i'm attorney ben crump, the lead attorney for the family of george floyd. and recently arriving in minneapolis is his son quincy mason. he's going to make a few remarks to you. i understand this is a young man who is brokenhearted and this is very emotional for him. now, we come here today to this spot to remember george floyd, who was tortured, who was tortured to death, and so we thank the minnesota governor for bringing human rights charges against the minneapolis police department because we absolutely believe that he was tortured in the last eight minutes and 46 seconds of his life. witness donald williams yesterday, who was the person in the video, saying you all are gonna kill him, likened it to suffocation like a fish out of water gasping for air. the independent autopsy performed by the family concluded that george floyd was starving for air. he needed a breath. and the ambulance that came here to pick him up from this very spot was the hearse for george floyd. and so we are demanding justice based on the autopsy findings, but more importantly, wha

the family is pulling up and their attorney ben crump. let's watch. [no audio]. >> background conversations]. >> melissa: we have seen this. the family prays with the crowd that gathered at this memoral site where george floyd lost their life. as they pray and get ready to speak to the crowd, we know they have been asking for a number of things. they want the charges looked at again for the police officer who had his knee on floyd's neck. it was murder. how it happened has been differented. the family and the attorneys for the george floyd family ben crump. let's watch. >> i am attorney ben crump. the lead attorney for the family of george floyd. quiet, please! i am attorney ben crump the lead attorney for the family of george floyd. recently arriving in minneapolis is his son quincy mason. he is going to make a few remarks to you. understand this as a young man who is broken hearted and this is very emotional for him. now, we come here today to it spot to remember george floyd who was tortured, who was tortureed to death. we thank the minnesota gover

the family's attorney ben crump expects an announcement soon of more arrests in the case. specifically he told the crowd at the place where george floyd died with the police officer kneeling on his neck. there were other police officers there. and at some point also holding, restraining george floyd and a call for movement for him. he doesn't have a pulse. there is ben praying. he gave a detailed description of what the words were from these other officers. he said the police chief previously said oh, they were silent. crump said they were not silent. you could hear them saying he doesn't have a pulse. turn him over and derrick said no. and ben crump said you hear the conversation that was going on. the other officers were not silent. all of that playing out. what will this new round of charges, these potential arrests entail? that could play out this hour. all of this after that former minneapolis police officers whose picture you see on the screen was arrested and charged with third degree murder in floyd's death. he and 3 other officers were fired after the incident. th

(applause) y on e want to, and i am going attorney ben crump.ith him a legal team i'm sure that will be acknowledged that are here, brother stewart, we should not take for granted. when black lauers take these cases like crump has, they are targeted by their bar association 69 they're targeted by people that are envious and gel us. -- jealous, we need civil rights lawyers that are there for civil rights, not for civil settlements. and that's why i give him recognition. i must also recognize several families are here that came at great sacrifice but they

ben crump has fought and stood for many cases and he has with him a legal team i'm sure that will beged that we should not take for granted. when black lawyers take these cases like crump has, they're targeted by their bar associations, they're targeted by people that are envious and jealous. we need civil rights lawyers that are there for civil rights. not for civil settlements. and

let us with me and ben crump on stage. let us stand.time. that meant it was long enough for the police to understand what they were doing. it doesn't mean it was long enough where one of those three cops is that what was going on. it means it was long enough for whatever this officer had in mind for him to everything. that's it meant it was like enough for those three cops. think about what george was going to, laying there for those eight minutes. begging for his life. i heard someone the state narrating his own death. —— in their rating. we cannot let this go. we cannot keep living like this. sam jackson, is he still here? steve jackson. steve, want to recognise. we need to stop this here. we have to end this time and bring about a new season. let us stand still. you that believe in fate, bow your heads, which every where you worship. —— believe in faith. music

