st. john's s at church, your bicycle officers, all of the em moved protesters forcefully, one protester punched an officer and was at movement arrested. chief: i don't know what you're talking about with regards to that. you that the way that generally the operation works metropolitan police department, at about 6:30, lmost 6:30 on the dot, well, preceding this, the mayor and i went out and made it abundantly there would be a curfew here in the district of columbia starting at 7:00 p.m. and i widely known. there was an alert that was sent o all cell phones in the area that there would be a curfew beginning tonight, last night at p.m. and that if you were out past 7:00 p.m., you could be subject to arrest. to give folks a fair warning, if you had an essential if you had to vote, or if you were a member of the not apply to you. we wanted to maybe it abundantly clear to folks. in :30 p.m. last night, addition to those warnings that were given to the public, we had our p.a. systems to the group that was gathered down lafayette park that there was a curfew in effect and they could be subject to arre

st. john 's church amidst the protests. >> my presence in that moment and in that environment created a perceptionc policy. as a commissioned uniformed officer it was a mistake, but i've learned from. brian: here to weigh in is fox news senior strategic analyst and retired four star general himself jack keane. general did mark milley make the right statement yesterday and who was he speaking to? >> he was speaking to the graduates of the national defense university but he was speaking at large to the american people, let's be frank, and he already had a conversation with the president on this subject, but yes, he absolutely made the right decision, and i mean, what is all the fuss about here? for the american people to understand is that any member of the united states military, our soldier,, sargent, an officer or a general is prohibited from participating in political events or political venues in uniform. it doesn't mean they cannot support a candidate privately outside of uniform. of course they can, but the military does not want people lending their uniform to support a candidate and using t

president could make that walk across lafayette square to stand with a bible in front of st john's episcopal church mark s. 1st saying he was aware the president was going to the church but not for a photo opportunity he then said he encourages all americans to protest peacefully and regrets that he used the term battle space regarding those protests he also said that it is the right of every american and should speak out against racism including the department of defense to see that american institutions do not allow that to continue to exist inside their walls and finally we heard about the efforts by the national guard to disperse some of those protesters in washington d.c. in recent days using a low lying helicopter a medical helicopter we now know that this is something that the national guard says they are investigating kimberly thanks very much indeed that's kimberly hall could live for us at the white house thousands of people have gathered in london in solidarity with the protesters in the u.s. organizers say they're also marching against systemic racism in britain is a lot of pictures from the c

s mayor and religious leaders met at st. john's church the small fire that took out a nursery and early in the press comments i asked what he thought about some who are calling for the police to be defunded? >> we support our metropolitan police department, we know they do a wonderful job protecting d.c. streets, we work hard every day to make sure we have the type of police and community relationships that will allow us to have safe neighborhoods. >> mayor bowser came here to unveil this new "black lives matter" sign. our scholarly jennifer griffin is reporting all 900 remaining active-duty troops outside d.c. have been ordered home but over 5,000 national guard troops remain in d.c. and some don't have a place to say. members of the guard evicted from a d.c. hotel. "evicting utah national guard personnel from their hotel after a late night shift is shameful, petty decision by mayor bowser. the words "black lives matter" have been painted here next to the white house, big protests are expected this weekend but she hopes they remain peace

st. john's church was damaged by high rioters. rioters, another one, rioters tear down more statues including ulysses s. grant who defeated the confederacy and destroyed the k.k.k. rioters destroy monument onoring communist regimes. park volunteer outraged over vandalism of philadelphia abolitionist statue. and for those who are out there rioting, abolitionist means they were trying to end slavery. i know that's a big word for you. said, this park volunteer he -- he's talking about abolitionist matthias baldwin, the quote was, he was b.l.m. before there was a slogan. and yet, zachary evans writes about, vandalized his statue. and then george washington's statue in baltimore is defaced. nly man in history to lead a revolutionary military, win the revolution, and it was all over, he comes in, they even sent him a copy of a bill where they gave him power to make contracts, pay whatever he needed to pay, and a cover letter that basically said look, we're giving you all this extra power. we know you, we know when you have no further need to have it you'll give it back. except that no one in the history of th

rope s to try and take down a statue of president andrew jackson in lafayette square park you probably seen it if you ever been to washington and once again, targeting st. john's episcopal churchlook there this morning, where officials have painted over the letters that's a live shot from lafayette square. all right griff jenkins is live in d.c. and griff, we heard the president tweeting about statues just within the last hour or so. griff: that's right, steve, ainsley, brian, good morning the president has a warning but it's because of this civil unrest returning to the streets of d.c. but these protesters are trying to do what they did in seattle creating a black house autonomous zone. now, the chaz which is what spray painted on that church column at st. john's is actually being painted all over the place to include the veteran affairs building just next door to st. john's and remember that church is the same church that was set on fire last month and the protesters as we mentioned earlier today trying to tear down jackson's statue across the street from st. john's in lafayette park and the presidents warning is serious. he tweeted i've authorized the federal government to

s retroactive meaning anyone who looted or vandalized could also be arrested. monday night protesters fell short of toppling the statue when police step 10. others spray-painted on the columns of st. john's church. the efforts resemble those in seattle were protesters created the capitol hill organized protests. they plan to dismantle that area after a series of shootings.'s >> were glad the mayor made the decision to take back that area. they can bring some control back to that area. >> they arrested two people in the nation's capital at these protests last night. fox news. >>> in mendocino county, fort bragg is considering a name change. fort bragg is named for braxton bragg. the city council debated on whether to put the issue on the november ballot. the mayor decided to create a committee of residents to study a potential name change. supporters say it honors a racist who reportedly had more than 100 slaves. opponents say it is costly and unnecessary. >>> it is called the happiest place on earth. thousands of workers fear heading back to work. what they are asking for is the pocket set to open next month . >>> another possible breakthrough treatment for coronavirus. this one made allow you

