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a move -- you're going to continue to have this -- >> mark claxton, jim cavanaugh, thank you both for your expertise and thoughts as both of you understand very well what's going on, particularly mark for your sources on the ground. we do appreciate it. it is 1:00 a.m. here on the east coast, midnight in minneapolis. i'm chris jansing, and you're washing msnbc's continuing coverage of the unrest in minnesota. let's take a look at the live pictures from minneapolis, where a police precinct is burning, as protests over the death of george floyd rage for a third day. protestors focusing on the third precinct, which was the base of the four police officers who were fired after george floyd's death in their custody on monday. and then protests broke out in other cities around america tonight. in denver, what started as a relatively calm protest escalated into chaos after someone fired gunshots near the state capitol. that sent demonstrators scattering across the city. police firing tear gas canisters and pepper spray. hundreds gathered in downtown phoenix, but for more peaceful protests. throughout the evening, the crowd chanted "i can't breathe" which is the phrase george floyd repeated over and over and over again to officers. it's the same phrase eric garner said in the moments before he died while an officer held 4i78 in a chokehold in new york city in 2014. and no louisville, demonstrators gathered to protest a different killing. residents demanding justice after the police shooting of 26-year-old breanna taylor, whose death has drawn national attention. join us now is paul butler, a law professor at georgetown university, and msnbc contributor. and a former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. i thank you both for being with us. cynthia, let me start with you. i would like to get your take on what you heard today at that press conference, simply saying we don't have the evidence to charge yet. >> the evidence is very clear from the videotape. you can't put your knee on somebody's neck for nine minutes when they're politely asking you to remove it. you only use force that is necessary. and that force was not necessary. and remember, this isn't in a vacuum. this comes at a time in our country when we're still reeling from the eric garner gcase, whee the civil rights division wanted to prosecute the police officers in the eric garner case and barr shut it down. this is a time when the president makes jokes about arrests. remember when he said, oh, don't be too careful with someone's head as you put them in the police car. so it's not just this case. it's not just this abuse, which was blatant and should be prosecuted instantly. it's all of the cases. and that's why there's so much anger pent up and erupting tonight, which i completely understand. the press conference today was a no press press conference. all it did was make things worse. the civil rights division at the justice department is set up so that when the local authorities are not able or willing to act, the civil rights division criminal section will do so. at this -- the problem here is, nobody trusts that barr will do anything. they should be in there, the officer whose knee was on that poor man's neck for nine minutes when it shouldn't have been, who murdered him on essentially national television, should be arrested. and the prosecution should continue. the problem is we don't trust barr. that's our problem. we don't have a justice department. we don't have any confidence that there's justice. that's why these people are so angry. and i completely agree with them. i don't agree with the violence, but i completely agree with the anger. >> well, paul butler, obviously it's heartbreaking to see this level of violence. it's heartbreaking to think that there are people who live in that community, who have built businesses in that community, that have now gone up in flames, along with the third precinct. there is also that fact that today at that press conference, essentially what we heard over and over and over again, in addition to the fact that we want this to be a thorough investigation was, trust us. you have to believe that we're trying to get to the bottom of this in the best possible way to build the strongest possible case. i want to get your take on what was said today and what we're seeing tonight, paul. >> it's heartbreaking that sworn police officers, licensed to kill, could put his knee on the neck of a man in handcuffs. literally listening to that man narrate his own death. and the other officers just sit around and watch, and that so far there have been no criminal consequences. if this had been you or me, chris, we would have arrested the night of the incident. if this had been any african-american man, he would have been arrested fast, quick, and in a hurry. and so like cynthia, i understand the distrust of the people in minneapolis. so tonight, the third precinct of the police department is on fire. but for the black and brown residents of minneapolis, the city has been on fire for a real long time. it's been on fire since we learned that there have been 18 complaints filed against the man who suffocated mr. floyd to death. he's been involved in three police involved shootings prior to taking the life of mr. floyd. the city has been on fire since we learned that although blacks are only 20% of the population, they're 60% of the people who are killed by cops. and so what we're seeing tonight is one form of violence. but what the citizens, especially the african-americans and citizens of the city have experienced for many years is a whole different form of violence. >> paul and cynthia, i would like both of you to please stay with us. i about to go to ali vel velshi. we thousand how quickly things were moving. tell us what's happening since we last saw you, ali. >> reporter: so chris, the issue with what's going on here, there's all of this anger and frustration and protests. but what has happened tonight, there are no police. last night there was still