i can't tell you the kind of pain you feel when you watch something like that. when you watch your big brother, who you looked up to your whole entire life die, die begging for his mom. >> mr. floyd testifying before congress today after burying his brother, george, as a push for change takes on a new. >> a black man restrained by police uttering the all too familiar words, i can't breathe.

what about the nationwide demonstrations >> the pandemic is also caused food prices at the grocery stores to spike, but is relief ahead for consumers. the olympics may redefine the rules on athletes and demonstrations "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i am phillip mena >> i am frances rivera an impassioned plea to not let george floyd's death be in vain. afterward he marched near lafayet lafayette square kristin walker has more >> he did not deserve to die over $20 i am asking you if that -- is that what a black man is worth

$20? >> on capitol hill an emotional and raw appeal from saw loanious floyd, demanding justice for his brother, george. >> he pleaded for his life he said he couldn't breathe. nobody cared nobody people pleaded for him they still didn't care justice has to be served you don't even do that to an animal his life matters all our lives matter black lives matter >> floyd describing the despair he felt watching the video of an officer kneel on his brother's neck eight minutes and 46 seconds of horror. >> i just think about that video over and over again. felt like eight hours and 46 minutes. hurt seeing my brother plead for his life, watching an officer

just put a knee on his neck. >> now demanding lawmakers take action to prevent others from dying like his brother >> honor george and make the necessary changes that makes law enforcement the solution and not the problem. hold them accountable when they do something wrong teach them what it means to treat people with empathy and respect. >> lawmakers striking a rare bipartisan note. >> today is a day to set our politics aside >> it's not a democratic issue or a republican issue, this is an american issue. >> nbc's kasie hunt on the hill. >> floyd's plea was for to go that far >> for his part president trump met with african-american media personality and he has come under fire for not yet having a

plan to address the problem. >> nobody's done anything like we have done >> the white house is also on defense after the president tweeted a baseless conspiracy theory on the day of floyd's funeral, accusing the 75-year-old protest in the video of a setup based on a false report that originated on a fringe website >> he's sweeting out the protester was assaulted. >> as for floyd, at times overwhelmed by grief, a simple request that his brother does not die in vain. >> wish i could get him back >> a powerful seen unfolded across from the white house on wednesday night, floyd marching with protesters calling for change and president trump announced earlier in the day he plans to

hold a campaign rally in tulsa, oklahoma, on friday, and it will be the first in three months and since the coronavirus began. >> thank you for the first time since george floyd's funeral president trump is traveling to dallas today to meet with law enforcement officials and african-american faith leaders to talk about the issues for more let's get to our correspondent, tracie potts. >> phillip, the silence could end today when president trump meets with those law enforcement and local leaders in dallas and he is expected to reveal what his plan is going to be. the white house said he will back congressional reforms and he has ideas of his own he can do through executive action and that could happen as early as today as republican leaders are working on their own separate

plan that can come out as soon as tomorrow, and president trump is taking heat for his first rally since the coronavirus pandemic, and it's scheduled for next week on june 19th, that's the day that commemorates the end of slavery and it's happening in tulsa, oklahoma, a city where nearly 100 years ago hundreds of blacks were killed by a white mob, and here's what the president said about that visit. >> we will start our rallies and the first one will be we are just calling up in oklahoma, in tulsa, oklahoma, a beautiful new venue. >> the president noting that is going to happen in a new facility in oklahoma, and obviously the concern is lots of people crowded with coronavirus still spreading. phillip. >> that is true, and the historical content you mentioned

so important thank you. >> and tuesday night demonstrators briefly took over city hall, and some protesters used barricades to occupy several city blocks. last night the president tweeted about seattle's mayor saying, quote, take back your city now if you don't do it, i will and in another tweet he said domestic terrorists have taken over seattle the mayor responded by saying make all of us safe, go back to your bunker. in atlanta two more police officers have been fired for excessive force after two college students were pulled from their car during the nationwide george floyd protests so far four officers have been fired but more videos of police using deadly force are emerging and we want to warn you some of the images may be tough to watch. >> more evidence of police violence, but some officials pushing back saying officers are

now being targeted in california an officer shot when somebody open fire on their police station hitting a squad car before getting away. the suspect is still at large. but at protests across the country demands of change, and videos surfacing with police using deadly force there's glimpses of what happened three months ago when police say they tried to arrest ellis when somebody was trying to open car doors. an independent investigation is ordered. >> they need to go to jail if they lied because that's obstruction. >> the moments before the death of derick scott, and police were

called after scott was armed and got in a fight at a taco truck >> i am going to tase you. >> i can't believe please >> just reliving this all over again, and it's watching george floyd, there's a lot of george floyds, and my son was one of them >> the officers officially cleared of any wrong doing, while in new mexico an officer charged with manslaughter after tracking down valenzuela that ended in a choke hold. >> we want to end the violence on citizens by bad cops. >> this man was tased four times. an internal affairs review declared deputies followed guidelines and that incident also under investigation >> i would give my life in return for my son to be here >> police unions say out of

millions of interactions they have with the public a majority don't end in violence. >> overwhelmingly positive responses. i am not derick chauvin, and they are not him he killed somebody we didn't. >> as more videos come to light there are calls for oversight, the banning of choke holds and a full review of use of force. in a growing list of cases being ex examined and scrutinized as a whole. here's nbc meteorologist, j jaw necessaria web we have lots of damage sweeping up. over 270 wind damage reports, and no tornadoes, so that's good news it's going to be a pretty rainy

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olympics are planned for next year the olympic committee is open to easing its ban on protests sarah, it was not so long ago those restrictions were actually strengthened >> that's exactly right. it was back in january that the olympics strengthened these restrictions on athlete protests and said they specifically apply to taking a knee on the field or raising a fist on the podium, and there are signs they are rethinking that, and the olympics is consulting with the in-house athletes group on the guide going forward. they have not announced any sort of timeline and at the moment the protests we were talking about, taking a knee, raising a fist, those are still banned olympic athletes that do that can be send home or find, and there are signs this morning that might be starting to change we have seen fifa and the nfl

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