for my part i view andre perry to's "know your price" as exceptional in andre perry's already rich and competent of compendium of work. he deserves our highest praise for this tremendous achievement. with that a brief reminder that we are recording and streaming this life. if you would like to ask any questions throughout the event please send them to us by email, events@brookings.edu or through twitter using the hashtag now your price. let me turn the floor to andre perry who will introduce today's panel. congratulations, it is a huge contribution to america, thank you. >> guest: thank you for that inspirational introduction and thank all of you for joining us today hopefully from the comforts of your own home. i obviously didn't plan to release the book in the middle of a pandemic but apparently there is never a bad time to publish on racism. i had grand visions of speaking directly to live audiences, big critics, signing books, and hugging attendees. instead i've been forced to develop a special relationship with zoom. you can stay connected while being socially distant in spite of

and now you're taking on another iconic role "perry mason."s pretty huge. and i remember it. and i remember it being on i don't necessarily remember watching it. i remember kind of someone would always confess in the stand. you know, i have very hazy recollections of it. but i remember kind of the kind of enormity of the show. it was big it made an impact. >> seth: and this is sort of an origin story take on it. this is not sort of the raymond burr courtroom "perry mason." this was before that >> yes, which was one of the great attractions for me because i was very intrigued first of all when they said, oh you know, they are going to remake "perry mason" you go, ooh, who's going to remake "perry mason" and i found out it was hbo, you kind of know it's going to be hbo-ified. so, i was very interested then and then, team downey, robert downey jr.'s sunsan downey who is a one of the producers on it, i met with them for the pitch and one of the first things they said is, "we're going to do the origin story." and i thought, oh, that actually is nov

and with perry being the alpha male, i gravitated towards him. i played sports, and that connected us, and brought us real close. i'm going to try not to be sad. this is a lot harder than i thought it would be. ( applause ) i just remember just all of the memories, man. so more than anything, i just want to say thank you to him just for being there, just being a real genuine person, just being loving and caring and somebody i can count on, no matter what. we didn't have much, but coming up, my grandmother tried her best, and wherever she slakd he picked up for me and made sure i had sneakers and clothes, and a lot of stuff like that. i appreciate that. i'm going to end it with a funny story about he was the biggest lebron james fan. and i remember-- i don't know if you griez familiar with the n.b.a., but when the cavaliers, they came back on the golden state warriors in the finals, and i remember the very first phone call, and i told him, "look, man, you too happy. you sound like you won the championship." we laughed about it. he said, "man, you

we have lost cal perry's mic. we're going to get that fixed, and i'm going to start with jonathan lemire. cal, can you hear us? all right. we're going to get that fixed. we're going to start with jonathan lemire, who just posted a story with this headline. "trump comeback rally features empty seats, staff infections." take us through what you're reporting. >> as you know, nicolle, the president has forged forward and ignored the health warnings of his own experts and state officials and local officials in oklahoma by having this rally tonight. he and his campaign really deemed it sort of their comeback rally. it's his first one in more than three months. they wanted this to be a real political show of force. they wanted his supporters to turn out, turn out not in a soci social distanced manner. though masks were handed out at the entrance, my colleague says anyone is barely wearing them. this is supposed to be reassuring to republicans who are nervously watching the president slip in his race against his democrati

i'm going turn to cal perry. the president saying in his speech tonight that the protesters kept people away. what's the ground truth there? >> reporter: yeah, that didn't happen. you have a small contingent of black lives matter protester ♪ you see them here and they're completely outnumbered by trump supporter ♪ around 4:30 local time they shut one of the entrances to just move the crowd back. that was the only thing that happened. again, if you wanted to get in and had a ticket, the police were actually filtering you have out of the crowd. but what you're seeing now is a total and complete powder keg. sooner or later this is going to go south. you have people verbally facing off. and around the outer perimeter you have well armed individuals, people carrying rifles. there they are right there. and so it is a microcosm of what we have in america, where serve splintering into groups. and in a place like oklahoma where there are guns everywhere, sooner or later all the elements come together in these street corne

