lafayette square as i said of course we saw a lot of fertile forces directly at the white house secret service national guard and police forces here and none of them this is a very peaceful protest i have the impression that the police are trying not to. show themselves you know to interfere with all those people protest me just an hour or so ago d.c. mayor here she addressed the crowd as she was talking about those protesters she was she was talking about how important it is to show solidarity of lake life natural movement and maybe overcome or i can show this sign of this treaty for now which is very new it was we name in black lives matter plaza this is street corner also as a clear sign of solidarity with the demands that the protesters have. is this also since it's so close to the white house is this also to be seen as a direct protest against president on trial. i would say so just a while ago people here were chanting those him out in a clear reference to president trump many here don't believe that a real change is possible with donald trump in the white house many also believe that you know his rhet

where we are but i have to say that we did see some federal forces at the white house on our way of course secret service national guard all of them protecting the white house and the president you see that maybe you can see right now practice is dancing enjoying themselves so this is a very peaceful protest with a lot of people having fun and and trying to enjoy this and beautiful saturday in washington d.c. and the same time showing how important it is to that there will be changes in their country. and some of phenomena reporting live from washington d.c. thank you. as outrage spreads over the killing of george floyd in the u.s. protesters have taken to the streets in many parts of the world calling for an end to racism and police brutality in the united states as well as in their own cause societies is a look at answer some of the protests taking place around the well today in solidarity with a black lives not a movement. rarely have protests of the deaths in custody drawn so many astray and tens of thousands rally going astray in cities large and small their focus hundreds of aboriginal people who have died in jai

white house. secret service in blue, d.c. national guard in camouflage and you have that in the front row and more d.c. national guard behind them. i do not know why they have felt a need to bring more forces in. it is not as if the protesters here have gotten any more violent. there hasn't been anything thrown in the hours i have been here. it has been an entirely peaceful protest. the only thing i can think of is that in under an hour's time there will be a curfew. the mayor of d.c. announced there will be two days of 7:00 p.m. curfew in just 55 minutes. that is in stark contrast to the curfew last night at 11:00 p.m. what we saw last night was an uptick in violence in the later hours. even if protests like this can be peaceful, they have given way to much more violent protests. that, in part, according to the mayor of d.c. is donald trump's fault. she said the words we have heard from him have all but incited the violence we have seen. we have heard from the president talking about possibly unleashing vicious dogs and ominous weapons if

white house, the secret service, other iconic locations and angry protesters. correspondent kevin is in washington again tonight where the mayor has activated the national guard and the curfew begins at 11:00 p.m. eastern. >> that is correct. 11:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. we are actually right here on eighth street. you may have heard thus, it was actually shut down by the secret service a little more than an hour ago so the crowd has migrated to the east. d.c. metro police.

there still is a very heavy secret service presence there is the park police presence that is the police force that guards the national monuments walking distance from the white house there on horseback we have secret service in riot gear and this is all facing off with in addition to the soldiers that we now see these it's not active duty and that's an important distinction but it's the national guard ready to support the white house press secretary saying that the joint chiefs of staff general milley who the president says he put in charge today were not exactly clear what that means but he believes there are studies that show that just the physical presence of the military in some form or fashion is a deterrent factor from civil unrest so we're watching this podium very carefully still awaiting the president he is behind schedule we've not had an explanation as to why this is delayed. it was a rather abrupt i don't know if you just heard that boom we're trying to make sense of what that might be and i will defer to my photographer rob me show who does have a background in military background and is assessing what that might be but again that was a little bit sur

collection of police and national guard and secret service we re national guard and secret service were clearing out that park, lafayette square across the street from the white house his photo op with the bible in front of the church. also a powerful message to his critics with the present abusing his critics with the present abusing his power and using as authorities to clear up peaceful protesters not listening to what their protest and essentially to advance a photo opportunity and a message of him that he is reaching out to evangelical conservatives. that really set the stage for the unrest across the united states last night. and coming in today withjoe biden giving a speech earlier today from philadelphia giving pointed criticism of donald trump and advancing what he saw as his proposals for how to address the reform and pulley system of the united states. thank you very much for joining united states. thank you very much forjoining us. we continue to show you these pictures live from houston, texas with the march that is taking place. conservative numbers saying a few thousand and a mass number of gathering there possibly in the tens of thousands, huge numb

