As well as the reinvigorated push for dialogue, if not solutions. Adding to that conversation tonight, rapper killer mike, patrice colors and ill talk to tone ben crumb. Right now the floyd family is holing holding a private memorial for george floyd. On tuesday his body will be laid to rest in houston. In the last weeks there have been several developments around George Floyds death. All four of the Police Officers involved have now been charged, amid calls by some city leaders to disband its Police Department entirely. Ill talk to the mayor of minneapolis later in the show. First, joining me now from North Carolina where the floyd family is currently holding a private memorial is nbcs pri sescilla thompson. What are you searing aeing and as the family pays tribute . Reporter the family showed up a little while ago wearing all white in honor of george flou floyd. A representative of the Governors Office presented the family with a flag that flew over the North Carolina state capital. He said some death aint about dying, some death is about waking up, waking all of us up. I think that is certainly felt here today and throughout this weekend. We saw tons of people, an outpouring of people come here for the public viewing earlier today to pay their respects. One woman told me seeing him here in that casket feels like emmett till. We spoke to a few family members before they went inside and they told us this outpouring of support has been so important for them as they work to grieve and grapple with this loss. The biggest thing they said is that they want to see change come from this. They dont want to see another family have to go through this, reverend. The memorial near his birth place and family in North Carolina and in houston and the Houston Family and others were with us in men indianapolis where we started this series, clearly they have said that they want to see change, they want to see that george floyd did not die in vain or die with no good to come out of it. Do you get a sense of that kind of determination as tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands are marching even as they do this private ceremony there in North Carolina . Certainly. You get that sense of determination, not only from the family but, as you mentioned, the thousands who have been marching and showing up to these services. Ive spoken to people today, some from germany, some who came in from vermont, from all over the country to pay tribute today. That is the one thing that almost everyone i spoke to said this death should not be in vain, what can we do, how do we get involved . A very diverse crowd showed up here tonight and it feels as though everyone is ready to see change. The specifics of that chang, many of us outlined in the first memorial, and well be speaking, many of us, ill be there in houston, and i think that theres been a lot of respect for the family, but the family wants to see concrete change. Priscilla thompson, thank you very much for being with us. Thanks, reverend. President barack obama is calling for changes in policy to help stop Police Brutality. He spoke out against the violence but stopped short of mentioning trumps handling of the situation. Joining me now is former adviser to president barack obama, Valerie Jarrett. Miss jarrett, thank you for joining us tonight. Good evening, reverend sharpton. I want to start by saying thank you for that powerful eulogy. I think you really captured the anguish, the pain, frustration, anger, disappointment that has been building within the black community for generations, but you also pointed out why we should be hopeful. This week has been an inflexion point and i think judging from folks all over the country marching in all 50 states of all races and ages that this can also be a turning point if we keep it up. I agree. Let me ask you, miss jarrett, in president obamas address this week that he did through the obama foundation, here talked about solutions, he talked about what local policing ought to be doing, many of the things that you and others that worked in his administration with his guidance, many of us that were not in the administration but worked in civil rights leadership worked hand in hand, and he talked about his use of force doctrine. Splin wh explain what that is. Because when people talk about change, were not talking about something thats pie in the sky. These are practical things that some of which began in the last administration. Yes. Yes, absolutely right. So reverend sharpton, i think part of what his message was is that there are some very evidencebased strategies that we could take that would reduce Police Violence. So, first of all this week he called for every mayor to look at what theyre doing for use of force and meet with the community and have a conversation. Why are we not trying to deescalate rather than escalate . Im proud to say every mayor i talked to before the president s announcement from minneapolis to san francisco, l. A. , my hometown chicago, washington, d. C. , atlanta, all agreed to take t s this. These are folks who are sworn to protect us, take an oath of office, to serve us and yet we know many of them are not equipped to do that job and were seeing this week, ref rent sharpton, examples where everyone is carrying a cell phone, whether its pushing down a 75yearold man in buffalo, roughing up college students, africanamerican women, all captured on video, not to mention coming out now cases that existed in the past where the videos were swept under the carpet. And what president obama was saying is there are specific steps we should take, lets look at the report, lets look at what the Leadership Council is