, with savannah guthrie from new york city and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody welcome to "today. it's nice to have you with us on a monday morning we're glad you're with us. hoda back in the studio. i'm here in new york city just a few miles south of where you are in union square, hoda. normally at this time of the morning, this would be a busy,

crowded place. it's quiet now because of the pandemic and a lot more quiet than it was even as recently as a few hours ago. this has really been the center of protests here in new york city here and in brooklyn every since the death of george floyd at the hands of police officers in minneapolis you're seeing some of the images of the mayhem that went on last night and over the weekend, here and all around new york city this scene is being repeated, of course, across the country protests just like those have erupted in 140 cities from coast-to-coast some of those protests did turn violent and that has prompted officials in at least 21 states to activate the national guard. >> overnight the police officer charged with murder in the death of george floyd was moved to a new detention facility he was scheduled to make his first court appearance today, but that now has been pushed to

next monday, savannah. >> meanwhile, hoda the president is set to hold a conference call on safety with governors and security officials we have complete coverage this morning. craig is with us he's in washington, d.c., and he will get our coverage started. craig, good morning to you. >> savannah, hoda, good morning to both of you we are in lafayette park as you can see behind me, just steps away from the white house. this is the same spot where i stood last night as violence erupted, chaos erupted flash bangs used throughout the night, rubber bullets throughout the night. also last night shortly before 11:00 lights went down here at the white house. those lights used usually to illuminate the outside of the people's house they went off. i'm going to step over and show you what's still happening fires around washington, d.c you can see the top of the small building

small offices here that fire just started back up literally three minutes ago as you see officials. in fact, there comes the fire truck. behind the fire truck, this is known as st. johns church. it's known as the church of presidents because every president with the exception of james monroe has worshipped at this church, riddled with graffiti a fire was started in the basement sunday night. as the sun came up, city workers came out to clean off the graffiti and try to clean off that church. meanwhile across the street from the church, this is a building that actually has significance to me and my family. this is the hay-adams hotel. this is actually where i had my wedding reception. riddled with graffiti, hotel's boarded up this is the case for businesses in and around washington, d.c. looting in georgetown throughout the night.

protests started last week, protests largely peaceful in the wake of george floyd's death have turned into something else entirely we're in the midst of a pandemic, we're in the midst of an economic crisis what you're seeing here is a overni manifestation of all of that overnight unrest across america. the death of george floyd, in police custody sparking protests nationwide violence taking place steps from the white house. >> you can see the fire that has been set just in front of the white house at lafayette park. in an extraordinary step u.s. marshals and dea agents deployed to keep the peace. it comes as nbc news has confirmed the secret service was so concerned about president trump's safety on friday, they ushered him to a bunker underneath the white house for a very short period of time. more than 100 protests and

rallies taking place in cities coast-to-coast in more than a dozen states, the national guard was called in to restore order. in louisville a man killed after shots were fired during national guard and police officers. chief of police saying officers and soldiers returned fire the identity of the man who has been shot has not been released. in tampa, smoke and ash filling the sky as businesses burn authorities shooting off tear gas. cars like this police cruiser in boston incinerated, while looters storm shops including this mall in arizona in new york city, this video of two nypd vehicles ramming into a crowd of protesters sparking outrage. the mayo defending the officers involved. >> i want to emphasize, that situation was created by a group of protesters blocking and surrounding a police vehicle. >> on saturday night mayor de blasio's own daughter arrested during citywide protests according to senior nypd

official in an effort to clear the streets, dozens of cities, including minneapolis, put curfews in place over the weekend. >> we cannot afford to lose anyone else. we don't want any more innocent bystanders getting hurt. please stay home. >> chicago's mayor echo what so many are feeling. >> turn our pain into purpose to get through this moment and do the work needed to unite our city. >> the protests were not all violent, though. in denver thousands laid on the ground for nine minutes chanting "i can't breathe." while in iowa, hundreds marched to make their point. >> we feel it's time for us to stand up and show the nation,

show the world, even with social media, we can come together in a peaceful manner and show how we feel >> this sheriff in michigan marching arm in arm with his community. but it was on the streets of washington, d.c., among the chaos, that found a father trying to teach his son about peace. >> we don't have to retaliate with anger we retaliate with love that's why we're down here there's always another way that's all i want him to see. >> a poignant moment as a nation tries so hard to move forward. >> meanwhile back here at our nation's capital, you can see firefighters have pulled up again to try to put out the latest fire that's broken out in washington, d.c. in just a few moments, we'll have an exclusive conversation with the mayor of washington, d.c., muriel bowser. we'll ask how the city is preparing for what they expect will be another night of protests savannah. >> all right, craig. thank you. we are joined by new york city police commissioner shea good morning how would you describe the

evening last night we saw a massive police presence, huge crowds, violence, fires. from your perspective, how would you characterize the night >> savannah, it was incredibly challenging and busy weekend tens of thousands of protesters all over new york city yesterday was a busy day first 90% of yesterday went very well, probably 5 or 6,000 protesters throughout new york city less violence i would categorize it as the days before. the majority of the protesters were peaceful, making their point. when it got dark, it got ugly and it got ugly quick. we had some violence we had another incident, unfortunately, of an individual with a molotov cocktail in brooklyn we had an individual two officers in a marked car in queens a bullet hit their car that's under investigation there were no protests in that area it could be unrelated.

that's clearly alarming to us. the looting turned very quickly in portions of the city in brooklyn, primarily manhattan, the area of union square, 14th street there were hundreds and hundreds of arrests in a very short time in that area some, unfortunately, are still going on it was a challenging evening for peace officers. >> union square is where we are right now, "the new york times" reported flames going two stories high i wanted to ask you about a couple of incidents making the rounds on social media, one in which a patrol car, nypd car in brooklyn, appears to roll into a crowd of onlookers or demonstrators i should say another case where an nypd officer appears to shove a woman down to the ground are you looking into those incidents? have you come to any conclusions about whether those actions were justified?

