I mean, when i walk out the house, i have to worry about whats going to happen to me today. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by life isnt a straight line, and sometimes you can fi yourself heading in a new direction. Fidelity is here to help you work through the unexpected, with Financial Planning and advice for today, and tomorrow. The william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and pporting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and indiduals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff dozens of American Cities are bracing for new protests, and potentially, new violence, tonight. Outrage over Police Killings of black victims has fueled unrest from coast to coast. White house correspondent Yamiche Alcindor begins our coverage. rjz tear gas, deploying flash bangs to dispercent peaceful potests near the white house. Additional National Guard troops have been called in. President trump spoke defiantly in the rose garden just moments ago. Today i have strongly recommended to every governor to deploy the National Guard in sufficient numbers that we dominate the streets. Mayors and governors must establish an overwhelming Law Enforcement presence until the have a lens has been quelled. If a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents than i will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them. I am also taking swift and Decisive Action to protect our great capitol, washington. Woodruff President Trump just moments ago. Our White House Correspondent yamiche all sippedder lays out how the day unfolded. Historic protests, a nation reeling y there was similar trouble in washington, philadelphia and elsewhere. A number of cities imposed curfews. Nationwide, at least 23 states and the District Of Columbia called out more than 17,000 National Guardsmen. His brother spoke to crowds. If im not over here wild enough, if im not over here blowing up stuff, if im not over here messing up my community, then what yall doing . What are yall doing . Yall doing nothing. Because thats not going to bring my blower back at a alcindor in some cities, police expressed solidarity with footage on social media showed the moment demonstrators in washington tackled a white man to the ground as he attempted to provoke police. In new york city, demonstrators came head to head with police. And looting disrupted parts of 5th avenue. There was similar trouble in washington, philadelphia and elsewhere. A number of cities imposed curfews. Nationwide, at least 23 states and the District Of Columbia called out more than 17,000 National Guardsmen. His brother spoke to crowds. If im not over here wild enough, if im not over here blowing up stuff, if im not over here messing up my community, then what yall doing . What are yall doing . Yall doing nothing. Because thats not going to bring my blower back at a alcindor in some cities, police expressed solidarity with the peaceful demonstrators. When protesters in washington struggled to wash tear gas from their eyes. In new york city, some Police Cruisers drove into crowds. And in atlanta, a Police Officer was fired after dragging black College Students out of their car and tasing them. Through a historically tumultuous weekend, President Trump spoke only through twitter. There, he blamed antifascist organizations or antifa for the violence. On a phone call with governors today, the president called for harsher crackdowns. You have to dominate, if you dont dominate youre wasting your time. Theyre gonna run over you youre gonna look like a bunch of jerks. You have to dominate, and you have to arrest people, and you have to try people and they have to go to jail for long periods of time. Alcindor this afternoon, White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany weighed in. The president has made clear that what we are seeing on americas streets is unacceptable. Violence, looting, anarchy, lawlessness are not to be tolerated. Plain and simple. These criminal acts are not protests. They are not statements. These are crimes that harm innocent american citizens. Outside the white house this weekend the alcindor outside the white housthis weekend, the newshour spoke to demonstrators like jaden olley, who said lives like his are on the line. What do you want them to understand about your life as a black man . I just im im as equal as anybody else. As valuable as anybody else in the world, just cause im a human being and just like anybody else. So i just i just want justice for everybody, not just justice for people that he would feel justice should be for. Alcindor when you see the video of george floyd, do you think that could be me . Lways. I was eight years old and my mind when the Trayvon Martin case happened. And ever since then, i understood that it could be me. Alcindor demonstrator taylor jones says thats a painful reality for her, too. My plans were to actually be a Police Officer, but then i realized that that one good apple in a bad batch really doesnt make a difference because once you sign your life over to that badge, you have to be loyal to who you work for and that just wasnt me. I should not have to fear leaving my house and not being able to breathe or my mom calling me crying because im protesting for my rights and she is scared i wont come back home. Alcindor this weekend, criticism of Police Violence in americechoed around the world. In auckland, new zealand, streets filled with protesters chanting in support of black lives matter. And inondon, demonstrations there became violent as clashes erupted with police. Back in minneapolis