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the more kente you wear, the less offensive it becomes." now, goodbye. the democrats also unveiled police reform legislation that would make some pretty big changes. it would ban no-knock warrants to prevent situations like the one that killed breonna taylor while sleeping in her own bed. the legislation also proposes banning all choke holds to prevent police from taking another eric garners life. and one of the biggest measures this legislation proposes is making it easier to prosecute police who use excessive force. as opposed to now, where in it is almost impossible to convict a police officer. you need to catch them on video, then have a d.a. that's willing to prosecute them, then have a jury that actually wants to hold cops accountable. and even if you get all that, you still need to find the cop's horcrux and destroy it. otherwise, they just go back out but while democrats are proposing legislation to reform the police, unsurprisingly, republicans in congress don't most republicans in congress don't seem to be on board. and as for president trump,

and jo ling kent in seattle. >> we have police now advancing on protesters. oh, my gosh.

our business correspondent, ben thompson, is at ashford designer outlet in kent.yes, simon. welcome to ashford in kent and you can see some of the cues that have been forming since it opened at ten o'clock this morning, stretching right the way back down there to get into some of these stores. don't be fooled, it might be busier than it is. take a look, the queue outside and they are limiting how many can get in there. half of the car park is still closed and limiting the amount of people who can shop so they can abide by their social distancing rules as much as possible. an important day in england, the british retail consortium estimates it has cost £1.8 billion a week for nonessential retailers to stay close. the question is, do people feel confident coming back here? a study suggested 43% of us feel confident to get back out and shop again. but retailers are worried about the impact it could have on them. we have missed you, they say and the doors are open. they want to get the message out that it is safe, with certain rules in place, hand sanitiser and social

jo ling kent, nbc news. >>> in 60 seconds, an nfl superstar's apology after a massive backlash to whate said >>> tonight nfl superstar drew brees is apologizing for comments about kneeling during the national anthem that set off a national backlash he says he completely missed the mark. here is stephanie gosk. >> reporter: lacking awareness and any type of compassion, the new orleans saints quarterback apologizing after this interview. >> i will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the united states of america >> reporter: brees was asked by yahoo! finance what he thinks about players kneeling against racial injustice during the national anthem. >> is everything right with our country right now? no, it's not we still have a long way to go. i think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the flag with your hand over your heart, it shows unity. >> reporter: the comments triggering fierce backlash, even among his own teammates. >> i'm telling you, i'm dealing with these things, my community is dealing with these things and your response to me is don't talk about

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jo ling kent is now back in a position to give us an update.ling, i've been assured everybody is okay, and whatever sparking object hit you did not hurt but was enough along with the approaching crowd to know that it was time to go. >> reporter: yeah. hey, brian, we were in a safe position when this happened, and then we had to retreat and fall back. basically what happened is we have been with this group of protesters for hours today. it has been peaceful from the downtown march as we showed you earlier all the way up here to capit capitol hill. what happened was the particular group we were following dispersed. then three other groups, i believe -- it may have been two -- joined and rejoined at the intersection. and you saw police enforcement and reinforcements show up at the police line. behind that police line, as we were reporting earlier, there was national guard about a block over. the reason this is tense here is this is the seattle east precinct just up the block. so essentially what happened is things escalated very quickly. protester

with more here's jo ling kent. >>> in seattle's hip capitol hill neighborhood the east police precinct has a new name it's a symbol of the dramatic transformation triggered by more than a week of violent clashes, tear gas and flash bangs. between police and protesters, calling for an end to police brutality in the name of george floyd. what do you hope to tell the world out here as you protest? >> i just want justice, and we just want it now. >> reporter: in an unexpected move this week police boarded up and left the east precinct hoping protesters would disperse but they stayed. creating the capitol hill autonomousville, or chaz over several city blocks, gathering to paint murals or plants, without a cop in sight however peaceful the scene is threatening president trump to threaten action, calling protesters terrorists. >> we're not going to let this happen in seattle. if we have to go in, we'll go in. if the governor is going to do it let the governor do it he's got great national guard troops, he can do it one way or the other it's going to get done. >> reporter: the police chief fi

