proud retired national guardsmen. our national guard forces remain near and dear to my heart. whenever americans are needed in a time of crisis it is our national guardsmen that step up to that call. i applaud them for their service and dedication. how many national guard troops have been mobilized this month alone? >> when we look at the height around june 6 and june 7 we had over 120,000 and that includes not only the -- 120 thousand national guardsmen, could he tell us about the various mission sets our national guardsmen are involved in? we look at that time flame we have 40,000 working on the covid-19 at the time and we had close to 40,000 with civil unrest and we are mobilized for tropical storm cristobal. we have guardsmen on the andhwest corridor remediation in some states with respect to previous natural disasters and we have many in support day-to-day. if we look at air control alert sites around the nation as well as ground-based midcourse defense -- counting thenly folks deployed, 20,000 at that time. that isst: extraordinary and beyond those missions you listed, t

i wanted to show you a look at the scene right now, the national guardsmen are standing down now, but if we can come off sidewalk over here, how far they push the protesters today. push them down this block here with a line of atlanta police as well as the national guardsmen, and push them to this road here. was a little different than the one we saw last night where the national guardsmen kind of boxed in the protesters, so a little bit different than what we have seen in the nights previous. also, a little bit more of a hectic scene than what we saw last night as well. the crowd thinned out a little bit, but there was a crowd that stuck through the rain here and things get a little bit heated there. 24 minutes into curfew and law enforcement actually started pushing people out around eight or nine or so. a little bit of time to clear out before they started pushing everyone out of this area as well as making arrests here at making their way back after pushing those protesters out. little bit of a different night than what we have seen in nights previous as well in terms of the tacti

some 60,000 national guardsmen have been mobilized. you are taking a look at the right side of the screen, atlanta, a peaceful protest there as people march with signs. atlanta, and other hot spot in recent days as we have seen some flareups in different places around the country. tonight, city mayors are preparing for another night. the governors saying they are preparing for another night of violence. and frankly, talking to different authorities, outside groups that have played a factor and a lot of these places. you are looking again at lafayette park as they are moving. there are some pops, some pepper spray where you can hear possibly teargas. you can see them mounted police there moving people back, perhaps out of the park area. they said they wanted to do that, but i was referencing these outside groups. antifa is one mentioned by the administration and the president. and there have been authorities that say in different cities, they have been placing pallets of materials, flammable materials, molotov cocktails, pallets of bric

and the clear mark of the national guard presence are humvees, 1,000 national guardsmen arriving in minneapolisesterday, really increasing the size of the law enforcement footprint, that's been one of the biggest differences we've seen with the enforcement of that curfew that lasts from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. with that in place, there's been a significant reduction in damage we've seen, just block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood, countless number of businesses damaged, others gutted and burned, will be a long road of recovery for this city however there are still thousands that feel that justice has yet to be served derek chauvin, the police officer seen kneeling on the neck of george floyd was arrested, charged with third degree murder and manslaughter, however three other officers connected to the death of george floyd are not in police custody as of right now. there's been so much tension in this city past several days, we know that fbi tipped off the minnesota national guard there was credible lethal thread because of that alone, national guardsmen were carrying rifles, ammunition at

yesterday, when the president of the united states ordered national guardsmen to use teargas and physical force to clear the streets so he could cross the street to go to the st. john's church and wave a bible, that was a brutal violation of the first amendment. he violated the first amendment to cross the street and violate the first commandment by elevating his political agenda above the lord of the bible. there is violence taking place out there. of course, the best majority of people are not involved in violence, just the way the majority of cops are not involved in police killings and brutality. we are talking about very small numbers of people who are engaged in violence out there. we know a lot of white supremacists have been encouraging people to go undercover and try to act as provocateurs and break windows and so on. i saw footage yesterday of nonviolent protesters apprehending a masked, disguised person who was breaking up the sidewalk to try to create bricks to throw, and they turned that person over to police. it will probably be a long time for they figure out exactly where

