silence, eight minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time floyd was pinned to the ground here is gabe gutierrez. ♪ >> reporter: ten days after his death, friends and family of george floyd took a breath >> all these people came to see my brother, and that's amazing to me, that he touched so many poem's hearts. >> reporter: he's touched the world, sparking a long-simmering reckoning, an explosion of fury and frustration over race and policing, but also in recent days a newfound unity and calls for action. >> what happened to floyd happens every day in this country in education, american life. it's time for us to stand up in george's name and say get your knee off our necks >> reporter: reverend al sharpton delivering an impassioned eulogy calling for accountability in the justice system and 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 w

here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: today terence floyd was overwhelmed, his steps heavy with grief as he saw for the first time the ground where his brother took his last breath >> my family is a peaceful family. my family is god fearing. yeah, we are sad but we're not going to take it. >> reporter: it was exactly a week ago that george floyd died after a minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes his death now at the heart of the nation's unrest his youngest brother >> y'all wait. let's do this another way. let's stop thinking our voice don't matter and vote >> reporter: late today the hennepin county medical examiner released floyd's autopsy, determining his death was a homicide caused by cardiopulmonary arrest while he was restrained by the officers hours earlier, floyd's family released its own independent autopsy. it found the manner of death was homicide caused by asphyxia due to a neck and back compression that led to a lack of blood flow to the brain. >> the autopsy shows that mr. floyd had no underlying medical problem that caused or contributed to h

the case has become a flash point for nationwide outrage gabe gutierrez now with the latest. >> reporter: today the fbi searched the apartment where breonna taylor was shot and killed, 98 days after her death and louisville's mayor announced one of the three officers involved would be fired from his conduct. >> both the chief and i are precluded from talking about what brought us to this moment or even the timing of this decision. >> reporter: but in a letter to now former officer brett hankison, the chief writes your actions displayed an extreme indifference to the value of human life when you wantonly and blindly fired ten rounds into the apartment of breonna taylor, i find your conduct a shock to the conscience protests over the lack of charges in the case have stretched far beyond kentucky, intensifying nationwide after the killing of george floyd in minneapolis overnight in louisville, more unrest >> we cannot tolerate the destruction we saw last night. >> reporter: hankiof three cop who arrived at taylor's apartment back in march with a narcotics search warrant. police say the offi

a somber day of mourning in charleston, south carolina, and a renewed call for change here's gabe gutierrez. >> break it down >> reporter: tonight in charleston, officials are calling for the removal of a statue dedicated to a slavery advocate on the same day the city remembered one of its darkest hours. >> reporter: it was unthinkable, really, five years ago today a self-pro claimed white supremacist went to ith the gr that welcomed him. then, he opened fire killing the senior pastor and eight of his parishioners alicia sanders is one of five survivors. she forgave the gunman. >> i wear a smile. the reason i wear the smile because if you look at the pictures of our nine, they all wore a beautiful smile. >> reporter: following the massacre there were calls for unity now community leaders are calling for action on gun violence, police brutality and what they see as systemic racism in the wake of george floyd's death. >> people want to think that -- >> reporter: reverend sharon rishe lost her mother and two cousins in charleston. >> it's full-time for this country to get a grip on this and un

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, minneapolis. >> reporter: i'm joe fryer in houston where today a long linerapped around fountain of praise church, like outstretched arm welcoming george floyd home one last time. >> our message is to provide help and hope and help people really begin to heal. >> reporter: despite a heat index of 100 degrees, a massive crowd came to floyd's public viewing, including many who had never met him. >> we're all family at the end of the day, anyways, so we're here to support the movement. >> reporter: floyd's president joe biden, this photo tweeted by the family's attorney. floyd was born in north carolina, he grew up in houston's inner third ward neighborhood where a mural now pays tribute. >> this is where it started from >> reporter: in high school floyd was a 6'6" star athlete making it to the state football championship and earning a college basketball scholarship. so your first alley-oop was to george. >> his heart was gold, man. he's the perfect guy. perfect guy on our team >> reporter: he's still remembered by his second grade teacher. she recently dug out

