a news organization, that doesn't take my experience as a huge black man -- i'm 6'3" -- a big black man in america out of the conversation. and it felt important to hopefully give people a view into what that was like for me. >> well, if people aren't following you, eugene daniels on "politico," they should. and they should read through all hello, everyone, i'm chris of your tweets over the last couple of days. jansing. continuing our breaking news and jonathan, as always, thank coverage here on msnbc, there is you so much. so much happening right now. thank you both for being here angereets for us. we appreciate it. we're going to continue to across america with protests watch the scene unfolding in los happening in literally dozens of cities across our country. angeles. this is not what we wanted to fear that even more could happen see tonight. these confrontations between as it gets dark despite the police and protesters heating curfews that are in place. up. mayor eric garcetti expected to speak shortly, and we will have the entire minnesota national guard has been activated, and that for you. so keep it here on msnbc. there are serious questions tonight about who is responsible for the worst parts of these protests. the attorney general blaming,

quote, far left extremist groups for the violence and ignoring the real scope of the problem. the protests, of course, started after the death of george floyd in minneapolis. five kwhar what seemed like five long days ago. they have become so much more. i want to take you to live locations, first philadelphia where smoke can be seen as protests continue there. we're also seeing big crowds in san francisco. we have seen a number of crowds across california, as well, there you see a car, some sort of vehicle that is on fire there in philly. there's a picture from san francisco. we have seen protests across alright, i brought in ensure max protein california that look to be peaceful as people walk down the to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. street there. we also want to go to our [grunting noise] nation's capital where a protest i'll take that. is taking place not far from the yeeeeeah! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar white house, and that's where we ensure max protein. find nbc's garrett hague. now available in twelve-count. stock up today! what's going on where you are? >> reporter: these protests are organic things. for the last two hours, there was a stabbedoff between

protesters and -- standoff between protesters and uniformed secret service just outside the white house, in front of the executive office building. it was peaceful. it was angry. a lot of high emotions. but people, you know, yelling at the police as american as apple pie, what you've had the last two hours. just like that, police pushed through, they cleared out the square. and then folks started to march. now this has turned into a march south on -- where are we -- 17th street headed across d.c. this has the hall marks of protests that we have seen for similar incidents around the country. chants of "black lives matter," "i can't breathe." george floyd's name joining the now available in twelve-count. ♪ pantheon of things chanted, brought up directly at these protests here today. again, a lot of anger in washington, d.c., today. a lot of it directed at the ♪ president who is not here. i'm told that these chants could be heard by folks who were working in the white house today kwhichb ♪ , which i think will be comforting to protesters who wanted to get their message heard. now taking to the streets around the calming scent of lavender

d.c. again, a peaceful protest so far. but people are angry, chris. by downy infusions calm. that's the bottom line. laundry isn't done the folks who are out here are until it's done with downy. sick and tired of this. and they're sick and tired of coming out every time an incident like this happens. that's what i'm hearing from the folks i've been talking to. >> when you speak with them, are they aware of the president's comments today and him saying that, you know, the secret service was waiting, that they could unleash vicious dogs and weapons? >> reporter: the attitude toward the president is much more broadly dismissive than it is focused on that tweet. this is a president who folks i talked to don't feel reports them, don't feel like listens to their concerns, don't feel like -- is speaking to them in any meaningful way. i've not heard any specific reaction to that specific tweet. it's more like the idea that the president's having the conversation wholly separate of what's going on here, that's not reflective at all of the anger and the life experience of the

people who are actually out here. >> garrett haake in washington, d.c. i know you'll update us as we see how that develops throughout the day. where it all started, minnesota, officials there taking a much more forceful tone tonight to these protests. and from the mayors of the major cities in minnesota to the governor, they're blaming outside agitators for the worst of what's happened. here and around the nation >> the situation in minneapolis what's happened. is no longer in any way about my first responsibility to you the murder of george floyd. is to protect life and liberty. it is about attacking civil and to speak the truth so that society, instilling fear and when we see a horrific murder disrupting our great cities. like what we saw on the streets so as you saw this expand across of minneapolis which joined too the united states and you start many murders of a woman sleeping to see whether it be domestic because she was black, of a man terrorism, whether it be jogging who died because he was ideological extremists to fan black, of decades past and the group, or whether it be centuries of slavery, of international destabilization of discrimination and racism, we how our country works, those elements are present in all of know, all of us cry out, if you this. >> let's go to minneapolis where have truth and justice in your heart, if you have love anywhere

