i'm out of time, christina greer, i owe you one and michael steele, thank you both for being with me. >>> coming up, as the nation continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, a select committee in the house of representatives is now working on ways to help americans weather the crisis. i'll speak with one member of that panel, bill foster, of illinois, about what they're cooking up in congress. but first, my colleague richard lui with today's top news stories. >> more confirmed cases of coronavirus to tell you about today across the united states bringing the total to 1.3 million across the country, more than 80,000 people have died so far. more states are ready to open up, starting tomorrow, kentucky and new hampshire will ease lockdown restrictions. restaurants in arkansas, arizona, indiana will be open for business, but there will be some new guidelines there. hair salons and barbershops will also open in mississippi. and most of florida. also starting tomorrow, passengers boarding flights with american, southwest and alaska airlines will be required to wear face masks. the

drnlg drnlg >> also bring in christina greer author of "black ethnics: race immigration and pursuit of the american dream" co-host of a podcast. and good to see you again. i guess part of the issue is, if you look at this as i do. i look at a lot of things through economics. if you look at these charts and you see median income go up in america and see all of these measures of people's progress and support, you see two americans, eddie points out, but growth on every measure different for african-americans. it starts with historical problems that we have not fixed in america. there are a lot of people who feel we need a reset. to somehow deal with the historical inequalitying african-american face to have a leg to stand on and a fair chance as a prosperous future. >> indeed, but far too many americans don't want to understand or respect the history of this nation. with the history of this nation, on four legs which -- is white supremacy, anti-black racism, patriarchy and capitalism. we have to understand that the inequity we're seeing today that long-standing institutional structures t

we want to bring in christina greer, an associate professor at fordham university and politics effortt the greo. let me ask you we've been watching for hours this frustration and anger. i think some level of shock that the first-degree murder charges weren't brought, certainly from a lot of the protesters we've spoke to, that three other officers still have not been charged. when you look at what's unfolding all around america tonight what do you see? >> well, i think it's shock for some but not for all. sadly, this is just a manifestation of the anguish and pain that so many americans have to experience on a daily basis. as your previous guests have said, you know, we can't even be in our homes or go bird-watching without having to deal with white supremacy coming from the highest levels of government. so i'm so tired of hearing about riots which we know are uprising, these are rebellions. for a lot of people it is a manifestation of the pain they've felt for many years, wit net -- witnessing people who look like them and loved ones get murdered by the state pretty much with very lit

choo, christina greer. thanks to both of you. >>> senator jeff merkley is here. later, michael flynn's lawyers trying to get around that setback of a new judge involved in his case, a bid to get his charges dropped. we have that story and a special guest. >>> and new evidence tonight of how donald trump might use senate republicans as part of an election strategy against joe biden. i'm ari melber. you're watching "the beat" on msnbc. whose tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. don't get mad, get e*trade. stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill... ...can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some-rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system... ...attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to help stop the attack. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious infectio

i want to bring in christina greer a political science professor. a troubling situation continuing to unfold there. let me first start by getting your thoughts on this very thought pro voting gentleman we heard from there who summarized the faeling of a lot of protesters there. the police system is broken, it is an under plooi lying problem. do you agree with that? >> i absolutely think we do. if we read the 1619 project and literature from historians and political scientists and we watch the news today, we know that the institutions that have been set up have anti-black racism. i think it's playing out unfortunately on people's cell phones. it's not new. i think will smith said it's just being recorded. we saw this obviously in a lot of our lifetime, in my generation with rodney king and sadly we have a whole generation of young people growing up and witnessing these really vial acts being committed by the state. >> there the a lost data out there that shows a troubling pattern. surveys show 75% of whites think police use the right amount of force

it seems like christina greer, mark claxton, thank you for joining us. that does it for me on "the beat" i'll be here tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. keep it right here on msnbc. >>> good evening. i'm joy reed and this is america tonight. across the country, protests continue amid a growing national outcry over the death of george floyd. from new york to city chi to minneapolis, which remains on edge for a third day. and is bracing for another night of demonstration. floyd and another man died friday after being pinned to the ground by the neck by a minneapolis police officer, whose name remained pressed into his neck for eight minutes, a horrified bystanders and a 12-year-old girl who filmed the incident watched. they were responding to a forgery and floyd resisted officers. all four in the incident have been fired, but not charged. that decision not to charge the officers stands as of tonight. based on a press conference by state officials that it concluded less than half an hour ago. earlier today, minneapolis park police released new body cam footage