today, civil curfew was imposed and if other cities. And in minneapolis civil rights Attorney Ben Crump announced a back in minneapolis today, civil rights attorney ben crumb announced the sults of a private family autopsy on floyd. They said sustained pressure on floyds neck and back by all four responding officers are what killed him. The scar tissue of George Floyds death will be permanent scar tissue on the sub conscience of america. And the Minneapolis Police chief said the three officers alcindor and the Minneapolis Police chief said the three officers who watched floyds killing were complicit. But, they have not been arrested or charged in hs death. For the pbs newshour, im Yamiche Alcindor. They officially ruled George Floyds death a homicide. Also today the police woodruff also today, the police chief of louisville, kentucky was fired, a month before he retires, when officers killed a black man early today, and failed to record bodycam footage. A black woman was killed by louisville police, in march. As you saw in yamiches report, outrage and protest erupted in cities across the country. Amna nawaz takes a closer look. Nawaz thats right, judy. What started in minneapolis last week spread to dozens of cities this weekend. And thousands of protesters were arrested. Weve got reporters across the country pbs newshour special corespondent fred de sam lazaro is in minneapolis. Rickey bevington of georgia public broadcasting is in atlanta. And cerise castle of public Radio Station kcrw is in los welcome to you all, and fred, lets go to you in minneapolis first, this is ground zero in many ways. This is where george floyd was killed, or where the protests lcome to you all, and fred,two mere in minnesota allowing themselves for the first time to be optimistic. The governor has loosened the curfew hours. So theyre a little shorter. A little more optimistic, can that for this afternoon a fundraising drive to which more people contributed 2 million to help Small Businesses that have been devastated these last few days. So for the first time were getting a sense from minneapolis that can look post george floyd into its future. Certainly good news for so many people, but fred, juut to follow up, i wonder if you can tell us about what that official response has been . We heard President Trump on that reported call with governors earlier hail the response from governor walz saying he had done a good job. What have you seen and what does that mean about what you think people there can expect tonight . Governor waltz walz pushed back a little bit while agreeing that the beefed up polic presence which was no nonsense yesterday did help deescalate the situation. He said this was militarily unsustainable. That was on one of two pois that the governor seemed to make in his News Conference today. The other point is he said the compliance with the stay at home pleas, essentially from officials, were escalated to be stay at home commands. And there was a great deal more compliance and tranquility in the city, relative to the days before that. So, so there was a little bit of pushback from the governor on what caused this. He said this is just not militarily or socially sustainable, it is the antithesis of how we live. All eyes are on tonight to see how it evolves in minneapolis. And well be watching as well, cerise castle, i want to go to you over in los angeles. You were out covering the protests in the Fairfax District of los angeles. An area with a lot of shops and restaunts, tourist attraction. Describe for us what you saw over the course of the hours that you were there. Sure. So i came out to cover a protest that was happening at panpacific park around noon on saturday. I was there for about six hours and in that time i was walking with protestors as they made their way throughout the district. Lots of them for the most part with peaceably gathered. I saw lots of signs, lots of group chanting and even some aztec people that came out and performed a ceremonial dance which you can see in the photos you are seeing now. Now things did start to get a little harry as the afternoon wore on. At one point about 500 people had gathered at the intefer section of beverly and fairfax and a saw a number of Police Cruisers that had been put on fire. That was the only real violence i saw when i was out there, for the most part, like i said, people were gathered peacefully. At one point, however, around 4 00 is when things started to turn up a little bit. That was when police in full riot gear made their way to the intersection and began firing rubber bullets without warning at protestors and at journalists such as myself. I was actually hit with a rubber bullet in the arm and by los angeles police. And i havent really heard any word from the Police Department as to why they were shooting at journalists. Very briefly, you mentioned to my producer you saw kind of two groups of people out there. What did you mean by that . Sure, well, for the most part, most of the protestors that i am seeing out here came with the intent to peacefully demonstrate and exercise their First Amendment rights. On the other hand, there are people that are sort of taking advantage of the police being preoccupied with these demonstrators and sending all their resources over there. These people that are coming in and choosing to break into stores and steal from them are, you know, taking advantage of the police being preoccupied. Those are the two groups of people that were seeing covered by most of the media and these protests. But there isnt really a lot of differ rent yaition between the two