In the country the president s top economic adviser had this to say. I dont believe theres systemic racism in the u. S. Im not going to go into a long rift on it. [ inaudible question ] i do not. You dont believe theres any systemic racism against africanamericans in the United States . I will say it again, i do not. This despite the massive protests that have been taking place across the country for more than two weeks. Live pictures. This is new york you happen to be looking at here. Heres what weve seen protests, people motivated to go out in every state from coast to coast, red states, blue states, cities, towns, look at these pictures. Americans making it clear that systemic racism is an issue that they feel needs to be addressed. And yet trump and his team are out of touch with that. I think theres racism in the United States still but i dont think that the Law Enforcement system is systemically racist. I do not think that we have a systemic racism problem with Law Enforcement officers across this country. Do you think systemic racism is a problem in Law Enforcement agencies in the United States . Lets say this, i grew up in a time when there was real systemic racism. Denials from Team Trump Even as the republicans point person on this who happens to be the only africanamerican gop senator also says it is an issue, an issue that cannot be fixed by talking up Economic News like kudlow tried doing. Having a job is certainly one of the paths forward for Racial Justice. I think it doesnt solve the problem of racism. That is a far more complicated far more layered problem because it starts with the heart, starts with fear and a sense of low selfesteem by those people who are racist. Senator scott wants to address the deep, real and nuanced issue here even though President Trump does not. Just today trump refused to engage in a conversation over renaming military bases that bear the name of confederate leaders. Trump tweeting the history of winning, victory, and freedom. Therefore my administration will not even consider renaming these magnificent and fabled military installations. Our history is the greatest nation in the world will not be tampered with. Respect our military. First of all, these are names. And when we talk about winning victory and freedom this was the side that fought to enslave people. And of course they did not win. But also this is not about respecting the military as the president says because on the same day the president tweeted his support for keeping the names of confederate generals on u. S. Military bases. Nascar with its conservative base announced it was banning Confederate Flags at its events because, quote, the presence of the Confederate Flag at nascar events runs contrary to our commit hadment to providing a welcoming environment, bringing a welcoming and inclusive environment together. Shimon prokupecz is live in new york city. Shimon, what are you seeing . Reporter i have to tell you this is about asner apologized energized as ive seen these protests the past several days at night. If anyone thinks this is ending any time soon i think when you look around im going to have frederick show u. S. Just behind us there are probably about 2,000 people. Its hot here in new york city. Weve been walking for miles. And this crowd is energized, they are organized and they are ready to keep going. Of course we keep hearing the same thing from this crowd. They want change. They want change with the police. And really just social change and better quality of life and the diversity of this crowd. Weve seen some very young kids, a 5yearold year with her mother. Weve seen other parents bringing their kids out. This just shows you were now at bryant park. Were entering the park now. The police are nowhere around them. Theyre allowing them to walk around the streets, do as they want as long as it remains peaceful. It is organized. They are energized. And for the two weeks, two plus weeks weve been doing this, i have to say it doesnt seem like this crowd and the people here in new york city are going to stop doing this any time soon, erin. Thank you very much. Meanwhile across the nation the issue of Police Reform is at the forefront today both in minneapolis and also in capitol hill. Race is part of the american policing system. We will never evolve in this profession if we do not address it head on. Reporter Minneapolis Police chief me dario arradondo in the spotlight tonight in the wake of george floyd. History is being written out. And im determined to make sure that we are on the right side of the history. The first move, withdrawing from Police Union Contract negotiations, calling for new policies on disciplining officers, the use of force and other matters he suggested the Union Contract has prechted from changing in the past. The chief is also launching a Warning System to weed out bad police officering early on. For the first time in the history of policing, we here in minneapol minneapolis will have an opportunity to use Real Time Data and automation to intervene with officers engaged in problematic behavior. Reporter also tonight revelations that former Minneapolis Police officer derek chauvin, seen with his knee on George Floyds neck, was negotiating a possible plea deal with prosecutors before he was arrested and charge bud the hennepin prosecutor did not say why. This as protests continue to spread across the nation with calls for Police Reform spreading across the nation. Moving to ban police from using neck restraints or choke holds, the techniques controversial long before floyds death. And on capitol hill, a blunt reminder of George Floyds brother. He didnt deserve to die over 20. Is that what a black man is worth . 