>> savannah, i appreciate the question in literally tens of thousands of encounters we have about six that our internal affairs officers are looking at in the process of either identifying the officers i think by now probably when i get my update shortly, probably most of the officers will have been identified and there will be an investigation. in the car one, anyone that looks at that has to be troubled by what they saw, but there's a couple of other incidents in cars we released to the media. and weren't shown. it shows a similar situation where cop cars are getting attacked and have to basically get out of there as quickly as possible it's a very difficult situation without a good ending either way. that is on the heels of molotov cocktails being thrown at police officers if you look at that entire video, you see people -- i would describe it as an ambush, physically trying to hold up police officer cars in check as

people are surrounding it. so it's clearly something no one would want to see but we'll move should want to see but we'll move forward. forward. >> it is difficult situation, no doubt about it do you believe there should be a curfew new york city doesn't have one do you need the national guard here >> we don't need the national guard. we got the question on the curfew i'll be honest with you, savior, we could impose a curfew today the problem is, people need to listen to a curfew, that's not going to happen, first and foremost if people think it will, they don't understand what's going on the second point is anyone that is on the street during the curfew, we had this discussion last night, they probably would already be arrested for five different offenses what we're trying to do is trying to manage an extremely volatile situation level heartee

there is a lot of outside influences, how we're going to get through with it. it's level hearted, we need to come together, not just as a city but as a country. as elected officials, community leaders, less inflammatory talk. criticism is good but inflammatory talk is not helping. >> commission shea, a longer conversation is warranted about all of this and the deeper issues presented here, unfortunately we've got to leave it there this morning so we can get down to washington and craig who is with the mayor mr appreciate it. craig, i'll send it down to you. >> all right, savannah, thank you. commissioner, thank you as well. d.c. mayor muriel bowser is with me now mayor, as we look at lafayette park, statues littered with graffiti, trash everywhere, lights out, what do you make of your city this morning >> we're certainly very sad and angry, quite frankly about the destruction that happened here but we're in lafayette park in the city in front of the white house. we had damage in blocks

throughout the city. we want people -- we recognize people are frustrated and mad but tearing up our beautiful city is not the way to bring attention to a righteous cause. >> one of the things that struck me here last night as i talked to protesters and walked amonge organized. >> we know we have people that came here with tools and supplies, them for a couple of hours, they seem to be really organized. i've been to a number of protests over the years like this this one seemed to be unusually organized. >> we know we have people that came here with tools and supplies, and they re-upped their supplies they went to different parts of the city we think there was a mix of people here but certainly people here who do this type of protess >> well, we've seen some of these tactics before, so we know they were among the grou demonstration.

>> professional protesters >> well, we've seen some of these tactics before, so we know they were among the groups here. >> tactics like. >> tactics like the types of tools they used, restocking, setting fires here and there to try to draw in the police to various locations. >> the curfew, the national guard being called in. you were reluctant to do both of those things, but you did. what changed your calculation. >> i think, you know, our police and all of our intelligence suggested we were seeing the same actors and we wanted to make sure we had every tool at our disposal to keep the city safe we saw most of the people peaceably protest. we saw most of the people leave at the time of curfew and that gave authorities the ability to focus on troublemakers. >> are you expecting another night of demonstrations? >> we're certainly prepared, as we've seen across the country multiple days of demonstrations. we're working with our

intelligence and all of our law enforcement partners to figure out who is coming where. >> d.c. mayor muriel bowser. >> thank you we'll continue our protest of protests, our coverage of protests around the country. but first we're going to pause and take a check of the weather. and for that we turn to mr. roker. hey, al, morning. >> hey, good morning, hoda as we look, we've got some severe weather to tuck about today. really more for tomorrow all across the northern tier of states from dakotas all the way to wisconsin, we've got 10 million people at risk, damaging winds, tornadoes possible. look what happens wednesday. 34 million people from the dakotas all the way to new jersey and down just to the north of washington, d.c., for severe weather possible. we're going to be watching these storms it will be hit or miss, widely

scattered. more of an impact on the great lakes. tomorrow the storms fire up again if the plains. severe weather for southern minnesota, parts of minneapolis will be affected rainfall amounts anywhere from 1 to 3". some of these hourly rainfall rates could be up to an inch per hour we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds the men and women of the united states postal service. we're here to deliver cards and packages from loved ones and also deliver the peace of mind of knowing that essentials like prescriptions are on their way. every day, all across america, we deliver for you. and we always will. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a live look outside in san jose we're starting out with some clouds and we'll see the clouds linger at least through the morning.

it's also going to help keep our temperatures down today as we look at our highs, we're going to see some of our warmest spots reach up to 84 degrees like in antioch and santa rosa. san francisco stays in the 60s today. by tomorrow it's really going to start to get hot and that heat continues at least through the middle of the week before we cool off again this weekend. >> that's your latest weather. savannah, hoda. >> all right. al, thank you. coming up next, we're going to take you to the epicenter of th >> that's your latest weather. savannah, hoda. >> all right al, thank you. coming up next, we're going to take you to the epicenter of these protests, minneapolis, where overnight there were new demonstrations, mass arrests how the city is coping and what will it take to move forward we'll talk about that and more with the mayor of minnesota. -- of st. paul, minnesota. >> could those protests set off a second wave of the coronavirus? the new warning from health officials this morning but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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in downtown walnut creek where you can see barricades are still set up. police are expecting another protest today. they're hoping this time it will be peaceful. meantime, from sky ranger yesterday you can see broken glass everywhere in the broadway plaza area. police say a young woman was shot in the arm possibly by a vandal and there were a number of arrests. >> reporter: i'm thom jensen in san jose. the curfew lasted from 8:30 until 5:00 this morning. it will be going on, these curfews will continue, according to mayor sam liccardo, until further notice, until they're sure there's no more violence associated with the protests going on for the last three days. the police chief in san jose saying there have been hundreds of arrests associated with these protests. now we want to get a check of the forecast for meteorologist kari hall tracking

a slight warm-up for us. yes, so we're starting out today with some cloudy skies, and today will be a day to enjoy before the hot weather gets here. a live look outside in san francisco. we'll gradually see it clearing. our temperatures today reaching into the mid-60s. for the inland east bay we'll reach into the low 80s. up to 84 degrees in santa rosa and 80 today in san jose. a look at the temperature trend the next seven days. we'll see the highs spike in the 90s as we head to the middle of the week but then cool down for the weekend. kris and marcus? i'll interrupt real quickly and show up the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are on today. came on just after 6:00. you do see the slowing on the approach. no major problems on the approach. more of a wait than you used to have a couple weeks ago. another crash on highway 4 may cause more slowing but the rest of the bay is lightening up.