lester. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you.ore i made my way to north central university for today's service, i visited the place where george floyd died to talk with people about the way forward, about trust and what change looks like along the street where george floyd was killed sits the intersection where pain and bewilderment meet wary optimism that things can change. >> do you have faith and trust that this is going to bring about change soon? >> yeah, i think so. we made history. minnesota did make history. >> others aren't so sure. >> where were you when it happened? >> i was home actually. >> community resident and activist candice montgomery has heard promises before. now she's among those here calling for a controversial move >> we need to move transition away from our policing system right now.that's what justice will look like. >> when you say moving away, are you talking about abolishing police >> yeah, i'm absolutely talking about abolishing police transitioning away from the minneapolis police department here lo

>> gabe gutierrez, thank you for that. >>> and tonight there is growing outrage in tucson, arizona after a latino man died in police custody, saying he could not breathe it happened two months ago but is just coming to light now miguel almaguer has that story and a warning some of the video is disturbing. >> reporter: the tributes in tucson are filled with tears, anger and a sense it's happened again one month before many marched here for george floyd -- >> i can't breathe >> i can't breathe. >> reporter: carlos ingram lopez also died while in police custody. >> we're going to protest and we're not going to stay quiet. >> reporter: like floyd he told officers he couldn't breathe. >> oh, i can't breathe. let me have some water. >> reporter: in late april three officers responding to a disorderly conduct call, say they found the young father unclothed and acting erratically. the police chief says officers did not use a choke hold on the 27-year-old. but did cuff him, restraining lopez in a prone position, facedown with a spit hood on, a mesh covering over his head for about 12 minutes, as

lester >> gabe gutierrez, a remarkable scene behind you barricade outside the police station thank you. >>> as demonstrations continue across america today, more examples are emerging of police using deadly force, underscoring the sweeping demands for change and accountability we're seeing with that story, here's gadi schwartz we need to warn you, some of the images are disturbing. >> reporter: tonight more evidence of police violence as the nation grapples with policing in america. but some officials pushing back saying officers are now being targeted early this morning in california, an officer shot when someone opened fire on their police station, hitting a squad car before getting away. the suspect still at large. >> i can't breathe >> reporter: but in protests across the country a demand for change is signs and chants o "i can't breathe, and underscored videos continuing to surface of police use of force, like the death of manuel ellis in tacoma, washington newly released home security footage and cell phone video showing glimpses of what happened three months ago when they tried

. >> reporter: this is gabe gutierrez in minneapolis. today the city council voted unanimously that officers are required to intervene any time they see unauthorized use of force by another cop, and to ban choke holds all together. >> when i first hear that, that's a pretty damn low bar just to start, in terms that we hadn't had that. >> reporter: it comes after the state ordered a sweeping civil rights investigation of the police department this week. >> we are ready to rise to this tragedy of george floyd's murder >> reporter: lisa bender is the council president. are you dismantling the minneapolis police department >> yes, i think the changes need to be that substantive and significant and will need to be done with deep engagement from our community. so, to folks that that idea sounds radical, i invite you in to that process with an open mind. >> reporter: charged with second-d officer derek chauvin is due in court monday he has still not commented publicly heavily redacted personnel records show he worked in military police in the u

our gabe gutierrez has the latest >> reporter: in an orange jump suit and wearing a blue face covering former officer derek chauvin face the judge for the first time over a video link, charge with second-degree murder and manslaughter after the death of george floyd. a judge set bail at $1 million with conditions including supervised release and surrendering any firearms chauvin's lawyer once again did not comment on the charges >> no justice. no peace. >> say his name! >> george floyd. >> reporter: the case rocked the minneapolis police department. which is also under a state civil rights investigation. one day after the mayor was booed for not committing to abolishing the police, a veto proof majority of the city council pledged to disband the department and replace it with more community based policing though details could take up to a year. >> we're talking about engaging a plan to create a public safety system that works for everyone >> reporter: meanwhile, a lawyer involved says floyr was resisting arrest. >> he didn't do anything wrong he was a police officer trying to do his jo

