hawkins is joining us today. mr. hawkins, you were a senate tax and trade council for senator scott and helped draft the opportunity zone privations in the 2017 tax-cut law. my disdain is that these provisions had wide bipartisan support. can you talk about that bipartisanship briefly? >> sure, sure, absolutely. so the original investigative opportunity act which the opportunity zones provision and tax reform was based off of, that had 44 has democrats, 44 house republicans, you know, by design, folks are brought into the bill to buy two. it also had 16 senators, eight republicans, , democrats. and again it was led on the senate side by senator booker and senator scott, and on the house side represented t berry and kind. we saw that bipartisanship there. >> what has been the reaction local communities and governments to these provisions of the law? >> we saw great reaction. one huge difference between this policy and pretty much every other community diploma program that's developed to this point is that we put so mu

hawkins however, said he did not allow the act to overshadow the we can of celebration. hours later, he participated in an event celebrating pride in oakland and san francisco. >> our windows may have been broken, but as the mayor said our spirit wasn't broken. >> reporter: devin fehely, kpix five. >> hawkins that it will cost about $2000 to repair the windows. >>> is his 50th anniversary of san francisco pride, and celebrations have gone virtual this weekend . instead of the parade, organizers streamed live and prerecorded performances and messages. one of them came from house speaker and san francisco representative nancy pelosi. she highlighted the recent supreme court lgbtq victory, and said what happens on capihill is a result of what started in san francisco. >>> meanwhile, dozens of protesters gathered in the form for a lack trans-solidarity rally. the space was showing euros showcasing quality and harmony. >> today is a very important day to show that we are resilient and we are still here standing strong, and to celebrate the lives of the many black trends peopl

hawkins says he does believe this is a hate crime. he's asking anyone who knows who this person is or sees anyone bragging about this vandalism on social media to call oakland police. reporting live in oakland, i'm sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, sergio. >>> oakland mayor libby schaaf responding on twitter a couple hours ago. she tweeted, quote, the oakland lgbtq center is a space of love, a sanctuary. this attack is shameful and heartbreaking. >>> pride 2020 unlike any other. that's for sure. this year events have gone virtual as in-person celebrations are canceled because of the covid-19 pandemic. nbc bay area's christie smith reports from san francisco on how people are marking the 50th year of pride. >> well, san francisco's pride events have moved online, and you can certainly see that here. one restaurant manager says he's typically used to seeing thousands of people move through the area. >> this morning when i got up, i forgot it was pride weekend. >> reporter: chris saul and john matwilo had a bite to eat outsi

ignoring the soviet effort and not only is not the any example of airbrushing the past either that hawkins reports now from victory park in moscow. for russians the night of my victory parade is synonymous with victory day itself remembered on revered for decades this year things haven't quite been the same mass celebrations have been perspire and there are a few were guests and cities participating some commemorations have been moved online but the parade is. going ahead to symbolically on the 24th of june that's the date of the very 1st ceremony back in 1945 for russia that's even more poignant given recent historical controversies one is there 945 american green britain had victory over the night in the us president came under fire for ignoring the part played by other allied nations in defeating fascism not least the soviet union which suffered over 25000000 casualties but recent events go beyond just one tweet . on the 23rd of august $939.00 the soviet union and nazi germany signed a treaty of nonaggression known as the molotov ribbentrop pact and its secret protocols dividing europe

hawkins says he feels they've been targeted. he's asking anyone who knows the culprit to call oakland police. in a tweet, oakland mayor libby schaaf called the attack shameful and heartbreaking. there is no pride parade, but organizers are putting together a rally and march on polk street tomorrow. in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> now to our coronavirus coverage. cases are spiking across the country. tonight these three states, arizona, texas, and florida, are considered hot spots. you can see why. the number of new cases reported in each state, arizona more than 3,500. texas, more than 5,700. take a look at florida. close to 10,000 new cases. that number does not -- or rather does follow an increase in testing, but the percentage of positive tests has been steadily growing over the past two weeks as well. take a look at california. number of confirmed cases now standing at more than 206,000. that's up by almost 6,000 within the last 24 hours. the united states now surpassing 2.5 million cases. >>> local

