this is for my son, jacob blake. [foreign language] >> i would like to thank everyone for coming out in support of my son with this senseless attempted murder that was committed on him. they shot my son seven times seven times. like he didn't matter. but my son matters. he is a human being and he matters. >> we are going to now hear from his mother ms. julia jackson. this is her only biological son jacob blake jr. take your time. [inaudible] we really just need prayer. as i was writing through here, through the city, i noticed a lot of damage, that doesn't reflect my son or my family. if jacob knew what was going on as far as that goes, the violence, and the destruction, he would be varian pleased. so i am really asking and encouraging everyone is in wisconsin and abroad to take a moment and examine your heart. citizens, police officers, firemen, clergy, politicians, do jacob justice on this level and examine your heart. we need healing. as i pray for my son, healing physically, emotionally, and spiritually, i also h

because julia and jacob sr.'was not treated with the humanity that we often give our white brothers and sisters. and it has to stop, and it has to stop at the highest levels of our government. that really is what this is about. people at the top saying, police, we cannot allow this to happen, prosecutors, we can not allow this to happen, judges, we cannot allow this to happen anymore. we cannot turn a blind eye to the deliberate indifference that we show to george floyd, breonna taylor, ahmaud arbery, ascavedo in milwaukee, rayshard brooks. trayvon martin. the list goes on and on. i was just counting this year. i'm just talking about in the last few months. and now julia's son, her only biological son is the latest example of this deliberate indifference that america shows to black people. and so it's going to take a lot of prayer. thank god her and pastor and this family is a praying family to try to not only heal him but also to try to heal his children, his family, and heal this community. next question? >> ha

andrea: what jacobs did, but celia couldn't. that comes into play as to whether or not she would have had a different outcome for her trial or not. prof. jones: good. yes? >> harriet jacobs was obviously written by herself, so her story we kind of know. celia's story is what we know from court cases and testimonies, which can be kind of questionable. prof. jones: this is great, this question of literacy. i will come back to the question of isolation. i think literacy and isolation may be two ways in which we can think about dramatically the ways in which not only the way these stories unfold but how the capacity to tell or remember them are shaped. yes, jacobs is literate, even if she is an enslaved woman in north carolina. we remember this becomes part of the drama between her and dr. flint, precisely because part of his terror is to pass her notes. yeah, siobhan? siobhan: i saw a similarity between them. prof. jones: good. siobhan: one thing i noticed, i feel like they really did not have anything to lose except when it came t

he is jacob blake's mother's pastor. he's also the author of "zero victim: liberate yourself from the mentality of defeat." pastor ward, thanks for taking the time. i'm sorry for the circumstances of us talking. i know you've been a friend of the family for decades, so first, can you give us an update on jacob's condition and how is the family holding up? >> hi, ana. thank you so much for having me on. i really appreciate it. just the latest that i have had, it was a busy day, again, being julia's pastor, not pastor for the entire family. they have a very diverse, wonderful family, but i do represent julia's faith, having been her pastor. the last that i heard, they're doing as well as expected. of course, these are tumultuous times, perilous times. the last i heard, jacob was stable, having gone through a number of medical treatments, and i think we have to just continue to pray for god's very best for the family during this time and be sensitive to their need for god's hand upon them. >> i understand the restraints on

it fell to jacob blake's mother julia jackson, jacob blake's father jacob sr and jacob blake's three sisters, to put a human face on another police shooting. this one in wiscons wisconsin. >> bullets went through his spineal cord, holes in his stomach and colon, small intestin intestines, kidney and liver were injured. he was shot in the arm. he is in surgery at this hour again. lawyers are calling on civil lawsuit. lawyers calling for calm. saying it is what jacob would want. he's still alive on a good deal of pain medicine, which makes him, while conscious, in and out, and not anyone -- e -- not able to fully recount everything that happened to him. his mothers and sisters calling for change as so in families do as their mom, grave horror agrif of what just happened to them, hoping their words would spare other from their pain. saying quote, if jacob knew what was going on, the violence and destruction he'd be very unpleased. want to bring in our guests -- i don't want to rush through this. i do want to start with the pain of jacob's parents and sisters. rev. >> i talked to his fat

