but george floyd walked into a corner store named cup foods. the world got to know george on the worst day of his life. his last his to the officer who murdering him resonated in the hearts of so many people. i can't breathe. but as told. and i went through dozens of videos depicting that day. there are so many things that he said that stood out and that he wanted to learn more about. he told the to go easy on him because he was mourning the death of his mother, the woman who crying out for that turned out to be true. he told the that he was afraid. go to the police car inside a police because he had just gotten coronavirus and that he was claustrophobic. that also turned out to be true. and as george floyd was speaking his truth, he looked up and asked the question to the officer, that still makes me shake a bit. mr. officer. he said, why don't you believe me? why don't you believe me? within that single question it encapsulated the heart of our project. his name is george floyd because it was the question of a man begging be seen as a full hum

but what that does for the family of george floyd i do not know. but that doesn't communities that deal with police occupation i do not know it does not do a lot we allow colin kaepernick was doing in inspiring people gutfeld actualized themselves. >> there is so much more that comes out of that historically then just saying we need to have an action plan that we go to to the police. that tends to lead to a group of leaders in the movement and giving the responsibility at basically negotiating the terms of people's oppression instead of having the masses of people come together. >> this confusion comes with how unfortunately too many people have history in this country. it is a collection of great men almost always white men very rarely women who are these exceptional people it's almost like they come down from planet awesome and created change and we are all observers, were not participants in the fight, were observers of the great people. that history is attractive to people for two reasons, one we live in a celebrity culture and anytime individu

but george floyd walked into a corner store named cup foods. he world got to know george on the worst day of his life. his last his to the officer who murdering him resonated in the hearts of so many people. i can't breathe. but as told. and i went through dozens of videos depicting that day. there are so many things that he said that stood out and that he wanted to learn more about. he told the to go easy on him because he was mourning the death of his mother, the woman who crying out for that turned out to be true. he told the that he was afraid. go to the police car inside a police because he had just gotten coronavirus and that he was claustrophobic. that also turned out to be true. and as george floyd was speaking his truth, he looked up and asked the question to the officer, that still makes me shake a bit. mr. officer. he said, why don't you believe me? why don't you believe me? within that single question it encapsulated the heart of our project. his name is george floyd because it was the question of a man begging be seen as a full huma

but what that does for the family of george floyd i do not know. what that does in communities that deal with police occupations i i do not know. it doesn't do a lot. meanwhile, what colin kaepernick was doing was inspiring people to actually self-actualized himself as changemakers. there's so much more that comes out of that historically than just saying well, we need to have some sort of action plan that we go to to the police. because i mean what that tends to lead to is a group of sort of leaders who are siphoned off of the movement and given the responsibility of basically negotiating the terms of people's oppression, a set of having people, the masses of people come together and actually enact change. i think there's confusion about this. it comes quite directly with how unfortunately too many people are taught history in this country, taught that is a collection of great men almost always white men, very rarely women who are these exceptional people and is almost like they come down from planet also and create this kind of change, and we're

after george floyd was murdered there were protests in all 50 states united states and similarly like some s of the reactions and niceties that are thought of as liberal and whatnot like seattle could be more towards people taking in need than say someone in a rural community in georgia. depended on so many factors in terms of the backlash that young people would receive. i really started thinking they are distinct and specific challenges that a high school student would face a college athlete on scholarship would face in a professional. three very distinct rounds because in high school we all remember what it was like to be in high school. you are stepping out and making yourself heard. there's a lot of courage that goes long with that. cgeau no one with rare exceptions necessarily wants to stand out in high school or stand against the grain. i wanted to honor that specific kind of courage for people who have been born after 9/11 and have known nothing in this country other than a permanent state of war and the pandemic and environmental catastrophe. at the 17-year-old daughter so pe

david: so, let's talk about george floyd. you mentioned him earlier.lived through the civil rights revolution in the sixties and we have the post-civil rights efforts in the seventies and eighties, but it seems as if not until george floyd was murdered did some people in the corporate world and the government take seriously the discrimination and other challenges that african americans faced. is it that your perception that george floyd had an incredible impact, more than you might have thought one murder might have had? darren: well, i think what was different, david, was that first, we were all at home as a country, and secondly, this was fully videotaped from the moment he was put on the ground till his last breath and that it was photographed, that it was videotaped, and that the perpetrator was fully aware that he was killing someone and clearly assumed that he could do that with impunity. i think that is what we americans, the average american found so appalling and so antithetical to our values as a people. and so, it had a huge impact far beyon