a confrontation between police and the protestors. now there are no police or fire. there's no fire department to be able to come into this particular area around the third precinct and restore order. so it was becoming -- it changed flavor a little bit. it was a little more disorderly with a lot of the protestors who were there to protest the death of george floyd having left. there are -- there is authority in other parts of the city. there are reports of the national guard at the courthouse, and in other parts of the city. in fact, other parts of minneapolis. you know, people have locked down. restaurants and things -- restaurants that were open for takeoff have closed and boarded up. but other parts of the city have some calmness about them. this area is remaining hot. remember, the difference is last night they were protesting the police, the police were firing back at them. and there was a standoff. tonight, that ended very rapidly. the standoff started at about 9:15 eastern time when the protestors breached the barrier. by 11:00 p.m. eastern, the police had evacuated. evacuated the police station. and there are now protestors inside the police station, coming out with police gear and things like that. so the complexion of the evening has changed a little bit. it has moved from being just a protest into something yet angry. i want to be clear that i have spoke on the a lot of people tonight. it doesn't matter what part of this protest you're in, whether you were chablti ichanting or h sign or participating in the destruction of public property, there is an underlying sense of anger, grief, and confusion. and i say confusion, because a lot of people who understand injustice and understand injustice towards african-americans. but the puzzlement with the idea that there's not one, not two, but now three videos of this instance, and there's still, as paul butler was saying, hasn't been an arrest. in the opinion of the people i spoke to tonight, most other people would have been arrested very quickly. so there's a confusion mixed with the anger that's fuelling a lot of resentment tonight. and that's where we have left it for the night. the pattern of the last few days has been overnight things calmed down. the fires burn out. by morning, it turns to protest again in a more traditional way until sun down. so again, we're going to watch carefully to see what happens tomorrow. is there going to be a development in the legal condition surrounding these four police officers? because if there isn't, i'm fearful we're going to see what we saw tonight again tomorrow night. >> around certainly, ali velshi, we'll come back to you, but there wasn't any indication in the press conference anything was coming. the attorney for george floyd said the family believes all the probable cause you need is on the video. if you accept the fact that there's more they're waiting for, if there's more evidence they're hoping will come in, there's analysis they want to have, could they have called a grand jury and said let's initially charge with less than murder? let's charge with manslaughter. what were other options available as you see it from a legal stand point? >> they can charge with manslaughter right now. in minnesota, a grand jury is required for indictment of the most serious felony, murder one, certain sex crimes. but for lesser crimes like manslaughter, the prosecutor has the discretion to charge it herself. and then later, if she decides that the evidence warrants upgrading the charges to the most serious, she can go to the grand jury. and the family's attorney is right, based on my experience as a prosecutor, you don't have evidence and video in a murder case, you almost never have that kind of evidence. here we have, for the whole world to see, in living color, a sworn police officer put his knee on the neck of a handcuffed person for seven minutes while the man pleads for his life. by standers, including one who was a first responder, say you're kill thing person, and the officer just watches the man die. so probable cause is the standard for bringing a criminal case, for murder, for manslaughter. his intent to kill, reckless indifference to human life. we have all the evidence we need on the three videotapes that have emerged. >> and there is also a pattern, cynthia. in one case, a man is selling cigarettes. in this case, a phone call gets made because of concern that there might have been a bogus $20 billion passed, although they don't know even if that is the case that he was aware that it was a counterfit $20 bill. >> it doesn't matter, even if it was a counterfeit bill. nobody cares. this man got the death penalty for a $20 bill? no, no. it doesn't matter what was happening with the $20 bill. that is irrelevant at this point. the officer knew when he put his -- when he maintained his knee on this man's neck, that there was no reason to do so. he was not a threat. he was handcuffed. he had three other guys helping him, and they all stood around and watched him die. and so it's not only just the officer, it's the lackadaisical behavior of the other officers that show you what the culture of the policing is in that precinct. these other officers are also a big canary in the coal mine about what is the police training? what is the culture of the police there, and the manner in which they treat black and brown people or people they perceive are not important, that don't count? ultimately, that's what happened here. these police officers figured this guy didn't count. he didn't matter. his life meant nothing. and that's why they felt perfectly comfortable to put him in cuffs and put their knee on his neck and just wait. and you know that's what happened when you watch these videos. it makes you sick to your stomach. and there's not a reason in the world why the prosecutor hasn't moved forward. if he's not capable of moving forward, he should get out of way and let the department of justice do it. and let's hope and pray barr doesn't protect this police officer like he did the police officers in the eric garner