also shannon petty. let's begin with you. what has the may your's reaction been in response to the resignation of the police chief, the firing of the police officer? >> reporter: good afternoon to you. the reaction here and forgive me we have an afternoon thunderstorm rolling over us right now, but the reaction with every step taken by city leaders has been acknowledged by those on the ground protesting. for the succeed day in a row, protest urs put on temporary hold as a result of this weather. but they are acknowledging that something is being done from the resignation over the weekend to the firing of the officer and to the fullton county district attorney saying that he does plan to press charges by some point midweek against one or both of those officers. those charges include either manslaughter or murder. so as it stands right now, everyone here in atlanta is certainly still hurting following the death of mr. brooks on friday. however, they do know that this is going to be a long process and they are acknowledging that

joining us now is nbc news digital senior white house reporter shannon petty-peace.o on this call, he is saying that the governors need to take control. some are reading this as a same response he's had to the pandemic where he is outsourcing the responsibility for what is happening across the country to the governors, to the local officials. >> right. yeah. well, i mean in this case, there is really only so much he can do at this time as far as from a law enforcement perspective. because the police reside with the governor, state police reside with the governors. the national guard when it comes to law enforcement reside with the governors. but they're talking to reporters right now and suggesting that there may be more that the president could do down the road. from a law enforcement perspective. of course, then you get into some real complex legal ta territory. but the president's solution here is about increasing the police force. increasing the law enforcement presence. that that is what is going to end this unrest in his estimation. not talking about the underl

shannon petty piece is at the white house for us, morgan chesky in atlanta. you, all eyes on the white house to see what exactly the president is going to put in motion with his new executive order. do we know more details about it? >> reporter: here is three key pieces that we have been told this executive order will include. the first, creating a database of police accused of using excessive force. if they go from one police department to another, those accusations will follow them. another is to have language that encourages social workers to work more closely with police, particularly when it comes to issues of addiction, homelessness, mental health, and the third is a way to incentivize police programs to meet certain standards on use of force by linking that to federal grants. so tieing federal grants to police departments that meet these sort of best practices at the white house has identified. those are the three key pieces that the administration is trying to highlight. one thing we know is not going to be a focus there is issues of racial profiling.

let's bring in nbc news digital senior white house reporter, shannon peaty petty jp piece. idea that the task force is in a backseat. we lost nearly 300 people over the weekend. another 700 plus in the last 24 hours. this is not something that is just going away. is there no -- when's the last -- the task force not meeting? >> those meetings have been cut back dramatically from every single day, including saturdays and sundays, to now sometimes once a week. there is one today, though. i will say, it's on the vice president's schedule and i enquired with some sources today about what came out of that and haven't heard anything back yet. but we do know they are meeting today. i just asked kellyanne conway about this a few minutes ago when she was talking to reporters, specifically now that we have these massive gatherings going on, where, theoretically, coronavirus could easily spread and lead to a second outbreak. she did say it's something that they are definitely concerned about. they're tracking and that the hope or one of the things they are doing now to try to get ahead