gabe gutierrez now with the latest. >> stop, i have a right to stop you because you're being suspicious. >> reporter: tonight there's growing outrage over this body camera video from last august where officers in aurora, colorado stopped 23-year-old elijah mcclain. >> i am an introvert respect the boundaries that i am speaking >> reporter: mcclain later died after being placed in a choke hold an internal investigation found the officers followed policy but now more than 3 million people have signed an online petition and the governor's office says it will re-examine the case. >> do you think th george floy case made it a parent that it wa wasn't going to stop. >> reporter: here in new york an officer was arrested today on strangulation charges after video surfaced last weekend. >> stop choking him, wrote. >> reporter: authorities now say he used a banned choke hold on a suspect. the officer pleaded not guilty his attorney says it's disheartening to see prosecutors succumb to political pleasure. >>> in miami gardens florida, an officer was charged with misconduct and battery after he was

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, minneapolis. >>> in 60 seconds the tense standoff and the good samaritan who took action. what he did that has so many people talking tonight. >>> back now with that remarkable story from washington the man being praised by some for taking in dozens of protesters cornered by the police we get that story now from nbc's andrea mitchell >> reporter: a harrowing night for a group of proat theers in the nation's capitol. they say police herded them into a narrow one-way street about a mile from the white house corralling them with no way out and unleashing barrage of pepper spray >> they said they were enforcing curfew, but people were asking please let me go, let me go home i live right there, please let me go home. >> reporter: a long time resident standing on his front steps describes the scene like a tsunami coming his way. >> and just a stream of people came running through here and pepper spray is being spray up against the house, up against the windows. people are running through for ten minutes straight >> we saw him and he was letting people in and thank g

a powerful look inside one of the covid units that battled the virus at the epicenter gabe gutierrez tonight on lessons learned for the potential next wave. >> reporter: inside lenox hill hospital in manhattan, the fight against the coronavirus has changed drastically. >> one month ago on this unit, alarm bells everywhere. >> reporter: they're still treating covid-19 patients but much less frequently. right now this is the hospital's only covid unit at one point in the height of the pandemic it had about 20 and was dealing with more than 300 patients across the hospital. on this day, just six. they're now preparing for a potential second wave later this year coinciding with flu season they can triple their number of icu beds, on site testing has improved but a shortage of reagents, the chemicals needed to conduct the tests, often made overseas. as america reopens -- >> we just have to be ready, people are socially distancing still, you know, hand hygiene. you can't completely control this disease despite all the preventative measures but it definitely helps. >> reporter: at the pande

tolerated >> reporter: more incidents now coming to light as officers face mounting scrutiny gabe gutierrez, nbc news, new york. >> stop, i have a right to stop you. >>> the race for president is heating up tonight president trump and joe biden both campaigning in battleground states with key new poll numbers just out the latest from nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett. >> reporter: joe biden tonight taking aim at president trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis. >> he's like a child who can't believe this has happened to him. and his job isn't to whine about it his job is to do something about it, to lead >> reporter: the presumptive democratic presidential nominee campaigning in pennsylvania, boosted by new polling from the "new york times," showing him now leading in six battleground states that were key to president trump's 2016 victory. including wisconsin, where president trump traveled today. >> under this administration you know that american workers like you are a national treasure. >> reporter: at this point in 2016 then candidate trump was also trailing democrati

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest. >>> stop. i have a right to stop you -- >> reporter: this morning, calls for criminal charges are mounting after three police officers in aurora, colorado, stopped elijah mcclain last august. they had gotten a call about a suspicious man wearing a mask and waving his arms. his family says mcclain often wore a ski mask to keep warm because of a blood condition. >> i am an introvertment please respect the boundaries that i'm seeking -- >> reporter: police say mcclain stopped walking and fought back when confronted. one officer says he heard another yell "he's going for your gun." the officers took him into custody by placing him in a choke hold. paramedics later sedating him. >> i can't breathe correctly because -- >> reporter: he died at a hospital days later. an internal investigation found the officers followed policy. the autopsy report says mcclain's cause of death was undetermined. and the district attorney declined to file charges. >> i'm not trying to justify the officers' actions. i'm on