the 93rd division was composed mostly of national guardsmen from york, chicago, washington, d.c. and other areas. the 93rd saw extensive combat in france this was primarily due to the fact that it served with the french army, the only american division to be embedded with french army as a result of pershing and the u.s. military not knowing in what capacity to use this particular -- as a result, they had a different military and social experience than other american soldiers, both white and black. despite being essentially discarded, the 93rd division was decorated and garnered widespread praise from their french comrades. the most well known regiment, the 369th regiment was later known as the harlem hellfighters, famous for the jazz band. also the heroics of two soldiers, who on the night of may 14, 1918, repelled a german raiding party of two dozen soldiers. it didn't like that, it was more gruesome. his heroics would become legendary. the battle of henry johnson would be etched into the cash henry johnson would be etched into the memories -- the battle of henry johnson would b

williams: the 93rd was a provisional division composed of national guardsmen. predominantly had one regiment from south carolina. pershing, he promised the french a division of american soldiers if and when the united states entered the war and conveniently not knowing what to do with all these black national guardsmen, decided to give them over to the french. the french happily accepted. so they took on all of the necessities of serving with the french in terms of gear, weaponry, also insignia. pershing at the end of the war, seeing how well they had performed, wanted to get them back in the american expeditionary forces. many of the commanders of those regiments were very hesitant to do that. but eventually they had to return back to the united states, which really kind of speaks to their complicated relationship with the american army in particular. but just with the entire war effort, more broadly. >> our next question comes from the other side of the auditorium. >> i was wondering if you could speak to the connection between the new negro movement and the

some 43,000 national guardsmen are currently deployed across 43 states. that's double the amount at the beginning of this week. >> garret haake in washington, d.c., thank you. >>> and the protests are not just in this country but across the world. richard engel is in london with what is turning into a global movement. >> reporter: around the world the same slogan. with demonstrations today across continents, from australia to south korea to germany and mexico yesterday. people denouncing racism and police brutality. in the u.s. and in their country. among the biggest demonstration in the united kingdom where the march was overwhelmingly peaceful, but there were tense moments near the prime minister's residence. protesters threw bottles at mounted police. >> one of the officers have been knocked off his horse. >> reporter: thedefiance of lock down rules. here in london government officials repeatedly and emphatically urged people not to do this, not to get together because of covid-19 in crowds of more than six people. this was their response. personal tie

reporter: walking around this morning, it appears that all national guardsmen have left .ne day after the largest protest happened. so far today, all is peaceful. it was not case the last week when the army secretary sen said that five national guardsmen were hit in the head with bricks. they will be meeting in the oval office money worth they will take 10000 active-duty soldiers. we will get more outbreak. to reduce stroke risken better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. what's next? sharing my roots. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medic

initial questioning into our national guardsmen indicates that this element responded with verbal and nonverbal signals for the vehicle to stop. the vehicle continued at a high rate of speed. nonlethal weapon -- methods were engaged on the vehicle to again have the vehicle stopped, but it continued at a high rate of speed. at that time, in accordance with the escalation of force, our soldier fired three rounds from his rifle in response to a perceived and legitimate threat to him and the minnesota police officers he was in direct support of. the vehicle changed course and fled the scene. at this time, no injuries have been reported. we have followed all procedures and reported the event to the governor's office and the chief of the national guard bureau. as is required by regulation anytime a service member discharges the weapon, regardless of reason, we have assigned an investigating officer for the incident. week,nally, this specifically this weekend for minnesota national guard has seen the best in the worst of minnesota. we have seen the devastation of community and we have seen g

course of the night and we need to realize that the police officers who were working in the national guardsmen and women who are working hard out there risking their lives trying to protect others we need to realize that when they go to work every day, the members of theiram family have every reason to be concerned all day, every day of what might happen. ... ... he just walks behind them in the car or on the streets, and their life has ended. and then we see the horrifying image of george floyd murder, we have the same fear for people in that situation and the people that they love. in fact no one should live in our society not the law enforcement officers not their families, not peaceful protesters or people who have violated the law but not with the result we saw no arrest you can decide to be the punishing officer as well as the arresting officer. those in power those in power should set an example i talked in kansas city with rick smith bill have a unity march with other leaders in the community and protesters in the community. marching along along with the protesters with chief smith and