st. john's church just across the park from the white house. plenty of critics including d.c.'s democratic mayor, calling out law enforcement freezing tear gas to protesters out of the area some 25 minutes before the city's 7:00 p.m. curfew. the mirror calling the action by law enforcement shameful. this is "fox news @ night." i am shannon bream in washington. we are getting cooperation from the buffalo police department in new york that two officers have been injured. they say that a truck or some vehicle drove through a crowd. take this -- check this out. st. louis, missouri, a 7-eleven set ablaze after being looted. new york city, bryan llenas has been an eyewitness to another night of looting and unrest. right now the late night curfew was supposed to be kicking in. it is supposed to be in effect at 11:00 p.m. is it working? >> it has not worked. it's 11:00 p.m. and the curfew has come and gone. we are at the macy's in herald square and the looters even got here. this is the macy's. they are about to bring somebody out, a looter, out of the building right now. this is a louv

st. john's church protesters trying to set up the black house autonomous zone. they spray-painted it across the churches columns. now the other shoe that is left to drop today is a word from d.c.'sset up black lives matter plaza about ten days ago. she hasn't way to end yet on what happened last night. she hasn't waited on the fact that the folks who said that autonomous zone up are taking over black lives matter plaza. we will get back to you if we hear anything from our offices. >> jon: it will be interesting to see how the mayor handles that. gillian turner, thank you. seattle's occupied protest zone might be coming to an end. the mayor urging protesters to begin a leaving. she said the city is working to shut it down move police back in their abandoned precinct following some shootings. dan springer reporting live. >> there is a different field today. there are slightly fewer black lives matter protesters inside. we also see there is no longer anybody guarding that barricade behind us. there still a lot of people and structure around the precinct which is behind me. the problem is going to be getting 200 homeless people and all their protesters who are intense around the are

troops clearing the streets forcefully to makehe way s could walk across the area of lafayette square to holdhe bible in front of st. john's churcha lot of pushbas mark reminded us, from former military officials, even -- we're even seeing current military leaders pull back. is this a moment of turn for this president, do you think? >>i do. tched the polling. but hen a bully for a longling, time. he's a bully over twitter and maybe a bully to the press, but a bully. using u.s. troops to i think what set general mattis off was just watching the tary, which is a fine professional but uoliticized organization, suddenly turn into a profit campaign video and that should turn our stomachs. it mistfies me is you have a president who's taken this authoritarian line of domination, be no dominant, unlh vicious dogs and dangerous weapons, and that's not just talk anymore, and it swings through the republican party and senator tom cotton's tweet out no quarter given, we're going to dominate our fellow citizens as if they're the enemy, and i think it bleeds to the police and the videos we've seen tonight. a theme coming from the top, from the

s mayor, law enforcement violently pushed the protesters out of here, effectively so that president trump could come to st. john's e episcopal church. every president since james madison has attended services here. president trump using the occasion to hold up a bible. sources tell us the president has been concerned about his support among evangelicals and catholics in response to his response to the coronavirus pandemic. we saw the president go to the st. john paul ii national shrine, trying to court supporters even as there is massive unrest across the country, brianna. >> boris, thank you for showing us the scene there. >>> the president is waging another twitter war now against how governors and mayors are handling protests in their cities and states. he says they should be activating the national guard and deploying them. with me now, cnn chief political analyst gloria gloria and tim natalie. what is the president trying to accomplish here? >> i think what the president is doing is what he's done his entire presidency which is reach out to his base rather than trying to unite the entire country country. in doing that and stag

s lafayette square. they were unsuccessful and were cleared out of the square by police. the president calling it disgraceful vandalism. the nearby historic st. john's churched. >> demonstrators and authorities also clashed earlier monday when police attempted to remove a tent encampment from the area. police confirmed the use of pepper spray during the confrontation. they said two officers were assaulted and at least two arrests were made. >>> now to the very latest on the coronavirus now claiming 120,000 lives in the u.s. as dr. anthony fauci appears on capitol hill today. >> a new study says more than 8.7 million americans have been infected back in march but were never diagnosed. researchers at penn state believe the virus was spreading at an alarming rate before restrictions were in place. amid the pandemic voters are heading to the polls today in six states including new york, virginia, the carolinas, mississippi, and kenck>>> prider torinaayer me gnffs tested the phoenix mega church where the president will speak has taken down a facebook post that falsely claimed it had a special air purifier that kills covid-19. abc's matt gutman has more from yum

try to reach her today i toured st john's yesterday as you know as far in as we could get in to the fire damage we are grateful that our d.c. fire in e.m.'s got to the church and was able to extinguish the fire with with relatively light damage to a basement area outside of the main sanctuary of the church so we're happy that that that happened we don't want to see any destruction or arson graffiti smashing looting and our city and the church with the paste and we think that's a terrible thing we reckon i appreciated the bishops comments. that she wasn't involved in in that and was kind of appalled at the church being used as a backdrop. just giving it to. the mayor went out and well you are seeing there was an order to disperse the general practice district in all fours one of the centers for your it so that issue and then there was the helicopters coming pretty close to ground. 0. there's concern that national or human or. i mean this is these military resources . or are we through that concern that. i know. that really ringback is. as we mentioned we we are concerned about we become concerned about any police or non policing forth in the district that d