mentioned a few moments ago, earlier this morning i had the chance to speak with former nba player stephen jackson about his close friend george floyd. the two of them grew up together in houston, texas. as jackson grapples with the news of floyd's death, i asked about their lifelong friendship. >> it was meant to be. i'm from port arthur texas, probably 45 minutes from houston. we was introduced through a mutual friend that's passed -- rest in peace to him. but once we saw each other, the first question we asked, who your daddy, who your daddy? it went from there. we always hung together. every time i went to houston, it was my first stop to stop and pick him up and see what he was doing. what's killing me most about this whole thing, being a professional athlete, so many people abuse your friendship and kindness. he was one of those guys that genuinely supported me. he didn't call unless he really needed it. you don't have people that genuinely support you without motives. floyd was that guy. >> how did you find out what had happened, stephen? >> my girlfriend's mom is from minnesota. we talk ab

. >>> meanwhile, former nba player stephen jackson on the "today" show said he was a lifelong friend of george floyd. he called him his twin. jackson told craig melvin, who found this on instagram, how difficult it's been to watch the videos of his friend. >> it hurt, man. it hurt because i knew that was a cry for help. i'm a black man. and i'm a strong black man. and i know floyd. that's a cry for help. we don't scream our mother's name like that unless we know something is wrong and our life is in jeopardy and we can't control it. that was a cry for help. he even cried out for his kids. it's tough to see. >> joining me now is jeh johnson, former homeland security security secretary in the obama administration. i want to ask you your reaction to what stephen jackson just said about his having seen the video and then realized it was his very close friend. >> must have been remarkably painful, andrea. my reaction is this, my own reaction. as a former prosecutor, former law enforcement officer, i want all of the facts. i don't want to rush to judgment. i want to see the medical examine

. >> stephen jackson is with me now. thank you, thank you for being here to honor his life. know words can do nothing to ease your pain, but i'm so sorry. >> thank you so much. >> can you just tell us about him? you didn't call him george, you called him twin. >> yeah, i've heard george in the last couple days more than i've heard my whole life, and we had a 21-plus relationship. his name was always floyd, my twin. nine out of ten times we called each other twin. he was just a great dude, man, someone who supported me genuinely, someone who wanted to be a protector and provider for everyone around him, one of those guys where you live on one side of the town and your side of the town is not agreeing with the other side, and they hate each other. but he's the only guy that can move around the city and everybody gets along with him. that was floyd, and i'm going to miss my friend, man. you very seldom get people, especially when you have the success i've had, you very seldom get people that support you genuinely with no motives. floyd was that for me, and i'm going to miss him

stephen jackson spoke to my colleague craig melvin today. jackson said seeing the video simply destroyed him. >> it's just tough to see. his kids had to see that. i was talking to the daughter's mother the other day. the daughter is screaming. she has to see this. the whole world has to see this. she has to deal with this for the rest of her life. it's jot not right, man. learn more at libertymutual.com/covid-19. [ piano playing ] you should be mad at tech that makes things worse. but you're not, because you have e*trade whose tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. don't get mad, get e*trade. woke-up-like-this migraine medicine. the 3:40 mid-shift migraine medicine. introducing ubrelvy™. it's the migraine medicine for anytime, anywhere a migraine attacks without worrying if it's too late or where you happen to be. one dose of ubrelvy™ can quickly stop a migraine in its tracks within two hours. many had pain relief in one hour. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhib

during protests over another death, former nba player, stephen jackson calling george floyd the man who died his twin his best friend, you're looking at jamie foxx there but he and actor jamie foxx we're talking today about ford steps. >>which trying to do is ask questions of why why when it comes to us it seems like the brute force. in terms of what we're doing today. >>dozens of other celebrities have been talking about the case. let's take a final look at the forecast for this hour, let's go back abry ser rodrik us and again changing weather lab risa. >>yeah, that's right catherine r fact pretty ominous cloud cover overhead as a storm up the coast approaches the bay area so this is the calm before the storm so to speak even though it's been pretty gusty in parts of san francisco, specifically south toledo, seeing wind gusts of 45 miles per hour or less that gust in that 50 mile per hour range expected along the coast and even throughout the san d ev francisco peninsula tonight, ent so just a heads up there temperatures for the most part but meek willing down in our inland valleys, wi

