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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 nbc s mora barrett. mora, what is the latest on the ground there. hey, alex this, is going to be one of two protests we ll see in the greater philadelphia area in west philadelphia now as a couple hundred people have already gathered and more are quickly arriving. we re at the site of osage avenue where it s locally known as the move bombing where 35 years after this happened and they re calling police terrorism after ....
and throughout the day they were definitely mostly peaceful with far fewer violent confrontations with both police and the national guard. to widespread looting or destruction taking place, certainly not here in philadelphia. the march in philadelphia yesterday evening was by far the largest and longest i ve seen in my three days on assignment. i m going to have my one on one interview with the philadelphia mayor who talked to me about the removal of a statue of a controversial man with a historical past when it comes to race relations in this city. our reporters, they re covering the latest developments. we re going to start with ellison on the west coast. what more can you tell us about it? reporter: we re in washington, d.c., down here at the freedom applauplaza. a large group of protestors have gathered here. this is organized by freedom fighters d.c. you can see some of what they re doing to get ready. in the next 30 minutes or so, we expect them to make their wa ....
trees. it wasn t until yesterday afternoon that we determined it was a national guard helicopter that hovered low over a city block in d.c. within an hour of learning this, i directed the instructor for an inquiry to report what happened and why and report back to me. all of this after mass protests across the country with a stronger military presence, including in the nation s capital, producing these shocking images from the lincoln memorial. joining me white house correspondent and weekend today co-host kristen welker, the washington post opinion writer jonathan okayport and retired admiral and former supreme nato ally commander. welcome back. kristen, you re beyond the newly installed fence this monday, 10-foot-high fence at lafayette park. nbc is reporting that the president is potentially reversing course officially on the insurrection act now that his defense secretary said it is not warranted. that s right, andrea. really a remarkable reversal here. th ....
overnit. ar > cly y rk eer pub breaking from the president, saying he does not support using active duty troops against american citizens. and what esper said about that photo op in front of the church with the bible. but then late today, a meeting at the white reversing course. u.s. troops will stay in the area. former president obama moments ago, and his message of young men and women of color. i want you to know that you matter. overseas, the massive protests in london. thousands marching over the death of george floyd. the huge crowd outside 10 downing street. molotov cocktails hurled at the u.s. embassy in athens. and pope francis in a rare move, mentioning george floyd by name on this wednesday night. the ninth night of protests across the country. and the major news, all four police officers involved in george floyd s death have been charge. in minneapolis, a cheer went up at the spot where floyd died, whenec word that all four would be charged. at the same t ....
hundreds laying face down in the nation s capital. the mayor of philadelphia taking down a controversial statue overnight. there are breaking developments involving president trump and his defense secretary. secretary mark esper publicly breaking from the president, saying he does not support using active duty troops against american citizens. and what esper said about that photo op in front of the church with the bible. but then late today, a meeting with esper at the white house, and word esper reversing again. u.s. troops will stay in the area. on this ninth night of protests, former president obama moments ago, and his message to young men and women of color. i want you to know that you matter. overseas, the massive protests in london. thousands marching over the death of george floyd. the huge crowd outside 10 downing street. molotov cocktails hurled at the u.s. embassy in athens. and pope francis in a rare move, mentioning george floyd by name. good evening. ....