all these people ransacking businesses inciting violence including one of new york's top cops, terrence monahan kneeling with protesters in solidarity. listen to what he said. >> from california and all over this country, getting paid to take this movement and turn it into violence against men and women who love the community. >> there's a police presence here, there were dozens of arrests, we don't have an exact number. we will find a couple hours. the curfew lifted at 5 am but goes back into effect earlier today about 8:00 pm. clearly these looters don't care about the curfew, don't feel anything is going to happen to them. >> thank you so much. >> now breaking news from st. louis, more police officers shot during violent protests overnight, shooting happened near the st. louis police headquarters. >> the police chief had to choke back tears describing what happened. >> some coward hard shots at officers and we have four in the hospital. thank god no one died. >> all the officers have non-life-threatening injuries. >> protests in minneapolis remaining mostly peaceful and of tonight's mandated

s chief of department, terrence monahan.pil spent a night with him before the night fell and the city descended into chaos. w minnesota was an outrage completely and totally. but 800,000 law enforcement officers around this country are paying the price for what that guy did in minnesota. >> reporter: can you understand the anger that we see over here? >> absolute li, i understand the anger, protests, yell, scream, let your rage out. but don't take your rage out on the community that employs members of this community. >> reporter: after violence erupted over the weekend, chief terrence monahan and the nearly 40,000 officers he oversees geared up for more protests. >>> where is the line between a peaceful protest and out of control? >> windows being broken, stores being looted, got no place in american society. >> reporter: but in recent days tempers have flared and the new york city police department has faced criticism for how some officers have responded. >> you don't have to look at the entire incident. you have to look at

message to those looters who are inciting violence and includes one of new york's top cops, chief terrence monahan on video dealing with protesters in solidarity. listen to what he said about these violent looters. >> 5 days of war needs to end. it has to end. when the sun goes down, the protesters go home. leave it to those who want to cause damage and we will get rid of them, we will get rid of those who ruin your neighborhoods. >> reporter: there have been dozens of arrests, this is part of a bottle left here, the brown liquor on the grounds. this is not a protest, this is a party for them. >> reporter: a lot of this happened after the curfew was in effect, you are in the soho area where the looting was taking place, it was a places, not just in the soho area. >> reporter: i'm in midtown manhattan where the macy's flagship store is. there are stores all over the place, madison avenue got hit. they are picking and choosing different parts. not a lot left behind their. in midtown, every one is wonder what is next. i want to deck out one more thing that is heartbreaking for me to see. i've seen es

well, the mayor asked for an apology, we're learning from the chief of the department, terrence monahan, the governor did give an apology, called the commissioner himself to apologize for the words he said. now they would like him to say something again when he has his news conference about the coronavirus typically later this morning, so we'll wait to hear about that. hopefully the tide has turned here in new york and we're going in a better direction for sure. guys? >> brynn gingras, thank you very much. >>> let's go now to cnn's flora sanchez in washington. living here, have to say, to see military vehicles streaming down pennsylvania avenue yesterday was jarring. what is the latest on the ground? where are those uniformed soldiers deployed and what difference did all this make? >> reporter: well, jim, i saw them myself early this morning as i was walking to this area. there were hundreds of what appeared to be national guard unloading from buses and getting into a hotel, not far from where we are right now. this is just a block down from lafayette park outside the white house. a dif

i spoke one-on-one with nypd's terrence monahan after we watched the arrest of an alleged looter on the streets of new york. he said that he felt like the curfew worked as they were able to arrest over 700 people overnight according to monahan. still violence and theft raged all night promoting new york's governor andrew cuomo to criticize the mayor of new york and nypd saying they didn't to their job. monahan told me andrew cuomo should come out on their streets with them as they took a look at what they're dealing with and say this is about a call for the national guard that will come. listen. >> the mayor doesn't know the city. nypd knows the city. we know how to deal with these kids, how to deal with these problems. we don't need people standing in zones. may ex-is ask -- exacerbate thi and make the protests worse. >> we won't see the national guard in new york city. not yet. the protesters are sitting down, remaining quiet. they're saying george floyd's name. we'll bring you more. >> bill: thanks, laura. i want to bring in howard safer, the former new york fire commissioner. welcom

became the face of a potential solution of this relative between protester and policeman is terrence monahan, chief of nypd. he's on the ground tonight. let's take a quick break and get to the chief and his perspective of the reality on the streets tonight and then let him get to his job. feel the cool rush of new claritin cool mint chewables. powerful 24-hour, non-drowsy, allergy relief plus an immediate cooling sensation for your throat. live claritin clear. for only week only, save up to $13 on select claritin products. check this sunday's newspaper for details. sixty-two thousand seven hundred and ten dollars and thirty-one cents. sofi allowed me to refinance all of my loans to one low interest rate and an affordable monthly payment. and i just feel like there's an end in sight now and that my debt doesn't define me anymore. ♪ sofi is helping me get my money right. ♪ yoo-hoo, progressive shoppers. sofi is helping me get my money right. we laughed with you. sprinkles are for winners. we surprised you. on occasion, we've probably even annoyed you. we've done this all with one thing in mind

