i am john vause. minnesota's attorney general announced the arrest of all four police officers involved in the death of george floyd. the attorney for the family credited the nationwide protest marking a tipping point in the on going struggle against racial injustice in the united states. demonstrators in minneapolis shouted we got all four. the charges are upgraded to second degree murder for the former officer whose knee was pressed down on floyd's neck for almost nine minutes. word all four officers were charged it did not bring an end to the outrage. a huge crowd marched through downtown los angeles. in atlanta the mayor announced curfew orders were extended over the weekend. >> calls for justice met with an answer. charges against former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin who can kneeled on floyd's neck killing him. >> george floyd mattered. he was loved. his family was important. his life had value. we will seek justice for him and you. >> this is for my father. no man or woman should be

. >> and i'm john vause. it's 3:00 a.m. on the east coast. midnight out west. thanks for joining us. >> our top story. protests over the tragic death of george floyd are entering a second week in the united states, with calls for justice and equality continuing to ring, loudly, across this country. dozens of cities are now under curfew. those are the yellow dots you are seeing. but that is not stopping protestors. >> in the capital, national guard troops and protestors were facing off near the white house. tense scenes there. several hours. after a curfew went into effect and after a day of mostly peaceful protects. in new york, hundreds of protest rsz have been marching across the manhattan bridge. some social media posts claimed having entrants at both ends of the bridge but a spokesperson for the mayor says only one end was blocked. >> in los angeles, hundreds of protestors have been arrested for defying a 6:00 p.m. curfew order. demonstrators marched peacefully for hours, though, through several neighborhoods. earlier, this massive crowd gathered in front o

i am john vause. well, after three weeks of nationwide protests, three weeks of tears, anger, and outrage. three weeks of national soulsearching over race relations in this country and, in particular, police brutality. y once again, protestors are back in the streets because police, this time, in atlanta, have shot and killed another african-american man, as he was trying to run away. demonstrations began saturday, continued into the early hours of sunday morning. at first, they were blocking an interstate highway. it appears they are back now doing that. this all took a violent turn a few hours ago at the fast good restaurant wendy's where the initial shooting took place. the building was looted and then set on fire. police responded to a call there, complaining that a man was asleep in his car at the drive through at the wendy's. authorities say 27-year-old rayshard brooks failed a field sobriety test and then scuffled with officers. cnn has attained eyewitness video of that struggle and a warning t

i'm john vause. breaking news coverage.er day of peace full protests after demonstrations overnight. in brooklyn, new york, police stopped and talked with demonstrators who were out on the streets despite an 8 p.m. curfew. others were arrested but without incident. dialogue in atlanta, georgia. the mayor told protesters there's something better on the other side of all of this. in washington, protestors gathered. a rainstorm cleared things out. the author of "the sword and the shield," earlier i asked what america can learn. >> i think we have a generational opportunity to transform american democracy and institutional racism. the end goal is anti-racism and anti-racist policies. the criminal justice system is a gateway to panoramic oppression and exclusion. we've already seen it happen, john. in l.a. the mayor has announced that 100 to $150 million that was scheduled for the police budget is going to go into communities of colors and disadvantaged communities. city of austin is looking to do the same thing. other different

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welcome to our viewers joining us from around the world, i'm a john vause. protests over racism and police brutal have erupted again. it began outside a fast food restaurant. a man asleep in a vehicle. but it quickly escalated into violence and a deadly encounter. angry protesters converged on the scene the next night, and 24 hours later that restaurant was set on fire and burned for hours. vehicles were also torched. protesters shut doubt nearby interstate highway for a time. the officer who fired that fatal shot seen here on the left has been fired. the chaos was captured on several individual crisivideos, difficult to watch. the first was taken by a bystander between the two officers and brooks. they say he failed a sobriety test and resisted arrest. the next video was taken by surveillance cameras and shows what happened after that. again, it is graphic. brooks is seen running with the police in pursuit. at one point, he turned, it appears he discharges the taser toward the officers. later he falls and dies of his wounds. >> i do not believe that this wa

