we had officers and national guard officers -- national guards men and women shot at. we had improvised explosive devices used to injure state troopers, dnr and others. we saw them break into post offices and we saw them try and destroy not only public property, but repeatedly set fires to private property with absolutely no -- i mean this, absolutely no sense that there were people who -- that was not just the -- it was not just the shop, it was not just their business, but that was their home. that's where their sweat and blood and life was based out of and they burned it to the ground with no second thought. we also saw a shift in the numbers last night. as i said, we put together 2,500 public safety folks between national guard and cops and state troopers and everybody else. that is an enormous number of law enforcement people. and we were confronted with tens of thousands of rioters. let me repeat that. that little group that started out embedding themselves into george floyd's memorial service is no longer the little group. it is, in fact, the group that is throw

we are there today with the national guard. we are doing our best to hold that ground well, and to sure that we restore order and clean that spot up to better than it was before, and to continue our efforts to make sure that safety is our paramount concern as we move forward tonight and into the future, and then work together to restore order across the entire city of minneapolis. we had missions other places last night, of course our responsibility at the state capital, and we assisted st. paul with lawless behavior occurring on university avenue with some of our mobile response team assets. one thing i will know is we have troopers in the metropolitan area from all across the state. it was an opportunity we afforded the governor to make a staffing boost within the purview of the executive branch and within the ability of the state patrol to do on short notice. i applaud those who responded from across the state, who came maken unknown period, to minnesota a safe place for everybody. thank you. before we take questions, and we

not being stopped by national guard. keeping an eye out just to see, but there is not any police or official presence around, rachel. >> we will stick with you, ali, over the course of this hour. keep us apprised my friend. ali in the streets of minneapolis right now. i want to bring into the conversation right now the mayor of the great american city of st. paul, minnesota. mayor carter, born and raised in st. paul, served on the city council and elected to the city's first african-american mayor three years ago in 2017. mr. mayor, it is an incredibly difficult night in your city. thank you for taking the time to be with us for a couple of minutes. >> thank you so much. it is an incredibly difficult week. it is an incredibly difficult year in our city, in our country right now. >> let me ask you about the immediate situation on the streets right now. you and your fellow mayor of minneapolis, mayor frey, announced curfews today, that would have gone into effect within the past hour, and should have kept people off the st

where's the national guard? where's the national guard. over the next 24-48 hours, work with us to get the situation under control. and i want to talk to those mayors up 24/7. it's not about calling out someone. it's about an issue that is figuring out how we get there. this has been building for decades. this flashpoint came to us. and it happened in the middle of n unprecedented global pandemic. how are we going to be seen by the world in the coming days and seen after that. how are we going to respond to one another and then what are we going to do about it. and again, if i were everybody in these communities listening, i would say i'm going to believe it when i see it. the first task is get civil control back, get justice moving quickly and fairly and start talking about together how do we rebuild and rebuild trust in the police and rebuild the stores and rebuild a society, how do we send that to the world that sees us for so many positive things that we need to recognize this is what they are seeing. we need to take a hard look and fi

national guard. you as a former advisor to dhs, what are your thoughts on the national guard's involvement and their working with local law enforcement. >> there are going to be some local jurisdictions, policing jurisdiction needing national guard's help. as far as the relationship between the national guard and local police departments, it's quite exceptional. you see the national guard play a role in national events and participate in training exercises. you see the national guard participate in inauguration security. and we see the national guard playing a role in major airports and cities after 9/11. including new york city. while a city like new york doesn't necessarily need the national guard for this situation based on their numbers. most of these smaller police departments will. i think it's a good idea. they have police powers. they can make arrests. they can serve in a side by side function with the police authorities. rick: you have to be like so many americans disturbed by what you are s

when you have the full mobilization, how many national guard troops are you willing to invest? how many have you asked for? this might be a distinction between when you are in the guard and ready to deploy. >> we have approximately 13,200 minnesota guardsman. all are not qualified to be deployed because they have not completed basic training or military operational skill training, but when the governor tasked me this morning with full mobilization, the expectation is that every soldier and airmen, regardless of military job, is available for this operation. at this time, i don't have a number to give you. top end, as i mentioned, 13,200. the bottom end is where we are right now, 2400. it will be between those numbers as we work through this. thank you. reporter: [indiscernible] gov. walz: yes, that was going back to an early question. the question of the president offering that. they put their 82nd airborne on readiness. i spoke to the president himself two days ago. i have spoken twice with secretary esper and joint chiefs of staff millie along with the guidance of general jens