jo ling kent, we will -->> reporter: back to you, lawrence. >> thank you, jo ling kent for that report. i think the audience can judge that the person who is there in a mask that's completely hiding the face and the identity in every way of that person, which is not a medical mask. that is a, i am going to hide from everyone who i am when guy around with my megaphone telling stories about the other protesters who are protesting peacefully there. that is the kind of protester who is clearly not, clearly not part of the respectful protest that has been going on in every city in this country that's been having these protests where they are, at minimum, at minimum, 99% peaceful. 99% peaceful. most of them are 100% peaceful in this country. joining our discussion now is joy reid, the host of "a.m. joy." that was one of those moments live where we get to see some of the dynamic of what's out there and some of what the genuine black lives matter protesters are up against with people who want chaos and not protest. >> yeah, and you know what? i experienced that. i felt for jo ling out there, h

frustrated and abandoned. >> when are you going to help us we're your people. >> reporter: jo ling kent, nbc news. >>> in 60 seconds, celebratin juneteenth by honoring the rich culinary history of african-americans that goes back to slavery >>> we're just a few hours away now from juneteenth, a holiday taking on new importance amid the growing demands for racial justice the celebration of freedom, family and food here's morgan radford. >> reporter: in charlotte, north carolina it's back to business for greg and sabrina collier. the couple recently reopened their restaurant, leah and louise, serving southern cuisine. >> we try to look at the menus and curate something that's very intentional, that's rooted in blackness, but something that everybody can understand >> reporter: for juneteenth they're serving memphis style pork ribs and potato salad. >> we want to use this juneteenth to say that's freedom day, we're still fighting. >> we want to say, look, this is what we are, this is where we're from >> reporter: juneteenth recognizes the day enslaved black people were finally freed, durin

jo ling kent on what's behind the rise. >> reporter: molly and shawn are feeling the squeeze. >> our grocery bill has gone up probably 20% to 30%. >> reporter: the seattle family with two growing boys now eating every meal at home is reworking their budget. >> you start really looking at your bills and you're like, wow, this is starting to be painful. >> reporter: that pain is real. the cost of groceries spiked yet again in may, these prices soaring nearly 11% in just a month poultry, fish and eggs up nearly 4%. compared to a year ago, it's even higher. a dozen eggs up nearly 21%, and beef up 17% more as several meat processing plants get back up to speed after shutdowns due to covid safety concerns, the price hike also driven by pressure on the supply chain to keep up with grocery store demand as people keep eating and cooking at home. >> reporter: are you making any different choices, then, on where you go shopping? >> oh, yeah, 100%. we try to buy in bulk now. i have parents local, and they will buy a thing of ribs or whatever is on sale and we'll go in with it on them. we'll spli

jo ling kent is now back in a position to give us an update. jo ling, i've been assured everybody is okay, and whatever sparking object hit you did not hurt but was enough along with the approaching crowd to know that it was time to go. >> reporter: yeah. hey, brian, we were in a safe position when this happened, and then we had to retreat and fall back. basically what happened is we have been with this group of protesters for hours today. it has been peaceful from the downtown march as we showed you earlier all the way up here to capitol hill. what happened was the particular group we were following dispersed. then three other groups, i believe -- it may have been two -- joined and rejoined at the intersection. and you saw police enforcement and reinforcements show up at the police line. behind that police line, as we were reporting earlier, there was national guard about a block over. the reason this is tense here is this is the seattle east precinct just up the block. so essentially what happened is things escalated very quickly. protesters

as jo ling kent reports not just grocery store, zoom and amazon that are thriving. >> reporter: it's the familiar sound of summer and welcome relief for the season. this family got a pool just in time. >> i've been in this industry 40 years and this the busiest season i've ever seen. >> these days a waiting list for an aboveground pool is three months. >> it's double what the industry has seen before. >> reporter: his company has been filling orders as far as o. >> people want pools because they aren't taking vacations. they are staying at home in their back yards. >> trampolines and swings as well, with parents trying to take care of kids all day every day. >> with all of us cooped up, bike sales are surging. we all need sun and fresh air. >> bike sales for covid-19 for adults spiked 121%. andrew smith at the bike shop in santa monica can't keep up with demand. >> pop the box, pull it out, say, see, it's red. do you want it? it's the only one in town, but better take it. >> kids bike, e-bikes, tandem bikes flying out the door. bike sales hit a billion dollars nationwide, a record. >