, jacob blake sr. just speaking there. with laura and abby. laura, i want to follow up on something. there's a lot the police have not said about what initially brought them there. we know there was a domestic disturbance call we are told. the police have said that they actually had tried to use a taser i believe on mr. blake that did not seem to work and then we have seen what happened apparently after that, the entire thing apparently was only a matter of minutes. from the time they arrived to the time that mr. blake ended up being shot and a lot we don't know about what occurred. is that normal? i know the investigation was handed from the kenosha police department over to state authorities but is that normal not to release more information? >> well, auoftentimes the publi doesn't know a lot of information done behind the scenes through an investigative body and outsourced to the greater investigation body outside the area. why? because they have a statute in wisconsin that essentially says they do

on the left you have the title page from jacobs's book. on the right, we have a justice of the peace's writing of celia's testimony. but -- i think maybe i have -- no, that was not it. but here, down on the right, you can see the x. other differences? yeah, andrea? andrea: [inaudible] -- what jacobs did, but celia couldn't. that comes into play as to whether or not she would have had a different outcome for her trial or not. prof. jones: good. yes? >> harriet jacobs was obviously written by herself, so her story we kind of know. celia's story is what we know from court cases and testimonies, which can be kind of questionable. prof. jones: this is great, this question of literacy. i will come back to the question of isolation. i think literacy and isolation may be two ways in which we can think about dramatically the ways in which not only the way these stories unfold but how the capacity to tell or remember them are shaped. yes, jacobs is literate, even if she is an enslaved woman in north carolina. we remember this becomes part of the dra

some major developments in the police shooting of jacob blake. update our viewers. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. for starters, jacob blake is no longer shackled to his hospital bed, his attorney says. and that's because the previous felony warrants against him have been vacated, again, according to the attorney. and previously, the sheriff had given the explanation that anyone with those types of warrants would have been treated that way, despite, in this case, him being paralyzed. but it's not just about kenosha here. jacob plablake's story is one o many that motivated thousands to descend on the nation's capital today. >> hey, hey, ho, ho. >> reporter: a march on washington bringing thousands to share and represent the pain of those who have become household names. >> jacob blake! jacob blake! >> reporter: for all the wrong reasons. >> you must stand. you must fight, but not with violence and chaos. >> reporter: among those in attendance, the family of jacob blake, who's now conscience after being shot in the back seven times by a kenosha po

they wanted to speak to julia, jacob's mother, and jacob sr. we were able to put them in touch.ld jacob's parents they were behind them 100%. they expressed their sympathies and empa this for what has occurred. and i thought what was touching for everybody because they all agreed, the bucks as well as julia and jacob senior, they expressed back to the milwaukee bucks, please use your platform to accomplish peace. please use your platform to encourage people protest in nonviolent ways. what we're doing with attorney ben crump who we are very thankful for bringing on to his wonderful team, we have a great legal team, it is the civil justice system. civil. civil justice system that is going to allow us to pursue compensation for these horrible injuries and on sunday the police officer did not act civilly but we are going to act civilly because that is how we resolve disputes here in our great country of america. we'll use the civil justice system and we ask everybody be civil and protest in a civil, nonviolent way. that is at least in part what they talked about when the parents of

family attorneys say jacob blake is paralyzed now from the waist down. his family is hoping for a miracle. cnn's omar jimenez is on the ground for us in kenosha. >> reporter: good morning. a third night in a row of demonstrations and in some cases violent confrontation with kenosha police. now three nights since jacob blake of shot in the back seven times by kenosha police. these barricades over my shoulder here that's new and that's part of a renewed effort to prevent some of the destruction we saw on the previous two nights happening in a third night in a row. in regards to jacob blake we also got an update on how he's been doing. he's been in surgery for a good part of tuesday. we also learned the extent of how badly he was injured. it wasn't just his vertebrae being shot in the back but he had holes in his stomach. nearly his entire could ln and small intestine had to be removed and was shot teenager. his lawyers say it's a miracle he's alive. at the center of all this all, this is a family that's still grieving over the potential loss of one of thei

jacob blake family while marching in washington, here in kenosha we know now from jacob blake's localttorney that he is no longer shackled to his hospital bed. he has been shackled his whole time by the leg to the bed but that has changed. we learned from his attorney that he is no longer being guarded by police because warrants out for his arrest have been vacated. the family of jacob blake joining thousands in washington rallying to give a voice taken away at the hands of police. >> you must stand. you must fight. not with violence and chaos. >> authorities revealing new details now about jacob blake's past and the circumstances surrounding the shooting that left blake paralyzed. the sheriff saying he has come to the hospital bed because blake has felony warrants for his arrest including one from july for sexual assault and the restraint highly criticized by blake's family. >> i walked into the room and he is paralyzed from the waist down. why do they have steel on my son's ankle. he couldn't get up if he wanted to. so that is a little overkill to have him shackled to the bed. that