here is nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: today, terrence floyd was overwhelmed, his steps heavy withrief, as he saw for the first time the ground where his brother took his last breath. >> my family is a peace florida. my family is god fearing. we're upset and we're not going to take it. >> reporter: exactly a week ago george floyd died after a minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nine minutes, now at the heart of the nation's unrest. his youngest brother is calling for an end to the violence. >> let's do it another way. let's vote. >> reporter: the hennepin county medical examiner released floyd's autopsy, determining his death was a homicide caused by cardiopulmonary arrest while he was restrained by the officer. hours earlier, floyd's family released its own independent autopsy. it found the manner of death was homicide caused by asphyxia due to neck and back compression that restricted blood flow to the brain. >> the autopsy shows mr. floyd had no underlying medical problem that caused or contributed to his death. >> reporter: a new nbc news analysis of police records

see the body camera footage from the incident which has not been publicly released lester >> gabe gutierrez tonight, thank you. >>> the firestorm involving president trump after he retweeted an inflammatory video made during a protest in st. louis this follows a racist video he retweeted the day before kristen welker has more now from the white house. >> reporter: tonight as protests for racial justice persist the president is again stoking tensions on twitter. sharing a video today of a white couple in an upscale st. louis neighborhood pointing firearms and shouting at people protesting the white house has not commented on that video but it comes a day after the president retweeted another video showing an apparent trump supporter at a florida retirement community shouting white power at anti-trump protesters. >> white power, white power. >> reporter: the president took the tweet down amid bipartisan backlash and after his ally senator tim scott called the tweet indefensible on sunday. >> there's no question he should not have retweeted it and it should be taken down. >> reporter: joe bide

nbc's gabe gutierrez is outside lenox hill hospital following the latest on new york city for us. , good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, craig, good morning. as you mentioned, new york city preparing for phase two of reopening on monday. officials expect up to 300,000 workers to return to work. i'm standing in front of lenox hill hospital on the upper east side. as you mentioned, it is one of many facilities that dealt with that huge influx of covid-19 patients several weeks and months ago. now the doctors and nurses here are just beginning to process the emotional toll from that. they're also preparing for a potential second wave later this year. inside lenox hill hospital in manhattan, the fight against the coronavirus has changed drastically. >> one month ago on this unit, alarm bells everywhere -- >> reporter: this doctor and her colleagues are still treating covid-19 patients, but much less frequently. right now this is the hospital's only covid unit. at one point at the height of the pandemic it has more than 20, dealing with more than 300 patients across the hospital. on th

we'll go to gabe gutierrez who is at the site of george floyd's fatal encounter with police. gabe? it was incredible to see all the cheers during reverend al's powerful eulogy where he often repeated that phrase "get off our necks." that powerful phrase that really brought tears to the crowd. now this is the location, as you mentioned, where george floyd uttered his last breath. nicole, we have been standing with people here -- several of them on msnbc yesterday and the reaction to what happened the last couple of days have been mixed. there are others who say it's not enough. a man in south minneapolis earlier today broke into tears when he came here for the first time. right now there's a chant erupting here. "what's his name?" and they're repeating george floyd. the crowd passionately reacting to this service. i should mention that at the same time the memorial service was happening, the three officers face adjudge earlier this afternoon in minneapolis. we heard from their attorneys for the first time. they were read their charges and the judge gave them bond. the focus today he

look for the pink cap. >>> let's go back to minneapolis where gabe gutierrez has breaking news on thegation. gabe, what do you have? >> reporter: hey, there, katy. well, i just spoke with the family attorney, ben crump, and he says that he expects that the three other officers involved in the george floyd case that have not been charged, he expects them to be charged by next tuesday, before floyd is laid to rest on tuesday. now, we have live pictures of a large gathering, not far from here. i'm in downtown minneapolis right now, in south minneapolis, at the site where george floyd died and took his last breath. a large group of peaceful protesters have gone there. i also spoke just a short time ago with donald williams. he is one of the eyewitnesss that night, more than a week ago now, he is haunted by what he saw and still processi ining the saw a man die, essentially, before his eyes. take a listen to what he had to say. >> i observed the situation before i interacted. i interacted once one of the young ladies said, i believe his nose is starting to bleed. at the time, george is on

