they denied him admission and this is when the national naacp ask him to be a field secretary.e had to come into jackson. maybe at first they didn't take him to serious, it was only after he came into jackson and really began to get things flowing, so to speak, and he got involved with the student movement. riders whoe freedom came in. begank that's when people to see this man is shaking things up and he will not give up. wlbt to makeenged a speech -- lacks could not blacks could not make a speech on television. when i went only away to college. he was not on television. he was not on radio. this is when people begin to see they were not going to turn people around. i called them the grassroots people. the foot soldiers began to get involved. women, children began to get involved. i think this is when they saw this man is really shaking things up. ondo not shop for anything capitol street. lets the merchants feel the economic pinch. merchant to call me and he said i want you to know that i talked to my national office today and they want me to tell you that we don't need nigger

when they denied him admission this is when the national naacp asked him to become field secretary.do that he had to come into jackson. may be at first they did not take medgar out too seriously but it was only after he came into jackson to get things flowing so to speak and then got involved with the [inaudible] movement and the freedom riders and they came in and that is when medgar, people really began to see this man is shaking things up. he will not give up. when he challenged w lvt to make a speech, blacks cannot speak. cannot speak -- i had not heard medgar before that i heard it when i went away to college. he was not on television and he was not on the radio so i think this is when people begin to seg people around but i call them the graduate people, the foot soldiers began to get involved. women, children begin to get involved and i think this is where they saw or this man is really shaking things up. >> don't shop for anything on capitol street. let the merchants down on capitol street feel the economic pinch. let me say this to you. i had one merchant follow me and said

the president of the national naacp spoke with cnn earlier. derrick johnson says the culture of american policing needs to change. >> it is unfortunate that we are repeating this now. over the last six weeks this is the fifth incident that it was some type of videotape, racialized activity. you know, if, in fact, he had been drinking, we would have preferred him to stop at the wendy's drive through, take a nap than drunk driving and kill someone else. police need training. this is not acceptable. i commend the mayor of atlanta for taking decisive actions to ensure the safety of her citizens. i commend all of the protesters who are continuing to raise the question. that question is central. we need to change the culture of policing. we need to evaluate how we train police. we need to make sure police not only support the communities that they are -- have a duty to protect and serve, but in many cases they need to be in the community that they have a duty to protect and serve. we have far too many officers who live outside of the jurisdictions i

our organizations have called this a day of mourning naacp, national urban league, legal defense fund, black woman's round table, lawyer's committee, all got together. said we're going to have a day of mourning. then we're going to come out of this day of mourning. some of our experts, others that know the legal field, they outlined a legal process that we must enforce. everything from residency to dealing with police backgrounds not being hidden. talk to governor andrew cuomo today in new york. he says we got to change where the backgrounds of stop of policemen. we know to know if they stop you, they find out everything you ever did. why don't we know when policemen have a pattern? [applause] we got to go back to consent decree. under the obama administration, they had put certain cities with patterns and practice under consent decrees. jamal brown said we were doing this in baltimore, they put it under a consent decree. the first thing that happened in the next administration, they stopped the consent decree. we have specific policies that need to happen. therefore, i'm glad martin

have worked in the criminal justice reform arena, myself, having worked for the aclu on the national -- the naacperywhere we went where there was an egregious case of police misconduct, there was also the full support of the police union that had also created the policies and exemptions that shield that officer from the consequences of his or her bad action. so what people need to understand, for example, here in st. louis, we have one of the most progressive and courageous circuit attorneys in the country. her name is kim gardner. she was elected as almost an embodiment of the changes that would push forth after ferguson. michael brown was murdered ten minutes from my house. she introduced legislation in st. louis, had a bill introduced relative to independent investigation of police misconduct, which the police should never investigate themselves. it was embraced by legislators in the city, the board of aldermen, many people liked it. the st. louis police officers association, which is one of the worst police unions in the country run awe assistance by by a buffoon leveraged and it wasn't even

naacp, national urban league, dwns fu defense fund, all got together said we'll have a day of mourningbut then we going to come out of this day of mourning because there is something about experts he, others that know the legal field have outlined a legal process that we must enforce.ex legal field have outlined a legal process that we must enforce.e, others that know the legal field have outlined a legal process that we must enforce., others that know the legal field have outlined a legal process that we must enforce. everything from residency and dealing with police background. talking to governor quu know tod q in new york, he said that we have to change how we stop people. if they stop you, they find out everything that you ever did. why don't we know when it police men have a pattern? there was pattern and practice under consent decrees. they put it under consent decree. one of the first things that happened in the next administration was they stopped the ckoconsent decree. we have specific policies that need to happen. therefore i'm glad that martin iii is here today because on a