battle lines are clearly drawn in your soul, that this is just a few hours before wrong. nightfall. nbc's morgan chesky is there for and we all want to make it right. us. we want to protect everyone's what have you been seeing develop there? ability to do that. >> reporter: we've seen two very that's what liberty is. contrasting scenes day by day. with liberty comes and right now, a peaceful protest is just beginning to responsibility to be able to peacefully, peacefully protest wrap up. very near that intersection where george floyd died on and to let government, to let monday evening. you can see just how many people our fellow citizens, to let the are packed into this area here world know who we are and the getting wherever they can, on top of roofs, packing sidewalks world that we want to create. and streets, to hear the message that they're trying to get out. and that is that george floyd's we cannot, though, fulfill our death should not be in vain. duty to protect life when people are looting. and they're making a very clear we cannot protect our ability to statement among the speeches that they are not those who were protect life when we see fires moving in under the cover of darkness and have caused so much set in dense urban areas that devastation here in this city and in neighboring st. paul, not only endanger firefighters but that could put buildings chris. they say they need make it clear full of residents up in flames. this is their city, this is and we've seen this before in their cause, and so that's why they're trying to make a los angeles when the violence delineation as the governor did escalates, no one wins. early this morning when he said and so everybody has to be that 80% of those arrested were

responsible for owning this not even from minnesota, that moment. this is a home-grown effort that whether you wear a badge or whether you hold a sign, i'm they're trying to push forward. but frankly, they've been asking all of los angeles to take a deep breath and to step fearful that that's been overshadowed simply because of back for a moment, to allow our all the damage caused here over the past several days. firefighters to put out the flames, to allow our peace >> morgan chesky from officers to re-establish some minneapolis. we'll continue to check in with you throughout the evening. order, and for us to let them thank you. both president trump and attorney general bill barr protect your rights to be out weighed in on the protesters there for as many days as we need to, for as many protests as earlier today. let's take a listen. we have to until change isn't >> and i stand before you in just something that's a slogan, but change is in the actions we firm opposition to anyone see across this country so that exploiting this tragedy to loot, rob, attack, and menace. not one more person has to die with a knee in their neck. these people, it's antifa, it's los angeles suffered greatly in a lot of radical left, bad people. they've got to be taught that 1992. we've seen other cities go up in you can't do this. >> voices of peaceful protests flames. we see black and brown-owned are being hijacked by violent businesses be the first often hit in cities where people go out there. radical elements. and i know that i'm not speaking groups of outside radicals and to 99% of the people who are out agitators are exploiting the there outraged and yelling and crying about the murder of an

situation to pursue their own american, but there are those separate and violent agenda. who think that, well, maybe if i >> i want to bring in former get in a fight that will prove assistant fbi director of something. it's not tough to get in a fight countyintelligence, frank f with a police officer. it's tough to not fight back. faglisy. i know you listened to the bill barr press conference. it's tough for us to all say if you hear him tell it, the violence is coming from far left take a breath, step away. extremist groups, we heard him but make no mistake, we also say, using antifa-like tactics. have to in this city make sure what's your take on him sort of that we can protect lives by making sure that there is not singling out one particular disorder like we saw on the streets of downtown last night group? >> i think it's troubling. or we see today. it's not unexpected, but it if you're still standing there should disturb us, and here's and just looking, now's the time why -- there is evidence out there that there's a whole to go home. come back, protest peacefully spectrum of troubling groups when there is peace, when things that are involved in inserting start to burn it's not the time themselves in these protests for to stay. their own agenda. and we need everybody to for example, on the right-wing exercise that discretion. we need everybody to summon side, we have troubling social media post from a group known as their better angels in this city of angels and, yes, demand the bugaloo boys. the movement cuts across a accountability, demand justice. for us not to pick new fights number of right-wing groups that right here where we have all are anti-government, all painfully year after year,

