as the nation and the world pause to remember george floyd at his funeral service that elicited deep seated emotions for millions the anger over his death lives on as protesters once again flood the streets >> those very protesters demanding change as more police departments face growing scrutiny over use of deadly force. plus, the states now seeing a surge in covid-19 cases weeks after reopening. and the world health organization walking back comments about asymptomatic spread that sparked a lot of confusion.

"early today" starts right now >> good wednesday morning. i'm frances rivera minneapolis d who died when a white police officer knelt on his neck for rest his funeral attended by more than 500 people comes after weeks of global and national protests that have called for police reform. nbc's dan shenamen has more on the emotional good bye ♪ >> reporter: more than two weeks after george floyd died in police custody, it was time to say good-bye. >> we honor him today because when he took his last breath, the rest of us will now be able to breathe >> reporter: mourners filled the church to pay their respects >> my big brother, that's big floyd. everybody know who big floyd is now. ♪ i give you praise

>> reporter: it was a celebration of life. >> i just want to say to him, i love you, and i thank god for giving me my own personal superman god bless you all. >> reporter: mixed with anger over the way that life ended >> those four officers were literally on him for nine minutes and let him show they have a heart or soul this is not just murder but a hate crime ♪ my precious is the name ♪ of jesus ♪ of jesus >> reporter: in addition to the songs and the story, there was a call to action >> and as we lay to you rest today, the movement won't rest until we get justice until we have one standard of justice. >> reporter: as floyd's body went on one last journey, crowds lined the streets of houston honoring a man most of them never knew and now will never

forget dan shenaman, nbc news >> one day after speaking at his brother's few son ifhe will be capitol hill tracie potts, what can we expect from today's hearing >> expect to hear not only george floyd's brother but also democrats and republicans grappling what they want to do to have an impact to reduce police brutality they're undecided in washington, proposals by democrats to restrict choke holds and create a national database, republicans trying to come up with their own, the white house now saying according to a couple of sources by thursday they'll unveil their own set ofpackage of initiatives, things congress can do, things the president can do on his own, and speaking of the president, republicans kind of backing away from what turned out to be a controversial tweet

president trump pitching with no could be operation at all a conspiracy theory about the 75-year-old protester in buffalo who was knocked down by police president trump in his tweet suggesting that he may have been working with antifa to scan police equipment and black it out, again, no corroboration or support for that at all, and now there are questions about whether or not president trump should have said this publicly here's new york governor cuomo >> if there was ever a reprehensible, dumb comment, and from the president of the united states, at this moment of anguish and anger. what does he do? pours gasoline on the fire >> it was a shocking thing to say and i won't digify it with any further comment.

>> reporter: a lot of republicans when they were asked about that tweet just walked away from the microphone, didn't say anything, decliningcomment at all meantime the protester in a statement saying no comment other than black lives matter. he's just out of the icu, and should recover from that head injury when he was pushed down by police. back to you. >> tracie, thank you. the nationwide movement sparked by george floyd's death is putting renewed scrutiny on police conduct more troubling incidents and videos are coming to live. first a warning, some of the images are disturbing. gabe gutierrez, good morning >> reporter: phillip, more than two weeks after george floyd's death in minneapolis, new videos across the country are causing controversy. newly released videos of black men dying during encounters with police are sparking more outrage. new jersey's attorney general says this dash cam video shows

28-year-old maurice gordon being pulled over for speeding last month. after 20 minutes of sitting in the patrol car, he appears to leave and struggle with the state trooper who eventually shoots him six times authorities say gordon twice tried to get behind thewheel o the trooper's car and the trooper's union says he only used force as a last resort, fearing for his life gordon's mother is distraught. >> it's just difficult to watch. >> reporter: an investigation is under way. the trooper is now on administrative leave >> it is a reminder that the implicit bias in the best case and racism in the worst case is still involved in almost all police interactions with people of color >> reporter: in austin, attainy cam footage from an arrest in march show "live pd.

