. >> janitor john black jack pershing had a lot of experiences with african-americans during the spanish civil war. did that have anything to do with how he thought of them? how did that change for him in world war i? regarding african-americans in the navy, served in exclusively menial capacities. to serve asortunity officers. pershing is complicated. he commanded black soldiers in the regular army. most recently in mexico. was inward jack so his relationship with black soldiers was kind of faxed. was -- not accepting -- upsetting the status quo. so why he knew firsthand that soldiers could be effective combatants and officers, charles with for example served pershing. pershing was at one point eager to have him on his staff and that didn't happen. wilson made woodrow sure that charles young didn't become a general. and purging didn't intervene. take aan opportunity to much more definitive stand in protecting black officers and their reputations. he chose not to do that. that was really kind of a stain on his leadership. >> great talk. the japanese proposed racial equality clause as par

yeah i started john black welcome and of so good listening to the difficult often horrible things you experienced. how did you find the strength to go on but yeah the w.c. well i have to say with god's help. i became a religious person league as i mentioned above. that's what you go. to don't you know michelle always says there's nothing in the german constitution that states what a german is supposed to look like but some people haven't gotten the message for them we asked the exotic. when i was a child complete strangers would touch my hand say it feels like a bird's nest. right. way to my gawd it's good to see you still see my watch breakfast t.v. every morning i turn on the side and think it's like an afro german woman on german public t.v. be as we're so proud of you so sure and you do such a wonderful job of just 1000 was the story that the deer may look at your hair we have to talk about that yes we do. and then i will work in some culkin at all well. like. things on t.v. that yes i think it is enough not to love your curls ok then i would always wake up the movies are good the

just a follow-up on what john mentioned. black troops -- i don't understand why, here is a man, john j persian, here is a man who served with black troops at the spanish american war, but yet, he was willing to transfer all the black combat troops to france to the french. i would like to know if there is a back story to that. my second question is, those units that they were transferred to, if i'm not mistaken, or the units that the french used to consolidate their colonel troops. i just wanted to clarify that. as i understand it, i'm surprised you guy did not mention scott. >> we talk about him in the exhibition. >> he wrote the book on the american negro in the world war. in terms of historical documentation, how is that received? i know he was a very conservative guy relative to the documentation of dubois. now i will be quiet. >> i will take the first question first about the three 69th. to set the record straight, there were two black divisions in world war one. the 92nd and 93rd. the 93rd division of four regiments is the di

a follow up on what john mentioned. black troops -- i don't understand -- here is the man, john j pershing, he was willing to transfer all of the black combat troops to the french. i would like to know if there is a back story to that. my second question, i understand those units they were transferred to, if i'm not mistaken, they were also the units the french used to consolidate their colonial troops. my third question, then i will get out of here -- i sm surprised you did not mention his name. >> there are so many people. >> we talk about him in the exhibition. >> he wrote a book, the american negro in the world war. in terms of his historical documentation, how is that received? relative to du bois's documentation? >> i will take the question about the 369th. there were two black divisions in world war i, the 92nd and 93rd. the 93rd division of four regiments went to the french. there was a complete regiment that stayed with the u.s.. not all of the black combat troops went to the french. john j pershing did have a histor

just a follow up of what john mentioned. blackroops, i don't understand why here's a man that is john j. persian. here's a man who served with black troops at spanish american war. but, yet, he was willing to transfer all the black combat troops to france to the french. i'd like to know if there is a back story to that. my second question is the units that they were transferred to, if i'm not mistaken, they also were the units that the french used to consolidate their colonial troops. i just want to verify that. my third question, and i'll get out of here, is that as i understand emma j. scott -- >> he's in here. there are so many people. >> yeah. we talked about him in the exhibition. >> right. he wrote a book "the american negro in the world war." in terms of the sterknowledge, was a very conservative guy relative to dubois' documentation and i'll be quiet. >> i'll take the first question first about the 369th and actually the 93rd division. to set the record straight, there were two black divisions in world war i, african-ameri