. >> reporter: it's not what joe hawkins was expecting this pride weekend. >> they crashed that window, broke these completely out. >> reporter: most of the windows in oakland's lgbtq community center smashed on saturday morning. joe co-founded the center three years ago. >> we're supposed to be celebrating our empowerment and our community as queer people, that we wake up to finding that people are bashing our building and breaking our windows because of their own hate. >> swinging hard, as hard as he could and he was angry. >> reporter: cauosmos saw a you man breaking the windows with a golf club. cosmos started yelling. >> stop, stop, stop, as loud as i could. then he saw me. >> reporter: he said the man took off on a bike. joe hawkins was the first to carry the pink torch for this year's pride weekend relay culminating in san francisco and escorted by mayor libby schaaf who says she's ou by t vandalism. >> and i am furious that anyone would find it appropriate to commit that kind of act on any building, but particularly this sanctuary. >> reporter: san francisco pride celebrations

. >> reporter: it's not what joe hawkins was expecting this pride weekend. >> they crashed that window, broke these completely out. >> reporter: most of the windows at oakland's lgbtq community center smashed on saturday morning. joe co-founded the center three years ago. >> we're supposed to be celebrating our empowerment and our community as queer people, that we wake up to finding that people are bashing our building and breaking our windows because of their own hate. >> swinging hard, as hard as he could and he was angry. >> reporter: cosmos was setting up his jewelry stand when he saw a young man breaking the windows with a golf club. cosmos started yelling. >> stop, stop, stop, as loud as i could. then he saw me. >> reporter: he says the man took off on a bike. joe hawkins was the first to carry the pink torch for this year's pride weekend relay culminating in san francisco and escorted by mayor libby schaaf who's outraged by the vandalism. >> and i am furious that anyone would find it appropriate to commit that kind of act on any building, but particularly this sanctuary. >> rep

let's go live to our correspondent daniel hawkins he's been covering the story for us it'll be a moment i would imagine of relief for a lot of people the pressure does tell after a while just take us through what's going to happen and what. absolutely i mean for what spin a couple of months what seems like a lifetime said 1000000 sarah moscow residents have been on the lockdown self isolation there been very strict rules and restrictions on where and when they can go with who what people can and can't to that's been regulated electronic process that which people have had in their phones for a number of weeks now the funtastic news coming out today from the moscow government from the best i guess about it is that as of tomorrow not since you all comes to an end or rather the very last month surety of restrictions come to and. people will finally be allowed out of their homes including elderly people as well to go about their business almost freely almost the routes and back to normal now why i say almost is because although people can now go for walks take part in sport go to the park th

for more we're joined by georgia state lawmaker erica thomas and former georgia state lawmaker dee hawkins hagler. thank you so much for joining me today d. a lot of unrest it doesn't look like it's going anywhere let's start with you many companies are coming out with the white text on a black background showing support for this racial inequality amazon was one of them they tweeted out the following on sunday they may say they stand in solidarity with the black community but the e-commerce giant has 0 black executives they also have a secret deal with more than $400.00 police departments there with home security brand ring that essentially allows law enforcement officials to access a portal asking owners to provide footage that's relevant to a criminal investigation not to mention they did fire an african-american last month a warehouse worker who reported health concerns over the chrono virus is about a bit hypocritical. i think amazon thank you for having us today so yes i think the amazon has to rise to the occasion they not only have to talk the talk with they have to walk the walk it

when we saw those officers pull up, we would say, that is officer hawkins, or lieutenant --. sometimes they played basketball with us and would talk to us. but other police officers, we knew there was trouble. not that we were involved in trouble, but they created the trouble. presidentick johnson, and ceo of the naacp. our first call is from robert in massachusetts. go ahead. caller: hi, ledger and hi, derek. i have a question first about defending. i want to thank the chief. one of the caller talked about the way people were acting on the street. we cannot be focused on that because we will always blame a few people that acted a certain way. this is why she is worried about if we defund the police, where we would be. host: the last segment. this is a new guest. what is your question for the guest? defunding, people should realize that we have a lot of police that become -- that was in the military and come back. they are trained to kill. we must hire people that are mentally ready to be policing people. this doesn't mean that when we called 9-1-1 for a fire, the police come