he's just in this new "perry mason" remake that's on hbo.o see you >> jimmy: you look great, bud. come on. i'm so happy you are here. >> oh, i have been so looking forward to this. >> there's somebody i want to introduce you that's really wanted to meet you for a long time >> oh, is it gary? >> jimmy: yes! gary >> yes, let me see him oh, my god >> jimmy: up, up, get up come on. yeah >> i finally get to meet him her. >> jimmy: this is her. this is gary >> oh god, she's gorgeous. such a gentle soul wonderful. does she make many appearances while you are at home? >> jimmy: she made a couple and it kind of went to her head a little bit she got really - >> a diva? >> jimmy: yeah total diva but she already has a painting by you on our wall >> i know. that's what spoils her you should never have done that [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all right, gary. you can go now you can go good job >> how old are your kids now >> jimmy: winnie is seven -- winnie is six about to be seven next month, and franny is five they're really cute. they're really cute. yeah -- i

nbc boston's perry russom is with us. perry, i've been trying to track the progress of this moving protest. am i right that they are headed to the statehouse? perry? it's brian williams, can you hear us? >> reporter: brian, we're at the statehouse right now, we've been here the last hour. the violence has been going off and on like a switch here. it was off, and it looks like it's about to be turned back on as we have boston police on their motorcycles coming face-to-face with protesters. yes, i can hear you, brian. can you hear me? >> yes, we're operating on a long, long delay. but go ahead, please. >> reporter: brian, can you hear me? yes, so like i was saying, the violence has been going off and on like a light switch here. right now we are seeing boston police going face-to-face here with some of the protesters here. we are on a longer delay, as you're mentioning, because there's so many cell phones out here, thousands and thousands of people made the walk from roxbury, massachusetts, nubian square that was newly rena

as long as i'm breathing, justice will be served for perry.usin to many, spiritually grounded, an activist. he always moved people with his words. the officer showed no remorse for watching my uncle's soul leave his body. he pleaded many times just for you to get up, but you just pushed harder. why must the system be corrupt and broken? laws were already put in place for the african-american system to fail. these laws need to be changed. no more hate crimes, please. someone said make america great again, but when has america ever been great? [ applause ] those four officers were on him for nine minutes and none of them showed they have a heart or soul. this is not just murder but a hate crime. i have memories from my uncle. that is all i have, our memories. i still can't pull myself together. i believe my grandmother was right there with open arms saying "come home, baby, you shouldn't feel this pain." my most favorite memory of my uncle was when he wanted me to scratch my head after a long day of work. we even created a song about it called "

the chance to say good-bye to perry while he was here. but philonise floyd knows that his brother will be remembered to the world as george floyd, a name that has now taken its place in history and philonise floyd asked the democrats and republicans at today's hearing to recognize their place in this history. >> george's name means something. you have the opportunity here today to make your names mean something, too. if his death ends up changing the world for the better, and i think it will, then he died as he lived. it is on you to make sure his death is not in vain. i didn't get the chance to say good-bye to perry while he was here. i was robbed of that. but i know he's looking down at us now. perry, look up at what you did, big brother. you changed the world. thank you for everything, for taking care of us while on earth, but taking care of us now. i hope you find momma and you can rest in peace with power. thank you. >> power. george floyd's power is already changing policing in america faster than anything ever has. yesterday at his

they all meet and they all go down to perris island, and typically they stay together. so what i'm saying is when i was in boot camp although it was in south carolina my colleagues were all new yorkers for the most part. different areas of new york but all from new york city. so there's a different understanding of human beings from new york than there was in the deep south. >> that's what nyc, new york city representing american politics even now. >> right. the last melting pot we've got in this country. >> so please tell me about the scene you first saw when you landed in incheon. how was korea, how was the landscape, how the city, how was people? >> there were no high buildings. there were -- we didn't see people. we landed by landing craft wading up to the beach in water above our hips. and when we got on the beach we were trucked out and away. and i think we went up to kimo initially by truck and from there to one of those mountains. >> one of those. how was people? what did you feel about the korean people when you saw them first? >> we didn't see very many korean