on that motion, commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> yes. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner pearlman. >> yes. >> commissioner so. >> yes. >> commissioner matsuda. >> yes. >> commissioner president hyland. >> yes. >> that passes unanimously 7-0. placing under the regular calendar. 2018 higher 009197coa at 1772 vallejo. certificate of appropriate necessary for staff to present. >> good afternoon, commissioners. shannon ferguson department staff. this is a request for certificate of appropriate necessary for 1772 vallejo street. i am going to share my screen. can everyone see that? >> we can. >> the property at 1772 vallejo street is known as the burhouse. it was constructed 188 as a single family -- 1878 and was designed in the style as a wedding present for his son. the property is designated as landmark 31 under article 10 of the planning code. it is listed on the national register of historic places. the proposed project is a three story vertical addition at the rear elevation of the main house. the first two stories of the addition will extend nearly t

and just to follow up on what john mentioned. persian and black troops, i don't understand why here's a man, that's john j. pershing, he served with black troops in the spanish-american war, but yet he was willing to transfer all the black combat troops to france, to the french. i'd like to know if there's a back story to that. my second question is, as i understand it, those units that they were transferred to, if i'm not mistaken, they also were the units that the french used to consolidate their colonial troops. i wanted to verify that. my third question, and i'll get out of here, is that as i understand it, emmett j. scott, i'm surprised you guys didn't mention his name. >> he's in here, there's so many people. >> we talk about him in the exhibition. >> well, he wrote a book, the american negro in the world war, in terms of his graphical documentation, how is that received, he was a very conservative guy, relative to dubois's documentation, and i'll be quiet. >> i'll take the first question first about the 369th and -- actually the 93rd divisi

with the fact i waought immediate criticism from black republicans, including south carolina senator tim scott and michigan g.o.p. u.s. senate atndidate johnes. >> do you really believe a black person who does not vote for you is not legitimately black? >> reporter: cbs news polling shows biden is supported by nine out of 10 black voters nationwide. many are standing by him, but today acknowledged concern. >> his greatest strength is being a gut, off-the-cuff politician, and in this moment it really jumped up to hurt him. >> reporter: biden said he is considering several black women for vice president, the list including florida congresswoman val demings. ed o'keefe, cbs news, washington. >> o'donnell: memorial day is more than the unofficial start of summer. it's a day to remember service it's a day to remember service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley, invited us to arlington national cemetery to witness the placing of flags at the graves of our heroes. ad's an age-old tradition at arlington national cemetery: flags in. soldiers from the old guard

you write about this age old question how do we fight the fearful gaze, your words, of the black man. and johnjust personally for you, how has this affected your life as a black man, what are some of your unconscious behaviors that you have to do as a result of this? >> well, i've been -- i've been racially profiled and pulled off of a plane by police officers, people with guns, but the way i try to adjust, there is one way i act in public. i don't walk up too quickly to someone who is white from behind. i try not to -- if i get on the elevator and there is a white person and i'm the only black person there i feel sorry for them because i see the fear. so i try to do things like that. but i think for people of color, men would are large, and dark, i think it is even more difficult. i even see it in the corporate setting where i see men who are dark and people that where physically imposing they almost shrink down when they get around white people and they raise the pitch in their voice so they don't come off as too intimidating. i think they're not aware they're doing it. so i think there are

according to a leading polling expert for you gov boss peter kiln have likened the crisis to john major's black wednesday moment when the pound crashed just 23 weeks after his election win for johnson the cummings are also broke 23 weeks after he secured his 80 seat majority mage's crisis lost him the trust of lifelong tory voters paving the way for tony blair's landslide victory while polling shows that johnson might be in a similar position with a hung parliament expected on the latest figures we do stay with us here in our u.k. where in the next hour of discussing the impact of the scandal with polling expert professor said john curtis. the pandemic has put the global economy into shock and no the european union has propose a code 19 recovery plan including hundreds of billions in loans and grants from member states has the details european commission president on the line was in quite generous mood on wednesday she was talking about budgeting in funding up to 1.85 trillion a year 01 point one trillion of baht is the e.u. budget for the next 7 years but 750000000000 is in corona virus aid to