nbc's gabe gutierrez is there again for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. former officer derek chauvin is set to appear before a judge on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges. the death is now reigniting a larger conversation across the country about the role of policing. many city council members now say they want to disband the department. this morning fired minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is preparing for his first court appearance facing charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter after the death of george floyd. chauvin still declining to comment. one day after the mayor was booed for not agreeing to abolish the police. >> we're talking about engaging a plan to create a public safety system that works for everyone. >> reporter: whether it's dismantling departments or reinvesting other programs, demands are growing across the country. in new york city, bill de blasio is moving some resources. >> we are committed to shifting resources to ensure the focus is on our young people. >> reporter: eric garcetti is pledging to cut $150 mil

gabe gutierrez joins us from minneapolis with all these differing elements gabe, good morning. >> reporteroyd's face it reads, i can breathe now. three of the officers involved in his death went before a judge. their bail now set at 3/4 of a million dollars each from new york to charlotte to los angeles, a tenth night of mostly peaceful protests after a day of healing and prayers honoring george floyd. >> all these people came to see my brother, and that's amazing to me that he touched so many people's hearts. >> what happened to floyd happens every day in this country. it's time for us to stand up in george's name and say get your knee off our necks. >> closing the service, a powerful moment, nearly nine minutes of silence, the length of time prosecutors say floyd was under the knee of former officer derek chauvin. charged with second degree murder he's still not commented and due in court monday. while minneapolis mourned george floyd, the three other fired officers accused of aiding and abetting murder faced a judge for the first time jay alexander kueng's attorney said it was only his

nbc's gabe gutierrez remains on the ground with more on this part of the story. walk us through this hearing, gabe, and how that city is grappling with this council vote to dismantle its police department. >> reporter: hey there, craig. you were here last week. this city remembered george floyd in that memorial service last week. now several discussions about how this city moves forward in terms of policy. you mentioned the city dismantling its police department. i'll get to that in a minute. first, i want to talk about this court hearing yesterday where officer derek chauvin appeared before a judge for the first time over a video link. you mentioned his bail was set at $1.25 million without restrictions. with restrictions it's set at $1 million. his attorney would not comment, as he has not from the beginning of all this. chauvin was wearing a face covering, wearing an orange jumpsuit. didn't say much, just answered procedural questions. again, he's charged with second degree murder and manslaughter in this case. his next court appearance is now scheduled for lat

nbc's gabe gutierrez looks closer in our sunday spotlight. >> reporter: in the wake of george floyd's- >> i can't breathe. >> reporter: cries for change. >> our police department as it exists does not work. >> reporter: this past week, minneapolis city councilman cunningham was among many to call for de-funding police. do you see this as an anti-police movement? >> i see this as a pro-safety movement. it's not pro or against police. it's about safety for every resident. >> reporter: abolish, de-fund, dismantle, reform. ideas reshaping the conversation around policing. >> it's not about issemantics. it's about safety. we haven't clearly defined what that means. i like to think about it as reimagine public safety, because that actually is more accurately naming what we're talking about here. >> reporter: reform, he says, doesn't go far enough. >> we immediate to build an entirely new system of public safety that is rooted in the public health approach, community and justice. >> reporter: what do you say to people who argue this is a terrible idea, you can't de-fund police in the times w

>> nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez joins us now from minneapolis where he's been for all of this time. in practical terms what does this vote by city council mean, gabe, and for the mayor tos shouted down with "shame," stunning in the part of a platform of reforming police? >> reporter: right, andrea. certainly. the protesters were heard by the city council members, majority of which, you mentioned, agreed to defund police just yesterday. the question is, what would it actually look like? and jeremiah ellison one of the city council members said this is going to be a question city council members will ask for input from the public for up to the next year. right now they don't have details about how this exactly will work, but some of the ideas tossed around perhaps hiring more mental health counselors instead of relying solely on police for 911 calls. something not new, talked about for quite a while around the country. given the death of george floyd it's gotten traction here and in other parts of the country, for example, in new york where mayor bill de blasio said he is shifti

