horrific act by inexplicably horrific act by this officer out in minneapolis, steve. steve: the police federation president said out there is not the time rush to judgment and immediately condemned the officer. says people should remain calm until the investigation is concluded. and, of course, the president united states or the fbi and the doj to expedite an investigation. and just one thing about that officer who had his knee on the neck of george floyd. the minnesota peace officer's standards board said that the officer's actions do not reflect any training officers received. so, we will see where it goes from here. but a violent night overnight in minneapolis. meanwhile, let's talk a little bit about what's going to happen today it. sounds like the president of the united states is going to sign an executive order. and it all got started on tuesday after twitter added some fact-checking to one of the president's tweets. they had never done that before. and the president says...

repair it. woman: they were able to restore my good name. vo: visit reputationdefender.com or call 1-877-866-8555. brian: we start with a fox news alert. fires in minute minneapolis. protests erupting over the death of george floyd. steve: businesses and buildings set on fire. stores like target ransacked and looted. ainsley: police cars being vandalized now and the protest have actually turnd deadly. steve: william la jeunesse joins us live as the mayor of minneapolis pleads for peace. william? >> good morning, guys. what protesters and many others want is to see the four officers involved not just fired. arrested, jailed and charged with murder. in the death of 46-year-old george floyd which sparked protests nationwide but especially long and violent in minneapolis where protests turn into riots last night with crowds burning the flag, throwing rocks and bottles at police who responded with tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets fired from a roof top to keep the crowd from...

store and foot locker of tvs, clothing and groceries. and they set fire to several buildings while chanting "i can't breathe." one man died last night after being shot by the owner of a pawnshop. the mayor has asked the national guard to step in to help keep the peace. >> i have wrestled with more than anything else over the last 36 hours. one fundamental question why the man who killed george floyd not in jail? >> two things really sent these protests into high gear. council temporary to police reports that floyd resisted arrest, video shows him being asked to step out of his car. he is hand cuffed. and then sits peaceably on a sidewalk for several minutes before ends up on the ground. that's when officer derek, a 19-year veteran puts his knee on floyd's neck for five minutes while three other officers ignore his complaint that he cannot breathe. by standers begged them to intervene. eventually he goes limp and goes uncshz. paramedics tried to revive him using electric paddles to...

to ride, there's progressive. brian: here we go george floyd protest turning violent nationwide, ainsley. ainsley: that's right. one man was killed overnight in minneapolis as outraged americans demand justice for the killing of the unarmed black man. >> hands up. >> don't shoot. >> hands up. >> don't shoot. >> hands up. >> don't shoot. steve: all right. officers claim that george floyd was resisting arrest but new video appears to contradict that showing floyd cooperating as he was escorted to the cruiser. the president is now calling for an expedited fbi and doj investigation into floyd's death. bill kellar from our fox affiliate in the twin cities live as fires across the city and the sun comes up and smoke billowing behind you, bill. >> this is just one sample of a number of fires that are burning here along lake street a very poplar street here. but this has really nothing to do. i should say the location of where the incident happened. it happens to be in proximity to the police...

there are still people wandering through the area. occasionally dipping into a store and come out with something. that smoke continues to burn as well as a major -- an apartment building that was under construction that continues to burn overnight. so, again, a very active scene here. anit stretches for a number of miles. this is an area that goes through numerous parts of the city and so it is not concentrated in one area. in fact, we are not even near where the incident happened where george floyd died in the hands of police. and that is what is under investigation. but, certainly a lot of simmering tensions that continue to boil over this morning. ainsley: all right. thank you so much, bill. let's bring in criminal defense attorney and former homicide detective and fox news contributor ted williams. hey, ted. >> hi, ainsley. how are you? ainsley: good morning. good morning. we are all doing okay. when you see this video, i just feel so sad for him it. doesn't look like he...

william la jeunesse joins us live as the mayor of minneapolis pleads for peace. william, this is getting really really disturbing. reporter: which is why the mayor has now asked the national guard to step into help keep the peace neighboring st. paul and state troopers are assisting minneapolis right now as looting continued this morning and rioting lasted through the night. one man is dead another in custody as police had to protect firefighters this morning responding to several blazes including a apartment building under construction. all in response to the death of 46-year-old george floyd, with crowds burning the flag, throwing rocks and bottles at police who responded with tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets fired from a roof top to keep rioters from ransacking a police station. protesters looted a target store and foot locker, and set fire to several buildings while chanting "george floyd, i can't breathe." one man died after being shot by a pawn shop owner. >> at the...

one man is dead another in custody as police had to protect firefighters this morning responding to several blazes including a apartment building under construction. all in response to the death of 46-year-old george floyd, with crowds burning the flag, throwing rocks and bottles at police who responded with tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets fired from a roof top to keep rioters from ransacking a police station. protesters looted a target store and foot locker, and set fire to several buildings while chanting "george floyd, i can't breathe." one man died after being shot by a pawn shop owner. >> at the end of the day right now, how i feel the police ain't doing their jobs as a whole. period. if they were doing their job, man, that man would have been alive. >> it's heartbreaking. it really is. people are utilizing this as a purpose to just make bad decisions. reporter: police initially said employed resisted arrest; however surveillance video shows him stepping out of his...

can i unequivocally tell you you cannot paint with a broad brush all law enforcement officers to what happened out here. but it was shocking to me that this one law enforcement officer had his hands -- his foot or his knee on this guy's neck and you had police officers standing around and nobody was doing anything. that's going to be a very troubling aspect of this as this goes forward. steve: the video, ted, is so troubling and absolutely tragic what happened to george floyd and now the news in the last number of hours is that there was looting and businesses were torched. what's your reaction to the fallout? >> well, let me be direct and candid. most of this hans right in the middle of the black neighborhood. i covered baltimore. i covered ferguson. i covered milwaukee where there were riots. and the problem i have is that this rioting is taking place right in the middle of black neighborhoods. now, what i'm deeply concerned about is this could very well spread all throughout...

arrested. brian: yeah. the judge makes a good points legally. and then i watched bernie kerik last night. he wants to know in a police situation. even though we don't know everything, we obviously don't note story we only know what we see and hear. where is the first line supervisors. why didn't the other guys try help you? could hear this guy 15 feet away. those cops were standing on top of him to hear him. they had to know what was going on. they had to see it. that's a former police chief, steve. steve: that's right, brian. it is tragic what happened to george floyd in that video. and on that street there in the twin cities. it's additionally so sad, given the violence overnight where businesses have been torched. an investigation obviously started. and it is who ar it is terrifict is putting the full force of the department of justice behind it to find out what went wrong when they took down george floyd a couple of days ago. meanwhile, talk about something else that is lighting...

the safer way to buy a car. steve: it is the top of the hour on this thursday beings may 28, 2020 and we start this hour with a fox news alert. mayhem in minnesota. fires raging across minnesota and minneapolis that is to say right now as violent protests and looting erupted overnight over the death of george floyd. ainsley: you are right, steve. they set businesses and buildings on fire, stores like target as you can see on the right hand side of the screen, ransacked and looted brian. brian: yeah, police cars are vandalized not even in the city. every city a lot of cities in the protest turned deadly. william la jeunesse joins us live as the mayor of minneapolis pleads for peace. william, this is getting really really disturbing. reporter: which is why the mayor has now asked the national guard to step into help keep the peace neighboring st. paul and state troopers are assisting minneapolis right now as looting continued this morning and rioting lasted through the night. one man is...