is bringing the naacp to the nations capital. the organization is moving its national headquarters from baltimore. the dc mayor released a statement that said as we continue fighting for change and working to build a more fair and just nation we look forward to welcoming this iconic civil rights organization to washington, d.c. >>> golden gate bridge tolls are set to go up this wednesday, july 1, the district says the money will go to maintaining the bridge and ferries, it will also help the district recoup revenue loss during the crisis. traffic on the golden gate bridge is still down 40% from levels before the pandemic. most drivers will be paying an extra $.35, for fast-track users the new toll is $7.70. >>> fire officials say one person is dead and 40 homes have been destroyed in a wind driven wildfire in imperial county. the fire started last night and spread quickly in the rural town of nylund east of the salton sea. these pictures from the fire department show the intense flames that were fueled by strong wind. at least 15

the naacp legal defense fund, the urban league, the national action network, even been crowned, the attorney for the families of george floyd, breonna taylor, michael brown, trayvon martin, said do not go forward with this bill, it's a nonstarter. we just got a letter signed by the leadership conference of civil rights and human rights, we need a group that had the duck, 138 organizations have signed it, all the major civil rights organization, i will redo a paragraph. the justice act they write is an inadequate response to the decades of pain, hardship that the black people have and continue to endure as a result of systematic racism and lacks policies that fail to hold police accountable from misconduct. the bill falls short of the comprehensive reform needed to address the current policing crisis and achieve meaningful law enforcement accountability. it is deeply problematic to meet this moment with a menial incremental approach that offers more funding to police and few policies to effectively address the constant loss of black lives at the hands of police. we therefore urge you to oppos

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i speak as a governor and former national board member of the naacp. the state of racism is deadly -- sadly iraq -- alive and well, and this is the 105th century cents slavery came to our shores, people are angry, out waged and they will not take it anymore. i myself participated with my wife and one of our children in two of these peaceful protests, and the energy and anger is raw, but constructive. it is screaming for action. the only thing i would say about defund, it is not as a simple yes or norse yes yes or no question. if you are in year 401 of slavery and racism, this is complicated. the objective has to be that the end point that we have relations between law enforcement and communities that work and are respectful, that are deeply engaged and look out for the safety and security of everybody. what made a decent amount of progress, and you never pat yourself on the back because this is a work in progress, but any shooting involving a member of law enforcement has to be adjudicated and investigated in an independent fashion. it is one of the mo

i speak as a governor and former national board member of the naacp. the state of racism is sadly alive and well in our country, and this is year one of the fifth century since slavery came to our shores. people are angry. they are outraged. they are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore, and who can blame them? i myself participated with my wife and one of our children in two of these peaceful protests, and the energy and anger is raw, but it is constructive. it is screaming for action. the only thing i would say about defund, it is not as a simple yes or no question. when you are in year 400 one of a legacy of slavery and racism, this is a lot more complicated. to be at the has endpoint that we have got relations between law enforcement and communities that work, that are respectful, that are deeply engaged, that look out for the safety and security not just of some what for everybody. i think we have made a decent amount of progress in our state, and you never pat yourself on the back because this is a work in progress, but i signed a law say

this is largely the national branch of the naacp and we have fascinating internal documentation of the stress they were under. they had a great opportunity. like, oh, no, what are we going to do. having said that, they are all local civil rights lawyers. in general, when students sat down and talked to lawyers, the lawyers said go slow. one of the reasons the national movement did not take place until two weeks after the greensboro citizens started, they talk to adults and said, get my together in get your representation ready because we do not know what his point to happen. atlanta, which is a hotbed of student activism, they did not get involved in the sit in movement until a month or two after greensboro because they talk to lawyers and they said, you should make a statement of what you are committed to, so lawyers could exercise more caution and that could cause friction. and that would help along the way. it was critically important to the success of the students. >> there's kind of an answer to that. murder and the trial, emmett till's mother comes in activist. she speaks to tens