case. that's wherer. >> it is very late. depending on where you are, early in the morning. but we thank you so much for your expertise. we'll take a quick break. when we come back, we'll tell you what president trump just said about the situation unfolding in minneapolis tonight. i got an oriole here. eh. common bird. ooh look! over here! something much better. there it is. peacock, included with xfinity x1. remarkable. fascinating. -very. it streams tons of your favorite shows and movies, plus the latest in sports news and... huh - run! the newest streaming app has landed on xfinity x1. now that's... simple. easy. awesome. xfinity x1 just got even better with peacock premium included at no additional cost. no strings attached. just say "peacock" into your voice remote to start watching today. we have been watching the escalating situation in minneapolis. and president trump just tweeted on those protests just minutes ago. the tweets read as follows -- >> joining us is mia wylie, legal analyst with msnbc and nbc news. i don't quite even know where to start with those tweets. the president, first of all, making it political and going after the mayor of a city that right now is under siege. and also saying that he's going to assume control of the city. i will get your initial reaction to what we're hearing from the president tonight as we're watching what is unfolding in minneapolis. >> well, unfortunately, chris, donald trump has demonstrated time and time again that he will throw gasoline on a fire rather than water. and that's what we're hearing in the president's tweets. '9" is both incredibly insensitive, not just the floyd family, but to everyone and everyone of many different races in minneapolis and across the country who are extremely angry about their sense of a failure to have law enforcement protect their lives. and rather than addressing that and figuring out how to draw us into a constructive conversation together and how to understand these events and actually asking what he might be able to do, previous presidents would call and say, i'm here for you, let me know what you need, rather than threatening and name calling. but i think the other thing to note here is that, you know, the reality is, this is a president who, in 2017, invited police officers to use excessive force. this is a president who, when we saw white supremacists and neonazis marching in charlottesville, virginia, he talked about them as fine people and compared counterdemonstrators to them. this was also the president who has had a long history of making racially insensitive, inflammatory and even racist statements, according to some, including in 1973 when, as a real estate developer, he was accused of housing discrimination. and one of the statements attributed to him is, you wouldn't want to live with them. and the "them" are people like me. so i just want to say that unfortunately, it's not surprising behavior from this president. but also his assertion of authority that go beyond the bounds of the way we think about a constitutional democracy, including asserting a kind of totalitarian "i will take control." you know, that's not really the way it works, but unfortunately this is a president who doesn't care much. >> let's talk about constructive, because you used that word and you can't look at what happened tonight and not hope that at least something comes out of this. and by the way, we should mention as we did earlier, that this isn't just a protest in minneapolis. there are protests in colorado. there are protests in ohio. in union square here in new york city. arrests were made tonight. there is a growing anger, a growing heartbreak, name your emotion of what we're seeing, you know, frustration, grief. how does what we see tonight, whether it's in minneapolis or elsewhere around the country, how does that turn into something that five, six, ten years from now we're not looking at a similar situation and saying oh, remember back when george floyd happened and there were protests and we're in the same place that we were back then? >> thank you, chris, for asking that question, because that's the question we should expect our elected leaders to not just be asking, but also be helping to answer in conversation with us, we the people. and one of the things that we must do is have a -- is have a real discussion about what it means to have police accountability and justice when police violate the law. of course, there are many times when police absolutely do the job according to the law. of course it's a hard job. it's not about being insensitive to that fact. of course there are times when police have to use discretion and need to have discretion. but time and time again, we see police officers with videotape violating their training, violating the law. and part of the reason we're seeing the anger and frustration, the people who have been stopped and frisked simply for being in the wrong place and being the wrong color, don't get any vindication for justice. and that means that we see eruptions around the failure of the system to work for people who are black or latino or native american. and those eruptions are actually calling our attention to the problem of the failure of the justice system, not its successes. and that means police accountability, police oversight. i served in civilian police officer oversight. we have recommendations around the country about ways to strengthen civilian oversight. transparency around disciplinary records of officers. we learned that the officer who had his knee on mr. floyd's neck caught what apparently causing his death, actually had 18 prior complaints against him. he had two actual disciplinary actions, but thif you start to e that number of complaints, there has to be some real questions about what's going on with the officer. and the other thing we have seen far too often is that even when a police officer is fired for misconduct, they show up on the police force in another city or town. these are the kinds of things that simply make people feel that the system doesn't