>> i just want to say, jacob was reaching in his car. he got shot in the back. don't you think jacob would have fell on his stomach in the seat instead of ending up in the sitting position. that makes sense to me. i don't think he was reaching for anything. if he was, he would have got shot and fell on his stomach. i think he had enough strength to move in the car. you know what i'm saying? >> i understand. i do understand what you're saying. raysean, thank you, again for coming on. >> no problem. >> i appreciate it. now you heard raysean, who filmed that video we've all seen, going through what we saw comparing it to what the police association is alleging, their very different version of events. i want to go to anthony davis, president of the kenosha chapter of the naacp and laura coates. laura let me start off with the police officers' association, their version here is different than what raysean said he saw. now, look, he's open to he didn't see all of it, but from where he started filming and what they're talking about, it seems he saw the part they're ref

my heart goes out for those parents of jacob. my heart goes out to the children of jacob. my heart goes out to that community. but until we actually do something, the onus is on these individuals in washington, d.c. who, they actually have to act like they give a damn. we have bills that are sitting there that have not moved. they do not care in washington d.c. and someone has to show us that they care so that we can actually hold law enforcement accountable, have deterrence in this type of behavior by law enforcement stops. this was not a police-involved shooting. this was a murder, wolf. that's what we saw on camera. >> let's see what happens. this investigation according to local police is only just beginning. chief ramsey, i want to play another clip, jacob blake's mother spoke out a little while ago as well. listen to this. >> as i pray for my son's healing, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, i also have been praying even before this for the healing of our country. >> chief ramsey, you're the former police commissioner in philadelphia, major city. you were the

jacob blake's mother is asking people to protest peacefully. >> if jacob knew what was going on as far as that goes, the violence and the destruction, he would be very un-pleased. >> they are still investigating the shooting of jacob blake. the police officers involved are now on administrative leave. >>> the detroit lions nfl team are taking a stand against police brutality. yesterday, they walked off the practice field with this sign, the world can't go on, and we won't be silent. the team spent time talking to reporters about how they support jacob blake and >>> in the nba, toronto raptors held a meeting about how they could respond to the shooting of jacob blake. the team is considering not playing against the boston celtics in game one tomorrow. fred vanvleet says ultimately playing or not playing puts pressure on somebody. >> you can't really make sense of it. i mean, you can, but it's not the most logical thing in the world, you know, for people to be getting killed because of their skin color. that doesn't make sense. >> brad stevens said the celtics had a similar team meeting,

>> jacob blake -- >> jacob blake -- >> jacob blake! >> thousands taking part in a new march on washington demanding racial justice, including the family there was jacob blake who was shot by police in wisconsin. >>> fresh off the republican national convention, president donald trump back on the campaign trail. what he is now saying about the crises facing this country. >>> and the u.s. coronavirus death toll soars past 181,000 with the key model projecting that number could nearly double by the end of this year. >>> coming to you live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> thank you for joining us. on the very day that thousands in the u.s. descended on washington to demand racial justice and proclaim black lives matter, we're learning of the unexpected death of a young actor who portrayed some of history's most notable african-americans and emerged as an influential member of the black community. chadwick boseman los

>> jacob blake! >> jacob blake! >> jacob blake! >> jacob blake! >> reporter: blake's father here, too, speaking as his son still lies paralyzed in the hospital. >> every black person in the united states is going to stand up. we're tired! i'm tired! >> reporter: this year's march fueled by this moment of national reckoning on race, sparked by the killing of george floyd. >> i wish george were here to see this right now. >> reporter: his brother breaking down, his sister taking the mic. >> we have to be the change, and we have to be his legacy. >> reporter: for alison williams, that call is a personal one. i'm watching the tears swell in your eyes. >> yes. >> reporter: this is very personal. >> yes. i have a son. i had to give him that talk. i had to sit him down to tell him what to do in case he gets stopped. he's been stopped multiple times, and every day i pray that god would put a hedge of protection around him. but it's time, you guys. we've got to vote. we've got to change this country now. we can do it now, but everybody has

