We need justice. We need systemic change. First, we need to save our city. President trump weighs in. We have our military willing and ready and able. My guest is keith ellison. Atlanta mayor, washington, d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and florida congresswoman val demming. Its put more than 40 million out of work as much of the country is trying to return to some form of normalcy often ignoring social distancing. You see no fear. We are embracing it. Prompting fears of a second wave. Every community is one wild weekend from falling off the cliff. Joining me is msnbc anchor joshua johnson. Maria teresa kumar and pat mccrory of north. Welcome to sunday. A special edition of meet the press. Good sunday morning. America is waking up to two crisis. One is so new its called the novel coronavirus. The second institutional racism is with us for some 400 years. Overnight protests in dozens of cities across this country. Anger erupting over Police Brutality over africanamericans. Most demonstrations
I want to note our deep appreciation to the ford foundation, prudential financial, walmart, the Cigna Foundation and the Mastercard Center for growth for the support of opportunity in america series. At the Economic Opportunities program we focus on advancing strategies, policies and ideas to help working people and Small Businesses thrive. Working people and Small Businesses are facing extraordinary challenges today with over 26 million recently applied for Unemployment Benefits and millions of Small Businesses at risk of closing for good. At the Economic Program we recognize for too long, race, ethnicity, gender and race have played out side role in who has access to opportunity and to a shutout. We see today black and latino workers being most affected by unemployment, and by the health risks that come with being classified as an essential worker. We see black and latino owned Small Businesses facing much greater vulnerability to the economic devastation of covid19 and more challeng
Accomplish when we work together. Reporter the inaugural bart train ride from san jose carries a whos who of south bay officials of vip dating back to the 80s. The first big push was back in 1989. My 24 years in Public Service taught me if you have a dream and passion which you know will benefit the community, you will find Creative Solutions and new partners to reach goals. Reporter the ceo of Silicon Valley Leadership Group was known for 100work weeks on multiple ballot measures over the sgleers this is like a baby that took 25 years to finally be born and what a great day reporter the opening happens at a brutal time for the Public Transportation industry. The vast majority of commuters are working from home due to the lockdown. Bart ridership is down 93 and left a multimillion dollar holy budgethis anxti think things wi we cad erd our low, we were at 24,000. So ridership is already starting to come back up. Reporter the next big challenge is getting bart to downtown san jose. This
First, we need to save our city. President trump weighs in. We have our military willing and ready and able. My guest is keith ellison. Atlanta mayor, washington, d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and florida congresswoman val demming. Its put more than 40 million out of work as much of the country is trying to return to some form of normalcy often ignoring social distancing. You see no fear. We are embracing it. Prompting fears of a second wave. Every community is one wild weekend from falling off the cliff. Joining me is msnbc anchor joshua johnson. Maria teresa kumar and pat mccrory of north. Welcome to sunday. A special edition of meet the press. Good sunday morning. America is waking up to two crisis. One is so new its called the novel coronavirus. The second institutional racism is with us for some 400 years. Overnight protests in dozens of cities across this country. Anger erupting over Police Brutality over africanamericans. Most demonstrations were peaceful with few incidents. Others
All of the chaos coming just hours after the minneapolis officer who put his knee on the neck of george floyd was arrested and charged with murder and manslaughter. Were live across the country as america begins to fracture. Mixed messages. President trump trying to calm nerves nationwide saying he spoke to the floyd family. I understand the hurt, i understand the pain. That after a rose garden event where he didnt say a word about america in chaos and which controversy raging over his tweet saying when the looting starts, the shooting starts. What hes now saying about that tweet. Big news for the big apple. New york citys mayor making a major announcement. The epicenter of the coronavirus will begin the process of getting back to normal in less than two weeks. What life will look like now in the nations biggest city. Those stories, plus take two. Nasa and spacex hoping the weather cooperates for a historic manned launch at Kennedy Space center after the previous attempt was scrubbed a