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That's what he was known by. talk about why you think his death captured everyone's attention in the pandemic. you write this, i had held some hope in my heart that things would get better, that perry's murder might bring about positive change in how police interacted with black people then, bam, another black man was dead, daunte wright, ten miles. and amir locke was killed in a no knock situation. has anything changed two years on almost? >> you know, change is here. the situation is the changes is here. perry's death did change the world. like i told many people, the change is here. it's wh...

People are still not making people accountable. because people are open to change now. >> you know, as christine mentioned we're coming up on two years this may which i imagine is still so raw and you say this also in the book which stood out to me, make no mistake, what happened to perry is not just derek chauvin's fault. the real blame goes to the system, this broken system that has allowed for years. only one officer had his knee on perry's neck but the minneapolis police department and the entire system killed him. what changes do you want to see in policing? i know other members of your f...

What killed floyd while derek shaw ven shoved his knee down on his neck for more than 9 minutes. joining us now is george floyd's aunt. she's the author of the new book "lift your voice." angela, so nice to have you this morning. thank you so much for having us. >> thank you all for having me. thank you. >> so you cover a lot of ground in this book. it's very raw. very revealing. very honest. how did you decide to write it? >> you know, i had so many emotions and everything going on inside of me and, actually, it became a therapeutic form to me to get out everything. after a while you run out ...

Be done. jim, poppy? >> remarkable piece of history there that the chief of police, his own experience of this going back 20 years. >> yeah . >> mar jimenez, thank you. george floyd's cousin joins us now. thanks for taking the time this morning. >> good morning, thank you for having me. >> you grew up with george floyd in the same house. you called him perry. he talked about being famous one day. i know you and other family members have noted. and for all of us, his 7-year-old daughter, her comment about him has stuck with us. i want to play it so our viewers remember. >> dad changed the wor...

>> cervical cancer is a horrible way to die. >> i just wanted to add, we cannot forget that in the midst of this executive order, there is a big drug company that made millions of dollars because of this mandate. we can't deny that. >> what are you suggest something. >> what i'm saying is that it's wrong for a drug company, because the governor's former chief of staff was the chief lobbyist for this drug company. the drug company gave thousands of dollars in political donations to the governor. and this is just flat-out wrong. the question is -- sit about life or was it about million...