40e-year-old javier ambler led sheriff's deputies on a chase while being handcuffed and ta r tasered he's handcuffed saying "i can't breathe" monultiple times. officers notice he's unresponsive, they perform cpr internal affairs concluded the deputies followed guidelines that incident is also under investigation. >> somebody is guilty of not dimming their headlights just shouldn't end up getting a death sentence >> reporter: the videos come more than two weeks after george floyd's death, which is prompting sweeping changes to the minneapolis police department after a veto-proof majority of the city council here agreed to disband the department and rebuild it with more of a focus on community-based policing, the mayor says the biggest road block to change is the police union. >> we also need the ability to properly terminate and discipline officers who have not lived up to those ideals >> reporter: no response from the minneapolis police union

across the country police unions aggressively fought to protect the rights of their members accused of misconduct. does it make sense to defund police >> no, not at all. at this point in time, we need more resources we need to be able to give the services that is needed in our communities. >> reporter: here in minneapolis, city councilmembers have already banned choke holds and say they are planning more changes, although it's unclear at this point what they will be. phillip? >> thank you for that report protests over police brutality continue across the country. overnight in seattle demonstrators marched in to city hall >> whose city hall >> our city hall >> coast to coast, thousands of people pour into the streets here's nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: taking over roads,

streets and bridges. the call for george floyd is being realized in communities across the nation n portland after violent clashes, the police chief is stepping down, clearing the way for a black chief who is the head of community policing >> i'm going to listen i'm going to care about the community. >> reporter: the growing demand for accountability includes calls to police the police >> not one officer tried to help me >> reporter: the new york cop who shoved a demonstratorto th ground cursing at her during a protest against police brutality was charged with misdemeanor assault, harassment and menacing, a rare step but likely not the last officer to face charges for abusing their power. >> one incident in one area results in every cop in this nation being tarnished >> reporter: with cities lik los angeles imposing a moratorium on some arresting techniques, other departments are simply dropping charges

against protesters but after more terrifying scenes like these of cars plowing in ds accountability for those beyond the construction in minneapolis brandon wolf accused of arson after a mob overran a police precinct, with demands for reform gaining momentum quieter but just as powerful call to action. 87-year-old merle evers the widow of civil rights activist medgar evers led her own protest from remember we tirmt homretir. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. video captures the shocking moment an officer was set on fire during a protest against police brutality in mexico a warning, some may find it disturbing the officer was getting on his motorcycle, a protester is

pouring a flammable liquid on his back he suffered burns on his neck and torso in stable condition. no word on whether any arrests were made there. let's get a check of your wednesday weather and bring in janessa webb good morning >> good to see you both this morning. thanks for joining us. we are watching a high impact weather day across the great lakes into the ohio valley, and this actually just got increased to a moderate risk this is kind of rare that we see for the ohio valley for this afternoon and into this eveningr record warmth across the northeast this afternoon for bismarck into the dakotas, slightly cooler and a little bit of sunshine.

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is promising investigation after catastrophic voting problems in their primary election voters waited late into the night to cast their ballots and poll workers had trouble with the new voting machines. blayne alexander has more. >> reporter: this is primary day in georgia, lines in atlanta stretching for blocks, some standing in the rain forced to wait hours to cast a ballot. you've been here about three hours. >> i'm not leaving >> reporter: you're not leaving. why are you so intent upon staying here >> it's important. it's important for me, it's important for my son >> so we're going on that four-hour mark >> reporter: georgia unveiling new voting machines statewide in the midst of a pandemic. >> several of the machines were broken seemed like maybe half of the machines are town. >> it's a disappointment this is something that should have been checked yesterday. >> reporter: the biggest problems in metro atlanta, specifically areas with higher black populations. the city's mayor asking, is this happening across the county or just on the south end, pointing to a predominantly black area?

