nbc news world headquarters in new york. it's another day of protests nation wide. the first act of what would become another dramatic night. the big question right now, what will happen this evening and will every one be safe? police forces across america are maintaining their readiness levels or increasing them. the white house is vocally supporting that. the world is indeed watching how we handle the death of george floyd at the hands of a minneapolis police officer. protesters have hit the street in berlin, jerusalem, coppenhagen and london. you can see aerials showing a large crowd gathered at the state house. if chicago they will hold a moment of silence. these are some of the images from what happened yesterday. the illinois national guard will help secure the chicago city

limits in hopes of preventing more violence. >> this is a city that we must protect so it can provide for us. we know it's not perfect. if it gets destroyed, we are all left to pick up the pieces. >> the president is weighing in on twitter. he praised the national guard's actions in minneapolis. the president also says that the u.s. will designate the antifa as a domestic terrorist organization. the administration is blaming the violence of this weekend's protests on left wing groups and anarchists. let's begin in minneapolis, the heart of all this. morgan has been at the scene all day. morgan, it seems a bit more peaceful in st. paul at the state capital now than it was in minneapolis yesterday. >> reporter: you're right.

what a contrast from yesterday until today. that's something we have seen from day-to-day. these daytime protests are very peaceful. however, that changes when ever the sun goes down. i want to give you an idea of how many people are gathered here. this is one of the biggest crowds we have seen. peacefully gathered since the death of george floyd and you're looking at massive lawn here at the state capital docovered by what i would assume be several thousands. raising their signs, black lives matter, stop killing our neighbors and you can't ignore this because it make yous s you uncomfortable. we're seeing the beginning of what will be an event that will last this afternoon. we anticipate several speakers to come out and talk about the one thing that is many people want from all of this, joshua. that's justice and we have heard from so many of them that while their encouraged by the arrest of derek chauvin and that charge

coming against him. every one makes the point to say there are still other officer who is are yet to face justice for the death of george floyd. right now, as you look around, this is a massive gathering of people. what you can't see, joshua, is a line of state police that are frank flanking us on almost every side here and now you can see them coming out of the steps of the state capital. they are in that riot gear that we watched in minneapolis last night. they are not wearing the gas masks and so initially there's not a concern of that being used to disperse the crowd but they do have those batons. they have those reenforced pads on their bodies and those hel t helme helmets. kind of making sure to keep the peace and i believe, if we go to the right here just off the corner, you'll see members of the national guard also assisting here and it's important to note that we know that the number of national guards men here have been

mobilized and the largest number in state history. we know there were a thousands called in to minneapolis yesterday to assist, tripling the size of the law enforcement footprint there and that's why last night, joshua, when we just outside the fifth precinct, they were able to enforce that 8:00 p.m. curfew and move that crowd away. that's something we did not see the prior night. we will see if that level of enforcement continues going forward. right now on the steps of the state capital, very peaceful protest. wefr unhoping this message is not over shadowed by the damage we have seen so many nights now. joshua. >> i got to admit, when i saw the state patrol officers coming down the steps of the capital, i expected a different reaction. we heard them applauding. keep us posted as that changes. it seems like maybe the tone has shifted a bit today. let's hope. thank you. in new york, governor cuomo

says he expects the city of new york to face more violence. state police will help out upstate with keeping order. the nypd could be in for another busy night hopefully without more incidents that provoke more outrage. msnbc is ma give us an idea of how things look now compared to last night. >> reporter: it's really night and day not to be cliche. yesterday things started off relatively peaceful and calm. protesters took over the brooklyn bridge without much incident. as the hours went on, the night devolved. some more clashes between protesters and police including thatvideo of police plowing through a crowd of people. they were throwing things on the vehicle before you see it lurch forward quickly. as hours went on, there was more looting.

