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from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> garrett: tonight, fury in atlanta, after police fatally shoot a black man. tleepg. an unarmed rayshard brooks calmly speaking to officers... then, chaos. >> stop fighting, stop fighting. stop. >> he's not coming home, ever. to lose him is like losing everything. >> garrett: protests over policing intensified. arrests were made. the wendy's where it happened set ablaze as america watches. >> the one thing that nobody can disagree with is that it shouldn't have happened. >> garrett: also tonight, a california community seeks answers after the hanging death of a black man, the second in two weeks. president trump prepares to hit the campaign trail of a divided na anr, at a time when
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americs feel pulled ance enc >> it was just so emotional for me, because i felt understood. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> garrett: good evening, everyone. i'm major garrett in washington. tonight, anguish and anxiety in atlanta as the city grapples with a fatal police shooting that started with no hint of confrontation. the city, already tense over earlier accusations of police brutality, is bracing for more protests. meanwhwhile, the wife of rayshad brooks told us her husband >> hello! what's up, my man? >> reporter: as this police video begins, rayshard brooks had roughly 45 minutes to live. >> you scared me, over there, because you were sleeping. >> reporter: two white atlanta police officers got a call friday night-- a man sleeping in
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his car at a wendy's drive-thru. at first, their talk with brooks seemed agreeable. but then, he failed a field sobriety test. >> put your hands behind your back. >> reporter: he wanted no part of those cuffs. >> hey, stop, stop fighting. stop fighting. stop fighting. you're going to get-- stop. >> reporter: during this ground fighting, brooks wrestled away one of the officer's tasers and ran. officer garrett rolfe chased him. brooks, still running, turned around and fired the taser. >> ahh! >> reporter: rolfe shot hisgufi) >> reporter: ...killing brooks. >> so they show me a picture of his i.d., and asked, is this your husband? i said, yeah, what's wrong? they said, well, miss miller, we're sorry to tell you... i just dropped to my knees.
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>> reporter: tamika miller was married to brooks for eight years. they have four children. >> it was murder. that was not justified. >> reporter: why was it murder? >> why was it murder? because he was shot and he wasn't armed. he wasn't dangerous. he wasn't coming at them at any kind of way to where they felt a threat.th shouldn't have felt threatened. >> reporter: within a day, atlanta's police chief resigned. officer rolfe was fired. his partner devin brosnan nit, aanta erupted. protestors stormed downtown. others blocked an interstate, squariinstt police. the most violent moment? protestors torched the wendy's where the shooting happened. lawyer chris stewart represents the family of rayshard brooks. >> he's another african american male that shouldn't have been murdered, just like george floyd, just like alton sterling, just like walter scott, just
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like-- the list goes on and on. >> reporter: tamika miller never imagined she'd be in the same position as george floyd's family. what do you want now for what do you want now justice? >> i want them to go to jail. i want them to deal with the same thing that-- if it was my husband who killed someone else. if it was my husband who shot them, he would be in jail. he would be doing a life sentence. >> reporter: no crim cainser officer, but the county prosecutor is looking into the case and says he will have a decision by mid-week. meanwhile, atlanta's bracing for another round of protests tonight. major? >> garrett: mark strassmann, thank you. california's attorney general is being asked to investigate the death of a young black man who was found hanging from a tree. the initial finding of suicide alarmed the community. some fear the wednesday death in palmdale, some 60 miles north of los angeles, could be foul play.