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7:30 now on this monday morning. it is june the 1st, 2020. the nation just waking up after another night of protests from coast-to-coast. that's one week after the death of george floyd. you're looking at the aftermath. this is on the west coast in los angeles where violence and looting led the governor to declare a state of emergency on that coast. on this coast we have savannah and craig, savannah in new york city, craig in washington, d.c. good morning, savannah and craig. >> good morning, guys. it's hard to even wrap your head around what's going on in your country right now. there's protests like this in

140 cities, 20 states have had to activate the national guard. this is union square, should be a hub of commuters now but we're in the midst of a pandemic and now we're in the midst of this protest and a real anguish that's going on in this country right now. about a mile south of here the shopping district of soho, a lot of people who visited new york city will certainly remember had a lot of vandalism. some people describe it as being ransacked last night. this is a moment in our country when we're not only dealing with a pandemic, once in a generation pandemic, we're also dealing with the fallout from the incident in minneapolis that has just broken open some of the tensions here in the country. craig, in washington, same story all over again. >> our nation's capital, large swath of it on fire this morning, literally and figuratively. i'm standing here in lafayette square, a small building still

smoldering, firefighters putting that out, trying to clean up graffiti all over town. looters in georgetown, the mayor telling me a short time ago, her chief concern, tonight we're going to see it all over again. the question now becomes how does this play out? what's the end game? not just here in washington, d.c., but what's the end game in dozens of other cities all over

in the shadow of the promenade, the mayhem unfolded for hours and some peacefully protested. >> heads up, heads up. >> reporter: others provoked a confrontation. >> police here are moving all of these protesters back because the situation here is unravel g unraveling. some areas the looting department last long. local police and the sheriff's department moved in and made several arrests. in portland, oregon, protesters were taken down on the

sidewalks. in seattle, more looting and even more troubling scenes caught on camera at the hands of police. this video appearing to show an officer putting his knee on the neck of someone taken into custody before another officer pulls his leg off. >> knee off his neck! >> reporter: a shocking scene after the death of george floyd, the reason so many poured into the streets. l.a.'s mayor supporting the right to protest but condemning the destruction blaming it on extremists. >> they are hijacking a moment and a movement and changing the conversation. >> reporter: california's governor dispatching the national guard nearly 30 years ago. stores paid a heavy price. >> this is ten years and a lot of work. >> reporter: amid the chaos moments of connection between protesters and police.

in california officers taking a knee joining the crowd in honoring the memory of george floyd. another tense night now followed by an uncertain day. here in los angeles police, the fire department and the national guard all remain on scene. they are holding down this area. they are concerned protesters may return to across the region later on tonight. they're not just worried about the small pockets of protests but those large groups that continue to push all across this region. n so many cities. craig. >> miguel almaguer for us there in california. miguel, thank you. let's go now to where all of this started. minneapolis, minnesota. minneapolis where officials overnight were by and large able to stop and prevent more violence. but there was the shocking image that we saw sunday evening, mayor, the semitruck driving into a group of protesters.

we're going to talk to the mayor of saint paul in just a moment but first nbc's gabe gutierrez in minneapolis for us this morning. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning. today marks one week since the death of george floyd. it happened right here, now the site of a growing memorial. the city wasone week since the death of george floyd. it happened right here, now the site of a growing memorial the city was much calmer overnight but emotions are still running high it was a heart stopping moment, a semitruck driving through a crowd of protesters on an interstate highway. >> people are shocked. it's a traumatic experience. >> some protesters swarmed the truck and attacked the driver, others protected him he was later arrested. incredibly no protesters were injured. it's still not clear why he did it. >> i think the incident underscores still the volatile situation we have there. >> on the sixth night of protests following the death of george floyd, minneapolis police

surrounded large crowds making mass arrests officers derek chauvin scene kneeling on floyd's next for nearly nine minutes was arrested and charged with third degree manslaughter demonstrators want the other three officers involved in the incident to face charges now security video of what happened moments earlier appears to show a struggle in the back seat of a police vehicle on live television, a city'so the floyd family at the police chief spoke directly to the floyd family for the first time about the inaction of those officers while floyd was dying. >> being silent or not intervening to me, you're complicit. mr. floyd died in our hands, and so i see that as being complicit. >> that acknowledgement left floyd's brother sobbing. a new report by nbc news finds since 2015, officers from the minneapolis police department have used so-called neck restraints, using an arm or leg to compress someone's neck on suspects more than 200 times in at least 44 of those cases, the suspects lost consciousness. according to an nbc news

analysis of police records a growing makeshift memorial for floyd, signs of a community reeling in pain. >> i have kids growing up in this world i have three beautiful children. they are mixed even though they are mixed, they look like me they look the same it could have easily been then it could have easily been me. >> he came to houston where floyd grew up. >> imagine if it was your child, how would you feel imagine if it was your son on the ground screaming, i can't breathe. help me, please. this community already knows his name but the world needs to know his name until we have justice, there will be no peace. >> as protesters demand more charges, they had also wanted the state's attorney general to take over this case from the local prosecutor that has now happened, craig. >> gabe gutierrez in

minneapolis. again, all of this started roughly one week ago gabe, thank you so much for that i want to bring in the mayor of saint paul, minnesota. melvin carter joins me now thanks for your time first of all, how are folks there in saint paul doing right now? >> thank you for having me on. folks in saint paul, just like folks across the country are traumatized right now. we are, i think, doubly traumatized as we're in the midst of this covid-19 pandemic, as 40% of low income workers lost their job in the economic realities this year before george floyd was killed. of course we all woke up a week ago tomorrow to that gruesome, shocking video of seeing the way his life was literally snuffed out by those officers. a number of folks were traumatized by that. we have the same anger, the same