where is the national guard? where is the national guard? over these next 24 to 48 hours, work with us to get the situation controlled. i want to talk about those mayors who are up 24/7 in minneapolis and st. paul. it's not about calling out someone on lack of leadership. it's about an issue as it developed in all of us figuring out how we get there. it's volatile. it's been building for decades. this flash point came to us i know what are we going to do about it? it happened in the middle of an unprecedented global pandemic. he gives us the chance. we are going to get to pick our paths quickly. how are we going to be seen by the world in the coming days? how are we going to be seen after that? how are we going to respond to one another? and what are we going to do about it? again, if i were everybody in these communities listening, i will say -- i'm going to say "i'll believe it when i see it." the first task at hand is to get civil control back. get justice moving quickly and fairly and start talking about together, how do we rebuild? how

nor yet have the national guard back inside the park.assed here a little bit chris, going to keep moving back. but we've got gas cannisters, pepper spray. police are trying to disperse the crowd that's been out here -- first six hours of the day, peacefully but the situation has changed here. trying to keep on the edge here, not get caught up in anything. even more unsafe than this. chris. yeah. definitely getting the pepper spray experience now. tony, stop here if we can. see what we've got here. in the same boat. park police, get a shot across the park, tony. park police trying to maintain this barricade all night long. think of this as northernmost end of the white house complex. that's how it's been treated all night long by park enforcement. protesters and police have coexisted reasonably well along that barricade all night but as things have escalated, protesters getting more and more aggressive along the barricade, park police apparently had quite enough of this. [ no sound ] >> we seem to have lost audio now with our crew there.

where is the national guard? where is the national guard? so over these next 24 to 48 work with us to get the situation controlled. to talk to those mayors up 24-7. someone about calling out on lack of leadership. it's about an issue that developed and figuring out how get there. this is volatile. this has been building for decades. his flash point came to us and now what are we going to do about and it happened in the iddle of an unprecedented global pandemic. so it gives us a chance. we're going to pick our paths here.uickly how are we going to be seen by the world in the coming days? seen e we going to be after that? how are we going to respond to another? and what are we going to do about it. gain, if i were everybody in these communities listening i would say i'm going to believe it when i see it. task at hand is, get civil control back. quickly, andmoving horoughly, and start talking about together, how do we rebuild? in the e rebuild trust police? how do we rebuild those stores? society?e rebuild a how do we send that space to the wor

it's not always the national guard. in this case it is the national guard. the reason why it is negotiated with the national guard is to make sure we have the capability to do the mission that's being asked. so yes, we are always in support of the local leadership. the local civilian leadership. i have no authority to self deploy the minnesota national guard anywhere in the state. i have no authority whatsoever. and so i follow exactly what you laid out. civilian leadership, civilian elected officials make the request and then we work with them. if i'm not accomplishing their task and their mission, i risk failure of mission. i also risk the chance that i might break the law. right? i can't just march my soldiers down into minneapolis and say this is what john jensen believes we need to do. that's not how our government works and that is not how our military responds to the civilian leadership. what you asked that is exactly right, that is exactly how it is supposed to work. [indiscernible] gov. walz: i think that is a question you will have to ask mayor fre

national guard is ready to open. shannon: we follow breaking news out of minneapolis as unrest ranges across the city for a third day. officials warn the third police precinct could explode after people protesting the death of george floyd set it on fire. rob: on the streets of minneapolis, the national guard now on the ground. >> reporter: we are not far from the police precinct building that was evacuated because looters entered and tried to set it on fire. you see some of the national guard is activated and they are doing their best to maintain calm and peace. across the city there is an alarming and disturbing level of looting and destruction going on, we are seeing cars on fire, we can hear gunshots near and far and the air is thick with smoke, all types of fires raging around us. the national guard and authorities are trying to maintain order but in many places there is lawlessness as riders roam free. the minnesota national guard tweeted we have activated 500 soldiers to surrounding communities to protect life