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cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports. >> can i also ask that we stop talking about lynchings? >> reporter: at a contentious press briefing, residents in the l.a. county city of palmdale demanded an independent investigation into the death of robert fuller. the 24-year-old was found hanging from a tall tree branch early wednesday morning in a public square across from city hall. investigators didn't say if a ladder was found nearby. >> we sitting here, staring at this tree-- it ter: fuller's si, diamond alexander, along with activists, now demanding answers, after they say the sheriff's department rushed to conclusions. for example, in one release, officials said it "appears mr. fuller tragically committed suicide," even though homicide detectives were still investigating. a second statement released by the city linked fuller's death to covid-19 related-depression, reading "sadly, it's not the
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first ssaid he wasn't depressed. >> robert was a good little brother to us. we've been hearing one thing and then another, and we just want to know the truth. >> reporter:it's the second recent hanging death of a black man in the area. on may 31, after a night of george floyd protests, malcolm harsch was found hanging from a tree in neighboring san bernardino county. officials said there are no signs of foul play, but said detectives were still investigating the cause and manner of death. meanwhile, demands for an investigation into fuller's death have gained national atteby both senatora hris d kardashian. palmdale officials are now calling for an independent investigation and autopsy. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, los angeles. >> garrett: president trump is celebrating his 74th birthday. the president returned to washington tonight after
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spending the weekend at his new jersey golf club. umutive or pin planhicbnile killion reports. >> reporter: the police-involved shooting of rayshard brooks outside of an atlanta fast food restaurant this weekend is now garnering attention from the trump administration. >> it's not clear cut, you know, like the callous murder that occurred in minnesota. >> reporter: the death of another african american man at the hands of police renewed calls for reform. >> one of the challenges that we have in these split-second decisions is the need for more training. >> reporter: south carolina senator tim scott is leading republican efforts, and will introduce a bill this week to address police misconduct and us force. but he coned, reducimunity for a >> this is not a time for lowest common denominator, watered-down reforms. >> reporter: last week, house democrats unveiled a package that calls for a nationwide ban
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on chokeholds. >> we are going to get a bill on the president's desk. >> reporter: president trump has said his administration is finalizing an executive order on policing. ( cheers and applause ) this, as the president prepares to resume campaign rallies june 20-- the president selecting the new date out of respect to african americans after being widely criticized for originally scheduling it june 19, a day commemorating the end of slavery, and in tulsa, where blacks were massacred nearly a century ago. >> i'm not sure that the planners on his inner circle team thought about june 19, tulsa, oklahoma, and race riots. unless you are doing a historical check, you probably don't get those dots connected. >> reporter: the head of tulsa's health department says the rally should be p campaign is moving ahead. a senior official tells cbs news, demand has been so high, the president may address supporters at two separate
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venues. major. >> garrett: nikole killion, thank you. let us turn now to cbs news political correspondent ed o'keefe. ed, former vice president biden has, for three months, said his running mate will be a woman. now, with recent events, is biden under more pressure now to choose a woman of color? >> reporter: well, major, he continues to face tremendous pressure to pick a woman of color, but cbs news has learned that his team continues to vet or look into the backgrounds of several women: senators elizabeth warren, amy klobuchar, kamala harris, and tammy duckworth, a paraplegic iraq war veteran. governors michelle lujan grisham of new mexico, and gretchen whitmer of michigan. congresswoman val demings of florida. atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms. and former obama national security advisor susan rice. despite the recent headlines, biden continues to insist he's looking for someone he would be comfortable working with, and who he believes is qualified for the job, and we are expecting an announcement by august 1. >> garrett: ed, as you well know, the republican national
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committee has moved the biggest night of its convention from charlotte, north carolina, to jacksonville, florida. what do we know about the democrats' plans? >> reporter: well, we got the clearest indication yet, major, this past week from the d.n.c. chairman tom perez, who said that joe biden will be in auconsin to accept the democratic nomination. that signals there will be some kind of in-person event, but much like every other event that we all plan for or have on our calendars right now, the exact details of course are up in the air because of the pandemic. major? >> garrett: cbs news political correspondent ed o'keefe, thanks so much. as americans begin gathering again, coronavirus infections are rising in more than 20 states, principally in the south and west. as of today, confirmed cases in the country number more than two million; more than 115,000 people have died. cbs's meg oliver has more. >> reporter: weeks after many beaches and businesses reopened, three of the nation's most populous states-- texas, arizona and florida-- hit record highs
