thousands of protesters swarmed barclays center last night, they shut down the manhattan bridge, they were marching from brooklyn over here to manhattan. amid the chaos, dozens were art, including mayor de blasio's daughter. she has been charged with unlawful assembly. she's already been released. the nypd has been responding to videos of protesters attacking

before letting them enter brooklyn >> in new york city, thousands of protesters, trapped on the manhattan bridgeg barricades to prevent them from leaving either side of the bridge a controversial tactic known as "kettling. >> seth: all right, first of all, nothing that dangerous should have an adorable name like "kettling." "kettling" sounds like something ms. doubtfire would make up on the spot to trick the kids into thinking she's british "what are you doing, ms. doubtfire? "oh, just some 'kettling.' a bit -- a bit of the old 'kettling.'" and, yeah, i have run out of modern television shows to watch, so i've been watching old movies that seemed normal at the time, but in retrospect are kind of insane. your husband puts on a wig, and you don't recognize him? okay all right! anyway, where was i? oh, right. second, why the hell are you trapping people on the manhattan bridge are you cops or the green goblin again, green goblin, madman, access to high-tech weaponry you can't kill a teenager in a unitard? okay okay the only time anyone should be trapped for hours on the manhattan bridge is when the

huge police force showed up on the manhattan side of the manhattan bridge which connects brooklyn andsome of the protesters say it could have incited a riot with so many different police out, so much police force there. but at the end of the day there were protesters who negotiated a peaceful ending to that situation for there have been nothing but peaceful protests, thousands of peaceful protesting against racial injustices as well as saying george floyd's name and black lives matter, saying breonna taylor's name and eric garner. they were saying, i can breathe, which is what it was all about. not happening yesterday when different groups, not protesters, looters, criminals around new york city and breaking storefronts, groups of hundreds of people going around. we saw vehicles from out of state, they were putting stolen goods on bicycles as well as their vehicles. tonight though, a more aggressive posture by the nypd. not only is there an 8:00 p.m. curfew but they blocked the entrance into manhattan from 96th street and uptown, not allowing any cars through beginning at 8:00 p.m. th

overnight in new york city, a face-off on the manhattan bridge. police enforcing the new 8:00 curfew, closing both ends of the bridge with a massive group trapped in between. the group of about 5,000 marchers eventually allowed to peacefully cross back into brooklyn without incident. as night fell across the country, protesters once again defying curfews. more than a week after george floyd was killed while being arrested by minneapolis police. >> they're moving in with pepper spray. >> reporter: pepper spray shot into crowds in brockton, massachusetts. and in portland, in seattle, a state trooper overheard prepping his fellow officers for a clash. large crowds assembling in the street, encountering a thin line of officers. in los angeles police making an arrests, including at this high group had broken in. police scaling arre arrests. but after days of images of cities on fire, violent clashes between police and protesters, there were calls for calm amid protesters. dozens of peaceful protests around the country tuesday. in new york city, proteste

some of them splintered off, headed up on the bridge, tried to make their way into manhattan. stopped on the other end of the bridge, and so they were sort of boxed in, if you will, on one end and now the other end. so what we have are a number of police officers here as you see that vast number of folks who are on the bridge, demonstrators, again, who are trying to make their way into manhattan, were stopped, now they've got to turn around, make their way back. so the question is, don, what happens when they get here? will they be allowed to sort of move on? doesn't look likely because we've seen a number of these officers out here with the white zip ties you see often times when they're about to make arrests and bring people into custody, so at this point we're waiting here with scores of officers as they wait for those protesters who are on the bridge slowly making their way back to the brooklyn side. don? >> jason, i know that you're on the brooklyn side, but do you -- i'm not sure if you have this information. if you don't, i apologize, but are officers on the manhattan si

craig melvin coming to you live from new york city at the foot of the manhattan bridge. mon strass expected today. last night that included a group on the bridge behind me. he was the scene around 9:30. thousands of protesters joining together to enter manhattan. a large police force ultimately contained them for some time between manhattan and brooklyn