on that motion, commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> yes. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner pearlman. >> yes. >> commissioner so. >> yes. >> commissioner matsuda. >> yes. >> commissioner president hyland. >> yes. >> that passes unanimously 7-0. placing under the regular calendar. 2018 higher 009197coa at 1772 vallejo. certificate of appropriate necessary for staff to present. >> good afternoon, commissioners. shannon ferguson department staff. this is a request for certificate of appropriate necessary for 1772 vallejo street. i am going to share my screen. can everyone see that? >> we can. >> the property at 1772 vallejo street is known as the burhouse. it was constructed 188 as a single family -- 1878 and was designed in the style as a wedding present for his son. the property is designated as landmark 31 under article 10 of the planning code. it is listed on the national register of historic places. the proposed project is a three story vertical addition at the rear elevation of the main house. the first two stories of the addition will extend nearly t

they're black and living in germany she is reminded of what that means on a daily basis presenter john up i guess if you see augustine it's hopes about africa and what see if she travelled across germany to meet other black people and to hear their stories. see my you do something for your country but you're still the black and. afro germany. in 45 minutes on t w. how to. discover your concept discover it with the powerhouse. school. just after 100 years has the ideals of the time house a more relevant today than they were 100 years ago missionaries reshapes things to come to talk about people understood resign as a way of shaping society. and our future. house world the 3 part documentary starts may 8th on you. you're watching tomorrow today the science show on t.w. . this week it's about something that lets us see the world around us but which itself is intangible like. talking about light in everyday life in industry.

yet it was the black homeowner who went to jail, john mcneill, and it took us years and years to get him out of prison. it's just a reminder that these laws were really only contemplated to empower white people to defend themselves who are from black folks. in a state like georgia, you could have a white man charge a black homeowner with a knife, and the black homeowner goes to prison and the naacp has to fight to get him out, and you have a black jogger now get killed for just being curious about a construction site, in his jogging shorts, very short, like seconds, on the construction site, and the white men who kill him over two months go by, and law enforcement's first instinct is to investigate the leak and not to lock the men up. and then only after protests, only after videos show that law enforcement is not doing their jobs do they finally actually go out there and begin the process. we've got to make sure that the state charges them. we have to make sure that the federal government investigates. >> yeah, i have to tell you, ben, i would have myself also looked at a constructio

i told you - tag black very free in the campaign issue for republican michigan senate john james. >> your latest comments are both prophetic and hurtful. >> the black entertainment television calls this quote arrogant and out of touch attitude of a paternalistic white candidate who has the identity to tell black people, the descendents of slaves they are not black and my favorite. the interviewer says we have been loyal to democrats for a long time, black people have invested a lot into that party and the return on investment has not been great. >> it has to do with the fact that i want something for my community. >> rivals did that, cory booker challenged his work on the 1994 crime bill. >> is the thing in my community, drinking the kool-aid and don't know the flavor. >> kamala harris talked about segregationist senators. >> he worked with them to oppose busing. >> harris and booker have endorsed biden. harris is a possible running mate. >> only time will tell if biden's comment was is damaging as this one from hillary clinton. >> you could put half of trump supporters and what i cal

black man a video posted on social media showed an office and nailing on george floyd's neck the 4 he eventually stopped bringing it's the latest example of police brutality against african-americans john hendren has more from chicago for that it is happened again in america a black man in police custody pleads for help as he struggles to breathe what he wanted to bring. these are the images on a minneapolis street the man cries out in pain a policeman's knee on his neck. do. you remember. george floyd accused of chick forgery is pressed down his face bloody letters when they come. into her. bystanders plead with the officer how. he later dies in police custody it is the latest incident of a deadly confrontation between a white police officer and a black man captured on video on you really do you believe your own the police spokesman describes the death in sterile language. to get the suspect into here. and realize that the suspect was suffering a medical distress the city's mayor calls the death unacceptable being black in america should not be a death sentence for surviving minutes we watched as a white officer pressed his knee into the neck of a black man for 5 minutes. the scene be