. >> and later, craig will have a friend that knew him well, nba star stephen jackson.ver to you, savannah. >> we move to the coronavirus. disturbing milestone. covid-19 claimed the lives of more than 100,000 in the u.s. as more parts of the country reopen, some areas see a surge of new cases. miguel almaguer has the laltest. good morning. >> reporter: the president said we have reached a very sad milestone with the coronavirus pandemic, reaching 100,000. to all the friends and family of those that passed i want to extend my heart felt sympathy and love for everything. the president reflecting the nation's grief. this morning as our nation deals with an ongoing health crisis, a grim reminder of what's at stake and what has already been lost. the u.s. coronavirus death toll now soaring to more than 100,000. overnight dr. anthony fauci calling the human cost of the virus unprecedented. >> we've taken a terrible hit, 100,000 people is just really historic in the public health impact it's had on us. >> reporter: the heartbreaking milestone reached as officials struggled to

floyd, called a gentle giant by friends and loved ones, former nba player and close friend stephen jackson telling abc news losing floyd was like losing a family member. >> floyd is one of the strongest people you know. and to hear that scream and that cry for help in his voice. >> and alex perez with us live tonight from minneapolis. and authorities have just released the records of the officers involved in the ins te dent. you've been pouring through them. theer wadhisnee oeorg flo8 complaintsed again him.plined t. as for the city here tonight, the national guard has been activated. floyd's family, city activated. a lot of people he begging. >> of course, the other major headline involves the american economy. the hurt being felt by millions of american families. 40 million americans out of work. the new numbers tonight and it comes just 24 hours after the u.s. passed that sobering milestone. tonight, the number of lives lost now rising above 101,000, and today, we learned 2.1 million people filed new unemployment claims last week. 40 million now since this started. 1 in 4 american worke

former nba player and close friend stephen jackson says losing floyd was like losing a family member. >> floyd is one of the strongest people you know. and to hear that scream and that cry for help in his voice -- tonight from minneapolis. and alex, i know that authorities there have also just released the records of the officers involved in the incident, i know you've been pouring through them. what have we learned so far? >> reporter: david, we've learned the officer who had his knee on george floyd had 18 complaints filed against him. he was disciplined twice. as for the city here tonight, the national guard has been activated. floyd's family, city officials and a lot of people here begging for peace on the streets. david? >> all right. could be another difficult night ahead. alex, our thanks to you. >>> and of course, the other major headline we're following tonight involves the american economy, the hurt being felt by millions of american families. now 40 million americans out of work. the new numbers tonight. and it comes just 24 hours after the u.s. passed that sobering milesto

. >> reporter: a distraught former warriors player, stephen jackson who played for the warriors back in 2007 reveals that he was a close friend of george floyd. the 46-year-old black man who died after a white minneapolis officer pinned floyd down to the ground with his knee. >> my best friend on tv for the world to see getting killed over fake $20 bills. >> reporter: they are joining the protestors who call themselves the we can't breathe movement. they are calling on for the officers to be arrested. >> what happened to oscar in 2009. >> we spoke to the mother and uncle of oscar grant. his death in the hands of bart police was caught on video, and it touched off a national conversation about police brutality. >> we are fighting a pandemic, and we're fighting a issue of wait. >> the we can't breathe movement has made its way here. outside of san jose city hall this afternoon, a handful of people, demonstrators, held signs and demanded justice. >> every day, it feels like we are being taken advantage of. >> reporter: melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. >>> still to come, back open fo

. >> that's former nba player stephen jackson there. he was friends with george floyd.e two met when they grew up in texas. and they're joining in athletes speaking out about floyd's death. >> more images coming in across the country. starting in new york, police say dozens of protesters here, large crowds, dozens of them arrested. some officers were injured. some people became violent during this demonstration. and it intensified throughout the night. >> let's go to cnn's polo sandoval in new york. i know you've seen a lot of things going on there, especially as there are protests and they're also trying to deal with coronavirus, polo, what are you seeing this morning? >> reporter: yeah, two story threads here that are interacting as they did last night. what we're seeing right now, new york city officials are meeting this morning. they're evaluating what took place yesterday. to see what if anything can be done to prevent things from spiraling out of control. this started out as a peaceful protest in manhattan and made its way to neighboring brooklyn where things took