work properly. and these are things that can be fixed if we're willing to face the facts that there are some officers who need to be punished. >> in the meantime after that briefing today by a local, state, and federal officials, there has not been the decision whether to charge the four police officers who were there inlewding the man who had his knee on the neck of the victim. mia wylie, thank you. and coming up, former naacp president ben jealous will join us. and we'll have an update at what happened at the protests tonight in louisville, kentucky, another entirely different story. our coverage continues right after this here on msnbc. it has been a devastating night into the early morning hours in minneapolis, where protestors broke into the third precinct police station, set it on fire, and then set off fireworks where cheering was heard. in the middle of all of it. and joining us by phone from minneapolis is nbc news correspondent morgan chesky. you've been on the scene throughout the evening. at one point, maybe about 45 minutes ago, it came down from the city to get people out of the area. tell us where you are, what you saw, and what's transpired since then. >> reporter: yeah, chris. i can tell you that we have since kind of created a serious distance from that third precinct police station where we were reporting from for the better part of the evening. the city said after it had been basically taken over by protestors, we were told that there were potential explosives inside, that if ignited, would pose serious threats. so we distanced ourself from that building. when we retreated to a nearby parking lot, there was a flurry of gunfire into what we believe into the air. but either way, our security team made the decision to go ahead and put more distance between us and that very much developing scene. as we pulled away from that intersection where we were reporting tonight, i saw an arby's restaurant that had been boarded up earlier today. and protestors had not bothered it. and i saw it engulfed in flames. that was just one of the dozen or so buildings that were lit tonight, creating a very chaotic scene. as we departed from that immediate area, it appeared that the crowd had begun to disburse somewhat. but there's still hundreds upon hundreds of people walking in and around that ten-block radius that saw so much damage last night, and i know that when the sun rises the next morning, it's going to be a very bleak scene again for minneapolis. we saw these crowds move from building to building, basically doing whatever they wanted to, and i anticipated a police sponsor a national guard response after the governor signed that proclamation earlier today. but aside from some tear gas canisters in late evening, that initially kept crowds away from the police station, once that ended, and they got inside and gained access, it appeared that the crowd had free reign of at least a small area of the city why we were tonight. chris? >> morgan, take good care and thank you so much for your great reporting throughout the day and into the night. and then tonight, police say seven people were shot as hundreds of people and protestors gathered in downtown louisville demanding justice for breanna taylor. police shot and killed the 26-year-old er technician in march when they executed a search warrant at her apartment. the protest erupted. greg fisher held a town hall discussion about the case, and community relations with police. protestors could be heard "no justice, no peace" and calling for the officers involved in that shooting to be arrested. joining us now is ben jealous, former president and ceo of the naacp. ben, thanks so much for being with us on what is an extraordinarily difficult night. not just obviously in minneapolis, but as we were mentioning earlier, there were protests in many parts of the country and not just about this one incident. give us your big picture take of what we've seen unfold over the last couple of hours, ben. >> this is what it looks like when justice has been denied for a long time. and my heart really goes out to the people of the twin cities in this moment. i think of an old friend, prince, and what he would be doing right now, trying to pull folks together. the reality is that there's very little reason for people to feel safe right now, in part, because you have three big case there is in recent years. the philando castillo case. then we had a young white woman killed by a black officer, and now you have this case. which is one of the most -- one of the clearest cases i've seen, and frankly one of the easiest for a prosecutor to step out and say we will bring charges. if they want to pull that city together, that's exactly what needs to happen. i was there recently, to bring transparency to public safety and help discourage acts of police abuse. and you walk through that city, it is vibrant. it is diverse. it is also clear that there is deep inequality. one of the first times i went to the twin cities is during the depth of the great recession. and the interesting thing about that state was that minnesota and mississippi were the only two states in the country at the bottom of the recession where black unemployment was three times white unemployment, no matter what degree you had. a ph.d. or no high school degree. and so it is truly, when it comes to issues of racial injustice, while it's a nice place and you have a lot of big corporations there, they've got to deal with the inequality, and they've got to understand that what you're seeing here frankly is yes, about this case and is also about past cases and also about the failure to bring charges yet, and it is also about the deep inequality that runs all through that state. >> well, it's inequality, but also as you know, ben, an inequality that's been exacerbated by sometimes just looking at what we've been reporting. we forget we're in the middle of a pandemic. but sit a pandemic that's hit the african-american community particularly hard. it has hit those who already were working in low-wage jobs, particularly