keith ellison here. i can tell you, this community has really been on edge since this incident began. as we know, we have seen those images across the country of protesters, most of them peaceful, some of them violent, people demanding justice in this case. what i've been told by sources here as we've been covering this story is that they have been working methodically through all of the facts in this investigation, trying to ensure that they do things the right way. as one person told me, they only get one shot to do it right. we're now told that that review is complete and while the investigation itself will continue, they continue to gather additional evidence, they have now at least gathered enough information to render a decision on those four officers. we're waiting for this afternoon to find out what that decision will be, john. >> josh, stand by for us as i bring in our colleague, omar jimen jimenez. omar, it is hard. it is just hard to describe the potential emotions of this moment. already, mr.

keith ellison, a six term lawmaker. represented the minneapolis in congress. do you think the community is more willing to accept the decision, whatever he makes, or do you think, no, they expect these officers to be held accountable? >> reporter: brianna, i think a lot of that comes down to what that decision is. law enforcement sources tell me that the attorney general's office after reviewing the evidence in this investigation has found a conclusion regarding the four officers that were involved in that incident, after the encounter on george floyd, derek chauvin was charged with third-degree murder. the question, what would happen if anything to the other three officers that were seen on video footage at the time of that encounter in and around that incident? and i can tell you after talking to many protesters, we've been out here covering this story around the clock, many folks tell us they respect attorney general keith ellison, they were confident in his ability to review the evidence. one thing that's been so interesting is a question, well, what is ta

my name is keith ellison, i am the attorney general for the state of california. it's with a large degree of humility and a great seriousness that my office, except for my office the responsibility for leadership on this critical case involving the killing of george floyd. i want to thank the good friend of many years, mike freeman for the hard work he has done, we expect to work together, there is a lot of resources and talent and ability in his office on cases like this and i want to let everyone know we will bring to bear all the resources necessary to achieve justice in this case, and that means we won't leave any resources on the sideline as we pursue justice. i've had an excellent conversation with mr. freedman and we will be working together. this case is unusual because of th the way that mr. floyd was killed and who did it. at the hands of the defendant who was a minneapolis police officer, but it is not unusual in the sense that the attorney general's office handles criminal cases and works with counties all the time. this is not something that were not

what do you make of keith ellison elevating the charge? >> yeah, brooke. >> i think a second-degree murder charge is aggressive but i think it is righteous and justice and necessary. as we could just see in omar's live shot. here is the difference. a third-degree murder charge carries a maximum sentence 25 years. you don't have to show the person intentionally killed but they acted with depraved indifference to human life. second-degree is harder to make, you have to show intention to kill and my argument would be and you get that in those eight minutes. eight minutes is an eternity for a grown man to have his entire body weight pinned on the neck of somebody who is handcuffed and when the man is yelling i can't breathe and don't kill me you cross over that line and i think a second-degree charge is the right thing here. >> and also as i heard ben crump lawyer for the family saying earlier, in terms for intent, when you hear the other officers that realized he doesn't have a pulse and turn him over and derek chauvin said no. elliott willia

people said we can't do that, we can't get them done, keith ellison was the person there to get that. he understood the systemic issues that were holding us back, and as a member one of 435 in the u.s. congress, his voice was loud. it's also my privilege in 2018 when i was given the privilege of becoming the governor of minnesota, i entered that with keith ellison becoming the attorney general of minnesota. he is my lawyer if you will for the state of minnesota and i watched his vision and passion when i say my lawyer for the state of minnesota, that's the people's lawyer. he's done that with the command of the law and a command of what the law means to people and what it means to stand in front of justice and give back. so this decision is one that i feel takes us in that direction and step to start getting to justice for george floyd, when i spoke with the floyd family, they were very