john. >> new video shows thick black smoke in the distance.dispatched helicopters while urban search and rescue teams are at the crash sites. cnn's sophia savi is live in islamabad with the breaking details. what is the latest you're hearing? >> well, what we know so far is that the latest information that we have is that this plane crashed in a very crowded urban area. this is very close to the airport. it is a very crowded urban area with three story high rises, people living very close together, a lot of traffic and the plane crashed right in the residential area. we also have been told by officials from the airline, from pia, that there was a may day call by the pilot and the last thing that he said before they spoke to him, before the crash happened, before they lost him, was that he was attempting to land the plane. he couldn't -- he wasn't successful the first attempt, kept insisting there were technical issues with the plane and then he was attempting to circle back around without much of an explanation when they lost contact with

." >> "gma" revealed a star-studded lineup of artists for the rest of the summer, john legend, mariah carey, the blackr to get a front row seat. >> i will miss central park concerts that i was never able to make it out to. >> how can you miss what you didn't have? >> i thought 2020 was going to be it, i was wrong. >>> next to a song that may not make it into "gma's" summer concert series, but it's already taking on a life of its own. >> nba star steph curry with the shot, giving fans a look inside his family social distancing at home in the latest installment in his blog series "lock in with stefan curry." >> things got interesting when he showed off his musical talents, serenading his son canon to the tune of "weak." ♪ ♪ can't explain what your daddy does ♪ >> anything in that kid's diaper will make you weak in the knees. ♪ i lose all control then something comes over me ♪ >> well, steph did call that part of the video "curry karaoke." >> we see what you did there. >>> next to what we're all liking this morning from cardi b. >> the rapper showing off some new ink, a colorful tattoo on her back of a g

now i believe one of the women he pardoned is now running for congress for john lewis his seat. >> from back in january blackamericans deeply pessimistic with the country under trump. making a stark appeal to black americans when he asked what have you got to you lose? three years later they are rendering their verdict with a deeply pessimistic assessment of their plays with the leader of an overwhelming majority. the findings come from a poll of african-americans nationwide whether their children will have a fair shot to succeed in the believe that white americans do not fully appreciate the discrimination like people experience and to offer a view about their community as a whole and then to limit the president. >> and so many things i'm surprised the "washington post" hasn't run headline coronavirus runs wild there are a number of polls that show the president is in striking range of that 20 percent necessary to win in the swing states. i was a school choice warrior but questioning if educational opportunity school choice whatever translate in support at the polls because republicans were spending politic

he wanted a white republican party in the south, you stop meeting with black individuals and re-segregated the white house and johnfranklin cites him as a pivotal guy who started the republican party for black americans. however, he had some help and at the same time, my parents and 6 million other individuals left the south and they were now voters in the north, midwest and west and the ftr folks said we cannot sell the democratic party, these individuals from the south know the democratic party in the south is a party of slavery, jim crow law, the clan, et cetera. they watched a relations campaign, fdr and his wife were doing the same things republicans used to do, meeting with black leaders and making sure was in the prominent black papers of the time, eleanor was hosting the wives of prominent black man or prominent black women in their own right, he got to 30 something, we are not sure exactly, and 32. but gallup started pulling out 35 and he got 76% of the black vote and 36, however, black individuals had not self identified as a majority of democrat until truman. essentially all the short version of the boo

. >> reporter: on march 7th, 2015, america's first black president, barack obama, with john lewis at side, visited selma to commemorate bloody sunday. >> in one afternoon 50 years ago, so much of our turbulent history, the stain of slavery, and anguish of civil war, the yoke of segregation and tyranny of jim crow, all that history met on this bridge. >> reporter: just seven months earlier, in ferguson, missouri, peaceful demonstrators protesting the shooting of teenager michael brown were confronted by a militarized police force. >> all of a sudden, three urban tanks came. >> it looks like flash grenades. there's smoke rising up and now it looks like the tear gas is coming out. >> we just need to open our eyes and our ears and our hearts to know that this nation's racial history still casts its long shadow upon us. >> it's not just negroes, but really it's all of us who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice, and we shall overcome. >> reporter: president johnson's 1965 speech to congress, invoking the movement's anthem marked the peak of the civil rights struggle