the national guard as well as the police just moved back just gave up the entire street again to the protesters they're now streaming into ward precinct 3 police building which was set ablaze last night and all the other buildings this on this intersection 500 meters down the street protesters heading like yesterday this direction again state troopers and national guard retreated to a woods and that's where i'm wearing this helmet of course exchange of tear gas maybe even rubber bullets fired by the police 1st up before they retreated but now as you can see maybe one. open flow for protesters and they're all heading to where everything culminated yesterday in a fiery fiery riot disaster for. steffen does it seem like this move from the police and the national guard is taking the tension album of the situation it doesn't look particularly tense behind you what does it feel like on the ground it. you know it doesn't look tense right now a 15 minutes ago i can tell you it was rather tense when we were setting out for this live shot here. national guard and police put their gas masks on

minnesota public safety and minnesota's national guard are gearing up. we are getting bigger, and we are changing hour approach intolerable, and we are coming to stop it. anyn't want anyone to make mistakes about that. we will make sure that those folks that come out today, that want to mourn mr. lloyd's passing, that their rights are, in fact, protected. in fact,ters are, trampling on those rights by making it too dangerous for good people to speak their minds, and we cannot as a community, we cannot as minnesotans, we cannot as members of the twin cities community, tolerate that. so you can expect to see law ,nforcement, the national guard state, county, and local and lockstep tonight, preventing, responding, rescuing, and repelling attacks on our businesses, on our personal safety, and on the personal liberties of the twin cities area. , i want toe introduce general jensen of the minnesota national guard. >> i don't think i could speak the 4ny more passion than gentlemen that just spoke in front of me, so what i will do is give you a quick update on h

national guard. you as a former advisor to dhs, what are your thoughts on the national guard's involvement and their working with local law enforcement. >> there are going to be some local jurisdictions, policing jurisdiction needing national guard's help. as far as the relationship between the national guard and local police departments, it's quite exceptional. you see the national guard play a role in national events and participate in training exercises. you see the national guard participate in inauguration security. and we see the national guard playing a role in major airports and cities after 9/11. including new york city. while a city like new york doesn't necessarily need the national guard for this situation based on their ill. i think it's a good idea. they have police powers. they can make arrests. they can serve in a side by side function with the police authorities. rick: you have to be like so many americans disturbed by what you are seeing out there tonight. >> let's start at the begi

that is the national guard. and the group that shot into the crowd we were in were minneapolis city police. here we go. we've got more coming down the road. typically we wouldn't move out of the way for this sort of thing because we're not on the road, so we let them go. but this is exactly what happened two hours ago. we were literally standing there, police pulled up, got out of their car assumed a position in front of the crowd and started firing. so everybody is a now a little bit skittish what happens when police come. they spent three days not getting into a confrontation with protesters. that's a firecracker. not getting into confrontations with protesters. the police did go up on the roof and fired tear gas and flash bangs into the crowd, but there seemed to be some deliberate strategy not to actually engage with people where not necessary. yesterday you had protesters coming right up in their face and criticizing and getting up in their face and they didn't do anything about it. something changed tonigh

this photo showed the ground in front of taylor hall where the national guard turned and fired. it does not show evidence of anything thrown at the guard or anything they would have -- that would have put their lives in danger. as they would later testify at the civil trials. i show this because when you look at a photograph sometimes you look at what the photographer intends for you to see. what is of interest. in the first photograph, you see the guns pointed in the air, the bayonets, people looking. if i go back you will see what i mean. when i talk about somebody -- maybe i'm not in the right spot. there's a guy right there, getting close to looking at me in my direction. as i looked around from my crouched position, i spotted john cleary lying wounded on the ground just to my left and a little behind me. he was at the base of the metal sculpture in front of taylor hall. i couldn't tell if he was dead or alive. cleary was lucky. he survived a shot to the chest. the first time i saw this photo was more than a week later on the cover of "life." someone from "life" called me a w

riot police in minneapolis ready to confront a community that fails it's been betrayed national guard soldiers have also arrived in the city requested by a man who's under pressure to bring the violence under control this was a police station in flames on thursday night as anger directed at those who swear to protect and serve escalated the. not far away more burning shops looting and violence protests have spread across the united states in denver demonstrators echoed the demands for justice already heard in los angeles and new york anger over the treatment of african-americans by the police is new but it is very role right now. in louisville kentucky the death of george who it has reopened old wounds with protesters demanding justice for an african-american woman who was shot dead by police 2 months ago. it is this video of the last moments of george floyd's life a police officer kneeling on his neck that's driving the outrage floyd's family the city's man and national politicians are calling for the officer to be charged with murder we did see a murder on t.v. and it wasn't self-de

