and former republican governor, pat mccrory of north carolina. welcome to sunday and a special edition of "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. america is waking up today to two crises. one is so new it's actually called the novel coronavirus. the second, another kind of virus, institutional racism. well, that's been with us for some 400 years. overnight, there were protests in dozens of cities across this country, anger erupting over police brutality toward african-americans. most demonstrations were peaceful. others had confrontation and yes, some violence. a look around the country, from washington, d.c. to chicago to new york to where it all started, minneapolis. this, of course, comes after a black man, george floyd, was killed in police custody. when a minneapolis police officer kept his knee on floyd's neck until he was dead. the officer, derek chavin, has been charged with third degr