gabe gutierrez is on duty there. gabe, it would seem as if, after george floyd's younger brother showed up last night and prayed for peace, it seemed as if the protests there in minneapolis were more peaceful than they had been in previous nights. what's the case there this morning? >> reporter: hi, craig, good morning. certainly here in the twin cities it has been extremely peaceful over the last several days. as you can see around me, this is the site where george floyd took his last breaths. it's a very emotional scene here. there are speakers here, people from all walks of life that come here now to pay their respects. you can see it's a very diverse crowd. it has been peaceful. george floyd's brother terrence came here yesterday with a very impassioned plea standing there asking for people to earned the violence and called for peaceful protests. last night in the minneapolis area there was a small protest past curfew at the state capitol, other arrests as well. there were some arrests but all peaceful. it would s

nbc's gabe gutierrez remains on duty there in minneapolis this morning. gabe, first of all, the city council expected to talk about and potentially vote on what today? >> reporter: yes, the city council within the next few hours, early this afternoon, they're going to discuss that temporary restraining order on the part of the state. you remember a few days ago, craig, the department of human rights had actually filed a civil rights charge in ordering sweeping civil rights investigation of the minneapolis police department for the first time. now it's time for the city to explain how it will comply with that and they've been negotiating the terms of that. immediate changes, both short and long term to the police department. they're going to be discussing that in an emergency meeting this afternoon. it will be a remote meeting because they're all zooming in or facetime or at their homes. they will be discussing this afternoon when they plan to have a vote. what could that mean? there's some discussion of perhaps shifting some of the responsibility to respon

. >> let's go now to nbc's gabe gutierrez in minneapolis. gabe, good to talk to you. know you've been reporting on this for a couple of days. a very powerful interview there with some that were paying their respects. what can we expect there today? what's the reaction on the ground to these new charges? >> reporter: hi there, ayman, good morning. this is the site where quincy visited yesterday to pay his respects to his father. family members are expected at that memorial service this afternoon, very highly anticipated. as you mentioned reverend al is expected to give the eulogy there and he's expected to call for federal legislation that will help stop racial injustice in policing. ayman, i want to introduce you to a man i just met and his daughter here, coming here for the first time. as we just spoke with them, very emotional, he's from this area. his name is carlos jackson. hi, carlos. and his daughter myesha right here. carlos, thank you for speaking with us, we appreciate it. we couldn't help but notice you here and it's a difficult time for you. what do you thi

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: the fbi searched the apartment where breonna taylor was shot and killed 98 days after her death as louisville's mayor announced one of the three officers involved would be fired for misiones conduct. >> both the chief and i are precluded from talking about what brought us to this moment or even the timing of this decision. >> reporter: but in a letter to now former officer brett hankison, the police chief writes your actions displayed an extreme indifference to the value of human life when you wantonly and blindly fired ten rounds into the apartment of breonna taylor. i find your conduct a shock to the conscience. [ crowd chanting ] protests over the lack of charges in the case have stretched far beyond kentucky intensifying nationwide as of killing of george floyd in minneapolis. hankison was one of three officers who arrived to her apartment with a narcotics search warrant. police say the officers did announce themselves but taylor's family disputes that. her boyfriend said he thought it was a home invasion and opened fire with his l

kerry sanders, nbc news >> reporter: this is gabe gutierrez in new york the one-time epicenter of the coronavirus which today hit a major milestone. phase two of reopening. outdoor dining, retail stores and barbershops are back >> for me, i'm ecstatic i have cabin fever. >> reporter: elsie perez among the early shoppers at old navy's flag ship. >> we've been waiting for this since the moment we locked the doors. >> reporter: for some offices seismic changes. >> as we're walking through right now temperatures are being scanned. >> reporter: thermal scanners now flag employees with potentially high temperatures >> your temperature is 97.1 currently. >> reporter: for more screening, the ceo of rxr realty showed us how elevators read key to know what floor you're going to. and employee arrival times ar staggered to limit how crowded they get >> this elevator knows where we're going? >> it knows where we're going an it only allows four people. >> reporter: this is how the workplace will look for the foreseeable future. >> the new abnormal, the period between when we have a vaccine and when