you go to george floyd square and one of the miracles that is there is a huge marital of takingak a knee it's chillig and very moving because in presenting that where his body lay is this idea of okay we tried expressing this in the most peaceful possible terms that there is a problem with police violence in the country had racism and that was ignored or it was responsive to the hostility and violence. you have to listen to people when they are stepping forward with their concerns in our society or you will have a whirlwind at some point. two quick things about that, to parallels to this movement we have seen over the last five years, anybody that has watched eyes on the prize who speak about the fact that emmett hill, the lynching of emmett hill in mississippi was something that changed their lives and it was like a scar that could not be erased and informed they needed to be part of the struggle going forward. i found in talking to a lot of these people that martin is the emmett hill of the generation and that was very moving and surprising to me. it made me think that was nine years a

we had george floyd's family there. we had aragonda's family about 15 families. they're in the 10 and they're gonna walk with us to the stage where i'm gonna speak on the steps of lincoln memorial and as i was walking, you see all these hordes of people and there was an old man look like he's in his eighties that kept jumping up and down in the crowd with something in his hand. and for whatever reason it caught my and i looked at this pretty guy. let's look at that old man. what is he trying to tell us and they said, oh she moving revenue. i said no get that old man, and they brought him over to you. and he showed me it was a button. and the button said march on washington freedom. he said there's a button from 1963. i was here in 63 for the march on washington with dr. king and i want to be here with you today. and i hugged the man and he went back into the crowd and it haunted me cheryl i said it's guys like that. i don't know how they paid to get to washington. i don't know how even they stayed a hotel. i don't know whether they ate it's people like that that

and she saw this a police officer with disney on george floyd's neck and started filming it. and started filming it on a cell phone. later others stopped and started filmingg.. she innately felt this is wrong, what is going on she did not study political science somewhere. she was not she's an ordinary girl. this is wrong let me record it. i'm think she knew what she was going to do with it in court. i remember only came up and i met and her mother. they had to move out of their house into a motel because they were under threat. can you imagine this young lady it ended up convicted of murder and they said she did something wrong. i wanted to tell her story because it showed real courage that this young lady had. and i don't believe there's a george floyd conviction. >> you talk a little bit about the changing of the tided. and i do and to say this part it really struck me we say god lifted up the sacrificial lambs so we could do their bidding in his name and in his honor. just how heavy that weight is and how these people stepped into that. when you talk about there have been

they came out with the families, we had george floyd's family, eric garner's family, about 13 familiesnd they would walk with us to the stage on the steps of the s blinken memorial. as i was walking, qc all of these people and there's an old man look like in his '80s jumping up and down in the crowd with something in his hand and for whatever reason, it caught myt eye and i looked at this guy and i said look at the old man, what were they trying to tell him? i said get that old man and they brought him over to me and he showed me a button and the button said march on washington, he said this button is from 1963. i was here in 63 doctor king and i wanted to be there with you today. i love the man, he went back into the crowd and i said guys like that, i don't know how he got to washington whether he stayed in a hotel but it's people like that that make a difference. nobody ever talks about them and that's why i have this idea i wanted to write about people i know did notable things but never got limelight and that's why i called him righteous troublemaker. maybe he was a troublemaker bu

crowd: george floyd! man: say his name! crowd: george floyd! both out there, try make the world better. there is hours or, that i don't know where my kids are. at one time, i mention it, "maybe i should go there with you guys." and tony say, "no, mom, you get push." david: i had not heard from my son, and i just was scared for my son's life, because i have experienced this stuff for 50-plus yea. when you're going up against a lot of society issues, you don't come out... (sirens blaring, whistles blowing) ...the way you went in. ♪ tony: you know how they say i look different in every picture? dad kind of looks different in every picture. latifah: tony's three years younger than i am, but we get along really well. any time we weren't going to ohio or virginia, we'd go to indonesia. tony: everybody knew our parents. latifah: everyone loves our parents, and i think it's kind of ironic, cause think a lot of people see both of our parents as, like"the good minorities." tony (laughing): why? dad's face. he always looks like that. (both laughing) tony:

but then all of a sudden it all comes down and in the last year i did the eulogy for george floyd.id the eulogy on several of the cases, , about 12 people killed by police including i was just out west where this young lady from chile, 14-year-old that was shot with police bullet ricochet going through the door of a dressing room. and so many times you look at these bodies. i don't know who you are. it's going to bring you down, and that's why i go back to if i'm not going to do it, who's going to do it? who's going to resource it and you can put a limelight on this to expose it? and you find yourself trying to talk yourself into it, but people think that they get tired of seeing me out there, they are not -- almost like once you get down, you go back into another situation. i will never forget sheryl, we were in the family room at the minneapolis courthouse listening to the summations of the trial of derek chauvin, the policeman that had his knee on george floyd's neck. and someone came in the room and pulled ben crump and i aside and said a policewoman just kill the young man nam

here's nancy pelosi thanking george floyd for his sacrifice. mber three. >> and thank god that george validated what we saw. thank you, george floyd, for sacrificing your life for justice. pete: okay. a -- i can't, you go back to those moments and the sanctimoniousness of the entire thing, remember the knee, the kneeling there in the capitol? will: absolutely. i don't even know what you call that cloth, wearing the cloth, kneeling, and when she thanks george employed -- this is a moment that caused outrage, by the i way, on social media. when she did so, she looked up to the sky, did you notice that? pete: yes. will: the whole thing is amazing. thank you, george floyd, for sacrificing your life for justice, for being there to call out your mom, how heartbreaking that was to call out for your mom. thank you, george floyd. pete: all right. how about this one too? we just saw a glimpse of the remembering the pandemic. this was a doozy as well. the freezer. the ice cream freezer. will: number two. pete: she's on late night with james corden. nancy's

the george floyd things just kind of accelerated.pportunity and was like let's see what i do next and shawn thompson had the idea to sit in for steve cortez. so i took over his show. if you ever listen to his show it's all constitution and politics, cigar in one hand into the constitution and the other. i wasn. doing 13 weeks leading p to the election but i'm building my own idea and approach. do the show the way you do the show son here i am stepping in the highly partisan political shoe.? people would come in like why are you talking about this we already know what to do we got the blueprint from the civil rights act andti the movement or from the bible. i love my neighbor as i love myself so what's the problem but my argument was that it makes sense and it's logical but you're not doing the logic so if you're not talking about race and they are talking about race, you lose the raceit conversatio. it's likeve politics into schoos and everything else if you are a republican and wonder why blacks agree withth you on certain isss it's

and the george floyd thing kind of accelerated it. so i got an opportunity.oved to new york and so i left the show i was on here and see what i do next and shaun thompson who you all know had the opportunity to sit in for steve cortez because he went to work for trump so i took over his show, the liberty hour. if you ever listened to his show, his show is constitution and politics. shi far in # one hand and great to do, leading 13 weeks up to the election. and it was election year and i'm building my own approach and i didn't want to shift and what do you want me to do. do it the way you do. it and here i am stepping in the highly partisan shoes and i'm talking about the culture and people were calling me and why are you talking about this race thing? we already know what to do and we've got the blueprint from the civil rights act and the movement, right, martin luther king's words or from the bible. i love my neighbor as i love myself, solves the problem and my argument was, that makes sense and it's laj logical. if you're not talking about race and they're

it didn't start with george floyd. it continues with george floyd.an opening that casket. not the lynching started but starting to expose what we have to deal with and why we have to deal with racism in this country. the story can't be told without the story of mamie till mobley. >> keith, made me cry when the rev said that. how do you feel when he says? that that she thought of you? >> you know, i was very young when mother mobley and i were together. she was my mentor for eight and a half years until she took her last breath. it's a sense of fulfillment. i'm battling a lot of emotions right now because we lost a lot of people along the way, a lot of the witnesses that i interviewed for the untold story of emmett till that led to the reopening of the case. so you have that question in your head or are you doing the right thing or you second guessing wiley why you're here going through all those emotions but one saying i know for sure is that it is very important that we continue to tell his story as mother mobley would say until man's consciousness