chief hawkins acknowledges it's challenging but said she's unwavering in her position as a black member of law enforcement. >> if they are not in this profession, who will we leave it up to? it's a hard position to be in to know what i stand for and to know what it should be lining and to know what it's going to take to eradicate the wupds that should not be in this ooumpl. but i need the good ones to stay strong. i need the good ones to speak up and know we are going to change the world with george floyd. so yeah, it's hard. but it was never promised to be easy. >> reporter: sounds like you think you can do more from inside the police force? inside the police force? >> absolutely, ever since darrell's family started using gain flings, their laundry smells more azing than ever. ah, honey! isn't that the dog's towel? hey, me towel su towel. there's more gain scent plus oxi boost and febreze odor remover in every fling. gain. seriously good scent. we hwe help you make it.oods: you, the independent restaurants of america... we've always got your back, but through all of this... you made it

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. >> it's not what joe hawkins was expecting this pride weekend. >> they crashed that window. broke these completely out. >> most of the windows in oakland's lgbtq community center, smashed on saturday morning. joe co-founded the center, three years ago. >> when we're supposed to be celebrating our empowerment and our community, as queer people, that we wake up to finding that people are bashing our building and breaking our windows because of their own hate. >> and he was angry. >> cosmos was setting up his jewelry stand when he saw a young man breaking windows with a golf club. cosmos started yelling. >> stop, stop, stop. as loud as i could. then, he saw me. >> he says the man took off on a bike. joe hawkins was the first to carry the pink torch for this year's pride weekend relay, culminating in san francisco, and escorted by mayor libby schaff. >> i am furious that anyone would find it appropriate to commit that kind of act, on any building. but, particularly, this sanctuary. >> many say the castro district has lost its party spirit this year. >> it's supposed to be pink s

the work must continue. >> using a buys club, hawkins says he feels they've been targeted. mayor libby schaaf called it heartbreaking and shameful. sergio quintana, bay area nbc news. >>> this the reason to support farmworkers there. one organizer told us they are bringing food and essential supplies among other things. >> the news is great for the farmers. they are working dawn to dusk putting food on our tables. they make minimal money, $12,000 to $15,000 a year and a lot have been getting sick from coronavirus. >> more than 100 people came out to deliver the gods juods just time. this leaves only three months to store 100 million pounds of garlic. it's time to check in with vianey arana for a look at your microclimate forecast. >>> good morning, cierra. we're going to see the winds again today and the biggest thing to notice the cooler temperatures. right now looking over san francisco current temperatures at about 55 degrees. wind speeds are breezy at 14 miles an hour. over san jose, 58 degrees. also seeing the breezy winds. check out walnut creek. it's gusty. wind spee

. >> reporter: it's not what joe hawkins was expecting this pride weekend. >> they crashed that window, broke these completely out. >> reporter: most of the windows at oakland's lgbtq community center smashed. joe co-founded the center three years ago. >> we're supposed to be celebrating our empowerment and our community as queer people that we wake up to tha bashing and breaking our windows because of their own hate. >> swinging hard, as hard as he could and he was angry. >> reporter: he was setting up his jewelry stand when he saw a young man breaking the windows with a golf club. cosmo started yelling. >> stop! stop! stop! as loud as i could and he saw me. >> reporter: he says the man took off on a bike. joe hawkins was the first to carry the pink torch for this weeke weekend's relay and escorted by mayor libby shaft who is outraged by the vandalism. >> i am furious that anyone would find it appropriate to commit that kind of act on any building but particularly this sanctuary. >> reporter: san francisco pride celebrations have gone virtual due to covid-19. and many say the castro d