hard. in terms of their very life being put on the line, being suddenly deemed essential workers and having to go to work every day. i mean, we are in a situation where there was already so much tension, so much stress throughout much of america because of the way we've been living. and you add to it this. can you separate one from the other, ben? >> you really can't. every uprising we've seen in u.s. history has been sparked, yes, but an act of police abuse. and yet, and yet the tender is always joblessness and poor housing conditions. and so it's absolutely the case. and if you look at that crowd, it is not simply a black crowd. many shots where i have seen is a majority white crowd. we should keep in mind, quite frankly the repulsion to abusive behavior by the cops runs deep in our country of people of all colors. it goes back to the boston massacre. and frankly, the crowds you see here are as diverse as the crowds you would have seen that night, when the first person who was killed was a black man and he was in a crowd of people of white, they were mixed. they say maybe even native american. and a black man was the first to be shot by the red coats that night. so this is something that we as an american people have been fighting to end for a very long time. and in the twin cities, it is felt especially elusive in recent years. and what has been sparked tonight is a powder keg that is layers of inequality and poverty and the deep pain that has been felt by so many workers and their children in this moment. >> and i'm not sure if you saw it, but the president tweeted in the early morning hours within the last half hour or so, and as mia wylie pointed out a short wile ago, what we hope to see and tend to see in terrible situations like this is a president who would reach out to the governor, a president would reach out to the mayor and offer any help he could give. the president said he had spoken to the governor but criticized what he called a total lack of leadership by a weak, radical left mayor and then also said, any difficulty, and we will assume control. what is your reaction to the president's tweets today? >> the president has completely dismantled the justice department's ability to really enforce civil rights. and right now, one of the things that should be on the table is that civil rights charges will be brought against these officers. they should fearing the law in that county, they should be fearing the law in that state, they should be fearing the federal government. trump's administration has made clear, let's be clear, we have a president who still insists that the central park five are guilty, even though they have been exonerated by dna evidence and a court of law has found them innocent. and so there's no one who believes that donald trump actually is on the side of justice in this case. and that is part of what has created this situation. and i suspect that he fears that people will gather and so he's doing his thing when he tries to shift blame. let's be clear, law enforcement in this case is the county, it is the state, it is the federal government. him trying to blame the mayor either shows he doesn't understand how justice works, or he's trying to shift blame from himself or both. and it's probably both. >> ben jealous, much appreciate you taking the time in these early morning hours to be with us. thank you so much. we'll be right back with more as our breaking news coverage continues. we have been watching tonight as the violence has escalated in minneapolis where a police precinct has gone up in flames. we've also seen that there's been a number of businesses that have caught on fire. we've heard than an arby's, that had been largely left alone, morgan chesky saw that ablaze. there's been flash looting in st. paul, the sister city to minneapolis. a shopping mall was the target. we're back with mark claxton, former nypd detective and jim cavanaugh. jim, i'll start with you. where does minneapolis go from here after the night that we have seen? >> well, chris, i hope that there's some more peaceful times starting with tomorrow night. but it's up to the prosecutors to do something. to look at that horrific video, a video really of a homicide before your eyes. and not try to overlawyer this, if you are waiting on a toxicology report and autopsy, which they could be. you still have, on its face, a first degree assault, which carries 20 years in prison, up to 20 years in prison. it's not a small charge. and you could arrest the officer regardless of what any autopsy may say, regardless of what any toxicology report may say, and you can arrest the officer for that. i believe the neck compression resulted in mr. floyd's death. after i watched that repeatedly, you can see him expire right there, he's gasping for breath. you know, when a man calls for his mother, and he's in a state like this, i mean, if you're a student of history, a veteran, a person who pays attention to such things, this is what wounded soldiers on the battlefield who can't be reached call for their mother. this is what soldiers trapped and wounded who can't be treated by a medic call for their mother. that's throughout history. that's a desperate call. it's a primal scream. and he's saying, momma, i can't breathe. please help me. it's the most horrific thing. and then we have to diddle dadle around and we can't get a warrant. this is hurting the city, because as citizens, first they endure this horrible crime in their face. and then they see no beginning of justice. and, you know, i liken it, and mark knows, his career as a policeman, like the arbery case in glenn county, and i spent a lot of time in glenn county, you show up, when i was a uniformed officer, you show up, a shooting, man shot multiple times, an unarmed person who committed no crime, that person is getting arrested on spot, he's booked into jail. that happens right there, the first thing. and what people see is there's no justice. and so we need to rethink how we're doing these things. you know, minneapolis has a problem, but they've got