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it as one of our important considerations that mr. brooks never presented himself as a threat >> reporter: former officer garrett rolfe who pulled the trigger facing 11 charges including felony murder. howard says after firing the shots, the officer said this in today's top stories, we >> the comment made by officer are learning new details this rolfe was, quote i got him." morning about the helicopter crash that killed basketball >> the second officer charged legend kobe bryant, his with aggravated assault and 13-year-old daughter gianna and violating his oath seven other people brooks was fatally shot last investigators say the pilot friday at a wendy's drive-thru when officers responded, they likely became disoriented by fog found him asleep in his car. during that january 26 flight. >> come out with the mouth piece a newly released report by the until you stop national transportation safety >> reporter: investigators say board says the pilot told air after brooks failed a sobriety traffic control that he was climbing, but the helicopter was test -- >> i think ys and ran. actually descending. turning around and firing the the ntsb says when pilots can't taser at officere d.a.'s press , see the sky or landscape, it can cause spacial disorientation >> president trump showed lawyers for rolfe called his support for former san francisco actions justified saying, fearing for his safety and the safety of the civilians around 49ers quarterback colin him, officer rolfe dropped his kaepernick

taser and fired his service fox's sean hannity, mr. trump weapon at the only portion of said he should get another shot mr. brooks that presented to playing in the nfl if he is good him. mr. brooks' back enough he went on to say he did the lawyers say rolfe immediately called for help when disagree with kneeling when the anthem plays he should be standing. brooks fell to the ground and colin kaepernick hasn't played gave him first aid adding when in the nfl since 2016. he was the first player to kneel brooks stopped, he gave cpr during the national anthem to protest police brutality and the until they arrived racial injustice another devastating blow >> five years after the charleston church massacre, city >> i was very hurt officials say they plan to i didn't imagine being there remove a statue of slavery because i don't know what i advocate john c. calhoun from a would have done. but i felt everything that he downtown square. this despite a law protecting felt just by hng what he went through monuments. at a news conference, the mayor said he will send a resolution and it hurts it hurt really bad to the city council to remove the statue they are scheduled to vote relo >> reporter: and, phillip, we're also hearing from an attorney for officer devin brothers nan local museum or educational institution. who said brosnan rendered aid to >> another statue has been rayshard brooks. vandalized but contrary to what the tennis arth prosecutor said he has not tennis legend arthur ashe. agreed to be a witness for the prosecution. brosnan's lawyer went on to slam black lives matter was written the d.a. for what he called a over it. rush to miss judgment. it is the only tribute to a

black man on the avenue. phillip? >> blayne, thank you others were toppled during >> turning to capitol hill where antiracism protests. they have been debating police the street is lined with statues reforms, a bill it would overhaul law enforcement we're joined by nbc capitol hill which norlgt a.tham will have rd tracie potts there were heated moments at >> juneteenth commemorates the this hearing end of slavery in the united >> reporter: it was a very states according to nbc, c.e.o. jeff heated hearing, and this was bezos sent a memo to employees over democrats' plan on police urging them to cancel all meetings while the company is not makin reform the exchange that we're going to show you centered around what it means to be a black man in employees, bezos said they will offer a range of online learning america and how the peopleere in opportunities throughout the washington understand that or not. day. the 56-year-old ended memo said take time to reflect, support each other >> as a black male who went to a slavery ended a long time ago, but racism didn't. >> after being closed almost fifth best public high school in four months, hong kong disneyland is gearing up for a the country, who was a victim of grand reopening. in addition to deep cleaning throughout the park, coronavirus excessive force, who has a black measures have been established for guests including temperature checks and social distancing in lines and also theaters. son, who has worries that you park goers will be able to all don't -- people are dying as interact with their favorite

characters, although they have to do it from a distance we talk. across the board what we are so i am not interested in moving at a snail's pace. seeing in the theme parks when it comes to that, universal. i am not interested in a watered down bill that mandates nothing. >> yeah, that's what it's going to look like >> are you suggesting that ports same thing. you're certain none of us have non-white children because you reflect on your blackson and you said none of us could understand -- >> stop. i'm not about to get sidetracked about the color of our children. it is about black males, black people in the streets that are getting killed and one of them happens to be your kid, i'm concerned about him, too and clearly i'm more concerned about him than you are >> you're claiming you're more concerned for my family than i do who in the hell do you think you are? >> gentlemen, was that a nerve >> yes >> reporter: that got pretty tense. they were debating the democrats' plan that includes a ban, a nationwide ban on choke holds. republicans are out with their version in the senate. it's different