rage, the same sadness as we have all over the country, which i want to point out is really the only human and compassionate response when you see someone killed in such a fashion like that we have implemented, as many other cities have, a citywide curfew in doing so, our invitation to our residents was to channel that pain, channel that energy into doing something constructive for our community as we've seen around the country, we have two groups operating now. we have those heart broken by the loss of george floyd, who need to scream at the top of our lungs, like i do, that he should still be alive that all four of those officers should be held accountable for their actions as chief arradondo has now said publicly. we have a lot of big, systemic level work to do to stop this pattern from happening over and over and over and over again

like we've seen not just in the last 10 years on cell phone videos but for generations >> mayor carter, let's talk about what's happening in last week you said if protesters were from out of state. you apologized for that when it was brought to your attention that wasn't the case. we've heard from folks on the right who said these are far left minneapolis and saint paul last week you said if protesters were from out of state you apologized for that when it was brought to your attention that wasn't the case we've heard from folks on the right who said these are far left protesters. we've heard from folks on the left saying these are far right protesters, white supremacists do we know who is protesting and demonstrating in minneapolis and in saint paul purchase look our police officers are getting to the bottom of this this is part of the problem. this is a distraction from the conversation we should be having whether those folks sleep in another state or sleep in another city or sleep in our city, it doesn't change the fact that when we have people who are destroying the local pharmacies in a pandemic that seniors rely on for life-saving medicine.

we have a food short annual now and our grocery stores have been looted when they are willing to destroy in the midst of an economic crisis the place that is our residents rely on not just for products but to be able to go to work and earn a living, then it's very clear there are people operating in our communities who are not operating on the basis of just a heartfelt desire to build up our neighborhoods if you're one of those folks, like i am, who just cannot rest while injustices against our black and brown communities are continued, you cannot exercise that energy by burning black barber shops, by looting those same communities in a way that just further traumatizes the communities already traumatized by it in the first place. >> mayor carter, really quickly here

thirty seconds things seem so very bleak right now. there's concern these protests are going to continue. they are going to continue to turn violent as well where do we go from here how do we make this stop >> i think it's clear that the energy that has consumed our country for the last week or so is raging fire figuratively speaking that could either tear our country apart at the seams or could bring us together in a way that we've never been together before. our call is for peace, peaceful demonstration, the opportunity our police department is doing a great job of protecting the right of those legitimate protesters to say peacefully this has to change so we're calling for peace but it should not be confused with patience i am not asking for anyone to just sit at home and wait on the sidelines while we slowly and incrementally slow the tide of'o

channel this energy not into destroying o black men being killed wrongfully by law enforcement. we're asking our residents, we're asking our communities, we're asking our young people to channel this energy not into destroying our community institutions but into destroying the system of racism and destroying inequity and specifically into destroying all of those barriers built in legislation, built in court precedence, built in police union contracts and everywhere else that prevents us and makes it so difficult to hold someone accountable for people like george floyd, eric garner, whose lives are wrongly taken at the hands of law enforcement. >> mayor carter, thank you for your time this morning thank you. >> thank you for having me on. now patience

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virus of racism unfolding at the height of a coronavirus crisis disproportionately hitting people of color. >> with all of these people getting together now at a time of pandemic, are you worried about your safety? >> yes, but the answer is that i'm worried about my safety to both those viruses. >> reporter: public officials watching protesters spill on the streets across america many wearing masks but largely ignoring any form of social distancing have sounded the alarm bell. >> i'm urging everybody to consider their exposure. we have worked very hard to blunt the curve. >> in atlanta, taking it a step further. >> if you were out protesting last night, you probably need to go get a covid test this week. >> but those public pleas coming as many police forces failing to set a good example atlanta's police chief walking

into a crowd with no covering, lapd officers without masks arrested demonstrators across the country officers standing with protesters but ignoring masks and distancing rules. in miami, police around the perimeter of this sunday protest teeming with thousands but could be dead virus or no virus. >> if a cop doesn't like me or i look like i'm doing something wrong, he can shoot me right there. >> what do you think seeing protesters coming out and not wearing masks. >> everybody is entitled to your opinion. but when you put other people's safety and health in danger, that's wrong. >> many opinions but the undeniable threat of a second wave that could disrupt months of progress. for "today," sam brock, nbc news, miami. >> let's bring in our medical correspondent dr. torres dr. torres, you understand the desire for people to get out there and have their voices heard. at the same time the shot of those crowds so packed together in the middle of a pandemic,

would you expect to see a surge in cases after scenes like this. >> savannah, you're right. i completely understand the rationale for people wanting to get out there. at the same time i think we'll see a spike over the next five to seven days. you'll see cases going up. a lot of protests are in areas where cases are starting to climb again because of the reopening. that's the problem we're having now, savannah. >> you were talking earlier about how distinctly dangerous, for lack of a better word, the protests can be. can you explain why? >> well, these protests have unique issues. part is because the longer you're around a lot of people. the more time you spend with those people, the closer you are, the more likely to spread coronavirus. on top of that people here might get it, take it home and spread somewhere else on top of that tear gas involved, tearing, shouting, screaming going on, those respiratory droplets can go further, contaminate more people you're seeing people without masks.

if they get jailed, they are indoors and it's more likely they will catch it in that environment because of the tight packed areas in jails. these are all big concerns they will go home. other patients van rabble, they need to be very careful with that, savannah. >> absolutely. it's hard to get your head around multiple crisis the country is going through, doctor thank you very much for your time hoda, i'll send it to you. >> 7:51, we'll pause again and switch gears and get a check of the weather from mr. roker hey, al. >> hey, how are you, hoda? today marks the beginning of hurricane season june 1st this is the latest this is just in from national hurricane center the update this was amanda but now in the yucatan peninsula. right now 315 miles southwest of cancun, mexico it now has an 80% chance of development over the next five days, two to five days so if this reforms, it will

become cristobal. that would make it that would make it the third earliest we've had three tropical cyclones, named storms by this time so we're watching it very, very closely. that's what going on around the country, h good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a live look outside in san jose we are starting out with some clouds and our temperatures today will be held down as a result and we're going to continue the weather we have from yesterday into today. now we're looking at high temperatures reaching into the low 80s for the inland east bay and parts of the north bay as we reach up to 84 degrees. san francisco today, a high of 68 degrees and up to about 80 degrees in san jose. the seven-day forecast coming up in about five minutes. >> that's your latest weather. hoda. >> al, thank you just ahead, the uplifting moments we're seeing at a time of great divide. people and police coming