looking for a civil war -- the decade after decade looked at term bugaloo refers to a coming racism not just as something that infects our criminal justice system but that invades civil war that should be all of us, something that is encouraged and incited. about actions moving forward it's gotten worse toward white like we talked about yesterday. from so many people who don't nationalists and supremecists to start at the starting line believe they should have a racially basid civil war. equally because they and their you can see how this is an parents and their grandparents opportunistic moment. and great grandparents never for those who monitor these started anywhere equally. right-wing violent groups, including violent militia we need to resides that. groups, their social media is but we can't recognize that lighting up. through smoke. there's evidence already from we can't residcognize that when the police that their flags, people start to set fire to their incisisignia have been se police cars, where there's dangerous weapons, where we see within the protest groups. for the attorney general of the bonfires downtown in los angeles u.s. to single out only the that could ignite highrises. left-wing groups which are that is not the way to have likely present, as well, i think is politicizing a very serious anybody's voice heard. for that 1% or 2% of protesters tragedy, and it's a dangerous who think that's the way to make the statement, do not do a omen about where we're headed with this and politicizing the disservice to the memory of racial tension we're george floyd. do not do a -- do not make a experiencing. >> i know that in your day job disservice to the folks who have over the years you've worked to died at the hands of the brutality that we all stand contain many of these groups at against.

many large events over the tonight in the downtown area, years. tell us what we need to know the chief of police has asked me about who they are and how they from the four freeway that's operate, frank. >> yeah, and i think we're bound downtown so that we can clean up the debris, that we can seeing in today's law enforcement and government authority press conferences a make sure that shops are shift that's occurring. secured, so we can make sure they've been very restrained so that downtown residents can far, allowing genuine safely go around downtown and frustrations and protests to leave and come into their homes. occur even in minneapolis, to put a curfew on downtown ceding territory in the precinct starting between tonight at 8:00 building and letting it go to 5:30 tomorrow morning. because they knew it wasn't worth the violence. i sense a shift is starting to this will be something that we will be able to re-establish, occur tonight where they're warning protesters if you want to be safe and you're a valid the peace here. but i know right now folks are protester, stay home because we're going to take action focused in the middle of the against the violent groups and city. assume that that's who's on the i will ask everybody to do street tonight. everything they can to please go who are those groups? the worst among them in terms of violence would be if we start home, let us put the fires out, let us learn the lessons, let us seeing signs and some reports are indicating this of the global anarchy movement. rehumanize each other, whether those are the groups you'll it's somebody who is yelling at remember that show up in places a police officer or whether it like seattle and destroy is a police officer, let's find downtown. slow up at g20s and g8s and the common humanity between each other at this moment. it is the only thing that will

rappel off of buildings and get us to justice. it is the only way we can throw bricks and rocks at police protect liberty. officers. and it is the only way that we you're going to see the shift to almost an intelligence operation can save lives. from law enforcement where now i'll come back, and i know they've got to go global, and people have some questions, as well. they've got to decide who's i want to ask one of our coming here, who's going to do downtown council members to come what, and how do we disrupt it. forward. current price, who's been a >> so give us a little brother in service for so many indication of what you'll be years, to speak about how we watching for tonight and how do will able to keep the peace you handle this type of downtown tonight and hopefully re-establish the peace not just situation. >> well, first of all, i'm here in los angeles but across this nation. >> and that is the mayor of los troubled with regard to what we should be looking for. angeles who is talking about i'm troubled by the president's what is an ongoing developing tweet this afternoon that he wants to use the full power or scene where we saw a police the unlimited power, something standoff. a line of police officers that to that effect, of the u.s. was holding back hundreds of military involving these protests. protesters in a very famous area what i want to see happen, what i'll be looking for is for law of los angeles around the enforcement to take care of its mission and take care of farmers market. he has put out a request to, as he put it, allow our peace business. the less military, the less officers to restore some calm, national guard, the better because that's not what our country is about. quote, now's the time to go that's a last resort. home, announcing a curfew tonight. i want to see professional law there is also a curfew that has

