kasim reed is the mayor of atlanta, and has been dealing with protests throughout the weekend. reverend jesse jackson, founder and president of the rainbow push coalition, and one of the country's most well-known civil rights leaders. deray mckesson, an activist and a co-founder of black lives matter, he was arrested and released after protests in baton rouge this weekend. and julian zelizer, a professor of history at princeton university, he is the author of "the fierce urgency of now," a book about the battles over civil rights and the great society. we welcome all of you to the program. let me start with you deray mckesson. listening to -- we just heard from lieutenant thomas glover in dallas. how divide is this country, based on what you've seen there in louisiana over the weekend? where are we right now? >> so i don't think any of the division or the tension is new. what is new is that we're finally having a public conversation about this stuff. so when we think about the protests over the last 22 months, we force the issues of race, criminal justice to the forefront, spec

protesters demanded that atlanta mayor kasim reed and police chief meet with them. will host a community dialogue at city hall on monday. the protesters agreed to a cooling off period to allow police officers and state troopers to rest >>> in louisiana, community activists held a protest outside of the convenience store in about a tomjanovich baton rouge -- in baton rouge, where alton sterling was killed. >>> a baton rouge store owner filed the lawsuit against the officers involved in the alton sterling killing, the police department and the city itself. he says that the police officers took his surveillance video, his cell phone video before locking him up in a car for four hours. he says that he never saw alton sterling reach for his gun and he says that the officers should be charged. >>> and crowd gathered to help people heal. they are calling for an end to racism and they want peace for everybody. >> i pray every day that my husband makes it home. i pray every day that each and you make it home. we are not against police. >> we are mourning. we are angry. we fee

that's what officials want to see, kasim reed, the mayor introducing these protesters to andy young, a figure in the civil rightsi struggle. he told protesters when he marched with martin luther king on these streets getting on the highways was out of the questions. that's the message the protesters get as another day of protests could potentially happen. >> thank you. the dallas community still reeling just two days after the shooting and trying to move forward, the texas attorney general releasing a statement on the shooting saying the loss of the five officers in dallas in the line of duty is a somber reminder of the heroic sacrifices these brave men and women perform each day to keep us safe. we must all come together to honor their selfless service and sacrifice. that's exactly what the community has done, swarming the dallas police headquarters with flags, candles flowers and strong messages of support. i'm joined live by the texas attorney general ken paxton. attorney general, thank you very much for joining us. our deepest condolences to you and everyone in texas right now fo

on monday, hundreds rallied in chicago and atlanta where atlanta mayor kasim reed met with protesters following a sit-in outside the governor's mansion. in multiple cities, including atlanta and baton rouge, rival gangs the bloods and the crips have called truces in order to organize together against police brutality -- a move reminiscent of the los angeles gang truce during the rodney king protests. meanwhile, white activists in solidarity with the black lives matter movement also held a day of action in seven different cities, including in fairfax, virginia, where 4 people were arrested blocking traffic. this comes as the convenience store owner who filmed alton sterling's death one week ago has sued the police. abdullah muflahi says the police took his phone, locked him for hours in a police car, and seized his security camera footage without t a warrant. in baton rouge, district attorney heller moore has recused himself from the investigation into the fatal shooting of alton sterling. he says he is a close relationship with officer blaine parents, who are part of the baton rouge p

atlanta mayor kasim reed then referred the case to the fbi. in new york city, ramsey orta, who filmed the police killing of eric garner is slated to go to jail for four years -- making him the only pson at the scene of eric garner's killing who will serve jail time. on wednesday, orta took a plea deal on weapons and drug charges. he says he has been repeatedly harassed and arrested by police since he filmed the video of the fatal police chokehold nearly two years ago. meanwhile, in baltimore, the fourth trial has begun for police offics charged in the death of freddie gray, who died after sustaining spinal injuries in police custody. officer brian rice is the highest-ranking officer to be tried so far. two of rice's fellow police officers have already been acquitted. fbi director james comey testified before congress thursday over the agency's decision to recommend no charges be brought against democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton over her use of multiple private e-mail servers while she was secretary of state. south carolina repr

atlanta mayor, thank you so much for being with us, kasim reed. >>> the security is high at the democraticg, miguel. >> reporter: good morning, christi. security is certainly going to be big. marches, rallies, protests, in a city locking down already. we'll have all of that coming up. 's a golden opportunity, to discover what we learn on the track... doesn't stay on the track. it just finds more street-legal form. for a limited time get some of the best offers of the year on our complete line of f sport performance vehicles. at the lexus golden opportunity sales event. this is the pursuit of perfection. that's all i crave.e that's where this comes in. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste. plus nicorette gum gives you intense craving relief. and that helps put my craving in its place. that's why i only choose nicorette. america's small business owners. and here's to the heroes behind the heroes, who use their expertise to keep those businesses covered. and here's to the heroes behind the heroes behind the heroes, who brought us delicious gyros. actually, th

[cheers] ♪ mayor kasim come reed from atlanta, georgia. [cheers] governor! [cheers] good evening.] as the mayor of atlanta, the city that burned to the ground and rose again from the ashes, the birthplace of dr. martin luther king jr. and the home of the civil rights movement, and because we were a city too busy to hate, we are now at the economic center of the southeast. i'm here today because i believe in our future, i believe we have a responsibility to one another, and to the next generation to ensure that our opportunities are limited only by our imagination. i share this belief with hillary clinton. that our achievements are only limited by what we can dream and do. you see, atlanta is a city of dreamers. but when i became mayor of the city, the city was struggling. the worst recession in 80 years. we were down, crime without, but i looked -- crime was up, i looked around our city and i saw the way forward was to lean on one another, to turn to one another and to make an unshakable agreement that if a young person was willing to learn, we would put a book in her hands. if a