more than 500 national guard troops made their way to minneapolis.he governor calling for protesters to end the destruction and helplessly rebuild. jillian: colin kaepernick has spoken out against the protests. todd: carley shimkus is here with reaction. carley: san francisco 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick made his first statement on the death of george floyd, taking to twitter saying when civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction, the cries for peaceful rain down and it will land on deaf ears because your violence has brought this resistance. we have the right to fight back. rest in power george floyd. he also retweeted a video showing the minneapolis precinct on fire as riots turn violent. what happened with george floyd is a disgrace, protesting violence is comprehensible but doing so with violence by destroying property does not better the circumstances. hunter writes america was literally created by riots and revolution. i'm with colin kaepernick, william saying this look like a war zone, not an american city. george fl

or i will send in the national guard and get the job done right. of course, the national guard had already been ordered in, not by the president. he then says these thugs are dishonoring the memory of george floyd. cnn's josh campbell is in minneapolis. i spoke with him by phone last hour. >> there were a number of protestors that gathered outside this precinct. precinct 3 is the name. just not far from where the death of george floyd occurred, which we know was the african-american man who -- that dramatic video that we showed before, showed him on the ground with a police officer with his knee on his neck. he later died. that's obviously been the subject of a robust investigation by local officials, as well as the fbi. but it's that incident that has now sparked such outrage here, in this community, leading to a number of protestors gathering outside this police station. what started as peaceful then turned into a very confrontational situation, where you had protestors outside who were throwing rocks at the police station. we did see a number of

it is not always a national guard in this case. it is a national guard. the reason why it is negotiated with the national guard to make sure we have the capability to do the mission that's being asked. yes, we are always in support of the local leadership. i have no authority to self-deploy the national guard anywhere in the state. i have no authority whatsoever. so i follow exactly what you laid out civilian leadership, elected officials make the request and we work with them. if i am not accomplishing their task and mission, i risk failure of mission. i risk the chance that i may break the law, right? i can't just march my soldiers down that this is what john jensen told us what to do. that's how how we respond to legitimate civilian leadership. what you asked is exactly right. that's how it is supposed to work. >> it happened at 10:30 and why were you not called until midnight. >> i have to ask mayor frey. >> the commitment to hold the third was not one that i felt comfortable with and it is one that we discussed during the day. >> the potential of the

are a few reasons why the national guard is so important for this type of incident, the national guard works for the governors and offers under state authorities, it has arrest authority as opposed to our active duty brothers and sisters in the first marine division for the 82nd airborne and they do not have authority and is very important that the national guardsmen and women can arrest these looters in these rioters in support of the police. in the other key things, they train for these types of things, we trained for natural disasters, we trained for supporting major events like inauguration and we trained for support to these types of civil disturbances. that is important as well, here's the most important piece, national guardsmen and women are from the community, they have civilian jobs when they're not in uniform, they live in those communities as opposed to active duty from all over the country and live in the basis, these men and women go back into the cities and go back into those communities at night, there was a famous incident in the baltimore riot and i am a member of the

we currently have created a request for the national guard to substantially increase the number of national officers that would be available. we have reassessed our strategy in terms of our ability to mobilize mobile forces that have been affected in moving against a armed and more entrenched group of protesters and what i would really operate and say more that they are entrenched group of rioter's. we had officers who had been injured and none seriously at this point. but we have not given up our efforts to try to clear the streets and we will not give up the efforts to clear the streets. we are committed to restoring order in minneapolis, helping st. paul, maintain order. were getting ready for what we believe will be one of the largest crowds that we have ever heard and that we recognize that we will be at the center of a come out not just a statewide event, not just a national event, but what is now looking to be a international event tomorrow. in that same area that we're holding right now in the area around nicollet and lake. at this time, i ask john jensen and national guard to provi