better life. >>> one of today's marchers is jac jacob blake sr.er today, blake gave an emotional interview to allison, who talked about finally getting to see his son in the hospital and realizing his now paralyzed son was handcuffed to his hospital bed. >> how is your son doing, mr. blake? um, for the situation, he's doing -- let's make it very clear my son is fighting for his life. he's holding on. he's holding on. he's medicated pretty much all the time. >> so, he's sedated and medicated because, as i understand, he's in so much pain. have you been able to speak to him? >> yes. i got two days ago i got to speak to him. >> can you tell us about that conversation and what he said. >> um, at first his eyes were andi squinted when i walked into the room and i thought it was because he was in pain but when i got to his side, he grabbed my hands and began to weep and he told me that he was hallucinating. and then he said i love you, daddy. daddy, i love you. >> it must be so hard to see him in this condition. >> yes. and his next question was why did

now the growing protest movement in support of jacob blake.nal athletes are putting the spotlight on kenosha, tell us more. >> in the meantime, we are lear 17-year-old suspect in a fatal shooting during the protests as well as unprecedented protests by several sports teams. >> demonstrating our solidarity by not playing today. >>

it is not clear if he'll meet with the family of jacob blake. let's get more from the latest white house's reporter who's on the line with us. shannon pettypiece. >> i do know it is something they have talked about and the president traveling there exacerbate tensions, something to be aware of. the president now said he'll travel or a white house spokesperson says he's going to travel there on tuesday. the way it was described to reporters to meet with law enforcement and survey the damage. when this white house person was asked whether he'll be meeting with the blake's family, he said the schedule has not been ironed out yet. that's not the intent and soul purpose of the trip in any way. we know mark meadows had reached out to the family. he confirmed the report last week, he spoke to the family's pastor and express sympathy and support to the pastor. there has been some levels of outreach prior to the family. this is going to be a remarkable trip to see what happens here. so much of the convention were focused around the protests. they were no

jacob blake is african american. the white officer who shot him, rusten sheskey, has been placed on administrative leave and has not been fired or charged with a crime. protesters marched through kenosha for a fifth straight night thursday to demand sheskey's arrest as wisconsin governor tony evers said alabama, arizona, and mimichigan were sending more national guard troops to patrol the streets. meanwhile, kenosha county prosecutors thursday brought six charges against kyle rittenhouse, the 17-year-old white militia member who was filmed killing two people and injuring a third with an ar-15 assault rifle during protests in kenosha on tuesday. if convicted of first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree reckless homicide, rittenhouse faces up to life in prison. this comes as the amererican cil liberties union is demanding the immediate resignation of kenosha police chief daniel miskinis, who on wednesday blamed curfew violators and not militia members for tuesday's deadly violence. the aclu is also demanding k

in response to the same shooting of jacob lake. let's get some more for really and unprecedented day in sports.>> reporter: indeed, the boycotts and response of the shooting of jacob lake actually started this afternoon in the nba and trickle down throughout the sporting world, including major league baseball where three games were postponed today, one of them tonight's giant game at oracle park that was called off less than 30 minutes before the first pitch. the teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow. kepler was the first coach to neil for the national anthem saying that athletes need to use their platform to continue to speak out against racial and social injustice. >> we have a tremendous amount of influence because we work in professional sports. every time a new story surfaces about racial inequality in our country, we have a great opportunity to talk about it. and we have a responsibility to talk about it on those days. today is not the last day we will get to have the tough conversation and we should embrace it on a day-to-

that's not who jacob is. don't do it. >>> and so, you know, he continues to root for violence. >>> well, jacque object blak-- is kept handcuffed to his bed even though he is partially parpa paralyzed. there's a warning here, sbome o the images are disturbing. >> reporter: they are sevens heard around the world as many are fed up with what is becoming an all-too familiar story. the nba is set to resume play later this week, after postponing their playoffs for days in sole daidarity with jac blake. and several nfl teams cancelled their practice. >> they felt helpless. they felt luke they wanted to do something. they felt like they were not a part of it. like they were being protected from what everyone els e in th world is seeing. you have everyone in the -- >> wednesday, police arrested kyle rittenhouse and charged him with first degree intentional homicide. after a night where two people were killed and a third injured. his social media portrays him as loving guns, police, and the president. >> the president

shooting with jacob blake.s how he addresses it. mike pence addressed kenosha last night as part of a statement on violence in cities but didn't actually address the systemic racism at play with police brutality against black people in america and sort of the path forward on that. i think to listen tonight to how donald trump addresses this issue, and is it about bringing the country together and the path forward in resolving or pushing towards resolution to what is clearly a crisis in america? >> karen, i want to ask you something here. i'm glad we have you back. i'm sorry about that. president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner said he is confident black voters will support trump. he went off to explain what he sees as trump's accomplishments in office. here's jared kushner. >> people complaint about the criminal justice system and the racial inequalities that existed. he took on that issue and brought a solution. he got the historic criminal justice reform. there's education. president trump

