elite sports stars entered the protest the arena and be a players from the milwaukee bucks joined a march right. under denver broncos took to the streets to after years of being told to shut up american football player is finally free to speak out against racism. on. a seattle there was panic when a car drove into a black lives matter damage on the coach feared the washed and the driver a marriage holding a gun. he was arrested one man was injured. to a north carolina george floyd's family gathered to commemorate the man whose killing convulsed their country and perhaps to hope that his legacy may be one that changes this nation forever. and for more on this story we have your reporter stacy givens with us here in our studio hi stacey thanks for joining us we've seen 2 weeks after george floyd's death these protests in the u.s. not letting up growing bigger in some cities what are we seeing happening in the u.s. right the host of momentum continuing to keep up i think people are really coming together they see this as a chance to really make systematic change in the united states so that

players from the milwaukee bucks joined the march. and the denver broncos took to the streets to after years of being told to shut up american football players finally feel free to speak out against racism. in seattle there was a panic when a car drove into a black lives matter demo onlookers feared the worst when the driver emerged holding a gun he was arrested one man was injured. in north carolina george floyd's family. gathered to commemorate the man whose killing convulsed their country the lord is present in this thank you and now the public will get a chance to pay their respects in houston texas his final resting place. there let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world now i will start in germany where the defense minister says the u.s. government's reported plans to cut the number of its troops in germany by about a 3rd could weaken the nato alliance on a great come about so she's yet to be informed of the move which would see the number of u.s. troops stationed here dropped from more than 3400

players from the milwaukee bucks joined a march. and the denver broncos took to the streets to after years of being told to shut up american football players finally feel free to speak out against racism. oh. in seattle there was a panic when a car drove into a black lives matter demo onlookers feared the worst when the driver emerged holding a gun he was arrested one man was injured. in north carolina george floyd's family. gathered to commemorate the man whose killing convulsed their country the lord is present in this act with me now the public will get a chance to pay their respects in houston texas his final resting place. or both of demonstrations against racism and police brutality triggered by george floyd's killing has gone global the weekend it reach belgium thousands gathered in the same to the capital brussels on sunday while smaller demonstrations were held in other cities they were not only protesting the problem seen in the united states they're also calling attention to belgium systemic racism and to the deaths of bl

players from the milwaukee bucks joined the march. and the denver broncos took to the streets to after years of being told to shut up american football players finally feel free to speak out against racism oh. oh. in seattle there was a panic when a car drove into a black lives matter demo onlookers feared the worst when the driver emerged holding a gun he was arrested one man was injured. in north carolina george floyd's family. gathered to commemorate the man whose killing convulsed their country the lord is present in this now the public will get a chance to pay their respects in houston texas his final resting place. that would be dr investigation into the situation in china region where researchers estimate that up to a 1000000 people have been detained in so called education camps remote province in china so far northwest is off limits to international media was legally use to make up most of the region's population of long faced repression by chinese authorities including the recent years lengthy prison terms the w.'s investiga

we saw nba players with the milwaukee bucks leading chants a short time ago. >>> i'm joshua johnson. it's good to be with you on a busy day at nbc news world headquarters in new york. it's the 13th straight day of demonstrations demanding sweeping reform in law enforcement. >> good cop, great cops that have help med in situation. you call on the officers. >> there is no justice without police accountability. there is no justice without reversing the disinvestment and instead making significant investments in our black communities. >> it's happening over and over again. my family is black. i am black. to see how all the peopour peop treated is disgusting. >> the demonstrators argues that systemic racism plague. some the the trump the administration says otherwise. >> i do not think we have a problem. do i acknowledge there's some law enforcement officers that abuse their job, yes. we need to hold those accountable. >> say this. i grew up at a time when there was real systemic racism. we need to deal with some of the issues in the police department. it's an easy time to do it. we have

he'll do so likely right behind me here in the pfizer forum where the milwaukee bucks play.was going to be the site of the democratic national convention scheduled in july and moved back to august because of the pandemic. we're told this is going to be lash largely a digital convention. so this is something we're told will be finalized in the next coming days or weeks as democrats plan their convention. an entirely different setup than republicans are doing in jacksonville. president trump has demanded a full arena. that is not the case here. joe biden will be on hand here in this battleground of wisconsin but likely a lot of delegates will not be. we've been talking to so many democrats here this week about just the difference a scaled back convention will mean. we talked to a state rep here in milwaukee yesterday about what he thinks a scaled back convention will look like. >> it won't be the same convention that was at the scale that it was hoped to be. >> you can get through to folks but, you know, going back to the basics means going to those door steps, engaging them w