that is the national guard. and we've seen -- the group that shot into the crowd that we were in were minneapolis city police. all right. here we go. we've got more coming down the road. typically we wouldn't move out of the way for this sort of thing because we're not on the road, chris, so we let them go. but this is exactly what happened two hours ago. we were literally standing there. police pulled up, got out of their car, assumed a position in front of the crowd, and started firing. so everybody is now a little bit skittish about what happens when police come. i will tell you they spent three days not getting into a confrontation with protesters. that's a firecracker. not getting into confrontations with protesters. and even at the point where the protesters moved in on that third precinct, the police did go up on the roof, and they fired tear gas and flash bangs into the crowd. but there seemed to be some deliberate strategy not to actually engage with people where not necessary. yesterday all day, you ha

we have created a request for the national guard to substantially increase the number of national guard officers that would be available. and we have reassessed our strategy in terms of our ability to mobilize mobile field forces that have been effective in moving against what is now an armed and more entrenched grouped of protesters, and what i would really operate and say more that they are an entrenched group of rioters. we have had officers that have been injured. none seriously at this point. but we have not given up our efforts to try and clear those streets. we will not give up our efforts to clear those streets. we are committed to restoring order in minneapolis, helping saint paul maintain order. and we're getting ready for what will be one of the largest crowds that we have ever heard and recognize we'll be at the center of not just a statewide event, a national event, but what is looking to be an international event tomorrow. in that same area that we're holding right now in the area around nickolett and lake. i'd ask john jensen, minnesota national guard, to provide his comm

they created a request for the national guard to increase the number of national guard officers thatould be available that we reassessed our strategy in terms of mobile field forces, more effective in moving entrenched group of protesters, the we would operate and say more with this entrenched group of rioters. we have not given up efforts to try to clear those streets, in minneapolis, helping st. paul, we are getting ready for what will be one of the largest crowds we have ever heard, we will be at the center of not just statewide event, not just the national event but an international event tomorrow in that same area we are holding right now in the area. at this time i asked general john jensen for his comments. >> good morning, major general john jensen, adjutant general, i would like to cover some quick operations we are involved in in minneapolis. we currently escorted and are supporting three minnesota -- minneapolis fire department teams on fires, chicago, lake, and 30 first street. so we continue our support to the minneapolis fire department that began yesterday. we have 100

and the national guard all started moving backward. they walked backward for well over a mile or mile and a half as far as i can see. at one point, they stopped and sort of did running battle with the protesters with tear gas, and the protesters just did not pull back. i had a mask, but the protesters didn't have masks. they just stood there and stood there and kept on moving forward, and eventually the national guard and the police have dissipated. they walked down major stretches of the city all the way to downtown, from south minneapolis into downtown. there are crowds of people assembled including just beyond this bridge where those lights are. various parts of the city, there are groups that have assembled. but the idea of a curfew, i can guarantee you because we've been on the streets since the curfew began, is not in place. for whatever reason, and we do not know whether, brian, this was a strategic decision on the part of the national guard and the police and the mayor, to say let's dissipate the crowds or whether the protest o

that could be up to 10000 soldiers i was just reading from a press release from the national guard itself i think you know earlier today i was at a meeting in power home which is a little neighborhood park right opposite lake street. residents were really preparing to guard and not only businesses but their homes and neighborhoods and so i think. you know. some people said that they think that things will calm down but i don't think that people are taking any chances thank you very much alison herrera for that update from minneapolis thank you. u.s. president donald trump spoke earlier about the protests and said he is prepared to deploy the national military. we get our military there very quickly we got a result we got it. they got it back. but before he found it a lot of radicals there before they got in the car here's john going now to watch your great war. yeah we knew that was of course before he went to the launch of the space x. from cape canaveral let's bring in mike hanna on what trump had to say mike is joining us from washington suppose the question mike is whether the

there's national guard at the courthouse. someone's going to have to come up with something that sounds like an explanation about what's happening. the idea that the fbi is involved in this, the minneapolis bureau of apprehension, the county attorney as you said, the local police, nobody seems to be able to take all of this evidence that has come together in three videos at a minimum but there are more when you look at all the surveillance video. there's a lot of story there. and someone's got to explain what's going on. i don't think that what i saw tonight was a -- it was a powder keg. and i don't think it can withstand another full day of non-answers. and that earlier press conference today was remarkably unsatisfying for people. again i don't know what us j tis looks like. i'm not an investigator and i don't know whether murder charges are appropriate but something has to lookic loo it's happening when the country sees a video of a man who was in the word of a man on the chris jansing show narrating his own death on video