you mentioned that we do have a number of national guardsmen are responding for coded 19 -- covid-19. serving in close proximity they should receive hazardous duty pay. i believe they have earned it. so, general health is the national guard plan to address medical issues that come up after the deployment? >> when we look for those on the federal workers would we have done is build in an additional 14 days so they can quarantine or self isolate when they come off of the orders and if they do it in that time we will address them to make sure they get the care they deserve, they and their families. >> thank you very much. in a brief period of time, general, i had a provision to support important work that is being done in the vaccine area some of which is happening at the institute at iowa state university. placed into the senate version which passed the committee last week and for those universities that are already performing this type of work does your project with the proper tools and authority to leverage those universities or do they have to go through private partners clucks >> we

but thousands and thousands of national guardsmen and women. by the way who are also members of the community. many putting on their uniform, dentists, doctors, folks working construction that are part of that group that are participating. and they're making sure we keep the peace and will continue to meet the request we believe of every mayor and every police chief in the state. they've done so, so far and we intend to continue to. >> 's are you waiting for local leaders to ask you for help before deploying more national guard's men or women are are we proactively sending them to places you think they need help? >> you cannot proactively send the men without creating more problems than you fix. if the state of california from the state capital is sending national guard men and women without collaboration and coordination to the mutual aid system, the spirit of collaboration and the county level, and the local level, then that is a recipe for more problems. the process we have today is well-established and very formal. it is a mutual aid proces

. >> 120,000 national guardsmen. can you tell us a little bit about the various missions that the national guardsmen are involved in get close to 40,000 with unrest and we are also also mobilized for a tropical storm at the time. we also have the guardsmen on the southwest border. we have numerous others ongoing. remediation in some states with respect to natural disasters. and then we have the day-to-day if we look at the error control of the sites around the nation as well as the ground-based defense and that isn't even counting th the folks that deply 29,000 at that time deployed overseas in support of the combatant commanders. >> that is extraordinary. beyond those missions that you listed, of course there are others of the national guardsmen have performed in the past. wildfire fighting activities. as governor kin dean stated, ice storms and so forth. so the they do respond to the crisis in the united states. what would our governors do if they did not have the national guard? >> i hesitate to think about that,

s mayor is trying to get a lot of these out of state national guardsmen to go home.he sent letters to the governors of ohio and new jersey yesterday saying that their guard that showed up here in d.c. at the behest of the president wasn't invited by her and wasn't welcome to stay. new jersey's governor said they were getting their guys out this morning. no word yet from ohio. richard. >> thanks a lot, garrett. let's get over to jacob soboroff in los angeles. jacob, protests everywhere in the southland. >> reporter: everywhere, richard. i mean, to try to give you a good vantage point from here, walking into the middle of the heart of the civic center in downtown los angeles. all over the place. this is heading toward city hall here in downtown l.a. you can see the big building there. where there have been over the course of the last weeks congregations, gatherings day after day after day. today the message that was really echoed here after big concessions by the mayor and the city council saying they were going to take 100 to 150 million dollars out of the police depa

i was reminded of that monday as i vizzed our national guardsmen who were on duty monday night e protecting our most aloed grounds and monuments. i'm very proud of the men and nf women ofar the national guard w are out on the streets today als performing this important task and in many ways at the risk ofo their ownr welfare. i've always believed and continue to believe that the ao national guard is best suited p for performingto domestic suppo to civil authorities in these situations. in support of local law enforcement. i say this not only as secretary of defense but also as a formere soldier and ant former member ol the nationalas guard. the option to use active duty rt force in a law enforcement role should only be used as a last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations.te we are not in one of those situations now. i do not support invoking the oe insurrectionon act. >> news reports indicate hat th. president was not too happy wita those comments by his different secretary. >> yeah, that was quite extraordinary. we in the press corp were waiting for esper to come out an

and how many national guardsmen, i heard a figure of 4,000 or 5,000? >> yeah, no, esmae's right.this is where communications and messaging matters. there is a lot of folks that anticipate and know, and i watch, you've got to fill the air space, are kind of commentating and quarterbacking as this goes, and they don't i saw one exactly -- yesterday, somebody -- we had troops down at the armory, and they were warming their engines, a very common thing, and troops are ready to go, and they were just laying on the floor, they got ready to go, that became a political issue that we were not funding the national guard and they needed cots. that's stupid. so i would tell you on this, please know the professionals who know, this is not a switch, and there is no way we will put ourselves in this. when you deploy a unit of national guard, i'll let general jensen talk about this, there are all kinds of structures of support, all kinds of folks who are on the front end, all kind of ways that you can maintain an operation without some of those support elements that aren't directly out there. so