on monday, you have one of new york city's top officers, terrence monahan, taking a knee, hugging a protesterin flint, michigan, the sheriff marcrched with protesters on saturday. in wisconsin, the police chief andrew smith condemned the killing of george floyd and walked with protesters. and we are seeing this amidst the teargas income amidst the shooting, amidst the pepper spring and the massive number of thousands of arrests. your commements? >> it is like a really frightening abusive relationship when you're in an abusive rerelationship and the partners gas lighting you and telling you everything you're feeling is not true and look what i'm doing for you. it is not acceptable behavior, honestly. you're either going to be in solidarity with community and stop brutalizing us or you're going to continue to do what you have been doing business as usual. there is no half stepping. taking a knee, marching with protesters, thatat does not chae the structure or the system we live in, which is a system that continues to violate the rights of black people, continues to kill black people, hunts blac

chief terrence monahan kneeling with protesters in sole date yesterday. listen to what he said about these looters. >> get them out of here. protest peacefully. why would anyone break into a store in your neighborhood? places that employ the people in this neighborhood? no reason for it. it has to end. let new york show the country how this is done. >> now we have seen nypd officers here and there just keeping an eye on things as businesses are trying to now board up their stores. there have been dozens of arrests. we don't have an exact number just yet. hopefully we should find out in the next couple of hours. that curfew by the way it was 11:00 last night. they have moved it up to 8:00 p.m. now. weave will wait and see what happens. obviously these looters don't really care whether there is a curfew or not. back to you. ainsley: aishah sharks there were complaints about that curfew being too late yesterday. 11:00 is pretty late. they changed it to 8:00. the mayor and the governor did say they are adding 4,000 cops to the streets. have you seen more of a

. >> reporter: back in manhattan when things started to get tense, chief terrence monahan stepped in. he's the highest ranking uniform officer in the nypd and he single handedly de-escalated the situation. >> we all know minnesota was wrong. this is our city. our city. >> reporter: protesters asked him to kneel with them. they did, and hugged some of them, too. tensions were high around the country. in saint louis, four officers were hit by gunfire during down town demonstrations. philadelphia protesters climbed an embankment and police filed rubber bullets. in louisville, kentucky, community members gathered to honor a man who was killed on monday who police opened fire. police say they were responding to gunfire from a crowd. none of the officers had turned on their body cameras and monday louisville's mayor fired the chief of police. >> we have to think about how we allow poor communities to be policed, how we train our officers to respond. >> reporter: there is another protest tonight here in new york city. it starts at 8:00. before last night's protest the last time that new york

joined now by the highest ranking uniformed officer in the new york city police department, chief terrence monahan. chief, good morning to you. your moment with demonstrators monday went viral. you knelt with them in the park, hugging people in the crowd and calling for an end to the violence. chief, with that picture in mind, i have to ask you about last night. it seemed to be a much quieter night. you had an earlier curfew. is that what made the difference? >> the earlier curfew helped cops take out of the neighborhood people that didn't belong there. 8:00 helped a lot. a lot of people protesting past 8:00 peacefully we allowed to continue. but when a group of people who were looking to cause mayhem broke off, we were able to take care of them very quickly. >> the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, lashed out at the police response saying police did not do their job monday night when there was widespread looting. he talked about displacing the mayor and bringing in the national guard. is that necessary, in your mind? >> absolutely not. i stated this yesterday. he'd have to come out and see what

the shake-up nypd, the possible resignation of police commissioner and the chief of department terrence monahanlete faith in their leadership, but calls for the mayor to step down and not letting up since he was booed at a torch for a memorial in brooklyn last week during last night's peaceful demonstrations. some protesters said the mayor's plan is not enough, too little, too late pointing to a segregated school system. they want to see a reorganized nypd which will give the police brand-new priorities and it goes beyond city hall, organizers we have seen that these protests are handing out voter registration forms basically asking protesters to learn more about their local, their state leaders, other state representatives and asking them to continue marching all the way to the polls. >> ed: think you. >> sandra: meanwhile, an air force staff sergeant has been arrested over the weekend. policing the suspect ambushed officers while they were investigating reports of a suspicious vehicle. the sheriff now paying tribute to the fallen deputy. >> you think about what you want to see in a police off

i'm just looking at terrence monahan and what he said. there we are seeing it.one thursday night we have been facing rocks, bolts and bricks. we very been shot at and run over by cars. but we are still here, still doing it. the governor of the state later back tracked a little bit came out and said the nypd has to do their job. and the mayor, i might even remove him. but where is the governor, mr. take charge? you have an opportunity to put your wind breaker on, put your collar up and take charge and tell people here is the curfew. this is law and order. instead, he supervises this ridiculous where everyone gets in and everyone gets out. i supervises, he allows the mayor of the city to say that this is no big deal. the violence is minimal. look at all the places where it's peaceful and don't overexaggerate. really? ainsley: brian, look at that list right there. look at how long this list is. brian: look at this. this is around the country. the officers are the problem. you want to talk about office reform. i haven't gone through a law enforcement academy. neithe