jacob fry gets his act together to get the city and the controller i will bring in the national guard to get the job done right. the mayor firing back. >> donald trump knows nothing about the strength of minneapolis. we are strong as hell. we better be sure we are going to get through this. >> he says this is the most difficult thing the city has ever gone through. >> twitter flagging donald trump's tweets about the minneapolis rights. jillian: the president signed an executive order cracking down on social media censorship. griff jenkins live in washington dc with continuous online battle. >> reporter: twitter pump the bear flag in the president's tweets. overnight a few hours ago they are escalating. this feud flagging and placing a violation notice before you can view the president's tweet late last night about the violence in minneapolis. here's what you will see if you go to it but notice it says this tweet violated the twitter rules about glorifying violence. twitter has determined it may be in the public interest for the two remain accessible. this is the president's tweet, you

howard: the national guard? in terms of the national guard, the repercussions for the national guard was they went to trial twice. i was a lead witness at both civil trials at the courts. i was on the witness stand for three days, advanced all my photography. the first time, they actually were convicted, but then, it was thrown out and appealed. so then they had a second trial. that was in 1978. and i was on the witness stand. and then, after my few days, they got the second witness up there. and just, while he was up there, the judge came out and said we have reached a conclusion. the government and the court had agreed to a settlement with the guard writing a letter of -- they did not want to say it was a letter saying they were sorry, it was a letter saying they wish it could've been handled a different way. the judge awarded the plaintiffs $650,000. the reason for this was, dean kahler, who had been wounded and paralyzed from the waist down, he did not have a rich family and he is still paralyzed. so they ga

you can see behind me a convoy from the national guard. they have been out throughout the night patrolling certain neighborhoods as the governor said yesterday residents here will be seeing a show of force, overwhelming force in his words. we're seeing that as they move throughout the streets, checking on certain neighborhoods. they've been protecting firefighters who were battling didn't blazes that were set. i want to show you something real quick. we are at the 5th precinct here of the police department in minneapolis. what we see today that was different from yesterday, you see this fortified -- these barricades outside. razor wire is here that was put up. this was the scene last night of a clash between protesters and police officers. some of it turning violent as police threw projectiles at the cops. you can see some of this equipment brought in to keep them back. we know days ago the 3rd precinct near where george floyd was taken into custody by police officers and then later died, that police department was set ablaze, so they don'

but those are the national guard troops the governor is talking about he's talking about adding about a 1000 more of them and it's clear there just wasn't enough security here we watch buildings be looted we watch numerous buildings be set on fire we saw. demonstrators protesters call them what you like throwing up barricades between them and the police and we saw a confrontation between a number of demonstrators and state police with guns that shot rubber bullets and ended with tear gas so security has has been a problem here and you would think that after several days of is it would not be a problem but they've had trouble figuring this out apparently the national guard are moving behind us. so security has been a major issue tonight and it's especially important that this happened on the 1st night of the curfew curfew started at 8 pm it's been several hours since then and as you can see there a lot of people out these guard troops are still working and there are fires all over this part of south minneapolis. john i mentioned earlier has been an arrest and a charge of the police off

that has never been taken in 164 year history of the minnesota national guard we will pull in assets as we have been doing and for those minnesotans who are wondering where are the fire trucks where are the police that are out there the situation was so broad and the tactics were so bent on causing destruction that every single person we had mobilized again the largest in state history last evening was engaged in that the police officer at the center of this has been charged with george floyd's but up but it's done little to calm the situation as john hendren reports. a curfew in a murder charge against a police officer failed to bring calm to minneapolis. the city's new curfew beginning 8 pm some protesters responded by setting buildings on fire hundreds of others continued to peacefully protest the death of a black man george floyd after his arrest by a white policeman. officer gary children who was fired shortly after floyd's arrest on monday has now been charged with his murder but it's made little difference on the city's turbulent south sun. demonstrators defied the curfew and