. >> george floyd's video like crushed my heart. and i was about to die on the pavement, just like him in a chokehold. >> well, a woman says she was held in a chokehold by a security guard at a san francisco nightclub. in a story you're only going to see on kron 4 has it made? you spoke with a woman at the center of that incident and as a response from the nightclub. >> as i was screaming, you're choking me and talking and talking. he starts choking harder so that i could talk. that's what i started to 25 year-old lauren hop is describing being choked by staff security guard at the dna lounge saturday in san francisco. these are photos of hopkins all dressed up for the wicked vives halloween party. at the here are photos of the bruises she says occurred during the physical altercation with the security >> talk about that specific incident. what are you >> what did the security i have the half of the cigarette. the has the but on that. and she says she stepped out of the club to get some fresh air begin rolling a marijuana cigarette

it didn't start with george floyd. it continues with george floyd.nd why we have to deal with racism in this country. the story can't be told without the story of mamie till mobley. >> keith it made me cry when the rev said that, how do you feel when he says that, that she thought of you like a son? >> you know, i was very young when mother mobley and i was together. she was my mentor for eight and a half years until she took her last breath, and this, you know, it's a sense of fulfillment. i'm battling a lot of emotions. we lost a lot of people along the way, the people i interviewed, that led to the reopening of the case had passed on, so you have that question in your head, are you doing the right thing, are you second guessing why you're here, going through all of the emotions. one thing i know for sure is it is very important that we continue to tell emmett's story until man's consciousness is risen. only then that would mean justice for emmett till. >> rev, what was watching this film like for you? you know the story. the film is, it transports

and george floyd protests across the country were faced by the deployment of border patrol. agents by night per unit said george floyd burial service, and the agents that kidnapped people off the street to portland, those were border patrol agents. and so the agency is massive, has massive reach, deploy technology and various types of surveillance across the border region with no accountability. and that's what we've unfortunately seen throughout the last few decades and certainly sense on a 30 day incident with on a thursday in 2010. now something you just said, i think blows people minds when they think about border patrol, they think about mostly the southwestern us, the border between the us and mexico. but you just said 100 miles anywhere of the border, which includes the coastline and incredible factors that include what like 2 out of 3 americans. and yet this law enforcement agency that has this incredible reach seems to be playing by a different set of rules. reese, can you touch on that? yeah, absolutely. i think a lot of people, josh, are surprised to hear that the border pa

i mean, i think in the george floyd summers so to speak. and it's immediate aftermath. no one can really say discouraging word about black lives matter about the concept that all white people are privileged. that america is a white supremacist society. that you know, all white people are complicit and maintaining structural racism, etc, etc. and all of which is far different than sort of acknowledging america's races path. way it may have some echoes in today's society. some of the things we've done in the past were very bad. but you know, this basically a, a loose that are politically and departs from the common sense of americans to say, well, every one of you folks is guilty. and the only real problem in this country, a structural racism which must be ever advocated. and that explains all differences in society, etc, etc. so i think that i approach that kind of analysis and sort of the cancellation sort of culture that grew up around it more or less you actually asked or endorse these kinds of points of views. you were, you are subject to being mobbed on social media

it didn't start with george floyd, it continues with george floyd.that casket. and not when the lynching started, but starting to expose what we have to deal with and why we have to deal with racism in this country. the story can't be told without the story of mamie till mobley. >> keith, it makes me cry when the rev says that. she thought of you like a son. >> i was very young when mother mobley was together. she was my mentor for 8 1/2 years until she took her last breath. it's a sense of fulfillment. i'm battling a lot of emotions right now. we lost a lot of the people, a lot of the witnesses for the untold story of emmett louis till that led to the reopening of the case. you have the question are you doing the right thing? are you second guessing? going through all of those emotions but one thing i know for sure is that it is very important that we continue to tell emmett's story as mother mobley would say until man's consciousness is risen. only then will it mean justice for emmett till. >> i want to play another clip for the movie. i have to sn

the murder of george floyd is, i think, a clear example of that. but the reality is that police use force somewhere in the range of 1% of all arrests. they fire their guns in about 0.03% of all arrests. in one study of over 1 million calls for service across three police departments, calls resulted in more than 114,000 criminal arrests. police officers physical force in less. 1% of those arrests. and in that entire data set, it captures just one fatal police shooting. and in 98% of the cases in which police did use force in that dataset, the suspect sustained no or very mild injury. now, as important as it is me that you all understand the statistics or realities that i present in the book and that i've mentioned here tonight, it's even more important to me that you understand. i am not arguing. i am not arguing that the criminal justice system is perfect. i am not arguing that there isn't a subset of america's prison and jail populations constituted by people whose incarceration does serve a legitimate genealogical end. i am not arguing that don't