. >> reporter: it's not what joe hawkins was expecting. >> they crashed that window. broke these completely out. >> reporter: most of the windows atlg center smashed. joe co-founded it three years ago. >> we're supposed to be celebrating our empowerment and our community as queer people that we wake up to finding that people are bashing our building and breaking our windows because of their own hate. >> swinging hard, as hard as he could and he was angry. >> reporter: cosmos was setting up a jewelry stand when he saw a young man breaking the win dopes with a golf club. cosmos started yelling. >> stop, stop, stop as loud as i could and then he saw me. >> reporter: he a bike. joe hawkins was the first to carry the pink torch for this weeke weekend's pride weekend and escorted by the mayor libby shaft who is outraged by the vanlt li vandali vandalism. >> i'm furious anybody would find it appropriate toommit that act on any building but particularly this sanctuary. >> reporter: san francisco pride celebrations have gone virtual due to covid-19 and many say the castro dist

police chief gina hawkins, a remarkable scene.hanks for showing us the way. >> thank you for the opportunity to come on to share. >> dana: you bet. all right. more on "the daily briefing" next. first, let's check in with bill hemmer. >> good afternoon to you. a busy day here. ben crump, the attorney for the floyd family will join me live. and healing america. dr. ben carson is here to talk about it. rosenstein hearing was hot at times. we'll see you at the top of the hour on "bill hemmer reporting." interest rates have dropped to record lows. newday usa makes it so easy to refinance that one call can save you $2000 a year. newday's va streamline refi lets you refinance without having to verify your income, without getting your home appraised and without spending one dollar out of pocket to get it done. it is the quickest and easiest refi they've ever offered. one call can save you $2000 a year, every year. in this world where people are staying at home, h36 fhr@ttkf ñ&7 many of life's moments are being put on hold. at carvana, we

news round up for media hawkins and the team here in moscow we're taking a break now for about 3 hours time we're back after that we'll wait to stop dates and the elements from those protests stakes tired and all the top stories this monday morning due to us again moscow time 6 am g.m.t. suit them. no pressure. no shots. back she felt. a strong no 1st. point your thirst for action. unknown for you no nor because i said i'm a. new fi ship. what i heard of that not one of her fishy for so long and. only about now so for the moment on the plotting of us wanted i'm going to have been done but i mean that's a big part of. it there's a product which i think. this is the only thing that we do is the music. we put in the song the music because everybody fights a. way. and i mean i was going to die is the mcconnell swaying or both successes 5 because. it's all nordic to it i. was in this way got to it all so hard luck nothing and the love to dissipate the sick room of the rock like they are one. inside animals among those closest to him by the dogs decide a muzzle to be a total public comment m

war 2 completely ignoring the soviet effort and it's not the only example of brushing the past and hawkins reports from victory park in moscow. parlors then 145 american great britain had victory over the nazis the us president came under fire for ignoring the part played by other allied nations in defeating fascism not least the soviet union which suffered over $25000000.00 casualties but recent events go beyond just one tweet on the 23rd of august 1939 the soviet union a nazi germany signed a treaty of nonaggression known as the molotov ribbentrop pact and its secret protocols dividing europe and the territories of independent states between the 2 totalitarian regimes and grouping them into spheres of interest which paved the way for the outbreak of the 2nd world war history is a set of lies agreed upon according to napoleon but when former liberators are officially relabeled this occupants victims as aggressors just with a few strokes of a pen then both truth and agreement become allusive rewriting history revisionism altering the past to fit with present political paradigms multiple st

getting reassessed even the us national anthem isn't all could spot right now reporting on the daniel hawkins. 2020 is a year of change and i'm not talking about coronavirus popular t.v. shows axed statues torn down even food brands updated to meet 21st century criteria of inclusive u.-t. equality justice and tolerance but is it enough can more be done while in the united states protests during the national anthem have been a bone of contention for quite a few years but what about the national anthem itself well now some people are saying enough is enough. i. i well that's that's you that just came off the plinth was francis scott key the man behind the lyrics that the star-spangled banner and former slave owner and anti abolitionist so what's the deal with the anthem itself. andrew sure warms these walls. what you can sing the 3rd verse all right of course the rarely performed that 3rd verse was directed by key black slaves who'd been freed or escaped and fought alongside the british in the war of 1812 his message to them was clear your fight for freedom will bring you nothing but death and

helpers have gotten down to work through illusions about idyllic farm life have been dust robert hawkins a carpenter by trade was surprised that harvesting asparagus also takes real craft on the face of it just picking a bit of green stuff coming out of the mud but it's not. and marcus had to be very patient with us i think where we where we learn because you've got to read the asparagus you've got to decide if it's long enough what grade it is if it be better left for another few hours. and that's taken a while to do are not really sure to be honest it's i've have a respect for the job that they do now and i know that it's actually a lot harder than. a lot of people think but yeah i have a respect for the remain years that come here and work on here every year because it's not an easy job to do. foreman juggle gary and show the new recruits the ropes . he tries to be diplomatic when asked what it's like working with this new squad. it's it's a bit different because. the english people are more happy. birthday ommaney and then bulgarian people they just walk working through really. talki