on the manhattan bridge between brooklyn and manhattan there were thousands, about 2000 protesters who were trapped on the bridge. it was a bit of a standoff but protesters de-escalating the situation, there were some arrests that the nypd brought in 500 police officers on the manhattan side of the protesters turned around. it was way past curfew. this is a far different scene than we saw with mobs of looting over the last two nights a lot of conversation who was to blame. governor andrew cuomo said they needed to do more and this is what he said. >> the police in new york city would not -- were not effective in doing their job last night period. look at the videos. it was a disgrace. i believe the mayor underestimates the scope of the problem. >> reporter: low love lost between the mayor and the governor. 500 people arrested for looting over the last few days and under new york's bail reform laws most if not all will be released. >> new york city police appear to have much more control on the streets with the city under curfew after days of violence and lawlessness. >> what is like on

at one point protesters were stuck on the manhattan bridge, blocks on both sides for over an hour, some protesters planning for the mayor to resign. looting did continue in parts of manhattan though nothing like we witnessed the last 2 nights and that is one donald trump tweeted new york city called up the national guard, lowlife end-users ripping you apart, act fast, a horrible and deadly mistake you made with the nursing homes and here's the mayor's response. >> we do not need nor do we think it is wise for the national guard to be in new york city. nor any armed forces. we bring outside armed forces into an equation they are not trained for, a dangerous scenario. >> reporter: more protests are scheduled for later this afternoon but so is the curfew that goes into effect again tonight at 8:00 and will continue until sunday. todd: thank you so much. jillian: donald from calling in new york city and of the democrat run cities to activate the national guard after days of distraction. todd: new york's may refuse to call them in, a mostly calm night. there is an 8:00 pm curfew in new york,

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right as the manhattan side of the manhattan bridge.nd there are protesters here squared off with a unit of nypd. this is definitely a much more tense setting than we've seen all day. the march is through washington square park, the musicians, people were singing. this is much more tense. there are gentlemen heckling the officers there. you can see the one officer, okay, towards the back, if you see t guys in the white shirts are the commanders. overnight four commanders were reassigned as punishment for their actions during the early george floyd protest. you might have seen viral video of one pushing a woman down in the street violently. another dropping a man's mask and pepper spraying him in the face. those four officers still on the force but being reprimanded by being reassigned now. also, news has come out as governor cuomo is recalling, actually reamplifying his call for police reform called the save your name reform agenda proposing better transparency, releasing disciplinary records of officers. right now that is locked away.

i saw one interesting interaction at the manhattan bridge earlier today when just a few dozen protestersquared off against police. and nypd did sofrt a retreat. they turned around, walked away. it didn't seem worth it for them to pick that particular point of conflict. over here to the right you'll see -- i've seen this all day. people handing out free water and sign-making materials to protesters. and as we saw most of the day the crowds were really diverse. families out marching. very peaceful. it was a musical second line new orleans-style procession that went all around the city led by jean batiste, the band leader from stephen colbert's "late show." and people singing along to whitney houston songs and "when the saints go marching in." it was a very different attitude emotionally than we've seen all week as so much fear and anger and loathing. but tonight as it seems, maybe because of the political pressure on these disturbing scenes of police officers around the country, using force on protesters, that the tactic is tonight to just let the crowd move as they want to and let it diss

. >>> new video out of new york this morning, thousands of protesters taking to the manhattan bridgeast night, halting traffic there, headed from brooklyn into manhattan, and they were met by police. when they turned around, police on the brooklyn side had them surrounded. after a few hours of standoff, police let the protesters leave peacefully. >>> a live look from the white house this morning, and we have learned attorney general william barr gave the personal order to have protesters removed monday afternoon. this is video from the moment police used tear gas anbber bullets to get protesters to move. it was all too clear the way for the president so he could walk to st. john's church for a photo opportunity. >>> it was a different scene overnight in the nation's capital. protesters still in the streets past midnight, but the police were not doing much to force them to go home. >> black lives matter! >> hundreds of people could be seen peacefully protesting on the other side of the fence where a line of federal police officers stood, and officers taking a different approach, letti