preventing the protesters from getting to the white house because of course there are a lot of police there are a lot of national guard and secret service there protecting the president from. some of phenomenon reporting live from the protest in washington d.c. thank you very much. as outrage spreads over the killing of george floyd in the us protesters have taken to the streets in many parts of the world calling for an end to racism and police brutality in the united states as well as in their own countries here's a look at some of the protests taking place around the world today in solidarity with the black lives matter movement. rarely have protests the deaths in custody drawn so many israeli and tens of thousands rally going astray in cities large and small their focus hundreds of aboriginal people who have died in jails and police stations in the last 30 years with no officer ever found guilty here the death of george floyd has suddenly created widespread anger about in the strelley and problem waited too long for justice to be handed down for my people and it's time to make a change and i only way the people are going to listen to

we are at at the moment we have seen a lot of police national guard and of course secret service who are protecting and standing by at the white house. so what exactly are protesters demanding except what we've already heard and to racism and police brutality. yet they want justice for george floyd and they want the officers they were involved in his desk to be punished to be convicted and convicted story this is a huge priority for them but it's going beyond that. many of the speakers we heard today at the lincoln memorial they told us about their own experiences with police police brutality how difficult it is sometimes to get a good job if you are a black person a black american so that's all that is topic here and when you see the reactions many city councils a cold across the country discussing what you do against police brutality discussing whether they will be able to downsize police or to reform the police training so it's seems that the protests are starting to choose to show some some some you know some changes and then of course what people here really want they want a real change in america. that's all we're also hearing

as i mentioned, it was not only police, but the national guard has been called in to assist right there at the white house, there was the secret service u.s. marshals have been called in in d.c. to try to calm things down and drug enforcement agents as well. >> we're living in surreal times, thank you >>> let's turn to minneapolis. the governmeor is taking drastic measures to keep protesters off the streets. police and national guard have been organized to crack down anyone ignoring the curfew gabe gutierrez has the story >> reporter: in the largest public safety operation in mi natd took a stand. aggressively using tear gas, pepper s desperate attempt to squelch days of escalating chaos. no major fires or injuries >> i want to thank everyone who participated in our ability to restore trust to our streets it was incredibly complex and inkrenlly difficult. >> reporter: tactics were the strictest yet. a paint canister was shot at someone on a front porch journalists were in the middle of it. >> they have tripped the amount of law enforcement here in minneapolis. let's go >> reporter: law enforcement authorities horror acknowledge they d

white house grounds, up west, executive drive, there was a truckload of national guard troops that rolled in the white house and moved over to the farc there lined up beyond the park police and the u.s. secret service. seeing troops in the full combat gear n their camo uniforms, lining there in the park. what the president, his exact quote, if states refuse to take action, he said then i will deploy the u.s. military and quickly solve the problem them. in a lot of instances, in the past, in a governor requests help, the governor sends in the national guard. he be do that if cities and states are not requesting it on their own. sending the military in state, and raising questions about state rights and really where the lines are going to fall. >> we continue to look at the images there, you see the attorney general has joined the president there, in front of st. john's church. shan shananon, thank you. i want to bring in garrett. with you there are there a couple minutes ago when that order was given to clear out protestors. take us through again, you are past the 7:00 p.m. occurer few. has it made a difference to the protestors? are the streets quieter now because of it? >> well, i think the street

they're shouting at park police and secret service and federals national guard andnd really the white house behind them. and they're not hearing anything back. they're not hearing sub santive ly from the president in any way that speaks to them and you're not seeing the same kind of s solidarity we've seen many other police departments where other police officers and captains are kneeling and being a part of the community of protestors. here, you see the divide between the city of washington, d.c., a city that's almost majority blo black and a federal government and response ledbl by a preside who these protestors have spared absolutely no colorful language in describing their disdain for and their distan for the way he has handled this entire incident, katy. >> what you're seeing on the left hand side of your screen now, that is a camera on the capitol and we're seeing a line of cops there guarding the capitol building much as we're seeingl a line of officers outside of the white house guarding the white house. in the conversations you've been toing with people showing up protest, who are