their black and living in germany she's reminded of what that means on a daily basis presenter john up like this if you see you are these stereotypes about africa it gets you she traveled across germany to meet other black people and to hear their stories. see my you do something for your country for your still the black guy. afro germany. 15 minutes on t w. eco india. how can a country's economy grow harmony with its peak. violent when there are do or look at the bigger picture india a country that faces many challenges and whose people are striving to create a sustainable future clever projects from europe and india eco came. in 60 minutes to w. . this state of emergency is the new normal. people around the world are documenting these dramatic times. they're keeping the corona diary. and welcoming us into the lock up. they let us get as up close and personal as the pandemic will allow. diaries starts many d.w. . rooms are always a. symbol of among conflict in the philippines between the muslims and the christian population last night as fighters occupied the city center until now 17

britain where you are from it reminds us of the presence of black people at police hands is actually international phenomenon you know in 2005 cory john adored the police so in that case there hasn't been resources for surely there was no independent voice to go should smartly culture very popular musician in britain was killed by police and fully explained and so whenever we see a black person die police hons it reminds of so we just got to pull them out and remind us unfortunate is a global phenomenon. what about you personally how has floyd's death and the events unfolding been affecting you in. i'm angry i watched the video watched the life being churkin floyd and i think this is the time for no compromise i think is the time no longer fit combined is the time don't want to congratulate people for turning out to these rallies the site will support black communities about actually challenging racism wherever they see it in the most intimate settings at the dinner tables in the what subgroups in the workplace is that both clubs wherever they find racism is to challenge racism when black people know in their the confrontational conve

black man a video posted on social media showed an officer kneeling on his neck before he eventually stopped breathing it's the latest example of a legit police brutality against african-americans john 100 has more from chicago. it is happened again in america a black man in police custody pleads for help as he struggles to bree what you want to read. these are the images on a minneapolis street the man cries out in pain a policeman's knee on his neck. you remember. george floyd accused of forgery is pressed down his face bloody my stomach hurt when they get. into her. car bystanders plead with the officer he was. killed he later dies in police custody it is the latest incident of a deadly confrontation between a white police officer and a black man captured on video they would really have killed them did you really feel good i mean the role of the police spokesman describes the death in sterile language really get the suspect in the here. and realize that the suspect was suffering a medical distress the city's mayor calls the death unacceptable being black in america should not be a death sentence for survive minutes we watched as a white officer pressed his knee into the neck of a

act was not totally understood that may be a lot of applications went into a black hole and never got processed. the will let john and agency handle that. they can handle all of those questions they are more technical in nature. a email where they were criticizing the firemen from the , she's theof health one who created the covid-19 dashboard. i don't know who she is but they gave email sent by her supervisor where she said i may have said something that was misrepresented. i said they have a team working and what i meant when i said don't accept the same level of accessibility is that they are busy and cannot answer every emailed right away and that i was tired and needed a break. i can tell you that our dashboard has been recognized nationally and dr. birx has praised it multiple times. drill down and see all of the individual data on each county. i'm proud of the folks who work thoseand particularly skilled epidemiologists and those who are good with data science and have been able to put that together. those skilled epidemiologists and those who are good with data science and have been able to put that toget

guard protests and unrest has spread from there to more cities over the death of black man george floyd in police custody john hendren a small from minneapolis. there are still protesters out over the town but they are no longer in this same region so they're finding other places but they're still upset over the fact that only one of those 4 officers who kneeled on the back of george floyd have been arrested and charged that officer was charged with murder and manslaughter but people here want to charge against the other officers and they're also just simply upset that these events continue to happen. protests have continued into the night in los angeles where some people loosened stalls and lit fires national guard troops were called in to assist with the los angeles city police force there were peaceful demonstrations held earlier in the day. meanwhile u.s. president donald trump has threatened to deploy the military if needed he says those committing violent acts are only dishonoring the memory of george for some other news for you alex a mosque in occupied east jerusalem has reopened its doors been closed

