Us. There are people who are trying to effect change. I need to really use my privilege and my voice to be supportive and come out. Im truly grateful at all of the turnout we have different colors in here. It is literally tear jerking. Its time for change. Its time for justice. Im here to fight for those things. And that was just a small sampling of what protesters across the country are saying about why they are out demonstrating. Welcome to monday. Its meet the press daily. Im katy tur in for chuck todd. Right now youre looking at live pictures from an america in crisis as millions of americans have hit a breaking point. As millions of americans will be under a curfew tonight. In minneapolis, philadelphia, new york, and the unrest is playing out against the backdrop of a deadly pandemic that has ravaged the nations economy and is disproportionately affecting africanamericans. Youre looking right now at the white house and the streets of washington on a day when the president berated the nations governors calling most of them weak and urging them to aggressively crack down on demonstrators. Nbc news has obtained audio of the president s call with governors today. What you heard from the president was a remarkable contrast with the message today from George Floyds brother who spoke at a prayer vigil in minneapolis with a message of deescalation. Please do this peacefully. My brother moved here from houston and i used to talk to him on the phone. He loved it here. He started driving truck. He was going to i know he would not want yall to be doing this. And im not saying that relax. [ applause ] before i go, i just want to hear this again. Whats his name . George floyd. Whats his name . George floyd. Whats his name . George floyd. Whats his name . George floyd. George. Floyd. George. Floyd. George. Floyd. George. Floyd. That message comes a of the a weekend of peaceful protest and demonstrations in virtually every major city in america as people demanded social change along with justice for george floyd and many others. That message, though, at times it was overtaken by these images of violence and fire, looting and chaos with collar scenes playing out in major cities across the country. The president and the attorney general are blaming elements for the far left for some of the images youre seeing on the screen. Theres concern from organizers and other local officials that elements on the far right are responsible. But not to be lost amid the confrontations over Police Brutality were images these like of police and protesters uniting, in some cases, and marching together. It is a moment of unrest, violence, tension, of mourning, of death, of frustration, of division, of injustice, of unfairness, and uncertainty that this nation is struggling to get past. Chuck is in minneapolis. Eamon is in philadelphia. Garrett is near the white house in washington. And cal perry is in louisville. Shack, i want to start with you because you are where this all began. Youre with George Floyds brother came to the vigil today. What is the mood there . What are the expectations for this evening . Exactly one week after george floyd died and at the aen where he died is a sense of community here and its a sense of community that started earlier today when thea brother of geoe floyd, Terrence Floyd, made an appearance here. Came to this vigil. Just look around a little bit. You see the actual vigil that one of thee three in this n intersection, but you keep going around, theres another one blocking off the entire intersection and you see people around. Earlier today before the brother came, there was a prayer circle. People got on their knees for nine minutes. Symbolizing the amount of time the officer had his knee on the neck of mr. Floyd. This is all coming as you heard Terrence Floyd and the message he had. Yes, it was a call for peace, but it was also a call to t rechannel that activism. Rechannel the anger and grief that people have. Eo you heard the message from the family. The chants from the crowd. They said one down, three to go. Thats because they want the other three officers involved to be arrested. We did hear some news in that regard earlier today from the family. The family hired their own attorney and through the familys attorney, they did their own autopsy and t they implicated the otherey officersn that autopsy saying that no, mr. Floyd did not die because of some unknown preexisting condition and said he died because of theid actions of tho officers. Listen to the family attorney earlier today. The officers killed him based on a knee to his neck for almost nine minutes and two knees on his back compressing his lungs. The ambulance was his hearse. Ill tell you ive been talking to people here all day and this is definitely a lighter moment. The clashes youve seen in minneapolis days and days ago did not happen d here. This is not the area. This is an area thats been more solemn. People have taken it more serious as people are playing music,pl praying, dropping off people. You see tears in peoples eyes and you see conversations happening. You see people who dont know each other. I met someone who came up from dallas, texas to peacefully protest. Having ay conversation with someone hes never met explaining the problems in the africanamerican community, the tension that exists between people and officers. Thats whats happening here. At the scene where one week ago you saw george floyd lost his life. Again, the family autopsy saying homicide caused by asphyxia. Now u to philadelphia and eamon, who is with a crowd of people. Whats going on there . So let me just preface this by an early apology in case we lose signal. We are walking with the protestors. What weve been doing, because this is a peaceful protest that started outside the Philadelphia Police headquarters but just in the last minute right here on this main thorough way that goes into the center of the city outside of city hall, we had a bit of a scary incident here. It was vehicle of sorts, an suv, that just plowed through the crowd of marng marchers walking here. It was a scary moment. M there was a tense stand off even earlier outside the convention center. The Pennsylvania Convention center, where a lot of the protestors here were taking a knee, demanding the police take a knee with them in solidarity with their demands. Now speaking of their demands, this has been a peaceful protest. Multiracial, multigenerational. Weve been walking with them now for a better part of the hour trohroughout thety. It sarted outside of the Philadelphia Police city headquarters. People were demanding accountability and justice for the killing of many unarmed black men including george floyd. As they have walked, theyve beeners courted by the police. There have been been these momentsn of intense stand off. A little animosity toward the chants of the crowd and the police. But none the less, the crowd in the protest continuing to march now for a better part of the hour. All kintd of demands here. Black lives mat rer movement us. Youve got you know young folks. Youve got ive seen parents here with their kids. And a lot of this to express solidarity with what has happened in thisty country. They have been trying to stay together. The police has beento around th. There have been hospitelicopter flying above, but for the most part bar thatth single incidente just witnessed, it has been a safe and peaceful march so