mayor breed says the national guard is standing by to help if needed.enes playing out, our sky ranger in emeryville where protesters torched vehicles at best buy and dozens of people broke in and walked out with merchandise from uniqlo, best buy and other retail stores. several cars driving up, dozens of people jumping out and stealing items. >>> target announcing it's closing several stores until further notice because of looting. the oakland target is one. this is video of some of the damage -- shattered windows, shelves and racks empty. nbc bay area's melissa colorado tweet this had video and said the vandals started a fire, set off sprinklers, drenching everything in water. business owners in oakland are looking at what's left after protesters left a trail of damage. business owners telling us they will not stop providing for their community and will not stop spreading positivity in this dark time. oakland mayor libby schaaf condemns the destruction. >>> 6:29. coming up on "today in the bay," americans launching into space for the first time in nine

a mayor asking for national guard assistance after resisting using troops. in the nation's capital, protest once again in front of the white house defined a president's claim on twitter that protesters can face vicious docs as they crossed the fence. in an extraordinary move, the pentagon says it's ready to provide military support should minnesota's governor request their assistance, so far he has not. chris: matson reporting for minneapolis, thank you. joining us now minnesota's attorney general keith ellison, attorney general, over the last five days, we seen rioters on minneapolis burned down the police station and force the national guard to retreat and loot neighborhoods, on saturday here's what attorney general barr had to say. >> groups of outside radical agitators are exploiting the situation to pursue their own separate and violent and genda. >> do you have evidence that people outside of minnesota whether it's far left extremist or white supremacist that outsiders are hijacking these riots and minneapolis?

we also have heard the national guard is being called in. do you think the national guard can possibly be deployed in the bay area? >> at this point i will say no. the local agencies with mutual aid are able to handle it. with what is going on in southern california, they requested 2 national guard military units which is about 125 members. we have to understand the state the national guard is different than active duty military. the navy marines are not allowed to carry weapons on domestic soil. what they do, the guard which is a offshoot of the military. there operating under the authority of the governor. we heard the mayor request for the governor. assistance for the national guard. they will be on in about two or 3 hours. they are trained in this type of thing. just another personnel poll. it is more folks to be able to deployed to the hotspots. helping lapd and the agencies. it is a great resource to have.>> any final thoughts? maybe people who were taking part in this protest. i do want to make that clarification. you believe there ar

>> we have mostly seen the national guard. i saw the national guard throughout the night and into the early morning hours, and they were doing a fine job of making this line of defense for the fire crews to put out fires. but i have not seen, personally, a lot of local police. i don't think our crews have seen a lot of local police throughout the past 12 hours. >> harris: yeah, that's interesting. matt finn, thank you very much. meanwhile, twitter is flagging one of the president's tweets today on the minneapolis protests. saying it violated the site's policies on glorifying violence. the tweet reads this way. "these thugs are dishonoring the memory of george floyd, and i won't let that happen. just spoke to governor tim walz and told him the military is with him all the way. any difficulty, and we will assume control. but when the looting starts, the shooting starts. thank you." with that, a flurry of response. not just from twitter. kristin fisher is live at the white house with more. kristin? >> harris, the white house is s

also, the national guard is assisting, the entire national guard in the state has been mobilized and helping the efforts here. there was a very strict perimeter around the city last night, into this morning. major thoroughfares, highways an roads were closed and that apparently helped as well. so this morning, the sun is up. there is a lot of damage. there's a lot of debris and unfortunately there's a long road ahead in the city but perhaps this is an indication that law and order is being restored. griff: all right, matt. it's good to see you behind you there some actually cleaning up efforts it looks like going on, another sign that perhaps they're going to turn the tide here. thanks, matt. pete: but also a sign as matt said last hour that the bar is very low. you're not cleaning up that debris if you don't allow that precinct to be taken over in the third district which was really a catalyst across the country, when mobs see that law enforcement is incapable -- again, this is not on the police attempting to quell the riots. they want to do their job. you have in the case of minnes

