large crowd gathered there in philadelphia. i can't tell you exactly where they are, but it's right now, it seems to be very calm, but people are showing up in mass numbers and usually, and hopefully this calm remains, but many times the calm is before the storm when it comes-- when day falls to night. however, police are involved and also, i must mention that you have people who were members of the community who are very angry and also want justice for mr. george floyd, but they're encouraging all of the residents, the people who really live in these areas to remain calm, to not riot, don't loot your own neighbors, that's not the way we move this forward and fight for the justice that's so desperately needed in the name of mr. george floyd. so, again, an aerial shot right there in philadelphia. a large crowd seems to be very, very calm at this moment. we'll keep an eye on this as we will throughout the day on all of the protests that are taking place across the country and we'll be...

there's anf -- antifa in the crowds and there is word that there is some supremacists in the crowd as well. and as americans who want the right thing, we don't want any rioters from the outside to come in and cause havoc inside of these neighborhoods. these are communities and they're just fighting for what is right and that's justice for mr. george floyd. eric: it was ironic as you point out, many of the businesses torched and destroyed. we saw this during the riots in '68. we saw that in newark, new jersey and elsewhere, they're the community businesses, very often minority owned in these areas as the president in minnesota and others have said, blaming people who would want to seek violence not those who are legitimately-- let's see if the president talks. >> the rocket launch, a 50-50 chance, we don't know because of weather and other things, very delicate, but very amazing, so we're going over and we'll be back in a little while, but we want to watch the rocket launch. nasa has...

minneapolis and she has that angle of the story. >> hi, yes, arthel, i'll take it. for example in georgia, the governor enacted nearly 500 members of the national guard to protect property and people in the city of atlanta. this after hundreds of protesters burned cars, clashed with police, shattered business windows and looted. atlanta's mayor making an urgent play for a stop for the pilots and telling those who are participating in the destruction in the name of george floyd, that they have lost all credibility. >> so what i see happening on the streets of atlanta is not atlanta. this is not a protest. this is not in the spirit of martin luther king, jr. this is chaos. a protest has purpose. when dr. king was assassinated we didn't do this to our city. >> in oakland, california police arrested 18 people and detained another 60 for looting. six officers were injured while attempting to keep the peace. someone opened fire on two protective federal service officers at the...

you can't do this. so i'm going now to watch a great launch and we'll see how we do. >> mr. president-- >> thank you very much. eric: president trump briefly addressing the situation in the country we saw with the riots in minneapolis and elsewhere last night. basically putting the onus on the local officials in minneapolis. he has blamed antifa and he called the radical left, agitators responsible for a lot of the violence in the wake of the tragic and outrageous death of george floyd and the secret service put out a statement about the white house, protesters threw bricks and rocks and bottles and fireworks at members of the secret service. some secret service members who were protecting the white house were injured, so thankfully they're doing better now and now, arthel, we have the arrival, like magic of the president joint base andrews and he gets on the chopper, marine one from the white house lawn and now is about to embark and depart on air force one down to florida for...

protesters scream and rant as much as they wanted, but whenever someone got too frisky or out of line they would quickly come down on them hard, didn't know what hit them. the front line was replaced like magic, nobody came close to breaching the fence, if they had they would have been greeted by the most vicious dogs and ominous weapons i've ever seen. that tweet is getting attention from the d.c. mayor, firing right back saying, quote, while the president hides behind his fence afraid and alone, i stand with people peacefully exercising their rights after the murder of george floyd. there's not ominous weapons, they're a man afraid alone. and the president attempted to clarify the remarks when the looting starts, the shooting starts. he had another tweet this morning saying quote, they professionally manage so-called protesters at the white house had little to do with the memory of george floyd. they were there to cause trouble and the secret service handled them earlier. tonight is...

the house services committee, john garamendi. the killing of george floyd, the riots turned into lawlessness and wantenness. two were shot at, one killed near you. this looks like a wanton attack against the government of the united states. >> it the citizens of the united states against businesses and communities. the unfortunate and the tragic death of george floyd is now receded from our attention and all of the troubles of police and black are no longer in the field of our vision. and what is this anarchy. it's a terrible, terrible display and it's things that we really have to deal with. police and black, minorities, inequality in our country, all of those issues to say nothing of the covid-19 pandemic which is racing through our communities. we're losing attention, whatever the anarchists inciting these violent riots is terrible and has to stop and whatever we need to do it, put it down, is going to make it in place. >> you have experience, the lt. governor of the state...

bricks, rocks, bough bought bot, fireworks and others, multiple people sustained injuries from the vie lenlsz. they said at no time was the president or first lady in any danger. they say they respect the right of people to assemble but don't want anything to happen with violence. we're watching to see what could happen later on this afternoon outside the white house after the president tweeted this. he said the professionally managed so-called protesters at the white house had little to do with the memory of george floyd. they were there to cause trouble. the secret service handled them. tonight is maga night at the white house. the president said he heard there was the mobility of these demonstrations -- the possibility of these demonstration. we have not seen anything official. lafayette park is shut down to the public. as we were coming in, we noticed more secret service officers. the perimeter around pennsylvania avenue was more secure than on a typical saturday morning and will...