it is a marked difference, wolf, from last fate when there were national guardsmen block access to therea to the access to 16th street over here and behind us. you couldn't really, the movement was so restricted that it really had this look of kind of a militaristic private. today the d.c. mayor murial bowser said she wants all national traps, federal troops from outside d.c. to leave d.c. that means about 4500 federal national guardsmen from 10 different states, the mayor says she wants them out. they are, you know, the d.c. the mayor and d.c. police are testing the faith of protesters. they're trusting the protesters today tonight to be peaceful. that's why the law enforcement has completely withdrawn. you can't even see them, except, wolf, on the other side of that fence where you see a few officers. so hopes are high for tonight to keep it peaceful. >> we'll check back with you, brian todd, near the white house, athena jones just crossed over with a huge crowd from brooke len into manhattan. tell our viewers what you are seeing right now. >> all right. wolf, you are right. we left wh

no national guardsmen were seen around. mayor bowser said she wants the thousands who came ofrom out of town, she wants them out of town. we are told that military have left. they were from ft. bragg and other places. keep my voice down, there is prayer. >> the other day there were national guardsmen shoulder to shoulder blocking anyone going up the stairs. let's go to jim acosta. new barriers to keep protesters further away from the white house. >> reporter: the trump administration is building a fortress around the white house. building a steel wall from pennsylvania avenue to constitution avenue to the mall where brian todd is. that's on top of the fencing around the white house. there remains a militaryized look around the white house. it looks untarian, not like the people's house. and the president says all options are on the table when it comes to dealing with these protesters. that's what the white house is offering up when it comes to talking about north korea or i ran. now they are talking about the people's house

the communities to protest against racism and i also applaud the brave police officers and national guardsmen all across the country who are protecting those who need protecting and reaching out constructively to engage with peaceful protesters. >> for example one of the enormous challenges in the great state of alaska i have been focused on for years is not enough on enforcement particularly in the rural and native communities, dozens of which don't have any law enforcement officers at all. this is a huge problem in alaska that can create horrible situations particularly coming to violent crimes like sexual assault and domestic violence am not a proponent of de-funding the police for something else that is happening at this moment in america our discussions not just in the halls of government but around dinner among families and parents and kids and groups. what can or should be done as an individual individual american level. this is happening by the former boston friend and mentor secretary of state condoleezza rice in the "washington post". i would like to submit this op-ed in the record

todd: the mayor of dc with dozens of national guardsmen from the hotel they were staying between long-term shifts protecting the nation's capital. protesters without curfews carry on through thunderstorm and mourners remember george floyd with tributes. >> he would stand up for any injustice. please say his name. jillian: team coverage coast-to-coast. matt finn, jeff paul monitoring the protests out west but we begin live in new york city. what is the latest? >> it was a long day of protests in new york city that began with a vigil in brooklyn for george floyd. the marchers them making their way across the brooklyn bridge led by harris floyd who denounced distraction caused by buddhist agitators and encouraged peaceful protesters to continue their fight for justice. police protesters tonight, there was a third native the 8:00 pm curfew and more altercations between police and peaceful protesters as they were enforcing the it p.m. curfew, protesters and activists say this 8:00 pm curfew needs to go away because it is causing altercations between police and peaceful protesters and that's not

jillian: the mayor of dc even thousands of national guardsmen from the hotel where they are staying. long shifts protecting the nation's capital, protesters without curfews carry on through thunderstorms and mourners remember george floyd with powerful tributes. >> i want you to know he would stand up to any injustice anywhere please say his name. >> george floyd. >> we have to encourage coast-to-coast, matt flynn is live in minneapolis, mark meredith live from the nation's capital, todd pyro monitoring leftist calls to defund police but let's begin with long green in new york city. >> reporter: it is the eighth night of protests in new york city as tensions continue to rise as thousands defied the 8:00 pm curfew and clash with cops. marchers took to the streets of brooklyn demonstrating new the berkeley center, the scene of much violence earlier this week. it was large but more peaceful protests, similar scenes occurring throughout new york's 5 boroughs is protesters made their way through city streets shatter their mantra black lives matter. after 8:00 pm cops began aggressive reinf