[applause] our organizations call this a day of mourning, naacp, national urban league, legal defenseo come out , withs day of mourning field, that no legal they have outlined a legal enforce,hat we must everything from residents to police background. i talked to governor andrew cuomo today in new york and he change withgot to the backgrounds, and you have to know that if they stop you, you find out it everything they ever did. why don't we know police men have a pattern? [applause] with got to go back to consent decrees. under the obama administration, they had put certain cities under consent decrees. in baltimore, they put it under consent decree. one of the first things that happened in the nixon administration was, they stopped the consent decree. we have specific policies, that iswhy i am glad martin iii here today, because on august 28, the 57th anniversary of the march on washington, we are going back to washington, martin . that is where your father stood in the shadows of the lincoln memorial and said, i have a dream. but we are going back this august 28 to restore and , to

and then he began to talk about the naacp, the national association of colored people, and he becamemembers in greensboro. >> our family dinnertime was a roundtable discussion and there was much dialogue. and he would come home from work there were things that happened to met school and in the workplace, things that were unfair. and he talked about how he handled those things. >> throughout the 1950's, the blair children were challenged to look beyond that comfortable the comfortable veneer of their community. >> segregation had ills and some advantages. we had a community that was extremely bonded. and we had our own businesses and our own part of town. we had our own doctors. we had our own lawyers. so in many ways it was really hard to see yourself as this little child who has nothing, because you had a world that had been created for you. ♪ >> but what was lacking is interaction on a regular basis with people who were outside your color. >> the greensboro authorities did not see themselves in the same light as a birmingham or bull connor. they thought of themselves as conducting

naacp, the national urban league, legal defense fund, black women's round table, lawrence committee, all got together, said we will have a day of mourning. but then, we are going to come out of this day of mourning, because that, experts, those that know the legal field, have outlined a legal process, that we must enforce, everything from residence, it dealing with police background, and not being hit. we talked to governor andrew cuomo today in new york, he says we got to change 58 with the background stop of policemen, we need to find when they stop you, they can find out everything you ever did. why don't we know when policemen have a pattern? we got to go back to consent decrees. under the obama administration, they had put certain cities with patterns and practice under consistent decrees. with jamal brown, in baltimore, that they put it under constant decree, one of the first thing that happened in the next regulation is they stopped the consistent decrees. we have specific policies that need to happen. therefore, i'm glad martin iii is here today, because on august 28, the 57t

. >>> right now i want to bring in the national president of the naacp. you've seen the video by now. what's your reaction to what has occurred? >> it's unfortunate that we are repeating this now over the last six weeks, this is the fifth incident dealing with some type of videotape racialized activity. if in fact he had been drinking, we would have preferred him to stop at the wendy's drive through, take a nap than drink driving and kill unsearch warrant someone else. police need training. this is not acceptable. i commend the mayor of atlanta for taking decisive actions for ensuring the safety of her citizens. i commend the protesters raising questions and that question is essential. we need to change the culture of policing. we need to evaluate how we train police. we need to make sure police not only support the communities that they have a duty to protect and serve, but in many cases they need to be in the community that they have a duty to protect and serve. we have far too many officers who olive outside the jurisdictions in which they work. theref

naacp, the national urban league, legal defense fund, black women's round table, lawrence committee, all got together, said we're going to have a day of mourning. but then we're going to come out this day of mourning. because experts, that know the legal field, have outlined a legal process that we must enforce, everything from residency to dealing with police backgrounds not being hidden. talked to governor andrew cuomo today in new york, he says we got to change 58 with the background stop of policemen, we need to know if they stop you they find out everything you ever did. why don't we know when policemen have a pattern? [ applause ] we got to go back to consent decrees. under the obama administration they had put certain cities with patterns and practice under consent decrees. jamal brown when he was passing in baltimore, that they put it under consent decree, one of the first thing that happened in the next administration was they stopped the consent decrees. we have specific policies that need to happen. therefore, i'm glad martin iii is here today, because on august 28th the 5

