any trouble makers so these are tense moments as these 3 men appear charged with the murder of mr aubry they are appearing virtually via various links from from prison cells but there is a lot at stake here it took 74 days before these 2 men were arrested the 1st 2 men because the video didn't come out until may and then it emerged that various district attorney's office had passed the case for one to another saying that it look gregory mcmichael was a former police officer he worked in this office the police at one point telling mr alvarez family he was the victim he was a victim or suspected of being a burglar so all of that happening as the entire country protest against the death of george floyd so these next few hours if it that's how long it takes will be vital i think if the people outside don't see the decision that these men should face a trial there is the potential for violence that is some of them outside the courtroom already making their feelings quite plainly. as you say this is of course coming at a time of when we're also seeing the case of george floyd going on this is

people who are protesting don't just see eric garner, they see all the cases across the country of aubry in georgia and britney who was killed in kentucky in her bed. >> melissa: briana taylor. >> thank you very much. >> melissa: but i want to get back to an action item. give me an action item we can do. greg said to you we want to help you. what can we do? you say accountability? what can i advocate for today that would be an action that would begin to end everything going on across the country right now that you are talking about? >> well, here in washington one of the key items is abolition. choke hold. i don't know how you outlaw someone putting their knee on someone's neck for 9 minutes and not thinking that would have a fatal consequence. the idea of choke holds, the kinds of things that police are employing to restrain people oftentimes, there is quick use of excessive force against black people. that's what the protestors would see as significant. >> melissa: you brought that up earlier. i heard you talk about that two or three times. this idea of visibly retraining police, right

ahmed aubry was a victim of modern-day lynching murdered 2020 march 23. today we heard that one of the men that killed him used a racial slur after shooting him. he should be alive today and this killer should be proud to justice. no longer should the crime of lynching go unpunished or should victims of their families go without justice. and in closing, ida b. wells once said our country's national crime is lynching. it isn't a creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob. it represents the calculating deliberation of intelligent people who openly about how that there is an unwritten law that justified them in putting human beings to death without complaint under oath, without trial by jury, without opportunity to make a dissent and without the right of appeal. our country has waited too long for a reckoning on the issue of lynching, and i believe no senator should stop before weight of the law in its capacity to protect these human beings and human lives. we are working on a comprehensive bil

crimes legislation the mcmichaels a claiming self-defense the special prosecutor in this case says mr aubry was chased hunted down and ultimately executed and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. now the governor of virginia has ordered the removal of a prominent statue of robert e. lee the top general from the pro-slavery confederate states in the 19th century american civil war ralph northam made the decision in response to george floyd's killing saying the state can no longer owner a system based on and slaving people at least and she was one of several in the state's capital richmond that commemorate confederacy similar monuments across the u.s. have been used by protest protesters to highlight the country's history of white supremacy i believe in a virginia that studies its past in an honest way i believe that when we learn more we can do more and i believe that when we learn more when we take that honest look at our past we must do more than just talk about the future we must take action. so i am directing the department of general services to remove the statue of robert e. lee as soon

lay dead on the street mr bryant said that after the shooting took place before police arrival on mr aubry was on the ground that he heard travis mark on my statement. it took $74.00 days for the mcmichaels to be arrested and only after the video went viral brian was arrested 2 weeks later the georgia bureau of investigation took over the case when local police and prosecutors declined to press charges and example say ahmad aubrey's family is systemic racism system and are burying the people of brunswick the system bend over backwards not to make an arrest to distort the facts and the law yet 6 no amount of breeze death led to protests in the place where he was gunned down is now a shrine that his mother wanted cooper jones often visits the day that i laid him to rest that was my promise that. that i will get answers that i will get asked if that was my promise that's the last thing that i told him that they have is for all their mama will get to the bottom of it the court was told that the more dobry was trying to escape from the armed men and when he realized he couldn't he decided to fi

aubry, who was gunned down, it is not effective who did it and the racial implications, is the fact that it took so long for police to do something about it. for the orders to be given because the policies and laws are not designed to protect people. now, looters, they are criminals. but protesters are not. and i, as a black man, as a black police officer would hope that people use that right to vote and to protest as much as people push the narrative to use their second amendment rights. in closing, it is not that donald trump created racism, happens to be a soldier in white supremacy. thank you. host: eugene o'donnell. guest: just to clarify, these are polls sampling african-americans. 40% said they were unfairly targeted. 60% did not say they were unfairly targeted. there was actually a more intriguing call that said at -- african-americans in this climate, trust the police to be racially fair and -- in enforcing masks. there is a reservoir of trust. police are, when all is said and done, doers and actors. and people who live a life of service. they understand that. the police continu

