Public safety risks at night. We are living here in the cusp at the end of this day on the east coast between the protests and the looming curfews. Here are just some of the places that we are tracking as people process. D. C. Has a curfew within this hour, 7 00 p. M. New york city arrives one hour later at 8 00 p. M. I can tell you that is actually new yorks strictest running curfew since 1943. And there is down in houston. Weve seen large groups throughout the day that is George Floyds hometown. It is where he will be buried today. There are reports making some news, making waves because joe biden has reportedly told folks that he will attend floyds funeral, and saying this our country is crying out for leadership, leadership that can unite us. The moment has come for our nation to deal with systemic racism, to deal with a growing economic inequities that exist in our nation, to deal with the denial of the promise of this nation. That is one person running for president. The current president has not spoken in public since his address last night, which if youre watching the news, you may recall came during this hour of the day. Were also hearing reports of a military and Police Presence outside the white house. New fencing around Lafayette Park by the white house, which featured those scenes last night as protesters dispersed amid smoke bombs, flashbang, and reports of tear gas. This is an extraordinary escalation on the streets in front of the white house right now. Within the last 15 minutes, mounted police have been coming down the street. Youre going see them in the frame now, using flashbangs in front of them and mounted police to clear what has been an entirely peaceful protest. Not 90 , not 99 , but 100 peaceful protests here today. People throwing there was no throwing of water bottles. There was no throwing of objects. A short time ago, mounted Police Officers have been clearing the street. That was the scene outside the white house just 24 hours ago. Tonight we are tracking everything that can occur as the curfew approaches. I can tell you, you may recall, and look at the side by side and take it in for yourself. The president , after that move, after to the dispersements, walked to a nearby church and held up a bible. Its a move that some members in congress and clergy today are denouncing as a dangerous stunt. Lets get to it. Garrett haake is back live in Lafayette Park. Garrett, what are you seeing tonight . Ari, im back and so are probably thousands of other people here in d. C. , packing this park. And the streets around it for the fourth consecutive day. Its always hard to judge crowd size from inside it, but just Walking Around these blocks, i think this is the largest crowd that i have seen here at any point during these protests. And while the focus remains on george floyd and on Police Violence against african americans, there is also today a far more distinctly antitrump element to it. A lot of the folks that i have spoken to today told me that this is the first day they have come out, in part because of what they saw happen on the streets of their city last night with federal police forcing Peaceful Protesters out of these streets. It was shocking i think to a lot of people to see that, and i talked to a number of people who said they felt like her activism up to this point may have been online or some other format. They wanted to come out and be physically part of this today. Its 6 04. About 30 minutes from this time yesterday is when park police and other federal Law Enforcement agencies cleared this park. We have not yet heard what the plan is for tonight, although d. C. s mayor did say at a press Conference Today that the actions by federal Law Enforcement last night will make it more difficult and more dangerous for metropolitan police to police the city tonight. So well see exactly where this goes in the next hour, ari. And well be checking back with you as warranted. Garrett haake, thank you, and stay safe as always. Safety first. Well get the shots when we can, as we did last night. I want to turn now to what we mentioned in houston where nbcs Priscilla Thompson is live. We also heard from members of the floyd family just in the last hour. Im curious what youre seeing today. Yeah, well, ari, folks are heading out from this rally here today. It was held at city hall just over here. And you can see folks are turning out to go back on to the streets to march back down to the park. So this rally is rwrapping up. But a very energized crowd here. Tens of thousands turned out and chanted his name, george floyd throughout the streets. The other thing we talked about a lot is just the diversity of the crowds. I want you to take a look over here. Texas has a very large immigrant population, and weve seen a lot of these mexican flags flying throughout here. People have written black lives matter over them. I spoke to one woman who is a dreamer. She came here as an undocumented dreamer. She said when i first came here, i didnt feel like i had a voice. When she saw the video of george floyd, she felt compelled to come out and use her voice to inspire justice for him and his life. The organizers here and the police as well have said that they want this to be a peaceful protest, and it has been so far. I do want to say we did see one antifa flag, and we also saw some folks with water in case there is tear gas, but we havent seen any of that so far as this protest