you know, just -- it reminds me of the eric gardener situation. and this is far worse than eric gardener. you had two other officers holding him down. he was already handcuffed. so you can't get in his mind. but this is one of those things that, you know, you may not really be able to define it clearly but you know it when you see it. i mean, when i see that, that's the first thing that comes to mind is that, you know, this guy just went off and just killed this man. i mean, it is truly some form of murder. i don't know which degree, but it is some form of murder. >> sir, it is always a pleasure. thank you, especially at this hour. thank you to -- for helping me and the audience. i appreciate it. god bless and be well. >> thank you. >> let's take a quick break. when we come back, we will take you around a survey of the country and how it's going tonight in the wake of seven days since george floyd's death. next. if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, ...little things... ...can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a c

even when the cameras aren't around, even after the cameras are gone, ask eric gardeners family.ask any of these families the cameras have long gone but reverend al continues to answer the bell when our people call. he is a leader that you see on tv commentating about our experiences but more importantly, he is a leader who has lived our experiences and because he has lived those experiences that's what makes him so effective in commentating on msnbc about our experiences. and he is going to talk about the experience of the terrible loss of somebody who should be with us today. and that is george floyd. please give a great round of applause for the reverend al sharpton. applause. thank you. i want us to not sit here and act like we had a funeral on the schedule. george floyd should not be among the deceased. he did not die of common health conditions. he died of common health conditions. he died ofa of common health conditions. he died of a common american criminal justice malfunction. he died because of there, has not been the corrective behaviour that has taught this country th

the problem is, too many of you have been walking by the eric gardeners, been walking by the t travon now we stop for george floyd. and i am in houston today because i don't want anybody to call me a passerby. jamie here is not a pl of you a are not passerby's. we won't be back in minneapolis we will be back in minneapolis when the trial starts. the righteous is going to be on the side of the courtroom. it is time that we reclaim the righteous in this country. brethren, we don't know if we have the money, we have the political power. well, we've got the vote, and we've got something that we had before we had the vote. we had god on our side. that is why when they were in slavery. if they called on god, that god the same god that brought us from the back of the bus is still on the right this same go that god brought us from jim crow, as still on the throne, and if we are right, he will fight our battles. and we will put george's name i history where they say that is the one they shouldn't have touched. that is the neck they shouldn't have kneeled down on. because my people called by my

. >> all the families that are here with me today, michael brown, eric gardener, arbery, it just hurt. breonna taylor, everybody. thank y'all. we will get justice. we will get it. we will not let this door close. >> reporter: democratic nominee for president joe biden met prooif privately with the floyd family. they will have their final private service tomorrow. in min yap lirks the first court appearance for derek chauvin. the judge set bail for $1.25 million. this as the attorney for one of the other three officers charged in floyd's death is speak out. >> he was doing what he thought was right. he did not stand by and watch. >> reporter: over the weekend from coast to coast, huge protests continued calling for racial justice and police reforms, including defunding police departments. in minneapolis, the city council approved plan to start the process of dismantling the police department and rebuild a new model of public safety. >> our commitment is to end our city's toxic relationship with the minneapolis police department. to end policing as we know it. >> reporter: the mayor is

seen across america this past week and weekend >> well, first off, i go back to what happened to eric gardenerhich is a second home to me and of course george floyd, who is from houston, texas. it's inexcusable for two men to die like that who did not appear to be putting up a fight i totally agree and i understand the protests and the injustice out there. it's really a shame that because of a few bad people that the distraction of protesting for the inequality that we have to watch everything else. we know this, there's bad journalis journalists. there's bad ceos there's a few bad cops and a few bad protesters it's so disappointing because i love that the protesting that's what makes america great. remember, we got in trouble, my team, earlier in the year because we commented about something which was such a disappointment because that's what makes america great and i just hate that we have to see the coverage of a few negative things when it's such a great issue to be protesting about >> your organization is no stranger to this kind of controversy. when you speak up and you speak out, you so

this addresses police brutality, and i'm so pleased that it has the support of eric gardener's mother, tamir rice's mother, those who have lost their lives because of police brutality. we have some other issues that we have to deal with, but in terms of justice in policing, this goes a long way down the road, and it is very effective, and it gets the job done. again, we hope that public sentiment will change the minds of some in the senate because to do nothing -- well, let's be hopeful. we passed our bill. it was bipartisan. some republicans voted for it in the senate. it is time for them to sit down together and prepare a bill that can pass the senate. they haven't done that so far. and in the house we have rejected overwhelmingly, unanimously and with republican support the senate bill earlier this evening. but it's interesting because some of the anger is also springing from other injustices that need to be addressed. and one of them is the disparity of deaths in the coronavirus -- in the coronavirus pandemic. we have in the hero's act, which you mentioned, the answer, testing, te

. >> july 2014, 43-year-old eric garden gardener, is allegedly selling cigarettes illegally in new york officers surround him to make an arrest. >> i'm minding my business. >> the officer is seen wrapping an arm around his neck before pulling him down to the ground. as he forces his head into the sidewalk, gardener is saying he dies shortly afterward. five years later, he's fired after he determined he used a choke hold ban ned by the nypd. long before that day, his last words become a national cry for help in social justice. august 2014, 18-year-old michael brown is shot by a police officer. his death sparks days of protest and riots in the city of ferguson, missouri. while the city burns, two narratives emerge. one that brown was unarmed and surrendering when he was shot. the other story from officer wilson is that brown was told to get out of the the street and during a confrontation the teen tried to taking his gun. the officer says he feared for his life when he shot and killed brown. this time the cry is the chant "hands up, don't shoot." as thousands pour into the streets to dema