perry look up at what you did. big brother. you changed the world. thank you for everything, for taking care of us while on earth, but taking care of us now. i hope you found mama and you can rest in peace with power. thank you. >> thank you, mr. floyd. venita gupta is the president and ceo of the leadership conference on civil and human rights. >> all right, everyone, you're watching the judiciary committee hold a hearing there on police brutality. you just heard what i would describe as a very emotional plea from the brother of george floyd, excuse me, philonise floyd, giving a very powerful opening statement there and putting the onus on those members of congress to bring about a change to honor his brother's life. some very powerful words talking about how he called his brother perry and as i said, saying he's looking down now after changing the world and bringing about a much needed call for action. he said it was painful for him to watch that video and see his older brother as he called him, a gentle giant, begging for his life and still callin

i didn't get the chance to say good-bye to perry while he was here.hat -- but i -- but i know he's looking down at us now. perry, look up at what you did, big brother. you changed the world. thank you for everything, for taking care of us on earth. for taking care of us now, i hope you found mama and you can rest in peace with power. thank you. >> thank you, mr. floyd. vanita gupta is the president and ceo of the leadership conference on civil and human rights. ms. gupta previously served as acting assistant attorney general at the department of justice and led the department's civil rights division. she received her j.d. from new york university school of law and her b.a. from yale university. ms. gupta, you may begin. >> thank you, chairman nadler. mr. floyd, thank you for being here today and for those incredibly powerful words and we are so sorry. chairman nadler, ranking member collins and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today, and thank you, chairman nadler for calling this hearing on policing practices and the

i called him perry my mom wanted to name us after our siblings. t rathaised .m a loter >> we are hearing from a number of george members. we hav h frohiunge is outside at theou cn. scene where many paying their respects. ja: what is remarkable is how george floyd is beingleshed nut as a real person, a a large family, had people who loved him. is it's to the essence of what i am hearing from people at this -- this gets to the essence of what im hearing from people at the memorial. this is about another african-american man who died at the hands of police in america. that is why he has become a symbol of ae ana symbol of a global protest. a call and a cry that things have to change. because of the global outcry, things might change in america. peedrtosedthe three w menavho hg and att an officer charged with murder, charged with kneeling on his neck, asphyxiating this site. i am at a place are informally gatheringo pay tribute to george floyd, to say his name, to say to gim -iif -eartand s.>> this is of the first events to ta place with the private funeral taking

i called him perry. we happened to share the same middle name for some reason. growing up, i'm a lot younger than him, but my grandmother raised me. i didn't have a father figure present in my life, so i grew up in the same house with them and my uncles were more a father figure than -- and with perry being the alpha male, i graph talted to him. coming up, i played sports. he did. that kind of connected us and brought us real close and we tried not to be -- this is a lot harder than i thought it would be. i just remember -- i just remember all of the memories. more than anything, just thank you to him for being there, being a real genuine person, being loving and caring, someone that i can care on no matter what. we didn't have much, but coming up, my grandmother tried her best and he made sure that i had sneakers and clothes and a lot of stuff like that and i appreciate that. and i'll end it with a funny story. he was the biggest lebron james fan and i remember -- i don't know if you guys are familiar with the nba, but when the cavaliers, they came back on the

nbc's cal perry is in louisville for us now. he's been there for more than a week.al, i got to tell you, we were all in some rough spots a week ago. you look like you were in a war zone. >> reporter: yeah, this was a war zone, this square. the thing that made it a war zone were snipers on the roof, national guard coming through the square and life gunfire. here's the difference. you want to know why it's peaceful now? that's why. the local police are now engaging with the community in a way that is totally nonviolent, completely non-threatening. the national guard has disappeared, and it's allowing people to do this march and do it peacefully. this is now day nine. i would echo what chris jansing has said, that if you question people's dedication to what's happening out here, people are tired, they are hot, but they are still here. you mentioned of course breonna taylor. she is the person that people are rallying behind. today we saw people making giant birthday cards for her. as you mentioned, yesterday would have been her 27th birthday. we saw this beautiful momen