the same message i get by george floyd's funeral or at mrs.eral, one of the ten killed in buffalo. the message hasn't changed, the tactics have not changed. i just would look silly walking around with platform shoes and bell bottom pants. so just because i dressed a friend does not mean what i'm addressing is no different. but i can say this, that in my 40 years of being out front and known, my greatest honor is on weekends to be introduced as the great reverend al sharpton by simone sanders towns in. that's an honor you have to work for. >> thank you reverend sharpton, you know i love you and have to take a point of personal privilege to say we are all grateful for you and your voice. you stand in the gap for every single one of, us you are personally said in the gap for me. and as my greatest honor to introduce you every weekend. so thank you, thank you, thank you. you guys make sure you watch that country. the documentary film loudmouths comes out on december 9th, we will see you reverend sharpton on politicsnation at the top of the hour. i

crowd: george floyd! george floyd! george floyd! george floyd! now is our moment to make it happen. (crowd applauding) you can't have democracy without participation, without people really getting engaged in it. (crowd cheering) (car honking) we're not unified by being one ethnicity or one religion or one ideology, we're unified by one constitution. it's not that the constitution was somehow perfect when we got started, far from it. i mean, we were not a democracy. we were a slave republic of white male property owners over the age of 21. but it's been through these successive movements for democratic enlargement that the constitution has become better and we've become a more perfect union. a great marylander, frederick douglass said, "if there is no struggle, there is no progress. "power concedes nothing without a demand. it never has, and it never will." (crowd cheering) thank you for organizing. black lives matter! man: black lives matter! woman: black lives! crowd: matter! woman: thank you so much. ♪ reporter: not only may this actually be th

i first sent them out to ferguson years ago, to minneapolis after the murder of george floyd, when black lives matter in washington, d.c. was having those confrontations, we were there to collect a lot of material. i also sent the rapid response team the on january 6th. so that, for me, what is important is that i realize for many times in my career whether it was at the smithsonian or other places that i wanted to tell certain stories, and the collections weren't there. so i felt it was really important. and i started years ago when i was associate director at the smithsonian of actually bringing the curators together quarterly and saying what should we know today, what should we collect today that somebody needs to know 20 or 30 or 50 years from now. so that really is important to me. but i think it's also essential, i believe that at times of crises cultural institutions help to contribute mightily to making a country better, to helping the country heal. helping the country understand. i think that if a place like the smithsonian is only about yesterday, then it fails. if it uses yest

i first sent them out to ferguson years ago, to minneapolis after the murder of george floyd, when black lives matter in washington, d.c. was having those confrontations, we were there to collect a lot of material. i also sent the rapid response team the on january 6th. so that, for me, what is important is that i realize for many times in my career whether it was at the smithsonian or other places that i wanted to tell certain stories, and the collections weren't there. so i felt it was really important. and i started years ago when i was associate director at the smithsonian of actually bringing the curators together quarterly and saying what should we know today, what should we collect today that somebody needs to know 20 or 30 or 50 years from now. so that really is important to me. but i think it's also essential, i believe that at times of crises cultural institutions help to contribute mightily to making a country better, to helping the country heal. helping the country understand. i think that if a place like the smithsonian is only about yesterday, then it fails. if it uses yest

george floyd was killed. i wrote an article about this. i think i called it white woteness about white who felt seek for blacks and they're saying and they were speaking in extreme matters, and it doesn't mean that they're not issues in the black community. they're not racism and races out there who you know think whatever they think or some things in the system that needs to be changed, but they were all absolute. they were like all blacks are being hunted down all blacks are are being shot in the street. all blacks are in the criminal justice system and they're wrong. even if you think there's an issue, so i wrote this article and i was upset at the time. so i just started writing and this one just went viral and they picked it up and then the major newspapers picked it up and rush limbaugh. read it on the show. and so then i said, okay. what is missing? how do i address this? so that's where race crazy came from? i wanted to talk about what i call in the book the progressive racism movement and i always say don't put adjectives in front

i wasoi writing about was goingn when george floyd was killed, i wrote an article, i think i call iteness. they were speaking and extreme matters and it doesn't mean they're not using the black community, not racism or races other think what they think or the systems that need to be changed but they were all absolute. all blacks are being hunted down, all blacks are being shot in the streets. all blacks are in the middle justice system and they are wrong even if you think there's an issue i wrote an article and i was upset so i started writing and this one went viral and they picked it up rush limbaugh read on the show so i said what's missing and how to address this? that's where race grady came from. i wanted to call about the races movement. we put an adjective in front of it you changes so you can't say social justice if you want justice, just justice. why do you need social in front of it? when is social, it's different but this is a play on it. i say progressive racism was just raising. in their mind, they do the same thing so the races from 1840 said i'm white, blacks are infe