there was fire set ablaze. some 47 police vehicles destroyed and local businesses also decimated by all of this, including several assaults and arrests overnight. there were some 350 arrests overnight and some half dozen protests planned for today including right here in times square where we are around 5:00. >> thank you. let's zip over to los angeles. >> in a culture and institutions that surround us, we feel a righteous rage and we have to express it. the rage must not consume us. it must not be turned back on us. we know that it is only with peace that progress can follow. we must not allow any who feast off of chaos, who hunger for

division, who want to replace peaceful protests with images of a nation coming apart. we must not let them win. let's be clear. black lives matter and allies from across this city and region organized powerful protests in a beautiful park yesterday. no one, no one should point a finger in the direction of people who are exercising their first amendment rights at a moment when we need our voices more than ever. as long as i'm mayor, myself, these chiefs our entire city leadership is committed to protecting those rights. those rights are most important in bad moments, not just good ones when we must give voice to outrage, not just to moments of happiness. we're committed to the peaceful and safe expression of those rights.

we must continue to do even in these most difficult days to support peaceful protest and steps that our nations faces in the days ahead to go beyond protests toward progress. as the sun set in our beautiful city last night, we saw some of the ugliest images in a generation. acts on our streets that were not demonstrations for justice. destruction and looting that came from a small group of individuals but they have not just caused chaos and damage, they are hijacking a moment and a movement and changing the conversation. we have police officers who worked all night last night and the night before, who are away from their families protecting people and businesses they don't know the names of. they put their lives on the line.

some of them have been injured. this isn't new to them, though. our guardians put themselves out there braverly every single day. to save a woman trapped in domestic violence, a teenager who has been trafficked into sex trade. somebody who has been a victim of sexual violence in our city, proce processing, being the detectives. making sure justice is served in our city every single day. they mentor young people. they reflect the demographics of our city and no, none of us perfect. they are trained and continuously trained to make sure we have a model that is about deescalating, about looking at our own bias, about partnerships for peace with people that didn't exist in the city decades ago. we need to contain that fact. in the same city, we need to contain another fact that i don't believe is a contradiction. we have young people in our city who feel that they don't get a fair start in life. that the system is racist and

rigged against them. whether it's their school, family income, whether it's their health that they start many yards behind the starting line and that racism and rigged feeling infects our criminal justice system in its culture and its practice. for a moment, even those two groups on both sides of the line found common ground. it looks like this. out there, right now, we've got every one from every day citizens who are protesting to business owners to good cops and firefighters, upset and grieve about the injustice we all saw as americans first. we saw it in minneapolis and we've seen it too often. this is a moment to find and to hold that common ground and i'm committed to doing that. >> that's l.a.'s mayor speaking

about the violence in los angeles. protesters made their way from parts of the city both downtown on friday, closer to the area around the historic cbs television city north towards west hollywood with significant violence and fires. at one point chasing police officers down beverly boulevard. we'll keep monitoring to determine what kind of safety and law enforcement measures are being taken now. salt lake city is under a daytime curfew right now after last night's protest. police say they made more than 40 arrests. joining us now is the mayor of salt lake city. welcome to the program. >> thank you for having me on. >> what happened yesterday that was serious enough to impose an all day sur curfew. i believe it lapses early monday morning. >> that's right.

6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. it began yesterday at 11:00 peacefully. by mid afternoon a portion of the protesters had begun to creation destruction smashing cities and city hall, the court building. looting in some businesses, vandalism throughout the city. at that point it transitioned and devolved. most of the peaceful protestesters left and we had a frit significant public safety effort with a lot of restrants being exercised but as you mentioned, 41 arrests. people from the public. we're still assess any injuries in that realm m. >> salt lake city has some important monuments. temple square is about a mile and a half from the city county building. was there any damage there? >> not that we know of.

we have this curfew remaining in place because what we have learned in looking at what has happened over the last week but the last several years is the protests that have erupted that cities may be able to tamp down the violence in the night, see some calm throughout the next day. raise the cure few and see it spark up again. it was easier to put a curfew in place and hold it until monday morning. >> what do you make of the criticism of the police response in salt lake city? certainly not the only city. it's a group that woet a statement last night. it read, quote, it must be mentioned that protesters demanding an end to racism and police brutality were met with hundreds of cops and many acts of the very brutality that we are seeking to end. they were met with national guard, a curfew, they were met with dozens of helicopters,

rubber bull ets and the violent force of the very institution they want to reform. what do you make of that? >> two things, before the protest started i issued a joint statement with our city council laying out where we are at as a city now that we want to work that absolutely is at the fore front right now in terms of relationships between the police and the public and black men, in particular, this is systemic in nature and has to do with access to the job economy. it has to do with access to education, health care. this is in every facet of our nation. as a city, we are ready. we are willing and able to come to do this hard work and unearth this racism from all of the systems that we participate in. right off the bat, we have been convening leaders from around our city, around our state. people of color to help us unpack our own police policies