enforcement step up and lead and been announced in philadelphia get their boots on the ground to make this happen. starting at 8:00 tonight and a that's something to watch for. little earlier on maybe within then of course, let's all watch the last half hour or so, we for the presence of firearms, the presence of people who come heard that the mayor of atlanta, from out of state, out of town as well, was instituting a to do violence, and let's see curfew in her city. i'm joined by michael eric social media posts about dyson, he is the author of "what organized groups, violent militia, global anarchists, and truth sounds like," michael, it the bugaloo movement with regard is always great to have you and to exploiting this for their own your voice at a time when we're all looking to try to understand purposes. >> frank, always good to get what we're seeing right now. your insights because there's so much experience behind it. thank you soap for that. you know, we heard some historic meantime we heard from the references from eric garcetti. oldest son of martin luther king jr. earlier. he says the arrest of the former i heard a suggestion earlier minneapolis police officer, today that maybe if one of the derek chauvin, for the murder of black men who had been murdered previously was still alive, george employfloyd is only a std maybe we wouldn't be here again. said, "i don't know what to predict." but how are we here again, chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and will second-degree manslaughter, two felonies where intent is a key michael? >> chris, it's always a pleasure element. with me to discuss these latest

developments is criminal defense to join you, however, under these circumstances, not so attorney and former prosecutor yodit towalde. much. we're here because we failed to learn the history, "those who thank you so much for being with us. from floyd's family to civil don't learn from history are rights to people on the streets, the questions are many. doomed to repeat it" in essence. let's start with one. why shouldn't the other three officers been charged? we don't learn from our history. what's the culpability if you we claim to be the most stand by and watch a crime in powerful, the brightest, the commission -- and is it different if you're a police most conscientious, the police of the world, yet the police of our world here in the united officer? >> hey, thank you for having me. states of america, as targeted the question is why is it taking so long. a lot of us are asking that with vicious particularity black question, and i can't tell you and brown bodies for lethal why. i'll say as a criminal defense attorney i've seen a lot of my clients who have been charged execution. what else can we saw what because they've been in a group, happened to mr. floyd? here is a plan begging for his and the police officers let all life. of that be sorted out in court. did he not speak plain english? they don't want to have to determine who is actually he said "i cannot breathe." responsible. i don't could why they haven't he cried for his mother. been -- i don't understand why they haven't been arrested. among black communities and as things are different when cops are involved. well as many others, that mother it would send a terrible message long since gone, begging for some maternal source of if this d.a., mike freeman, does intervention that would prevent

him from losing his life, from not charge these other three going the way of all flesh. officers who were just as america simply has not respected responsible, they were in the integrity of black life, the furtherance -- whatever their acts that day was in furtherance of a crime. they ignored mr. floyd's pleas integrity of black humanity, has not listened to the speech we for air. give or utter, doesn't take they actually prevented seriously what we say as an end iwitness.com from hewitnes-- case of our internal state. this man knew he was dying. prevent the witnesses from helping, they saw what was going on and let it happen. he was begging to the let off of they need to be responsible, they need to be charged, and if they don't, that is sending a his neck by the policeman who very dangerous message to the kneeled upon him, and yet law enforcement community that it is okay to watch your nothing prevailed. i'm afraid, chris, that unless partner, your colleague, do harm we come to the point where we as long as you're not the one take black life seriously, where doing it. we reform police departments, terrible message. >> you know, the day before the officer was actually charged, where we have attorneys general there was a question obviously to the county attorney why and local prosecutors who have hadn't the charging happened. he said, well, we need more conscience, who don't try to evidence. block and barricade and present i'm trying to figure out now obstacles to the realization of that he has been charged, what kind of further evidence could justice, we are going to have a vicious recycling of the same they looking for against these old story. >> and i'm going to go back to other three?

