we all know the word roxy. it actually came from a person. he had done the roxy theater before that and he was brought in by the rockefellers to do radio city music hall, and he insisted this was right across the street across sixth avenue from the roxy. he insisted that this have more seats than the roxy which was the largest theater in the world and that meant it had to have 6,200 seats. how did roethl get 6200 seats? well, they had about 6,130 seats and then he counted the seats in the orchestra pit and in the elevators for the elevator men and the seats in the powder rooms for the women and he got it to 6200. opening night he presented what he thought was the greatest show in the history of the world and this is where martha graham was on a bill that included ray bolger. it included the tuskegee institute choir included the flying wallendas and went on for eight hours and was laughed off the stage by those who were still there at the end of the next morning harold tribune walter lippman says that the rockefellers had built a pedestal to s

we have roxy washington and we have gianna. and so i'll make some brief remarks and then we're going to have attorney stewart. oh. >> angela, cousin paris and uncle vince. all right. any more floyd family? i know it's a big crew. the man he came to minneapolis with. i'll make some brief remarks and then we're going to have attorney stewart and ramanucci make some brief remarks. we're going to hear from the family. we're going to try to leave here today knowing that america is a better country. ame america, let's pause for a moment to proclaim this historical moment not just for the legacy of george floyd, but for the legacy of america, the legacy of trying to make america for all americans so that george floyd's victory and america's quest for equal justice under the law would be intertwined. america, let's frame this moment as a moment where we finally are getting close to living up to our declaration of independence, that we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equally, that they're endowed by their

we have roxie washington. and we have gianna. and, so, i'll make some brief remarks, and then we're going to have attorney stewart. angela, cousin and uncle. any more floyd family? i know it's a big crew. a.d. a.d., the man he came from minneapolis with. so i'll make some brief remarks, and then we're going to have attorney stuart and raminucchi make some remarks and then we're going to hear from this family and we will try to leave here today knowing that america is a better country. america, let's pause for a moment to proclaim this historical moment, not just for the legacy of george floyd, but for the legacy of america. the legacy of trying to make america for all americans so that george floyd's victory and america's quest for equal justice under the law will be intertwined. america, let's frame this moment as a moment where we finally are getting close to living up to our declaration of independence that we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equally, that they are endowed by their creative with ce

. >> with me now is justin miller, the attorney for roxie washington, the daughter of george floyd'sme start with your reaction and what we just heard less than half an hour ago. that announcement that the department of justice would be opening that investigation into the minneapolis police department. what are your thoughts? >> i think that is great and it is long overdue. they're all doing the same things as we just saw with a little girl who was shot. there are some steps that need to be taken across the country not just in minneapolis. we need to look at these police departments at their training and hiring practices to make sure they're training officers to police the community as weem and not just as a war zone. >> pull back the curtain for us if you can on the last 24 hours or so. off camera, how is roxia and gianna doing? what kind of support are they getting? >> it's a roller coaster. there has been up and down times. there are good times and bad times. yesterday was a very good time and you don't get that many wins when these things happen into you have to savor them when y

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roxie. you have my heart, baby. thank you for holding gianna and keeping us strong. we like to thank everyone that helped. thank the jurors for having the hearts and minds. we know it's an open and shut case. the jury had the same mindset we all had. guilty as charged. like to thank them. i'd like to thank, again, everybody for pressing on. for george the fight is not over. we are going to stand here together. we are going to try to get the george floyd act passed. the act has to be passed. we are going to keep pressure on the senate. everybody. thank you-all for coming. george, i know he love all you-all. thank you-all. >> next we going to have a man who him and george used to text each other all the time. congresswoman sheila jackson lee, always talk about houston, texas, i think you call him lou. we are going to hear from brandon williams who was like a son to george. >> we lost our live shot there. you have been listening to the attorney for the floyd family. let's get back here. here's brandon williams. >> i'm overwhelmed with joy. i do want to start by saying t

we have roxy washington. and we have gianna. [applause] i will make some brief remarks and we will have attorney stuart -- oh! angela, cousin -- uncle. any more floyd family? i know it is a big group. [laughter] i will make some brief remarks and then we will have attorney stuart and attorney romanucci make some brief remarks. then we will hear from this family, and try to leave here today knowing that america is a better country. america, let us pause for a moment to proclaim this historical moment not just for the legacy of george floyd, but for the legacy of america. the legacy of trying to make america for all americans. so that george floyd's victory, and america's quest for equal justice under the law would be intertwined. america, let us frame this moment as a moment where we finally are getting close to living up to our declaration of independence, that we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equally, they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that amongst them are life,