great job by the national guard. no games!" and the president has come under fire for a number of tweets that he sent related to this protest, including in particular one invoking the images of vicious dogs, threatening that if protesters had breached the white house complex, they would have been met by vicious dogs and weapons. that has been met by criticism, including from the mayor of washington, d.c., who said the images of vicious dogs, those bring back painful memories for the black community, victor and christi. >> all right, sarah westwood, always good to see you. thank you, sarah. >>> the likely democratic nominee for president, joe biden, is talking about the violent protests. he says that protesting brutality is right and necessary. this is part of the statement. he writes, "these last few days have laid bare that we are a nation furious at injustice. every person of conscience can understand the rawness of the trauma people of color experience in this country, from the daily indignities to the extreme violence like

perhaps thanks to the national guard and national guard at least here in minneapolis said they are herest fire crews. and just to give you guys an idea some of the devastation and destruction left behind. looters and rioters throughout the night were smashing glass, smashing businesses. looting businesses. starting all types of fires. a lot of devastation and damage left here in the aftermath of these riots throughout the night. and we saw people, you know, smashing windows with bats, trying to get into banks. looting stores. stores that have been pretty much emptied there were cars on fire. fortunately right now as the sun has risen, it seems like some of the more violent demonstrations have ended and now unfortunately authorities are left to do a lot of clean-up and still putting out fires in this area. brian: hey, matt, i don't know if you worked 24 hours. i don't know if you had a chance to talk to mike t tobin or othe. word is reporters on the scene no law enforcement no, sirens. even on day three they acted as if seemingly like this whole riot thing and the unrest catching them by

national guard is sent into the city bangor spills over into violence following the death of a black man in police custody earlier this week we'll go live to minneapolis for the latest also in the program u.s. president takes aim at social media with an executive order challenging their legal protections. currently social media giants like twitter receive an unprecedented liability shield based on the theory that they're a neutral platform which they're not. interested in the water comes as twitter begins fact checking trump's tweets but it's likely to face stiff legal hurdle plus france puts its face in a voluntary track and trace the diploma as it relaxes coronavirus prescriptions but critics say the app has major short poems. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the national guard has been deployed to the u.s. city of minneapolis on a 3rd straight night of unrest angry protests have spilled over into violence and looting they come in. response to the death of an unarmed black man in police custody earlier this week the city's mayor has called for criminal charges to be

the national guard part and national guard part guard has the. job to secure perimeter so just seconds ago before we started our life so with you guys yes there were national guard humvees and troops right a year securing the perimeter and if you look further walk behind me the next line is police and in all fairness those guys are a little nervous too it's not every day that you have to clear protesters from our existing curfew i think so we got the taste. a little bit of being back and coming our way but everything is fine and i just wanted to share that with everybody this is the reality here in minneapolis right now police is organized and determined to enforce this curfew with the help of the national guard and that's what they're doing they as i said half designed zones which they work through clearing those zones of protesters who would not obey by the curfew. steffen since you have pain in minneapolis it seems like there's been a building on fire and trouble is being not too hard to find as you've moved around to not all those hotspots ho

they will have the national guard out in full force. here is the mayor. >> this is no longe -- no longet verbal expression. this is about violence and we need to make sure it stops. we are in the middle of a pandemic. we have two crises sandwiched on top of one another. reporter: the blame has come shown outsiders. the public safety commissioner says the violence is not over. he says losing a police precinct emboldened the rioters. there will be an early presence. last night they weren't out until well after midnight. a minimal police presence. dana: steve harrigan, thank you. the national guard is beefing you have its presence in the twin cities and the largest mobilization in the history of minnesota. the governor talked with the secretary of defense about the potential deployment of more troops. reporter: there are 13,000 soldiers in a fully mobilized minnesota national guard. the governor said he spoke to the defense secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to discuss options. >> they were able to provide their intelligen

great job by the national guard."w, of course, the president has sent a number of tweets like this, going after protesters extensively. he spent a lot more time criticizing those demonstrators than the police officers who killed george floyd, so that is just a juxtaposition that we've been seeing in how the president has talked about this, victor and christi. >> all right, good to know. sarah westwood, thank you. >>> the likely democratic nominee for president, joe biden, is now speaking about the violent protests. he says that protesting brutality is right and necessary. >> in a statement, he writes in part, "these last few days have laid bare that we are a nation furious at injustice. every person of conscience can understand the rawness of the trauma people of color experience in this country from the daily indignities to the extreme violence like the horrific killing of george floyd. we are a nation in pain, but we must not allow this pain to destroy us. we're a nation enraged, but we cannot allow our rage to cons