john hendren reports. protesters gathered by the hundreds to mark the death of another unarmed black man in police custody it happened a day after an all too familiar american seen with a black man pleads for help is he struggles to bring what he wants to bring. these are the images on a minneapolis street the man cries out in pain a policeman's knee on his neck. if. you remember. george floyd accused of check forgery is pressed down his face bloody as the murders but they do. anything or. bystanders plead with the officers. he later dies in police custody it is the latest incident of a deadly confrontation between a white police officer and a black man captured on video yonder would really feel better if you just really feel damn near broke the city's police chief says he sped a sleepless night deciding what to do then fired the 4 officers at the scene i stand before you in the city of minneapolis here to say that our deepest condolences the city's mayor calls the death unacceptable being black in america should not be a death sentence for survive minutes we watched as a white officer pressed his knee in

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black burn, you just mentioned what was playing out in nashville. we've been showing philadelphia. we have some breaking news now from myrtle beach, south carolina. our chief white house correspondent john roberts is reporting that the a mayor there has declared a civil emergency after a what they're describing as a credible threat against the myrtle beach police department. basically there are three busloads of protesters, we're told, on their way to the city to, they say, they use the word protest in front of the police headquarters. we saw what happened to at least one or more police headquarters in a minneapolis area. so they're now declaring a civil emergency. so, senator, i want to add that to what you were saying a moment ago, that some of these folks were trying to burn down the country. when you go through city after city where this is happening -- >> right. ed: -- has it reached the level n your opinion, that the president does need to give an oval office address or something like that since this is not just happening in one city and maybe it's time to pause and hear from him directly? enter yeah. and i think you're right, i think it is time for the president to address the co

john hendren with more. it has happened again in america a black man in police custody pleads for help as he struggles to bree what he wants to bring. these are the images on a minneapolis street the man cries out in pain a policeman's knee on his neck. i. haven't. even heard. george floyd accused of check forgery is pressed down his face bloody splinter groups but the for. him to enter. the bystanders plead with the officer he was lucky that he later dies in police custody it is the latest incident of a deadly confrontation between a white police officer and a black man captured on video they would at least kill them you just really feel damn near broke and the police spokesman describes the death in sterile language family get the suspect in the here. and realize that the suspect was suffering a medical distress the city's mayor calls the death unacceptable being black in america should not be a death sentence for survive minutes we watched as a white officer pressed his knee into the neck of a black man for 5 minutes the scene bears an eerie resemblance to a 2014 incident in new york city where another bla

that some more cities over the death of the black man george floyd in police custody he was being restrained by a police officer who was kneeling on his neck john hendren is there. this is what a curfew was supposed to look like few people on the street few cars in relative quiet but it was a far cry from that just hours ago. police and demonstrators faced off in an area they have been trading control of a night ago the police controlled an intersection behind me and then demonstrators took it over in the day well in the evening the police came back in force marching toward the protesters shooting pellets and firing tear gas it all took about 15 minutes to disperse the crowd we spoke to some of the protesters and this is what they had to say they treated state drawing gas so let's not go. as a ripple it got picked up in the. right. you know we need our justice we need our justice the city would not rest until we get out just no justice no peace does that mean we are one officer has been arrested and charged with murder but there were 4 officers involved in the arrest of george floyd that ended in his death now the crowd says they want to stay o

john king in washington. anger at the needless death of a black man in police custody in minneapolis exploding into destructive rage and violence. this weekend images from a few demonstrations and confrontations last night. this is new york city. police van in flames there. that's union square looting and mayhem. also in the east village. similar scenes playing out in los angeles, chicago, denver, washington, d.c., and more. at least 25 cities imposing curfews. 13 states in the district of columbia activating the national guard to help keep order. in des moines, iowa, chants that remind us how it began. "i can't breathe" [ chanting ] >> those were george floyd's words in minneapolis as a white police officer pinned floyd's neck to the grounds to his knees. his gasps for a chance to breathe ignored until he could breathe no more. these were scenes from minneapolis last night. here, listen, please, an important voice from a peaceful protester there. >> i want to be able to feel safe. i want to feel able when a cop is driving behind me to not clench. i want to be free and not worry about every step i take. at the