>> that press conference was so what we saw in the charging premature. you know, it implied that he had document yesterday because that something to actually provide, almost three minutes, almost and he didn't. three minutes of the more than whatever that new piece of evidence was, i can't tell you. eight minutes that there was a knee in the neck of george however, we do know there are videos from multiple angel else. floyd, he wasn't breathing. we know that they -- angles. they checked. we know that they have witness he didn't have a pulse. statements and the preliminary medical exam. they may have more, and that is and yet an officer has a knee in why they're saying that they had to get all of their pieces his neck, a hand, by the way, in together and examine all of the evidence to make a determination. i think that they understood the his pocket. it strikes such a casual cord content the community had. that was the day that things really, that night when minneapolis was on fire. people are yelling, people are the next day within less than 24 yelling and saying "you're hours, you have an actual charge. it wasn't the charge that killing this man" ands y as you everybody was expecting. they were expecting a higher degree of murder. when you watched that video, tweeted today the president that horrific video, what you calls he protesters who are moved to action by the horror of see is intent. what you see is an intent to what they see in these videos kill. and that can be implied through actions. and the way that chauvin acted, and calls them thugs. >> it's tragic. that implied that he knew what here is a man embodying the very

he was doing. and people were disappointed thing he's pointing at, a that the criminal charge of thuggish, roguish, predatory, third-degree murder without the ought democratic, dictatorial, intent is -- is the least severe of all murders. and that needs to change. neofascist presidency, and in the name of pride, law and order >> so many questions yet. being reestablished, he assaults thank you so much. we really appreciate you taking the time to be with us today. the very people who are expressing outrage. the heartbreak of what we yes, do we want people to have all seen now that she just preserve the right of life of others and not be stirred up by mentioned, seen so many times on either outside forces or those horrific videos as george floyd's life is taken from him, was made even more real in just ostensibly people or citizens the last hour. we heard from the family of who don't belong there? yes, of course. but the overriding concern should be about not only george floyd. he spoke with my colleague the cathartic release of the anger reverend al sharpton. >> they committed a modern-day and grief that these people lynching in broad daylight. experience but to empa that's -- i can't stand for theyicalthey that. >> yeah. >> i can't. and it hurt me, you know. and it just -- i just don't ical -- understand, man. em why we got to go through this? empathet why we got to have all this empathetically reach out to them as command are er in chief, eve pain, man?

i love my brother, i'm never he cannot confirm the issue and going to see him again. suggest to them that they are citizens who are worthy. in my book "tears we cannot >> i want to bring in now patrice cullers, co-founder of black lives matter. stop, a sermon to white america" i talk about an indifference to and misky newer of black lives matter in minneapolis. this is a family planning a funeral in the midst of a black life, a callous disregard national trauma that has grown to black life, where this man out of his brother's death. has his hand in his pocket, he refused to acknowledge this man m had expired beneath his knee and misky, what is your message to fellow minnesotans tonight? it didn't make a difference. his pleas made no difference, the pleas of those around him >> wow, the same message i think made no difference. that meant he was impervious to minnesotans want everybody to what he was saying and he felt, know that even in the face of let's be honest, that no matter police brutality and white what happened to this man, even supremacy, we have come together if the outcome was mortal and to take care of one another and that this man died that he would to actually realize what safety be protected by limited looks like. immunity, he would be protected we want justice for george by attorneys general, he would floyd. and we know that justice isn't be protected by local enough which is why we know that right now is the time to defund prosecutors who would not hold the police and invest in our him to account. and this is the vicious reality community. and it is actually really we have to confront. critical for the minneapolis there has been an unseemly

police department to acknowledge the harm that their institution has caused black families, to complicity between on the one hand the forces of white make an official apology, and supremacy that have arisen again then the city actually needs to in our nation and the kind of commit to divest funds from the police and invest in the health and safety measures that our structural system ic racism tha community actually needs. >> patrice, big picture, we're ignores the plight and watching those protest, most of indifference of african-american which seem to be quite peaceful people in america. and the president of the united now. we see chicago, we see states has only fueled the flames of racial bigotry in this washington, d.c. but we know what happened in nation. many cities around america, and >> nmichael eric dyson, the we know that blacks in america author of "what truth sounds had already been fighting covid like," in many ways we've heard and dying, victimized by covid the sound of truth over the last four days as we've heard from in numbers much greater than protesters and we've heard their others. now you see george floyd and his pain and we've heard their call to action. thank you, my friend, for being with us. we do appreciate it. diyin dying, and what we're hearing >> thank you so very much. from the governor and the mayor >> that's going to wrap up this and, in a different sense, from the president and from the hour on msnbc. i'm chris jansing. attorney general is that those folks who were looking at now, i'll see you back here tonight the peaceful protesters who want