ben crump started our show. she wanted first degree murder.uggest that they undercharged the officer to begin, rudy guliani is one of them. how could a significant of a change be if it's second degree instead of third? >> two things to say. a prosecutor's obligation is to charge the most serious readily provable crime that the prosecutor believes was committed and that can be sustained before a jury unanimously beyond a reasonable doubt. now, there can be some different of opinion about whether or not the evidence is sufficient to have proved from the outset a second degree murder charge. the second thing i'll say, obviously the jury is free to settle on even after they hear the evidence a lesser included, less serious charge, which would be third degree murder. so look, i think it's an attempt by the attorney general to say that this is treated so seriously that they believe that they have sufficient evidence to prove intent to kill. if they don't before a jury a jury may be able to settle on something less than that. it's also not an insigni

that is ben crump. and also, congresswoman sheila jackson lee, also with him. sheila jackson lee of texas as well, of course. it's -- thank you so much. i hope you both can hear me. i appreciate you joining. it's okay. they can talk. we're -- it's just us family here, ben. thank you so much. i appreciate it. ben, listen. we just heard from earl gray, the attorney for thomas lane, one of the minneapolis officers charged. he says george resisted. i want you to watch this and listen. >> they, then, took mr. floyd out of the -- his vehicle because they were going to arrest him. and he resisted leaving his vehicle. he finally got him out of his vehicle. it wasn't a violence resistance, but it was not a kind of nonresistance that an individual should do when a police officer is arresting him. he should get out of his vehicle, and follow the orders of the police officer. he didn't do that. >> okay. so i don't know. whatever. he went on to say that george floyd resisted again when they tried to get him inside the squad car, by falling to the ground. is this relevant to

i'll be joined by attorney for arbery and taylor and the floyd families, ben crump, will tell you what we have to do by acknowledging and illuminating the problems that we face. we will continue to do that. america should be asking itself, what can we do? theme tonight is anguish and action. and we look now at the global conversation about the way forward. joining me tonight, my panel. where we are now seems different. we've seen things last as long, not with the numbers or clearly the diversity. what do we do with this in terms of policy, where do we make sure that the energy is directed toward concrete things that literally change the areas we need? >> i hope each person marching is registering to vote and preparing a voting plan for november, the presidential election and also local state elections. so much money and funding goes through state houses and allocations go through local and state channels. and hope every person marching has filled out the census. that's how people get left out of funding. and hope that a lot of allies marching today don't just do a victory lap congratul

also want to and i won't get into my eulogy so we can stay on time but i must recognize attorney ben crump. call him black america's attorney general. probably because we don't feel we have one. ben crump has fought and stood for many cases and he has with him a legal team i'm sure that a big knowledge. that here brother stewart be married and we should not take for granted when black lawyers take these cases like cross paths they are targeted by their boss will see as. they're targeted by people that are envious and jealous. we need civil rights lawyers that are there full civil rights not for civil settlements. and that's why i give him recognition i must also recognize several families are here that came at great sacrifice but they wanted to be here to be part of this because they understand the pain betta than anyone because they've gone through the pain and i think that we should recognize the mother of trayvon martin where you stand. the mother. the mother of every gun know where you stand. then john will you stay in. the family of pamela turner right here in houston will you stand.

along with a family attorney ben crump. so our correspondent sara sidner is with the two of them and pass along my condolences and the floor is yours. >> reporter: so first and foremost, we want to say that we are sorry for all that you have been through in this. quincy mason, benjamin crump here, the lead attorney for the floyd family. quincy, i know you want to speak and say your piece so i'm going to let you do that right now. a lot of people want to hear from you. nobody is going to know george floyd better than his own son. >> i'm here with my family. we demand justice. my father shouldn't have been killed like this. we want justice. >> reporter: plain and simple. justice. benjamin, let me ask you about and i see you holding quincy there. >> it is very emotional. it is very emotional for quincy and all of this children. and all of his family. i mean, to have all of this thrust upon you, to witness this tragic killing of his father and i don't want to get into the details because i don't want to put him there any furthe