the price hike because of pressure on the supply chain to keep up with grocery store demand jolene kentre >> reporter: molly is feeling the squeeze. >> our grocery bill has gone up 20 to 30%. >> reporter: the seattle family is reworking their budget. >> you start to really look at your bills, and you are, like, wow, this is painful >> reporter: the pain is real, and beef prices soaring 11% in just a month, poultry, fish and eggs up 4%, and compared to a year ago it's higher, a dozen eggs up nearly 21% and beef 17% more as several meat processing plants getting up to speed, the price hike also driven by pressure on the supply chain as people keep eating and cooking at home. >> are you making any different choices on where you go shopping >> 100%. we try to buy in bulk now, and i have parents that are local and they will buy a thing of ribs that is on sale and we will go in with them and split things. >> menu prices will go up at restaurants, too a family run taco dell opened in los angeles, and they have been forced to add a coronavirus surcharge, any item with meat. >> we are trying to

the spread of false information and hate speech from some very powerful organizations nbc's jo ling kentas more on the new campaign to force change >> reporter: facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg facing new demands to halt the spread of false information and hate on his platforms. a coalition of civil rights groups and nonprofits organized by the antidefamation league and common sense media are calling on major brands and corporations which they have not yet identified to stop buying ads on facebook and instagram for the month of july. it's called stop hate for profit >> we have been calling on facebook for years to change some of their practices when it comes to spreading hate and amplifying hate and racist messages on their platform quite frankly, we've either met with silence or unfulfilled promises >> reporter: the campaign comes as faceboor allowing false information and racist hate speech t facebook, which has 2.6 billion users, brought in nearly $70 billion in advertising revenue last year. the civil rights organizations are counting on major brands to join the temporary boycott to f

nbc's jo ling kent is there with the details. >> reporter: seattle is on edge, protesters showing no signs of leaving this six block area after taking it over a week ago. now festive, crowded and peaceful, demonstrators pitching tents and planting gardens this weekend in a newly renamed capitol hill occupied protest. >> we're here in peace and solidarity for a cause that leads to change. >> reporter: their doo mands, reduce funding for the seattle police department, investin th black community and release arrested protesters. the president doubling down on local officials. >> if they don't do the job, we will do the job. >> reporter: the seattle police union blames the situation on local leaders. >> when you voluntarily surrender a police facility and you acquiesce to unreasonable acti activism, criminal activity for political gain, to me that's unconscionable. >> reporter: mayor jenny durkin did not give specifics on what she'll do next. >> we're working with all people to move forward to find a way we can accommodate first amendment, but also make sure we have a vital area for our

and in ashford in kent, a steady stream of customers, but clothes shopping will be different.try them on they are then quarantined. some of the fitting rooms are actually closed and brands are extending their returns policy. but some retailers won itjust won't be profitable to trade with social distancing measures in place. the government say this is a phased plan of recovery. let's learn a little more about social distancing works in the shops. here's ben thompson at an outlet centre in ashford to the south east of london. shopping will look and feel very different for quite a while to come and let me talk you through what you mightfind, we and let me talk you through what you might find, we are at mcarthur glen in ashford in kent in the south—east of england. at this place, they have limited the number of people who can get in, they have halved the car parking spaces so straightaway, even at the car park looks busy, there aren't as many people here and that is to limit how many people can get in and you might find you have to queue before you even get into the shops. monica

that includes the cave here in kent. few months when the virus struck following a £12 million development. it was a huge shock. no—one would ever want to launch a brand—new hotel or any business and then three months, four months later, close it down, and we literally closed it down overnight. jonathan has already put in place some coronavirus safety measures, offering us a glimpse into what our future hotel stays might look like. first thing, if you could stand in front of the camera, please, and look into the camera so we can take your temperature. authenticated. as you're authenticated, first of all, sanitise your hands and then help yourself to mask and gloves if you'd like. and then from here, if you go to the reception desks, we have got the screens up so our staff are completely protected, as are the guests as well. and you will be saying to guests, if they've got luggage, take their own luggage? yep. we will be not offering that service for the time being just to minimise the contact with the guests. once you've

