Unrest. What has historically made america unique is the durability of its institutions against the passions and prejudices of the moment. When times are turbulent, when the road is rough, what matters most is that which is permanent, timeless, enduring and eternal. And as we turn to philadelphia, that is where a couple of rallies are scheduled to take place aimed at Police Reform, in fact, today marks the 14th straight day of what have been mainly peaceful protests in that city following the death of george floyd. Joining us now from philadelphia is nbcs mora barrett. Mora, what is the latest on the ground there. Hey, alex this, is going to be one of two protests well see in the greater philadelphia area in West Philadelphia now as a couple hundred people have already gathered and more are quickly arriving. Were at the site of osage avenue where its locally known as the move bombing where 35 years after this happened and theyre calling Police Terrorism after police back in 1985 dropped a bomb on a commune here of black activists and damaged 60 homes and killing almost a dozen people so thats one example weve seen in philadelphia of the tension between Philadelphia Police and the black community and this has been a longstanding piece of tension throughout time and obviously as were looking at City Councils across the country, looking to Reform Police activity weve seen action here this week, the city council proposing bans on chokeholds and knee holds for police and the mayor getting into the mix saying hell cancel some of the Police Budget increases that were expected for 2021 so well following this protest here today and moving down to center city later this afternoon. That will be specifically about defunding the Philadelphia Police. Alex. Okay, maura barrett, lots of people behind you, thanks for keeping us up to date. Lets go to new jersey where protests are under way after this video surfaced a bit earlier showing white men mocking George Floyds death. Lets go to cori coffin. Very disturbing video but youre out with folks marching. Whats going on, cori . Reporter the protest happening right now behind us, they are just passing us. They have showed up in force today to show their protest to that viral video that you showed. Hundreds of people, the organizers of this one today tell us this is even bigger than the original protest that they had and this road here is exactly where that viral video you can hear people yelling and have lots of signs out here. This is the exact road that they were walking when that video was filmed so the response out here has been overwhelming to folks here who live this this area. I talked to one pastor. Take a listen to what she had to tell me. It broke my heart because that is inhumane. That was unnecessary and though it was, this racism did not start with him but that touched a nerve and to see so many across the world rising up and saying this must stop, it encourages so for people who are broken we needed that push now stand up and speak up and take the side of right. This is a movement. This is a movement. It is picking up momentum. This is not a moment. Were not going away. Were not going to stop. Reporter you can tell this is a Movement Based on how many people are out here today. And earlier when everyone started gathering, they were at the local library and they recited the words that george floyd said during those 8 minutes and 46 seconds, it was extremely difficult to hear. People in the crowd were crying and now these folks are headed over to the local Police Station. Theyre going to say a few words there and theyll head back, alex. They say they know this is a difficult route to walk but it is a necessary response and a peaceful one at that today. And updates on that video that people have seen in the last couple of days, were finding out that the person seen in that video who was seen kneeling on the persons neck and mocking the George Floyd Death was fired from his job at fedex and then theres also a corrections officer who is now under suspension who is also part of that, alex. This is set to go until 1 00 this afternoon. Well provide you updates as soon as we get them. That former fedex employee, i was looking at that. That guy is feel a little bit of pain in his shoulder blade area. It is not on that mans neck as he mocks that as well. The whole video is preposterous and irritating and ill just leave it at that because if i say whats really on my mind i could get in some trouble. Cori, thank you so much. Lets go to courtney with the president. He just wrapped up. Courtney, welcome to you. Set the scene for us where you are, how was the president s speech received and what else did he say . Just a little bit about the scene here right now. You know, this is one of the quieter west point graduations that ive witnessed. Its in part because theres no family and loved ones here to cheer. The names have been called. More and more cadets and now second attendants are cheering a little bit more but overall its quieter and moving a lot faster. The part of the ceremony where they call the names tends to really drag out. Sometimes for upwards of an hour. Well, theyre doing two lieutenants at a time right now. They go up and salute and walk away. Not walking across the stage. Its just shortening the ceremony. As for the president s speech, though, he was pretty subdued. He spoke about the history of the u. S. Army. He mentioned a couple of notable graduates of west