and standards there. give us suggestions and that work started before the protest yesterday. we gave a significant amount of space and there are others pushing back that the salt lake city department didn't up and down up soon enough. that's what our capital city is host groupnds too. >> mayor, thanks for talking to us. >> appreciate you having me. take care. the body of george floyd will be taken back to his hometown of houston, texas. residents in his old neighborhood are pleading for peace in these protests. priscilla thompson joins us from houston. what do we know about memorial services? >> reporter: joshua, we spoke

with the owner of a funeral home here the payor announced that george floyd is from the city and his body will be returning here. al sharpton is expected to delivery the eulogy. it's unclear whether or not the service will be the only one or if we can expect the service to be held in minneapolis. >> reporter: it's rainy day in houston here today. we haven't heard of any demonstrations or rallies that are occurring. what we doe no know is there's a number of protests and vigils that remain peaceful. there's been some flash points

in the city. the houston police department reports more than 200 arrests since demonstrations began on friday. the interesting thing is i spoke to a number of protesters who told me while this is something that happened in minnesota, it's still, felt very much so here in houston. >> he is from here. he is part of who we are. >> what do you expect when this happens over and over again? these are the out cry of the people and we're tired of being ignored. >> we just want to be heard. >> reporter: most the protests here have been peaceful. we have seen tensions es ka late in cities like dallas and

austin. the governor actually activated the national guard on yesterday and we just learned a short while ago he has declared a sate of disaster which means that he can call in federal agents in order to keep the peace here. >> i remember some of the protests in dallas on friday near reconnon tower got very intense. we'll see what tonight brings. you know this weekend gave us plenty of examples of the divide between police and the public. it does not have to be that way. a few cities proved that yesterday. check out what happened in santa cruz, california. hundreds of people gathered to take a knee in memory of george floyd. among the demonstrators was andy mills. the police chief. santa cruz pd posted this image. the department says it fully supports the peaceful protests and it will always keep protesters safe. flint township, michigan showed remarkable solidarity last

night. they took their helmets off and put their batons down and joined the march through town. demonstrators hugged and high fived and fist bumps. they sheered when the sheriff said he wanted to make it a parade, not a protest. we're looking live now in washington, d.c. where protesters are marching. hopefully it's a very different scene today from what we saw yesterday. there was this tremendous amount of violence last night and on friday night. protester happening now in washington, d.c. wooep keep an eye on that and have a report from the white house in a bit. also coming up, we'll talk to an organizer of minneapolis protests about police tactics, troublemakers in the crowds and what minnesota nice is really about. that is next. - when i noticed my sister moving differently,

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peaceful. you have thousands o of people who started at howard university on georgia avenue and now they are on their way to the white house. peaceful. they don't want their message to be lost. they say, yes, you have seen looting. you have seen some vandalism and violence. these folks are very peaceful. they want all three officers shown on a video that's been shown on social media and around the world to be arrested and charged. they also want the investigation

of breonna tailylor and what happened to her. they have stopped. they will be heading to the white house. they have signed that read i can't breathe. hands up, don't shoot. many of them say the george floyd case is the one that broke the camels back. they are absolutely sick and tired of what they describe as killer cops taking the lives of unarmed black people. they also say that they are upset with donald trump. they feel he's not shown leadership in terms of race relations. they said in terms of with the tweets about looting and shooting and vicious dogs making a reference, what they say is to segregation in the 1960s during the civil rights movement. they understand that trump is using to his political advantage but they say it's bigger than

that. this is about not just black rights but civil rights for all americans. including white, black, asian, trans, gay. they say this is a systemic problem that's occurred in america and they will not stop until they see justice. worth mentioning that some food up last night on top of secret service cars and security booth next to the eisenhower executive office building but they say that's a small minority compared to the thousands of peaceful protesters. they are angry over the death of george floyd. they say former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin holding his knee for nearly nine minutes was wrong and they want justice in this case. i'll continue to bring you live updates here and on twitter. live as we head to the white house. i'm shomari stone.