but i'm one that as ben crump said, these fights we started against criminal justice. i did speeches and eulogies that most of the funerals that we've had in this space in the last couple of decades. and led the marches and did what we had to do. i look at martin iii. we went to jail together fighting these fights. like his daddy went to jail before. but i'm more hopeful today than ever. why? let me do back. reverend jackson taught me to stay on your text. go back to ecclesiastic. there's a time and a season. when i look this time and saw marches where in some cases young whites outnumbers the blacks marching, i know it's a different time and a different season. when i looked and saw people in germany marching for george floyd, it's a different time and a different season. when they went in front of the parliament in london, england and said it's a different time and a different season, i come to tell you, america, this is the time of dealing with accountability in the criminal justice system. years ago, i went to march. i remember young white lady looked me in the fac

also want to, and i will get into my eulogy so we can stay on time, but i must recognize attorney ben crump with him a legal team that i'm sure will be acknowledged, stewart and them, we should not take for granted. when black lawyers take the cases like crump has, they are targeted by their bar associations, they are targeted by people that are envious and jealous. we need civil rights lawyers that are there for civil rights, not for civil settlements. and that's why i give him recognition. i must also recognize several families that are here that came at great sacrifice. but they wanted to be here, to be part of this because they understand the pain better than anyone. because they've gone through the pain. and i think that we should recognize the mother of trayvon martin. will you stand. [ applause ] the mother of eric garner, will you stand. [ applause ] the sister of botham john, will you stand. the family of pamela turner right here in houston, will you stand. the father of michael brown from ferguson, missouri, will you stand. the father of ahmaud arbery, will you stand. all of these

let's listen in. >> i'm attorney ben crump, the lead attorney for the family of george floyd. >> quiet, please! >> i'm attorney ben crump, the attorney for the family of george floyd, and recently arriving in minneapolis is his son, quincy mason. he's going to make a few remarks to you. understand, this is a young man who is brokenhearted, and this is very emotional for him. now, we come here today, to this spot, to remember george floyd, who was tortured, who was tortured to death. and so, we thank the minnesota governor for bringing human rights charges against the minneapolis police department, because we actually believe that he was tortured in the last eight minutes and 46 seconds of his life. witness donna williams yesterday, who was the person in the video saying "you all are going to kill him, likened it to suffocation like a fish out of water, gasping for air. the independent autopsy performed by the family concluded that george floyd was starving for air. he needed a breath. and the ambulance that came here to pick him up from this very spot was the hearse for george floyd. a

joining me to talk about where we stand, the family's lawyer, ben crump. mr. o speak to you again this evening. >> good to speak to you, jim. >> first things first, if i can. of course, it's been a month and a day. how is his family doing right now? >> you know, as his family often says, they are trying to get through it. it's very difficult because they can't unsee that video. none of us can. >> yep. the country cannot. i'm curious, of course, the legal process, moving along. serious charges. including murder, felony murder, here. are you confident that the officers will be convicted of those crimes? >> the family and i are very confident in attorney general keith ellison, who has a storied history as champion civil rights in these type of matters. and he, also, has talked with the family. and told them there is an ongoing investigation, and if they discover other evidence, he is, very much, amenable to upgrading the charges. >> okay. we will watch that, closely. you mentioned the trial, now set for early next year. i'm sure you have been watching the events h

shortly i'll be joined by the attorney general for both arbery and taylor and the floyd families, ben crump. he and i can tell you we've got to do by acknowledging and illuminating the problems that we face and we will continue to do that. so rather than what has been done, what america should be asking itself is what can we do? well, our theme tonight is anguish and action. and in this next hour we look now at the global conversation about the way forward. joining me now is my panel. shermichael singleton, republican consultant and contributor to the "washington examiner." and christina greer, associate professor of political science at fordham university and author of "black ethnics" -- "black ethics." i'm sorry. let me go to you first, professor greer. where we are now seems different. it's certainly a lot larger. we're in the 12th day. we've seen things last as long but not with the numbers. clearly not the diversity. but what do we do with this in terms of policy? where do we make sure that the energy is directed toward concrete things that literally change the areas of policing and cr