white house. if you know? >> you have uss secret service, national guard, i've seen dea, i've seen border control throughout thise drove around a few hours ago just trying to see where the protesters, demonstrators, rioters depending again on your definition have been marching through the streets. along the way, shannon, we have seen law enforcement from each of those agencies and i'm imagining -- that is of course in addition to the washington metropolitan to police.capitol police as well. a full battery, a brigade, if you will, of military and law enforcement officials all over washington right now. >> shannon: as we talked about often in d.c. like many big cities, there are numerous law-enforcement agencies often together and partnering during incidents like this and assist each other. kevin, stay safe. we will check back on you as it looks like the curfew is not really being enforced here in d.c. as many places tonight. that seems pretty peaceful right now. when peaceful protest do turn violent, volatile situations can turn into a security nightmare. it can be really tough logistically. let's talk to that pa

a national guard, essentially a human barrier between protesters and the white house. today they're essentially nowhere to be seen. we've seen a lot of secret serviceice but no military or camouflage. no national guard. we're seeing a new fence along the white house perimeter. look at that activity ongoing. we're also learning about how many officers have been injured in washington, d.c. in the past three days there have been 50 park police and 30 secret service have been injured from these protests. a lot of them, some of them have had to be hospitalized. but the department of justice is looking into one key thing here that is causing injuries to these officers. bulk drop-offs of supplies like bricks, rocks, bottles, being thrown at officers around the country but also here in washington, d.c. they're looking who is making the drop-offs. we're moving, stuart, on from, the protests themselves at this time, today have relatively died down compared to the past few days. now moving on to what was the cause of a lot of this violence. who was responsible and how did they get the supplies to injure the officers that had been hurt around the country. stua

nation's capital where fires blaze near the white house as u.s. marshals and dea agents were deployed and dozens of secret service agents were hurt. 26 states and the district of columbia activating the national guard as local authorities scrambled to keep things under control. the associated press reporting at least 4400 people have been arrested across the country so far, and in new york city the scene for last night continuing to unfold throughout the morni morning. >> we've had a significant number of stores broken into. we have still out there, actually, as we speak, making arrest. this is one of the most challenging times are seen in nearly 30 years of policing. i can tell you we have thousands of officers deployed last night. >> melissa: meanwhile, on the west coast, cleanup efforts are underway in southern california the morning after looting and the santa monica area. that's where we find william la jeunesse. what do you sing on the now >> right now they are cleaning up and boarding appear in the the santa monica business district. behind me these were broken windows, no they are preparing for potentially round three. santa monica, long beach, huntington beach, san francisco, l.a., all are

white house, the secret service, other iconic locations and angry protesters. correspondent kevin is in washington again tonight where the mayor has activated the national guard and the curfew begins at 11:00 p.m. eastern. >> that is correct. 11:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. we are actually right here on eighth street. you may have heard thus, it was actually shut down by the secret service a little more than an hour ago so the crowd has migrated to the east. d.c. metro police. that's why he not only issue that curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. but the national guard we expect will be on the scene perhaps within the hour if not shortly thereafter because we are looking at thousands of people. we just don't know if this is a powder keg that will explode after the sun goes down or if it will remain peaceful. back to you. >> i know this is just breaking, were waiting for news from the white house. the new york times reported that the president was rushed to the bunker underneath the white house. any news about that? i have yet to hear back, but based on what i know about what they would normally do. i'm not challenging the reporting, i simply can't confirm it.

they have deployed us marshals and dea to help the national guard and secret service in lafayette square, that's that area outside the white house where protests take place 365 days a year, normally there are people that what we're told is a reminder it's a federal crime to cross state lines or use interstate facilities to incite or participate in writing . the doj will be enforcing those laws. it's the same thing we heard from the attorney general who said as we've heard from a number of local leaders there are people coming into these various cities are not from their area they come there to capitalize on pain and a pure peaceful message that people are trying to carry out. they leverage it for their violent antigovernment andin many cases need that have nothingto to do with the protests and about george floyd and that's where we are tonight . we will continue to let you know what's going on around the white house but we want to check in with jackie heinrich where there has been trouble today as well . >> i want to take you inside a polluted grocery store on market street and 46th. this is one of the areas that was hit earlier

also note that the president tweeted this morning that national guard troops who took care of the area around the white house that joined secret service, police as they were pushing back protesters, peacefully there, he called it taking care of area around the white house, could hardly believe how easy it was. a walk in the park one said. that's in the president's tweet. they handled, quote, protesters, agitators, anarchists very well. okay. well, here's the thing. politico spoke to ten national guardsmen around the country who have been deployed, employed in -- coming to crowds in these protests and this also includes those who were involved in the president's photo-op and they said, quote, what i saw was just absolutely wrong. these are the quotes. what i saw goes against my oath. civil rights were being violated for a photo-op. and this one, what i saw was more or less really "f"'d up. for the column i write on cnn.com called "home front" we spoke with 11 military spouses, they're married to service members in the army, navy, air force, marines and the coast guard and they're black, white, hispanic, they're men and women. some of t