closely it took 74 days before anyone took any action and that wasn't until the video was released ahmad aubry was killed on february the 23rd and it wasn't until our video was released and went nationwide if not worldwide that any action was taken it turns out the district attorney's office in that area part of the case is off to other officers because one of the men gregory mcmichael was a former police officer who worked for them so a great deal of criticism of the authorities in this part of georgia and a great deal resting on the outcome of this case because the judge in this case will decide if they do in fact face criminal charges of course one wonders how this case is going to resonate given sort of the current situation in the protests in support of the late george floyd. i mean i think it's very important to say that george floyd and i mounted our brief deaths are by no means the 1st this is just fueling the flames of a long burning fire i think you know we can all go back to all the cases michael brown eric garner they go on and on but this one was particularly graphic you saw these

lay dead on the street mr bryant said that after the shooting took place before police arrived on mr aubry was on the ground that he heard travis michael make the statement. it took $74.00 days for the mcmichaels to be arrested and only after the video went viral brian was arrested 2 weeks later the georgia bureau of investigation took over the case when local police and prosecutors declined to press charges and example say ahmad aubrey's family is systemic racism system there in the people of brunswick the system bend over backwards not to make an arrest to distort the facts and the law no just yet 6 amount are breeze death led to protests and the place where he was gunned down is now a shrine that his mother wanted cooper jones often visits the day that i laid him to rest that was my promise that i will get our souls. that i would get asked if that was my promise that's the last thing that told him that they have his family that mama will get to the bottom of it the court was told that a more dobry was trying to escape from the armed men and when he realized he couldn't he decided to fig

crimes legislation the mcmichaels claiming self-defense the special prosecutor in this case says mr aubry was chased hunted down and ultimately executed and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida the governor of virginia has ordered the removal of the statue of the confederate general robert e. lee the decision was made in response to george floyd's killing the governor said the state can no longer on a system based on an sleeving people the stand she was one of several in the state's capital richmond commemorates confederacy protesters have pointed to similar monuments across the united states to highlight the country's history of white supremacy i believe in a virginia that studies its past in an honest way i believe that when we learn more we can do more and i believe that when we learn more when we take that honest look at our past we must do more than just talk about the future. we must take action so i am directing the department of general services to remove the statue of robert e. lee as soon as possible. but the most ahead on news hour including the latest on the war in libya as the

i want to bring in mike aubry, a real estate watcher and former hgtv host.een shoots in the real estate market. can we call this a real estate boom in single family homes? >> i think so. stu, listen, even before covid, what we started to see is lineal formation of families had people sort of coming out of urban areas going back into the burbs. i think covid exacerbated that. listen in march and april i was on this very program i sort of came off sounding like a spin doctor, telling you i thought real estate would be a great you know pinning to the recovery of the economy. guess what, the numbers are in. we are in a boom right now. real estate is bonkers. i'm so busy. i'm having to do the interview from home because i don't have time to come to the studio. stuart: who is buying? i hear it is millenials. can you confirm that? >> absolutely. our issue is, i think ashley mentioned that, that we still have an inventory problem. obviously the most, biggest part of the inventory program we have is first-time home buyers and that is millenials. i think that everybod

aubry, who was gunned down, it is not effective who did it and the racial implications, is the fact thatok so long for police to do something about it. for the orders to be given because the policies and laws are not designed to protect people. now, looters, they are criminals. but protesters are not. and i, as a black man, as a black police officer would hope that people use that right to vote and to protest as much as people push the narrative to use their second amendment rights. in closing, it is not that donald trump created racism, happens to be a soldier in white supremacy. thank you. host: eugene o'donnell. guest: just to clarify, these are polls sampling african-americans. 40% said they were unfairly targeted. 60% did not say they were unfairly targeted. there was actually a more intriguing call that said at -- african-americans in this climate, trust the police to be racially fair and -- in enforcing masks. there is a reservoir of trust. police are, when all is said and done, doers and actors. and people who live a life of service. they understand that. the police continue to b