george floyd but oregon governor kate brown again refused.mean, the mayors have to ensure the safety of the cities. police must carry out public safety for citizen as well. but if they're not getting the extra help, i mean, i don't understand. how do you end it? >> it's a political football right now. they're saying no to the national guard, potentially out of a distrust or disdane for potentially the president. you have to understand, you swore as the mayor of the city, as a governor of a state, to uphold your constitutional duty to protect your citizens and if you can't do that, and you can't put partisan politics aside and go -- arthel: wait a minute. he asked. the mayor did ask for the oregon national guard. >> and he was turned down. arthel: by the governor. >> by the governor. if people are not doing everything they can to protect their citizens, to also protect people's right to peacefully protest, at the same time protecting the businesses in their cities, then this is just going to continue and it's going to continue until something

oregon governor kate brown said "the federal officers here brought violence and strife to our community." mr. german, you talked about how aggressive riot control tactics against protesters incite greater violence in response. would you say the tactics federal agents used in portland are ones that de-escalate protests or provoke violence? >> thank you for the question. yes, it's obvious that those sorts of aggressive tactics increase protest violence. and this is something that has been studied for decades. so it's well known that even rioting and riot control clothing can instigate action within a crowd. it's very important to look at the research and develop our tactics for reducing police violence based on objective research and not adopt tactics that were discredited decades ago. senator hirono: i don't know if you heard mr. cuccinelli testify that all the agents, the people from d.h.s., for example, get adequate training regarding crowd control and de-escalating the situation. is that what you saw going on in portland? mr. german: that's not what i saw. to be clear, i'm not in port

and oregon's governor, kate brown, released her newest idea to end the violence in downtown portland. she's calling it the, quote, unified law enforcement plan, and it's a combination of the d.a.'s office, the sheriff's office, and state and local police to arrest and charge those who are engaging in violent acts while also keeping the peace and protecting free speech. anne-marie? >> laura, let's hope it makes a difference. thank you so much. >>> so the white house says president trump is still heading to kenosha tomorrow despite calls from wisconsin's governor to reconsider his visit. governor tony evers wrote a continued to roil from the killing of jacob blake more than -- shooting of jacob blake more than a week ago. evers says he fears the president's appearance will, quote, hinder our healy. he is expected to meet with law enforcement tomorrow. at this point it's unclear if mr. trump will meet with blake's family. >>> and former vice president joe biden will be in the battleground state of pennsylvania today where he's expected to argue that the unrest in wisconsin is triggered b

oregon governor kate brown is putting out a plan to try and bring calm to the city of portland. it follows months of protests against police brutality and a deadly shooting over the weekend as pro trump supporters road into the city and clash with demonstrators. a warning this piece contains graphic video that some viewers may find disturbing reid binion reports. >>when america needs is for you to be stopped portland. oregon mayor ted wheeler taking aim at president trump sunday following the shooting death in portland saturday night after a caravan of trump supporters rolled through the city. clashing with anti police brutality protesters you've tried to divide us more than any other figure in modern history. and now you want me to stop the violence that you helped create trump responded by lashing out at the mayor on twitter calling wheeler a full among other things saturday night shooting was caught on video. witness said the victim quote sprayed mace and launched it right into the other guy cnn has not confirmed if the victim is the person who sprayed denise according to new

government's decision to withdraw federal forces under a deal between the democratic governor kate brown and the trumpet ministrations so live pictures there from portland oregon the latest black lives matter protests. minimize military says 2 soldiers accused of killing a woman from an ethnic minority community will face a court martial the death of the mother of 3 has rigged 90 the anger in current state where there's been unrest for decades reports. anger on the streets of neutral in myanmar's northeast protesters march for justice after a 38 year old mother from the ethnic karen community was shot dead by soldiers the men then stole her jewelry members of the community accuse the military of rights abuses and want them out or you don't say you say we want for you in communities you have the power to put pressure on the minima government to stop the use of violence to care in groups in me and stop raping killing and treating the villages like animals. karen community leaders say the army is using coronavirus lockdown measures as an excuse to attack villages. your come in and have no c