in new york, protesters marched peacefully on the manhattan bridge only to be blocked by police. there were isolated pockets of violence, vandalism and looting in the city. about 300 arrests. this is some new video of damage downtown. there were also some tense moments outside the white house when police fired pepper spray at demonstrators who started shaking a newly erected fence in lafayette park. >>> george floyd's funeral planned for next tuesday. cnn reports that former vice president biden is planning to attend that service. a floyd family lawyer says he expects the other three police officers in this case to be charged before that funeral. we're hearing for the first time from floyd's daughter and her mother. we'll play you their reaction in a moment. we begin with the coverage with cnn's brynn gingras who is live in new york city with our top story. how have these past hours gone? >> reporter: alisyn, you know what, there was a significant difference. there is some good news there. it does seem that the curfew, the fact that many of the parts of manhattan were shut down,

another group finding themselves pinned in for hours on the manhattan bridge. police using barricades to prevent them from leaving either side of the bridge.ouly 200 arrests, the earlier curfew and a bigger show of police force largely helped keep the peace and prevent widespread looting. that curfew extended until sunday. >> we'll use the curfew as an available tool, bring police department in. >> lapd reporting 100 arrested for curfew violence. in atlanta releasing tear gas on protesters seconds after their 9:00 p.m. curfew. this after officers' body cam shooting stun guns on two african-american college students sitting in a car. two of the officers have been fired. nbc news cannot confirm what happened before the video. >> i'll begin today saying i'm sorry. >> while richmond's mayor apologized while they used tear gas. >> every protester should be allowed to peacefully protest. that's the bottom line. >> in the wake of george floyd's death last week, tuesday was a day of overwhelmingly peaceful demonstrations nationwide. in washington, d.c., calls for peace

after many speakers the demonstrators moved over the manhattan bridge over the brooklyn bridge into manhattan. and they're now gathering on the streets here you can see police officers are whining writing there. looks like they're turning everybody around right now so the demonstration which has come all the way from brooklyn is now being rerouted it looks like back towards foley square. now demonstrations been at the school for the last few days but at least have been. cracking down earlier in the evening to get demonstrators out the streets after reading occurred earlier in the week. there's a curfew coming into fact at about dark but many demonstrators are vowing to continue the fight to continue to make their presence known peacefully until after dark the looting issue has been better since the curfew has been in place there's been more criticism of the mayor. himself has. been trying to back the protesters back calls for reforms but also answer cause for law and order in the city as many businesses have been destroyed it looks like it'll be another busy night for law enforcement and demo

. >> reporter: we have come over the manhattan bridge. we were expecting once we came through, anyone who knows manhattan knows you go through chinatown to go up to union square. this group heard at canal street it was backed up. now they are marching to police headquarters, 1 police plaza. throughout the three-mile walk we took, it was largely peaceful. there was chanting, a few people with spray cans that were u painting colorful language on the side of the manhattan bridge, largely peaceful. now we've heard ramping up of the rhetoric, they've taken the knee. as you see them now, they have hands in the air. there was also a small area that was under construction that we just passed, and there were some people who grabbed some sticks. a few of them were wielded as weapons. they did break a windshield on a police van, but no one was in it. we have seen largely since we came over into manhattan, brian, very little police presence. however, on thursday, there were people who came over to police headquarters here there were some confrontation

movement but the crowd here took off they've march towards manhattan they're going to go over the manhattan bridge into this downtown manhattan and continue these demonstrations and they are vowing to keep this up. indefinitely through the weekend at least in the curfew here in new york will say in effect until monday no signs of things quieting down here in new york just yet kristensen we thank you very much indeed. now more metal fencing has been put up around the white house as protests continue in washington president trump was reportedly rushed to a secure bunker in the white house when a group of protesters hopped over temporary barricades last friday is denied the reports saying he was only inspecting the secure location is also hit out at his former defense secretary jim mattis who cures him of dividing americans in his response to the nationwide protests. of criticism of the president for his threat to send troops on to the streets his top military adviser the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley also released a statement appearing to set out the military's boundaries for eng

