weekend and thanks for being here with us. on behalf of all my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night from our temporary field headquarters. we continue now with live coverage. daybreak in the nation's capit capital, washington, d.c. the calm before what's expected to be a storm of protests. this is a look at capitol hill and the white house. you can't see it, but the white house perimeter fortified by tall fences. in a matter of hours, huge crowds are expected to fill the streets in the largest demonstrations there since the killing of george floyd. >> one area they plan to fill is just a few feet from the white house. overnight, this area right there, black lives matter plaza was lit up just hours after the

city painted the name there and the letters there in really, really bold yellow. as mostly peaceful protests played out across the country from one coast to the other. we say good morning to you. it is saturday, june 6th. i'm kendis gibson. those are some of the scenes we saw overnight. many of them you see here in our studio. >> let's take a live look right now at a largely quiet times square. a daily curfew starting at 8:00 p.m. just ended at 5:00 a.m. going on all week. you can hear the police sirens as that encourages people to go home. this curfew remains in place through tomorrow. then there's this. new from the nfl. >> we the national football league admit we were wrong for not listening to nfl players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. we at the national football

league believe black lives matter. >> i never thought we'd live to see and hear that. nfl commissioner roger goodell admitting the league was wrong in handling peaceful protests by players. the most notable colin kaepernick who had been taking a knee during the national anthem. goodell did not mention him by anymore. we'll talk to a former nfl player about whether this move will satisfy the players. first let's get to breaking news. unrelenting protests across the country. police responding with projectiles and protests. demonstrators took to the streets in large numbers yesterday. many protests lasting late into the night. >> the demonstrations were mostly peaceful like this one in downtown los angeles. here's another one that allowed protesters demanding change to make their case right outside lapd headquarters. but a similar scene, peaceful scene i should point out. at a large protest in portland,

oregon. it turned ugly at some point when projectiles started flying including flash grenades that sent people scrambling to safety. then there was this. >> back up. >> back up. >> that's it. >> thank you. >> walking on the sidewalk. >> i don't know if you heard that person. he said i was arrested for walking on the sidewalk. that was in brooklyn, new york last night. nypd officers taking more protesters into custody. this is happening as police used the force and tear gas at protests coming under increasing scrutiny. police in denver giving in to an order from the federal judge curbing the use of tear gas and projectiles on protesters. the judge said the threat to physical safety and free speech outweighs the threat to property.

>> a philadelphia police staff inspector was charged with aggravated assault a video of this beating that went viral. similar scenes playing out during the week in user generated videos like this one from los angeles. officers wielding batons on protesters and in new york city over the course of the last few days. >> mayor bill de blasio said they will not be prosecuting some of the protesters, for example for breaking curfew in mass arrests. in louisville, kentucky last night a birthday party of sorts for breonna taylor. yesterday would have been her 27th birthday. her portrait projected on to metro hall, the center of louisville's government late into the evening hours. new this morning, 57 police officers in buffalo, new york, have resigned from that city's

emergency response team after this. two officers suspended for pushing a 75-year-old protesters to the ground. the shocking video. you see him fall on the ground. it's blurred but there is blood coming from his head or ear. it's reported as both. you see the officers walk by. nobody is rendering aid. those two officers expected to face charges today. that man on the ground, his name is martin gudino. he was a long time activist. we're told he's alert and oriented today. this is according to his lawyer. we're joined from new york times square. fairly quiet. that curfew now lifted. the nypd has been cracking down on officers who have exhibited some excessive use. we've seen plenty of video and use of it. >> reporter: yeah. not only are we seeing more

incidents on camera. but there's a higher scrutiny. in addition to the buffalo police officers who are now under suspension and investigation, two nypd officers are under investigation and suspension for incidents that were captured on camera this past week. you may have seen this first video of a woman being forcefully pushed to the ground as protesters backed up in the street. that woman says when she was pushed, she suffered a seizure and ended up with a concussion as well. then there's this disturbing video of an officer pulling down a protester's mask to pepper spray him. governor cuomo weighed in on the latest between police and protesters. >> in buffalo, new york, yesterday, you see that video and it disturbs your basic sense

