And china warns the u. K. To back off as britain talks of offering citizenship to millions of hong kong residents. The u. S. President is again fanning the flames of Police Brutality protests as the last of night long curfews ends in the u. S. Donald trump says it is the ministration has done more for the black community than any other president in a series of tweets is attacked Media Networks that have been critical of his response to 8 days and nights of demonstrations following the death of george floyd while in Police Custody and one of his tweets he simply says law and order. Now there was an overnight curfew in many big cities as people defied restrictions to continue their protest against racism and Police Brutality after the death of george floyd in minnesota where floyd died in Police Custody just over a week ago the mother of his daughter has held an emotional News Conference roxie washington says he was a good man and father john hendren reports from minneapolis. A week after George Floyd Death little spark that left American Cities in flames roxie washington is demanding justice. On the business of apple for. He with. Well were ahead you way he will never walk down. Echoing the crowd of protesters at the sight of George Floyds death floyds family wants all 4 officers involved in his detention to be charged with a crime and not pay. Any of your right because the one justice. Justice for him because he was the norm out of well in about it thanks sure that this is the proof that he would look good. At the State Capitol in st paul were thousands of protesters meant to keep the pressure on their government. Minnesotas governor says he wants justice and hes launched a discrimination probe into the Minneapolis Police department to get the investigation will review in p. D. F. Policies procedures and practices over the last 10 years to determine if the department is utilized to semi practices towards people of color the governor says he wants the protesters to know there are heard what we keep hearing from protesters on the street is that they dont trust the police they want the police to stop discriminating against africanamericans and even black professionals tell us what happened to george floyd here could have happened to any one of them and need to change the system a different tune in the more recent early shift say they experienced discrimination on a daily basis but they worry most about their children encountering police i worry a lot. Theyre young adults. Theyre trying to stay in positive and be productive in their everyday life. Be no law abiding citizens but unfortunately we. Cant change your complection or youre in the city. You dont always get an opportunity its a theme heard over and over at this site known as the george floyd memorial they come not just for George Clooney but for those who might come next. John hendren al jazeera minneapolis ok lets go straight to our White House Correspondent and the correspondence Kimberly Hall just bring us up to date with what the situation is in washington the moment. Yeah well the latest thing is the us president has spoken out for the 1st time in a conservative Radio Television or rather conservative Radio Program reacting to the violence that continues to iraq now he was asked directly by the shows host about the predominant mistrust that exists in communities of color when it comes to the police the u. S. President didnt seem to have a solution for that essentially calling it a long term problem he also talked about how he believes he has very high poll numbers when it comes to the Africanamerican Community i can tell you that is not the case in terms of the polls that we have seen over the last few years the u. S. President blaming the media once again for the fact that those poll numbers are low essentially not mentioning for example historically low unemployment when it comes to communities of color that is something the u. S. President says has been tapped down he also was reacting and that was asked about the reports that on friday evening when the white house was in many ways not overrun but certainly threatened significantly with the protesters very close to the gates of the white house it was reported that the u. S. President went into an underground bunker temporarily the u. S. President sort of dismissed that saying guess it was just for a short period of time and he was really just inspecting the facilities now the u. S. President also commented about that photo opportunity that caused so much controversy when he cleared the Lafayette Park with riot. Gear police there was tear gas the protesters were pushed back for what essentially turned out to be a photo opportunity of the president standing in front of St Johns Episcopal Church with a bible the u. S. President got a lot of criticism from some very prominent religious leaders he pushed back on that saying the religious leaders loved it the bible holding that it was a great symbol so. Were now watching to see what happens next the u. S. President has appeared on this radio show we know that there will be a press briefing with this press secretary kaley mcenaney that will be coming up at 800 g. M. T. Well find out what more the u. S. President will say with regard to the law and order he says he intends to project across the United States if this unrest continues and so White House Correspondent kimberly halted in d. C. One Committee Thanks very much indeed well to his analysis the legal director at the American Civil Liberties union of minnesota shes joining us live by xoom thank you very much indeed for being on all of his hero what action is the a. C. L. U. Taking. Going to its great to be here a fellow we overnight filed