and so i agree with you, and unfortunately, keith ellison agrees with you, too. i want to speak to the vast majority of people who have a very different experience with our prosecutors right now. >> i don't have that personal experience, but to the point you made earlier about the video, if you watch the video, it is an inhumane act. i'm not a lawyer, but if you watch the video, it is an inhumane act, and you know three other law enforcement officers were standing by and did nothing. i want to go back to omar jimenez on the scene. and josh campbell reporting for us that the attorney general, keith ellison, who was named special cross prosecutor in the case, has made a decision about possible additional charges. we don't know what the decision is, as he's reviewing whether to bring additional charges against the officers at the scene. officer chauvin has already been charged. three other officers who the protesters have been demanding face charges, when i say protesters, you are what has become a shrine and memorial and a very important point. we were just showing

in minnesota keith ellison changed the story today. keith ellison lost an election by 35 votes. and that's why he is now the attorney general of the state of minnesota. he ran for chair of the democratic party in 2017, and he lost. 235-200. in a vote of party professionals who decide these things. and then keith ellison decided to give up his 12-year career in the house of representatives to run for attorney general back home in minnesota. and so tonight keith ellison is the most important attorney general in the united states and possibly, possible y the most important attorney general in american history. today attorney general keith ellison asked protesters in minnesota and around the country to trust him. a trust that he has spent a lifetime trying to earn. and then attorney general ellison said this. >> to the floyd family, to our beloved community, and to everyone that is watching i say, george floyd mattered. he was loved. his family was important. his life had value. and we will seek justice for him and for you. and we will find it. the very fact that we have filed these

>> well, they are relieved that the attorney keith ellison, attorney general keith ellison efficiently came in and arrested the officers finally, rachel. we all believe that the officers should have been arrested on the first day, after they just offered no humanity to a man who was face-down, in handcuffs, and kept a knee on his neck, kept two knees on his back, that our autopsy found compressed his lungs, and didn't allow air to contract to in take and dispense oxygen and denied blood going to his brain. one of the witnesses, darnell, on the scene, rachel compared it to a fish out of water as it's trying for air and then his body stiffens up and it never moves again. he kept saying on the video, he was the one on the video saying you all are killing and after george stopped moving and he call for his mama, and after he said i'm gone now, literally giving a documentary of his death. he said he knew that george was dead, and this was confirmed by the emt when they said he was unresponsive and post-less, so that ambulance was his hearse, and so it was right to charge all of these office

keith ellison may be speaking live right over here. but we're going to listen to what he has to say. it's kind of a little bit of a situation over here with assembled media and observers. so i'm going to send it back to you and i will see if i can walk over there and get any of his comments live. >> you bet. thank you, to you and bill as you move around so, so beautifully to show us that scene. that is not an easy task. shaq, you've been there from the very beginning. talk to me about the scene at the memorial and, of course, what you have seen last night. >> you're seeing a much more somber scene here on the site in north minneapolis as the city gathers to say farewell to george floyd. a couple minutes ago we saw the hearse come up and unload the casket in the building. this will be a private ceremony, much different than the public commemorations we've been seeing, and it will be the first of several for george floyd that will go across the country. first, a two-hour-long ceremony for family and friends of george floyd here in minnea

and i think keith ellison has taken the right steps. i think he did it as quickly as he could, and i think he is not promising anything other than the fact that he's going to aggressively prosecute, but he is being very clear, and i think he is right that this is going to be a tough case because these cases are always tough cases. >> professor archer, as someone who has worked on and studied this for so long, what do you think america should take from the legal developments today and the wider role of direct action, street protests, as we look, viewers are looking at the shots from around the country. marches in new york city, in california, and all sorts of places continuing because there does seem to be a movement afoot. >> right. so i think we should be celebrating what happened today. the rarity of a police officer, as you mentioned earlier, or four police officers, all officers involved who take the life of an unarmed black man being fired, arrested, charged with murder, the fact that we are celebrating that is a reminder of how un