of decency and humanity. why was that necessary? where was the threat? older gentleman, where was the threat? you walk by the person when you see blood coming from his head. who are we? how did we get to this place? >> reporter: of course, 57 officers as we mentioned have decided to resign the agency's response team because they say their team was acting in accordance with the guidelines they were given out on the street. they also say that man had been asked to leave the area multiple times. all of this happening and nypd is under more scrutiny for another video which appears to show them detaining a delivery cyclist who was trying to deliver some food. they said they detained him because he was out past curfew, guys. the mayor's curfew was exempted

for essential employees which he was. more incidents coming out today and we have more protests planned for later today as well. >> yeah. just imagine the many incidents that weren't caught on camera. we also have the incident where the police vans ran over those protesters last week. a lot for nypd to investigate. msnbc's cory couffin from times square. the latest reaction from president trump over the death of george floyd and the nationwide protests. here's geoff bennett. >> during his 45-minute rose garden speech, president trump at one point invoked the name george floyd. >> they have to receive fair treatment from law enforcement. they have to receive it. we all saw what happened last week. we can't let that happen. hopefully george is looking down right now and saying this is a

great thing that's happening for our country. this is a great for him, it's a great day for everybody. this is a great day for everybody. this is a great, great day in terms of equality. >> after the speech, the president shushed a reporter who asked how he plans to address systemic racism. >> our country is so strong and that's what my plan is. >> 2020 democratic contender joe biden slamming the president's remark about george floyd while campaigning in delaware. >> for the president to try to put any other words in the mouth of george floyd i frankly think isdespicable. >> john kelly agrees with former trump defense secretary jim mattis who this week slammed the president's leadership in a scathing op-ed. >> i agree. i think we need to look harder at who we elect. >> he's a four-star marine general.

>> the troops hate it. they don't see it as their job. they don't want to be used in that way unless it's really -- >> the white house complex into a fortress. a tall wall of steel fencing surrounding the perimeter. the trump administration has deployed law enforcement and military personnel to police the streets of the nation's capital. muriel bowser wants them gone. >> we don't think that soldiers should be in the nation's capital patrolling or policing streets. we've made that formal request to the white house. >> the mayor sending a message directing artists to paint the words black lives matter on a street directing leading to the white house. urging changes in police practices. >> reporter: today the white house is anticipating what could be washington, d.c.'s largest protest since the police killing

of george floyd. thousands of people are expected to march in the nation's capital. back to you. >> thank you geoff bennett. michelle richie is with us and michael star hopkins at northern star strategies and worked on the obama and hillary clinton and delaney campaigns. glad to have you both here. first to you richelle. give me a sense of your reaction, interpretation of the president's remarks about george floyd and equality and what a great day yesterday was for george floyd. >> i think his comments were actually quite disgusting. he's shown he's incredibly callous to the lives lost when it comes to be police brutality. he used a murder victim to talk about his tanking economy is really sad. when you look at the numbers and you see that while unemployment

has gone down, it's actually going up for black americans. this is just another sign of his incompetence, immaturity and his ignorance. >> michael, many people took what the president says and say that's an example of how he lacks empathy. in this time when the country is craving leadership that will unify the country, how do you think trump will be remembered during this time? how will the history books remember his leadership? >> i think he'll be remembered as wanting to be desperate. he lacks empathy as you said but also self-awareness. to say something like that in the aftermath of the funeral of george floyd. it's not just despicable, it's hurtful. i can't imagine being a family member having just buried someone and having the president of the united states use my family member as a prop. that's exactly what happened. he used a dead man who was murdered, who americans are

protesting over as a prop. that's something that history will forever remember and they'll remember everyone who was silent as well. >> we'll talk about a couple of things. monmouth poll found 76% of americans view racism as a big problem in the united states. 57% said demonstrators angry are fully justified to say all of that. there's somebody else within the black community sort of saying different things. we're talking about candace owens, not to bring too much attention about this young lady. but the president tweeted something that -- she said that george floyd has been held up as a martyr and it sickens her because he had a criminal history. the last time he was in jail was in 2007. the president retweeted that. i don't know what to make of it. i'm going to leave it with you. >> you know, i wrote an op-ed