we have roxy washington. and we have gianna. [applause] i will make some brief remarks and we will have attorney stuart -- oh! angela, cousin -- uncle. any more floyd family? i know it is a big group. [laughter] i will make some brief remarks and then we will have attorney stuart and attorney romanucci make some brief remarks. then we will hear from this family, and try to leave here today knowing that america is a better country. america, let us pause for a moment to proclaim this historical moment not just for the legacy of george floyd, but for the legacy of america. the legacy of trying to make america for all americans. so that george floyd's victory, and america's quest for equal justice under the law would be intertwined. america, let us frame this moment as a moment where we finally are getting close to living up to our declaration of independence, that we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equally, they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that amongst them are life,

roxy, you have my heart, baby. thank you for holding her and keeping strong i know how hard it is. i know how hard it is. we'd like to thank everybody helping on the case and the jury having hearts and mind sets we've seen in the video because we know this video is an open and shut case. everybody knows this video and guilty as charged. i'd like to thank them i'd like to thank everybody, the press and all. but for george, this fight is not over we going to stand together and get the george floyd act passed, the act has to be passed we'll keep pressure on the senate, everybody. thank y'all all for coming george, i know he love all y'all. thank y'all. >> all right rod rodney. >> and next, we going to have a man, him and george used to text each other all the time. congresswoman sheila jackson lee always talk about quiney holms, houston, texas, back there i think y'all call him woo we going to hear from brandon williams like a son to george. >> woo. >> woo. >> a very emotional day for me i'm out of words i'm overwhelmed by joy i want to start by saying thank you. first off, thank you

which the street name for that is roxy and they give you the exact same effect as heroin and according to my brother they're even more addicting that one and he had legitimate surgery and i freaked out i was like no you can't take these and here he had just had his appendix taken out he needed the hump and i didn't want him taking them because i wasn't going to go through this again. just like calls family the whole country is in a state of awareness wanting to change things and contain the epidemic. at the oklahoma university and then seem an aggressive alliance was formed researcher andrew kolob me lawyer reggie with me and dr jason b. then they've all gathered to establish a common fight plan against every single laboratory. case. dr beeman has created the 1st college education program with the country on pain killers addiction. and also what provide education to all of the prescribers from dentists doctors in bad areas right then and there. we think that there. more to the result you were describing than any of our other initiatives i think the overwhelming response has been that t

roxy the best just in there walking that we stop to miss innes the president joe biden 1 coat to talk about what a moment this was for america and how we have to use this moment to be 0 down so we want to acknowledge president biden acknowledging that we are all a better america today is and i want to make a model. ok week we got so many good staff people to thank jim mcgovern machine and roma people who work you know and of their you know us support non-lawyers silk everybody briefly we want to have 1 we can't be in minneapolis and have 3 a representative jeff want to come up a snail were great minnesota councilor jeff songs i miss you know good value. so i just briefly want to say i love this city i love the state and no longer can we be known for these massively infamous failures in civil rights we owe our children in our community more from this moment further from this conviction now we have to be leaders in this country on civil rights and everyone standing up here will work tirelessly until that happens and i challenge everybody else in minnesota to make that same effort thank

a, the limelight; b, cbgb; c, the roxy; d, danceteria.n gave me the option, i could hear limelight. so i'm going to go with limelight. i'm going to go with, you're wrong, my friend. oh! and now you're going to have to pull that camera back and show us your most fantastic grind move, my friend. oh my god. give the ladies and the boys what they want, eric nies. come on! [music playing] heather b gardner: ooh! johnny bananas: [inaudible] - work it, e. nice! [laughs] oh! e nice! e nice! heather b gardner: e nice! e nice! that's what i'm talking about! [laughter] johnny bananas: that's amazing. hey, to the ones who started it all, here's to you guys. thank you for making this boy's dreams come true. so-- - [inaudible] - --cheers. - thank you for having us. - this was fun. - cheers. thank you for having us, johnny. yes. thank you. this was fun. whoo! get it, eric! damn. that boy still knows how to move. now, listen. don't go anywhere, 'cause the dance party continues with comedian dariany santana hustling her way into this sleepover. majestic m

. >> oxycontin or coda and roxy pretty. >> how did he get that. >> i don't know. >> in pill form. >> yes. >> it is not the easiest question for you so i am sorry. and if you don't understand my question, feel free to ask. so there were times when you're in pain, nonprescription opioid pills together. >> yes. there would be other people's prescriptions. >> and whether sometimes, why would you get them to other people prescriptions, we mean pretty. >> to make sure they are safe. >> and were the times that you had to get pills other than from what you knew somebody else's prescriptions. >> yes. >> were there times when you thought maybe mr. george floyd was using but not with you were in your presence. >> yes. there were times. >> and were the times when you are using together, but i guess that us fully loaded question already. the me ask it this way. it did use the same amounts when you used. >> yes. >> and taking your attention to march 2020, there was a time in march when you knew he was back to using pills, is that right. [inaudible]. >> i think when you know someone who suffers wit

and we shouldn't have to be so happy when we finally get one but we are in celebration for giana for roxy who has stood strong this entire time for the brothers and sisters for the activists like to me can everybody out here for this entire group and it wouldn't happen without every single one of the all white or black people out there prayer for his family getting love and support and we love all of you all let this be a changing point in america for policing in a positive way and let's unify thank you brother i want you. to turn to tony roma's from chicago illinois. good afternoon everybody has been said my name is tony roman. i'm smiling here today not for myself but really for the entire country and for the world it's watching i know that on behalf of the family and for everyone who's here today that we stand here before you feeling a tremendous amount of joy and eternal hope for me 36 years ago i was a young public defender in cook county reverend jackson i know you know that place very well and that's where i was introduced to the marginalization of black and brown people. and for n