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another protest may happen later today, and they're hoping this time it will be peaceful. from sky ranger yesterday you could see broken glass everywhere in the downtown walnut creek area. a young woman was shot in the arm possibly by a vandal. right now we want to get a look at the forecast for you today. it is heating up just a little bit for us, kari. yes, just a little bit but nothing compared to what we have coming our way. we're looking at high temperatures in san francisco in the upper 60s. oakland will reach 71 degrees and 80 today in the south bay and san jose. as we take a look at our seven-day forecast we are going to see temperatures heating up as we look at high pressure building and there will even be a chance of rain as we go into this weekend as we track some showers moving into the north bay by saturday. here is a look at our inland temperatures reaching up to 95 on this wednesday.

thank you, kari. we will have more local news coming up.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, breaking overnight, chaos coast-to-coast. violence breaks out for a sixth night in a row over the death of george floyd. in louisville, one demonstrator shot and killed. around the country, destruction as looters break in and burn down businesses. >> they were not here to protest. they were here to destroy atlanta. >> this morning officials urging people to stay home. >> we cannot afford to lose anyone else. >> as new images emerge showing signs of hope and peace june

1st, 2020. good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." it's monday morning. we're glad to have you with us. a lot of folks just waking up. unfortunately it's a morning of sadness in this country. i'm here in new york city's union square downtown, which has really been the focal point of protests over the weekend here and in brooklyn, all around manhatt manhattan, craig in washington, d.c., where the situation is very similar, outside of the white house. hoda holding down the fort. good to see you all. >> i'm really excited about someone you interviewed in a bit. i don't know if you saw the video but there was a sheriff in michigan who was kind of nose to nose with protesters. after talking with them, putting his baton down, putting down his protective gear, chathey chante walk with us, and he did. craig, you're going to have an

incredible interview coming up. >> we could all use a little hope this morning, right? before we get to all of that, how about your news on monday morning. we are just a few feet away from the white house in lafayette square. the cleanup effort started here after a night of unrest and violence. in fact, a small building on fire just 30 minutes ago. firefighters have gotten that under control. they are also cleaning up the graffiti on one of the oldest in the city. st. johns church behind the fire truck. escalating violence overshadowed peaceful demonstrations over the weekend met with curfews, arrests and massive displays of force. overnight unrest across america reaching a boiling point. the death of george floyd and the conduct of the minneapolis police officers involved sparking another round of protests nationwide. here in the nationed capital,

violence taking place from the white house. you can see that fire set outside of the white house in lafayette park. in more than a dozen states the national guard called in to restore order. in louisville overnight, a man was shot and killed after shots were fired toward the police officers and national guard members during protests. the chief of police saying officers and soldiers returned fire. thousands of arrests nationwide, businesses burned to the ground. police filling the air with tear gas. cars smoke and ash as looters swarmed shops and stores. more than 100 protests and rallies took place from coast-to-coast. in seattle in this video, an officer appearing to put his neck on a protester before another officer steps in. in new york city, this video of two nypd vehicles ramming into a

crowd of protesters sparking outrage. the mayor defending the officers involved. >> i want to emphasize, that situation was created by a group of protesters blocking and surrounding a police vehicle. >> on saturday mayor bill de blasio's own daughter arrested during citywide protests according to senior nypd official. dozens with curfews in an effort to clear the streets an ease tensions. >> i'll beg you, please stay home. >> chicago's mayor echoing what so many are feeling. >> this is a time for us to unite. we have to turn our pain into purpose. >> that unity on ground for ni

chanting "i can't breathe" in honor of floyd and tensions running high in the nation's capital. what do they tell you they want? >> they want to be fair. >> also on the streets of washington, amid the chaos, that i found the father trying to teach his son about peace. there's always another way. that's all i want him to see. we don't have to retaliate with anger, we retaliate with love. that's why we're down here. >> amen to that. it should be noted that the demonstration here in washington -- this is the case around much of the country as well -- those demonstrations were largely peaceful. in fact, it was peaceful here until the sun went down. this morning, though, there is still has tear gas in the air, rubber bullets were used last night. flash bombs also used by police to disperse the crowd.

mayor bowser, the mayor of washington, d.c., told me last hour they expect a citywide curfew tonight and they are also expecting more demonstrations as well. savannah. >> all right, craig, thank you. santa monica, california, was placed on overnight curfew last night after a sudden skmogs of violence yesterday. i'm joined now by

and we couldn't abandon the intersections and leave that open. i think the best example i can give is our community members, our santa monica who were there peacefully protesting saw what

was occurring in the crowd and at one point early on, they had held hands and formed a line in front of the officers. so there was definitely violence with them along with other cars coming into the city with people intent on looting. it was two groups. they were also interspersed with the nonviolent protesters as well. >> it's such a strange situation because they're being asked to police a protest about police brutality and racism in the system. when you look at what happened to george floyd and see these demonstrators pouring on to your streets, as a police professional, what message do you receive? what are you hearing and learning from this moment?