john might want to answer some of this as well. the message for blackortionately affecting staff, and i absolutely know the concern and i absolutely know the concern and worry amongst our colleagues in those groups. in fact, i have been talking to them over the last few weeks, as! talking to them over the last few weeks, as i am sure the secretary of state and others have. there are things we can do in terms of supporting staff and helping them through the concerns they have. i think there is another piece of work john will be able to talk about, which is. the secretary of state touched on it earlier, but why it is the virus seems to be disproportionately affecting members of staff and the population as a whole from particular ethnic groups. that work is ongoing with public health england and john might be able to say a little bit. that will also inform what we need to do and the approach going forward. as you know, the statistics are showing increased rates of people within some ethnic backgrounds. the effects are relatively small and they need to be l

black man have been sacked. more now on that story now. johnunion of minnesota. thank you very much yo time. we have all watched this and thought, "again? " have all watched this and thought, "again?" that's the natural reaction, we are feeling the same thing here. in minneapolis, choke holds are technically banned, aren't they? this was not really a chokehold, this was an incident where a police officer had a man on his stomach in the street and placed his knee on the man's for between five and ten minutes until he lost consciousness. there's a video bya consciousness. there's a video by a bystander that is ten minutes long that is appalling and sickening, and you can see the way this man is treated. you can see him begging for his life, you can see him saying, "i can't breathe! i can't breathe!" more than nine times over, begging," you can literally see the life go out of him. and that very phrase, of him. and that very phrase, of course, is so well—known from eric garner, of course, first of all in 2014. injuly of first of all in 2014. in ju

black people. >> it was unavoidable. >> and john lewis is right -- >> televisions across the country. listen, i have so much more i want to get to, michael, but we've run out of time. i thank you so much for being with us this morning, to be part of the conversation. >> thank you for having me. >> certainly. conversation continues tonight at 8:00 eastern right here on cnn. don lemon is leading an important conversation. "i can't breathe: black men living and dying in america." again, 8:00 eastern tonight, right here on cnn. you'll want to watch that. >> absolutely. >>> so, we're headed to the nation's capital live for you next. the national guard's been activated to help protect the white house there. right now is a time for action. that's why usaa is giving payment relief options to eligible members so they can pay for things like groceries before they worry about their insurance or credit card bills. discover all the ways we're helping members today. and its mission is to give you truly transformative sleep. so, no more tossing and turning... or trouble falling asleep. because only

about in last segment, then this week we lost little richard, andre herel, a black trans woman assaulted in her home, and john in indianapolis and found out about the killing of ahmaud arbery because of the video of what happened over 74 day ago. once again faced with fact there's a callous disregard for black life and unless we take matters into our own hands, no one seems to care. >> color of change has online petition calling for the resignation of district attorneys. why? >> they didn't do their job. this case has shuffled from district attorney to district attorney, jackie johnson pushed back on police officers who wanted to make an arrest. barnhill saw the video, decided nothing should be done. fact of the matter is there are 2,400 district attorneys around the country, most powerful actors in system. we've been engaging district attorneys and working to push out of office district attorneys who don't value our lives. end of the day, they had opportunity to do something here. and georgia bar needs to investigate and hold them accountable. over and over again, we recognize that unless these folks are hel

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black people. host: got your point. this is drawn in stockton, alabama. -- john in alabama. the thing is, i live in southern alabama. people down here are good people. them.ed to it is about respecting each other. black people have just as much right to be in this country as anybody else. slave washington had a that was in every battle at the beginning of this country. are killing black and white people. sonod friend of mine, his got shot. he was not armed or anything. in his house. know if it is because they are not being trained right. when i was a kid, the cop was supposed to be your friend. there are a lot of good cops out there but a few of them need to be took out and fired. host: let me bounce this off you. this is a text from pamela in michigan saying this is about abuse of power, not racism. the media is about dividing people to make things about racism. abuse of power is seen on every level. what would you say to that? caller: i know these cops got a tough job. they put their lives on the line every day. this young man -- there is no a man down like that when you have got a bunch of cops around. they go too