and tomorrow. we've got much more live change were not the people who coverage throughout the evening. were causing the violence, were as can you see, many developing stories in cities across the not the people who were burning country. my colleague, ali velshi, who is down local businesses. live in minneapolis as the in fact, they're people who may protests there continue will be with you after this very short break. actually want the blame to go on to those protesters. right now is a time for action. how are you processing what that's why usaa is giving payment relief options we've learned over just the last several hours today? to eligible members so they can pay for things like groceries >> i think what's been most before they worry about their insurance important during this time has or credit card bills. discover all the ways we're helping members today. been a collective opportunity for people across the country to re-examine what's happened over i do motivational speakingld. the last seven years since black in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- lives matter initiated the to give back to younger people. conversation around police i think most adults will start realizing terror and the violence against that they don't recall things as quickly as they used to black communities. we are collectively realizing or they don't remember things as vividly as they once did. that law enforcement has been used for all social ills, it's been used to deal with mental i've been taking prevagen for about three years now. health issues, been used to deal people say to me periodically, "man, you've got a memory like an elephant." with domestic violence, it's been used to deal with things it's really, really helped me tremendously. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

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we have live pictures now from los angeles where the street protests over the killing of george floyd have shifted from downtown to the west side. hundreds of people gathering in what is known as the fairfax

district there. there was a standoff between these protesters and police, and you see the black smoke billowing there. at least one police car on fire. the group had marched past some iconic areas, the grove, the farmers market, and there you can see police forming a line with the protesters behind them. we're going to keep our eye on what is a developing scene there in los angeles. we're also expecting to hear from eric garcetti. so we'll keep an ear on that, as well. before moving to minneapolis, george floyd grew up in houston, texas. class of 1993, yates high school. his classmates gathered today in his native third ward for what they called a purposeful, peaceful march after yesterday's demonstrations escalated into clashes with police. the city's mayor urge houstonians on twitter to maintain the safety, security, and civility of the city. as reports of outside actors

instigating violent confrontations between protesters and police continue to emerge. nbc news's priscilla thompson is live in houston with the latest for us. i know that you have been marching along with some of these protesters. what's happening where you are now? [ chants ] >> reporter: yeah, i think you can hear me here. so we've got around 100 folks out here, still in third ward in houston, where george floyd grew up. these folks met at the park down the street, and you clearly heard a lot of anger and passion coming out of them as they talked about what's been going on. now they have taken to the streets to march. they're chanting "don't shoot" and also george floyd's name. there was a young woman who broke down crying as she was holding the sign just before this march began. so really a lot of emotion here. this is the second rally of the day i should point out. earlier today, we were at jack gates high school where george floyd graduated from. and there were tons of people out there in their red and yellow shirts to pay honor and

really celebrate his life. it was a very celebratory mood there. and i spoke to the folks there about, you know, the charges that have been filed against the officer and whether or not that's enough. i want you to take a listen to what people there told me. >> if you're going to charge them with murder, it goes the same for these cops. you was complicit. you could have said, man, let him up, let him get some air. you didn't do that. you sat there and allowed this man to die. they all need to be prosecuted. >> reporter: that's what we're hearing from a lot of folks out here. one, that the charges and the arrest are not enough, they want to actually see the other officers be charged. and also they want a conviction. they don't just want the arrest. they've seen this play out before and want to make sure justice is truly served in this case. i do want to point out because you talked about some of the outside agitator that's have come in to some of these cities. and the police chief spoke moments ago, and he says that of the people who were arrested last night when those protests broke out here in houston, he's going to be checking their

addresses. he's going to be checking their addresses in order to see where they're from and if they are from outside of houston or from here in houston. the governor has sent in some state officers until at least 400 officers are coming here to houston. they're also going to dallas, san antonio, and austin, chris. >> nbc's priscilla thompson where it does appear to be peaceful. we're grateful for that. has not been completely tampa n in -- completely peaceful in los angeles. there were large crowds chanting defund police, prosecute killer cops, they were waving signs at a rally. the rally speaker called for fewer public dollars for police departments and schools and prisons to be overhauled, looking for some positive things to come out of this. right now, you see that line of police officers on the west side of los angeles. and we're hearing and watching

as some of these protesters are chanting and clapping and sending their message right now. we're going to keep our eye on that. you can see it there, the death of george floyd has exploded long simmering grief, providing in some cases a bit of a catharsis. importantly, i think, lessons for others of us who are not black. this was the mayor of atlanta yesterday in a very raw moment that has now gone viral. >> i am a mother to four black children in america. one of whom is 18-years-old. and when i saw the murder of george floyd, i hurt like a mother would hurt. and on yesterday when i heard there were rumors about violent protests in atlanta, i did what a mother would do -- i called my sons and said, "where are you?"