. >> wall street journal editorial that blames kate brown and ted wheeler for the death of a man during this week's protests, the editorial board said president trump would do better by firing his base up by calm iincalming. what do you make of that advice? >> well, that advice is something that maybe president trump will hear, i'm not quite sure he'll stop attacking democrats, he's already really moved forward with this agenda to blame everything on democratic leerz. the white house chief of staff mark meadows divorce the president from democratic cities. really splitting america into two political ideologies and i think this is going to be a fear election. what you're pointing out, josh, all the same thing -- this is an election that's going to be about how you feel both in the midst of a racial reckoning or in a pandemic. are you fearful that this pandemic may kill you or a family member because the president has struggled to contain the pandemic. or you're a republican, you're scared about the fact that your city, that your city is somehow going to be engulfed in flames? looking at

the acting deputy secretary for the department of homeland security blamed oregon's governor, kate brownsending in the national guard. >> she has over 7800 national guardsmen who she refuses to activate to contend with the situation in portland. has the resources to solve this problem. >> in chicago, 59 people were shot across the city over the weekend, five were killed. chicago mayor lori lightfoot is facing increasing pushback on her stance against the national guard assisting chicago police. accusing city alderman of grandstanding when they called for a vote to bring in the guard. a group of community activists is demanding illinois governor declare an emergency. new york is seeing increasing violence. 20 shootings killed five people this weekend including a young mother of three. police released this video of the gunmen. here in seattle where group took over six city blocks for three weeks in june, there's a new pushback against lawlessness that's emerging. several leaders from the black community here are now speaking out against violent protests and in favor of their police chief,

this comes days after kate brown announced federal officers would gradually withdraw from the city. contrast to the escalating violence that rocked the area for weeks. despite the clear absence of federal officers on the streets president trump late last night tweeted agents would remain in portland until the demonstrations led by quote anarchists and agitators are brought under whole. maura barrett is on the ground in portland with more. would you characterize the people who were there as anarchists anda agitators? >> reporter: not for the most part. what we have seen happen the last two nights is protesters largely self policed themself. while there were some self agitators present looking to throw things at the federal courthouse and rile people up, people around them in the crowd saying, no, we are mott going to do that, this is a peaceful protest. and the tactics that we have seen from the federal police to the local police has been night and day. you can see troops behind me at the courthouse. they have been waving at people going by answering questions of anybody that asks th

kate brown tweets it's time for the violence and vandalism to end. in seattle, a radio station is reporting rioters use had with is believed to be quick dry concrete to try to seal a door and traffic police officers in their precinct as vandals set fire to the building monday night. the trump campaign is promoting what it calls a stirring speech with an optimistic tone by vice president mike pence during tonight's republican convention session. pence is expected to detail the president's policy accomplishments including economy, foreign policy and yes, the coronavirus response. it comes amid a difficult time for his boss, chief white house correspondent john roberts has the story. >> hurricane lara and the i have i'll have unrest in wisconsin commanding the president's attention, the republican convention will try to preserve some of the spotlight with the focus on heros in the military and will law enforcement and diversity in the party. >> there's a lot of people on the fence still. that's okay. they're looking at this convention and wanting to hea

the only development on plans to deal with this is governor kate brown released a plan yesterday to respectivelyreate a community forum for protest organizers, mayor wheeler and community leaders to try to work toward racial equality and police reform, but that's going to take a lot of time. whether that will clear things up in the next few days remains to be scene. >>> coming up right here on "the lead" tens of thousands protesting abroad over coronavirus restrictions. among them, extreme conspiracy theorists. what they told us, up next. allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident. cut! is that good? no you were talking about allstate and... i just... when i... accident forgiveness from allstate. click or call for a quote today. >>> turning to our world lead now, if you think the united states has problems with anger, division, protests and conspiracy theories, well, it's not just the u.s. check this out. about 40,000 people protesting in berlin against germany's coronavirus lockdown measures. look at their signs. take a look. you'll notice some very fringe groups joined in. sou

the governor kate brown, actually i want to read a little bit of her student about this far right group. she wrote right wing group patriot prayer and self-proclaimed militia members drove into downtown portland armed and looking for a fight. every oregonian has the right to express views without the fear of deadly violence. i will not allow patriot prayer and armed white supremacists to bring more bloodshed into our streets. president trump seemed to stir the pot with a series of controversial tweets attacking the portland mayor saying rest in peace with regards to the shooting victim. mayor wheeler blaming president trump for creating division and tensions. take a listen. he did not mince his words. >> your campaign of fear is as anti-democratic as anything you've done to create hate and vitriol in our beautiful country. you've tried to divide us more than any other figure in modern history and yet you want me to stop the violence that you helped create. what america needs is for you to be stopped so that we can come back together as one america. >> reporter: law enforcement officials

oregon governor kate brown accusing president trump of encouraging division and stoking violence. if president trump doesn't come out and condemn the violence on both sides, including his own supporters, does he run the risk of exposing his own political expediency on this issue or is it pretty much too late for that? >> no, i think he been exposed on that count for years. there's nothing new here. and most people have figured trump out. that's why virtually all the people likely to vote have already decided for whom they're going to cast their ballot. what he's hoping, though, and the one thing that he can do is to stimulate larger turnout among his most faithful supporters. especially those in rural areas. and suburbs well removed from the inner cities where much of the action and destruction is taking place. >> but, larry, when protesters turn to violence and rioting, are they taking the bait and playing into the hands of president trump? would it be more strategic for them to get off the streets right now until the election is done and take their views to tv and radio news ins