tensioions were h high when protestors packed the manhattan bridge facing off against police. they splintered from a larger group demonstrated in brooklyn. similar protests were held across the country. mostly peaceful but some resorting to violence and vandalism. about 1,600 active duty soldiers were flown into bases in the washington d.c. area over the past 24 hours. president donald trump has been calling on governors for a stricter crack down after labeling himself the president of law and order. he tweeted d.c. had no problems last night. many arrests. great job done by all. former vice president joe biden expressed empathy for the peaceful protestors and drew a line between him and his r riva trump. >> i won't traffic in fear and division. i won't fame the flames of hate. i'll seek to heal the racial wounds that long plagued our country a and not use them for political gain. i'll do my job and i will take responsibility. i won't blame others. >> biden paused in person campaign activities after the coronavirus spread throughout the united states. this first major address

very large crowd, i think katy tur saw them on chris jansing saw them that was coming over the manhattan bridge into a standoff with police. what happened as they got into manhattan, they were directed by police in different directions and the curfew sort of ran out of steam. i did speak to a couple of protesters who said they're coming back tomorrow, but they've gone home for the night, brian. >> 10,000 new york city police officers are out on the streets tonight, seemingly just as many new york city police cars. ali velshi with a life report from lower manhattan. >>> i want to play for our viewers an emotional moment that took place on live television earlier today. >> at the end of the day, they get to go home and be with their families. tiana does not have a father. he will never see her grow up, graduate. he will never walk her down the aisle. if there's a problem she's having and she needs her dad, she does not have that anymore. >> this is the first time we heard from the mother of george floyd's 6-year-old daughter, that beautiful little girl we just saw there. it was an urgent reminder

union square here in new york, chris is stangding by there and there was a crowd across the manhattan bridge, toward the plaza and the municipal complex in downtown new york. what's going on right now. >> reporter: we see a lot of the same things that garrett was talking about, which is a lot of protesters, thousands of them, i walked with, from barclay's over the manhattan bridge, to lower manhattan, and started to splinter off. and into smaller groups. what you're seeing now is a large gathering of police officers, many of them have been at various intersections throughout the night, because what had been largely peaceful, especially around lower manhattan and barclay's as well, turned into some confrontations with police. people throwing bottles at police. pem throwing garbage at police. police using their baton to make an arrest. we don't have numbers but we personally witnessed a couple of arrests tonight. we witnessed people clearly trying to incite the police, as they were blocking off parts of the city, as they were standing across some of these lower manhattan intersections. one guy

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both ends of manhattan bridge temporarily blocked i police after the 8:00 p.m. curfew kicks in. defiant crowd trapped into the brooklyn side is reopened. >> what made you want to come out here? >> my skin color. i have seen so many times we take to the streets. i have never really joined, but seeing floyd asking for his mom. >> others defied the new york curfew emerging to the city to protest the -- protest the death ofof georgrge floyd, an african-american at the hands of police. most were peaceful, but there were reports of violence including by some police officers. >> grabbed innocent people for no reason and just started cuffing them, pushing them to the ground. this dude is a journalist. he has a press pass. they pushed him to the ground. >> president trump has threatened to deploy the military and has already called up within 20,000 national guard troops. it is a move that has angered many including former presidential hopeful elizabeth warren. >> because he is wrong. he is imposing violence on our people. people are here to protest peacefully. >> even the pope has spoken