about miss candace owens two years ago. it's interesting that she continues to argue that police brutality and racism is not an issue when, in fact, she was paid $37,500 for allegations of racism by the stanford public school system. it's interesting that she comes out and she continues to do this. when we talk about martyrs, it's very interesting how often we see maga evangelicals criticize people with a questionable past that they've been redeemed from. if you look at people in the bible, there are plenty of people that god used, david was a murderer, right? he still made him king. this whole idea that just because somebody had a criminal past that they somehow cannot redeem themselves, that they somehow cannot be used as a good example of how to overcome things, george floyd was a lot of things. one of the most important things that we've seen that he was was

a good father. >> what's interesting also is that another poll found 2/3 of americans, about 67%, think that president trump has increased racial tensions in the u.s. you break it up along party lines, only 29% of republicans believe that trump has increased tensions. michael, we saw congressional leaders were asked about how the president cleared peaceful protesters in order to walk to that church for that photo-op. how can republicans be in lock step with him when right now a majority of americans feel his response has not been adequate? >> it's one of the problems we're dealing with in this country. we live in two americas. one that watches a conservative network, which i won't name. and one which watches this network. the problem is that when you have one country and two sections of the country believing two totally different things, it runs strife for

situations like this, where republicans can lay cowardess and refuse to answer questions about the president of the united states -- that they can pretend they didn't see a video we all knew that they saw. we're at a flash point in this nation's history. it's very clear that either you're on the side of the president or you're against the president. i think that now people are going to have to take attendance. >> people have to take attendance. interesting time in history. rochelle richie and michael star hopkins. you'll be with us later. look forward to it. joe biden has met the delegate count to clinch the nomination for presidency. this comes after he met the caucus in guam and other primary elections last tuesday. he met the delegate count for the nomination and he went on to saye i'm going to spend every

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welcome back. as we turn to the coronavirus pandemic, as more businesses open across the country, 18 states are now reporting a spike in new cases. including states like california, florida, texas and missouri. new numbers also show more than 1,000 people died between thursday and friday nationwide. >> a milestone in the meantime in the sad coronavirus history here in new york city. the city saw its first day

without any confirmed coronavirus deaths since march of this year. there were over three probable covid-19 death meaning they exhibited the symptoms but weren't tested. this comes as new york city is expected to begin phase one of reopening monday. orlando reopened to the general public after being closed for nearly three months. the park is implementing new safety measures. temperature checks, mandatory face masks and social distancing while waiting in line for rides. >> of course, universal stewed yois is part of the nbc family. the nba plans to resume it season on july 31st. it would restart with 22 of the league's 30 teams and play games at the walt disney world resort in orlando. they would play eight regular season games wf entering a full round four-round playoff bracket. former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is expected to make his first court

appearance on monday as there are new details emerging in the case against the other three officers at the scene of george floyd's death. >> attorneys for two of the former minneapolis officers rejected accusations that they aided and abetted. >> joining us now katie phang, legal contributor and a criminal defense attorney. welcome both of you >> indicakatie. we'll start with you. according to his attorney, he told fellow officers as they were detaining floyd, quote, you shouldn't do that. another one of the officers, thomas lane, was reportedly working his fourth day as a full-time officer when this occurred. his attorney telling the court they're required to call chauvin sir. he has 20 years experience.

what is my client supposed to do but to follow what the training officer said? is that much of a defense? >> well, it's certainly a defense. but remember, you have to keep it in the context of when those words were provided. these were done at a bail hearing. so the bond for the three officers that were charged with aiding and abetting former officer derek chauvin has been set at a million dollars. conditionally at $750,000. the defense attorneys are going to say our clients didn't assist, help or abet officer chauvin when he was committing unintentional second-degree murder. but challenge to whether or not that aiding and abetting charge will survive will come in the form of a motion to dismiss, which is predictable. there has to be an accountability here for the actions or perhaps the inaction that was taken. i hate to say this, but we've heard this before, haven't we? historically we heard, i was just following orders or i was