back to you. >> thank you. looks like they just crossed m street. looks like they are not far from the white house now. you heard about the students demanding systemic change. they say that's what's needed to prevepts another george floyd case from happening again. so does our next guest. he says the death was the last straw. the moment that, in his words, mushroomed into this crisis. joining us is mike griffin. an activist and for the organization community change. welcome. >> how you doing? >> pardon my voice. i've been in the streets chanting so it's rough. >> you sound just fine. since you're in streets, that's a perfect place to start. we know a lot of cities the law enforcement tactics were much more intense. what is your thought on what you saw and perhaps what you

encountered. >> what i saw in st. paul on your network is it's clear that we live in the police state. police are on every corner in minneapolis almost. these are band aid solutions to the real problems that black foe folks are facing in minnesota. we have one third of black folks that live in minneapolis actually live in poverty. i've sat here at home in this apartment for three months and watch the news media say that covid-19 is ravaging black populations more. there's systemic problems that are happening in this country that is boiling over in the rage. we need a living wage for every single worker in the state of minnesota. we need to make sure we have affordable housing and stop red lining. we need good jobs. we need investment in our community and we need police accountability. there's been numerous black men who have been killed by not only minneapolis pd but other police

departments across minnesota. we have beat a drum in the state about police accountability for years. my brother george was the final straw in what the protest you have been seeing take place. in order to solve it, we need to change from this police state, this police state to a caring state. fair for black lives. >> there is very real. you mentioned housing. there's very real concerns about housing in and around minneapolis. there's new development going on but some of folks i've interviewed in the past have been concerned about who is able to get into that new housing and who is displaced by it. let me ask you about the nature of the violence we've been seeing. you've been vocal about outsiders inciting violence. on friday you were involved with a scrap with white protester who is were trying to destroy buildings. some are blamed the violence or far left or anarchist.

who do you think it is and why would someone do that? >> i can only talk about what i've seen. as an organizer, i've been hundreds to protests around the country and to dozens of black live matters protest. people show up there with bull horn, clipboards signs, there's a chant. we march. we protest with our voice and feet. there's some people who have shown up in minneapolis protests that are showing up with like sawed off hammers. with giant bricks. dressed in military outfit. what i saw was four or five people that were not necessarily part of the protest, not representing black lives matter but they were completely destroyi neighborhood street. i recorded them. i confropnted them and they ran off. i don't know who started all the fires in minneapolis but in this case they were not involved with

black lives matter was doing that destruction. >> i got to get to the peace you wrote about this stereotype of minnesota nice. minnesota nice can be as noxious as the tear gas that's stung my eyes and burned my skin over the last few days. unquote. before i let you go, is being minnesota nice really that big a problem. >> it's minnesota nice if you are white. we have a while to go to have minnesota nice to be for every single minnesotan. the only way we get there is if our elected officials, people in power. i'm calling on mayor frey, the governor, to get big, bold policies to fix some of the success systemic problems we're having in the state. thank you so much. let's head to south florida and take a live look at ft. lauderdale where protesters are gathering as well.

this is part of south florida that had opinion shut down for quite some time and is just beginning to reopen, including reopening the beaches. it looks like they making their way down broward boulevard which is one of main thoroughfares through downtown ft. lauderdale. it's where the county administration building is. not far from city hall. there's a historic black neighborhood not far from downtown ft. lauderdale on the other side of the highway. these protesters seem to be making their way down broward boulevard in ft. lauderdale. we'll keep you posted on these protests. haven't heard any word about those being anything but peaceful. unfortunately, we can't say the same about the protests in los angeles. we'll take you there, ahead. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from anyone else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase sensimist. nothing stronger. nothing gentler. nothing lasts longer. flonase sensimist. 24 hour non-drowsy allergy relief

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civic action. you see there's a large protest going of after a nighttime curfew. she joins us from los angeles. erin, it looks like there's a lot of cleaning up to do from what happened yesterday. >> reporter: right now we're surveying the aftermath of yesterday's chaos all up and down this stretch of melrose avenue. restaurants and shops were vandalized. they made their way over here to this computer repair shop. she owns this shop.