. >> oregon's governor, kate brown, announced a deal wednesday morning saying state and local officersover the job of securing the federal courthouse, and federal troops would begin leaving the city. but president trump's twitter account told a different story. wednesday afternoon, trump tweeted "the mayor and governor don't stop the violence, the government will go in and do the job." as recently as 11:00 last night, trump continued to tweet, quote, homeland security is not leaving portland until local police complete cleanup of anarchists and agitators. news broke today that the top intelligence official at homeland security brian murphy was demoted after a report surfaced that his office was spying on journalists covering the protests. electronically monitoring protesters' messages. as trump says he wants to send potentially thousand of troops to more cities around the country, governor brown said the president's plan to dominate the streets of american cities has failed. >>> up next, after losing at the supreme court, the trump administration is limiting daca renewals. why some fea

oregon's radical dem governor kate brown has now authorized state police to return to portland afterstraight nights of violence and of murder. governor brown and portland's antifa enabling left-wing radical mayor ted wheeler, however, are both accusing president trump of inciting tensions there. the president responded today talking with fox news' laura ingraham. >> one of your supporters is murdered in portland by, it looks like, a suspected antifa individual, and then on sunday wheeler comes out and biden and essentially tries to blame-shift to you for the violence there. your reaction. >> well, these are terrible and very inwe end tent people. i've offered to send in the national guard, i've offered to send in anybody they want. i could put that out in 45 minutes, and it would stop. and i think the people of portland and the people of oregon -- i know it's a liberal state, considered liberal -- they're tired of it. they're tired of having, of living with this curse. lou: you would think they would be, but no signs of it yet. similar left-wing violence in kenosha, wisconsin, has ca

federal officers last week you might remember that was the result of talks between oregon's governor kate brown and vice president mike pence today people in el paso gather to remember the victims of a mass shooting a moment of silence was held for the 23 people who died when a gunman opened fire inside a walmart one year ago. authorities say patrick crusius confessed to targeting latinos when he opened fire last on august 3rd. cruise ships has been indicted on capital murder charges in a federal hate crime. the district attorney says he now plans to seek the death penalty. >>from florida to maine hurricane says is gaining strength with watches and warnings extending across the entire east coast. the national hurricane center says he said he says is hitting the car carolinas tonight the storm surge could reach 3 to 5 feet taylor hernandez has more from myrtle beach. >>i'm in downtown myrtle beach right now in plyler park this is really the heartbeat of downtown myrtle beach typically this time of year it's a bustling with tourists but of course because of hurricane e science it's a much differe

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oregon governor kate brown is asking for an end to this chaos. let me be clear.vandalism to end so portland can achieve real change for racial justice. those who have committed acts of violence will be held accountable. matt finn is live in seat for us this morning. how bad did it get? >> last night marked the 90th night of unrest in the city of portland. it was the fifth night in a row that a riot was declared. this time police say a highly organized group of 150 people in gas masks and helmets march towards city hall and lit fires outside of it and smashed their way inside. over the course of several hours. police used a loudspeaker to warn that failure to leave would result in arrests or crowd control agents like tear gas. rioters didn't listen and smashed windows and flashed lasers in officers' eyes. 23 people arrested including a person wearing a press logo apparently fraudulent. a man lit an aerosol can on fire and sprayed it toward city hall. rioters put rebar ties in the road to pop responding officers' tires. police were hit with eggs and bottles. presid

oregon governor kate brown said "the federal officers here brought violence and strife to our community." mr. german, you talked about how aggressive riot control tactics against protesters incite greater violence in response. would you say the tactics federal agents used in portland are ones that de-escalate protests or provoke violence? >> thank you for the question. yes, it's obvious that those sorts of aggressive tactics increase protest violence. and this is something that has been studied for decades. so it's well known that even rioting and riot control clothing can instigate action within a crowd. it's very important to look at the research and develop our tactics for reducing police violence based on objective research and not adopt tactics that were discredited decades ago. senator hirono: i don't know if you heard mr. cuccinelli testify that all the agents, the people from d.h.s., for example, get adequate training regarding crowd control and de-escalating the situation. is that what you saw going on in portland? mr. german: that's not what i saw. to be clear, i'm not in port

oregon governor kate brown said the federal officers here brought violence and strife to our community end quote. mr. german, you talked about how aggressive riot control tactics against protesters incite greater violence in response. would you sthay the tactics federal agents used in portland are ones that de-escalate protests or provoke violence? mr.ierman: thank you for the question. yes, it's obvious that those sorts of aggressive tactics increase protest violence. and this is something that has been studied for decades. so it's well known that even rioting and riot control clothing can instigate action within a crowd. it's very important to look at the research and develop our tactics for reducing police violence based on objective research and not adopt tactics that were discredited decades ago. ms. hirono: i don't know if you heard mr. cuccinelli testify that all the agents, the people from d.h.s., for example, get adequate training regarding crowd control and de-escalating the situation. is that what you saw going on in portland? mr. german: that's not what i saw. to be clear i