doing what i was told to do. that has never resonated historically in terms of culpability and escaping culpability. we'll see whether or not a motion to dismiss, well-drafted and argued well will help them get out of an aiding and abetting charge. >>let talk about tohomas lane. his attorney speaking out. let's play it. >> no, i'm not claiming he was following orders. i'm claiming he felt what he was doing was right because he asked the training officer should we roll him over, twice. you got to have criminal intent for second degree murder and frankly, this is bull [ bleep ]. he has a way with words. enrique, does the elevation of the murder charge make the case more difficult to prosecute? we're talking about the elevation of the murder charge when this comes to chauvin himself, actually. >> no, i don't think so at all. not in this particular circumstance. when you look at the video, the most disturbing part of the

video is the officer standing there looking down at mr. floyd. he's watching, he's looking very carefully. he's looking at him the entire time that his knee is on his neck. it's also very important to remember, they had already called for medical help. it was already known that mr. floyd was already in medical distress at that time. what you do when someone is in medical distress and you've called for paramedics, they have the training, the training is to make sure that mr. floyd is safe while you're waiting on that treatment. instead, what this officer did was he kept his knee on his neck the entire time. not moving his knee. emt came over and took him off of mr. floyd. you know, the assault was taking place, that was an intentional act. by that being an intentional act, this was then therefore a second degree felony murder because the intentional act was the assault and, therefore, the unintended act caused the death of mr. floyd.

>> katie, i'll pose a similar question to you. we've heard over and over again from legal experts that prosecuting officers is a very difficult task. do you think that, by elevating that charge from third degree to second degree murder for chauvin, aiding and abetting to second degree murder for the other officers, do you think that that will make their case more difficult? >> actually not from a substantive legal standpoint, it's easier to prove second degree unintended felony murder than third degree murder which were the original charges. i think what's going to happen is a self-reigverance of the cam derek chauvin. also an attempt to change the venue in this case. that's going to be a virtual impossibility. how are you going to find a new place that hasn't heard about the george floyd murder and hasn't heard about what these cops did. you're also going to see if it's survived by a motion to dismiss,

you're going to see the guilt by association that happens when you present this type much case to a jury. we do have the ex poesh shush of police brutality and police misconduct. because you've seen an increase in the visibility of pulling the layers back and showing how the system has broken down, it's actually not going to be that difficult to get the convictions that you need. >> that change of venue plan worked successfully for both the cops in the rodney king and amadou diallo shooting here in new york. no doubt they will try to do it again in this case. katie and enrique, thank you both. new response from nfl commissioner roger goodell who is now admitting the league was wrong for not listening to players who wanted to peacefully protest. >> are his comments enough? a former nfl player shares his perspective coming up.

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lee in richmond, virginia, is coming down after years of debate. virginia joins close to ten other states that this week removed or have made plans to remove confederate monuments amid nationwide protest. >> the confederate south, former confederate capital of richmond, virginia, stands about 60 feet tall. we're joined from richmond with the very latest. you see how tall it stands. it's an easy target for many of those who wanted to vandalize it. little bit of a delay with our reporter in richmond. richmond, virginia where that statue is standing. the governor there who is a democrat plans to take it down. that's been part of a movement

that has quietly been taking place since george floyd's death about 11 days ago. we're going to move on, though to the nfl. another controversy. the commissioner, roger goodell is speaking out about how the league responded to players who previously protested police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem saying the nfl was wrong for not listening. >> we at the national football league condemn racism and the systematic oppression of black people. we the national football league admit we were wrong for not listening to nfl players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. we the national football league believe -- >> now continues on. joining us now former nfl player daniel wilcox. he played in the nfl from 2001 to 2008. he's now a scout for the

baltimore ravens. thank you for being with us this morning. we want to hear your reaction to those words from roger goodell. >> thank you for having me this morning. my reaction to roger goodell statement. to be honest with you, i think it can never be too late. i know some people say it's too little, too late. i think it's better late than never. i appreciate his words and i know that all the nfl owners have gotten together with this and they all backing roger on this decision. i think it's time for change. you know, when change arrives and it rears its head, i mean, i'm sorry it had to take the events it had to take to get to this point, but when somebody is able to step up and say we made a mistake, i think that's huge. >> part of what brought about roger goodell's statement, daniel, was that video, seems to be in response to that plea and it was so, so telling from several nfl stars to hear a response from the league. here's part of that.