on instagram, former nba player stephen jackson remembered a longtime friend who he considered to beily. >> floyd was my brother, man. we called each other twins. everybody knows me and floyd called each other twin. my boy was doing what he supposed to do. you don't need to go and kill my brother, man. >> stephen jackson said he was heading to minnesota to do whatever he could do to help. anthony? >> thank you. >>> turning to news of the coronavirus. nowhere in america has been hit harder by the virus than new york city. the numbers have been going down here for weeks. even as cases continue to rise in several other parts of the country. now there's talk of the city reemerging. our lead national correspondent, david begnaud, is on wall street. good morning. >> reporter: this morning. the governor came here yesterday to ring the bell and say it's time to start talking about reopening the economy, relaunching it, if you will, even though new york city remains closed. i have to tell you, from wall street this morning, it is still eerily quiet to be in and walking around new york city. o

. >>> stephen jackson opens up about growing up with his longtime friend, george floyd.e man who had died in minnesota. and the next hour, but he will remember most about him and how he plans to fight for justice. >>> welcome back to mornings on fox 2, happening today, the california puc will approve pg&e's bankruptcy reorganization plan. in the meantime, a bill that state lawmakers will replace pg&e with: save energy. that will happen if pg&e operates unsafely and causes more disasters like wildfires or explosions. the bill is set to be put before a legislative panel. >>> i webinar this evening, information on an upcoming project to take out the risk of a wildfire. pg&e crews will remove 79 trees along st. mary's road, and 62 trees along the road. some people do not like the tree removal plan, they have asked the city to stop the project. the mayor of lafayette says they do not have the legal power to do that. the train removal project will begin june 14. >>> governor newsom is hearing from fitness instructors about how they are struggling during the pandemic, pandemic

thank you, stephen jackson, appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >>> joining our discussion now is eric holder. president obama's first attorney general and the chair of the national democratic redistricting committee. attorney general holder, what is your reaction to what you've seen this week from the beginning from the first, the point of arrest of george floyd to where we are tonight? >> well, i have a couple reactions. one, this is taking me back. six years ago, i was in ferguson and the street scenes i'm seeing in minneapolis remind me of what ferguson looked like six years ago and six years ago eric garner said he couldn't breathe and we heard that again. looking at the video, i want to let the prosecutors, law enforcement folks do their job and put a case together but it seems obvious that something inappropriate happened at the very least and i would dare say something illegal happen there had. i understand there is a need to put a case together but also need to understand that given the tape that we all have had the opportunity to see, it doesn't seem like it should take

>>former golden state warriors stephen jackson is reacting to the death of george floyd in minnesota video captured 4 white police officers arresting the african american man last night with one of the officers as you can see there kneeling on floyd's neck floyd complained he couldn't breathe. he was taken to a hospital and he was later pronounced dead jackson posted an emotional video on instagram today calling floyd his twin brother. >>well with my brother mean we called each of the twin brother. everybody know, new floor college and that winner. are the only ones are done us all with the was germany's changed his life the with the minnesota, i'm driving trucks. i out to be bucks the clues. what was doing what he's supposed to do mary are going to brother. >>the minnesota. one of our can do. >>the 4 officers involved have been fired from the minneapolis police department and now the fbi is investigating. rescue in the north bay today, firefighters say they responded to a reported fall from a roof in qatar d. crews say a patient fell from a ladder on the 3rd floor and landed on the

now as reg chapman reporting former golden state .arriors stephen jackson continues to mourn for his friend. >>last night we shared with you is emotional instagram video in which jackson called floyd his twin brother since and jackson has been sharing at least a dozen pictures of george floyd some showing the 2 of them together. according to jackson's instagram post he and floyd grew up in the same neighborhood in houston. another nba star lebron james is also reaction on instagram he posted a picture of an officer kneeling on floyd's neck right next to a picture of former nfl 49 er. quarterback colin kaepernick kneeling on the sidelines during the national anthem at a game. the picture this is why an apparent reference of the heated controversy over kaepernick's silent protest against police brutality and racism. >>still ahead tonight, the ford motor company cranking up the heat how its latest technology and to keep police officers healthy plus when we'll cal fornia schools reopen they had the state superintendent gives a preview of the reopening guidelines the happiest place on ear