wraps up, ari. Priscilla in houston, texas, thank you. We turn now to new york city, which has had some of the largest gatherings weve seen here eight nights in. Msnbcs katy tur. Katy tur has been out there. She is walking with protesters. What are you seeing, katy . So ari we are two hours from the curfew, and there is a question about whether this crowd is going to continue on marching post curfew, or whether it will disperse. They have been marching, many of these people since 1 00 p. M. This afternoon. We just heard a rather large chant that said f your curfew with more colorful language than i will say on television. So that might give you some indication what might happen starting at 8 00. This has been a peaceful protest. It is a diverse protest. But many of the people are young. That being said, if you look up at the bucks a and in the windows of the streets of new york city, new yorkers young and old of all colors coming out to their balconies to cheer on these protesters, to cheer on these marchers there was an incredible moment just a few minutes ago as we were walking by, about 30 minutes ago as we were walking by memorial sloankettering, the cancer hospital. And the doctors and the nurses and the Health Care Workers came out and applauded these marchers, took a knee and applauded these marchers. The same people that this city has been applauding at 7 00 p. M. Every night for the past 80, 90 days. It was tremendous. But, again, 8 00 is when the curfew happens. There have not been any confrontations with Police Officers, even though weve walked many of them on this march. I am curious to find out how exactly they are going to disperse this crowd and enforce the curfew once 8 00 comes around. Katy tur reporting there. And we will be coming back to katy and all of our reporters in the field as warranted as we try to track every aspect of this. And as ive mentioned before, as you look on your screen, you just see some of the places were watching. Its worth repeating that while there were incidents of looting and violence, and weve covered that, many of these protests as they continue, particularly when they are in the daytime and at their largest have been largely peaceful. And so we want to note, that because sometimes what you see on your screen is distinct from the moments that understandably also get a lot of attention, those incidents of looting or violence. Now we bring in our experts. Rashard robinson is a civilized leader. He is president of color of change. And maya wiley is former counsel to mayor of new york city. She was chairwoman of the new york civilian complaint board which provides independent oversight of nypd. She has worked on these civil rights issues for some time. Thanks to both you have for being here. Maya, im curious your thoughts about where we are in the intersection between organic and now structured protests which continue tonight and what police and civilian leaders are doing and thinking around the country. Is this a time where people say okay, you get through a few more days of it and historically, these things tend to recede, or is there any sign in your mind as we look at these giant crowds that Something Different and larger is afoot . Ari, i think you said right there at the end, something bigger and larger is afoot. And that afoot is called justice and the demand for change. And i think what demonstrators and protesters are showing is they keep coming out because they have not yet heard what will be different. Many leaders i think rightly and appropriately have been saying publicly we hear you. We understand. Were with you, and that is important. We have seen images of police who have also knelt, taken a knee with demonstrators who have walked arm and arm with demonstrators, who have had good conversations with demonstrators. Those are incredibly hopeful. But we have not yet heard sufficiently from leaders what exactly will change so that protesters know there will not be another george floyd video. There will not be another eric garner video, and that if there is, there will not be a need to protest in order to see ledge legitimate and evidencebased charges brought against Police Officers who violate the law. Thats what protesters are asking for. And i think that unfortunately, because there have been some incidents of violence, that there have been some incidents of unrest, there has also been the opportunity to use that to demonstrate how policing can be different, even in these moment, because most protesters have been nonviolent. How do we protect the storefronts, stop the looting, stop the few people who are doing the bad acting without shoving and driving cars into and pepper spraying people who have their hands up and are stepping backward, because that is reinforcing for demonstrators, i think, that while there is some rhetoric about i hear you, there is not enough demonstrated action for change, and there is real opportunity to do that right now, and its necessary. Rashad . You know, i couldnt agree with maya more. I think one of the challenges that we actually have is the ongoing disconnect between our political leaders sometimes saying what they want to do, sometimes saying that they hear us, but not actually moving forward with action. And in particular, even in this moment, were giving a lot of sort of policies that folks want to push. So its the what, but its not the how. And why that how is important is because far too