it includes collecting more data and more transparency, but on choke holds, it would withhold federal funds if police departments decide to make that change back to you. >> reflection of all the debates going on in this country tracie, thank you. >> the trump administration is escalating its legal fight with national security advisor john bolton about his upcoming book they filed for an emergency hearing on friday, asking a california records a record day judge to issue for coronavirus cases, we're restraining order on its release, claiming that the book contains national security learning governor gaivvin newso information. on twitter, president trump is ordering a statewide face slammed the book, saying it's made up of lies and stories and calling bolton a disgruntled covering. the changes that could soon be boring fool who only wanted to go to war. coming. the book's publisher called the >> for news to show up on monday attempt frivolous, adding that morning after two black lives copies have already been matter events, seems far too distributed worldwide. here with a few excerpts is coincidental. peter alexander. >> reporter: a blistering patrols coming to oakland's portrayal of president trump lake merritt after a disturbing from his former national security advisor john bolton bolton writes, the trump announcement presidency is not grounded in philosophy, grand strategy or

policy it is grounded in trump. adding, i'm hard-pressed to identify any significant trump decision during my white house tenure that wasn't driven by reelection calculations. in a copy of his book obtained by nbc news, bolton writes, during president trump's trade negotiations with china, he was pleading with president xi to ensure he'd win, offering to reduce tariffs in exchange for some increases in chinese farm products purchases to help win the crucial farm state vote. bolton writes, the president was willing to halt criminal investigations to, in effect, give personal favors to dictators he liked, citing cases involving china and turkey writing, the pattern looked like obstructios a way of life. bolton says he reported his concerns to attorney general william barr, but he acknowledges they are not necessarily impeachable offenses and that he does not know everything that happened bolton, who left last year, he says he resigned, the president says he fired him, also makes more personal allegations. saying the president asked if

finland was a part of russia, and that during a meeting secretary of state mike pompeo passed him a note, insulting president trump saying, he is so full of expletive. the white house has not responded to bolton's accusations, but the justice department filed suit to delay publication, arguing bolton never completed a mandatory review to protect national security secrets and says the manuscript is rife with classified information. >> any conversation with me is -- it becomes even worse if he lies about the conversation >> reporter: bolton's lawyer has denied the book contains classified information and says the administration dragged out its review process to keep the president from being embarrassed. so far neither the attorney general nor secretary of state has responded to bolton's accusations. phillip? >> all right, thanks, peter. >> in nearly half the country, coronavirus cases are still on the rise, and despite the risk, a line is continuing to grow in tulsa, oklahoma, for president trump's campaign rally planned for saturday that's one of many states seeing a spike in cases

nbc's chris pollone has this report makes health experts shudder. ignoring federal glines to prevent the spread of covid-19 where cases are on the rise. cases in florida where friends got coronavirus after a night on the town >> i was one of those people, come on, it's not that serious, and i got it >> reporter: leaders point to an increase in testing for a spike in cases in many states the positive test is also rising it can't be just because of the number of tests we've done >> if anything, you expect the number of positivity to go down if that was the case >> it's induced by us opening up early and moving on from the problem before the problem is moved on from us >> reporter: 23 states have seen a rise in cases over the last week more than a dozen a surge of 25% or more. mayors in texas and florida are asking governors for permission to impose mandatory mask-wearing rules. the governors are saying no. >> at the end of the day we should be trusting people to

make good decisions. >> reporter: in tulsa oklahoma, they are bracing for the first indoor mass gathering since the pandemic hit a campaign rally for president trump which promises to pack 19,000 people in a downtown arena. some have called it a potential super spreader event >> so many people are over covid, but covid is not over covid is here. it's transmitting very efficiently in our community >> reporter: urging people over 65 years or older or with weakened immune systems to stay home chris pollone, nbc news. >> the massive arizona wildfires continuing to burn through thousands of acres it's triggering evacuations as the state grapples with the spike in coronavirus infections. the bushfire just northeast of phoenix has grown to over 104,000 acres, up from 64,000 on tuesday. according to the u.s. forest service, it's only 5% contained, and the national weather service says the fire ranks as the 7th largest in arizona history >> all right meteorologist janessa webb is

following the conditions there, see if it's going to help at all. janessa, good morning. >> good morning to you good morning, everyone this continues to be a fluid situation that continues to grow it's all due to the wind flow. they are picking up out of the northwest about 30 to 35 miles per hour, and that's allowing that fire to grow in that area we're going to be watching that throughout the day and hopefully get a little bit of relief by tomorrow talk about more of that coming up but i also am watching the system for the central plains. you're going to have headed youy from cheyenne to casper, wyoming, that's the place to be today. mostly sunny in the mid 70s. but i'm ready to talk about the positive i'll have better news about the southwest coming up. >> we're going to want to hear

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