lessons a clear the move towards midnight and total darkness must be prevented at any cost to your hawkins victory park moscow. professor of history at the american university peter because they could release that knowing the true history of events is important so that past mistakes are repeated. the way we understand history shapes the way we understand the present and shapes how we're going to act in the future if we have a distorted a corrupt titian of history then we're not going to be able to 1st of all know that a different future is possible but we see history being deployed for nationalistic for propaganda stick for mythological for militaristic purposes all over the world and i mean russia's certainly guilty of that to to some extent i'm not saying that russia is outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to uproot a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the united states russia britain the french resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvention a world in which we can begin to work together again. i think

just 3 am here in moscow thanks for joining us and all of the international daniel hawkins here with you tonight. another night of violence and cities set ablaze amid protests sparked by the death of george floyd at the hands of police 1700 people have been arrested across the u.s. in minneapolis where floyd died police have been struggling to maintain the curfew there but officers resorting to ever more heavy handed methods. we need we need to fight for our law there was no peace until there. were thousands of reportedly gathered outside the capitol building in minnesota national guards have been securing its perimeter police though say the protests on sunday have so far been peaceful demonstrators there are demanding a special prosecutor be appointed for the case of george floyd as well as charges for the 3 other officers who were present during the fatal incident now makeshift memorial has been set up with george floyd mourners have been paying their respects leaving flowers and messages the silence also become a place for peaceful protest against police brutality contrasting with

hello just going 5 am here in moscow thanks for joining us in our teens a national dining hawkins' here with you tonight another night of violence in the city set ablaze amid protests sparked by the death of george floyd at the hands of police 700 people have been arrested across the united states. has imposed to stop the spread of coronavirus with america having the most confirmed infections globally in minneapolis where floyd died police have been struggling to maintain the curfew there with officers resorting to ever more heavy handed methods. these are the problems that. we need to fight for our law there is no peace until. meanwhile a makeshift memorial has been set up for george floyd some mourners have been paying their respects leaving flowers and messages aside has also become a place for peaceful protest against police brutality contrasting with the anger that has boiled over in other parts of the city and for the herald sun who's george floyd's aunt told us she never expected this scale of support. he was like the only family i say here and. i'm still trying to cope with the

down the hawkins well so many elements of life and they're under the microscope right now including mixed reaction to american t.v. producers and actors deciding that white performers should not be playing or even voicing caracter of color long running on a minute comedy the simpsons took an early lead back in january after. stuff from voicing the indian character for years previous to that criticism had come from certain quarters not the cartoon characters portrayed it was race fans. i must. know which way they went but what came over there is. really good. to hear this new eddie murphy. a new. move in forward the simpsons movie no longer have white actors voice non white characters. nobody really cares one years ago and nobody really cares now but when you're working in charity and you know i thought you were going to you know have a voice and you had characters who were the actual person who's behind the boys is an amazing able to cleveland show i had no idea that their act was actually quite i didn't you know i didn't really care it was all about the show is all about do i enjoy famil

coronavirus will be lifted as of tomorrow that announcement was made earlier on by the city's mayor dan hawkins has the details. for what it's been a couple of months but what seems like a lifetime said 1000000 sara moscow residents have been on the lockdown self isolation very strict rules and restrictions on where and when they can go with who what people can and can't sue that's been regulated by an electronic pulses that which people have had in their phones for a number of weeks now the funtastic news coming out today from the moscow government from the bass a guess about it is that as of tomorrow night's suit all comes to an end virginia board of the new share most citizens including those over 65 years and those suffering chronic illnesses can without restrictions go outside travel for their needs and visit public places i also approved a step by step show jewel for the majority of the city's organizations to reopen for those abilities to get a hack also go to a beauty salon the good news on that front those services will open tomorrow gyms cinema as big restaurants those are set to open