. >> 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, derek chauvin, his charges upgraded from third-degree murder to second-degree murder. those other officers now charged with aiding and abetting murder. if convicted, they could all -- each face a maximum of up to 40 years in prison. new charging documents yesterday, we saw some of the details that prosecutors are laying out. they're saying that one of the officers held down floyd's back, another officer held down his legs while he was right here at this location in front of the cup foods ten days ago or so. again, the new charging documents also say that chauvin held floyd down past the point where his condition began t

. >> reporter: this is gabe gutierrez in new york new york hitting a major milestone, day two of reopeningutdoor dining, retail stores and barbershops are back. >> for me, i'm ecstatic i have cabin fever. >> reporter: elsie perez among the early shoppers at old navy's flag ship. >> we've been waiting for this since the moment we locked the doors. >> reporter: for some offices seismic changes. >> as we're walking through right now temperatures are being scanned. >> reporter: thermal scanners flagging employees. >> your temperature is 97.1 currently. >> reporter: the ceo of rxr realty showing how elevators read key cards. >> it knows where we're going and only allows four people. >> this is how the workplace will look. >> the new abnormal, the period between when we have a vaccine and when we have to work like this and coexist with the coronavirus. >> at the start of the crisis we visited manhattan's westway diner. since then business has been brutal. >> we had to let go temporarily all of our employees and he had to shut down a business that's been here for over 30 years. >> pete set up tab

. >> gabe gutierrez is in new york with the latest on this reopened investigation. question that the lawyer just asked, gabe, why now? is there new evidence surfacing or is this an acknowledgement that this actually deserved closer attention the first time around when it happened? >> reporter: well, hi there, chris. the answer is there has been intense, very intense public pressure over the last several weeks. this body camera video has been out there for months, it has got some local media attention after it first happened, but the fact is that the governor is appears to be responding to as the lawyer mentioned millions of online signatures, more than 3 million online signatures demanding this case be looked into. and there are more rallies and protests scheduled over the coming days, chris. i spoke with elijah mcclain's mother yesterday and she seems to view this as almost too little too late in her words. she says this should have been looked into months ago and she is extremely frustrated at how this case has been handled, chris. but, yes, the initial autopsy cam

departments' use of deadly force tonight there are troubling new incidents that have come to life gabe gutierrezls. we need to warn you some of the images are disturbing >> reporter: tonight newly released videos of black men dying during encounters with police are sparking more outrage new jersey's attorney general says this dash cam video shows 28-year-old maurice gordon being pulled over for speeding last month. after 20 minutes of sitting in the patrol car he appears to leave and struggle with the state trooper who eventually shoots him six times. authorities say gordon twice tried to get behind the wheel of the trooper's car and the trooper's union says he only used force as a last resort, fearing for his life gordon's mother is distraught >> it's just difficult to watch >> reporter: an investigation is under way. the trooper is now on administrative leave >> it is a reminder that the implicit bias in the best case and racism in the worst case is still involved in almost all police interactions with people of color. >> reporter: in texas our affiliate kxan obtained police body camera footag

police and national guard have been organized to crack down anyone ignoring the curfew gabe gutierrez has the story >> reporter: in the largest public safety operation in mi natd took a stand. aggressively using tear gas, pepper s desperate attempt to squelch days of escalating chaos. no major fires or injuries >> i want to thank everyone who participated in our ability to restore trust to our streets it was incredibly complex and inkrenlly difficult. >> reporter: tactics were the strictest yet. a paint canister was shot at someone on a front porch journalists were in the middle of it. >> they have tripped the amount of law enforcement here in minneapolis. let's go >> reporter: law enforcement authorities horror acknowledge they did not have an adequate plan to confront large scale violent protests early in the week >> what took so long to get on the same page? >> good question resources, i think we're up against that i think now we know we need resources. >> reporter: the officer was charged with murder on friday. new security video of what happened moments earlier appears to show a