slowly phasing out the national guardsmen.he white house yesterday issuing a strong statement of support for esper after he ended up on shaky ground. on wednesday, he broke publicly with the president saying he did not support the use of active duty troops. that touched off speculation, victor and christi that he might not have a secure place in the administration for long. >> sara westwood, appreciate the update. thank you. >>> there's protesters asking city leaders to defund police departments. they want cities to spend less money on punishment and policing and more money on community services. >> in minneapolis, the mayor responded to the calls for action saying that he did not support the defunding movement. his response was met with this. >> the mayor was booed off stage. his office tells cnn that he is committed to structural reform, but does not support abolishing or defunding the police. an assistant professor of history at emery university in atlanta, also the author of "presumed criminal," black youth and the justice

s mayor is trying to get a lot of these out of state national guardsmen to go home.to the governors of ohio and new jersey yesterday saying that their guard that showed up here in d.c. at the behest of the president wasn't invited by her and wasn't welcome to stay. new jersey's governor said they were getting their guys out this morning. no word yet from ohio. richard. >> thanks a lot, garrett. let's get over to jacob soboroff in los angeles. jacob, protests everywhere in the southland. >> reporter: everywhere, richard. i mean, to try to give you a good vantage point from here, walking into the middle of the heart of the civic center in downtown los angeles. all over the place. this is heading toward city hall here in downtown l.a. you can see the big building will. where there have been over the course of the last weeks congregations, gatherings day after day after day. today the message that was really echoed here after big concessions by the mayor and the city council saying they were going to take 100 to 150 million dollars out of the police department to put it

and the deployment of some of those national guardsmen. it was interesting as we heard the president talk about the turbulent times, for him to fall back on the notion of the importance of institutions in this moment. particularly because what we have seen from the president in recent weeks is what many view as him politicizing the military. the president has come under withering criticism from current military officials as well as those past military and defense officials like the secretary of defense jim mattis who criticized the president for deploying national guardsmen to handle the unrest in lafayette park just over a week ago. the president, though, insisting that institutions will stand the test of time so a very interesting message from the president there, particularly in the face of some of the criticism that he has faced. we did not, however, hear the president address in a more comprehensive manner than we have this national reckoning on racism that this country is facing. the president so far has really avoided delving too de

these are pictures of national guardsmen in philadelphia.e put the chairman of the joint chiefs in charge. the question is, in charge of what. those guardsmen national guard, activated by their governo the governors are the commanders in chief, not the president of the united states. he can federalize them but he hasn't done that. he's also said on that phone call that the world is laughing at minnesota, although it's hard to imagine who would be laughing in a situation like this. arkansas senator tom cotton, meanwhile, called for the 101st airborne to take control, saying the president could use the insurrection act to mobilize th during the rodney king riots. the 101st arkansas, it's interesting cotton used that division, the 101st is what was called in to protect the little rock nine when arkansas wouldn't let them go to little rock high school, marcus, because of the color of their skin. >> part of our history i know well. thank you, scott. >>> across our digital platform we have complete coverage of the protests we've had throughout the

nationwide enter their eighth night and hubs arrested in major cities and more than 20,000 national guardsmenre called in. and how a minneapolis man who lost his business is using the money he raised to help rebuild his community. that is all tonight on the "cbs evening news." >>> the san francisco-based style service stitch fix is moving more than 1,000 jobs out of state. the online retailer is reportedly firing stylists here in california and will hire 2,000 in less expensive cities like dallas and minneapolis. stitch fix says it is offering employees the chance to move to the new locations in order to keep their jobs. >>> the cost of rent across the bay area has plunged over the last couple of months. according to the rental web site, san francisco saw a 9% drop? rent compared to may of 2019. mountain view rent, it has fallen nearly 16%. cupertino there has been a 14% drop. >>> still ahead, as theme parks reopen around the world, a new rule at one that it might be nearly >>> graffiti is removed from the state capitol and the governor had a rag, a bottle of spray and a brush. and in the bay