tell me what happened here yesterday. >> it all started with the alarm going off. we had some glass breakage. for the next four and a half hours, we were watching on our security camera what people were going in and out from different rooms in our building looting, breaking, vandalizing the store. i'm extremely grateful for the community and our clients who showed up here at 6 c:30 in morning to help clean up. it's been an amazing out pour of love and i'm grateful for every one. we will rebuild and come out of this. >> you were telling me the looters cut through your security fencing.

they just went room by room by room like little ants. >> reporter: what happened when you called the police? >> they told us this area was not a priority. they were handling spalding at that time. i'm watching this on camera. i'm like, somebody get there. they first started a fire down there which the fire department came but when they came, they didn't know the people were inside. the fire department came first and the police came. then it was too late. >> thank you so much. joshua, here in l.a. today we have seen the worst of the city but we're also seeing the best of the city. people from all over coming to help with the clean up. >> erin, super quick question. any idea of why certain places were targeted? where you are is about a mile

and a half from paramount pictures. some of the protesting is near cbs city. is there a link there, or do we know? >> reporter: at this point we do not know why protesters targeted certain locations. we know a peaceful protest started in this area. a group of students in minnesota want action on policing. they are demanding their schools cut ties with the minneapolis police department. student body president wrote the mpd has demonstrated that black bodies are expendable to them. man was murdered. it's our job as on a institution to exert whatever pressure to keep our students safe and demand justice in our city and state. unquote. in response, the u of m announced it will limit clab

rati -- collaboration with the police from now on. >> thank you. i'm happy to be here. >> let me read a passage from your letter. we have lost interest in discussion, community conversations and donut hours. we no longer wish to have a meeting or come to an agreement flp is no middle ground. the police are murderering black men with no meaningful repercussio repercussions. this is happening right now in minneapolis. unquote. i understand the impotence to have enough talk, let's have some walk. if you lost interest in discussion. where do we go from here ? >> i think it had to do with we need to some of action now. that's why the demand was asking for the severing of ties. we have engaged in conversation and talk about what we can do in terms of keeping our students safe especially those who do not feel safe in the presence of police. that was not being seen or taken

seriously. >> what is the one biggest thing that the u of m could do to rebuild confidence among a lot of students? >> do you feel safe in minneapolis? >> at this time, absolutely not. it doesn't matter if i'm walking down the street. doesn't matter if i'm taking a walk. if i'm walking to class. there's always the fear and the fear i hold myself but for my brothers and cousins and my fair to also walk around. >> i want to be clear. you meet the image of the kind of person who i think a lot of people think would be quite safe. you're a university student. you're the first african-american to be the

student body president at the university of minnesota and you're saying with all that, you don't feel at all less likely to be the subject of police violence, not at all? >> police do not see prestige. they do not see class or socieconomic status. it doesn't matter if you're from the suburbs or the city. the police see a black person. >> go go fphers, have i got it right. >> that's right. >> thanks very much. the white house is the site of demonstrations we see but rarely like what we saw last night. today, crews had plenty to clean up. broken glass, rem mantss of small fires. president trump tweeted his claim that antifa is behind this violen violence.

he claims the government will demand them as a domestic terrorist group. federal law does define domestic terrorism. it doesn't have any procedure to make such a designation. monica alba joins us from the white house. the national security adviser was on abc this week backing up what the president said. here is part of what he had to say. >> what the president said and the reason he uses twitter is to get directly to be american people. he wants to deescalate violence and doesn't want people looting. we stand with the protesters. it's the violent antifa radical militants using military style tactics to burn down our cities and they are targeting the most vulnerable parts of our city. the minority sections, the african-american sections and his pan hispanic sections.

>> monica, what is the upshot of this? >> reporter: this was a significant development this afternoon given the questions objects what it would mean to designate antifa, a terrorist organization given there is no legal authority for that to be done as a whole group. attorney general bill barr did issue a statement a short time ago saying they would be targeting members of antifa in the vein of domestic terrorism and going after them in that venue but not designating them. we have reached out to the white house for more guidance. so far we haven't received that. the president has focused much of his attention on this group. he had the most extense ifr rema -- extensive remarks on the unrest. he chose to talk about the mob, the group of people who are creating some of the more violent clashes that you see. mostly also once nightfalls. that's something we have seen here at the white house in the

last couple of days. i can hear right now the newest group of protesters forming just beyond the park. these are proterss who come with chants, signs. mostly with their hands up chanting hands up, don't shoot. you saw clashes way late into the night resulting in the weekend, 60 secret service officers saying they sustained injuries over the couple of days. we're bracing for more of that tonight. as the president focuses on antifa. he has said the u.s. stands with peaceful protesters. you heard that from his administration officials on the sunday shows this morning. he has certainly focused more of his time on the extremists and he's also blamed democratic mayors and democratic officials for the violent protests instead of saying he stands more with why all of this is happening in this moment. there are no public veevents.

