Of a likely announcement by President Trump against its controversial security. Help for 2000000. 00 of spains poorest hit hard by the pandemic the government approves a plan for a minimum income. And inspire u. K. Police want some premier league games to be played at neutral venue when the season restarts police claim is part of an effort to stop fans gathering outside stadiums during matches. So then donald trump is being accused of glorifying violence and inflaming racially charged protests across the United States the president has tweeted that when the looting starts the shooting starts he is referring to the city of minneapolis where the National Guard has been called in after days of demonstrations following the death of an armed black man who tore a gate and begins our coverage. Riot police in minneapolis ready to confront a community that fails its been betrayed National Guard soldiers have also arrived in the city requested by a man whos under pressure to bring the violence under control this was a Police Station in flames on thursday night as anger directed at those who swear to protect and serve escalated the. Not far away more burning shops looting and violence protests have spread across the United States in denver demonstrators echoed the demands for justice already heard in los angeles and new york anger over the treatment of africanamericans by the police is new but it is very role right now. In louisville kentucky the death of George Clooney it has reopened old wounds with protesters demanding justice for an africanamerican woman who was shot dead by police 2 months ago. It is this video of the last moments of George Floyds life a Police Officer kneeling on his neck thats driving the outrage floyds family the citys man and National Politicians are calling for the officer to be charged with murder we did see a murder on t. V. And it wasnt selfdefense the f. B. I. Is promising a thorough investigation but it could take weeks for a prosecutor to decide on criminal charges and people here are impatient francis i am pleading i am pleading with individuals. To remain calm and to let us conduct this investigation President Trump called the protesters thugs and suggested National Guard soldiers shoot the looters he also took aim at the citys democratic man donald trump knows nothing about the strength of minneapolis we are strong as help is this a difficult time period yes but you better be damn sure that were going to get through this. The protests in George Floyds name are only growing as more people in most cities feel justice in america is far from equal victoria gayton be out there all right lets get a sense of whats happening on the ground we can speak to us in the local journalists in minneapolis and alison you know the city very well paint the picture for us whats the mood there whats the scene after this long night of protests and violence. Its very raw its very tense as you can see right well right now im standing at 29th and lake street right now were just a couple blocks away from a bunch of businesses and the library and the Police Station that was burned down last night theres the National Guard theres the Minnesota State troopers and theres its very tense theres a bunch of people on the corner that are confronting that are yelling and talking and trying to talk to the National Guard right now i talked with the university of minnesota professor earlier who is here he teaches africanamerican studies on this who are receiving the soda and he said told me when i asked him you know if he if i if he thought that there was going to be more protest and rescue said that and tell that that the feeling is very raw and very really angry and unless there is some. Word that theyre going to get our conviction or that the officers are going to be charged that there are going to still be more protests and more demonstrations so. You know last night was another night of moving and building for gun violence this is my neighborhood this is the longfellow neighborhood ive lived here for almost 20 years ive never i havent seen the city like this before you know there were demonstrations or bridge marquardt and a lot of tech deal but this i think this is just you know. This is just this feels very different i remember the rodney king. The rodney king demonstrations in San Francisco and the stuff that feels like that. And so youre saying that the sense is the momentum is building that unless there is something given back to the process in the sense of charges brought against the perpetrators. Tonight we will see more more violence on the streets. I put the phone up to my ear to hear you a little bit better but i think that the general feeling that and lets there are some word from the from. Your turn you know that kind of incoming Attorneys Office theyre just not people are happy with what theyve heard yesterday during that press conference with kind of an county attorney mike freeman i think that theres some calls for there to be an independent investigation so i think until that happens that the city is still going to continue to iraq and theyre still going to be more demonstrations right and this is something were going to get into a little bit later in the program but colleagues in brokaws media where arrested and d even the day was not heard about that any word on the street about why this might have happened. I think why this is happening is because people feel like so many people feel here that the Minneapolis Police havent are not havent been held accountable they feel like there is racism in the Police Department they feel that their concerns are not or they feel that. That is