karen boykin-towns, senior counselor at start of urban and and co-and vice chairman of the naacp nationalctors. we will have plenty more to come on "daybreak: asia." this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: let's get a check of the latest business flash headlines. california theme parks will reopen on july 17 after months of being closed because of the coronavirus. customers will need to appertain present -- reservations in advance for the original disneyland in anaheim and disney california adventure park. disneyland in florida will begin a phase reopening next month. anutch company has agreed in all stock deal to buy grubhub in the u.s. the takeover is expected to complete in the first quarter of next year. grubhub is valued at around $5 billion. the deal wilkie -- will give just a take away a platform in the u.s. to take on uber which has been trying to buy grubhub. coming up on the next hour of daybreak: asia, we will look at the asian markets open. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> good evening, from bloomberg's global headquarters in new york, i'm shery ahn. >> and haidi stroud-watts. welcome

nation. the justice in policing act will help prevent more tragedies like those we have seen to prevent murders. it is why it's supported by groups like the naacp, the leadership conference for human rights and national urban league. the house is expected to pass the bill this thursday. and then it comes over here. but instead of taking up that bill, the justice in policing act, leader mcconnell has brought a different bill to the senate floor. the justice act. but my problem with it is despite the name and despite a lot of the words that we're hearing on the other side, it doesn't get us to where we need to be. in this moment as people are still marching and deman demandg change, we cannot confront these urgent issues with half measures or qirve indication -- equivocation. i have serious concerns that this bill does not respond to the nationwide call for justice. unlike the justice in policing act that is going to pass the house, the bill we are considering here on the senate lacks critical reforms to strengthen federal pattern and practice investigations. a reform that is urgently needed after we all saw the video of the police officer standi

will be good for our nation for the justice and policing acts will help surround more tragedies like those we have seen to prevent murders. it is why it supported by groups like the naacp the leadership conference of human rights in the national urban league. the house is expected to pass the bill this thursday. and then, it comes over here. but instead of taking of that bill, the justice and policing acts, senator mcconnell's brought a different bill to the senate floor. the justice act. but my problem with ithe is despiteds the name and a lot of the words we are hearing on the other side, it does not get us to where we need to be. in this moment is people are still marching and demanding more from change, we cannot confront these urgent issues with half measures or equivocation. i haveat serious concerns this bill does not respond to the nationwide call for justice. on like the justice and policing act that is going to pass the house, the bill we are considering here in the senate lacks critical reforms topr strengthen pattern and practice investigation reform that's urgently needed after we all saw the video of the police officers standing right next toh whether geo

i'm joined by the national director for youth and college division at the naacp in the united states.hanks for joining me. let me get your reaction to what we heard from minnesota today. >> i think that this is a result of us watching years and years and years of grassroots organizing, protests, and uprisings across the country. i am glad to hear that the four officers have been charged now. i'm glad to hear that the family thinks it is a good thing. we are all putting those directly impacted first and the family is you we want to keep at the center of the conversation, and if they are pleased with the charges and are looking for justice for their beloved george floyd, that is what we're going to support and do. this is the bare minimum. there is a long road ahead of us. there is a months long process that needs to happen, and we need a conviction to change the trend of america treating black folks like they don't matter. katty:as you suggest, this goes beyond the individual case of mr. floyd. what reforms specifically in the police force would you like to see? we have seen the san di

naacp. and jonathan greenblatt, national director and ceo of the antidefamation league.jonathan, let me go to you first, before i get to the facebook stop the hate campaign, i need you to look at this, i need to ask you about something the president endorsed on twitter. just this morning, donald trump retweeted a pretty disturbing video, pourportedly taken in th villages in florida, of trump supporters chanting a racist slogan while facing off with counterprotesters. >> white power! white power! >> there you go, white power, did you hear that? >> now, the white house is claiming the president didn't hear the racist language on the video even though the chant occurs just eight seconds into the clip. he tweeted approvingly, quote, "great people." the president has now deleted the tweet and the house claims he didn't hear the supporters shouting "white power" although it was said several times. is this the kind of things we're concerned about on social media? we are in almost july, late june of 2021, and people are openly screaming "white power" and the president of the uni

riots incidents throughout the history of this nation, it has always been connected somehow to local law enforcement not carrying out their duties. the naacp, cp -- in we had a campaign in the 1920's because of african-americans being lynched. we had a sign at the local office saying "a black man was lynched yesterday." citizens included the local sheriffs and law enforcement who were participating in the most egregious offenses. the most egregious was when residents would come and have a picnic. that is how audrey just the situation was doing that particular -- how outrageous the situation was doing that particular period of time. to the current time, there has been instances where injustices have become so outrageous that citizens have no other choice but to take to the streets in protest, which opens the door for some of the riotous behavior we have also seen. host: one of the things that stemmed from that over the last few days is the idea of defunding or dismantling the police. where does your organization stand on those concepts? guest: we understand the energy behind the need to change the culture of policing. i have heard a few def