perry you've been a target for your civil rights activism by law enforcement for many years what do you feel is motivating the rise in the violence of these attacks on protestors citizens journalists legal observers and now it seems that as we learned earlier to be old white 75 year old man by law enforcement why is the violence rising amongst police. well here we are at this point near 0 with the theater of losing power is the sole reason why we've seen such early resistance to calls for justice now the idea that america's traditional principles and values are rooted in the. leadership and dumbbells with the entire court which say. we are getting exactly what we pay for. 2015 said we want someone who's going to run this country like a business well we're in a business right now and they're not pretty at all you know that it's most certainly isn't. and with the arrest of the 4 officers involved and the taking down of confederate statues and monuments across the southern states there are many of the mainstream there now expecting to see these protests and marches in but that's not exactl

let's start with nbc's cal perry and morgan chesky. both are on the ground for us.al, let's start with you. where are you, and what do you see? >> reporter: hey, joshua. we're just sort of outside that outer perimeter of the bok arena. as you said, that black lives matter group has been sort of circling the arena for the last four to five hours. they have finally pushed off to greenwood.

nbc's cal perry is in louisville for us now. he's been there for more than a week.i got to tell you, we were all in some rough spots a week ago. you look like you were in a war zone. >> reporter: yeah, this was a war zone, this square. the thing that made it a war zone were snipers on the roof, national guard coming through the square and life gunfire. here's the difference. you want to know why it's peaceful now? that's why. the local police are now engaging with the community in a way that is totally nonviolent, completely non-threatening. the national guard has disappeared, and it's allowing people to do this march and do it peacefully. this is now day nine. i would echo what chris jansing has said, that if you question people's dedication to what's happening out here, people are tired, they are hot, but they are still here. you mentioned of course breonna taylor. she is the person that people are rallying behind. today we saw people making giant birthday cards for her. as you mentioned, yesterday would have been her 27th birthday. we saw this beautiful moment wh

digan su nombre >>> gracias >>> (aplausos) >>> soy brander williams, sobrino de george, le llamaba perrynombre medio a mi me tocó george cuando estaba creciendo me crió mi abuela yo no tenía una figura paterna y estas fueron las figuras paternas de mi vida yo practicaba deportes y estábamos muy conectados esto es más difícil de lo que pensaba estoy tratando de sobreponerme a la tristeza son tantos recuerdos más que nada quiero darle las gracias por haber sido una persona genuina, por su amor, por ser alguien en el que podíamos confiar, no tenemos mucho pero me buena hizo lo posible se aseguraba tuviese ropa y zapatos yo lo agradezco voy a concluir una historia él era mayor al mirador de lebron james y cuando los cavalier vinieron a la final con los warrior recuerdo que en la primera llamada le dije que parece que hubiese ganado el campeonato y sabes cómo me siento por lebron pero cada vez que hablamos le decíamos cómo está? estás bien? y él decía que se sentía como subiese ganado el campeonato y eso quedó como un chiste entre nosotros siendo un hombre fuerte, viendo a la gente unida, con

cal perry, and he is covering louisville.es, and garrett haake in washington, d.c., also hit with projectile live on tv over the weekend. i was just covering the protests, you were navigating covering policy, things the white house was doing and the protests. i want our viewers to take a quick look at this. then i'll talk to you on the other side. >> reporter: this is an extraordinary escalation on the streets in front of the white house. in the last 15 minutes mounted police are coming down the street. you will see them now using flash bangs in front of them and mounted police to clear what has been an entirely peaceful protest. not 98%, not 99%, but 100% peaceful protest here tonight. no throwing of water bottles or objects. a short time ago mounted police officers began clearing the street. >> and subsequently garrett, you got hit by something. how do you manage the idea you were covering a protest and covering the action of the police and national guard who you and all of us are depending on for our own security in some c

tyler perry. tyler perry. thank you, tyler. are encouraged by our presence here today and i know that in the not too distant future, they will express their love and gratitude in a more formal manner. let us now take in notes from the life of our brother rayshard brooks. let us hear from the ministry of music and then we will come again and open the book and offer words of this ♪ ♪ it's just me and you ♪ i feel so lost ♪ because i don't know what to do ♪ ♪ now if i choose ♪ the wrong thing to do ♪ i'm so afraid ♪ afraid of disappointing you ♪ oh please talk to you ♪ and your guidance ♪ ♪ and especially today ♪ when my life is so crowded s♪ ♪ my hopes and dreams ♪ i'm fading fast ♪ i'm all burned out ♪ i don't think my friends think of that ♪ ♪ i'm crying out ♪ crying out to you ♪ oh ♪ i know that you're the only one ♪ ♪ who is able to to be true ♪ though i know i need often you ♪ ♪ and asking for your guidance < musical notes> ♪ especially today ♪ when my world seems so crowded, lord god ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ that's why i open up < musica