. >> reporter: protest continue friday, activists including reverend all sharpton and stephen jackson called for the arrest and conviction of all four officers at the scene as floyd repeatedly said, i can't breathe. >> we must act in a way to get justice and to get fairness. we are not asking for a favor, we are asking for what is right. >> we are going to use our platform. i'm going to use everything i have to get a conviction, to get all of these out of jail. excuse my french. >> reporter: the hennepin county attorney says all of the offices are under investigation and he anticipates charges. resident trump took the twitter, writing, thugs are dishonoring the memory of george floyd and when looting shirts, the shooting starts, prompting twitter to place warning levels on the message they say glorified violence. he tried to clarify later, saying looting can lead to violence. former vice president joe biden released the message about minnesota. two it's hard for us to take a look at the uncomfortable truths. it's time for us to face that deep open wounds that we have in this nation. w

it's just not right, man. >> stephen jackson being interviewed by craig melvin.much to add to that. i think that is something people should hear and experience. >> it is -- the story gets harder to take in by the minute. >>> let's move on. two weeks after the wisconsin state supreme court struck down the statewide stay at hem order, officials there are reporting a record number of new cases. the county has seen a 20% spike in new infections since the stay at home order ended. rebecca clof with our affiliate has more. >> reporter: the county health department says they're worried. the number of covid-19 cases are not going down. in fact, it's the opposite. >> my message for tonight is really to just implore the county residents this is not business as usual. we are still very much on the rise: >> reporter: the county is reporting a 20% spike in coronavirus cases since the safer at home order was lifted. in total, since march, more than 1,000 people have tested positive. 24 died from the coronavirus. now health officials are monitoring outbreaks at local bars and r

a former nba player and close friend stephen jackson said losing floyd was like losing a family member. know and t people yo that cry for help in his voice -- >> reporter: it's important to note the family of george floyd through their attorney is pleading with protesters to remain peaceful. they say they do not want to see anymore violence. robin? >> they were very clear about that. no more violence. okay. alex, thank you very much. you know, we hear these stories and we cannot become numb when we hear them. it's not just reacting to them but calling for action. calling for action for change. michael, when you spoke with george floyd's sister, bridgett, yesterday, she told you the concern that she has for her sons, not wanting this to happen to them or any other family. >> yeah, and, robin, i tell you, i think bridgett floyd's concern is a major concern for most families of children of color. you know, and what can we do? simply cannot forget this happened and move on like we've done in the past. i think this is something we have to stick with and have to keep fighting for change. onl

. >>> former stephen jackson, and al sharpton are among those calling for the arrest and conviction ofnneapolis police department officers, tied to the death of george floyd. >> we must act in a way to get justice. to get fairness. we are not asking for a favor, we are asking for what is right. >> if we do not use our platform -- i would use everything i have to get a conviction and get all of these guys in jail. excuse my french, i am angry. >> the two were close friends for the past 20 years, jackson played for the golden state warriors between 2007 and 09. >>> civil rights leaders that we talked to say they are saddened to see the violence, but they are hoping that there is something that will be positive that comes from all of this, and the death of george floyd. george holland was spoken to, the president of the naacp and he says what happened to floyd and minneapolis may help poor people understand pain and outrage that african-american communities have felt for decades. >> i think that the one difference is that it happened in minneapolis. it is mostly a white town. white people

and, yet, hearing george floyd's friend stephen jackson former nba player just lose it when he realizedgeorge floyd's daughter has to see that forever. it's always there. it's torture for black america to see this constantly like this. where is your head on this, joshua? >> i get it. i totally get it. i see what he's talking about. part of what had been hoped as result of this the proliferation of these is that by seeing more of these incidents more or less closer to real time, sooner from the moment that they actually happen that we would have more of a sense of agency to do something about them and that law enforcement officers would feel a little bit more put upon to think before they acted. there is historical precedent for that. we think about, you know, emmitt till killed down in mississippi for whistling at a white woman. and one of the most gruesome pictures you'll environment sear is the picture of his mutilated body manning willed beyond all recognition on the cover of jet magazine and inside in a twofold article to make sure the nation could see what happened. things do chang