ron armstrong, what is the next step in your fight?s recommended to validate signatures that need 400,000 and they say we have 460,000 at 100% accuracy. todd: your governor has signed 128 executive orders since may of last year. how dangerous is the unfettered power in the hands of one person when we are supposed to be in a democracy? >> that is the reason the citizens did what they did, had 28 days, and don't see signs of data backing this up, she pivoted to a law that has time limit that established, can't buy paint in the same store, and through the process affected too many lives and businesses through the process, couldn't go fishing in the same boat with a family member. >> a group opposing you, keep michigan save, for its illegal and unethical practices turning a blind eye to conflict of interest, made a mockery of the initiative process. who are the people who love to be controlled and regulated. >> raising money for the governor was there to send a letter to the uaw, to design the citizens sitting on street corners, they fough

country is an epidemic. >> reporter: it's no wonder the white house invited oakland police chief le ron armstrong to d.c. to hear president biden announce his new gun control measures. >> i've experienced violence myself in my own family. >> reporter: years ago, armstrong lost his older brother to gun violence. today he leads a police department grappling with a sharp rise in shootings and homicides. >> in his speech when he recognized law enforcement looking directly at me, i thought it was a moment. a moment that i obviously won't forget. >> reporter: one of the president's executive actions aims to restrict so-called ghost guns, untraceable weapons that can be built using parts bought online. >> when the president spoke today and he said, you know, there is no need for people to have magazines with 100 bullets in it, oakland has seen, you know, the impact of having weapons with this kind of capacity. >> reporter: photos shared to us by the alameda county sheriff's office show a trove of illegal guns that were allegedly found during a 2019 investigation. the sheriff's office says the suspects w

and you can see chief, ron armstrong walking clan dish one of several businesses that was vandalized. he talked to those inside to do his best to reassure them. he also visited a local target. the volkswagen dealership and others. he said he talked to reporters outside santa knows tensions are running high, but he begged anyone who might be coming out to gather after the verdict to respect the merchants and business owners. now, that did not happen last friday night when a few 100 people came out to protest the fatal police killing of dante wright in minneapolis and 13 year-old adam toledo in chicago. fires were set windows were shattered. today. chief says his department only supports people's first amendment rights, but please respect the city of oakland. >> destroying our city is not going to change it is an opportunity for us to come together and come up with solutions. we can all talk about criminal justice reform. we can all talk about how we want better policing in america. i will sit down and have that conversation with anyone. but i don't want to see this to destroy the city

and coinbase is poised to lead that charge with all the other companies in this ecosystem. >> armstrong, ronthis morning, on our air, talked about the way in which central bankers are viewing crypto in general and did sound a bit like he was frustrated that in his view, they are too focused on e potential for elite or illicit use of crypto as a main function of the tool. i wonder if you think that's been overplayed and if central bankers need to consider some of the other elements of it >> yes for sure, the central bankers and the crypto industry should be communicating with each other a lot more closely, and, you know, with every new technology boom, there's the good and there's the bad. some people are focusing too much on the bad of crypto. it's interesting, mike murle, a former head of the cia, just released a study that he conducted that the post tulation that crypto is being used for widespread back actors, just isn't true you know, every transaction on the blockchain is recorded, and law enforcement, that's a good thing for law enforcement. >> right. >> everything can be tracked this

ron allen has more >> reporter: while the guilty verdicts brought celebration, today brought minneapolis back to reality. how much of a turning point do you think this is? >> i think that it's huge >> reporter: nekima levy armstrong is a civil rights attorney and activist who thinks what happened to george floyd is changing policing. >> several jurisdictions have changed some of their policies, their practices, they're re-examining how they operate. they shifted resources. that wouldn't have happened before may 25th >> reporter: she thinks the justice department investigation will help miami police chief art acevedo told us the biden administration has to do more to lead the way. does this really change things with policing on the no. i don't think it changes things it's going to take more than just the policing it will start with education, economic, public health, mental health, drug addiction. everything else. we can eliminate the conflict >> reporter: john thompson, activist turned lawmaker, says he's always thinking about his friend philando castile, killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in 2016 the officer cleared of second-degree manslaughter >> so many people saying george floyd changed the wor