the white house called an early lid. there was speculation there may be an oval office address. some national speech. that's not in the cards today. unclear whether that will happen tomorrow or tuesday. >> lid being the term for the end of call time for reporters. thank you, monica. take a look at this group of protesters in boston, massachusetts. you can see them gathering and making their way through town. past one of the t stations. one of many cities where there were big protests across the country. coming up, before you call the cops, with a compelling monologue that went vinral and it's getting a lot of attention. we hear the message in that monologue when we come back. our homes. overnight, they became our offices, schools and playgrounds. all those places out there

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before you call the cops, i just want you to know, the first thing i did when i woke up this morning was yell at my alarm clock. my parents were raised in the south. i have to roll tide or they'll disown me. >> that was actor, musician tyler merit. in 2018 he posted that video urging compassion through facts about his life. some funny, some serious.

two years later his video has inspired african-americans who are reeling from the death of george floyd. >> i hate that any one at all might possibly be a frfraid of . i go around the world and back again if i knew that single act might make your day better. i'm a proud man. i'm a proud black man. does any of this really matter? no. i just wanted you to get know me better before you call the cops. >> tyler joins us now. welcome. >> hey, how you doing, joshua? >> i'm good. i'd love to know a lot more about this but i know our time is short. what inspired the monologue? >> i'll tell you, everything i try to do with tyler merritt

project is build a ground floor. i believe that everybody wants to be loved, accepted, heard. they want to laugh. they want to know they have been seen. if i could just build a ground floor there knowing that's where we all are and we can understand that, then maybe i could say something. with that being said, i want to be clear. i don't feel the need in this video to have to humanize myself to anybody. that was not my goal with this. i was hoping that i could save lives. that if for a second if someone in law enforcement, anybody was with someone of color and just for a second they thought to themselves, man, maybe this guy is just trying to get home to his mom. maybe this guy -- sorry, man. maybe this guy just really just wants to see his kids. maybe this guy doesn't like

bananas like me because they're disgusting. >> i can tell this is -- where did you just go? you went somewhere just now. where did you go? >> joshua, i walk about three miles, four miles every day in nashville. my friends, when i leave, they say be safe. i know when they're saying be safe. i know they're not saying don't get hit by car. what they're saying to me is, you take a risk when you walk outside and put your headphones on and put your hoodie on and george bush turnpi just walk out in the street. i'm aware that floyd could be me. i've had friends say to me for tyler, that would never happen to you. people have said, that will never happen to you. i say to them because you know me. you don't think that would ever happen to me.

people say, if they knew you then they would understand. i want to say, i don't have the privilege assuming people know who i am and before you call the cops was my opportunity to just say, this is who i am. not because i need to tell you but because you need to know that you might not have black friends and don't get it twisted, just cause you go to a white church and say i got three black people go to my church, if you can count the black people at your church, you need more. >> tyler, i appreciate you sharing your story. i totally get why it's so emotion emotional. i give you credit for having the flyers backdrop of any skype interview i've sign. thanks very much. >> appreciate you, joshua. thank you for nak mamaking

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national guard presence. demonstrators are calling for racial justice and police reforms after the death of george floyd. this in santa monica, california. proter protesters are marching there. so far the protests have been peaceful but no guarantee they will stay that way. dozens of cities across the country saw violent clashes last night and curfews are in effect starting in a few hours. i want to go first to where all of these protests began in minnesota where we saw a different tone from last night. we saw clashes with police. my colleague is in st. paul. morgan, thank you for your reporting. it's been extraordinary. help us understand what is the difference between what you saw last night and the protests happening right now. >> reporter: the difference is literally night and day. that's really been the case since we arrived in minneapolis earlier this week. these daytime crowds that