national guard is already out. the secret service, of course defends the core of washington around the white house.e also have customs border protection. i.c.e. agents. >> laura: but are you worried, ken? ken come are you worried these former well respected military leaders are essentially signaling to active-duty troops to not listen to instruction of the president of the united states? >> i am not worried at all. i lose respect for each of them when they take this approach, but i absolutely am not worried at all. the troops serving under this president, the law enforcement serving under this president knows the legal authority to do everything he has asked and ordered us to do. every single thing. and you have had some legal scholars on already before me who cited quite cynically, this is very straightforward. he is not the first president to consider these options. he has already preplaced troops if needed because his first priority is keeping americans in america safe, whether these old generals like it or not. >> laura: they never much liked him. america first thing, they didn't like that. the

inside the white house you can certainly see an uptick in secret service, agents walking around the grounds, many in riot gear. outside you see this national guard, they're on the streets and i would say, ali, last night as i was leaving the white house, there was a rotation going on between one group of national guards leaving and another group of national guard troops coming in. and there were buses pulled up to pennsylvania avenue with hundreds and hundreds of uniformed national guard troops filing off the buses, walking down pennsylvania avenue behind this fortified gate. it's only the type of image i would anticipate seeing if the u.s. was under attack by a foreign invader or a terrorist attack. you can argue whether or not that's an appropriate response with the national guard or not, but the images are just something i would not have imagined seeing short of the united states being at war with an adversary. >> so much of what we've seen over the last 12 days is not what we are used to seeing in ameri america. next to us, shannon, on the screen is what is now black lives matter plaza. there are thousands of people out in the streets of was

national guard, very peaceful protest over the weekend. with regard to security of the building, not a decision for the white house. we would refer you to the secret service and park services. the president has recognized the peaceful protest thing and is encouraged by that. can we say when will the administration revoke hong kong's trade status? and do you think that move would be the only thing the administration does? is there something else planned? do you think that china will listen? are you seeing any signs of china china relenting on hong kong? sec. mcenany: we have not seen any updates from china thus far. no announcements with regard to the timing of that but the president has been clear that china has replaced its promise of one country, two systems with one country, one system, which is what led the administration to make the announcement it would begin eliminating policy exemptions that were given to hong kong and the special treatment that they once had. >> one week after what we saw a in lafayette park last monday night, are there any people here in the building who believe or does the president laid, that perhaps, things went the way they

national guard, very peaceful protest over the weekend. with regard to security of the building, not a decision for the white house. we would refer you to the secret service and park services. the president has recognized the peaceful protest thing and is encouraged by that. can we say when will the administration revoke hong kong's trade status? and do you think that move would be the only thing the administration does? is there something else planned? do you think that china will listen? are you seeing any signs of china china relenting on hong kong? sec. mcenany: we have not seen any updates from china thus far. no announcements with regard to the timing of that but the president has been clear that china has replaced its promise of one country, two systems with one country, one system, which is what led the administration to make the announcement it would begin eliminating policy exemptions that were given to hong kong and the special treatment that they once had. >> one week after what we saw a in lafayette park last monday night, are there any people here in the building who believe or does the president laid, that perhaps, things went the way they

imagine, they are defending the white house there and the secret service is being helped greatly by the u.s. park police and the dc metropolitan police and the national guardich is, called up by the dc government. they are really working as a team right now to protect the outer perimeter of the white house, if you will. that area on h street, north of the white house looks directly toward the northport ago of the white house and is in front of st. john's church which is on fire right now on the opposite side of the street. they will look to clear h street, i would imagine here and very soon to remove all of those people off that street. the problem is with these large groups of people while there might be a minority of peaceful protesters as a part of that group we don't know who is in this group right now. these protest groups that started out earlier in the day as peaceful have now fully been infiltrated by these anarchists. that is the way to proceed and i would say you would see some deliberate and significant actions taking place here very soon, on h street, to get that street clear. shannon: we've heard so much about the optics of this from law enfor