what. They want to even charge so i think that thats what you. Are out of there will be there for the time being thanks very much indeed for that update from on the ground in minneapolis will be with you as the own thanks very much in the meantime lets speak to you gave it as one do joins us live now to talk about protests happening elsewhere in the United States and George Floyds death has ignited protests in at least 6 all the cities. Yeah thats right this is really touched a nerve that video seeing george floyd dying there with the officer with his knee and his neck has touched a nerve throughout america here in new york city on thursday evening thousands of protesters took to the streets the flashpoint was here in Union Square Park they marched down towards New York City Hall and down for the World Trade Center as well under a heavy Police Presence there were some brief clashes between police and protesters that were angry they were saying that what made them so angry and why they were taking to the streets was because. George floyd was handcuffed and at the officer for many many minutes had his knee on George Floyds neck and that is what seems to in year 8 people so much here on the streets as many as 70 people were arrested here in new york city but it well its not here only also in los angeles on the west coast we saw hundreds of protesters take to the streets there the law king a major highway in los angeles that governor sorry the mayor of l. A. Coming out and saying he understands the frustration and anger that people have need while in the middle of the country in Denver Colorado hundreds more took to the streets there police had to use pepper spray to break up large crowds in denver at one point. A driver tried to briefly drive through the crowd of protesters there we saw huge anger in denver and not only there in louisville kentucky 7 people were shot thursday evening during a protest there as well and it was a protest about a young africanamerican woman that was killed in march by police shot dead in her own home now people taking to the streets theyre saying after george floyd after this woman that was killed in louisville theyre saying theyve had enough they took to the streets saying no justice no peace prosecute police so a very tense tense moments and thousands taking to the streets of louisville as well in summary what youre seeing here is all over the u. S. Many cities now protesting people taking their streets saying they want justice theyve had enough in the last ill say is whats interesting about this is these protests are happening in america at a time when most of these cities if not all are locked down because of coronavirus and have orders for people not to gather on the street so people are defying those orders because they feel so strongly that they need to have their voices heard and try to bring justice for. Thanks very much oh thats a picture of new york and other cities the United States cable is on there reporting. Ok lets look at what president tweeted about the protests warning the minneapolis managed to get its act together and then right saying that these thugs as you call them dishonoring the memory of george floyd and he wouldnt let that happen trump says he told the minnesota governor that the military is with him all the way and he difficulty he said and we will assume control but when the leaching starts the shooting starts from said lets go live to our White House Correspondent kimberly how kits and kimberly this phrase when the shooting starts the lead starts thats a statement with a particular resonance. Yeah it really goes back some 50 years to the racial tensions that existed in the 19th sixtys specifically the words of the then miami police chief in 1967 when he was essentially referring to a crackdown on what he called slum could limbs essentially inflaming tensions with those words and that is the fear that the u. S. President by reiterating is doing the very same thing the u. S. President for his part has tweeted again in the last a few moments saying that the National Guard has arrived on the scene there in minneapolis and fully prepared george floyd will not have died in vain respect his memory so that is the latest message by the u. S. President to the protesters in minneapolis now of course when it comes to the National Guard and deploying weve certainly seen it more recently in this country particularly back in 2014 when the National Guard was deployed to ferguson missouri for tensions there and then few of the Civic Leaders and the civil rights activists in this sort of after action some years later is that essentially when the National Guard went in this only made things worse it was heavily militarized against american citizens and their right to protest and so this is the fear now as the u. S. President says that the National Guard is on the scene fully prepared thats the fear that these tensions are going to only further escalate in fact the a. C. L. U. Or the american civil liberties. Union has issued a statement to regard to that saying that the words of the president are hypocritical of moral illegal gross disregard for racial terror and with respect to sending in the National Guard we call in the National Guard and Law Enforcement to comply with the law and not President Trump pretty powerful statement but many are saying that this this really should be a time when you would expect skilled leadership to to try and dump in the things done rob of the well perhaps the opposite. Well and thats the exact statement that is coming out and with respect to the twitter war thats kind of taking place in the midst of all of this to the fact