. >> after george floyd died i heard his daughter talking to the press about what hapned. and i was like, no, we have failed this child just like we have failed so many black kids. i say, he is calling to his mother now and at the end i say, i'm calling my mother now. ♪ i'm calling to my mother now ♪ ♪ because george floyd looks like me. he is a big, black dude. my whole life i have had to change how loud i am how i dress. i was like, i could easily have been him. there have been many times in my life when i thought i wasim. reporter: nowadays he sometimes appears on stage with the national and new music has brought new fans. one invited him onto his podcast. >> it is a real privilege to talk to you. your music is so beautiful and it is a jewel that has emerged. reporter: io recently that you chatted with out and john. do you aspire to that level of success in the business? >> yes, i do. 100%. but i'm really trying hard not to write that way. i'm trying hard not to say, i need to make a pitch. i'm justoing to keep making music and hits will come. i think my journey is just

i write in my book about the george floyd protests in 2020. that was a movement of college-educated people who supported black lives matter's. 80% of the people who participated in some of the major black lives marches according to sociologists who studied it were people with college degrees, so when you talk about learning, i think we have to be careful, not just to focus on learning and what you get from the professor during those 45 minutes. >> after the ivory tower falls is his new book. he is also an opinion: is for the philadelphia require. rochester, new york, state your question. >> thank you very much. i am intrigued by your book. i'm going to pick it up and read it. i was in higher education for 45 years, and most of that was at a community college. this is one of the things i'm hoping is in your book. community colleges are rarely talked about in these discussions with regards to what they can do for students, and it is really the last bastion of formalized education that the students can get relatively inexpensively, even though th

george floyd was huge. it opened up wounds and a discussion on something festering for a long time. before rodney king. you can look at all the instances where there are calls for change. i think we are involved in change right now in this moment that is going to be long lasting. it is very challenging. i was the victim of a crime when i was in middle school. some kids at recess came around at pe class and came to the locker room and tried to steal my watch and physically assaulted me. the officer that helped afterwards went out of his way to check the time to see how i was. that is the kind of work, the kind of perspective i like to have in our sheriff's office regardless of circumstance. that influenced me a lot. some of the storefronts have changed. what is mys is that i still see some things that trigger memories. the barbershop and the shoe store is another one that i remember buying shoestrings and getting my dad's old army boots fixed. we would see movies after the first run. my brother and i would go there. itit is nice. if you keep walking down sacramento. the nice think ab

i write in my book about the george floyd protest in 2020.hat was a movement of college college-educated people that supported black lives matter. he represented the people that participated in the black lives margin according to sociologists who studied it or people with colleges degrees and so we have to be careful not just to focus on learning what you get from that professor during those 45 minutes. >> after the ivory tower falls, also an opinion columnist for the philadelphia inquirer. chris in rochester new york your first death. go ahead and state your question or make your comment. >> a little bit of both. thank you. i am intrigued by your book. i'm goingg to pick it up and red it. i was in higher education for 45 years and most of that was at a community college and this is one of the things i'm hoping is in your book. community colleges rarely talk about these venues and discussions with regards to what they can do for students and it's a formalized education students can get for a relatively inexpensive costs even though the tuitio

the man who prosecuted the murder of george floyd. this is a big moment. >> yes and you are right, he successfully prosecuted that case and took a lot of flak for it but the people reelected him. thank you for being with the senator tina smith of minnesota. switching now to focus on two major announcements regarding former president donald trump, joining me now is former counsel to the president and former president and author of revenge and the host of the podcast, vehicle poll. someone i would say is a friend of mine. onwe've got to be very friendly and i know him and we pray together and talk together when he was away. i stand touch with the son, michael cohen and thank you for being with us michael. >> got to see a reverend. >> i want to start by getting your reaction to the big news this weekend. attorney general garland's appointment of a special counsel to decide that former president trump should be charged and connection with the mar-a-lago classified documents case or the january six insurrection. now you are trump's persona