groups. Howeveon the ground, it is clear that these really are two different groups of people with two completely different agendas. Rickey bevington over in atlanta, tell us about what you were seeing covering the the protests, did did you see something similar to what cerise was kriebing. The Police Presence was robust, professional, organized and calm. The group however last night that i saw was less unified. There were definitely people there to peacefully protest against police brutality. Parents with small children, couples holding signs. There were other groups of people who appeared ready for conflict with police, in fact those conflicts within the group were clear when one group of protestors began to tear apart a construction site stealing the fencing to create a barricade in the road. Other protestors were screaming at them to stop saying that the Property Damage does not represent the message that they were there to send. Rickey, do you have any sense based on the community and people you have been talking to and the official response of what is ahead for atlanta tonight . Atlanta is under a 9 p. M. Rfew for the third evening in a row. Authorities do believe that there will be more activity today. Earlier this afternoon about 55 people were arrested for blocking the road in front of city hall. There were about 157 arrests on saturday night, about half that many last night. Authorities are hoping for a downward trend. Cerise, very briefly in just a couple of seconds, do you know what officials are aicipating in los angeles . Well, tonight we have a curfew in place as well. The curfews in l. A. County range from as early as 1 30 this afternoon to as late as 8 00. We have brought in the National Guard to help dispercent people and make sure people adhere to that curfew. But i myself have already seen that a number of protests plans are outside the curfew hours, so we can expect Law Enforcement to be out on the streets enforcing that tonight. Well all be watching. And we hope all of you stay safe. Thank you for joining us tonight, rickey bevington, cerise castle and of course fred de sam lazaro in mneapolis, stay safe. Thank you. Woodruff there will be more peaceful protests around the country throughout this night. But there will likely be charged confrontations as well. We talk with two people whose experience matters. Michael nutter is the former mayor of philadelphia. And Christopher Swanson is the sheriff of genessee county, michigan. He got National Attention for hiapproach to demonstrators in flint this weekend. Heres how some of that went. We want to be with yall for real. So i took the helmet off, laid the batons down. I want to make this a parade, not a protest. You tell us what you need. Walk with us. Walk with us. Walk with us. Walk with us. Walk with us. Walk with us. Walk with us cheers and applause so sheriff swanson watching that video, why did you decide to do that . You were expressing solidarity with these protestors. You are right. And thanks for having me. And i can tell you that that night on may 30th was a history on how to handle protests in a way that was our goal. Our city is already under enough oppression. We are already dealing with economic issues, water crisis and a pandemic. And it was just the right thing to do. As a veteran Police Officer who knows the community, i saw acts of kindness with fist bumps, a small hug and i went to my right, and i saw that. And i said im taking the helmet off, were putting our batons down and im walking in the crowd. And when i did that, that act of vulnerability, probably wasnt best tactical rules by any means, it sent a message. And that message was that i need to say, we dont agree, thats not who we are, what happened to mr. Floyd. And when i said that to the crowd, the second question, what do we need to do now . Is to walk with us, that changed everything. Because now they had a point. And they wanted somebody to listen to, and thats wh was the game changer. Woodruff mayor nutter, former mayor nutter, how often does Something Like that happen, in your experience . Unfortunately, judy, its pretty rare. And the sheriff swanson, thank you for your leadership. I also understand that something similar happened in campton, new jersey, just across the river from us here in philadelphia. I think increasingly, judy, these issues, these challenges can only be solved by partnership and cooperation. By police and Community Working together. But also because of the racial aspect of this, black americans need to hear that white people really do understand and are not only listening but theyre hearing what we say. The issues and challenges, you know, if you think about the last three, four months, what has happened. Suddenly worldwide pandemic, everyones forced into their home. Virtually no one can work. Thousands, millions of people have lost their jobs. 40 some million americans have filed for unemployment. And then we see the video from ahmaud ar berrys assassination, chased down by two or three white people, kill him. We see mr. Floyd killed in the streets, a new autopsy report, homicide at the hands of police. We see or hear about mr. Cooper in central park where unfortunately a white female uses race as a weapon to against mr. Cooper who was doing nothing. And that could have turned out very badly. And incident after disinlt after incident, people are just tired, judy, they are really pissed off. Woodruff well, thats the way a lot of people feel, sheriff swanson, how do you know, how, how does someone in Law Enforcement, in your position know when the moment is right to do t