perry, detaching from the guard to join the colour party.e has drawn his sword to protect the colour. escort to the colour. to the colour, find centre, slow march. colour party stepping after tune escort to the colour, ready to carry out the ceremonial heart of this event. the trip the colour through the ranks. this serves the purpose, notjust of the ceremony of trooping the colour, 18 soldiers making up the body of the parade. the new guard in the castle for the next few days, under the guard of the ensign billy richardson. just to underline the pride of the family and the regiment. this is definitely billy's moment and his parents and all his many moment and his parents and all his ma ny followers moment and his parents and all his many followers will be looking with a mix of pride, joy and some nerves in equal measure. escort to the colour will advance, right turn. escort to the colour, three turn. guard, slow arms. the colour party now rejoining the guard, ready for the second royal salute of this event. guard, royal salute. present arms

gi -- calip perry. give us a sense of what's going on here. >> reporter: i'll show you where police are facing off with demonstrator demonstrators. black lives matter pushed their way to one of three entry points into the trump rally. police moved them back slowly. now we're in this very weird, very strange standoff. add to that, if you want to enter the rally now, you have to go to the far side of the street. the photo journalist is going to show you that spot. you have to walk down that sidewalk and tulsa police are trying to sift out who are trump supporters and trying to get to the rally and who are protesters. add to that, a few minutes ago the police announced this is now a federally protected zone and they issued an instruction, a warning really, that anyone who has a firearm needs to leave the area. i bring that up because we have seen here, joy, the far right ring extremist white armed movement whose stated goal is to prepare for or push for a second civil war. police are making another announc

nbc's cal perry has been there for a little more than a week. we were all in some rough spots a week ago. you looked like you were in a war zone. >> reporter: yeah, this was a war zone, this square. and the thing that made it a war zone were snipeorrs on the roof and national guard coming through. the local police are now engaging with the community in a way that is totally nonviolent, completely nonthreatening. the national guard has disappeared and its allowing people to do this march and do it peacefully. this is now day 9. i would echo what chris jansing has said if you question people's dedication to what's happening out here, people are tired, they're hot but still here. you mentioned, of course, breonnna taylor. she is the person people are rallying around. today we saw people making giant birthday cards for her. we saw this beautiful moment where thousands of balloons were released into the sky and we saw local authorities taking part in that. now, we're still waiting for the investigation into her death. the fbi has taken over that inve

and we are looking for cal perry, our reporter on the ground there. do we have cal?y, nicolle. you got me? >> i got you. what's going on? >> nicolle, can you hear me? cool. listen, i'm not totally sure. i'll let mark just -- yeah. yeah. so there was some popping sounds. the police moved in, in force. they were nowhere to be found during the speech. they moved in, in force. it sounded like they fired some of those little pepper rounds. people started running down the street. they've slowly made their way back. now, what's happened is this long line of police cars, as far as the eye can see. and there is a police line forming. it's not clear who they're separating out. still, not clear what those popping signs were, again, though, i am 99% sure it's those little pepper ball rounds. and now, the police have moved back. just hang with me, nicolle. there is some chanting going on. so this is, now, this black lives matter group that's been working its way around the arena. has worked its way back here and, again, is start ting to fa off with the supporters of donald trump

june 9th 2020, as george perry day in the city of houston. to god be the glory for the good he has done. ♪ >> two god be the glory. but the devil means great evil. this is a celebration today. we celebrate the life of a man who has been here on this earth and god has used him in his death to make change. god blessings to all of our dignitaries. mayor turner, you are. amen. amen. the program calls for, i believe there is a video montage. we thank god for the young lady who put this together, these videos. somebody is still celebrating. for the things he has done. ♪ oh, yeah. ♪ this is the video artist who has put together this montage. i want to ask the members of the family who are going to come up and speak at this time if you would please make your way to the stage. as they come up, there is a tribute to being sung that will be sung by r&b artist ne-yo. and then another musical selection. my soul has been anchored in the lord. mr. michael todd. god less you and family come up as we are ready to receive you. ♪ my world needs you right no now