there were very strong words from ben crump, the attorney for the families of george floyd and breonna taylor and michael brown and trafon martin and tamir rice. so when leader mcconnell scheduled a vote, he led the senate into a cul-de-sac, a dead end, a bridge to nowhere. his claim, that he wanted a bipartisan bill, was belied by the fact there was no democratic input into either the bill or the procedure. none. mr. mcconnell, bipartisan means what it says. you work with both parties. you don't put the bill together yourself, declare what the procedure is, and then say you have a bipartisan bill. and when you don't work in a bipartisan way, you will inevitably fail. but all is not lost. there is a way forward. this does not mark the end of the road, and all hope can stay high. because now, leader mcconnell can do just what we asked him to do. put together a group of democrats and republicans, come up with a bipartisan bill, put it on the floor, allow it for amendments, and a bill could pass and go to conference in the senate. we know when leader mcconnell is motivated to pass legisla

you heard ben crump say complicit.the facts that you're aiding, you're abetting, you're assisting, you're participating in a person's death. don't you have a responsibility as a law enforcement officer to do better? if you do that and the person who was involved, specifically all of them were, is charged with murder or third-degree murder, manslaughter. why isn't everyone else? what do their reports look like? should there be perjury charges? is there official misconduct on the table for them? to the extent, john, that we have a new prosecutor in effect, state prosecutor, i think it will be imminent that they will be charged. >> joey, let's talk about that. let me dive into that a little bit. i thought that was new information that ben crump was giving. the person with the knee on the back, not just the officer with the knee on the neck. he was saying the knee on george floyd's neck -- we saw the knee on the neck. that i understand. third-degree murder charge if that's the case, that's what the medical examiner found,

let's bring in ben crump, attorney for the floyd family, and philonise floyd, thank you so much. i know that you guys have to catch a plane. so because of -- i am so enamored by -- i should say, honored by how you have handled yourself, philonise, you and your entire family and what you have done for this country, i wanted to make sure i got you in at the top of the show. the lead story. so thank you for waiting. you gave some emotional testimony on capitol hill today. what did you think? how'd it go? >> did he say testimony on capitol hill? oh, we wanted to come to washington. i had wanted to let them know about how the officer put his knee on my brother neck, and my brother pleaded for his life. and i knew if i had him there while i was asking for help to get those guys convicted, i knew they could help me do the same thing because we all want unity in this world. >> uh-huh. so, while i have you here, i just -- i want the audience to know some of what you said. okay. so i'm going to play it. and then, we'll get your response. here it is. >> genders and races have come together

announcing a new march in washington on the anniversary of mlk's i have a dream speech lloyd's attorney, ben crump>> so when we fight for the george floyd's of the world, but more importantly when we fight for the unknown george floyds of the world, when we fight for the trayvon martins of the world, when we fight for the terrence crutchers of the world, when we fight for the michael browns of the world, when we fight for the alton sterlings of the world, when we fight for the jamar clarks of the world, when we fight for the eric garners of the world, when we fight for the sandra blands of the world, when we fight for the ahmaud arberys of the world, when we fight for the breonna taylors of the world, when we fight for the natasha mckennas of the world, when we fight for the stephon clarks of the world, when we fight for the least of these, what we are really doing is helping america live up to its creed. >> reporter: the emotional service was the first of several planned over the next few days in north carolina and houston. while minneapolis mourned, the three fired officers accused of aiding and

in minneapolis moments ago, the family of george floyd and attorney ben crump visited the site where floyd was killed. this is a site that has become the epicenter for these nine days of nationwide demonstrations. we're beginning to see protesters again taking to the streets. officials are hoping the demonstrations will continue to trend toward what happened last night, although unprecedented curfews were defied in many cities. they were done so peacefully. the family's attorney, ben crump, said he expected the three other officers to be charged before george floyd's first public memorial, which is tomorrow in minneapolis. let's go to josh campbell, our cnn security correspondent, who has much more on this expected announcement, and also cnn's omar jimenez, who is on site in minneapolis where members of the floyd family just wrapped up speaking. josh, you bring us up to speed with what we could be expecting here with the other officers. >> reporter: yeah, breanna, a major development today in this investigation involving the officers that were seen on those videos after this encounte