keith ellison was appointed to lead the case just last night. today he told me he is pouring over evidence to determine if the other officers should be charged and also if officer chauvin's charges should be upgraded from third degree murder and manslaughter to first dre degree charges. then look outside, imagine the pressure pushing on in keith ellison and the system. young people came of age with trayvon martin, and seen all these cases without successful prosecutions. these have resonated with us in a very different way. we have been there before with the mike brown and others, but triple nature of last three weeks. breonna taylor shot dead in her house and george floyd to die the way he did, there's a lot of stake here. we've been having these conversations time and again. when there is absence of information and transparence, it will be filled with gas and heat and we're seeing some of that, even seeing the developments, some people want to see justice, even though time and again it's not clear that many folks, black folks especially, know

i do want to acknowledge the family's gratification to attorney general keith ellison. we obviously were disappointed when the previous district attorney said things like, there may not be evidence to support a crime. that was devastating to this family. because we had all sort of video. and reverend al, we couldn't unsee the video -- i mean, we saw it. you all saw it. one of the witnesses donald williams said that he watched firsthand george floyd die. and he's the voice you hear on the tape saying, y'all are going to kill him. he literally said that it was like watching george suffocate compared to a fish out of water. the fish stiffens up and then -- the fish never moves again. he said he witnessed that. but we all witnessed it, too. and because we witnessed it, we got emotional. and i pray that these emotions will have everybody act so attorney general keith ellison, the family's grateful he has a long track record, reverend al has been a champion for civil rights, he said it best today. he swore an oath to do justice. he didn't say just to do justice for black peop

>> well, they are relieved that the attorney keith ellison, attorney general keith ellison efficiently came in and arrested the officers finally, rachel. we all believe that the officers should have been arrested on the first day, after they just offered no humanity to a man who was face-down, in handcuffs, and kept a knee on his neck, kept two knees on his back, that our autopsy found compressed his lungs, and didn't allow air to contract to in take and dispense oxygen and deny oxygen to his brain. one of the witnesses, darnell, on the scene, compared it to a fish out of water as he was trying for air and his body stiffens up and it never moves again. he kept saying on the video, he was the one on the video saying you all are killing and after george stopped moving and he called for his mom, and after he said, i'm gone now, literally giving a document ry of his death, he said he knew that george was dead, and this was confirmed by the emt when they said he was unresponsive and post-less, so that ambulance was his hearse, and so it was right to charge all of these officers for disavowi

so it matters keith ellison is in that spot. and i want people to keep in mind nationally as we seek these refor refo reforms and accountability for law enforcement, accountability is the first training that officers need. accountability, you should be trained that you will be held accountable when you violate the human rights, civil liberties and civil rights of the people you're sworn to serve. that has to be in place. but i think now we're going to see some improvement in the process and i'm hopeful we don't lose our commitment. the urgency of the moment, right, keeps everybody kind of sincere in their commitment in the space we're in now. but historically we've seen case after case as attorney crump rattled off earlier today we have this energy and then we fall back to the default of white supremacy dominating everything by the sheer wait of its constant existence since this country was founded. this is that moment, that splar moment those in law enforcement like the chief in houston and those across the country who have fin

>> reporter: some people did say they had more faith in keith ellison and keith ellison, the new attorney general, a black man, that he was the one to bring these charges against the officers. and then the fact that those officers came once he took control of the prosecution. and just to explain it briefly to our viewers, normally this charging decision comes from the county attorney, mike freeman. he's now working in conjunction with the state attorney general. so they said they collaborated and brought these charges together in coordination with one another at that state level. yes, you hear people mention that. so one other thing that people continue to remind me, they believe these charges should have come a week ago. it was on memorial day that video of the knee on george floyd's neck until he was unresponsive. they wanted those charges to come immediately. and now they're finally getting it. >> thank you, shaquille brewster, thank you very much. really appreciate your reporting. some chilling images from washington, d.c. those officers all stand thing facing those protesters. let's