>> jacob blake! >> jacob blake! >> jacob blake! >> jacob blake! >> jacob blake! >> jacob blake!e are two systems of justice in the united states. there's a white system and there's a plaque system. the plaque system ainblack syst well. but we're going to stand up. every black person in the united states is going to stand up. we're tired! i'm tired of looking at cameras and seeing these young black and brown people suffer. we're going to hold court today. we're going to hold court on systematic racism. we're going to have court right now. guilty! guilty! >> yes! >> guilty! >> guilty! racism against all of us. guilty! >> it guilty! >> it guilty! racism against trayvon martin! we find them guilty! >> guilty! >> racism against george floyd. we find them guilty! >> guilty! >> racism against jacob blake, abdul due walla. if i said the name wrong, a lll, forgive me. >> guilty! >> and we're not taking it anymore! i ask everyone to stand up, no justice -- >> no peace! >> no justice -- >> no peace! >> i met this man when i was 7 years old. how did i know i was going to meet this man again

the police shooting of jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin. authorities tonight have now revealed the name of the officer and new details about what they say they found at the scene. we're also learning more tonight about the 17-year-old from a neighboring state now accused of opening fire on protesters. two were killed. tonight, what he said in an interview just moments before the shooting started. abc's alex perez in kenosha again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, new details on the teenager investigators say showed up in kenosha armed with a rifle and allegedly opened fire on demonstrators protesting the police shooting of jacob blake. authorities arrested 17-year-old kyle rittenhouse in nearby illinois for his alleged role in tuesday's shooting that left two dead and one injured. police identified him as the man seen in this social media video during protests that night. >> so, nonlethal, but you guys respond? >> we don't have nonlethal. >> so you guys are full-on ready to defend the property? >> yes, we are. >> reporter: this graphic video c

we'll be talking to jacob.e facts will come out, but irrespective of what those facts are, when he's walk around the car and for him to be point-blank shot range, to put a death sentence put on him that is not justified and that is excessive force and that's why we will be pursuing with a civil lawsuit. >> mr. salvi, please pass on our thoughts to him and his family for a recovery from this and we appreciate you joining us this morning. >> thank you, jim. we certainly will. >>> there are close to 4,000 students and staff at colleges and universities in dozens of states who have now tested positive for the coronavirus. now several are cracking down on students who break the coronavirus rules. we'll have an update coming right up. are you a christian author with a book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! >>> several colleges across the u.s. are now disciplining students who break rules set up to stop the spread of the coronavirus after campuses in

give jacob blake walking around theser and then you hear seven shots. i would ask about attorney ben crump who is representing jacob blake and has represented the as well of george floyd , breonna taylor, tweeted -- quote kenosha city council passed an ordinance in 2017 requiring all officers wear body cams. but they never bought them. they're in the budget in 2022. if it weren't for a neighboror's video, the police shooting of jacob blake would've vanished and no officers would be held accountable." that is t the tweet of ben crum. that is the e only video we're seeing right now because there is a bodycam video. if you can talk about how this lelegislation that passed was gotten around, a and then talk t the state level, you're the lieutenant governor, , about wht is being done at the statete lel for police reform. >> like we said before, that video was brazen. the officers actions were brazen. i said before also in my own statement, what if there wasn't vivideo footage of what happene? i can't speak specifically about what happened. it was the city of

sara, we'll speak to jacob blake's father in a moment. i understand the kenosha police officer association has come forward with details on what they say led up to the shooting. we should say the officials who are leading the investigation have not really come forward to give details. this is the police union. what are they saying? >> yeah, it's interesting. we're not hearing this from the police chief. we're not hearing this from the police department. we're not hearing this from the department of justice, the state department of justice which is the investigating agency into the shooting. we're hearing this from the police union. this is what they are saying. they are accusing jacob blake of being armed with a knife. officers told him to drop it. he did not compile. they also say that he was there and they were called there because he had some keys and was attempting to steal the keys or the vehicle, that you-all saw when he turned his back to officers and the officers shot him seven times in the back. we are also seeing that they said