i said, "i cannot protect you, and black boys shouldn't be out today." >> and that mother, the mayor of atlanta, we are told just put a curfew in place starting tonight at 9:00 p.m. joining me now to talk about what this means, jonathan capehard, opinion writer for the "washington post" and msnbc contributor. eugene daniels is a reporter at "politico." where are you? a mother calling her son, both of you have shared your personal experiences on social media of what it's like to be black in america, how it's affected you. jonathan, i want to start with you. i will tell people you and i have been friends for a very long time. you and i have had these discussions. and it really hit me yesterday when you tweeted "this day wore me out emotionally. tomorrow, i hope, will be a better day." this is tomorrow. tell me where you are

emotionally, my friend. >> it's still hard, chris. you know, i signed off from twitter, my husband and i, you know, we had dinner, we played a board game. i went to bed early. i woke up this morning, turned on the television, and saw what was -- what had happened in minneapolis, in atlanta, in other cities around the country. and my heart just sank even further. this is a -- this is a tough final for the country -- tough time for the country. this is a tough time for african-americans. once again we have watched another black life snuffed out before our very eyes, which is already painful in and of itself. but then to watch it snuffed out by law enforcement which is metropolit

meant to protect and serve, but as african-americans we have long known that law enforcement has never really been viewed as a force of protection. it's been viewed as a force of penning us in, of limiting us. and i'm saying that, chris, and as you said, we've been friends for a long time. i'm saying that as someone who has never had an incident with the police. and yet it is in my dna. to watch what's happening to black people, what's happening on our country, it just became too much for me yesterday. and even now, i've had to turn off the television because watching what's happening in our country -- and on top of all of that, watching what's happening in our country with a lack of leadership and empathy from the white house, from oval office,

from even the attorney general of the united states. that is what makes me feel even more uncomfortable, more fearful for where things could go not just tonight but on through election day. this is a time when we need a president and we need a federal government that is looking at its people who are hurting and providing not just means for local governments to -- to protect their citizens, but words of comfort and words of healing. we've long known that president trump is incapable of empathy, incapable of consoling, incapable of looking beyond himself and looking to a nation that is looking for someone to say someone in high, high office to say everything's going to be all right. i tip my hat to those governors

and mayors and local officials around the country who are trying to hold it together. but this is a republic, and we need a president who is willing to put politics aside and say "everything's going to be all right." but we've got the opposite. >> and eugene, i woke up this morning to a thread that you shared that was deeply personal. and i want to read it. "imagine watching men that look like you die knowing it can happen to you. for 31 years, being a black man has put a target on me. i am college educated, i live in d.c., i work at one of the biggest news orgs in the u.s., and i'm still followed in stores. i still have police ask me what i'm doing in my neighborhood. i'm not insulated or protected. i'm tired. i am scared all the time. growing up, i thought if i made people laugh and went to college and smiled i would be safe.

that's not even close to true." first, i just want to thank you for being so open and honest and raw. but what are you feeling tonight? >> yeah. i think -- thank you. for me, for reporters, we're often taught from the very beginning of our careers two really important things. first, don't become the story. and second, keep the personal out of it. and so in this hyper-visible world, i've been trying to figure out how much of my personal and private life experiences i can share, and it's been a little awkward. and so this week was really, really hard. to be quite honest, i cried all week. i could barely sleep. and the reason is because when america's having a conversation about race and racism, me and other black people are having our own personal memories coming back about the things that we've gone through in our lives. so it made it really personal.

this was very cathartic for me. it -- the experience of people saying really nice things has been nice. but what i really wanted to get across was that people -- it doesn't matter how much influence you get or what kind of job you have,have so many prt