surprise we had a conversation about where we are and where maybe we were going the owner of the milwaukee bucks. we'll talk nba as well with marc are you there in. >> right here. >> appreciate you coming back. it's interesting we have tom an a day the market is surging. the jobs report is just astounding give me your thoughts on that job reports today and where we're watching stocks trade today. >> i think that was surprising hopefully it continues if you're going to have unemployment coming down, i think that's great i think the next couple of months will be interesting to see what happens on the reopening. if it continues with what we just saw, then it seems like everything will get back to normal a lot quicker than anybody thought especially me. >> you didn't think, i remember having a conversation with you and tom together you didn't think he was right. >> no, i didn't. i apologize. i hope you are right and continue to be right let's wait a couple of o monmons before we make a final decision. >> a good debate is a good debate tom, what do you think about marc's thought >> i agree the time l

the milwaukee bucks organization held its own public protests today. >>still ahead powerful picture behind of hope for change to artists coming together to honor the life of brianna taylor. >>plus as thousands of demonstrators gathered from coast to coast health official >>tonight the coronavirus death toll has surpassed another grim milestone more than 110,000 people in the united states have died from the virus in the bay area there are more than 15,000 confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic started and 461 people have died from covid-19 california has seen more than 130,000 cases and 4600 people have died. >>and more than 1.9 million people in the nation have been infected globally the pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 402,000 people, the cdc is closely monitoring the demonstrations that are taking place across the country there are concerns that the protests like any other gathering where they are. >>there's not a lot of physical distancing. could spur additional coronavirus outbreaks. the cdc is also worried about the use of tear

has from the milwaukee bucks leading a peaceful march to the city on sunday box forward journey to cooper it took to twitter later on to thank the thousands who attended the rally saying the movement was bigger than basketball. new zealand rugby fans have been given the green light to attend games from saturday the country is organizing a 10 week tournament involving 5 super rugby clubs and organizers have just confirmed the no limit on crowd numbers when the highlanders play the chiefs in the naden on saturday elite track and field events are yet serious jeems our athletes in the main sime getting a bit creative being in different countries didn't stop 3 of the world's best decathletes taking each other on in a series of challenges france's world record holder kevin meyer winning this particular event diamond league athletics is set to return on the 14th of august that will be in monaco ok that is how you sport is looking for now and we thank you for that more news in a moment but we will leave you on this news are with a look at how the u.s. protests the playing up online as america and

the nba milwaukee bucks are holding a public protest march in support of social justice.is being attend bid players, coaches, ownership, management and staff. >>> the global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 400,000 today. more than a quarter of those deaths were right here in the u.s. american deaths have now topped 110,000. now with thousands of people gathering for worldwide protest, concern is growing over further spread of the virus. joini ining me now is chief med officer at dillard university. you see what is happening in the streets. we know this virus is disproportionate lly affecting black communities. what is your concern? >> this is a regretful irony because the people that are downtrodden the most, the people affected the most by covid 1, people that are black and brown all over the united states are the ones that have been disenfrn chi -- disenfranchised and need to protest and march. it looks like it will be a possible second wave. it will do more damage to the same population and that's the horrible part of it. >> we have been talking about the pos

and you've got the lakers, the clippers, the milwaukee bucks, clearly the favorite, but you give theis much time to rest up, i like the lakers. >> what's a play-in tournament? >> it's for some of the lower seeds. they'll get like a one-game opportunity. this could be real favor for a team like portland trailblazers to get into that sixth spot, 16 teams, 22 teams or all 30 teams, 22 seemed to be the sweet spot in the middle and the play-in will give outer brackets a shot. >> carson is so good at sports. he does it all. >> no idea what he's talking about. >> good news for our family, megan stackhouse, our v.p. of p.r. and her husband brett welcomed a new baby, mary farrell stackhouse, 5 pounds, 12 ounces, megan had to go out during the protests and during this pandemic, delivered that beautiful baby, brothers clark and hank are all happy. look at that babe. >> isn't she beautiful? it's a family name. she's going to go by farrell. >> oh, i love that. >> welcome to the world, farrell. >> oh, sweet. >> we love you already. >> congrats. >>> we're back with the third and fourth hours of tod