black community. left wondering, the name is george floyd, they're left wondering not if another incident like this will happen, but when. john? >> omar jimenez, thank you for being with us. keep us posted. we'll come back to you throughout the morning as this story continues to develop. joining us now bacarri sellers and james gallonian i. he's a retired fbi special agent. bacarri, you wrote being black in america is almost a perpetual state of grieving. if you will, i want you to reflect on what you're seeing this morning and also what you're feeling this morning. >> well, it's tough. i mean, i think you can dust off a shirt that we had six years ago with eric garner that i can't breathe and use it again today. before we go down a path of blaming these people who are filled with pain, dr. king called rioting the language of the unheard. there's no other way that many people feel that they can hash out this pain because of the pain we feel so often. john, it's every single day it seems that we have a brianna taylor, that we have an ahmaud arbery. it goes back to emmitt till, goes back to the four little girls in birmingham,

black. and to simply dismiss this or structural as a problem rather than coincidence enough. john hopkins university study the covid-19 de infection rate is predominantly counties -- in black counties is three times that of predominantly white counties and the death rate is six times higher. let's take one of those communities -- and i have a for you, dr. is he kwis -- sequist, more than 60% of nursing homes, let's take vulnerable population, at latino lf are black or and reported at least one coronavirus case. homes double the rate of were black and latino people make up less than 5% of the population. this -- dough expect a similarly impact -- onate disproportionate impact on of color in the 536 long-term care facilities in new at least one case? that? expect dr. sequist: are you asking, am finding?ed about that mr. pascrell: i am sure you are surprised. can we expect this impact in all facilities incare new jersey? that's my question? dr. sequist: i think you are tracking one of the tragic aspects aspects of covid. we have failed to take proper our elder population. people who

was the idea of a former president at espn john skipper and it was the idea that here we have a digital project that really could serve a loyal over indexing black audience on digital and meanwhile help espn with bring our own aesthetic and sensibility to espn where race, sports and culture intersect. i think sports now is very much about culture to so that came about and i was at the washington post as you and i knew each other and after a lot of debate i was presented with this opportunity and i decided to go ahead and give it a shot to essentially have a startup within espn. >> you were managing editor of the washington post and how much debate happenedin your family ? >> a lot of debate. particularly my wife but sometimes you just disrupt your own career and want to do something different and take a littlebit of a leap off of that cliff . and try something different so i decided to do that and it's been fantastic. >> to be clear, why 44 biographical sketches ? >> it was a play off the 44th president. he was exiting the white house and we said we will do 44. it was originally called the undefeated 44 so thesewere our selections, staff selecti

as john was pointing out, my latest book is called "the black heavens: abraham lincoln and death," which my -- the usual reaction when i name that is to get kind of a raised spok eyebrow because death, wow. you know? my kids refer to it as the death book. so gee, dad, how's the death book coming along? you know, which is a little bit odd. it -- ihould say a couple things about how i got to the point i wrote about that. my fellow authors in the room will probably relate to this, that there are occasions whwher you begin to write one book and end up writing a totally different book. i see everybody nodding over there. yeah. the book was originally going to be a study of the summer of 1864. i was going to call it lincoln's hardest summer and look at his leadership during this very, very difficult summer of 1864 when, as we all know, he's up fo re-election, doesn't really think he's going to get re-elected and the body count is just going through the roof with the wilderness campaign and all that. but then i started looking at questions surrounding that summer and discovered that there was v

ernestine johns carter was 79-years-old. she attended the first all black school in mississippi.te and loved dancing and music, her goal in life was to keep her family legacy alive. may their memories be a blessing, our deepest condolences to those families. this sunday at noon earnings i will host a special called we remember, a national memorial honoring the victims of covid-19 with faith leaders and families sharing personal stories about their loved ones. i hope you will join us. our coverage continues on cnn. thanks for watching. [ music playing ] >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we are following two major stories. we are standing by for a press conference of the death of george floyd. he died after an officer kneeled on his neck for at least 7 minutes. all of this after the truly shocking and gruesome video that led to the firing of four police officers and calls for them to be charged. >>> also breaking this