. >> after george floyd died, i remember watching the news and seeing his daughter, gianna, talking toed. and everyone was like, oh, my god, this kid's so braveoh, my god. and i was like, no. we failed this child again. just like we failed so many black kids. i say, he's calling to h mother now, right? at the end of it i say, i'm calling to my moth now. >> ♪ i'm calling to my mother now. ♪ ♪ >> because man, george floyd looks like me, likhe's like a big black dude. my whole life i've had to, like, police what i do with my body, how loud i am, how i look, what i'm dressed like, who i'm looking likeyeah, you know, i was like, i could have easily been him. there's many times in my life where thought i was going to be him. >> nowadays he sometimes appears onstage with the national. and new music has brought new fans. one invited bartees onto his podcast. >> it's a real privilege to talk to you. you music is so beautiful and it's a kind of jewel. >> i saw recently that you chatted with elton john. do you aspire to that kind of success in the business? >> yes, i do. 100%. but i'm really tryi

i write in my book about that george floyd protests in 2020 that was a movement of college educated people who supported black lives matter. 80 percent of the people who participate in the black lives matter march according to sociologists are people with college degrees and so when you talk about learning you have to be careful not just to focus, hone in on learning and what you get from that professor during those 45 minutes. >> host: after the ivory toller falls is will bunch'sti new book and he's also a opinion columnist for the philadelphia inquirer. chris , you are first up. state your question or make your comments. >> caller: a little bit of both and thank you very much. i'm intrigued by your book and i want to pick up and read it. i was in higher education for 45 years and most of that was at a community college and this is one of the things i'm hoping is in your book . community colleges are rarely talked about in these discussions with regards to what they can do for students and is really the last bastion of a formalized education that people can get for a relatively inexpensiv

george floyd's video. >> like crushed my heart.bout to die on the pavement, just like him in a chokehold over a cigarette. and to me, that shouldn't be a normal regular for black and brown people in this country. >> at this point, what you want to happen? >> i i want. >> security to get a makeover. i lot those security guards to lose their jobs in san francisco has and you on for >> in the east bay, small business owners in oakland are becoming more and more concerned about the crime that they've been seeing, their businesses being burglarized. this was the scene at lynn jaw, asian kitchen on lakeshore avenue. the restaurant along with other nearby businesses were hit by burglars early wednesday morning. the owner of the restaurant says this crime has become alarming. >> the homelessness, the break and the that's what like eat that much. i'm trying to be upbeat about it. i love love, love all my life. it's a beautiful city. but just so many problems right now. >> the owner says it will cost more than $800 to replace that broken gla

george floyd's video. >> like crushed my heart.bout to die on the pavement, just like him in a chokehold over a cigarette. and to me, that shouldn't be normal regular for black and brown people in this country. >> at this point, what you want to happen? >> i i want. >> security to get a makeover. i lot those security guards to lose their jobs in san francisco has and you run for new >> another story that we're following here, the kron, 4 news at noon. 21 people are behind bars for their alleged involvement in a catalytic converter crime ring. investigators say 3 of the ringleaders base, their operations out of sacramento, the doj saying surveying andrew yang and recruited converter thieves through an app encouraging them to target cars with the highest value. the group then would ship the stolen converters to a new jersey company called e do for 10's of millions of dollars in 10's of millions of dollars, rather, a catalytic converter thefts have spiked across the country in recent years. about 1600 are stolen every month in califor

what they did is made the sory about george floyd and the police witnesses who took on the conduct of. there were people who despite disagreeing with him on one thing were with him on a number of other issues. that's what happened there. our governor's strong performance. we had a big night in minnesota, including flipping the state senate and keeping the house democratic. a lot of it, again, strength of our candidates. they had an election denier for secretary of state. we have one of the highest voter turnouts in the country. it's a good bellwether for when you get a lot of people voting, where are they? even people who might not be that involved politically. >> in the exit polls, two-thirds of americans did not think that president biden should run for re-election. i know what he said last night and how confident he seems to be. he indicated he is going to run. is that the best thing for the country right now? >> again, i made very clear that i support the president and support him if he runs. i think that this is a president that has led our nation through one of the most difficul