Pandemic, a an economic crisis and a deep uncertainty. This is ab nbc news special report. America in crisis. Good evening, everyone. Im lester holt in minneapolis. Ten days ago joshlg floyd was known only to his family and friends. Today he was mourn ed and celebrated here in a nationally televised Memorial Service and the remembrance continues tonight at the intersection not far from here where he died. His name is now known around the world. The littest in a long list of africanamerican men who have is fallen victim to Police Brutality. But also now a rallying cry for change and for justice. His death triggered a national outpouring of grief and anger and a growing resolve as trajs like this ever happen again. Tonight, peaceful protests continue across the country. Even around the world as many call for change. It all comes a the a pair louse moment for this country. We have seen Racial Injustice before. Just as we have seen mass unemployment, civil unrest and divisive politics befo
No more eight minutes and 46 seconds of injustice and the mistreatment of africanamerican men at the hands of the laws of this nation and anyone else. There will be no more eight minutes and 46 seconds that you will be in pain without getting justice. He changed not only this country, not only the united states, he changed the world. George floyd changed the world. Presumptive democratic president ial nominee joe biden also honored george floyd in a video message that linked his murder to the broader struggle for civil rights. We cannot leave this moment thinking we can once again turn away from racism. It stings at our very soul. As Thurgood Marshall once implored, quote, america must dissent from indifference. It must dissent from the fear, hatred and mistrust. We must dissent because america can do better, because america has no choice but to do better. George floyds death in Police Custody has galvanized a nationwide movement that has taken its message even to the doors of the whit
Im chris hayes. Today, george floyd was laid to rest in his hometown of houston. As the protests sparked by his killing continue in small towns and big cities across america, undeterred. In fact, even invigorated by a president who has set himself in opposition to the protestors. The conditions in this country, in so many ways, have changed so much in the past couple weeks, over the past few months. It is almost impossible for us, covering it day in, day out, watching the news and the headlines, to fully conceive of where things stand. How much the world and this country changed. Those changes have proven to be a tact of the strange nature of president trumps political strength. Despite repeatedly saying and doing terrible things that would sink any other politician. You will recall, he could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and would not lose any voters. He said it sort of surprised and bemused. It turns out that ushering the worst cataclysm in the nation in a c
A young girl arranges to get cocaine to her school and wins the signs fair. It was to find out which dog could sniff out cocaine the fastest. Her dad is a Miami Police Detective he provided the dog, cold enspringer and Chocolate Lab. He also brought the dope. The school said it was unusual but no rules were broken. For the record the Chocolate Lab won. Thats not fair. Interesting, but not fair. America live starts right now. Fox news alert the word came in just the last couple hours. The president s jobs council is officially out of a job. As the white house announces it is not renewing a panel of more than 2 dozen Industry Leaders who were supposed to help fix americas jobs crisis. Welcome to america live everyone. I am megyn kelly. President obama created this panel years ago looking at job growth and creation. He only met with them a couple of times, four to be exact in two years. The last normal me formal meetis more than a year ago. Americans still have no job about double that ha
Box Office Blessing for a new film . Good evening, we begin with major developments in the crisis in ukraine which tonight is quickly developing into a testy showdown between the u. S. And russia. Within the last few hours, president obama and russias president putin spoke about the crisis by telephone hours after the Russian Parliament gave putin the okay to send troops into the ukraine. Tonight the white house is warning the kremlin against what it calls the continuing violation of International Law in ukraine, saying it will lead to greater Political Economic isolation. Earlier the Security Team met to discuss u. S. Options in a rare saturday session. While in ukraine itself there were growing signs that russia has already taken control over the crimea region. We have full coverage of todays fastmoving developments beginning with our bill neely in crimea. Good evening, bill. Reporter yes, the crisis here in crimea is deepening, lester, so too, are worries about an imminent russian t