to do what perry always would have done. to take care of the family and others, i could not take care of george the day he was killed, but maybe by speaking with you today, i can make sure his death will not be in vain. to make sure he is a more than another face on a t-shirt, more than another name on a list that will not stop rolling, george always made sacrifices for our family and he made sacrifices for complete strangers. he gave the little he had i was reminded of that he called all the officers, sir, he was mild mannered, he did not fight back, he listened to all of the officers. the man who took his life, who suffocated him for eight minutes and 46 seconds, he still called him sir as he begged for his life. i cannot say the kind of pain you feel when you watch something like that. when you watch your "big brother", who you looked up to your whole entire life die, died begging for his mom? i am tired, i'm tired of paying the pain you feel when you watch something like this. when you watch your "big brother" who you lo

that's nbc's cal perry in downtown tulsa. we'll check in with you later on. >>> tonight president trump slammed progressives for wanting to tear down confederate statues. it is another effect of the protests following the killing of george floyd. lower tolerance for the symbols of america's inequities and those who benefited from them. but confederate statues are not the only things changing as we grapple with the legacy of slavery. american staples including aunt jemima pancake mix and uncle ben's rice are in for some big changes after they perpetuated cultural stereotypes for generations. joining us now is rich benjamin, a political analyst and the author of "searching for whitopia: an improbable journey to the heart of white america." good evening, rich. thanks for making time for us tonight. president trump said this evening they want to demolish our heritage so they can impose their new oppressive regime in its place. what do you make of that in comparison to not only what black lives matter protesters have been calling

george perry floyd, known as perry by his love ones.hilonise was testifying wednesday before the house judiciary commitittee, as s momm for defunding the police grows amid nationwide protesests over floyd's killing by mininneapolis polilice. for morere on the mass uprprisig engulfing the u.s. and what protesesters are demanding now,e go t to los angeles, where we're joined by y robin kelley, professor of african a american studies at ucla who studies social movements. author of many books, including "freedom dreams: the black radical imagination." professor, it is great to have you back with us, especially now. i mean, just in the last hours, you have the icons of thehe confederacacy being tumblbled throughout the united states. yet president trump financing he is giviving his first cacampaign speech in months in tulsa, oklahoma? the site of one of the worst massacres of blacack people in ,.s.s. history? on juneteenth june 19? this in the midst of this global uprising.. talk about this s moment we aree in. >> thahat is a slap in the fac

cal perry is in louisville. what more do we know about this shooting and has that man been identified yet? >> reporter: we don't have any details. it's one of the things that gets to the core of the issues here in louisville. there are so many shootings here. there are so many police-involved shootings here. and the community feels like there is rarely justice, there are rarely investigations, and very rarely do they find out what actually happened. the body of the man shot is still across the street where you see the riot police have set up. on this side of the street, you have a very upset, a very traumatized west side of louisville. i'm going to let this breathe a little bit, so you can hear what's happening. >> fight for us! help us! >> reporter: you add to the emotion. this is an open-carry state. people are very upset here. i don't know how else to report this story, craig, other than to tell you in the last three nights there have been multiple shootings each night. on thursday night in the protest, seven

as long as i'm breathing, justice will be served for perry.rge floyd. he was a brother, uncle, spiritually grounded in activism. he always moved people with his words. the officer showed no remorse while watching my uncle's soul leave his body. he begged and pleaded many times just for you to get up, but you just pushed harder. why must this system be corrupt and broken? laws were already put in place for the african-american system to fail. these laws can be changed. no more hate crimes, please! someone said make america great again but when has america ever been great? those four officers were literally on him for nine minutes and none of them showed they had a heart or soul. this is not just murder but a hate crime. i share happy memories of my uncle. that's all i have, are memories. i still can't pull myself together to how he was calling my grandma name. i believe my grandmother was right there with open arms saying come home, baby. you shouldn't feel this pain. no one should feel this pain. my most favorite memory of my uncle was when he