[inaudible] use all the naacp, the league of women voters, the national council, civic society engaging and looking at every one of the methods of the voter suppression and figuring out how we go around and said even with the felony disenfranchisement is about the people could get their voting rights back to correcting the misinformation so these are the days when you need to get this in to setting up because they closed down the polling stations to setting up the montgomery bus boycott so people had rides to and from the polls. so that kind of organizing and mobilizing, coming into the community to let the grassroots do the work and talk with the folks about what they want in your life. what do you value and how are we going to get. doing that kind of work is why they thought it would only be about 25% but actually it was 40%. in the black belt county, it was 45%. black people and black women especially elected him and we know that and come november, guess what, black women in this country are organizers of the black community, black men and women working in the coalitions with other p

covid-19 pandemic and nationwide civil unrest president of the national association and will talk about race relations in america with naacpsident and ceo derek johnson. washington journal live tuesday morning, with facebook comments text messages and tweets. >> this week the house and senate will hold hearings on the federal response of the coronavirus and law enforcement accountability. tuesday at 2:30 p.m., live on c-span sec. of labor eugene scull leah testifies before the set up finance committee on the cares act and the role of unemployment insurance through the coronavirus pandemic and when sit 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span the house judiciary committee on policing practices of law-enforcement accountability. also at 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span three, secretary of the treasury steve mnuchin testifies before the small business committee on implementation of title i of the cares act. watch this week, live tuesday and wednesday on c-span and c-span three, online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> a political reporter covering the presidential campaign in florida. c-span interviewed

naacp, derrick johnson. the event was hosted by axios, about george floyd and the protest across the nation at the measures needed to reform police departments. >> good afternoon. i am the executive director of axios. welcome to our live event. many of your joining us live from wherever you are. where live streaming on facebook on youtube, twitter and you can catch us on axios.com. you can join us and join us with our handle at axios. .. as a woman is seen in the streets and cities and in states across our country over the past 11 days there's an underlying problem that is yet to be fully addressed and with adequate reform and justice. so today we bring you four speakers, two with the national perspective and two with a local perspective to begin to have a conversation about what's next and where we go from here. let me just tell you that we have coming up today. we have derrick johnson, ceo of the naacp. we have melvin carter, mayor of st. paul, minnesota. we have lovely warren, she's a rochester, new york,k, and web congressman bobby rush of illinois. so first i i want to start with our first guest, is presiden

nation will respond in the moral moment. the police officer, quote, shames us before the world, i'm quoting an naacp official who i said it well. so did the murder of rayshard brooks, breonna taylor and so many names we may not have heard before and many we'll hear over and over again. a lot of us feel that shame. countless millions of americans feel that shame. they feel that sadness and they feel that anger all these weeks since that terrible moment that we all witnessed. and so many moments before and after that. and as they feel that shame and express anger and frustration and as they protest and proclaim as they march and mobilize, as they use their voice and cast their votes, they demand change, but not simply just change in and of itself, a certain kind of change. the kind of change we see rarely in washington these days and frankly, rarely over the course of american history. but i think we might be in one of those moments now. they demand transformative change. they demand, and appropriately so, systemic change to a criminal justice system that is infused with racism. their righteous demand for change is in fact, a pe

you saw the naacp, the league of women voters, national black panel counsel, civic society engaging in every one of the methods of voter suppression and figuring out how do we go around it? dealing with felony disfranchisement so that people could get the voting rights back to correcting misinformation on the secretary of state's page. so that these are actually this is actually where you vote. these are actually the days we need to get the sin, to close down 66 polling stations letting the grassroots to the work. not just the folks, with the folks. what you want in your life? how are we gonna get there? in doing that kind of work, that's why Ãbin the state of alabama .the voter turnout rate would only be 25%. actually it was 40% in the black belt counties it was 44 percent. that is why we do not have senator roy moore. [laughter] >> black people and black women especially, elected doug jones. we know that. bringing us back home now, come november, guess what, black women in this country or organizing. the black community, black men and women working in our coalition with other progres