i'm john vause.ood morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> and i'm natalie allen. thanks so much for being with us. let's give you the latest on the protests that are sweeping across the united states for the eighth straight night. demonstrators and police are still out in full force in a number of cities, although protests have been largely peaceful. >> in new york, protesters ignored an earlier 8:00 p.m. curfew. police made at least 40 arrests. and in washington, what started out as a peaceful demonstration turned relatively tense as the national guard used pepper spray on protesters not far from the white house. also in seattle, protesters there used umbrellas to try and block chemicals which are being sprayed as a form of crowd control by security officials. and crowds of people dressed in black stood on the steps of the state capitol in boise, idaho. they held a candlelight vigil for george floyd, whose tragic death triggered all of these nationwide protests. more de

i'm john vause. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> within the past few hours the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the u.s. passed 2 million. almost more than the next five countries combined. infections are still on the rise in 19 states. many restarted their economies at the urging of the president before their number of confirmed cases were consistently coming down. a dozen states are also seeing an increase in hospital admissions as well. while the u.s. continues to struggle with the coronavirus, it is seeing assistance. >> what do you want? >> justice. >> when do you want it? >> now. >> protests which began more than two weeks ago over the death of george floyd, an unarmed blackman in custody have escalated and spread into a national movement fighting what some have described as a pandemic of racism. we'll have much more on that in a moment including george floyd's brother's testimony on capitol hill. >>> by september there may be another 100,000 virus deaths in the u.s. that would b

i'm john vause. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> for more than two weeks we heard almost every grim detail how george floyd died, a death at the hands of police which was both cavalier and cruel. on tuesday at a memorial service in houston, texas we got to know more about george floyd's life. he was larger-than-life in many ways and now in death he's a symbol of racial injustice embraced by so many around the world. ♪ after an emotional celebration filled with music and tributes he was laid to rest. his body taken by horse drawn carriage to a final resting place. crowds chanting say his name and we will breathe. it wasn't just family members. many prominence figures also calling for action. >> you call your cab he net in trying to figure out how it will affect your vote rather than it will affect our lives. . you're screaming how you can spin the story rather than you can achieve justice wickedness in high places. you take rubber bullets and tear gas to clear out peaceful protesters and then take

i'm john vause.t of current and former senior military leaders are speaking out against the u.s. president. very rare public criticism seems to be sparked by trump's threat to turn the u.s. military on american civilians, to bring an end to nationwide protests. cnn's kaitlan collins has details now from the white house. >> defense secretary mark esper was already on thin ice with the white house when he broke with president trump today, on whether active-duty military should be deployed to american cities, to curb protests. >> i do not support invoking the insurrection act. >> in a remarkable press conference, the pentagon chief contradicted trump who days earlier threatened to invoke a 200-year-old law and put troops on u.s. streets. >> the option to use active duty forces should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. we are not in one of those situations now. . >> as the military takes a larger role in confronting protestors in the nation's capi

. >> i'm john vause. you're watching cnn's breaking news coverage of the ongoing racial protests across the united states. >> right now we are tracking the eighth straight night of demonstrations against police brutality. tens of thousands of people have been marching through major cities all over the united states, marked by the red dots you see there on the screen. the yellow ones highlight some of the curfews in effect. protesters across the country have been defying those curfews and ignoring the state and city leaders begging them to go home. >> in new york crowds gathered on the manhattan bridge, marching around that squad car. the city has seen skirmishes break out in parts as well as looting. we'll have more on that in a moment. and in los angeles thousands violated a 6:00 p.m. curfew with many deciding on the mayor's residence -- the official residence as a place of focal point. earlier in the day mayor eric garcetti took a knee at a protest downtown as a sign of solidarity. hundreds were arreste

i am john vause.fter three weeks of nationwide protests, three weeks of tears, anger, and outrage. three weeks of national soulsearching over race relations in this country and, in particular, police brutality. y once again, protestors are back in the streets because police, this time, in atlanta, have shot and killed another african-american man, as he was trying to run away. demonstrations began saturday, continued into the early hours of sunday morning. at first, they were blocking an interstate highway. it appearshe

i'm john vause and this is "cnn newsroom." >>> 11 days now since george floyd was killed and now allour fired police officers involved in his death have been charged. three appeared in a

. >> i'm john vause. you're watching cnn's breaking news coverage of the ongoing racial protests across the united states. >> right now we are tracking the eighth straight night of demonstrations against police brutality. tens of thousands of people have been marching through major cities all over the united states, marked by the red dots you see there on the screen.