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earlier yesterday afternoon, the family, ben crump, the family attorney, released a privately funded autopsy that found that george floyd had died -- that the matter of death was homicide by asphyxia. it also found that there were no underlying conditions that contributed to his death. a short time after that, late in the afternoon, the hennepin county medical examiner released its official findings, and it did also find that the manner of death was homicide, but it slightly differed -- it basically said his heart stopped. the privately funded autopsy talked about his neck being restricted and that's what contributed to his death. the privately funded autopsy also found that there were no underlying conditions. but the hennepin county official autopsy said there were underlying conditions, heart disease and some intox can't in his system. the family again says that's completely irrelevant to this case. so there is some contradiction between the two. the family says that the official autopsy, the distinction as found there could hurt the case if it goes to trial. but in any case, crai

time for you to go and do what you see that you need to do. ( applause ) but i'm one that has, as ben crumpe have been involved in a lot of these fights. we started around criminal justice. i did speeches and eulogies at most of the funerals that we've had in this space in the last couple of decades. and led the marchs and did what we had to do. i looked at martin iii, we went to jail together fighting these fietsz, like his daddy went to jail before. but i'm more hopeful today than ever. why? well, let me go back, jackson taught me stay on your text. stay on your text, ecclesiastes, there is a time and a season. and when i looked this time and saw marches where in some cases young whites outnumbered the blacks marching, i know that it's a different time and a different season. when i looked and saw people in flirent time and for george a different season.don, england, and said, "it's a different time and a different season," i come to tell you, america, this is the time of building accountability in the criminal justice system. ( applause ) stephen, years ago, i went to march. i remember a

a short timing aon the "today" show i talked to the family attorney, ben crump, about the charges. >> george floyd's family and many others, including myself, believe the charge should be first degree. however, we're relieved that keith ellison upgraded the charges to second degree. >> do you think the protests led to the charges? >> based on the precedents with eric garner and so many others, no, i don't think we would have saw those charges. but understand, craig, there is evidence for these charges. there was always evidence in many of these cases when white police killed black people, they just never get charged. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez is following the developments related to the investigation and the charges now. gabe, walk us through the latest developments and the investigation. where are we right now? >> reporter: well, craig, as you mentioned just a few hours around the time of that memorial service, those three officers are expected to face a judge for the first time. they were taken into custody late yesterday. as you mentioned, the main officer involved in this case, dere

saw the video, we played the video of the arrival of george floyd's brother as well as attorney ben crump who has been involved in representing several of the high profile cases in this country of the killing of unarmed black men and women. so we should note he's also going to be testifying in this hearing. i'm curious to get your thoughts, kasie, i look at the roster of those speaking about this issue, i mentioned ben crump, the attorney, george floyd, the brother, excuse me, the philonise floyd, the brother of george floyd, you have a lot of experts on this, police chiefs from houston who will be front and center about this debate about defunding the police, there are some questionable figures as well. you have pastor darryl scott, daniel bongino, former secret service agent, tell us about why those folks are also included in this conversation right now. >> reporter: this is a traditional hearing on capitol hill, which usually means that both sides of the aisle, republicans and democrats, are allowed to invite witnesses to testify. dan bongino, known is as a conservative radio host, is