recommending and theres nothing that could get in the way of doing it. And weve seen it already. In minneapolis theyve outruled those strangle holds. We know what to do. Do we have the political will to do it . President obama spoke about taking this tragedy and using it for good. Heres a bit of what he said. As tragic as these past few weeks have been, as difficult and scary and uncertain as theyve been, theyve also been an Incredible Opportunity for people to be awakened to some of these underlying trends. And they offer an opportunity for us to all Work Together to tackle it. Miss jarrett, are people listening to his message . Yes, i think so, reverend sharpton. Most definitely people are listening. Judging from the outpouring of support that weve had since both of his town halls, judging by the mayors who have stepped up to the plate and committed to take a look at this use of force and the Peaceful Demonstrations that have been going on all over the country should make us proud. Youre showing right now footage of literally thousands and thousands of people who are taking to the streets and its important to say, look, im old enough to remember the Civil Rights Movement and it was powerful and we made a lot of progress, but what we are seeing now in all 50 states with the numbers of people who are showing up day after day after day, reverend sharpton, is the likes of which i have never seen before. And the question we have to say is how do we build on that momentum . How do we take these evidencebased strategies and put them into place . How do we have both employers, the Business Community and government taking the steps to ensure that we are not only protecting from discrimination but rooting out systemic racism. Valerie jarrett, thank you for being with us. Joining me now is my panel, Michael Steele, former rnc chairman and political analyst and Danielle Moody mills, host of the woke podcast and democracy podcast. Let me go to you first, Michael Steele. We talked in the last segment with Valerie Jarrett about the message of former president obama and some of the things that he had began in his administration. We have not heard this present president address specific legislation or policies to address police misconduct. Weve heard him talk about militarization of certain parts of the country around those that were violent. We heard him make references in general about the killing of george floyd, though im saying killing, he didnt. But weve not heard him address from a policy point of view what he would propose that his administration, his Justice Department and the congress do. Ive seen him more aggressive and specific for Michael Flynn than ive seen him do for george floyd. Yeah, reverend al, thats not lost on nen at this point, particularly as this conversation, this National Conversation around the militarization of our police force, which has been sort of an undercurrent conversation for quite some time now, some six or seven years, and yet nothing has been done. The power and impact of the murder of george floyd is that it has now thrust this conversation up where it rightly belongs, not just in local communities but nationally. There is some concern in some corners, in some debates, about what the federal government can do with respect to local and state Police Operations and the like but that to me is a red herring. I dont think we should get sidelined by that. We should look at our federal officials to be part of the conversation and the expectation needs to be that the white house comes forward with some legitimate proposals that addresses this. Otherwise, anything they say will not be deemed legitimate. Can you offer the platitudes in response to what happened to mr. Floyd, you can say the nice words, but right now this country is looking for concrete steps because we dont want what happened after sandy hook when there was a 90 issue with the country that something be done with respect to gun violence and gun control, et cetera, and our legislators did nothing. Nothing. Right. I dont think people will stand by for that this time. Danielle, when you look at the issue raised by what the federal government can do that Michael Steele just also repeated that a lot of people are asking, the fact is that we had several cities under consent decree, where the Justice Department had found those cities to have a pattern and practice of police abuse and actually took the policing from them, immediately and this was after an investigation, this wasnt just some just picking on certain cities, this is after they looked at the pattern and practice in those cities. As soon as the Trump Administration came in, they suspended and backed away from those con isnt sent decrees, e though it was the Justice Department that found the pattern and practice. Will this be an issue given now the strength and Energy Around this movement by whites and blacks and asians and native americans and latinos, will this be a Campaign Issue in 2020 . I think, reverend, it is absolutely going to be a Campaign Issue in 2020, but do i have faith in the federal government that is currently be run by trump to do anything about it . Absolutely not. This is a president that back in 201, if you recall, he was talking to Suffolk CountyPolice Officers in new york and telling them it was okay to rough up criminals and rough up suspects. This is somebody who has said in a speech that he condones Police Brutality, that given the opportunity to speak to the American People about what is unfolding right now, this president instead wanted to tack about law and order. So do i think that former Vice President biden should be out there, out front talking about