of these sort of regulars that participated were career army soldiers, you do have a lot of national guardsmenho are coming into the national guard for the first time. lots of college students, lots of young men looking for adventure and a good time. steve: and some down time, including playing with the mascot. julie: the army has dogs. the navy always adopts -- they always seem to adopt animals on the trail. steve: how does it keep them motivated? it seems based on what you wrote in their book, there was a lot of downtime. there was always a train but not always a battle they had to go to. julie: they didn't always have a battle to go to and they spent most of their time training, especially after june. from march to june, they are on the trail actively searching for pancho villa. after that, they really spend a great deal of their time in camp training. and for the national guardsmen, that is true really of the nine months they are there. they do not see action, but they do spend every day usually hiking, doing six to seven miles of hiking a day, doing drills and that kind of thing. steve: i

throughout our communities to protest against racism, and also applaud the brave police officers and national guardsmen all across the country who are protecting those who need protecting and reaching out to constructively engage peaceful protesters. the vast, vast majority of these law enforcement officers are honorable and risk their lives daily for their fellow citizens, and we need to remember that. we are witnessing something that i believe is an important moment, one that has potential to move our country in a direction towards a more perfect union. this moment has promise. senators are discussing with each other what kind of legislative action should be taken. for example, we had a very good discussion on these issues just yesterday led by my friend and colleague, senator tim scott of south carolina. state and community leaders are also having these discussions. of course we're a big country, and what might seem to be a good idea in one place wouldn't be a good idea in some other place. for example, in one of the enormous challenges in the great state of alaska that i've been focused on for year

considerable amount of time with our guardsmen as i went around the city in many locations at which they were posted. i addressed -- i want to address a few other matters. first, national guard forces did not fire rubber bullets or teargas into the crowd as reported. second, guardsmen were instructed to wear helmets and personal protective equipment for their own protection, not to serve as some form of intimidation. third, military leaders, including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff were wearing field uniforms because that is the appropriate uniform when working in the command center and meeting with troops in the street. fourth, it wasn't until yesterday afternoon that we determined it was a national guard helicopter that hovered low over a city block in d.c. within an hour or so of learning of this, i directed an inquiry to determine what happened and why, and report back to me. you have been generous with your time, so let me wrap up by stating how proud i am of our men and women in uniform. the national guard, over the short span of several months, has gone from tackling natural disasters, such as floods, to combating the coronavirus across the country, t

why are the national guardsmen standing there?> i think the concern and you can probably tell from and i will point across the street, but that is ripley. boarded up. you look further down, mcdonald's and 88 are right there all boarded up. so i think part of it is they want four or a five lane road and it gives a chance for looters or anybody to get away quickly. and i also think there is concern this could become a hot spot. this certainly isn't the only spot where they are blocking traffic on the border of hollywood and west hollywood earlier when we were out driving around. it was kind of a similar scene where sheriff's deputies or police blocking off a couple of different walks. so if they do get involved in a chase, they can route them over to here or if they need to bring in a van to move people on to be arrested, that is what they do. it appears that this is a footlocker that they are standing in front of. i don't know, i was in out year the night before, but certainly it looks like wood up in front of the windows there, th

nationwide, at least 23 states and the district of columbia called out more than 17,000 national guardsmen. his brother spoke to crowds. >> if i'm not over here wild enough, if i'm not over here blowing up stuff, if i'm not over here messing up my community, then what y'all doing? what are y'all doing? y'all doing nothing. because that's not going to bring my blower back at a >> alcindor: in some cities, police expressed solidarity with footage on social media showed the moment demonstrators in washington tackled a white man to the ground as he attempted to provoke police. in new york city, demonstrators came head to head with police. and looting disrupted parts of 5th avenue. there was similar trouble in washington, philadelphia and elsewhere. a number of cities imposed curfews. nationwide, at least 23 states and the district of columbia called out more than 17,000 national guardsmen. his brother spoke to crowds. >> if i'm not over here wild enough, if i'm not over here blowing up stuff, if i'm not over here messing up my community, then what y'all doing? what are y'all doing? y'all doing