they went over the bridge, the manhattan bridge. there was some disturbances in soho. they made a couple of arrests and then they came here. >> shimon, hold on one second. shimon, hold on one second. i don't want to lose you. the split screen right now, that is lafayette park in washington, d.c. i don't know what that building was that showed all burned out. people were walking in and out. i'm trying get information on this. but this is a park where they have obviously lit a fire there. they're organizing around it. they are chanting. there is no significant police presence there. but this is what we're looking at in washington, d.c., okay? you can see, they've taken police barricades, cruise it to frame in basically an outside bonfire that they have there. and they're feeding it. they're there. no big police presence. no real reporting of any kind of violence. so this is what you're seeing here. in new york city where shimon, my understanding from nypd, shimon when he is not on the street is one of our best crime reporters. shimon, i'm being told if you can hear me as

at the brooklyn bridge and manhattan bridge, they worked on the bridges in the downtown manhattan arearight now, robin niblett with us from chatham house. thrilled to have him with us. i know francine has a number of things she wants to address. i want to address with you the future of g2, g7, or maybe it is g8. i have no idea where we are going, particularly after mr. trudeau's pause yesterday. how many numbers are there with the letter g this morning? robin: that is a good way of putting it. i think this reminds us we have a united states under president trump has never been comfortable , or a trump administration and a president has never been comfortable with the structure of international affairs and international order that the 1945, that itin was out of date and not serving u.s. interests well before he succeeded in getting into the white house. and just as he has rewritten just about every kind of treaty arrangement that existed before he came in, from iran to the double t oh, to the w.h.o.. g20 is too vague and diffuse. countries like germany, japan, canada, for that matter, i

black lives matter protests here in new york city, someone dressed up as spider-man climbed the manhattan bridgeters faced off with police. some were stranded on the bridge between police barricades but we're told things ended peacefully. >>> a marine corps veteran is blaming los angeles police for his injuries in a protest over the weekend. c.j. montano says things got tense when officers arrived. montano claims he was standing between police and demonstrators when bottles were thrown at officers. that's when montano says he was hit by rubber bullets in the stomach, chest and, of course, his face there. >> i'm not trying to go out there to harm anyone or bring a bad name to police officers, but i'm trying to bring good to the people that deserve it. >> he's now out of the hospital and says his vision is improving. >>> and much of the anger among the protesters on the street this week comes from personal experiences of discrimination that hit home including right here at abc. >> during a primetime special last night some of our abc news colleagues shared their own experiences of being black in a

. >> reporter: demonstrators shutting down the manhattan bridge, holding a moment of silence in times square for george floyd. >> oh, my gosh. >> wow. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. >> a giant -- this is very dangerous. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: today, new details about those terrifying moments on a minneapolis bridge when a tanker truck came barreling toward a crowd. officials say the driver likely panicked. he told the governor the crowd moved in to help him. for protesters in boston, another close call as an suv rammed into protesters. >> several people just run over by a car. the front windshshd.>> reporter investigation now under way after a nypd patrol car drove into a crowd behind a barricade. the police commissioner says at times his officers have come under attack. >> it's a very difficult situation without a good ending either way. that is on the heels of molotov cocktails being thrown at police officers. >> reporter: amid calls to end police brutality, disturbing scenes unfolding. this one in seattle. an officer using his knee to pin down a protester until his fellow offic

protesters were stuck on the manhattan bridge blocked on both sides for an hour. some protesters are calling for bill diblasio to resign. looting continued in parts of manhattan but nothing like we witnessed the last two nights which is why the president tweeted this. new york city called out the national guard, the lowlife and losers are ripping you apart, act fast. don't make the same mistake you made with the nursing homes. here's what bill diblasio said about calling in the national guard. >> we do not need or think it is wise for the national guard to be in new york city nor any armed forces. we bring outside armed forces into the equation they are not trained for a dangerous scenario. >> reporter: several more protests are scheduled for later this afternoon. the curfew again still in effect until sunday. todd: thankfully it is much more quiet. over the last 24 hours a lot of new york city businesses look at what happened monday night and tuesday as well. we can't count on the police officers. after macy's was looted, their flagship store at world headquarters