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thank so much which is sacco my guest professor of russian and european politics at university of kent and a fellow at chatham house thank you. now with coronavirus restrictions eased here in russia artie's welcome its 1st official gas for months with a hunger in foreign minister dropping by had a chat with our correspondent philip a trunk or about congress decision to rule by decree during the pandemic was a lot of questions though for the sports loving minister. qualifying. actually will be truly tell you. that. not only. national. will very well everybody's in. russia will be. here will russia be the favorite. going into the. world is really really good this point right at this point what's going on with mr or bans powers to rule by decree a state of emergency allowed us to make decrees like in every other e.u. member states every other e.u. member states what was the problem of the opposition they said and liberal mainstream in europe they said that there is no concrete date of conclusion in the law which allowed us to govern by decrees we said of course there is not a concrete the

and the cia's analytic college today is named for sherman kent. the oss and cia are almost unique, and this is true still today, are almost unique including scholars and analysis at the center of the intelligence process. still, thrown into a global war, donovan naturally followed the british model of espionage which the oss called secret intelligence, and covert action which the british called, we called, special operations. covert action, as you know, ranges from influence operations through propaganda, sabotage, working with allies, and liaison, all the way to rallying indigenous resistance and supporting military operations. and here we have a couple of examples of that and this is the first time we've seen women in the picture, by the way. he also encouraged -- donovan also encouraged the development of enabling technologies and spy gear. this is stanley lovell. picture is courtesy of keith melton as well. picture in the middle is a jet team just about to parachute into occupied france and on the far side there you have virginia hall and that

we're now going to go to seattle and joined by nbc's jo ling kent. jo ling kent has been working the streets of seattle for days. what is the situation there tonight? >> reporter: hey, so far, lawrence, it's been very peaceful. all of these individual protesters here, a lot of them have marched over from the emergency operation center in another part of seattle about a mile away, peacefully walking over. and that is after they had a conversation about 1,000 people, perhaps more, talking with the governor -- or excuse me, the mayor of seattle. mayor dirkin, and there's been a promise now that a new conversation about social justice, criminal justice, and police reform will happen starting tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. here on the ground. but to give you a sense of the size and scope of where we are right now, this is far larger than what we experienced last night. probably two times the size of it at this point, lawrence. and we can show you -- i don't know if we can pan all the way over there, probably two or three blocks now. that is the east precinct, and

dennis finding solace in the sense united football team all of the players playing alongside him and kent in southern england have lost the baby. for everyone here football is a lifeline. and. becoming a father was a dream come true for them paris he had a good job as a customer service manager with a phone company and a happy relationship. everything was going to plan for him and his partner lottie. but just before your t. was supposed to give birth the baby stopped moving. she was quite an active go yeah. but like a dad. and she just there was lack of memory and she went in one day to have some tests just to hook her up some machines find out where the hospital base and she was she was fine 2 days later see we went in because we found i'm a ferment. and stop eating if they don't take a man and confirmed and on ultrasound there was a hard date than just fell to the floor in can believe it and. swallow a lot. and that will stay with me forever and i think his wow like he just kind of think in a minute instead the over sudden everything changes that he's feet in order to overcome the shock

correspondent jo ling kent is in seattle tonight. they've had a mixed day, i think it's fair to say there, jo ling. >> reporter: hey, brian. we're in the capitol hill neighborhood, and i want to show you this massive march of peaceful protesters. we've been following them for a couple of hours now. it's 8:11 here on the west coast, and it is two hours past curfew. and the name of this protester game today has been peaceful and patient. we have been following them for a couple of days now, and if we pan up here, sam, to the stop of the street, that is where the police line is, and that is where the protesters are trying right now to negotiate to go. now, some of them are moving in a different direction, but that police line is holding steady. there's three layers of law enforcement there followed by the national guard. the governor, governor inslee here, deploying the national guard yesterday, about 400 individuals in total. but this is the center of a conflict with president trump. he, as we saw today, gave that address to the nation

let's head back now over to seattle just up north where we find jo ling kent. jo, you're walking on the streets there. have the protests stayed calm there? has there been any confrontations? >> reporter: katy, i want to tell you about a moment that i just witnessed which i did not expect to witness. we were back up at the edge of downtown in the capitol hill neighborhood. it was dozens of police in a line and hundreds of protesters, mostly peaceful, but it was getting tense and you had activists, perhaps the organizers of that particular group of people, coming up very close with the police and instead of having a tension, an escalation, there was a conversation. we witnessed a conversation between one of the women who, an activist, an organizer, then that paused for a minute then they came back to the police. they were able to negotiate through the police line and i saw two powerful handshakes happen between activists and police officer. and they were able to open the line and the police stepped aside. there was huge applause. this entire group of people were