20 . This is 2020. Enough is enough. Leaving lawmakers with this emotional plea. Im here to ask you to make it stop. Stop the pain, stop us from being tired. George called for help, and he was ignored. Please listen to the call im making to you now to the calls of our family and the calls ringing out the streets across the world. Erin, weve just learned thomas lane was released from county jail on 750,000 bond. The other three Police Officers remain behind bars. Lane was new to the police force and his Attorney Says thats one of the reasons he didnt intervene in chauvins sitting on floyds neck for nearly nine minutes. The police chief today dismissing that excuse. He said regardless of how long an officer was on the police force, floyd was expecting humanity that day and he did not get it. I want to go now to van jones, former special adviser to president obama and cedric alexander, the former chief of police for dekalb county, georgia and the organization for black Law Enforcement executives. Thanks to all of you. Let me start with what larry kudlow said. He was very clear. He didnt mince words and he didnt want to be misunderstood. He said there was no systemic racism against africanamericans in this United States. Whats your response . I think its unfortunate he said that. We are in the middle of a great awakening across the world on this issue, a continent of Common Ground has materialized in almost miraculous way where you have people saying including tens of millions of white americans saying for the first time no, racism is real. Theres something wrong with our criminal Justice System and our policing system and what can i do about it . Ive never seen this before in my life. Tens, maybe hundreds of millions of white people coming to the same conclusion and somehow kudlow manages to fall off of this continent thats just emerged. It is really, really unfortunate because this is the time when, you know, great conservatives like tim scott you can be conservative and still believe in limited government and individual rights and dignity. Tim scott is a strong conservative. Hes willing to address the issue head on. Jack kemp was willing to address the issue head on. Theres going to have to be a reckoning inside the Republican Party. Some of their policies have been good for africanamericans but their rhetoric has not all tuchb and their understanding is sometimes too shallow. I think the tim scotts and the people in the legacy of jack kemp need to get louder in the Republican Party and people like kudlow maybe could listen to them. When you hear what this administration is saying about systemic racism and it was kudlow and bill barr and ben carson saying there is none, trump doesnt want to drop confederate names from bases even as nascar is banning the Confederate Flag at events. And youve got these protests across the country. Looks like we just lost the mayors shot. So, chief alexander, let me ask you what do you think the disconnect is here . Well, the disconnect is being in denial as it relates to the question around race and is there racism in america. And the answer to that is yes, and Everybody Knows that it is. And even though we may be shamed about it, it does exist and it exists in every institution in this country. But were in a place, as van has just suggested and indicated, that were in a great place to begin to do something about it. There is a movement going on in this country thats moving against racism. So, we need to acknowledge it. Its just like covid19. Its out there. And it can be asymptomatic meaning that we cant see it but it still hurts people, or it can be very symptomatic and very in your face. So, weve got two diseases here were fighting. And this racism disease is one in which i think were in a route to finding a cure for, if you will in a metaphoric sense, but yes, it does exist. And of course theres the great irony not only that so many former military chiefs have spoken out in unprecedented fashion, but also the words he chose to conflate the names of bases named after with somehow the acts that you know, the bravery of the people on those bases now, that hes trying to say that those names are equated with winning victory and freedom when those were the people who fought to have slavery be the law of this land. The president has shown over and over again he is not confined to facts. Hes not confined to history. Once he charts a course, he is on that course whether it is right or wrong, and hes decided that his base wants to keep the names of the confederate