you have the national guardsmen in los angeles as mayor eric garcetti requested their presence. but you look at the markets. dow jones industrials up 145 points. both the dow and the s&p look to close at their highest levels in three months. for the past few sessions, markets have pretty much ignored the chaos all around the globe, not just in los angeles, and of course, in america. cities around the country are preparing for another night of protesting and potential riots. superimpose that over investors' emotion and how do they separate what's happening on the streets and on their television sets to what their portfolio is doing and what they should do for their portfolio? let's bring in our traders. phil, you guys are experts certainly and tim as well, on how to separate the emotion from the actual moves when it comes to people's money. what advice do you have for investors watching right now? >> you know, sometimes it's very difficult, but what i always tell people is always try to drive looking through the front windshield. don't try to look in the rear view mirror or get t

no menacing lines of officers. .e have seen them drive past saw a truckload of fully armed national guardsmenng in that direction about an hour monitoringhave been what has been going on in the city and so far, there do not seem to be any incidents of violence or ransacking or burning. it is early in the afternoon but i think it is notable that two protests that were scheduled to take place today in l.a. were saidled because organizers they do not want to be joined by people whose intentions do not not want to who do peacefully protest but want to take advantage of the situation. you can hear the chance. -- chants. no justice, no peace. the signs say black lives matter. hear motorist honking to show their support. latest from los angeles. social media has captured thousands of encounters between protesters and looters and police. protesters committing violence while ignoring pleas from black protesters to stop has opened a tense conversation about the role of nonblack people in the movement. reporter: a black woman tried to cry stop to a group of white leaders in oakland but the chaos john te

i asked the mayor what her message is to 200 utah national guardsmen that finished an all-night shift to find out they had to check out of their room a few hours later. >> a lot of these soldiers got off an overnight shift at 10 a.m., they have nowhere to sleep after working all night. >> we have no desire to have any soldier out on the street, but d.c. residents can't pay their bills. so either the department of the army or their home state will have to take care of their arrangements. >> reporter: the mayor's move is being criticized as a political move that's unfairly hurting the troops. utah senator mike lee saying: evicting national guard personnel from hotels after a late night shift risking their lives to protect washington is a shameful, petty, discrediting decision by mayor bowser. if she has a problem with president trump, she should take it up with him, not take it out on the national guard. the housing situation still has not been resolved, they don't know who's paying or where they're staying and they are about to start another overnight shift in just about an hour. while

washingto washington avenue, an unknown vehicle driving at a high rate of speed toward a minnesota national guardsmenhe police counterparts. the why don't i'm rapley poaching vehicle refused to slow down as it approached our guardsmen and our police officers. initial questioning indicating this respondent had signals with >> to stop. the vehicle continued at a high rate of speed. nonlethal methods were engaged on the vehicle to, again, have a vehicle stop. the vehicle continued at a high rate of speed. at that time, in accordance with the escalation of force, our soldier fired three rounds from his rifle in response to a perceived and legitimate threat to him and the minnesota police officers that he was in direct support of. the vehicle changed course and fled the scene. at this time, no injuries have been reported. we have followed our procedures and reported this event to both the governor's office and the chief of the national guard bureau. as is required by regulation any time a discharges their weapon, regardless of reason, we have assigned an investigating officer for this incident. finally, t

>> go ahead, stormtrooper. >>> next to kiki palmer opening up about that passionate plea to national guardsmenera. >> our colleague here at abc implored those guardsmen to leave their posts and march with them. they compromised, taking a knee, but palmer said, that's not enough for me. she was asked about that yesterday on "gma" by our robin roberts. >> i as a citizen want to know what side of history are you trying to be on? is there a person in that uniform? i know there's a person in that uniform. i want to know the people in these powerful positions of saving or taking a life, i want to know they're with the citizens and committed to taking a stand against the system and the injustices. >> well said. the guardsmen explained to palmer they cannot abandon their assigned patrol area. >>> next to a very excellent wish to the graduating glass of the san dimas high school from bill and ted themselves. >> keanu reeves and alex winter who famously were in the 1989 cult classic "bill and ted's excellent adventure" made an appearance during the graduation ceremony at the actual high school. >> we wa