point who went on to be generals and even president. General grant, general then president eisenhower and General Macarthur all notable famous graduates of this institution and spoke about the legacy that they had and the legacy that this graduating class will have as graduating from west point. But he also spoke, weve heard him many times talk about how he wants to end the u. S. Participation in the endless wars overseas. He mentioned that here today. And he talked a little about how he sees the militarys role overseas. Heres some of that sound. It is not the duty of u. S. Troops to solve ancient conflicts in faraway lands that many people have never even heard of. We are not the policemen of the world. But let our enemies be on notice if our people are threatened, we will never ever hesitate to act. Reporter there were no real notable reactions from the graduates as the president spoke today. A couple of times he got a laughter and even cheers when he absolved any one of any outstanding minor offenses that they had left over from their days as cadets. That one definitely got a cheer. But overall the crowd reaction was relatively subdued here, alex. So, courtney, im just going to ask given the history over the past couple of weeks particularly since that incident in Lafayette Square as the president left the white house, walked over to st. Johns church and the chairman of the joint chiefs really regretting his walk over there with the president so the president is at odds with the military. Did you sense any of that from either the speech or from the crowd . I didnt and one of the things i was watching while the president was speaking it there was any reaction from any of the graduates. Did we see anyone no, i didnt see anyone, its a large crowd, more than 1100 graduates. I saw no fidgeting, no notable reaction but the president really didnt talk politics here. You know, the sound bite we ran about the military not policing the world, he mentioned coronavirus very briefly saying that it emanated from china. He very briefly touched on the civil unrest in the u. S. But for the most part he didnt really touch on politics. I will say that the superintendent of the u. S. Military academy general williams spoke right before President Trump and he spoke about the need for these graduates to remember their oath and to be the kind of Army Officers that soldiers will want to follow and that was a very Important Message here. General williams, of course, an africanamerican superintendent of west point, that was a message that really resonated at least with me, alex. Yeah, sounds like an Important Message from the superintendent of west point, thank you so much. Courtney kube at west point. Turning to richmond, virginia, where thousands are expected to participate in todays march against racism. Amanda golden is there. Good day to you. This is going to kick off there behind you, the robert e. Lee monument and the governor announced that will be coming down soon. What do you know about this event . Reporter thats right, ail lengths. So Ralph Northam did announce this monument behind me which stands at six stories tall should be coming down imminently but there is a bit of a roadblock. A Circuit Court judge issued a tenday injunction to stop the governor citing his authority to move the statue might not be there saying the descendant who owns the land of which the monument is on is challenge that and well see when the timing will be. This is the starting and ending location of a massive march here today. Its an annual event, the Fourth Annual but upgraded quite a bit given the continued moment of protests and National Discourse called the virginia 5,000man march. Its family friendly. As you can hear behind me, a number of Church Groups have been performing. Some spoken words and prayers have been read as people start to gather, ahead of the march kicking off in an hour and spoke with the main organizer Tristan Harris who told me about the symbolism with him starting and ending in front of the robert e. Lee monument. Take a listen to what he told me. So, we picked the robert e. Lee monument in the idea this would be the last large gathering here. What it means to us as we see the statue and see the graffiti and the black lives matter support that now thus sits upon this statue its extremely i want to say thrilling to see the ideas and creativity thats been placed upon the statue. Reporter and, alex, worth pointing out the marchers here are being supported by the police and actually be leading as people march about a square block or radius around the monument leading with a motorcade of motorcycles and the Police Department leading marches throughout the surrounding area and theres no official sponsor to this event but numerous food trucks and volunteer groups bringing in water and sustaenance. Well, that and the music sustaining them in a different maybe spiritual and emotional way. Amanda, thank you so much. Lets go west to seattle where protesters turned several city blocks into an autonomous zone where police are not allowed. Vaughn, there is a Police Precinct in the zone and that building sits empty, right . Reporter exactly. That building still sits vacant. About two blocks down that way. This is the capitol hill neighborhood where you can see essentially the setup of one of the barriers into this area. This dates back to monday, alex, when the police essentially abandoned these six blocks. There have been clashes for