of the white house you can see behind me the lafayette park over here is actually completely roped off and we have army are seen a d.c. national guard d.c. metro police along with the secret service in a line covering this fence area here now i've talked to many of the protesters here black white brown all of them alike all saying that they are preaching for a peaceful protest you had a couple protesters at one point throw water bottles over the barricades and actually a couple other protesters ran up and said we're not doing that this is going to remain peaceful and it's going to stay that way now donald trump is calling on state and local leaders to get have a tougher stance on protesters actually calling for governors just hours ago calling them weak now as for d.c. a curfew was put in place tonight at 7 pm and extended into tuesday evening at 7 pm to 6 am but last night that curfew was scheduled at 11 pm just hours before last night's curfew multiple fires in the area were started including at the historic st john's church right in the downtown where many u.s. presidents have attended over the years you also had other vandalism like what you see here in d.c. as national mall

this afternoon where we could see secret service officers and national guard troops mobilizing in the park as this crowd of demonstrators grows larger near the white house. now, the justice department is claiming this evening it was attorney general william barr who made the decision to clear out the park of peaceful protesters last night. some of those law enforcement officers and military forces, as we all remember, used tear gas or gas that looked like tear gas, and flashbangs, so the president could have a photo opportunity in front of st. john's episcopal church. the claim that barr made that call conflicts somewhat with what a senior administration official told us last night, that the decision was made by the attorney general along with joint chiefs chairman mark milley. the park police says the demonstrators were beginning to act violently. that is contrary to what multiple journalists including reporters who work for cnn witnessed. in the meantime mr. trump has been taking something of a victory lap today, patting himself on the back, at one point tweeting, d.c. had no problems last night, a number of arrests, done by overwhelming force, domina

national guard and also d.c. police. we decided we needed more of a buffer to protect the white house and our agents and secret service personnel who could be projectiles from the street. i made the decision that we try to move our perimeter northward by a block to provide additional protection, and met at 2:00, on monday, i with all the various law enforcement agencies, and we set tactical plan, and that plan involved moving our perimeter block north to i street. it was our hope to be able to do relatively quickly, before many demonstrators appeared that day. of the ately, because ifficulty in getting appropriate forces units into place, by the time they were able to move our perimeter, number ofbeen a large protestors that had assembled on h street. were projectiles being group was the increasingly unruly, and the operation -- they were asked three times if they would back one block. they refused. our e proceeded to move street.er out to i it is true that the metropolitan police have a lot of experience with demonstrations. federal -- a lot of the federal city is the seat of the federal government. as you the buildings, know,

national guard troops that flooded the capital. she wants them out. the president had people called in and who is in charge right now? >> well, at the white house the secret servicein charge of the white house. the u.s. park police when talking about lafayette park or lafayette square. not the city police. although they can assist in i time they are needed. it is unusual to have all the additional resources brought in. there are a lot of agencies operating to begin with and we've had a lot of large protests and never had to go to that extreme though during imf world bank protests in the early 2000s we did bring in the national guard to be on stand by. aside from that we've pretty much been able to handle it without having to bring or fly people in from other places. this is unusual. probably in my opinion more than what is necessary. >> another level of security that is unprecedented is something we just heard mentioned by athena and that is that perimeter around the white house right now, the 8-foot fences surrounding the complex, stretching down the street from pennsylvania avenue to constitution avenue. what does that suggest to you as a former secret service

nation's capital where fires blaze near the white house as u.s. marshals and dea agents were deployed and dozens of secret service agents were hurt. 26 states and the district of columbia activating the national guardnder control. the associated press reporting at

white house where you had to have secret service repel that and there was a lot of concern. there's no doubt that 10,000 federal troops wouldn't have been the right answer on that. but i think the national guardany place we've seen where the national guard -- by the way, it's not a partisan thing. mostly democratic governors have called in the national guard in their states. where the national guard has come in, there's been calm. is it intimidating to see men in bdus, yeah, that's kind of the point, though. it's meant to be a distraction from robbing and looting stores and allowing for space for peaceful protests. >> as you know, in recent days, a group of former defense officials have openly criticized the president's response to the protests, we're talking about james mattis, john kelly, mike mullen. do you agree with their points of view? >> well, not necessarily. look, i think the president says a lot of stuff he shouldn't say. i wish twitter didn't exist at all, but i wish he didn't have a twitter account. but i think -- i read this letter today where the defense officials were saying that, you know, the president said he wants all the governors to squash the protests. the president has