eric: protests grew around the country last night and they became increasingly violent. this as law enforcement officers and government officials are hoping tonight to prevent another night of widespread violence. this is america's news headquarters from new york. i'm eric shawn. arthel. arthel: and all right, eric. thank you. i'm arthel neville. we're going to bring you fox team coverage on all of these protests. first let's go to the doj where david spunt has details about the department's investigation into mr. george floyd's death. david. >> reporter: arthel and eric, there are two parallel investigations going on right now. one in minnesota, the criminal aspect which we know the officer was charged with manslaughter and third degree murder. at the department of justice headquarters in washington, d.c. is a civil rights investigation to see if mr. floyd's civil rights were violated. that's being held by the civil rights division, attorney general bill barr put out a statement he...

and set on fire overnight. so people really hauling away trash, giving up their saturday to try to make things better here. more than 200 businesses in minneapolis were looted and burned overnight. but the governor is promising it's not going to happen again tonight. he says massive force will be used. he says that people carrying out the violence are not locals. here's the governor. >> our great cities of minneapolis and st. paul are under assault by people who do not share our values, who do not value life and the work that went into this and certainly are not here to honor george floyd. and they need to -- they need to see today that that line will stop and order needs to be restored. >> reporter: for another night, officials here grossly underestimated the number of protesters really ceding entire regions of the city until the early morning hours. there were crowds in cars, speeding around, no sign of law enforcement, a lot of looting, shots eventually fired at police severe...

fence afraid and alone, i stand with people peacefully exercising their rights after the murder of george floyd. there's not ominous weapons, they're a man afraid alone. and the president attempted to clarify the remarks when the looting starts, the shooting starts. he had another tweet this morning saying quote, they professionally manage so-called protesters at the white house had little to do with the memory of george floyd. they were there to cause trouble and the secret service handled them earlier. tonight is maga night at the white house, question mark. we have reached out to see what the president meant with that question and we'll wait to see if he makes additional remarks on the way to florida. we did notice extra secret service officers outside as we were coming to work this morning. lafayette park remains shut down right now to the general public there is no signs of chaos or anything like what we saw last night happening right now, eric. eric: all right, mark. by the way,...

numbers increased and enraged. and there are announced protests in nearly 40 cities today. >> alicia acuna, thank you very much for that report outside of minneapolis. right now what i want to do is-- or i believe you're outside of denver, but listen, the point is the story started in minneapolis and i want to bring in ted williams. he's a criminal defense attorney, a former homicide detective and a fox news contributor. alicia in her report, she mentioned some agitators, ted. i want to get to that in a moment. i want to first start why we are here. mr. george floyd was murdered by minneapolis police, one of those officers, derek chauvin has been charged with third degree murder and manslaughter. first, what do you think about the initial charges? what does this tell you? is there a possibility down the line to charge up, to increase those charges? >> yes, hi, arthel. last night was a night that broke my heart, but getting back to what you have asked here, i think that the d.a....

in so i'm sure you'll be with us throughout the night to help understand how law enforcement on the ground can discern between the two. >> absolutely. >> right? >> i certainly will be. >> okay. ted williams, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> irk a. >> thanks, arthel, how did this spiral out of control for anarchy, we're joined by from the house services committee, john garamendi. the killing of george floyd, the riots turned into lawlessness and wantenness. two were shot at, one killed near you. this looks like a wanton attack against the government of the united states. >> it the citizens of the united states against businesses and communities. the unfortunate and the tragic death of george floyd is now receded from our attention and all of the troubles of police and black are no longer in the field of our vision. and what is this anarchy. it's a terrible, terrible display and it's things that we really have to deal with. police and black, minorities, inequality in our country,...

on this afternoon. some have said-- >> absolutely, there's no doubt th that-- no, i was just going to say, eric, there is no doubt that this is a very exciting moment here to watch the president head down to the kennedy space center. i do want to point out that as you said, this is happening while these riots are taking place across the country, due to the killing of mr. george floyd. it's also happening while the pandemic is still very much in play. the coronavirus has not gone away, it is still very deadly to many americans, and as far as the rioters there, i think the president mentioned that there's anf -- antifa in the crowds and there is word that there is some supremacists in the crowd as well. and as americans who want the right thing, we don't want any rioters from the outside to come in and cause havoc inside of these neighborhoods. these are communities and they're just fighting for what is right and that's justice for mr. george floyd. eric: it was ironic as you point out,...

white house with the latest. mark. >> reporter: good afternoon, arthel. president trump is making his way to florida as you mentioned for the spacex launch. he did have a chance to speak twice this morning before leaving, at joint base andrews and at the white house. he spoke about the violence we're seeing across the country and specifically in minneapolis. here's what the president had to say just a few moments ago. >> it's a great state, minnesota. they've got to get tougher. they've got to get tougher. they've got to be strong. honor the memory of george floyd, honor his memory. they have to get tougher. and by being tougher, they will be honoring his memory. but they cannot let that happen. >> reporter: the president also addressed the scenes that we saw outside the white house last night where there were dozens of pro test -- protesters in lafayette park. the park is shut down to the public right now. we have a new statement from the secret service detailing what happened last...