in lawsuit against the city of minneapolis and the many Minnesota State patrol because as our lawsuit says the press are under attack in minnesota. We have no seen numerous well documented instances members of the press being deliberately abused by Law Enforcement and that cannot go on answered you have serious 1st amendment concerns about what is happening in our city how would you interpret the action thats taking place against journalists is it actions of independent offices or is there a wider issue to be dealt with. I dont know our lawsuit alleges that leadership. The Police Agencies have failed to. Take steps to ensure that members of the media are protected and there has been a pattern of this kind of abuse for many years our lawsuit. Mentions incidents dating back to 2002 where journalists have been arrested and maced in 2008 Minneapolis Police were sued for taking part in a resting the journalist in goodman and one of her crews during the aren t. Convention so this is something that goes deep into the departments conduct and i think when you have as here protests against the very police department. There is an added incentive for them to try and suppress speak. To reason out some thank you very much indeed were going to have to leave it there because i understand mark as the foreign secretary of the United States is speaking thats listen to what hes going to say america all while many of their fellow guardsmen are deployed abroad defending against americas real adversaries most importantly i want to assure all of you and all americans that the department the fence the Armed Services our uniform leaders our civilian leaders and i take seriously our oath to support and defend the constitution of the United States and to safeguard those very rights contained in that that document we cherish so dearly this is a tough time for our great country these days but we will get through it my hope is that instead of the violence in the streets we will see Peaceful Demonstrations that honor george floyd that press breakout ability for his murder. That move us to reflect about racism in america and that serve as a call to action for us to come together and to address this problem once and for all this is the america your military represents this is the america we aspire to be and this is the america that were committed to defending with our lives thank you were going to burn. Thank you mr secretary. Thank you back to your comments about monday evening and when you left the white house. With the president and others i think i heard you correctly you said you didnt know that you were going to be going to the scent just church but you didnt know what would happen when you got there and youve been criticized by many course actually participating in the president ial photo op so my question is do you regret having participated well i didnt know that we were going to the church i was not aware of a photo op was happening of course the president dragged a large press pool along with him and look i do everything i can to try to stay a political and destructive try and stay out of situations that may appear political and sometimes im successful doing that and in sometimes im not a successful but my aim is to keep the department out of politics to stay political and thats what i continue to try and do as well as my leaders here in the department. Were going to bill their. You know why i was secretary could you address has been a lot of criticism of your use of the word battlespace describe areas inside the United States for people are protesting would you like to take that phrase back and when you talk about keeping the military a political how do you see the department navigating this when response protest has become a partisan issue. Well ill take your 2nd question 1st bill that is the challenge right its its a theres a political tone to this we are in the political season and election approaches and this is always a challenge for every Department Defense and every Election Year and so this is something were going to continue to deal with as we creep closer and closer to election season ive been speaking about the importance of staying out of politics by remaining a political. Leadership since since i took office reinforced it when i came in when we started the the new year and ive talked about it several times since then but this will be the ongoing challenge with regard to your 1st question is as you rightly said earlier this week i was quoted as saying that the best we wait to get street violence under control was by dominating the battle space and probably all of you who cover the pentagon hear us use this phrase often its something we use day in day out there are other phrases that we use day in day out that you understand that most people dont understand it is part of our military lexicon that i grew up with and its what we routinely use to describe a bounded area of operations its not a phrase focused on people and certainly not on our fellow americans have some of suggested is a phrase i used over the weekend when speaking with minnesota governor waltz he and i spoke a couple times on friday and saturday as i spoke to him about the deal of the support to what was happening there keep in mind it was only a. Few short days ago where minneapolis was the epicenter and all eyes were focused on on minnesota the governor was also a former member the National Guard and i was complimenting him on the call with the governors about what he had done it was his Successful Use of the guard in sufficient numbers that really wrested control the streets from the looters and others breaking the law and its size given credit for that and hes doing so so the Peaceful