like in north michigan which you are right is largely republican you have kent county which is where grand rapids is switch went for governor witmer in the 2018 election. and a lot of people, myself included are watching to see what happens in that area because of that area starts to move a bit toward biden then that is bad news for president trump. the same thing goes along sort of the i 75 corridor that runs from the ohio borders north through all the way through michigan. and an old industrial areas that trump turned out in droves in 2016, particularly further. he is not going to lose those areas. on not saying that. but when you are getting around to -- county and around macomb county, that sort of area which are blue-collar sort of this older industrial air to somewhat conservative. but, are more than willing to go to democrat because they have done it many times in the past. those are areas you are gonna watch very carefully to see who is moving this way or that way. and finally, how organized are the unions in michigan? >> well the unions are extremely organized the question i

let's get right to msnbc business correspondent jo ling kent. jo, break down the numbers for us again. what do they mean big picture wise? >> reporter: hey eamon, good morning. the 1.5 million claims filed last week, what you need to know about that number is it continues to decline and that drop has happened now for ten straight weeks. there's a little bit of a silver lining here. i always like to look at the continuing claims number from the labor department, and that number is about 21 million so that means people who are continuing to collect unemployment, that number is also down pretty significantly, down by about 300,000. so the good news is things are starting to turn around, as people go back to work, but we have to put this 1.5 million number in context. this really still is a massive deeply damaging number which economists say means the recovery will take long per. not just weeks, not just months, it's probably going to be years and some of the evidence of that eamon is in the retail sector. corsai research is saying that 25,000 retai

that includes the cave here in kent. been open for a few months when the virus struck, following a £12 million development. it was a huge shock stopping no—one would ever wa nt to huge shock stopping no—one would ever want to launch a brand—new hotel or any business and then four months later close it down, and we literally closed it down overnight. jonathan had already put in place some coronavirus safety jonathan had already put in place some coronavirus safety measures, offering us a glimpse into what our future hotel stays might look like. if you could stand in front of the camera please and look into the camera please and look into the camera s0 camera please and look into the camera so we can take your temperature. authenticated. as you are authenticated, please sanitise your hands and help yourself to mask and gloves if you would like. and if you go to the reception desks, we have got the screens up so the staff are completely protected as our guests. and you will be saying to guests. and you will be saying to gu

let's head back now over to seattle just up north where we find jo ling kent. jo, you're walking on the streets there. have the protests stayed calm there? has there been any confrontations? >> reporter: katy, i want to tell you about a moment that i just witnessed which i did not expect to witness. we were back up at the edge of downtown in the capitol hill neighborhood. it was dozens of police in a line and hundreds of protesters, mostly peaceful, but it was getting tense and you had activists, perhaps the organizers of that particular group of people, coming up very close with the police and peaceful. and the activists who are up front, who are now way past us now, their entire motivation is to keep it peaceful to get their message out there. that's exactly what we're experiencing here in seattle for for the moment. but it's still daylight, katy, as you know, once night falls, things can change quickly. send it back to you. >> it's 8:24 over there in seattle. still daylight, indeed. jo ling kent, thank you very much. let's go to the mayor of that city, seatt

let's head back now over to seattle just up north where we find jo ling kent. jo, you're walking on the streets there. have the protests stayed calm there? has there been any confrontations? >> reporter: katy, i want to tell you about a moment that i just witnessed which i did not expect to witness. we were back up at the edge of downtown in the capitol hill neighborhood. it was dozens of police in a line and hundreds of protesters, mostly peaceful, but it was getting tense and you had activists, perhaps the organizers of that particular group of people, coming up very close with the police and instead of having a tension, an escalation, there was a conversation. we witnessed a conversation between one of the women who, an activist, an organizer, then that paused for a minute then they came back to the police. they were able to negotiate through the police line and i saw two powerful handshakes happen between activists and police officer. and they were able to open the line and the police stepped aside. there was huge applause. this entire group of people were