far. Rc very scary indeed. Keep yourself safe out there. Now to washington, d. C. And garrett. Last night, it got pretty hairy in front of the white house. You and i were on the air when you got hit by something fired by Police Officers. What is it like there right now and what can you tell us about the expectations there for tonig tonight . Well its been a much calmer scene here today. Weve had protests like this one at Lafayette Park each of the last three prdays. Todays probably has the smallest total number of people and the level of tension has been lower. Al though while the protestors here have been the same, we are seeing an increased federal Law Enforcement response around the city and i think thats part of the tension here that is maybe unique ton washington, d. C. These protestors feel like theyve been having almost entirely one way conversation. Theyre shouting at park police and secret service and federals National Guard andnd really the white house behind them. And theyre not hearing anything back. Theyre not hearing sub santive ly from the president in any way that speaks to them and youre not seeing the same kind of s solidarity weve seen many other Police Departments where other Police Officers and captains are kneeling and being a part of the community of protestors. Here, you see the divide between the city of washington, d. C. , a city thats almost majority blo black and a federal government and response ledbl by a preside who these protestors have spared absolutely no colorful language in describing their disdain for and their distan for the way he has handled this entire incident, katy. What youre seeing on the left hand side of your screen now, that is a camera on the capitol and were seeing a line of cops there guarding the Capitol Building much as were seeingl a line of officers outside of the white house guarding the white house. In the conversations youve been toing with people showing up protest, who are they . Where are they from . I think we lost communication with garrett, unfortunately. Lets go now to cal perry. Cal, youve been in the middle of some very tense situations as well. Over the past few days. Whats happening today . So four days of violence cull min nated in the death last night of a 53yearold man on the west side of town. We just heard from the mayor who announced the Police Officers involved in that shooting were not wearing their body cameras. I want to take you back to mid march when brie area Brianna Taylor died. A no knock raid is way of saying they didnt o announce themselv, came in, got into a fire fight with her boyfriend, she was shot eight times. A 26yearold emt. A vital worker in the age of this pandemic and we dont know what happened because those officers wereap not wearing bod cameras so last friday, the mayor announced that body cameras would be required for all Law Enforcement operating in louisville. R last night after midnight, theres some kind of a fire fight, some unknown gunman. We understand two louisville Police Officers who are now on administrative leave returned fire as well as two National Guards men, but they did not activate their body cameras. They tell you two things. O one, the National Guard needs to leave thel city because theyr raising the tension and two, if it wasnt fortw cell phones, we really wouldnt see how Law Enforcement is operating in this country. Time and time again, these issues happen andn, even a city like louisville that seems to have theirat policies straight,e have this incident again. Last night, a 53yearold man who according to the mayor, everyone in town knew. He served barbecue to Police Officers for free. A man of the community. His body lay in the street for 12 hours while they investigated the scene then at the end of the day, lo and behold, those body cameras were not active. The police chief has been relieved of his chaommand. He was going to retire this month any way, but certain ly a tense scene and again, this all started on thursday night here in louisville when seven people were shot in a lprotest. Two days ago, five Police Officers were targeted by gunfire then last night,y shoot. The National Guardy will be he again. There will be thatrd dusk to da curfew. Hate to state the obvious, but if youre wearing a pod di camera and dont turn it on, its useless. Thank you very much. And were going to be watching developments in all those places throughout the hour. Well bring you news as it comes. Ahead at this moment of crisis, President Trump is dismissing calls to tone down his rhetoric and hes urging governors to ramp up their Law Enforcement response. Plus, is the violence and destruction were seeing at protests being stoked by outside agitators and organized extremists . A look at what we know and what we dont. But first, a plea for unity and resolve from a famous rapper and son of atlanta. 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Also with us is jonathan and cornell, an msnbc political analyst. Shannon, lets start with you. Walk us through that phone call. How long did it last and what was the reaction from the governors on that call . It went on for almost an hour and the attorney general and the defense secretary were also on the call. One said the president was losing it, others described it as a rant and the general message they got from it was that the president was trying to berate governors into increasing the amount of Law Enforcement tactics they use against these protesto protestors. He said most are weak. He said the governors are fools if they dont step up their police presence. He suggested that people who throw bricks and rocks at police should be put in jail for ten years and this fits with the big broader theme ive been hearing from my sources at the white house that the president sees the solution to this unrest being increases Law Enforcement. Not addressing these underlying issues that the protestors are concerned about. Police brutality, systemic racism, addressing those isnt the solution. Its increased Law Enforcement. Send ng the National Guard. Onthan, you know this because y covered the campaign alongside me. The president would often campaign on being the law and order president. That he would be tougher on anyone, everyone, than anyone else would be. That was his whole position. These, this unrest thats happening across the country is happening under his watch. You could say. Is he now looking for somebody to blame . He always has talked tough and hes liked the idea of deploy iing the military. Hes been loathe to involve himself in overseas conflict but here at home, hes talked about using the National Guard dmad de guard xhesically. Hes suggesting its going to be a referendum of him. Weve seen this before with the coronavirus pandemic that just of course just a matter of weeks ago, the president was trying to shift the focus and responsible responsibility ft. Governors, the mayors and hooe doing that again here. Hes been calling out some mayors by name, particularly the one this minneapolis. Hes been critical of number of governors on call. Today he got pushback from the governor of illinois, also jay insly, who said this is a president whose political career was born on the backs of birtheri srsm and racism. Im paraphrasing but those are his words. Hes shying away from a moment of leadership here. Certainly the law and order playbook is one the other candidates have used before. Most famously, nixon in