and they were doing it to honor the memory and not just of george floyd but ahmaud arbery, and eric gardenerrtin and some other black americans just because of the color of their skin. but there is no doubt the overwhelming marches yesterday were peaceful, respectful, and, yes, americans young and old, black and white of all demographic backgrounds. >> yes, and you also saw, even in the context of the violence, you saw protesters trying to in some ways prevent instigators from breaking windows. you actually saw peaceful protesters trying to protect property, trying to make the case this is not what they were trying to achieve. often times -- let me say this very clearly, we often read these protests as simply being black, and we know they are interracial and very diverse, and we see images across the media showing it's not just black people looting, so what we see, i think, in a very clear way, joe, is all the contradictions we have been talking about over the last 3 1/2 years, you know, people need an excuse to not support the justice aims that inform the outrage by saying the riots will le

new york state lawmakers voted to ban chokeholds of the type that killed eric garden near part of a packagee reforms under consideration. but police tactics may be only part of the problem. we spoke to black officers all around the country about the challenges that they face. errol barnett is in new york city's times square for us. good morning. what did these officers tell you? >> reporter: good morning, tony. you know it's really interesting they really opened up about the complicated feelings black cops must contend with. one of them, in fact, the from the nypd said she was called anti-cop by a white colleague for suggesting that the officers who failed to intervene in george floyd's death should be held accountable and that's just one example of the emotional tight rope officers of color must overcome. what does it feel to be be an officer of color in a moment like this? >> it's complex. >> reporter: lieutenant greacia herdsman has been with the nypd for nearly 28 years. >> the protest yesterday people stood in front of me like, how do you feel, you know, being black and knowing what's

eric gardener happened here. we are tired of being stigmatised.hey if you're killed and there is no justice, there and they if you're killed and there is nojustice, there won't and they if you're killed and there is no justice, there won't be and they if you're killed and there is nojustice, there won't be peace. we support pesful protest and —— peaceful protest. the montgomerie bus boycott didn't happen for a year. they got justice bus boycott didn't happen for a year. they gotjustice then and we are going to getjustice now. thank you very much. let's talk to our correspondent in houston, jane 0'brien. we gather the family have been meeting joe biden, the presidential contenders? yes, they met privately with them yesterday. he will record a message for the service. he didn't wa nt to a message for the service. he didn't want to disrupt the proceedings by a secret service presence. joe biden is inserting himself into the proceedings here. his insertion welcomed by the family, who agreed to meet him. but he has been talking a lot about the issue of

in new york city and sells to everybody from broadway guitar players to bands playing at the garden to ericlap ton. so thank you for being with me. >> thank you for having me. >> a., are you ready to reopen, and b., do you think you'll have any customers walk through your door today. >> well i'm very excited to open up again. it is been a long time. been in hibernation. we have someone at the door now to call first and wait at the gate to be let in or spoken to. >> do you, from what i was reading, what you told our producer is that while you're thrilled to be reopen, broadway is closed, no one is playing at the garden, the folks who you are selling guitars or fixing guitars for, they're not in business. so -- >> it's a little scary because all of those people are not just clients but friends mine. it is a big community that i miss seeing. and basically we're all going to hope for the best and get started somewhere. so we're starting today. >> and, matt, i know you talked about and you're not the only one, i'm buddies with restaurant owners in the city and talking about how high the rent is

hustles have been killed by covance but i'm going to come over to you eric eric you are a working professional you're in the gardening space so just tell us about the situation you find yourself in you still get to do your gardening you still get to earn your pay but talk to us about the unique position that you find yourself in right now how work to mean so many people don't walk by example my my friends from my homeland but i'm from there your whole area is working with me because they're always what i run from this look down. and the circuit those rigs that we're going to have to focus very well in our run from. was teach me something and we have to go quickly to watch about this situation right right and i just want to talk to him right now because eric staal able to save money over back home you've not been employed at the point are you still having to has it out for people back home. you know all week we've gone from a community society and we have to support our. close members of the family my mom my my mercy sisters or our regardless of where they're working on origin they don't. they still need that support

donalday, president trump spoke in the rose garden and discussed the latest jobless numbers and drop in the unemployment rate and progress in battling the pandemic. eric, i want you to see what president trump said and react to it. here is president trump. [video clip] pres. trump: this is a very big day for our country. this is affirmation of the work we have been doing for 3.5 years. this is not just for the last few months, this is for 3.5 years. it is a great thing. we were very strong, we had the greatest economy in the history our country -- of our country, we had the greatest economy in the history of our world, and that strength let us get through this horrible pandemic -- largely through, i think we are doing well. we had a meeting on vaccines, we are doing incredibly well with that. i think you're going to have some positive surprises. cures, we are doing really well. i think those two words blend in with each other. tremendous progress is being made on vaccines. in fact, we have ready to go, and terms of transportation and logistics, we have over 2 million ready to go if it checks out for safety. and it is also, the nice part is, we have fo

garden. maya wiley, when we talk about police reform, one of the major things that happened after ferguson with president obama and eric holder, was to start changing all of the billions of dollars that went to local police forces with military style weaponry and armed personnel carriers. and that is now being reversed by the trump administration. >> the trump administration has reversed all of the major efforts that the obama administration set in place to keep more black people, more latinos, more citizens, safe from abusive policing. if you consider that speech he just gave, not only was it full of misinformation, he literally, over the lives and the bodies of black people that he opened his announcement with, actually started talking about the stock market and the incredible, you know, gains that we're going to have from big pharma. i'm sorry, those are two things that black communities have largely been excluded from the benefits of. this administration has made clear they are on the side of lawless policing in a law and order framework. and he just did that again. andrea, we have to stop and take one -- really on