united steelworkers, the human thets coalition, and national education association, and the naacp, who oppose judge walker's nomination yesterday. chair graham: thank you on the motion -- where did senator tillis go? ok. on the motion to report judge walker for this what circuit is this? . the clerk will call the role. >> mr. hawley. >>. >> mr. tillis. >> ay. >> i didn't hear you. your microphone is not on. >> mr. blackburn. >> ay. >> mr. leahy? >> no. >> mr. whitehouse? >> no. >> no. >> mr. blumenthal? >> no. >> mr. booker, --? >> no. mr. chairman. chair graham: the motion is favorably reported. judge walker goes to the floor. as to the subpoena authorization, i call up the june 4, 2014 motion related to crossfire hurricane investigation, maybe i can feinstein,senator and we will open it up for debate and anything you all would like to do in terms of amending it. here's what i have come to conclude, that the transition issues are probably better left to senator johnson. so, i know that there was a by vice president biden to unmask general flynn, there were requests by people, samantha

the united skill workers from human rights coalition, and national education association and the naacp who opposed judge walker's nomination yesterday. thank you. >> thank you. on the motion -- on the motion report judge walker -- d.c. circuit. the clerk will call thoreau. the role. [roll call] [roll call] the motion stable reported to the floor. thank you. judge walker goes to the floor. as to the subpoena authorization from a call on the subpoenas june subpoena related to crossfire hurricane investigation. maybe i can respond to senator feinstein and we will open for debate and anything you would like to doo in terms of amending it. here's what i have come to conclude. the transition issues are probably better left to senator johnson. i know there was a request by vice president biden to unmask general plan, there were some request by people, samantha powers made a lot of requests for unmasking, made me there is a legitimate reason. i don't know. i think her time will be better served to go and look at crossfire hurricane and the mueller report itself. i don't expect us to be calling

nation will respond in the moral moment. the police officer, quote, shames us before the world, i'm quoting an naacp official who i sa

game.e raised our support for organizations like the naacp, historically black colleges and universities. thethen, also investing in nationalmerican museum of history and culture in washington, d.c., to be able to end of tell the story of racism and raise awareness. so, corporations have vast assets. we need to use them, use them boldly, and now it is time for all of us to act. romaine: kevin, we appreciate you taking your time to share your thoughts on that. kevin warren, a long career in corporate america, now chief marketing officer at ups. this is bloomberg. ♪ is a national service program that allows young americans to spend a year in service to our country through a local nonprofit, earn some money for college, a living stipend, and get health care for that year. currently, there is 75,000 people serving in every american state and territory. we would double the size of that. we would increase the living stipend, bump it up just a little, and increase how much they earn for college. i think at this moment when we have had 44 million americans apply for unemployment and that has hit most heavily those that are younger

naacp covered it. the black press covered it across the nation.ocumentsbeen other that were published and/or the blackthin readership, i guess i should say. so it goes black to this question of information and have news is distributed, what is suppressed, how it is suppressed. squeeze in our last couple of callers. jim is calling from annapolis, maryland. jim, good morning. morning. in 1965, a small group of guys got together and set up hud. and they went around the country, tulsa, chicago, detroit, baltimore, d.c., etc. and they financed, developed, and to this day own and manage those section eight project. there is 42 million blacks in the country today. 30% are doing fabulous, barack winfreys, oprah actors, football players, etc. this 70% living in these hellho the last 50for years have gone nowhere. i don't want to hear about the ben carsons that have gotten out, and so forth. now, here is what is happening. the same group that owns those projects, and your guest doesn't have a clue who they are, they are not the 95% -- they are not the 99%,

league and the naacp that those as well and passed unanimously in the senate unfortunately we ran out of time in the house so it did not become law. not yet. this legislation creates a national criminal justice commission much like the 9/11 commission that would review our criminal justice system at large from top to bottom, something that hasn't happened since 1965 and 18 months the commission will report backsdad u to us and make recommendations for changes that could be passed by congress this would allow us to systemically look at what is workingha and what isn't and what needs to be done to modernize the system including repairing the broken relationship between law enforcement and minority communities. the review that took place in 1965 with 200 specific ar and to take stock of those failures as i mentioned the bill that passed the senate unanimous had 20 bipartisan cosponsors and was supported by the national association of police organization in chief association and the national urban league. g i believe this type of legislation guess is the basic framework for lasting changes we are b after as an umbrella under which those issues could be voted on and debated to be