keith ellison is in charge of that prosecution. you have been both a district attorney and attorney general, been in both of those roles. the county attorney will be working as a teammate of attorney general keith ellison. what is your reaction to that development in this prosecution? >> i strongly believe as a former prosecutor that whenever we are talking about investigating police misconduct, it should not be the da's office or state attorney's office that work with that police department. i applaud having the attorney general investigate the case. that should happen across the country. i speak from experience. it should never be the d a's offices investigating those cases. in addition -- and i have legislation on this -- is independent investigation and also a national standard of use of force. in courtrooms of america when prosecutors bring these cases against officers, the standard is to ask was that use of force reasonable in that situation. we can explain away almost anything as having some reason. it is almost an insurmoun

that is keith ellison, kind of an unfair example. ellison has long been a crazy person who was once attached to the nation of islam. back then he called himself keith hakim. more recently, ellison endorsed antifa. yes, that's all true,. but unlike other race baiting extremists, keith ellison may have a promising political future. it's very interesting ay imagine it. if joe biden wins, keith ellison could be the attorney general of the united states. at the very least, he would be first in line to become u.s. attorney for the state of minnesota, the top federal prosecutor there. what would happen then? we may live to findd out. again, all of this probably strikes you as wild-eyed craziness. flat earth stuff. eliminate the police? really? but things change fast. look at how quickly they changed just over the weekend.th alexandria ocasio-cortez, who is a skilled trend spotter if there ever was one, is already acting as if defund the police, again, a proposal that no sane person even mentioned in public just last month is now the definin

don't miss rachel maddow's interview tonight with minnesota attorney general keith ellison. that's tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. as you know, thanks so much for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" is up next. >>> tonight on "all in," the failed dictator stunt. as the white house scrambles to spin trump's use of military force on american citizens, the condemnation is near universal. tonight his own former secretary of defense general mattis calls him a threat to the constitution. lieutenant general russell honore is here. and ex-marine gallego, why he says congress won't stand for martial law. >>> new charges in the murder of george floyd and the progress that could lie ahead. >>> taking a hard look at the behavior of police unions as the impediment to real police reform. >>> and the virus never went away. why public health experts are raising the alarms over the spread in hot spots around the country when "all in" starts right now. >>> as protests continue around this country for the ninth straight night, mostly peaceful, we'll be covering those marches. we begin by th

but t beyond that, i need to tak a a little bit aboutut ourur cos regardrding keith ellison. we do not feel that keith elellison will be impartial enoh to directly oversee prosecution in this case. so what we are calling for is the appointment of a completely inindependent special prosecutor to o oversee this case, preferay sosomeone frfrom outside the ste of minnesota with a strongg nationonal reputation, a person who is credidible, a person whos known for being g fair and just. amy:y: we have 10 seconds. nekima levy y armstrongg, enke o muchch for beingng with u us, cl rights attorney, activist founder of the r racial justice , network and former president of the minneapolis chaptpter of the naacp. and that does it for our show. democracy now! is working with as few people onsite as possible. the majority of our amazing team is working from home. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possi

at the elbow of that bend right now is attorney general keith ellison and in a way that is a poignant symbol for us both of a black man and the first muslim to be elected to congress who himself was elected as a black man representing a very diverse, including majority white voter district. and so he embodies a lot of symbolism in himself, not just as a lawyer and as the head lawyer of the state that i think bears remark right now as does our present mourners in the church. and the thing about the moral arc of the universe is it doesn't bend by itself. and that's the the other lesson of martin luther king jr. and it has always been the case that we have demanded representation in the hallowed halls of congress wearing the robes of justice as well as sitting in the seats that make

how we move forward, now this case is given to the attorney general, keith ellison, he's going to be taking the lead on this and looking at the evidence. there was a disstrus witrust wi original prosecutor. there was no charges being charged at that moment and there were some evidence that would suggest would support criminal charges. at that point trust was lost and so the case has been moved to keith ellison to take a hold of that. we'll see this process play out. keith ellison talked about charges for other three officers and for all of this stuff to simmer down to some sort of peaceful time. there is going to be some significant charges for those other three officers and enhancement of the charges that chauvin is currently charged now. >> i wonder what's your reaction that keith ellison is now in charge of this? >> it is better than mike freedman. we had zero confidence in freedman. we have zero confidence the attorn attorney. this is not just something that occurs because of what he did last weekend. this goes back in decades. he refused to prosecute cases of violence against af