that the us president had once again this week had his words essentially flagged in some form or fashion by twitter is setting up and now their fight sort of separate to whats happening with regard to the racial tensions you have a president very vocal on social media essentially having another battle almost simultaneously the fact that twitter has essentially obscure the president s words saying that there is a need to read and notice because there is a glorifying of violence on social media at least thats the accusation you have the u. S. President then further showing defiance by retreating this incendiary tweet on the official white house account so you can see there there are a lot of battles going on on the interest of the public to get this message is the argument that is being made by this white house twitter saying that it violates very clearly the terms that theyve laid out and the bottom line in all of this essentially is that you have trust supporters also weighing in on all of this saying this is an Election Year weve got a social media platform taking sides so many aspects to this story each one very incendiary in and of itself or it can only be there for the moment and thats a picture from the white house can we how it could reporting well a c. N. N. Crew reporting on the protests in minneapolis was arrested by police live on camera have a look at this and you know will i am under arrest or client why am i under arrest that is reports a human is who is showing demonstrators being arrested live on t. V. He along with the Production Team then a school to the way by offices after having offered to set up in a different location he has since been released and spoke to the network about his experience. It did cross my mind that what is really happening here and the one thing that gave me a little bit of comfort was that it happened on live t. V. Theres been this you know when you talk within the community about lets just say whats happened with george floyd theres always a discussion that whats happening isnt new its being films and that speaks to the power of having something happen on camera because you can have people speak up for you without you saying anything and that gave me a little bit of comfort knowing that you guys saw what was happening i was living what was happening and the country was seeing what was happening unfold in real time right before their eyes you dont have to doubt my story its not filtered in any sort of way you saw it for your own eyes that is human that is what has been loads of reaction on social media to the rest of the c. N. N. Reports lets have more from laura but many thank you very much nick. Well as is now trending across social media and twitter well take a look at reactions in just a moment but 1st lets see how the minneapolis authorities have responded well this tweet from state patrol says 3 members of the crew were released bought only once they were confirmed 3 members of the media c. N. N. Immediately responded saying this just simply isnt accurate the c. N. N. Crew identified themselves live on t. V. And media the as journalists but it did thanks to governor tim watts for helping to release the crew and for his apology well other reactions include german journalist liam young he took to twitter saying a block c. N. N. Reporter has been arrested live on air for reporting on the situation in minneapolis but theyve yet to arrest the Police Officer who he says killed george floyd well weve also got some reaction from a lawyer cura font and shes calling for an amendment to the law to support the rights of free speech rights the press and rights for people to peacefully assemble the National Union of journalists has also taken to twitter theyve condemned the actions of the police its offering support to journalists menace and his c. N. N. Colleagues and finally the International Federation of journalists says press must be able to report freely and safely on public demonstrations attacking the freedom to work violates the rights of citizens to be informed laura thanks very much indeed for that lets take this on we can speak to courtney right its the advocacy director for the committee to protect journalists and joins us live from washington d. C. Via skype courtney. In the context of the climate in gendered by the nations leader by donald trump who continually lambast the Fake News Media what do you make of the arrests of this news team in these circumstances in minneapolis. Were deeply shocked c. N. N. Reporter and his crew were arrested live on air and despite clearly identifying themselves with members of the process offering to comply with any police requests to move location and this is not acceptable in a democracy its not acceptable behavior by Law Enforcement and of course were concerned as we recently reported in our latest report on the trunk administration the media about how this constant vilification and harassment of the process by President Trump and other political leaders vilifies them and creates a permissive environment where violence could become more likely and frankly sends a signal to Law Enforcement that hey you know c. N. N. Is trump has called them the enemy of the people so you can see any circumstances in which these arrests could be justified based on what i saw on the video and you know what what we saw that calm demeanor of these reporters a very clear compliance with any you know requests no and the fact that they were not able to verify that they were media just seems ludicrous and light of the fact that they were Live Streaming it wouldnt take an hour or 2 you know they didnt need to handcuff them it wouldnt tak