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Protesters were violently cleared from outside the white house. First, a new report on weekly jobless claims shows 1. 5 million americans filed for Unemployment Insurance for the first time last week. Despite widespread business reopenings, it is obviously fewer than the week before, but 1. 5 is still a lot in nearly 2 1 2 times our alltime prepandemic record. All of this comes as the United States reaches another grim milestone surpassing 2 million cases of the virus. At least nine states have ...

Dignity and the respect that we afford all people. We honor him today because when he took his last breath, the rest of us will now be able to breathe. We are not fighting some disconnected incidence. We are fighting an institutional systemic problem. Someone said make America Great again but when has america ever been great . His life mattered. All our lives matter. Black lives matter. His death will not be in vain. He is going to change the world. That was the scene this afternoon in houston. ...

This week. Amc announced this week theyre reopening nearly all locations in britain. Theaters in 90 of overseas markets will be running by mid july. George floyds brother will be testifying on capitol hill today. Here is the his testimony about watching his brother, on videotape, die. I cant tell you the kind of pain you feel when you watch something that. You watch your big brother die like that, die begging for his mom. Im tired. Im tired of pain. The pain you feel when you watch Something Lik...

Personal today as his brother heads to capitol hill. Cnn has learned President Trump as top advisors are working on initiatives for Police Reform which the president could unveil later this week. Trumps team are encouraging him to be more empathetic on the subject of racism but hes shown little interest in addressing racism. Some their jobs the right way because in his eyes they havent for years and years. Hes already met privately with former President Joe Biden on monday. Now his testimony is ...

Least a dozen cities and municipalities including washington, d. C. Have banned or are moving to ban the use of chokeholds by police. You have democratic and republican lawmakers speaking out about legislative changes. As far as the president , he is showing little interest in addressing systemic racism at the heart of these last two weeks of protests. Cnn has learned that the top advisers plan to present him options on Police Reform though in the coming days. Amid this some good news on the cor...

As the protests sparked by his killing continue in small towns and big cities across america. Undeterr undeterred. In fact, even invigorated by a president who has set himself in opposition to the protesters. The conditions in this country have changed so much in the past couple of weeks, over the past few months. Its almost impossible for us covering it day in and day out, watching the news and headlines, to conceive of where things stand. How much the world and this country changed. Those chan...

Former chief Public Affairs officer for moveon, karine jeanpierre, now a Senior Adviser to the Biden Campaign. And historian and author of the soul of america, jon meacham joins us. Hes an nbc news and msnbc contributor. We will play for you more of joe bidens message that was played at George Floyds funeral, and the other moving speakers, including reverend al. Well also get down to yesterdays breakdown in georgias voting process. This is a big story. The secretary of state is opening an invest...

Disconnected incidents. We are fighting an institutional, systemic problem. 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 a...

Flexibility. Start with Lucy Cavanaugh in minneapolis. Folks can see, you were, still are, in the room where this press conference happened. Take us through what the police chief really announced here. Reporter right, kate. A significant press conference by the police chief medaria arredondo. He spoke passionately and refused to mention of name of derek chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police officer involved in the killing of george floyd and outlined a plan in his words would shape a new paradi...

Along the bushes outside the site of George Floyds funeral. Today mr. Floyds family, his friends, people he played football with in school, they all gathered one last time today at his funeral in houston before he was laid to rest this afternoon next to his mother in the city where he grew up. From floyds casket remained open today during the service in a way that has had people calling back to the funeral for emmett till, who of course was the 14yearold who was brutally lynched and murdered in ...