i called him perry. to name all of us and coincidently i ended up with george. growing up my grandmother raised me and i did not have a father figure in my life so he groped same house with them and my uncles were more of a father figure in my life but peary, i gravitated toward him. coming up i played sports. he did. it connected us and brought us real close. this is harder than i thought it would be. i just remember -- i just remember all the memories so more than anything i want to say thank you to him for being there and being a real genuine person. loving. caring. someone i could count on no matter what. we did not have much but coming up my grandmother tried and wherever she slacked, he picked it up. he made sure i had sneakers and clothes and stuff like that and i appreciate that. i'm going to end it with a funny story about -- he was the biggest lebron james van and i remember and i don't know if you're familiar with the nba but when the cavaliers came back with the golden state warriors in the f

i didn't get the chance to say good-bye to perry while he was here. i was robbed of that. but i know he's looking down at us now. perry, look at what you did, big brother. you changed the world. thank you for everything. for taking care of us on earth, but taking care of us now. i hope you found mama and you can rest in peace with power. >> philonise floyd was one of half a dozen activists speaking on that hearing on law enforcement accountability. it came as house democrats are closing in on the votes that they need to pass sweeping police reform legislation. just last month movement on the issue seemed completely impossible. but given the outpouring of grief over george floyd's death and the tidal wave of protests that we've seen from coast to coast, it seems like now might be the moment to actually get something done on this issue. even senate republicans led by south carolina senator tim scott have begun drafting their own police reform legislation. scott's bill would among allocate funding to promote the use of police body cameras, set up a national police commission

>> cal perry until the greenwood district. let's go to another part of tulsa, where morgan chesky is. and, morgan, before i get to you, i want to play this sound byte from governor kevin stit of oklahoma, who did his best to defend the president's rally. take a listen. >> if you want to wear a mask, we want you to do it. if you feel safer at home, we don't want you to come to that rally. but we -- we -- if you do feel okay, we want you to come to the rally and have a good time. we're going to be very savofe. and we think it's the right time. my question back to all the folks who say you shouldn't have a rally, when is the right time? >> now, morgan, a couple of developments just in the last few hours. they've rescinded a curfew that the mayor had put in, when the president requested that rescinding. and i guess the -- the final -- the supreme court and the state decided they weren't going to intervene. so the rally's going. what kind of crowds are you seeing? >> well, chuck, those crowds are growing by the hour here near downt

to do what perry always would have done. to take care of the family and others. i couldn't take care of george that day he was killed, but may be by speaking with you today, i can make sure that his death was not in vain. moreke sure that he is than another face on a t-shirt, more than another name on a list that won't stop growing. george always made sacrifices for our family. officers all the "sir." he was mild-mannered. he didn't fight back. he listened to all the officers. the man who took his life, who suffocated him for eight minutes and 46 seconds, he still called him sir as he begged for his life. i can't tell you the kind of pain you feel when you watch something like that. when you wash your big brother, who you looked up to your whole entire life, die, die begging -- i'm tired. pain.red of pain you feel when you watch something like this. when you watch your big brother who you looked up for your whole life die, die begging for his mom. i am here to ask you to make it stop. stop the pain. stop us being tired. george called for help and he was ignored.

i called him perry. we had the same middle name for some reason.g up, i'm a lot younger than him, but my grandmother raised me. i didn't have a father figure present, so i grew up inif the same house with him. with him being the alpha male, i graduated gravitated towards him. he played sports and knew that connected us and brought us close. this is a lot harder than i thought it would be. [applause] i just remember all of the memories and i just want to say thank you for being there and a genuine person and being loving and caring and someone i could count on no matter what. we didn't have much but coming up, my grandmother tried her best and he would make sure that i had sneakers "-end-quotes and a lot of stuff like that. i appreciate that. i'm going to end with a funny story. he was the biggest lebron james fan. i remember when there cavaliers came back in the finals and the very first phone call i told him you are too happy, you sound liked you won the championship. we laughed about it. he said the way i feel i did win the championship. every ti