. >> oregon's governor kate brown announced a plan to end the violence and is authorizing state policet portland police. officers here are being stretched thin after nearly 100 nights of unrest. working through repeated nightly attacks where rioters throw large rocks at them and flash lasers in their eyes. oregon's governor blamed the patriot prayer group and militias for the violence this weekend. it appears the man associated with the group patriot prayer was the one who was killed. oregon's governor said the right wing group patriot prayer drove into downtown portland last night armed and looking for a fight. every person in oregon has a right -- i will not allow patriot prayer and white -- >> matt finn live in portland. not going to happen that's the white house responding to leaders in wisconsin who asked president trump to cancel his visit to kenosha tomorrow. they say it will hurt the city's efforts to recover from violence following the police shooting of jacob blake. >> realistically from our perspective our preference would have been for him not to be coming at this point in

officers were pulled out of the city under a deal worked out between oregon's democratic governor kate brown and the trump administration. >>> president trump says he may sign an executive order banning the popular chinese owned at tiktok as soon as today. the administration has raised national security and privacy concerns about the video app and it's owner but didn't. both came under scrutiny amid trade negotiations with china. the report ministration might force back dance to sell. >>> fillmore street journal says result is expressing interest in buying the app to illuminate legal and national security concerns. >>> 18 in florida is in jail, accused of taking over the twitter accounts of prominent politicians and celebrities and skimming their followers it reporter brioni redondo in our sister station in temperatures is how investigators tracked down that team. >> reporter: 18 mastermind behind a global schema. friday, federal prosecutors said 17- year-old graham clark of tampa into twitter account and skimmed people out of their money on july 15th. >> is a 17-year-old kid who graduated h

the troopers came in after president trump and oregon governor kate brown reached a deal to pull federal ago. oregon state police captain saying he will redirect troopers to counties where the prosecution of criminal conduct is still a priority. overnight, two wildfires raging in southern california. triple digital temperatures making it hard to fight the flame. lake fire fight 11,000 acres so far north of l.a. homes turning into ash with hundreds of evacuations underway. not far from there, the ranch fire torching more than 3,000 acres. and this one is zero percent contained. look at your screen right now. this is incredible video of firefighters saving an american flag from those flames lowering it down from that flag pole and folding it up. wow. two major league soccer teams booed by fans for kneeling during the national anthem. look at this. every single player and referee taking a knee during the matchup between dallas and nashville sc. after the game reggie cannon called the boos disgusting. they are the first mls club to allow fans during the pandemic. a look at your headlines. se

>> i think it is just that, governor kate brown.ortunately is the protesters and they didn't want her to do anything about the issue. they, she probably felt like if they did, she would be viewed negatively by people protesting and those on the very far left. pete: what is your message with people who have a grievance the way our country is operating right now but they are silent to people attacking law enforcement, burning down buildings, bibles in one instance, flags? what is your message to the people who stand by to allow this to happen, you know, it is peaceful? >> i think people need to start making up their minds where they stand on the issue. you can maybe not disagree with the protests but, the things that they're doing, like, i went to the elk horn brewery in eugene a week ago, this gentleman that runs it, obviously struggling due to the coronavirus. this is the third time he has had all the windows in his business smashed up by protesters. no one really agrees with what the protesters are doing. i think it is time that we

brown just come out. now look and these are you kate.

. >> kate, i want to get you to answer basically the same question that i had in mind when yvette nicole brownday that progressives would have the ear of the administration if it's biden/harris. do you think the lgbtq-plus community believes they will be heard if the biden/harris ticket becomes the biden/harris administration? >> i think to an extent, yes. we saw throughout the convention a lot of lgbtq people, speakers, saying this is the most pro-equality ticket that we've ever had. and that is really absolutely true. when we saw obama run in 2008, in 2012, we didn't have, you know, a president or a president running who supported marriage equality. and so things have really moved. it's absolutely true that this is the most co-equality ticket that we've had, and we saw a speech on the last night of the convention from biden where he wasn't talking about lgbtq people, and all of twitter, all the lgbtq people were commenting, and they weren't commenting on whether or not there were mention of lgbtq issues, they were talking about how well they did at the convention. i think that's really signi