. >> listening on this phone call with the president is roxy washington, the mother of young george, and civil rights attorney, ben crump, and many others, as you can see. >> just before the chauvin verdict came down, minutes before, police shot and killed someone in columbus, ohio. a small crowd is gathering there now. police aren't releasing any details. the family of the person shot said it was a teenage girl, responding to a person threatening others with the knife. family members claim she dropped the knife before officers shot her. >> we broke down all the charges on derek chauvin on the website and what were the charges against chauvin. >>> up next, 6:00, not surprised by today's verdict, a high profile bay area civil rights attorney tells us the key difference between the chauvin trial and other cases of police violence. >>> i'm chief meteorologist, tracking thunderstorms close to the bay area. a look at the radar in a couple minutes. people were afraid i was contagious. i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. four years clear. real people with psoriasi

when i talked to roxy today, try not to watch the whole thing, you know, just getting updates, because it's too tapainful. it's too painful for the whole country. everybody is watching this man die every single day. they're not understanding why we have to go through this, but now we're seeing why, because of the excuses they're giving. they're blaming the crowd, the fire department, now they're blaming the police department. they're going to blame everybody except for themselves. >> the jurors also heard from george floyd's girlfriend. it was very emotional, very powerful. she spoke about their shared struggles after being prescribed opioids, but she also spoke warmly about how they first met, the times they enjoyed together. why is that so important for the jury to hear those personal details? >> because they need to know who george is. they're just going to see him dying. they're going the hear the negative things from the defense. what she said was powerful. the first thing he said to her is, let us pray together. george floyd was a godly person. yes, he had his personal demons bat

maybe you're so roxy. you have a hard day. thank you for holding keeping a strong have a lot of these. i know hard it would like to thank everyone who helped out and face the yankees jury phone having >> and though the jury had the same. i said we are. here we go like to thank i like to think. >> again, everybody to present but. the joint this fight is not over. we're going to stand here together. we don't try to get the joy on a pass act has to be passed it has to be okay. pressure. the senate. everybody. thank you all for coming. joy. i know love. i a thank you. >> and next, we go have a man who i have him a joint just text each other all the time. congresswoman sheila jackson lee always talk about homes houston, texas. iraq's i think column we're going hear brandon williams would like to send to their emotional day for me. now, we had a overwhelmed with joy. but i do want to start by saying thank you. first of all, thank you to all you protests in the middle of the pandemic when your lives and safety on allowed with free >>

. >> my name is roxy, i am speaking on behalf of larkin street youth services youth advisory board. i'm also a current resident of district 3 and former homeless resident of district 5. i just want to say that the bill is absolutely dehumanizing as someone that has slept in a tent. this is what we get. this is our opportunity for housing or being in some sort of transitional housing as a safe sleeping site. i currently live in a shelter-in-place hotel. i'm in site one. it has literally saved my life. it helped my husband get sober. it helped us stay clean. you know, i don't understand why the city is deciding to shut all these shelter-in-place hotels down while currently trying to open these tent cities basically. that's all i have to say, thank you, bye. >> thank you for your comments, next speaker please. >> caller: hello, i'm a resident of district 8 and i oppose this legislation. this is suppose to be a serious proposal. this is the way to solve the homeless crisis but we already have legislation for that. the board of supervisors passed an ordinance unanimously to give unhoused

. >> my name is roxy, i am speaking on behalf of larkin street youth services youth advisory board. i'm also a current resident of district 3 and former homeless resident of district 5. i just want to say that the bill is absolutely dehumanizing as someone that has slept in a tent. this is what we get. this is our opportunity for housing or being in some sort of transitional housing as a safe sleeping site. i currently live in a shelter-in-place hotel. i'm in site one. it has literally saved my life. it helped my husband get sober. it helped us stay clean. you know, i don't understand why the city is deciding to shut all these shelter-in-place hotels down while currently trying to open these tent cities basically. that's all i have to say, thank you, bye. >> thank you for your comments, next speaker please. >> caller: hello, i'm a resident of district 8 and i oppose this legislation. this is suppose to be a serious proposal. this is the way to solve the homeless crisis but we already have legislation for that. the board of supervisors passed an ordinance unanimously to give unhoused