Demonstrations could be held so that peaceful demonstrators could share their frustration and their anger thats what i was can encouraging other governors to consider in retrospect that would use different wording so as not to distract. From the more important matters at hand or allow some to suggest were militarizing the issue. Limiting. Our thank you much for very forgiving this very thing some of the people that criticize you for the term battlespace were some of americas most respected former generals and they said that that was just inappropriate language and if i could move on to what you knew about the situation at Lafayette Square were you aware that the park police were going to use such strong measures in pushing back the protestors there and did you express any concerns that that may not be exactly what needed to happen to make that for the last possible. Thanks for the question luis i was not aware of the Law Enforcement plans for the park i was not briefed on them nor should i expect to be but they had taken what actions i assume they felt was necessary given what they faced but i was not briefed on the plans and was was not aware what they were doing. Yet the secretary thanks for your time i realize youre trying to keep the department out of politics but it took you a week to to say anything along the lines of what you did at the top of this call and your strong strong comments this morning about george floyd. In light of the more than 200000 black Service Members in uniform and the pain across the country why did it take so long. Thanks thanks dan its a fair question i think that you may have written about this and you rightly said. Ive worked very hard to keep the department of politics which is very hard these days as we move closer and closer to an Election Year remaining a political means that there are times to speak up and times not to and as a certain my earlier remarks what happened to george floyd happens way too often in this country and most times we dont speak about these matters as a department. But as events have unfolded over the past few days it became very clear that this is becoming a very combustible National Issue and what i wanted to do i had made the determination as events escalate the last 72 hours that the moment had had reached the point where it warranted a clear message to the department about the about our approach and so given the dynamics i wanted to lead by crafting my own statement for the apartment 1st which i did yesterday and you all should have seen it and got it it went out this piece of paper my message to the force which said i thought with these the proper tone for our Service Members and deal disadvantages and all and giving my leaders the space to also craft similar messages expressing our outrage of what happened expressing our commitment to the constitution expressing our commitment as an institution to. 2 and racism and hatred in all its forms and just a general expression with regard to what the department is about so that thats the timeline dan if you will and thats why it did and i do that with great counsel from the advisers will go out one more hold on it if she ever the chiefs were interested in picking up dinner sometimes when you say nothing that thats something unto itself in retrospect would you have done so more quickly well we did you know general milley we talked to the chiefs there was most of the chiefs. One to take the lead for me and and so what i told was i was through the chairman i was going to take a was going to send the initial message out again to set the tone to express my views and then give them the space to to share their views as well to do so and again this is we are a week into this or so and when you look at whats escalated its been a matter of 72 hours maybe 96 or so so and weve been consumed with a lot of things between now and then but i do think its important to speak up and to speak out and to share what we view again as an institution the racism that exists in america and how we view it as an institution again i think weve led on these issues over the history of United States military and will continue to do so certainly while im at the helm right when were on the phone condiment. Not going to nick schifrin. If the secretary thanks very much for doing this if i could take you back to. The other night i know youre saying that you didnt know exactly what the plans were but with all due respect those plans were designed by commander in chief and also by bill barr course a fellow secretary cabinet secretary and someone who is in the command center with you so how could you not know about those plans and what does it say about those plans to both clear the park and go to the church and do what the president did and number 2 i know you conducted an inquiry on the use of the helicopter you may not want to say this but you believe it was inappropriate to use in that have ak helicopters to intimidate protesters make on the 1st thing neck again i think theres some speculation with regard to what you what you stated i encourage you to speak to department of justice as again it was a Law Enforcement action i had not yet arrived at the command post i was in route to the command post when i was asked to return to the white house to update the president got back to the white house and within a short period of time we were the president went out to give his remarks so there was no space in between there there was no opportunity get a briefing and again nor what i expect to get a briefing on what the Law Enforcement community was planning to do with regard to the clearing a park again that was not a military decision was not a military action the National Guard was there in s