in new york city, protesters got stuck on the manhattan bridge.hey blocked both sides for more than an hour, stretching past the city's 8:00 p.m. curfew. 28 states and washington d.c. activated the national guard at this point. in washington, d.c., mostly peaceful demonstrations heated up yesterday, just after midnight, when protesters attempted to tear down the 8-foot fence at lafayette park near the white house. police using pepper spray to control the crowd. this after the mainstream officers wrongly reported officers used tear gas on protesters monday before the president's walk to saint john's church. they used a form of pepper spray that may produce similar symptoms. nearly 3,000 police -- most arrests happening in los angeles county. the suspects charged with looting, burglary and vandalism according to the la times. los angeles police also arresting a man for allegedly imperson ating a national guard soldier. he was taken into custody overnight along with a supply of weapons after he allegedly tried to join a unit protecting downtown la fr

>> reporter: i'm at the foot of the manhattan bridge on the manhattan side, and about an hour and a half standoff between police and protesters has just ended. i can show you the bridge is now largely cleared. there are police going on to make sure it gets cleared. i was told by a commanding officer, there were up to 2,000 protesters who tried to come over the east liver from prook lynn and were told there is a curfew, you're not allowed to enter unless there's an emergency reason. so the protesters stood there and chablted. large numbers of people came out. if i can have dave turn around. you can see that the police are now following what was a large crowd of spectators. there was an announcement about a minute ago, lawrence, where they said everything's over. the bridge is being cleared. unless you're press, if you are a pedestrian and you don't leave right now, you will be arrested. the show is over. it's time for you to leave. so far i've not seen anyone who has not take than advice. people have been walking down into chinatown and continuing. yes, there's still, as you can see, a la

protesters packed under a bridge that connects manhattan and brooklyn. that later eased. laura ingle is outside saks fifth avenue where they got new measures in place. what are you seeing today, laura? >> they sure do. problemry the most dramatic ones that we've seen in the city. bill, there's as you mentioned been a very big improvement over the last 24 hours and with scenes like this one, it happens, this is saks fifth avenue. they have the razor wire going all the way around the building. plywood. they hired private security guards and as night falls, they brought in dogs last night and will bring them back in again. we're talking german shepherds and pitbulls help guard one of new york's most iconic stores. now, the curfew didn't stop thousands of protesters from marching throughout the city in brooklyn. a huge group of demonstrators tried to make it over the manhattan bridge but were stopped by the nypd, which had cut off access with a line of officers. the people were stuck for hours after being turned around. it was an effective move to lower the amount of people e

doff with police new york's manhattan bridge. and the protesters appear to be leaving the bridge again this this shot is a on the move so we'll get back to one to reestablish is night of protesting once again in new york as the curfew there went into effect it. 8 o'clock east coast time so we're now at 1126 east coast time more than 3 and a half almost 3 and a half hours past curfew so we'll keep you posted there not a ton of violence but we don't want to give you an edge of the so we'll get off a shot right coming up 6 atlanta police officers fired and now charged with excessive force. >>why they say they chose to use a stun gun on this college student over the weekend. and president trump makes another visit to a historic dc church. >>the latest controversy over his photo op in front tonight there is more controversy surrounding president trump's visit to a church on monday. the justice department says attorney general bill barr. >>ordered authorities to clear protesters from an area right near the white house so that the presid

thousands of protesters swarmed barclays center last night, they shut down the manhattan bridge, they were marching from brooklyn over here to manhattan. amid the chaos, dozens were art, including mayor de blasio's daughter. she has been charged with unlawful assembly. she's already been released. the nypd has been responding to videos of protesters attacking police. they tweeted earlier they will not tolerate this type of behavior from agitators who are ruining a meaningful protest. this happens as some officers took a knee next to protesters on sunday in a moment of solidarity, protesters saying this is what they need to see from police officers and you've got to say -- you've got to think that the protesters wee see in those peaceful protests are not the same people that were out looting tonight and in fact my colleague, brian, was here all night. he said he saw multiple license plates that were from out-of-state, connecticut, new jersey, people were grabbing things from stores and then jump into these cars. they were getting on bicycles, they were getting on mopeds and they were g