keith ellison said it will be hard to get convictions here. why? why, given the video and the evidence we've seen. joining me, jeffrey cuban, counsel lar, what will prosecutors need to prove here and why is keith ellison saying that will be difficult? >> well, with the elevated charges to second degree murder, there's an additional intent element that the prosecution has to prove. they have to prove that chauvin intended to kill. that's really what's here. it's not carelessness or negligence, not even recklessness. they have to show he intended to kill. i'm sure you remember and everyone remembers, berman, that it is very hard historically to convict police officers. think about another thing, particularly in this case. it seems to me almost certain that there will be a motion to change venue in this case. that the amount of pretrial publicity in minneapolis and st. paul will require this case to be moved out of minneapolis and st. paul. where can they go in minnesota. it will have to stay in minnesota. it's a state case. it will go somewhere, mayb

minnesota's first black attorney general, keith ellison, unveiled the charges. >> floyd is not here. he should be here. he should be alive, but he is not. about nine days ago, the world watched floyd under his very last words "i can't read" as he played for his life. the world heard floyd called out for his mama and cried out "don't kill me." amy: we will go to minneapolis for the latest and a, kentucky, where protesters are calling for charges against the officers involved in the death of breonna taylor. the 26-year-old african american woman was shot to death by police inside her own apartment in march. >> i don't thinink i'm asking fr too mumuch, just justice for he. truthoror people to a anotherer , thatat she did not deserve th, that people are fired for doing this to her. amy: and we will speak to former women's march co-chair tamika mallory. about't talk to us looting. you are the looters. america has been looting black people. looted the native americans when they first came here. we learned it frfrom you.. and because has traveled from global to minneapolis to houston. all o

house we're fortunate to be speaking with a man at the front of the battle lines our guest today is keith ellison the attorney general of minnesota is a man of many firsts the 1st muslim to be elected to congress in 2006 and the 1st black american to be elected to a statewide position in the state of minnesota attorney general allison great to be with you today i wanted to ask you your wrist about the court case in which you are now the person responsible for prosecuting those 4 officers that were involved in the case and murdering george floyd what can the public expect by way of timeline and what we can know about the case i know there's much that we don't know but how are you proceeding right now. well we just received an assignment for a judge we have judge peter cahill who's in to become a district court judge has been a defense attorney he's been a prosecutor has been a judge for many years so we consider that a good but draw we now are facing. a whole scheduling order which will set times and dates poor you know pretrial motions for the determination of other critical issues in the

i'll tell you, one thing we heard from the attorney general, keith ellison today. he warned people. he first thanked people for their patience bringing the charges, not only upgrading the charge against officer chauvin who had his knee in mr. floyd's neck, but in bringing the charges against the three other officers. he thanked people for their patience in this. one thing you continually hear from the family, that you hear from protesters, they wanted the officers charged and they expected to it come immediately. and he thanked them for their patience. he warned that getting a conviction is a little bit difficult. he said it is hard to do. you can start addressing the systemic issues in our society even without this process, without the charges. that's what people here have been talking about in the conversations. the one-on-one interactions. many times people they never knew before, never met until this moment. that's the dialogue that you're hearing and that's the celebration that people are having. they're happy to have this step forward with the arrests and charges of the office

house we're fortunate to be speaking with a man at the front of the battle lines our guest today is keith ellison the attorney general of minnesota is a man of many firsts the 1st muslim to be elected to congress in 2006 and the 1st black american to be elected to a statewide position in the state of minnesota attorney general allison great to be with you today i wanted to ask you your 1st about the case in which you are now the person responsible for prosecuting those 4 officers that were involved in the case and murdering george floyd what can the public expect by way of timeline and what we can know about the case i know there's much that we don't know but how are you proceeding right now. well we just received an assignment for a judge we have judge peter cahill who's the head of the county just record judge has been a defense attorney he's been a prosecutor has been a judge for many years so we consider that a good but draw we now are facing. a whole scheduling order which will set times and dates poor you know pretrial motions for the determination of other critical issues in the ca