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for new covid cases. >> i am seeing more cases that we're having to admit to hospitals. >> reporter: infectious disease specialist dr. aileen marty attributes part of the spike to recent protests. do you expect the numbers to continue to climb? >> as long as we continue to have mass gatherings, and so long as we continue to have individuals who don't remember how serious this virus is, yes, we will continue to see more and more cases. >> reporter: in arizona, more than a month after restaurants and bars resumed indoor service, hospitals are running out of beds. many establishments are voluntarily shutting down again to disinfect. this packed street party in new york city friday night prompted a stern warning from governor andrew cuomo. >> we are not kidding around with this. you are talking about jeopardizing people's lives. >> we're, like, stir-crazy, locked up the whole time. >> reporter: in milwaukee,
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visitors had no problem following new guidelines at the zoo, and in san rsfrco sandwiched between cars. >> it kind of feels like you are in europe a little bit. >> reporter: monday morning, the world will slowly reopen to tourism. the european union will open many internal borders, but the united states is not on the invite list yet. major? >> garrett: meg oliver, thank you. in chicago, strangers came together to achieve a dramatic rescue this weekend. surveillance cameras captured a moment a van ran a red light, flipping an s. wmoth thstreet rushed to the rescue,n righting the vehicle and then using hammers and bats to break the windows. we're happy to say, mother and child are okay. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," black-owned businesses struggling to survive pandemic pain. protesters in hong kong mark
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group with just now. protestors shoved an umbrella in my hand, a helmet on my head, and washed the burning chemicals from my eyes. protestors stormed the legislature on the symbolic date of july 1, the 22nd anniversary of the date the u.k. handed its former british colony back to china. you can see straight ahead, there is this black and white banner that says "no rioters, only tyranny"-- tyranny here of the government. hong kong's summer of discotdevs gang attack on demonstrators in a subway. police brutalizing protestors. clashes that shut down hong kong's airport. with tension made even worse after police shot a teenager at point-blank range. how much do you trust police? >> no, i don't trust the police. >> no, i don >> reporter: but this year, beijing is playing a heavier hand, passing a new national security law to clamp down on hong kong, while that city
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arrested pro-democracy leaders. >> we're told we have a democratic society, but we don't actually possess any democracy. >> reporter: yet even this weekend, on the one-year anniversary of major protests, hong kongers vow this is only the beginning. ramy inocencio, cbs news, tokyo. >> garrett: next on the "cbs weekend news," two strangers met on a plane, with no idea how their conversation about race in america would affect so many. america would affect so many. - e king prevagen f l re than 11 years now after about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didn't notice before. - it's still helping me. i still notice a difference. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.
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anounter on a plane, that lead tothessons f of us. here's cbs's kris van cleave. >> reporter: southwest flight attendant jacque rae hill had a lot on her mind as she prepared for a flight from dallas to panama city. it was the morning after the first night of protests. >> anybody that is paying attention right now can say it is heavy. it is hard. >> reporter: she noticed a passenger holding "white fragility," a book urging white americans to have uncomfortable conversations about race. so, hill asked him about it.
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>> he picked it up and showed it toe. he said, it really talks about how it is really our fault, and we need to start the conversation, and, and, because that's the only way things are going to change. and i'm like... and then i just start crying. it was just so emotional for me, because i felt understood. >> reporter: what did it feel like, that moment where you feel like you're being heard and understood? >> like, thank you. i was just like, just thank you. >> reporter: the masked passenger was american airlines c.e.o. doug parker. i di t i a personion wast is ece that shied from these conversations. but if you don't start them, and if you don't have the courage to start them, they stay in the background. and when you do start them, it makes a huge difference. >> we don't have safe spaces to have these conversations. don't pick words carefully. let me hear what you are thinking and we will work ro because if are you holding back,
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then nothing gets accomplished. we don't grow by being comfortable. so let's both get uncomfortable. >> reporter: hill posted to facebook. it went viral. >> notions i may have had about somebody of his stature, they were all dismissed because of my five- or ten-minute relationship with this man. you will realize that people are a lot more alike than they are different. >> reporter: parker left a handwritten thank you note, hoping they could stay in touch. >> we have to open our hearts. we have to open our ears. that is why we have two ears and one mouth, because we have to listen twice as much as we talk. >> reporter: an open-hearted conversation now being heard around the world. kris vaclwashington. >> garrett: "we will work through it"-- let's hope so. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this suntes" is coming up. i'm major garrett in washington, and on this flag day, we leave you with shots of the stars and stripes. good night. ve capti
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