started as thousands of protesters swarmed barclays center last night and then they shut down the manhattan bridge, marching from brooklyn to manhattan. amid the chaos, hundreds have been arrested throughout the weekend. the nypd responding to videos of protesters attacking police, tweeting they will not tolerate this type of behavior from agitators who are ruining a meaningful protest and this is happening of course as some officers we saw this video, taking a knee next to protesters sunday in a moment of solidarity, testers saying this is -- protesters saying this what is they need from police officers. i've got to tell you, there's no way that the people that were here looting tonight are protesters. i think brian was mentioning even earlier that he saw a lot of license plates, cars -- people jumping into cars and the license plates were out-of-state connecticut, new jersey. people are coming into the city specifically for this, almost like they have a shopping list and taking whatever they can, guys. jillian: it's disgusting to see all of that damage, all of that destruction. and you also have

there were protesters that appeared to be trapped on the manhattan bridge for a while. >> reporter: they were not able to get into manhattan. there were a few thousand of them and they dispersed back across the bridge. i moved over to st. mark's square. there are no protesters left in the street although i happened upon these two who have been protesting for several hours today. what happened when the curfew came? >> when the curfew came, we were all just having fun. we were listening to music. we were jumping around, protesting. people were doing speeches. people were talking about their poems on the -- >> we were all advised to stay together because if we were to separate, that would be easier for them all to get us. i don't know when it took such a turn, but it all started off so peaceful. everything was great. we were chanting, hands up, don't shoot. we kept repeating peaceful protests as we noticed people were trying to loot certain stores. this movement is more than this. like this is not us. this behind us is literally not us. we are just telling people to like hear us out. listen

. >>> new video out of new york this morning, thousands of protesters taking to the manhattan bridge last night, halting traffic there. they were headed from brooke line into manhattan, but they were met by police, and when they turned around, police on the brooklyn side had them surrounded. after a few hours of stand off, police let them leave peacefully. >>> live look from the white hoth inand we learned attorney general william barr gave the personal order to have protesters removed on monday afternoon mont police used tear gas and rubber bullets to get protesters to move. it was to clear the way for the president so he could walk to st. john's church for a photo opportunity. a different scene overnight in the nation's capitol. protesters were near the white house around midnight, but police were not doing much to force them to go home. >> black lives matter! >>> hundreds of people could be seen peacefully protesting on the line where officers stood, and officers took a different approach, letting protesters linger as long as things stayed peaceful. protests did deteriorate overni

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 of l.a. mayor eric garcetti's home. >> and this was the scene in portland. thousands of protestors lying down on a bridge with their hands behind their backs. >> let's talk about portland right now. i'm joined by activist and educator ron herndon. he joins me from portland, oregon. thanks, so much, ron, for being with us. how are you? >> very good. thank you. >> yes. thank you for coming on. we just saw the peaceful protests of people there in port -- portland doing a, you know, a lie down to emphasize, you know, what has happened to people. making it a somber event. we're seeing it heat up, right now, in portland for some r

but protesters also defied the curfew, house to marching across the manhattan bridge from brooklyn but were blocked from manhattan by a large police presence, and eventually turn third back peacefully. we're also learning now details about what went on behind the scenes before police officers and the national guard forcefully cleared peaceful protesters from outside of the white house on monday for that photo op. that president trump could stage a visit to that church. several doj law enforcement administration formers telling nbc news a decision was made late sunday or early monday that the perimeter around the park, lafayette park to be specific, across from the white house, should be expanded. monday night, we saw attorney general bill barr surveying the park, apparently to see what progress has been made pap it was either on his way there or after he arrived but he was told the president was planning to, quote, take a walk. and barr told some commanders that they needed to finish moving the perimeter back. now, police starts firing flashbang shells as we saw. and pushing people bac