>> i saw jacob yesterday. let's say progress is limited, and he's highly sedated but his breathing and his function above the waist seemed to be tapering off and he's holding on for dear life. that's what he's basically doing. he's holding on for dear life. >> is he getting worse? >> no, no. that's the thing that keeps all of our hopes alive is that he's actually from the waist up moving into a better situation. but because of all of the pain and the amount of bullets that moved through him, you know, he's suffering from a lot of the soft tissue, of course, the pain. >> that's heartbreaking. and i'm sure you heard the president a few minutes ago. he said the reason why he hasn't spoken to your family is because you wanted to have your lawyers involved, i assume that means mr. crump, who is also with us, and the president said that was inappropriate. let's play that and let me get your reaction to that. >> mr. president, why are you not meeting with the family of jacob blake while you're there? >> i spoke with

he did not hear jacob respond. he also said that he saw him pull up his pants with two hands and he didn't see a knife in his hands. this is a witness, right, an eyewitness but ther yaelg at him to drop a knife and he is saying not only did he not see one but he was able to obviously pull his pants up with two hands. >> so we as lawyers when we approach juries always say to exercise your common sense and good judgment. again, you evaluate the videotape. and when he is walking you ask a juror or any viewer do you see a knife in his hands at that point? when he is walking to the car do you see a knife in his hands at that point? from the officers' vantage point or reason to observe, would they have been in a position to observe and see a knife so you wonder whether it is made up to justify the conduct or whether there was a knife that was ever there? and so it begs that question. but you look at it and you look at it in terms of justifiability and lack thereof and i understand the narrative. there will be an investig

blake ignoring a question about jacob blake this afternoon.he will not stand for lawlessness on american streets. as kaitlan collins reports he's expected to accept the republican nomination for president at the white house. >> the law and order message president trump will make his case for a second term tonight with the unrest in wisconsin as his backdrop. >> the vandalism and looting is ridiculous. to allow this to happen, i don't know how they can possibly do it. >> while he and vice president mike pence condemned the violence in kenosha, they have yet to address what led to it, the police shooting of another black man. president trump didn't answer questions about jacob blake today.

his family saying tonight jacob may never walk again. hurricane laura, predicted to be a beast of a storm with life- threatening storm surge and dangerous winds. law enforcement going door to door as more than half a million are ordered to evacuate. a family's anguish. >> they shot my son... seven times! s o'donnell: jacob blake's parents ask for justice as his mother denounces violence. and basketball superstar lebron james condemns the police shooting. >> we are scared as black people in america. >> o'donnell: 2020: america decides. tonight's republican national convention will feature first lady melania trump from the rose garden, and secretary of state mike pompeo shatters lady melania trump from the rose gard tradition with a political speech from jerusalem. only on cbs: the f.d.a. commissioner backtracks. why dr. stephen hahn now says data he shared was misleading. and, some experts are experts are concerned the administration may politicize a vaccine. nationwide laptop shortage. as kids go back to school remotely, why schools are

jacob blake jr. talking to us about his frustration with two -- what he called two justice systems and he mentioned what has happened here in the streets of kenosha, a 17-year-old white guy with a gun strapped across his chest who had just been accused of killing two people and injuring a third is able to walk down the street with the gun strapped across his chest and his hands up, walk towards police officers with the officers simply passing him by in the night, and his son, jacob blake, who is a black 29-year-old father, is shot in the back after having an altercation with police, showed up to try and deal with a call that came in, and he said, look, i don't see an imminent threat to the police officers, so he believes that the officer who shot jacob blake in the back seven times should be charged with attempted murder. that, of course, has not happened. there have been no charges. the officers involved in that officer-involved shooting are on administrative leave at this point in time, and we know