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the time it took for life to drain out of this man. >> attorney ben crump opened the service reminding memorial, closed by asking us all not just those who were in the space of the service but all of us just to stand for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. that's all it takes to understand exactly what reverend al sharpton said, which was there is no other way to have your knee on a man's neck for that length of time except for torture. and, you know, one of the things that was so powerful for me that i just want to lift up, because the reverend, in his eulogy, reminded us this justice is about the metaphor of the knee of the nation on the neck of the people. if we are to meet this moment, we should remember the words of "amazing grace" that was powerfully sung at the beginning of this memorial -- of this funeral. "amazing grace" was written by a man who had been a slave trader. the words of the song are powerful because it was about his conversion. not just his conversion in christianity, all though his faith in god is part of that, but his conversion on slavery. his becoming an abolitionist wa

have been told when the service starts, we will, in addition to the eulogy from reverend sharpton ben crump will be giving remarks as well, a number of george floyd's family members are expected to get up. one of the concerns his brother expressed over the past few days. one of the concerns is george floyd is going to become a hashtag, that and we've seen it out here. his picture on tee-shirts. his brother sent him down talking about how much his family doesn't want that to be his legacy. they don't want to face george floyd being warned. they want his name to be associated with reform. they want his name to be associated with changing police tactics in this country. it's very interesting to see how quickly his family, embrace the idea of george floyd really becoming a catalyst for something tremendous in this country. you mentioned the 6-year-old daughter. one of his childhood friends, stephen jackson, an nba player. an nba all star. he spent some time over the past week. the picture i was goi reference. that's george floyd's 6-year-old daughter, steven jackson hoisted her on to his should

reported no physical findings of traumatic expects e a or strangulation floyd's family attorneys ben crump says that the new autopsy indicates floyd died right there on scene. >>we are question he would be alive today if not for the pressure applied to his neck. officer derek chauvin and the strain on his body from the 2 additional officers, me and him in his back. >>well let's officer devers show derek chauvin is charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for floyd's death. the criminal complaint against him says that he held his knee on floyd's neck for more than 8 minutes. it also says for almost 3 of those minutes during that time floyd was unresponsive. president trump is giving states and all to regarding the nationwide protests over george floyd's death. john lawrence reports. >>president trump threatening states with military force. if violent protest don't and i will deploy the united states military and quickly solve the problem for them national guard troops were seen near the white house monday afternoon where there is no justice there is no liberty where t

up next and are looking office discussing race in america is civil rights attorney, ben crump. is talk from last year's boston book festival focuses on grace and the criminal justice system. >> it was ben franklin who set democracy is like to wars mlm footing on what to have for lunch. you don't have to be a rocket scientist to know how it's going to go. but he said liberty is making sure the lamb is well armed to protest the vote. open season, to have to young lambs and communities of color be able to protest to vote, to get them the information and armed them with intellect and diplomacy to be able to protest the school to prison pipeline. being able to protest their racist loss like stand your ground i want to be able to protest voter suppression. protest environmental racism that would find children in south-central los angeles have a third of the lung capacity of children growing up in santa monica, california. make sure these young people are well armed to protest the industrial complex were minorities who go to prison, oftentimes the correct present and they are concerned

earlier my colleague katy kay spoke to the floyd families lead laywer, ben crump, and philonise floyd brother. he said he and his family are still trying to hold everything together. he said how difficult it had been to lay his brother to rest, whilst also contemplating what george floyd would have made of the global outcry sparked by his death. he is not the type of guy that is going to just try to muscle you and do wrong. he's more of a comforting guy, he's always saying things to bring you up. so i know he was going to listen to whatever they said and on the video, as you can see, he did everything the right way. it is just the officers, theyjust had a lot of hatred in them at that time because you have to put to your knee on someone‘s neck for that time, that time limit. and it is just constantly, he kept hollering, "please, sir, please. please, i can't breathe, i can't breathe. " it just hurt a lot watching the video, and it hurt me even more when i watched him scream out for our deceased mom. that was painful. and kids had to look at that — there's just a lot of pain right now.

testimony from law enforcement officials and civil rights advocates, including family attorney, ben crumpand the houston police chief. this portion with opening statements is two hours.