other witnesses include mark morreale of the national urban league and someone from the naacp's legalense fund. on c-span2, the senate returns at 10:00 a.m. to continue work on a bill to fund the national parks and public lands. on c-span3, treasury secretary steven mnuchin joins the head of the small to testify about implementing the small business provisions in the cares act. ise's a look at what streaming live wednesday on c-span.org. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the senate health committee looks at how the coronavirus will affect the new school year for k-12 students. at noon eastern, a house oversight hearing on the challenges that central -- essential workers are facing during the pandemic. at that time, the house financial services subcommittee hold a hearing on how the coronavirus impacts renters. you can follow those hearings live online at c-span.org. monday, nato secretary-general yen sultan berg took part in a conversation. istalked about the role nato playing during the coronavirus pandemic and accused russia and china of spreading disinformation about the coronavirus. held dur

national level. i want to thank derek johnson , the ceo and president of the naacp. i received bobby rush just heard from. ofillinois, on his home in chicago and our two mayors , mayor nelson carter, of st. paul minnesota and mayor leslie warren ofrochester new york . if you so much and thank you for spending so much time with us today. on our live event on the epidemic of inequality at >> with the recent protests unfolding, watch our live unfiltered coverage with briefings from the white house, congress, governors and mayors from across the nation updating the situation. pandemic, ands campaign 2020. join in the conversation on "washington journal." if you miss any of our live coverage, watch anytime on demand at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. archbishop gregory of washington, d.c. shared his thoughts in response to the death of george floyd. he also spoke about why he criticize the president's visit

naacp in mississippi. aaron henry was part of the national civil rights movement. he worked with dr. martin luther king jr. by 1982, he had won a seat in the mississippi state legislature. in the legislature, he worked insistently on trying to change the state flag. he introduced a bill to change the flag in 1988. that never got a vote. neither did the bills he tried in 1990 or 1992 or 1993. they wouldn't even hear him. not long before he died, representative aaron henry talked about that struggle. >> you see, we have the residue of the confederate flag in the corner of our state flag. and that confederate flag is the banner under which white males marched under to keep my grandma and my grandpa in slavery. i will keep on trying to get that residue out of the state flag as long as i can have a voice in trying to do it. i just think it's absurd. it's -- anybody who reads the history of the confederate flag know why it's there, know how it came about. >> aaron henry died in 1997. the confederacy outlived his best efforts to remove its symbol from the flag of the state that he called ho

naacp fund, cheryl eiffel. it's all ahead on "face the nation." ♪ >> good morning, and welcome to "face the nation."argaret brennan is off. we begin today with the coronavirus, that is continuing to cause more uncertainty in the u.s. new cases are increasing in 29 states. 17 report record seven-day averages. in response, to governors in 15 states have paused or reversed plans to row open. to date the virus has killed over 125,000 people across the country, and there are more than 2.5 million confirmed cases in the u.s. our coverage beginth morning with mark straussman reporting from atlanta. >> reporter: covid has exploded, america reopened and relaxed, and infection resurged. there is a red alert on summer weeks ahead. in florida, last call for alcohol was at noon friday. e smshed its covid record, more than 9500 infections in a single day. on friday, miami announced it is closing the beaches before the busy july 4th weekend. >> there was widespread non-conon-compliance and that led to issues. >> reporter: positivity rates also demanded it. testing shows more than one in 10 texans has been infected

in a aa cp, the national urban leak, legal defence fund, a black woman's roundtable, all they got together and said we will have a day of mourning. —— naacpen we will come out of this morning. because at some of our experts and others that know the legal fields, they have outlined a legal fields, they have outlined a legal process, we must enforce. everything from residency to dealing with police backgrounds and not being hidden. italked with police backgrounds and not being hidden. i talked to governor andrew cuomo today in new york. he says we have to change 58 where the backgrounds are stopped. we need to know if they stop you, they find out everything you ever did. why don't we know when policemen have a pattern? we have to go back to consent decrees. under the obama administration, they had put certain cities with patterns and practices under consent decrees. whenjamaal bryant, pastor baltimore, they put it under consent decree wasn't one of the first things that happened in the next ministration. they stopped the next ministration. they stopped the consent decree. we have specific policies that need to happen. therefore i am glad ma