blake shooting, the police shooting of jacob blake.e now is lloyd pierce, the head coach of the atlanta hawks and the chair of the nba's racial justice committee. coach, we really appreciate you being with us. you've been such an important voice on all of this for the last several months. i'm curious today -- now, you're not in the bubble, and i'm not trying to rub it in that the hawk s aren't there at all, buti want to know what you're hearing from the players and coaches and people around the league this morning about this. >> thanks for having me on. you know, i think i'll start by saying it's been a very unique situation and circumstance for everyone that's in orlando. you know, for myself included watching from the outside, not understanding the separation from their family, the constant of playing every other day, but really doing a tremendous job of creating an opportunity to resume this season. but with that comes a lot of, you know, unknowns about what's going on with your family outside of the bubble and what you can do. but

we are listening to jacob -- jacob blake's father. let's listen. >> bullets in my son's back.isters and my brothers. hell, yeah, man, but understand, when you get angry you lose control of your nature. my nature is to protect my son, to stand up for my son when he cannot stand up, to ask the police in this town what gave them the right to murder on my child and what gave them the right to think that my son was an animal, what gave them the right to take something that was not his, i'm tired of this. i'm tired of this. no justice -- >> no peace. >> no justice -- >> no peace. >> we are not going to stop. we are not going to stop. my son the other day when i was in the hospital, give me a second. he grabbed my hand -- he closed my hand and he said, daddy, i love you. you know i love you. i said, man, listen, i love you more than anything in the world. he said, i didn't think you were going to come. what? man, i got in the car, y'all, and drove all night. then my baby said, why did they shoot me so many times. i said, baby, they weren't supposed to shoot you at all. i know -- i kn

blake toldof jacob americans to stand against oppression without chaos and violence.lity is notr real. delusions is no longer an option. we will not pretend, we will not be your docile slaves, we will not be oppressed. most of all, we will not dress up this genocide in blue and collett police brutality. we were only -- we will only pledge allegiance to the truth. black america, i hold you accountable. you must stand, you must fight. but not with violence and chaos. anchor: george floyd's sister urged supporters to continue the fight for a better future. >> how would the history books remember you? what will be your legacy? will your future generations remember you for your complaint -- complacency, your inaction? will they remember you for your empathy, your leadership, your passion? the injustices and evil in our world. anchor: let's go live to washington. describe for us this scale of the protest we saw today. we saw people turning up by the tens of thousands. there is no exact estimate at this point. 50,000 were expected as of this morning. they filled all the spac

the president, i understand, sara s-now speaking about jacob blake. what is he saying?reporter: that's right. after weathering criticism this week for not mentioning the name of jacob blake or focusing on the shooting the president addressed it more directly while he was in new hampshire yesterday in an interview. he said he was looking into whether the shooting was justified and reports about the incident. take a listen. >> i'm looking into it very strongly. i'll be getting reports. i'll let you know pretty soon. but it was not a good sight. i didn't like the sight of it certainly and i think most people would agree with that. we'll be getting reports in very soon and we'll report back then. >> reporter: now as he did thursday in his acceptance speech on the final night of the gop convention the president spent his rally in new hampshire last night drilling down on that law and order message and warning about the dangers in his eyes what would happen if democrats expanded power in november. president was touting what he characterized as a victory from authorizing the d

there's breonna taylor and ahmaud arbery and there's jacob blake. what i'm saying is that we have to condemn this epidemic of big proportions of people with color. >> how did the president support peaceful protests? he used tear gas and rubber bullets or batons on them outside of lafayette park. how has he supported peaceful protesting? >> remember, they were asked to leave, they violated the orders to leave the area. >> they were still within curfew. >> within a couple of minutes within curfew. but the reality was they were not leaving. >> they weren't given much time, rick. they were legally protesting and they came in and beat them and gassed them. >> look, there is excess and abuses unfortunately when it comes to managing crowds, things get out of control. things get out of control because people don't follow instructions. >> there's not true, rick. it's not true. >> can i say -- >> go ahead. >> can i say one thing? i get the point that we want to harp on the protesting. i get the point that, you know, republicans want to talk about chaos from t

jacob blake, whose father is also jacob blake, and his grandfather is also jacob blake. the well-known -- she was the well-known pastor in a chicago who led the housing desegregation movement, an organization that he cofounded called now, has a housing complex name for income the jacob blake manor. the young 29-year-old now paralyzed, jacob blake, grew up, went to high school and middle school in evanston where his grandfather did his ministry and his civivil rights work. and then you have kyle rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who turned himself in -- i emphasize this because he was on the streets of kenosha. twounned down allegedly black lives matter protesters, murdered them on tuesday night. this is during the republican convention. the trump administration, neither pence nor president trump mentions this, illegally carrying a long gun, ar-15, through the streets with his hands in the air. the police do not stop him a 70 protesters say "he just murdered people." or he is been accused charged with first-degree intentional homicide. but he drove home to illinois and turned