the ways in which we absolutely need to reform Police Departments across this country . Absolutely. Because what we are seeing from all of the videos that have taken place across all 50 states that are protesting is that Police Brutality seems to be the norm, whether you are a 70yearold white man or you are george floyd. There is a problem endemic to Police Departments and needs to be addressed. This administration would rather uplift a guilty white man than protect innocent black men across this country. When you see the killing of Ahmaud Arbery by three white males, one saying he heard one of them use the n word, right after that, Breonna Taylor killed by police using a noknock subpoena and when her boyfriend fired a legal weapon thinking they were being broken in in a home invasion, they broke out with an array of 20 bullets being fired and eight of them hitting her, all while we were home in shelter in place watching this, no sports distraction, nothing else, Michael Steele. The country was like how much can we take when we see all of this . Isnt it time for leadership at the top when you see in some marches more whites than blacks standing up there talking about what theyre doing to blacks. Real quick on that point, reverend, i think its essential for us to sort of get out of our heads that the president or anyone in the administration is going to come forward in a way that will address what we see on the streets. This is a peoples moment. This is where the American People are saying what they want and what their expectations are and youre going to see that play itself out right through november. All right. Im going to have to leave it there. Coming up, an atlanta native who has taken action to organize, not just for this moment but also for the future. My conversation with killer mike after the break. But first my colleague, richard lui, with todays top stories. At this hour we are now closing in on 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases across the United States. The death toll has reached more than 110,000 at this hour. Now, the cdc announced new hot spots are popping up across the south and in california. The country is still seeing a the least 20,000 new cases each day. That same report saying the northeast is seeing a substantial decrease in new cases. Tropical storm cristobal is expected to strengthen as it aims for the gulf coast on sunday. The impact of that storm will bring rain, wind and coastal flooding that may linger into monday. And nfl commissioner Roger Goodell finally broke his silence on the black lives matter movement. He said the commissioner was wrong not to listen to black players taking a knee in demonstration. Taking a knee in demonstration. Nature made, the 1 pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand however, there is one thing you can be certain of. The men and women of the United States postal service. Were here to deliver cards and packages from loved ones and also deliver the peace of mind of knowing that essentials like prescriptions are on their way. Every day, all across america, we deliver for you. And we always will. We need to extend the movement. We are a part of an over hundredyear campaign to get human rights and workers rights recognized to not be victims of the system. We have to see ourselves as continuing an Ongoing Movement and not just victims responding. We are not victims. We are organizers. Rapper killer mike is no stranger to the struggle. Hes been out there this time around in atlanta, urging protesters to organize for the future. Joining me now is killer mike. Killer mike, you have a lot of popularity and street cred. You put it all on line to step forward in atlanta and really say lets take this energy and organize. Why did you feel you had to do it and what do you mean by organize . First of all, theres knowledge there are organizers already on the ground. You already have young people on the ground organizing. Theyre so young, they havent even formed organizations and sometimes they just got their friends and theyre organizing their friendsth. Then you have the legacy organizations on the ground and organizations like the new georgia project. You have a lot of contingencies on the ground. Im going to say youre consistent with that. I wear your stuff, i put it on instagram but you didnt even put like on it. No, did like it. You know i was trained by people like reverend james. I was trained directly by people who worked with dr. King. To me its important these young organizers be acknowledged. For atlanta, we are a fortress for black america. We are doing as good as we can, we can always do better. Were doing good but we want to be great. In atlanta what i was saying is after this, after your rightful protesting and rightful rioting, lets make sure we join with those people that are already organizing and we learn to be organizers, that we plot, plan, strategize, organize and mobilize. Thats is the way to actual capitalize. Meet with your people on a weekly basis, figure out locally what is going to affect you and get behind candidates that can support and take away from those you dont. And beside elections, get out in the community and organize on behalf of the community. I believe because of the boots on the ground, grass roots approach this time around, were going to see a light year leap in terms of progression. Absolutely. And you wrote for the Atlanta Journal constitution you wrote will this finally be the instance when the state finally acts to protect our lives and our interests . Does this time feel different to you . First of all, i want to acknowledge that amazing eulogy that you gave when you said the knee on the