>> so as so many police chiefs have done, we have talked with our communities and been very honest about how we feel about the situation. and that we understand the feelings and we share that with them. police departments, mine included, have worked very hard to train officers to dialogue with our community to create relationships and we'll continue to do that. i think speaking for california and los angeles county there's been a strong statement from police chiefs as to what happened so many miles away from us and that it's not condoned. it's not accepted or permitted here, and we work tirelessly to make sure that that doesn't happen here.

sure that doesn't happen here. >> chief cynthia renaud, santa monica, i know you have a busy day ahead of you thank you so much for your time and your perspective we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> hoda, to you. >> savannah, thank you we have got the news covered, and i think it's something we could use right now. how about a morning boost. we've seen stories from minneapolis this weekend about people reaching out to each other with acts of kindness. here is what happened when low income housing unit put out a call for food donations. >> whoever wants it, tell anybody who needs food to come down here and take as much as they can use the donations overflowed people responded there were boxes and bags of free groceries so much of the organizers told people to get on social media, tell their friends come on down. we have what you need. acts of kindness right there,

savannah. >> lovely. i've got another one that really fits in these times. a man who has lived in nashville for a long time. because of everything that's been going on, he said he was afraid to even go outside to walk his dog, because he is a black man. he posted about it on his neighborhood social media app. well, first one neighbor called and said i'll walk with you, then another and another before long about 50 members of his community were out walking with shawn and his dog he said i was scared to walk alone and now look who is behind me look who has my back we need to see more of that, don't we >> yeah. by wait, a beautiful image to leave right there with coming up, guys, more images of hope emerging from a difficult weekend across the country. >> i took the helmet off, laid the batons down, i want to make this a parade, not a protest. >> our interview with the sheriff being praised for the way he dealt with demonstrators in michigan. he walked with them. but first these messages

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>> hey, good morning, guys it's not only the start of hurricane season but it is the beginning of meteorological summer, june 1st it begins, and goes for the next three months look at what's happening for today and you'll see we're looking at strong storms firing up through the gulf, look for wet weather out west also heavier thunderstorms through the upper mississippi river valley afternoon highs we're going to see 100s and 90s from the central plains to the southwest, 90s along gulf coast with 50s in the southeast. plenty of sunshine for eastern third of the country a few record highs throughout the central plains more weather wet weather and storms through central and southern texas that's what goin >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are starting out with a mix of sun and clouds. the sun peaking through those clouds in san francisco. and we're going to see our high temperatures today reaching into the upper 60s.

low 70s for oakland and some low 80s for the inland east bay. as we go into the rest of the week, temperatures are going to get hot and fast. by wednesday, into the mid-90s. still hot on thursday, but then we'll cool down as another chance of rain moves in this weekend. and that is your latest weather. craig. >> and that is your latest weather. craig. >> all right mr. roker, i'm sure you caught this over the weekend. we had a delightful rendezvous that space station and capsulee. >> as came together beautiful. >> as perfect as perfect can get. boy, do we need this kind of news this morning. we're talking about the historic rocket launch, spacex's dragon capsule. it successfully docked at the space station 19 hours after the falcon 9 took off from cape

canaveral. >> bob and doug, welcome to the international space station after your spectacular rendezvous of the dragon vehicle. >> that's what you call perfect. bob behnken and doug hurley welcomed aboard by a fellow astronaut bob cassidy and two russian cosmonauts they are expected to stay between one and four months. hurley's message to young americans, reach for lofty goals, work hard, and look what you can accomplish amidst all the stuff going on on planet earth, it's nice to look planet earth, it's nice to look up and see that happening. up and see that happening. right, guys? >> i love that so much my kids watched it right after we watched the

launch, vale and charlie were yelling up to the sky, can you see us, astronauts it's so cute how something like that can lift spirits portfolio we have more uplift ahead. we have more for you courtesy of a remarkable young singer he's gone viral. a powerful young song his mom wrote. he's with us live. we'll get words of comfort in these troubled times from them and bishop michael curry but first your local news. welcome in it's 8:30 monday morning, the

good morning to you. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. breaking news for you, another chaotic night of protests in the bay area. a lot of it happening in the east bay. in san leandro, looters set fire fo a walmart, not once, but twice. the looters stole clothes, tvs, diapers, even car seats. now the merchandise left inside the store is considered a total loss due to the smoke and water damage. in walnut creek, a lot of cleanup from the worst looting they've seen there. most of it was centered around broadway plaza. a young woman, probably a vandal, was shot in the arm by someone in a car. so far police are not saying how many people were arrested.

right now we want to get a look at the forecast for you. kari hall has been tracking that. >> and we're starting out with a few clouds overhead. we're going to see our temperatures stay on the mild side today and it will be a nice day to get out and enjoy if you can because our temperatures are going to be heating up. we're looking at highs for the inland valleys into the 90s tomorrow. some mid-90s by wednesday and thursday it's still pretty hot. as we go toward the weekend, cooling air coming our way. even a chance of some showers in the north bay, marcus. >> thanks, kari. we'll have another live local news update coming up in 30 minutes. these are real people, not actors,

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welcome in it's 8:30 monday morning, the 1st of june, welcome in it's 8:30 monday morning, the first of june 2020 we're aware these are difficult times. we're going to change things up in this half hour. we need much needed positivity so millions of you guys have been blown away by a young man, a 12-year-old named keedron bryant he's a gospel singer he performed this moving song. his mom wrote it their mental is reaching everyone from president obama to lebron james, so we are fortunate enough to have both of

them live with us. savannah, cannot wait to hear from them. >> i can't wait to hear that song again we have the one and only bishop curry with us. we always count on him to provide business dom and comfort and perspective. today he'll share ways we can learn and grow in this moment. i think, hoda, most importantly listen this is a time to listen. >> indeed. indeed it is. >> in addition to that, we're going to highlight some moments from the weekend that brought protesters and police together we're going to take a look at that in a few moments. before we get to all of that, mr. roker. by the way, al, you said something that caught our attention. you said today was the first day of meteorological summer does that mean it's summer >> yes for all the weather people, it is officially summer enjoy. in the meantime, let's take a quick look ahead what's going on for the weekend.

for monday sunshine up and down the east coast, record highs in the west wet weather northeast, gulf storms down through the gulf hot and dry in the western third of the country then as we move into thursday, we're looking for showers and storms all the way down from the mid-atlantic, gulf coast, heat continues in the central plains, plenty of sunshine with hit or miss showers in the southwest. that's what going on around the country, here is what's happening in your neck good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. let's take a live look outside in san francisco as we are starting to see the sky clearing here. and that fog near the coast. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds as our temperatures stay milder compared to what's coming our way. low 80s inland today. then low 90s tomorrow. some mid-90s by the middle of the week. it's still going to be hot on thursday. but then temperatures cool down just in time for the weekend. >> and that is your latest weather. >> all right, mr. roker.