generals in place. And that is it. That is the beginning and the end of the story. And its unfortunate because i think theres such a huge opportunity for the president to lead at this moment. And just as van said, you can be conservative and still believe that theres racism in this country. Hes missing a huge opportunity to unify this country, a huge opportunity to lead, and a huge opportunity if you really truly wanted to make America Great again, you would not turn a deaf ear to all of the cries of all the americans who wanted to do better by black americans. Van, there seems to be an obvious statement here coming from nascar, as the president is tweeting this on this day, for nascar to say the president has made a big show of trying to woo nascar supporters, that thats been something hes been doing for several years. And yet today nascar said very clearly they stand on the opposite side of this. You know, it was stunning. It was stunning. I was on a zoom call. I guess we all now live on zoom calls. And i looked down on my phone, and it said that nascar is going to get rid of the Confederate Flags. Of i literally did a double take. Im like am i awake . Is this real . I mean, nascar is, you know, Confederate Flag friendly, ill put it that way, most of the time. Good folks, hardworking folks, but its not a bastion of Racial Justice or agitation by any stretch. And yet something has touched the conscience of the human species when you see a lynching and thats what that was. Weve been lynched for 400 years here. But nobody at no point did a billion people see it at the same time on their cell phones. And something has touched the conscience of the nation of the human species, and nascar says we dont want to aid and abet any of the ugly history and present, we want to move in a different direction. When nascar is saying that, i think kudlow might reconsider his position. There must be something really wrong in america for this many people to be now coming together around a painful table to have a new discussion. Id like kudlow to be a part of the discussion than denying the basis of it. What do you say to Police Officers across this country who are confused, some of them afraid, most of them trying to do the right thing, not sure what to do right now, what do you tell them . Heres what i say to the good officers out there and theres a lot of good men and women serving now putting their life on the lines doing their jobs do it constitutionally, doing it by the policies written for the good of the people. I will say to them, keep your heads up. Keep yourselves safe. Work with your communities that are out there. Get to know people, allow them to get to know you and stay true to the oath that you took because all people want to be right now is treated fairly, treated equally and treated constitutionally. And to the Police Officers and all of those in the Public Safety community, in this country, 700,000 men and women who serve every day in state, local, tribal, and federal Law Enforcement, keep your heads up. Lets act constitutional. Lets help our communities, and lets work with them genuinely and let this be for the long haul and not the short term. Weve got a great future ahead of us to build these relationships again. 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If you have any questions at all, call us, email us, visit us online. Were here to help support you when you need us. Take care, and be well. To learn more, call one eight four four cosentyx or visit cosentyx. Com. Tonight a case with haunting similarities to george floyd, a black man dying while being arrested by officers in texas after he says i cant breathe. The Austin Police department releasing body camera footage of this arrest. A warning that some of the video is disturbing tonight. So you see here march 28th, 2019, deputies try to pull over javier ambler, 40 years old. The sheriffs report says ambler had not dimmed his headlights as he drove past a deputy. Authorities say ambler led them on a 22 mile chase. They say he resisted attempts to handcuff him. He can be heard telling deputies he has a heart condition and cant breathe. Stop resisting. Officer. Stop resisting. 30 seconds after hes handcuffed, officers appear to realize ambler is unresponsive. They perform cpr, medical units are on the scene, ambler is pronounced dead less than an hour later. It is hard to watch this and i cant imagine how hard it is for those that love this man. Out front now, i am so sorry to both of you to have to show that to our viewers so they understand what happened. Im sorry to have you on. Brie, i can only imagine how difficult it is for you to hear this. What was your reaction when you first saw it . I tried to avoid it at all costs, but once it went viral and Went National it was no avoiding it. It ripped my heart out, and thats why i wanted to speak and have my son speak, to know to let the world know exactly much pain this type of thing brings on to a family. If youre able to talk, what do you want the world to know about your dad . This whole situation, you know, it takes a toll on you. This is this situation