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sol dare confinement according to his attorney, earl gray and in an exclusive u interview with gabe gutierrez, gray says he has seen the body camera footage and plans to subpoena it. here is part of the interview. >> for the protestors looking at this case, for the people that were calling for the arrest of these officers, i think a main question that they have is how is it possible that your client stood by and watched for nearly nine minutes? >> he did not stand by and watch. he was holding on to the guy's legs. he was the initial arresting officer. the one that put out the resisting handcuffs, re cysting going to the squad. he was holding the legs because the guy was resisting at first. now when he's holding his legs, b he says to chauvin, well should we roll him over because he says he can't breathe. shochauvin says no. now chauvin, if you've ever been in the military, you ask your sergeant, should we dog something, he says no, do you say i'm going to do it any way? i don't think so. he said that twice. then he said i think he's suffering from i think it was excitement delirium. he then a

minnesota where mourners are reacting to new charges made in the george floyd case we're joined by gabe gutierrez >> reporter: the floyd family had wanted first degree murderer charges for all of the officers but they welcomed news of the arrest, something that many protesters here had been waiting for. >> we got all four, we got all four. >> reporter: at the site where george floyd took his last breath, the moment was cathartic. >> i think that it will be a wakeup call for the whole nation >> we're here today because george floyd is not here >> the state's attorney general announcing new charges for the four officers involved in floyd's death. charges were elevated to include second degree murder the three other officers are now charged with aiding and abetting murder if convicted each faces a maximum of 40 years in prison. >> george floyd mattered, his life had value and we will seek justice for him and for you. >> the officers or the attorneys have not publicly commented. all four were fired but only after days of intensive rioting. floyd's 22-year-old son visited the makeshift memorial for th

as we continue to await this service to get under way, i want to go to gabe gutierrez. he's been on the ground here for the last many days in minneapolis, gabe, the tone in this city certainly has shifted. it's been quiet on one level, yet, persistent in folks continuing to ask for justice. >> reporter: that's right, lester. you were here a short time ago at the scene where george floyd stepped out of the way and show you, as you mentioned, the tone here in this city shifted considerably. when i first got here a week ago, it has since shifted to celebratory honoring george floyd's wife. it's been days as well f. you look at live pictures, you see them putting their hands in the air. it was extremely emotional when the crowd here learns of new charges against those officers. many got down on one knee and put their hands in the air with four fingers saying they've got all four. certainly here today, there were members of the congressional black caucus that paid their respects. yesterday, george bush's son 22-years-old came here and paid his respects. the family demanded fi

nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez has response to the daca decision which gives hope to the hundreds of thousands of young immigrant dreamers that the trump administration had wanted to deport. [ chanting ] >> reporter: this morning the ruling is reverberating across america after the supreme court blocked a trump administration's attempt to end daca about 800,000 young people, known as dreamers are now celebrating the decision. >> so many tears of just joy, excitement, and also relief. >> reporter: relief because since 2017, they had been in legal limbo. the justice department had declared the program illegal. it had been launched by president obama in 2012, allowing dreamers who had been brought to the u.s. as children by their undocumented parents, to stay in the u.s., go to school, and get jobs. >> we're disappointed to see the supreme court of the united states, once again, engage in the kind of legislating from the bench that liberal courts have done over many decades. >> reporter: but it was conservative chief justice john robert who's swayed the vote joining the court's four

matter rally is scheduled to take place at the municipal center later today you can hear more of gabe gutierrez's interview with elijah mcclain's mother on the "today" show. >>> three officers were fired in north carolina after racist statements were caught on tape investigators sa was used me times. wi wilmington's police chief said he was shocked and saddened. >>> nascar released a photo of the noose found in bubba wallace's garage on sunday nascar's president said, quote, as you can see from the photo, the noose was real as was our concern for bubba. it comes two days after nascar says it was a garage pull that had been there since last fall and the fbi said there was no hate crime against bubba wallace. >>> lebron james is the latest athlete calling for the nfl to apologize to colin kaepernick. >> i have not heard a true, official apology to colin kaepernick on what he was going through and what he was trying to tell the nfl and tell the world about why he was kneeling when he was doing that as a san francisco 49er so i just see that to still be wrong. >> james would do on to say colin kaeper