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as protests have spread in the week of george floyd's death, there have been signs of coming together around the country. >> there has, savannah some shows of solidarity between police and the police. morgan radford in philadelphia with more on that part of the story. it was good to see it this weekend, morgan. >> reporter: you, too, savannah. craig and savannah, demonstrators were protesting late into the night in philadelphia you can see the national guard here this morning. even though here and across the country there were tense moment

there were also moments of between police and protesters, there were also moments of profound unity." with protesters taking to the streets nationwide, some of them are finding support from a surprising place police officers frustrated that george floyd's death reflects badly on them. >> don't think for a second that he represents those cops are from all over the county and around the state we're there to help people, not do that nonsense. >> sheriff swanson joining them as they march. >> i took the helmet off, laid the batons down. i want to make this a parade, not a protest. >> walk with us! >> in new jersey camden police chief asked an organizer if he could walk with them, too. >> i was welcomed with open

arms. >> reporter: marching front and center holding a banner of solidarity. >> at one point she started to chant black lives matter and she looked at me and said, sorry i laughed. i said, it's okay. that's why we're here. >> reporter: on the force for nearly 30 years, he was disturbed by what happened to floyd. >> that video shocked every good cop in the united states that's not just shocking the cops of my police department that's shocking cops everywhere. >> to the police chief. >> we will march in the department with everybody in this community. >> to kansas city where officers held signs and hugged protesters in louisville. miami officers letting organizers know they have their backs. nearby in coral gables, officers kneeling with protesters in prayer while in queens, new york, kneeling to remember other lives lost in shreveport, louisiana, emotions overflowing back in flint, the sheriff

echoing his heartfelt message to those who are hurting. >> we want to be with y'all, for rely. >> here in philadelphia, the city has its first african-american police commissioner after the death of george floyd, she, too, spoke out saying she, too, understands the pain of the african-american community from a personal perspective like said to chiefs across the country she rededicated herself to serving and protecting this community with fairness and dignity. craig. >> morgan radford, thank you sheriff christopher swanson, the sheriff of genesee county marching alongside the protesters, he joins my now. sheriff, good morning to you. >> good morning, sir thanks for having me. >> sheriff, on saturday, did you have it in your mind when you got there, as you and your men were getting ready, that you

would lay down your helmet, layt a spontaneous decision. >> it was a down your baton and march alongside protesters or was that a spontaneous decision. >> it was a spontaneous decision with all the agencies there, flint township, to lead for that area it made the most sense. when i saw the crowd and felt the frustration and the fact we were only accelerating the issue, it was time to take the helmet off, go to the shot caller, the lead organizer, give him a big old fat hug and say what do we need to do. that was the tension breaker the next question was the one that made history. >> what was the response from those demonstrators, protesters, what did they say to you >> they wanted to know what i thought. when i looked at the lead organizer and said, listen, that guy is not who cops are. these police officers love you we don't accept that we're horrified. they said the crowd needs to hear it. i said get the crowd when the crowd kind of turned,

and they had already had a fist pump with another officer, a hug, they were opening to just listening to what we had to say. when i acknowledged that we don't condone that, that's not who cops are, the second question is what else do you need that's when the crowd shouted walk with us in a second that turn of events happened when i said, let's walk you saw an entire crowd's mind and hearts change because they wanted to be heard the protesters, had they not listened to the message, we wouldn't be talking. they were as much a part of that night making history in flint than anybody else. day two, no arrests, no fires, no injuries. >> sheriff, one of the things that struck me when i saw that video, that's one of those situations that could have gone a whole other way as you decided to lay down your arms and the protesters took advantage of the situation. they did not do that.

>> right. >> as you look at the protests around this country, protests, many of which have turned violent, you've got a number of public officials, law enforcement officers saying the solution right now is to crack down on these demonstrators.est. to your what do you say to that? >> that's a great question to your first point, it was probably the worst tactical decision i could make by taking off all the protection and going into the crowd but the benefit far outweighed the risk. i'm not trying to be macho or a hero that was the best decision to show i'm not going to create a divide i'm going to show vulnerability and walk in the crowd and make the first move to your second point, my heart breaks for the city. it breaks for d.c. and new york and l.a. and minneapolis and great cities have been built by great people so i can't answer what the next best decision is except for lay

down your arms police and protesters have to work together to say let's take a night of calm and find out what's happening why are we doing this. create the conversation that makes the change everybody talks about change changes comes with action. i've got to believe there's folks in those communities that want peace and want action man, i feel terrible for police officers injured, people that have been killed, cities that have been destroyed. it's going to take time. i see what's happening like the world does, and it breaks our heart. there has to be a first move there has to be a first step that has to come from both sides. >> sheriff christopher sides. >> sheriff christopher swanson sheriff, thank you for your time this morning thank you for your example on saturday as well, sir. i appreciate you.

>> thank you we love you guys, and we love this nation. appreciate your time >> hoda. >> all right, craig. that's a terrific interview. coming up next, the 12-year-old who has touched the world with a powerful song about being a young black man in america ♪ my people don't want no trouble we've had enough struggle ♪ >> millions have viewed keedron bryant's performance he's going to join us live along with his mom who actually wrote that song about that moving message, but first this is "today" on nbc

welcome back. the reaction to the death of george floyd has taken many forms in the week that's welcome back the reaction to the death of george floyd has taken many forms in the week that's followed but one powerful, beautiful, yet heartbreaking performance has grabbed a lot of attention ♪ i' doing all that i can a young black man doing all that i can to stand ♪ ♪ oh but when i look around and i see what's being done to my kind ♪ ♪ every day i'm being hunted as

prey ♪ ♪ my people don't want no trouble we've had enough struggle ♪ i just want to live ♪ >> don't forget that name, this is 12-year-old gospel singer keedron bryant that song, by the way, written by his mom johnnetta it's been viewed nearly 3 million times on his insta-page. it's been reposted by president obama, lebron james, and so many others keedron and johnnetta are joining us this morning. good morning, you guys. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> okay. first of all, we need you today, we need you every day but we especially need you today. keedron, i want to talk to you in a second but first miss johnnetta. you wrote this song. it came from deep in your soul what made you put those words on paper? >> in light of everything that

is going on, especially our recent situation, when i heard hit me in a deep way. and mr. floyd call out for his mom, as a black mother that really hit me in a deep way and i began to pray. so i said, god, this world needs help like never before so i went into meditation because i needed understanding i needed strength, because i also knew that i need to be able to give my son some wisdom that's going to help him to be able to live and to be confident in this world. i knew it could only come from god. understand the fight is spiritual as well. spoke to me. he gave so i went into prayer and god spoke to me. he gave these words to me. >> you wrote those words down. you gave those words to your son, and you told him to go upstairs what did you ask him to do