standing next to him was the family's lawyer, ben crump.me here today to this spot to remember george floyd who was tortured. who was tortured to death. and so we thank the minnesota governor for bringing human rights charges against the minneapolis police department. because we absolutely believe that he was tortured. in the last eight minutes and 46 seconds of his life. benjamin crump the lawyer representing george floyd's family. that press conference was given before we've heard about these increases in charges. we've heard about these increases in charges. lets go straight to samira hussain in new york. this is something that the protesters have wanted. they've been asking about what is happening with the other three police officers who we re the other three police officers who were present when george floyd lost his life. for several days we've seen protesters in america and around the world take to the street to demand some sort ofjustice. on last friday we heard about charges being levied against derek chauvin that was the officer w

. >> reporter: floyd family attorney ben crump also testified and used this case to push for more police body cameras and eliminating qualified immunity for police involved in the killing of african-americans. >> if there's no accountability, it will keep happening. and we pray that george floyd is the last one, but if this great body doesn't act, it's going to happen again. ansapped to lead ae tim group developing a police reform proposal. he says he doesn't believe he needs to hear white house before sharing the bill, and that it's about 90% complete. >> i've always said we're on different tracks. i think the tracks have common terrain, but it's not necessary that we be on the same page on every aspect of it. >> reporter: meanwhile, calls to defund police have intensified across the country. the idea is to take some government funds earmarked for police departments and redirect them toward social programs. los angeles announcing major cuts to police funding. seattle considering a 50% reduction and new york redirecting some funds to youth programs and moving a bill forward that would ba

. >> reporter: floyd family attorney ben crump also testified and used this case to push for more police body cameras and eliminating qualified immunity for police involved in the killing of african-americans. >> if there's no accountability, it will keep happening. and we pray that george floyd is the last one, but if this great body doesn't act, it's going to happen again. >> reporter: in the senate, tim scott, the lone black republican, was tapped to lead a group developing a police reform proposal. he says he doesn't believe he needs to hear from the white house before sharing the bill, and that it's about 90% complete. >> i've always said we're on different tracks. i think the tracks have common terrain, but it's not necessary that we be on the same page on every aspect of it. >> reporter: meanwhile, calls to defund police have intensified across the country. the idea is to take some government funds earmarked for police departments and redirect them toward social programs. los angeles announcing major cuts to police funding. seattle considering a 50% reduction and new york redirect

i also wanted to ask you about the significance of what ben crump said, the family attorney for the floyds, saying that he thought the second officer kneeling on the back of george whod right next to chauvin, was kneeling on his neck, was also key in cutting off the air supply for him. the significance of the three of them on top of this man -- not just present -- as well as what looked like the fourth officer , looking like a lookout, protecting themrom bystanderers pleading with the officers t to geget off floyoyd. >> absolutely. yes, if the venue is switched to another place outside of hennepinin county, it will defininitely be much h re white- which i don'n't think willll be helpful too securing convictions in this paparticular case.e. beyond that, yes, if you look kt ththe video -- at least from wht we can tell --- the pressure frm all three officers on mr. floyd's body contributed to o hs dedeath. pleadingd t the man saying "i can't breathe" and they h h a callousus disregard r his life. amy: finally, the power of the protest. in upping the charges to second-degree murder against cha

ben crump, we hear you. >>> so far u.s. president trump has been vague about the reforms he would like to see, but he and his administration have rejected the idea of defunding the police. >> there won't be defunding. there won't be dismantling of our police. there's not going to be 99% percent of them are great, great people. >> see clear, that was to defund, take money away from police. mayor de blasio wants to take away money. no, he does not agree with that and the rest of america doesn't agree with that. wanting to defund our police across the country. when you think the left has gone farr, could they possible whether i go further. they want to defund immigration and customs, this is rolling back. >> reporter: the trump administration is also defending the actions of federal law enforcement after they aggressively disbursed peaceful protestors know the white house. they were moved because police wanted a larger security perimeter. >> jim beerman is the police chief. mr. baron, thanks so much for coming on. >> it was my