besides local police and sheriff's deputies, there will also be 250 national guardsmen and more than state troopers on standby, just in case. norah. >> o'donnell: omar villafranca, thank you. juneteenth started in texas 155 years ago to mark the end of slavery. tonight, celebrations are continuing with americans demanding racial justice. here's cbs' adriana diaz. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: thousands lifted up their voices in chicago today, many in the memory of george floyd. >> because it was so heart- wrenching and it seemed to resonate with so many people, that there is a new desire to do something. >> reporter: especially on an anniversary like this. >> yes. >> reporter: from oakland... >> black lives matter! >> reporter: ...to the nation's capitol, where a silent crowd kneeled around the martin luther king, jr. memorial. it was a rallying cry for change. >> juneteenth is about a celebration, in part. but also understand that the best, the very best, is yet to come. >> reporter: in galveston, texas, the city where juneteenth started, a somber ceremony replaced the ma

and today we are in the process of calling up another 250 national guardsmen from the -- ne of the 178 battalion, ortions of the 2130 infantry battalion, and from our three and ngs antorius scott springfield teams from those areas to augment, again, local law enforcement throughout the state. two of those units, the one at the 178 infantry battalion should sound familiar as these units one just had a majority of that unit deployed overseas to afghanistan and the other just recently returned. the one at the 178 infantry battalion here in the chicagoland area has a proud heritage of -- of back to the eighth regimen, back being the first african-american battalion in the military. and it's that unit that will respond to the local area, to its neighbors to keep the peace in our community. again, we'll continue to sup pourt local law enforcement, illinois state police. we'll continue to plan along with each of the emergency managers across the state and the local communities and mayors to support a response to this civil disturbance that's currently ongoing. and we just -- i would echo the

places where national guardsmen are operating. also saying he was nots aware of plans to clear peaceful protesters to make way for the president's photo op, which esper joined him for at the church in lafayette square. although he did say he knew they were going to the church, but he says he was not aware it was a photo op. >> let's talk about all this. let's bring back retired general spider marks, boris sanchez, and political director david chalian. spider, if i could begin with you, to jim's point about clearing the way for that photo op, let me, as we play the video for people of what happened, let me quote the defense secretary. quote, the national guard did not fire rubber bullets or tear gas into the crowd, as reported. but what we do know is that the park police used pepper balls. and that is a distinction without a difference. and that is not something the defense secretary said, right? we see it with our own eyes here. >> correct. yeah, the point that secretary esper was making is that within his chain of command, within

learning that just last night there was an arrest of a man who was posing as one of these very national guardsmenaccording to some of the local reports here in los angeles, one of the guardsmen noticed something just didn't seem right, alerted police and the guy was arrested. he also had several guns on them. scary to think that people are posing as people who are here to sort of protect the community, god knows what this gentleman had in mind, but of course all those crimes are alleged until they go through the court system. other than that we have seen various protests throughout the city. not as lively as the last couple of days, but the night is still early. >> laura: jeff, thanks so much. joe biden is finally coming out of his covid-proof bunker to stoke the flames of racial discontent. >> we can't leave this moment thinking that we can once again turn away and do nothing. we can't do that this time. we just can't. the moment has come for our nation to deal with systemic racism. >> laura: so i have a question. joe biden was vice president for eight years. is he saying that systemic racism st

unity.o show po acul days here, the governor has announced they will begin scaling back the national guardsmenhat were mobilized here. alex perez, abc news, minneapolis. >> powerful message from terrence floyd there. thank you, alex. >>> and george floyd will be honored throughout next week. thursday afternoon he's being remembered at a memorial in minneapolis. another is planned saturday in north carolina where he was born. a public viewing takes place monday in houston. his funeral is next tuesday morning, also in houston. >>> so many powerful images that we saw over the past 24 hours or so. even obviously beyond that as well. but especially when you look at what happened in washington, d.c., when you saw what happened in minneapolis, people are saying, we are seeing two different stories there when we see the peaceful images and peaceful protests, but then in washington, d.c., we saw protesters being tear gassed, being pushed back, so that the president could walk over to st. john's church. and this morning he is getting a lot of praise from his supporters. you've got people who are soundin