lebron james tweeting "they say go out and vote, what about asking if how we vote is also structurally racist. georgia's secretary of state is blaming local officials saying poll workers were not properly trained. >> the employees didn't understand the system, so what were they doing for all these months, all of a sudden they wake up, they say let's have an election on tuesday? >> reporter: one county official firing back saying "if there was a failure of leadership, it starts where the buck should stop, at the top." georgia's secretary of state launched an investigation ahead of november's election >> thanks to blaiyne alexander for that report. still to come, why mlb talks aruck out again >>nd where they're seeing record-breaking surge in hospitalizations from covid-19, with some hospitals running out of beds. ...with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. for sparkling-clean dishes, the first time. cascade platinum. ...crunchy oat clusters with a hotouch of honey...ombine...

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spread of the virus. the world health organization a top health official walking back a statement that it's very rare for people without symptoms to spread the disease >> i think that that's misunderstanding to state that asymptomatic transmission globally is very rare. >> reporter: the data varies, one study estimates as much as 44% of new cases were transmitted by people not yet showing symptoms >> this message from w.h.o. i think was just a bit of a disaster because it caused so much confusion the bottom line is this, there are lots of people with infections who have no symptoms who are spreading the virus and getting other people infected. >> reporter: dr.ant efauci telling a panel telling the pan demme sick only just beginning and one more thing, doctors and epidemiologists are suggesting that if you do go to a protest, you want to make sure you're wearing a mask, if you can, keep six feet of social distance and after that protest, try to get a test for the coronavirus back to you. >> tough to do sometimes for them

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in today's top stories, nascar's only current black driver will race in a black lif lives matter car bubba wallace pilots the 43 car with decals of his sponsors taking a back seat to the movement as wallace called for a banning of confederate flags at raceways saying no one who attends races should feel uncomfortable. the ceo of crossfit has stepped down from his position, after he made inflammatory tweets over the death of george floyd. greg glassman commented "it's floyd 19" in response to a tweet for the institute of health metrics and valuation that called racism and discrimination

critical public health issues. a day later glassman tweeted an apology saying "i made a mistake by the words i chose yesterday." after the comments, reebok dropped their partnership with crossfit on tuesday, glassman announced his retirement, in a statement posted to the company website he said "i created a rift in the crossfit community and unintentionally hurt many of its members. in seattle a black lives matter group is suing the police department the lawsuit seeks to block the use of tear gas which police have used in recent days to break up demonstrations. last friday the police promised a 30-day ban on the chemicals, this video was taken on monday when police say the crowd was throwing bottles and rocks the department hasn't commented on the lawsuit in response to recent anti-racism protests and exposed instances of police brutality, mayor de blasio is taking a stand. the mayor announced some of the city streets will be renamed and the words "black lives matter" will be painted in a prominent

area of each borough, after a street near the white house was painted named black lives matter plaza. multiple members in d.c. national guard tested positive as a result those who tested positive or high risk for having the disease are being held back until the threat of contagion passes in the past, health officials warned that large public demonstrations carry the risk of spreading covid-19 the labor battle in baseball continues. the mlb p.a.'s latest proposal includes an 89-game season the league is expected to reject that package monday they put forth a 76-game plan with salaries pro-rated a 75% for playoff teams ann to tha jordan of the "catch 23" boat reeled in a blue marlin, look at this thing, weighing over 440 pounds this is part of the big rock fishing tournament where winners

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right now at 4:30, breaking news in vallejo, an overnight shooting leaving multiple people hurt. a live report from the scene on what we're learning about the victims just moments away. plus -- >> i think that people just want to get back to normal. >> back to normal but at what cost? up next the newest numbers in on the spike in covid-19 cases across the bay area as we delve deeper into reopenings. and get ready to crank up the ac. the warming trend continues. but just how hot will it get? we'll leave that to the expert. meteorologist kari hall is tracking that for us.