>> this is what we the players would like to hear you state. >> we the national football league. >> condemn racism and the systemic oppression of black people. >> we the national football league. >> admit wrong -- from peacefully protesting. >> we the national football league. >> believe back lives matter. >> black lives matter. >> black lives matter. >> you have mvps. you have super bowl stars right there. >> all saying that i am george floyd. >> it was a powerful message. about 24 hours later, you had goodell's response. that twitter video. is this enough? what do you expect to hear from goodell next? >> i think he'll continue to try to back the league and i think they'll stand with the players a lot more right now. i think that george floyd, ahmaud arbery incident was like modern-dalin chg type things. there's people all over twitter and instagram apologizing for being mad at kaepernick for racial injustice.

i think the drew brees thing happened. that's one of your stars, your mega, mega stars in the nfl and they heard a lot of us, man. we stand by each other. we're brothers. we try to hold each other down all the freaking time. once you step outside of that comfort zone, everybody respects drew brees. he earned his respect. nobody gave it to him. he earned every single bit of it. it's well-deserved. he was one of the most class iest. i represent drew brees to the point i tell guys all the time, hey, man, the best quarterback ever play this game is drew brees. i know people going to give it to peyton manning and to tom brady. i push drew brees all day. but he broke my heart, man. hearing him say what he said and take it outside of context. you take it anyway you want to take it. this time right now with everything that's going on, as heartfelt as all this is, you got to have some compassion for the situation and i think he didn't have compassion for the situation. that struck a nerve.

i think the nfl want to get behind drew brees, i think he made the right adjustment to fix the situation. >> deeper dive into what he said. he originally said he would never agree with kneeling during the national anthem. he walked back the comments and apologized. now he's defending that apology to president trump. he wrote a personal letter in social media. people are commenting, oh, don't cave. at what point will public perception change enough to which the idea of kneeling during the protest is not conflated with not being american or being disrespectful? >> that's a great question. i think you got people that's going to try to stick hard on one side or the other. some people still can't see. that's what hurts so bad about what drew brees said to the guys. >> one of my former teammates, ed reed. he was extremely upset and

rightfully so. because he's from the city of new orleans. he loves drew brees as well. thinks drew brees is a stand-up guy and appreciates all the things drew brees said in the past. he retracted from what he's been standing for all this time. i think it's going to be extremely hard process and it's been over 450 years of the same crap. you can't expect for it to stop overnight, you know. but we got to pull together and got to come together as one race, not black race or the white race. it's got to be the human race. we're here together in this thing. i think the biggest problem is people cannot identify with the situation. they don't identify with black people. there's a lot of white people that do not identify with black people. when i see george floyd, ahmaud arbery. i have two sons of my own. i look at that saying that could be my son. i want my son to come home to

me. i don't want my son in a casket. until people are able to identify with those situations and they can say all right, that could have been my kid, this ain't right, i think until that happens, you're going to get those people that will tell drew brees to stand firm, don't -- no, it's a lot of stuff in this country that ain't right, we need to get it fixed. until we come together and stick together and everybody stand up and try to hold each other down through this process, we're going to continue to deal with this bs we're dealing with now. >> daniel, i feel a little bit of hope in that a change has come and will come as a result of george floyd's death and this entire movement. it's a small step what goodell did yesterday. but it's a major one that kap and others have been kneeling and trying to get for so many years. daniel will dock. thank y -- wilcox. thank you for having me on. the demonstrations across the country provide an

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former president obama offering a message of hope during a virtual town hall where he shared support for protesters marching across the country. >> this is a moment and we've had moments like this before where people are paying

attention. and that doesn't mean that everything will get solved and so don't get disen heartened. this is a marathon, not a sprint. the fact that people are paying attention provides an opportunity to educate, activate, mobilize and act. and i hope that we are able to see this moment. >> joining us again, rochelle richie, former press secretary for the house democratic policy and communications committee and michael star hopkins, founding partner of northern star strategies who worked on the campaigns of barack obama, hillary clinton and john delaney. >> michael, when you hear the president's message there during that virtual town hall, you get the sense that he's filling the national leadership void that is felt by many at this point. >> absolutely. i mean, this is the president who after the shooging in

charleston saying amazing grace to america. he has an ability to speak to america. one of the things he's doing is preparing america to talk about what the end of these protests look like. i think that there are three simple things that america can do to really live up to its promise. i think that's end 1033. it gives local police military equipment. end qualified immunity, it allows police to be shielded from liability. most important, i think we've got to restore the voting rights act. because if you can't vote, then you don't have your full citizenship. >> president obama also issued a call to local leaders. let's listen to that. >> i'm urging every mayor in this country to review your use of force policies with members of your community and commit to report on planned reforms.