more than a week with protesters and it was at that point on monday when the city decided to move back the police from this area including that Police Precinct. What youve seen in the days since are thousands of folks, residents and organizers, sort of an on the fly sort of an organization here but what you see is community members, you see kids, dogs, its still early so i think what youll expect are several thousand over the course of the day but through the night folks continue to say two blocks down this way and where that Police Precinct actually is. We should note that the police chief has suggested that she intends to move her Police Department back here saying that the call Response Time has been tripled as a result of not having her officers in this precinct. But when you talk to folks here, theyre saying this is more than, you know, as you can see from the designs here, this is a black lives matter street mural here on the ground in front of us but what you see all along are murals up along the ways and see the taco shop over here to our right here and i think the gist is what youre hearing from folks this is more than a block party. This is about a movement. This is about a statement and there are several folks that are calling for this Police Precinct to be turned into a Community Center. Saying that they want real enacted change. This has been a gentrified neighborhood over the years and some of these organizers are calling for the degentrification and have rent control in this area and real substantive change. Well, you come out on the streets and you should expect much more of a festival type atmosphere, hot dog stands going, music going, families of all looks here but what they want to ultimately come down to is change. What does that look like . I think theres a lot of questions for the seattle mayor as well as that Seattle Police chief as to what it looks like here on the streets Going Forward, alex. Vaughn, youve given me a good question. I have chief carmen best on for the next hour but the prospect of that becoming a Community Center, ill ask her that. Several states seeing a new spike in coronavirus cases, how dangerous the situation this is coming your way next. When you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. But when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. So, when you get a check. You can deposit it from here. And you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. You can detect suspicious activity on your account from here. And you can pay your friends back from here. So when someone asks you, wheres your bank . You can tell them heres my bank. Or heres my bank. Or, heres my bank. 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And a grim new forecast from the cdc predicts that number is likely to reach between 124,000 and 140,000 by the fourth of july. Meanwhile, nearly half the country is experiencing a spike in cases as 14 states are showing a more than 25 increase just in this last week alone. States like florida, arkansas, South Carolina, they are seeing the highest number of new infects in a single day since the pandemic began. Covid hospitalizations are also increasing in texas, the number of patients being treated in the hospital, that is up nearly 40 since memorial day. The Washington Post reporting intensive care units are at 88 capacity in the houston area. These recent spikes are now prompting some areas to press pause on their reopening plans. Officials in nashville, tennessee, say the city will stay in phase 2 as both utah and oregon are putting any further reopenings of their economies on hold for now. Joining me dr. Natalie azar, medical contributor. Lets get to this because just yesterday, you had florida, South Carolina, arkansas reporting their highest single day spike in new cases since the beginning of this pandemic. So you have a rising case that was, yes, expected after reopening but these numbers, do you think theyre in dangerous territory . Well, first of all, alex, let me state two things obvious. One you mentioned and that is that once you relax social distancing and start to reopen, you are going to see an increase in cases. We know that. And the other thing thats important because were always talking about, well, is it from an increase in testing versus an increase or from social distancing relaxation is that cases are cases. So whether or not youre picking them up because youre testing more people and people are asymptomatic, those are still positive tests and that we need to take very, very seriously. As you mentioned, a couple of states, florida, arizona, texas, North Carolina and South Carolina all saw these rises since memorial day at the same time ostensibly there was more movement of people and, in fact, this was documented by cellular data in arizona, california and North Carolina that showed that there was increased mobility moving amongst individuals which certainly would explain the increase in cases as opposed to just from testing. Okay. But, yeah, we have the testing, more cases makes sense but many states, natalie are seeing the number of hospitalizations go up significantly. How are those numbers related . Absolutely. And i think, you know, the what most Public Health experts are saying, of course, yes, looking at cases rising. Theyre very, very carefully tracking the number of hospitalizations, the number of icu admissions and the number of deaths. 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