so what is your reaction when you hear that and see potentially as ben crump said there is a third systemcers? >> you took the words out of my mouth you said there was a justice and al sharpton said we should have the same system of justice for people who wear blue jeans and a blue uniform. jeffrey said that's not always the case the question i am seeing people raise, the attorneys raise in court today in their hearing, they believe these police officers are overcharged. so they're trying to get charges thrown out or reduced and i don't know, jeff i have a legal expert here. but you know if this had happened to civilians and you helped someone kill someone, it would be pretty explicit, pretty much case closed as to what your fate problem. i don't see a lot of people in the court system, civilians getting off from being overcharged. we see that quite often when it comes to these police cases, that's why i'm reticent to say some change will come of these things. we don't know. we've sat around and there have been videotape, officers aren't charged. >> it's not by no means a slam dunk as a l

from ben crump, the attorney saying now is the time. this country and there should be one and this is the opportunity to have one justice system. what you said off the top when reverend sharpton kept on that refrain, get off our necks, he said this, we don't want any favors, just get off of us and we can do and be whatever we want to be. >> yeah. that's the thing listen, al sharpton is quite polarizing. i've known him for years but he says what he means and there is a reason that the family chose al sharpton to do this eulogy is this is the type of message that they wanted to send. they wanted someone who would light a fire under america, who was as al sharpton said, himself, a self proclaimed blower upper? that people came to him. they wanted all this stuff. whatever their issue is blasted. he put people on blast. america on blast torpt america. political america. the sports world. talked about what celebrities were doing and so on and so forth. that was the message coming today. let's bring in laura coats and lauren bacari, as we sit

family attorney ben crump was here which you just described a short time ago. want to take you into that moment when there was people gathering here and celebrating tho those -- that first report of news, that there might be upgrades in charges in this case. ma'am, you were here just a little time ago. you got on the ground on one knee and there was a celebration of the reports of these charges. why are they so significant? >> they're significant because we got them. we have been out here protesting, marching peacefully, and we got something, we got something. like i said before, i can't say i'm happy. i can't say i'm mad about the charges. i can't say any of that. i don't think i'll be happy until me, my sisters, my brothers cannot be scared of the police. just because you charge them, doesn't mean it's going to stop the force, all the blue lives that do this to our people, our community. i won't be satisfied until i can wake up and have kids and have them not fear their lives just for being black, for being darker than other people. it's not enough. i can say

also want to -- and i'll get into my eulogy so we can stay on time, but i must recognize attorney ben crump

the principal owner of ben crump law. he is representing george floyd's family. mr. crump received his ba from florida state university. you may begin. >> thank you, chairman nadler. and distinguished members of the committee. i know all the speakers have five minutes to speak, but i wish it was eight minutes and 46 seconds, not as a symbolic gesture, but as an actual exact time reference of how long george floyd literally begged. documentary of his death, begging for his life. , saying saying he can't breathe and calling for his mama. this has mobilized americans to demand a more just system of policing. obviousecome painfully that's what we have right one for white americans and another for black americans. is one in a long line of luck americans, unjustly, are killed at the hands of police at thegeorge's case, knee of the police including breonna taylor, pamela, rice,garner, tamir philando castile. on, but ites on and is important we remember their names. we revise thee role of police to become peacekeepers and community partners. prepared, they must be to protect

ben crump, the lawyer for the family at a press conference or commemoration at the site of the murder said that in his opinion, this was torture and that he sees it therefore as an necessi necessity, that you charge the other officers withstanding by as they could see the torture was taking place and they could hear mr. floyd saying that he can't breathe. >> dana: lawrence jones, you've had three hours since we saw you on "the daily briefing" to think over this information and digest it and get your thoughts now. >> yeah, i remember last friday, i predicted this on "the five" because in the probable cause complaint, when it said an officer was concerned, that was one strike. when he said he wanted to flip him over. he's indicating that something is going on. then you have the other officer that checks the pulse. there's another strike. then he stays on his neck for almost three minutes after. i think that's where you'll see the prosecutors make the case that there was intent in play. the problem with that is, as they have charged the other officers, which i think they should, those of