national guard was barely used. these people have done an unbelievable job. they helped the secret service in washington. the secret service is unbelievable. the job they did at the white house is unbelievable. there was never any form like, oh, gee, this is dangerous. all i could see is what i saw on television. the secret service was incredible. but we were also helped by the police in d.c. the national guard was unbelievable. this was like a piece of cake. i am suggesting, because if you look at minnesota and the success we had there, i am suggesting to some of these governors that are too proud. you see what is going on in new york. t the job proud, ge done. call in the national guard. call me. you have to dominate the streets. you cannot let what is happening, happen. it is called dominating the streets. cannot let what is happening in new york, where they are breaking in stores. you cannot let it happen. equal justice under the law must mean that every american receives equal treatment in every encounter with law enforcement, regardless of race, color, gender, creed. they have to receive fair treatment from law enforcement. they have to receive it. we saw what happened

national guard, national guard was barely used in these people have done an unbelievable job helping the secret service in washington, secret service are unbelievable. the job they did at the white housele. there was never any form of this sounds dangerous. all they could see is what i was seeing on television, but they were outside in the secret service was incredible but we were also helped by the d.c. police and helped by the national guard was unbelievable. they came in and this was like a piece of cake, and i really am suggesting because if you look at minnesota and the great success we had there and other places, i am suggesting to some of these governors that are too proud to new york, you see what's going on there, don't be proud, get the job done. you'll end up looking much better in the end. call in the national guard, call me. we will have so many people, you can't let what's happening happened. is called dominate the streets. you can't let that happen in new york breaking into stores and all of the famous and hurting many small businesses. you can't let it happen. equal justice under the law must mean that every american receives equal treatment in every encounter with law

white house statement and when we have questions of law and authority. does the attorney general now think he controls the secret service, the park police, national guard troopsority? what is his lawful authority? we're setting a precedent. that's why we're demanding an inspector general inquiry. he looks at three things -- waste, fraud and abuse. the attorney general's action by his own admission included meeting with law enforcement officials to plan and execute the pushing of the perimeter in lafayette park. it includes the designation of the dea as some sort of secret agency to monitor and surveil protesters. if we have the attorney general perhaps involved in the violation of first amendment and fourth amendment rights of citizens, we need to know about it. we need him to make the case. that's why i signed that letter. >> frank, i'm with you on the refuse to be fatigued. if the inspect or general -- horowitz is the only one still standing. i would love your thoughts on what that might be. he's been brutal on former fbi directors. if you were investigating barr's actions, you might want to investigate this the crowd was loud and peaceful, but at no point

national guard. they have been assisting the d.c. park police, sorry, the federal park police here in lafayette park in terms of keeping these protesters away from the white house. along with secret service and d.c., like many other cities across the country, has imposed a curfew. there's a curfew due to go into effect at 11:00 p.m. we'll see whether the protesters are there. >> just getting some information in here. want to talk about this just coming across. protesters gathered outside the white house on friday night in washington. president trump was briefly taken to the white house und underground bunker for a period of time. that's according to a white house official and law enforcement source. they was there for a little under an hour before being brought upstairs. it's not clear, it's unclear if his family was also taken down with him. things got a bit serious. he was there for a short time. that's only done when there's a real emergency at the white house. >> that's just an extraordinary development. we have just learned about it in the past few moments. so what happened this is about 48 hours ago when really d.c. saw its first protests in the wake of the killing of george floyd.

white house and stage a photo op at st. john's church. if the attorney general issued orders to officers of a variety of federal agencies, including u.s. secret service, u.s. park service, d.c. national guardunclear under what purported authority he did so. we are asking you to immediately open and conduct an investigation of the full scope of the attorney general and the doj's role in these events. the rule of law, the maintenance of the department's integrity, and the very safety of our citizens demand nothing less. the letter was organized by a group called protect democracy. which has sent similar letters against barr in the past calling on him to resign. spokespersons for the justice department and the inspector general declined to speak with "the washington post" about this. >> the further we get away from it, a lot f us knew at the time it was going to be an important day, not just in the trump presidency, but also -- >> history. >> -- in american history. but june the 1st, 2020, the further we get away from it, really is starting to look so -- so more clearly like the low point. the day that was a low point of the trump presidency and really also the culmination of all of those aut