>> rochelle, we see cities like minneapolis that are saying we're going to do away with choke hold policies. we also know congressional democrats will be unveiling their police reform plan next week. what would you like to see in that plan? >> you know, i'm really encouraged by what i'm seeing happening right now across the country on the state level as well as the federal level. i think that president obama is absolutely right. when i worked at the baltimore city state's attorney office during the freddie gray trial, i was the communications director during that time. following that, we had a number of initiatives put forth, including having body cameras on police officers. but i think that, you know, what we're seeing across the country is very motivating because it's what i would call the aeiou method where people are active, people are -- they're unified in

their efforts against police brutality. i think that we really have to look at the police bill of rights right now. that is what is protecting these officers. it's unfortunate that it took another death, another murder of a black person in this country for us to finally be heard. this is not the first time this has happened. we have written about it. we have spoken up about it. we have made movies about it. we have rapped about it. i'm encouraged by it. it's frustrating because you would think that the shooting of a 12-year-old boy playing with a toy gun would have put this country on the trajectory to immediately enact change. >> yeah. rochelle, right there, that's why it's great that we have a black lives matter plaza in washington, d.c. what else are you going to do at the building at city hall in

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what about potential treatment for this, for people who have got it? is there outside the box thinking that has the potential of turning this thing in the other direction, for making us understand this and see this in a different way? got to tell you this has been quite a sight this week. from australia to europe and south america, all these protests. these protests see this fight as one against not just police brutality in the united states but prejudice persists worldwide. >> now berlin has become the first state in germany to pass an anti-discrimination law, barring public authorities, including police, from discriminating based on on skin color, class, sexual identity and allows victims to sue for damages in compensation. carl joins us live in berlin.

when you speak with people outside the u.s. about the killing of george floyd, how are they reacting? >> reporter: this death very much resonate anything germany and across europe. another massive day of protests and demonstrations across the continent really. where i'm standing this could be one of the largest. the protest set for a couple of hours. certainly a police presence. organizers are expecting 1,500 people to show up. that's likely now to be closer to 7,000 or 8,000. many of them of course are here in solidarity for what's happening in the united states. but they say, look, many of the same problems of police brutality, of racism, of deaths in the hands of police, these are problems here in europe and in germany as well. and that is what is now bringing many of these people out to these demonstrations today. in fact, to give you an idea of the scope of this, germany will

see around 20 demonstrations today. those will be taking place simultaneously across the country. now, i actually spoke with one protester and organizer this week. he said this movement is really bringing together the black german community. haoers what he told us. >> to stand up o the stage and look at people who look like me, know what it means to feel like me. most people can't relate because they will never feel the experience. to have that reassurance and that glimpse of hope that we can change something, that change is going to come, it was a blessing to me honestly. to give you a sense of the issues here in europe, according to a recent survey released by the eu friday, a third of the africans on the continent say they have suffered some sort of harassment.

a quarter of the black population say they have been stopped by police in just the last five years. you can see behind me the protest about to get under way in a couple of hours. thousands of people here in the center here. >> they can empathize with what many black americans are experiencing here in the u.s. thank you, carl. and thank you for watching. i'm lindsay riser. >> i'm kendis gibson. we will see you tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. eastern time. >> alex whit is next. she will week with mike tirico. . making your life a bit more effortless. with virtual real time tours of our vehicles, and remote purchasing. for a little help, on and off the road. i but what i do count on...ts anis boost high protein...rs,

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no justice! >> no peace! >> no justice. >> no peace. >> raise your hands like this. >> we are just trying to get our voices heard. >> whose lives matter? >> black lives matter! >> just a few calls to action around the world after the kill of george floyd. i'm