death and the outrage fled again this week after the police shooting of another unarmed black man jacob blake has been left paralyzed the tetra whitman the sister of jacob blake told americans to stand against oppression without chaos and violence. america. your reality is not rio catering to your delusions is no longer an option we will not pretend we will not be your data files slave we will not be our 1st go 7 to our press and most of our we will not dress up this genocide and who may call it police brutality we were only pledge allegiance to the truth like america. i hold you accountable you must stand you must fight but not with violence and chaos i did jackassery is in washington heidi just hearing that clip there from jacob blake's sister with men and a 1st time she's spoken so eloquently since that the shooting of her brother tell us what the atmosphere was like and how her message was received by the crowd. sure hold much of the crowd here and so some 50000 is what i was told this morning we could have updated numbers they came here to experience a part of history in to make th

because a hole in blair's under body weighs. 29 year old jacob blake was trying to stop a neighborhood dispute according to his family's lawyer you know his young children were in the vehicle his fiance witnessed the shooting it was 2 male officers and one female and so male officers instantly like detained i'm like you know put your hands about like no questions or none of it and i'm just trying to simply get the kids out the car my wait a minute like he didn't do not they're wrong like you know just excellent questions 1st before you pin this man up against the car and not even say no no my furthermore the kids in the car they didn't even know to kids was in the car blake survived and remains in a serious condition in hospital several police officers have been placed on administrative leave a state investigation is under way. and will be clear this was not an accident this wasn't bad police work this felt like some sort of vendetta being taken out on a member of our community. protests arrested on sunday night in the town of can no show wisconsin vehicles were set ablaze windows smas

and have jacob compensated. in addition to the children. >> patrick salvy, counselor to the family of jacob blake, we do appreciate you being with us this morning, and also voicing what the family wants to see in kenosha, which is peaceful demonstrations. >>> hurricane laura is rapidly strengthening. it did so overnight. it is now forecast to become a category 4 hurricane before it hits the gulf coast. cnn meteorologist chad myers has the latest forecast. this isn't what you wanted to see, chad? >> this is the reaeeal deal her. now we're into cat 2, heading to cat 4. sturges norm surges have almostd from where we were a couple of days ago. we're up to 15 feet in some spots. and that could go 30 miles inland all the way to i-10. here it is, 110 miles per hour. it has gained strength overnight and it's still doing it now. it is going to make landfall very close to the texas/louisiana border. if you're on the right side of that, it's going to be worse. if you're on the right side, a little bit better. right now, i

she said driving here to hold this conference, she was struck by the fact that jacob lake -- jacob blake would have been displeased. this would not have been what he wanted to be remembered for. a number of family members spoke here. the father said police shot his son seven times like he did not matter, but his son did matter. as one of the lawyers was talking about the psychological damage suffered by the three boys inside that car as he was climbing in and shot in the back, says kids will have psychological damage for the rest of their lives. the father broke down and had to be walked out. his sisters said she has not cried about this incident because she has cried about so many before. she said i don't want pity. i want change. those are the messages we heard from the family of jacob blake in this first appearance with the whole family and the attorneys talking about what happened. they gave us a little news about his condition. as of an hour or so ago, while that conference was going on, they said he was undergoing surgery. his spinal cord had been severed. they had to take out his:

each woman wearing a t-shirt with one of the letters of jacob blake's name.his is mystics guard ariel atkins. >> this isn't just about basketball. we are not just basketball players. just because we are best about players doesn't mean that is our only platform. we neeeed understand when most f us go home, we are e still blac. amy: three major league baseball games were postponed after players on thehe milwaukee brewewers, seattle mariners, and other teams joined protests. mets slugger dom smith kneeled for the national anthem ahead of wednesday night's game against the florida marlinsns and broke down in n tears at a post-gameme press conference. most of wednesday's major league soccer games were postponed, and the western & southern open tennis tournament suspended matches after tennis superstar naomi osaka -- whose father is haitian -- withdrew to protest against racial injustice. well, for more, we're joined by dave zirin, sports editor for the nation magazine and host of the edge of sports podcast. welcome to democracy now!! this is an amazing moment in t