andrew perry, i thank you so much for being with us. appreciate your time., let's look more broadly at the u.s. jobs picture. economists were braci for depression level unemployment of 20% from today's jobless report. what they got was not quite a sigh of relief, but definitely better than expected. 2.5 million jobs last month and the unemployment rate actually went down to just over 13%. but let's put that in perspective. prior to the global pandemic, america's jobless rate was below 4%. the last time it was even near double digits was just after the height of the financial crisis. well, joining me now to discuss this is muhammad el aryan, chief onomic advisor ofs. allyo forecasts were so far off. why do you think that is, and do you think we've now reached the bottom o this economic fallout? >> you saw, forecasts were really, really far off. this will go down in history as the bigge mis by economists and wall street analystand the biggest data surprise to markets that rallied enormouslyhin the why is much harder than the what. people are sti trying to figu

tyler perry said i'll give the families the plane, whatever you need because this is wrong. robert smith said don't worry about the funeral cost. people across economic and racial lines started calling and getting in, and we flew out here, her and i, last thursday, and when i stood at that spot, reason it got to me is george floyd story has been the story of black folks because ever since 401 years ago, the reason we could never be who we wanted and dream to be is you kept your knee on our necks. we were smarter than the underfunded schools you put us in, but you had your knee on our neck. we could run corporations and you had your knee on our neck. we had creative skills, we can do whatever anybody else could do, but we couldn't get your knee off our neck. what happened till floyd happens every day in this country, and education and health services and in every area of american life. is time for us to stand up in george's name and say get your knee off our neck. that is the problem no matter who you are. we thought maybe we had a complex. maybe it was just us, but even that

but i just want to make this statement the world knows the joys flowing i know perry jr. thanks. he was a pesky little rascal. but we all lived it. and i just want to thank all the mothers that are here today. and again if you. and uncle. just them. and just let them know. we are for all of these young black men. they're coming up in this work today. and just hug them and love them because we'll never know when the time but. i just want to thank each and every one of you. i have gained such a huge family. all over the world i have so many system brothers and i have answered all 3 and i just want to thank you all. there's too many names. to remember but god is. in his heart it as it's lowered them i love my sister and i can't talk about george kerridge on a bring up his mother singing. everybody. everyone know her. as missis. in 3rd world she would go home take. thank this will say i love you i love all the support and my family until i do. and we all are one thank you thank. you just want to say that an unlimited number of. hola and. i once was. and. i think god forgive me give m

. >> reporter: some called him perry, jr., some called him big floyd, some called him george.tar high school athlete in two sports, with a big smile and a sense of humor. his family described him as a loyal friend. a protector. reverend al sharpton said he was not a perfect man, but the right man for this movement. now those closest to george vowing to fight for what his memory stands for. >> and i can breathe. as long as i'm breathing, justice will be served for perry. >> i want justice for my brother, my big brother. george floyd was not expendable. this is why we're here. >> when he called out for his momma, we believe that the ears of mommas across this nation rared up, that the ears of mommas across this world heard him cry, all mommas began to wail. >> reporter: and then this. a special video message from former vice president joe biden for floyd's daughter, gianna. >> daddy's looking down and is so proud of you. >> reporter: as the funeral came to a close, the family began the final procession, georgefloyd's body transported the last mile by horse-drawn carriage to be b

now expecting to see these protests and marches in but that's not exactly going to be the case is it perry what are your thoughts. here my hopes are that it because usually what happens and i've been on watching the hawks previously would lend ok. michael brown was killed when the kwame brown was killed and we go to any steps to a police killing and those steps include the shock then we go to the outreach then the cold air in the west a geisha in which you easter. you know it with minnesota then we have that are to charge which we interchange in this case where charges were upgraded number 6 we have the cool by you are mormons and we had a lot during the by. iris now with the police. we. i'm amnesia time in. america as those who are on the who are not conservative in the illini we hope that we do not get collective. it's back to business as usual i want to do is we're not going back to business if you measure i want to bring you back into this is what do you feel going forward you know what what is the case can be going forward and where do you see these marches and these protests going ne