to get calm. they need a charge in the morning to start the calm. >> mark, the head attorney, who, after making statements at the press conference, felt he had to clarify later. what he said is, it is critical to review all the evidence, because at the time of trial, all that information will be used as someone who -- as an nypd detective understands how cases get built, what do you make of that statement? >> i don't think there are many people who are fooled. i know that there is not a lack of probable cause to make an arrest in this particular case, as jim hassell quen eloquently . the video is so compelling and so substantive. and if you want to ignore the video, take the word of hundreds of law enforcement professionals, many of those individuals who run police agencies around the country, who all day long have been publicly stating that these police officers need to be criminally charged. that never happens. so i think people are well aware. it's not about probable cause at this point. it's about prosecutorial decision. it's about an individual or a group of individuals making a decision not to charge at this point. the evidence, you know, at this point, is clear enough and it establishes probable cause. law enforcement professionals indicated experienced prosecutors saying there is enough to in the very least charge these police officers. so it is the decision making process, and another thing too. i think people are wary and concerned about federal intervention. there was a time when we would call for federal intervention of these type of offenses, these type of incidents. now we're at the point where you have to look for a way to further stall justice. and that concerns me. >> mark claxton, jim cavanaugh, thanks to both of you. i want to go back, if i can, to ali velshi, who has watched all of this unfold. ali, let me ask you what we were just talking about with mark and with jim cavanaugh, is where does the city of minneapolis go from here after what you have seen tonight, having been in the middle of it and felt the mood of the people and important to point out the diversity of the people in that crowd, where does minneapolis go come morning? >> you know, chris, i'm canadian. minneapolis is one of my favorite cities, because it's like a canadian city. people are laid back, they don't mind the cold. this is a place it doesn't feel like it does tonight. it has felt this way for couple of years, since maybe 2015. they've had some serious issues with the police and population, particularly the african-american population. and they tried to get some of it right, but tonight, this week got really bad. i have to say, you've been talking about this for a while on tv tonight. with a lot of these guests who say there are some things that can't be known, but we now have three pieces of video. this becomes very confusing. that press conference that was held earlier today and the county attorney saying, you know, he may have evidence that says there isn't a criminal charge here. this is what is confusing people. that's somewhat set tensions aflight again tonight. we had some calmness during the day. tomorrow morning, we'll have less calmness that we had today. and if another sun sets on minneapolis without something that looks like a charge or a very good explanation as to where there isn't one. i understand the law and investigative processes have to take their time. but the people i was with tonight don't understand that. they're not understanding why they saw a video of a guy with his knee on george floyd's neck, and then you saw, as one of your earlier guests say, george floyd narrate his own death and why are aren't charges. and i am worried for minneapolis without something that looks like the wheels of justice are in motion. something that looks like the wheels of justice are in motion. tonight, the people didn't feel that, chris. >> ali velshi, and i will add morgan chesky as well, i want to thank both of you for the reporting you have done tonight for the crews. i know very difficult circumstances, in some cases endangering circumstances. ali, thank you so much. clearly, as officials today at that press conference were calling for patience, what we were hearing from people in minneapolis tonight is, we have been waiting. we've been waiting for justice after a black man, after black man, after black woman dies and nothing has changed. we'll continue to talk about these very important issues. i'm chris jansing. thank you for watching. there is a possible news conference from the minneapolis mayor. we will carry that live when it happens. and we'll have much more live news on msnbc throughout the day tomorrow and our continuing coverage after this break. across america, business owners are figuring things out. finding new ways to serve customers... connect employees... and work with partners. comcast business is right there with you. with a network that helps give you speed, reliability and security. and enough bandwidth to handle all your connected devices. voice solutions like remote call forwarding and readable voicemail. and safe, convenient installation. when every connection counts, you can count on us. get the connectivity your business needs. call today. comcast business. this is the story we are covering. if you've been watching our coverage, then you know, this all started with the death of george floyd. not just in police hands, but enforceable custody, broad daylight, on his stomach, in the late today and what's notable about it is the audio it contains. it's the number of police officers you see detaining him there in the street and the number of times you can hear mr. floyd say he couldn't breathe. he died in police hands. that started what we are seeing tonight. officials held a news conference today including the trump appointed u.s. attorney for the district of minnesota including the local attorney for hennepin county, minnesota. but they didn't have enough to say to stop what we're seeing unfold. right before the top of the
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