you know, like the sign says. rick: this is a fox news alert. you have been watching protesters starting fires and looting stores forcing minnesota to bring in national guard. the protesters using their voices and their actions to bring attention to a cause. but is all of this fire and looting and violence derailing the efforts to bring justice for the death of george floyd? joining us, brian clay pool, a civil rights attorney. are you there now? >> here. rick: your thoughts on what you are seeing and the impact of these protests considering the violence going with that. >> earlier from the week when i saw the protests quinn in minnesota and other cities, i felt a sense of empowerment that we would come together and make some change in this country to eliminate racism within the police departments. now we see the looting and destruction in minnesota and atlanta. now we see buildings burnt down and glass break and people stealing things. i think we have to look beyond the looters and...

enforcement they were able to get things a bit more under control in minneapolis. producer? where are we going next? boulevard i hear from the producer we have a statement from presidential candidate joe biden, former vice president joe biden who released a statement about the ongoing protest. it says the last fews days have laid bare we are a nation furious with injustice. from the daily infigure tonights to the extreme violence like the horrific killing of george floyd. this is a statement from presidential candidate who says protesting brutality is right. but burning down communities and needless destruction is not. violence that endangers lives is not. violence that guts and shuttered businesses that serve the community is not. it should not drive people away from the just cause that protest is meant to advance. that part of a statement from presidential candidate joe biden. we are looking now at lived images from bakersfield, california where protested continue tonight. curfews...