often, we can get people sort of situated around things that need to happen. But when it comes time to actually move those proposals forward, in the way of that stands a whole lot of opposition. So in minneapolis what were seeing right now is a very powerful police union that is standing up and speaking out and saying some really horrific and racist things. And we see that from Police Unions and Police Associations all around the country. I have sat in rooms like in the white house and had the head of the fraternal order of police tell me to my face that all of this talk of racial profiling is new to him. So what does that mean to folks who are watching . It means its hard to come together around some reforms when people gas light you and tell you there is no problem whatsoever. We keep coming with a list of demands, and on the other side we are met with people who look news the face and say is there no problem whatsoever. Part of this is political leaders will have to have some courage. Theyll have to go against powerful forces. Theyre going to not just tell us that they hear us and theyre with us, but theyre going to have to disrupt the status quo that far too often stands in the way of change. Lets dig into that a little bit because you and maya have been on this program and others. We have been having some of these conversations for over a decade. Thats how long ive known you. Others affiliated with moveon. Org, and you were sort of building the civil rights black advocacy and antipolice brutality, among other things of a Digital Movement like that to rival movon. What do you think people at home need to understand if theyre looking at these protests which are organic, spontaneous, rising up in this time in this pandemic amidst the allegations of brutality. But what about a week, a month, a year from now . How do you stitch together in your view with the work you do that is sporadic with the longterm . What were really hope to be able to do is in this moment where there is a deep level of presence is to translate that to real action with a deep recognition that there are going to be ongoing problems that continue to arise. So one of the things that weve done is we built a platform around District Attorney reform. So if youre watching right now these uprisings in different city, make no mistake, you live in a place likely you have a District Attorney that does not prosecute and hold Police Accountable, that is oftentimes rising and pushing mass incarceration. We have a country that has 4 of the worlds population and 25 of the worlds incarcerated population. That means that it doesnt happen in just one place. And so at the winning justice. Org platform that built that color of change, we have a searchable database of the 2400 prosecutors. Were Building Local squads around the country for people to engage and hold these prosecutors accountable for the type of change that needs to happen to both end mass incarceration, and to hold Police Accountable for the violence and terror that far too often happens. Right. What people want to know is when a Police Officer puts their knee on the neck of an individual and looks directly in the camera that the state is not going to support them and defend them at every turn, that people will be defended and people will be protected that safety and justice is really possible. Yeah. You lay it out, and its so important, and that goes to the longterm prospect. I want to thank rashad for joining us. Maya will be rejoining on a special conversation later this hour. And i want to tell folks at home as you look at these scenes around the country, what were going to do next. We have signals of possible new charges against other officers in the floyd arrest. 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You can see very large what appear to be orderly and peaceful protests based on both our overhead cameras and what we see on the ground. This is a large amassing that we see in so many cities. East coast where theyre approaching curfews, west coast, l. A. Downtown in houston eight night, and all of this continuing. We wanted to show you l. A. And also give you a legal update on the core of this story. Most people know it by now. Four different officers were involved in the arrest of george floyd. That ended that entire arrest scenario when Derek Chauvin killed him. Now floyds memorial will be held in minneapolis thursday, and there is news i should say that joe biden plans to attend a funeral for him in houston next week. As for the death itself, the government autopsy ruled floyds death a homicide, listing additional factors besides asphyxiation. That was found by an independent exam paid for by the floyd family. Take that amidst these protests and you the finding of a killing. You have the situation on video, and you have these other three officers. Do they bear any legal responsibility such as conspiring in the killing or in the use of Excessive Force . Tonight we have a hint of new information on that front. And as we always do here, i want to be very clear with you about the sourcing, what we know and dont know. The hint of information comes from the floyd family lawyer. They are obviously participants in all of this. But the lawyer is announcing that authorities are telling the family the officers, those other three officers, quote, will be charged. Weve heard that they expect to charge those officers. And now the independent autopsy that pay