>> our kids are home for the quarantine i always make a schedule for them to follow, as if they are in school. part of that schedule is devotion i set him up during his devotion time and said, keedron, i want you to pray over these words, meditate on them, allow god to speak to you so you may be able to speak to the people and also get some encouragement for yourself he went into his own devotion time he came back after his devotion, and he's like, mom, i'm ready. >> you are ready you are ready, keedron you are ready in that moment when you sing this song, i'm

wondering, you feel these words. this isn't about singing a song. what are you feeling while you're singing those words >> i felt sad i have to sing that i'm very sad we can't go out and live like the song said, i just want to live but we are afraid in fear something will happen to us it was really sad to have that feeling. >> when you ask god for things, and i know you do, what do you ask him for? >> i ask him to give me anointing, give me power to minister to the people on my side and the other side of the phone, touch lives and impact them. you powerful. lebron james said he loved >> you're doing it you've impacted president obama. he called you powerful lebron james said he loved you nas said you were dope janet jackson, eva longoria, beyonce's mom, the list goes on and on and on. you've impressed so many i don't know if you like to sing

in the morning from florida. do you >> yes, ma'am. >> would you sing a little for us >> yes, ma'am. >> thank you ♪ i just want to live god ♪ i just want to live i just want to live ♪ protect me ♪ ♪ i just want to live i just want to live ♪ >> i'm all by myself but i'm applauding you here. >> thank you. >> thank you, keedron. thank you, johnnetta thank you very much. we appreciate you. keep singing the world needs you. >> thank you. >> johnnetta, we need you, too. >> thank you. coming up next, another much needed message of hope from bishop curry we are going to chat with him but first this is "today" on nbc. in an unprecedented crisis... a more than $10 billion cut to public education couldn't be worse for our schools and kids. laying off 57,000 educators,

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one of the people we've turned to in recent years for inspiration is the presiding bishop of the episcopal church, the most reverend curry. reverend, thank you so much. we appreciate you. >> glad to be back with you. >> i have to say, looking at these images of things burning and people looting and pain and ank rich is really distressing to lots of people. i read your op-ed in the "washington post." you basically said, find love. you understand the pain. but choosing love is hard in this moment. how do you help people go down that path, bishop? >> well, you know, the first thing is it's a decision. it's probably a daily decision to choose to actually live the way of love, which is not about -- not a sentence. i said for a long time the opposite of love is not hate. the opposite of love is selfishness. the way of love is the way of speaking to good, the welfare and well-being of others as well as self.

in the hebrew scriptures when moses talks about love of neighbor in leviticus, it's in the context of doing what is just and kind and decent. when he talks about in luke's gospel he tells the parable of the good samaritan, somebody who helps somebody that's different than they are. it's a decision. it's a daily decision, i'm going to live an unselfish life that seeks the good of others as well as my own good. when we all do that, we win. >> so if you were talking -- i feel like the sides are so far apart. everyone is blaming each other. there's so much tension. i keep thinking how does this end. if you were going to speak to the police and protesters, what would you say to them. >> to protesters and police, every one of us is a child of god. if we are all children of god, which i think we can all agree on, most of us can, that means we are brothers and sisters and

siblings of each other. we are related to each other. so we have got to figure out how can we live together as a family, as a human family of god. said a long time ago, we will learn to live together as brothers and sisters or perish together as fools. our choice is chaos or community. every one of us, police, what can i do to actually love as a police law enforcement officer who seeks the good of people. protester, what can i do to seek the good and welfare of others as i make my protest for a just social order so that people are not killed and abused and hurt and harmed. if everybody makes a decision to work together for the good of others, we all get blessed, but it starts as a decision. >> just quickly, bishop curry at the end, are you optimistic? >> i'm optimistic and determined. let me tell you, i've come up with a symbol for love.

it's not the heart. that's okay. i have a better sem bol, it's this. this mask, physicians tell us i don't wear it to protect myself. i wear it to protect you, and you wear it to protect me. when we all do that, we all win. >> bishop curry, thank you for your language of love. thank you for being with us. we appreciate you. thanks for being here. 're back withwe good morning to you. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. our breaking news for you. bay area protests following the death of george floyd. some of the heaviest in years. even suburban areas feeling that impact. walnut creek this morning, a lot of cleanup. this is from what they call the worst looting they've ever seen there. most of this centered around the

broadway plaza area. police say a young woman, possibly a vandal, was shot in the arm by someone in a car. san leandro, there are people who set fire to a walmart, not once, but twice. deputies say those looters stole clothing, tvs, diapers even car seats. now we're learning merchandise left inside of that store considered a total loss due to the smoke and water damage. happening now -- tom jenson is talking to residents in shock from that damage. he'll have a live report during our midday news cast. also lirnk to more on our twittr feed. san jose and union city have curfews in place for the next several days. most of that starts anywhere around 8:00 p.m. san jose leaders say the damages are already in the millions of dollars when it comes to the damage. head to our home page for those details for more. a slice. a piece.

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many waking up to images like these after a weekend of protests some peaceful, others anything but. these are just some snaps of what's taking place all across the kunl good morning, i'm al roker here working at home with my colleagues sheinelle jones and dylan dreyer craig melvin made his way down to washington, d.c., last night. that was just one week ago today, hard to believe, the 46-year-old father of two george floyd died in minneapolis in police custody sparking the outrage that now has spread to just about