house we're fortunate to be speaking with a man at the front of the battle lines our guest today is keith ellison the attorney general of minnesota is a man of many firsts the 1st muslim to be elected to congress in 2006 and the 1st black american to be elected to a statewide position in the state of minnesota attorney general allison great to be with you today i wanted to ask you your 1st about the case in which you are now the person responsible for prosecuting those 4 officers that were involved in the case and murdering george floyd what can the public expect by way of timeline and what we can know about the case i know there's much that we don't know but how are you proceeding right now. well we just received an assignment for a judge we have judge peter cahill who's in typically just a court judge has been a defense attorney he's been a prosecutor has been a judge for many years so we consider that a good but draw we now are facing. a whole scheduling order which will set times and dates poor you know pretrial motions for the determination of other critical issues in the case we are

minnesota's first black attorney general, keith ellison, unveiled the charges. >> floyd is not here. he should be here. he should be alive, but he is not. about nine days ago, the world watched floyd under his very last words "i can't read" as he played for his life. the world heard floyd called out for his mama and cried out "don't kill me." amy: we will go to minneapolis for the latest and a, kentucky, where protesters are calling for charges against the officers involved in the death of breonna taylor. the 26-year-old african american woman was shot to death by police inside her own apartment in march. >> i don't ththink i'i'm askingr too o much, just justice for her truth for people toto anothther , ththat she did not deserve th, that people are fired for doing this to her. amy: and we will speak to former women's march co-chair tamika mallory. about't talk to us looting. you are the looters. america has been looting black people. looted the native americans when they first came here. we learned it t from youou. and because has traveled from global to minneapolis to houston. all

attorney general keith ellison said he swore and oath to do justice general keith ellison said he swore and oath to dojustice as quincy said, that is all we want. plain and simple. we just want justice. nothing more. nothing less. so as his family prepares to memorialize george floyd tomorrow at the north central university, where reverent al sharpton will deliver the eulogy, and there will be a lot of people really emotional. —— reverend al. we did not want you to lose that emotion as the days and months go by. as figarojust told me, we cannot celebrate because an arrest is not a conviction. and we want justice. we don't want partial justice. we don't want partial justice. we don't want partial justice. we want the whole justice. lam justice. we want the whole justice. i am grateful with all of the lawyers who are working with me on this matter, attorney tony robert nishi, attorney chris stewart, we are making a united front, this family is united in their quest for justice. because we believe this is the tipping point in america. where we find the address something they don't want

>> reporter: minnesota's attorney general keith ellison says he will continue to upgrade the charges against those four ex-police officers if the evidence supports it, but he warns that juries have a tendency to side with police. >> the net effect is that it's very difficult to hold the police accountable even when there is a violation of law. >> reporter: the three former police officers who stood by as floyd died are expected in court later this afternoon. the floyd family attorney credits the protests nationwide for these new charges against them. kenneth, mona. >> megan, thank you. abc news will bring you live coverage of today's memorial service for george floyd beginning around 2:00 p.m. eastern. >>> breaking news overnight in california where police admit a suspected looter was kneeling when he was shot and killed by police. an officer near san francisco shot and killed 22-year-old sean monterrosa early tuesday after police responded to a looting call at a walgreens. the police chief says the officer opened fire when monterrosa got on his knees mistaking a hammer in his waistb

minnesota attorney general keith ellison warning that the process will take time. >> this is going to take months. and i don't know how many, but it is better to make sure that we have a solid case, fully investigated, researched before we go to trial than to rush it. we don't -- so it will take awhile. and i can't set a deadline on that. >> dana: juan williams, can we get your reaction to the news about the upgraded charge for chauvin and the charges against the three officers? >> juan: for chauvin here, the key is what we've seen from the attorney general, keith ellison, is a move from the charge, third degree, which would not necessarily have included intent to kill to second degree where he will in the courtroom have to prove there was some intent on the officer's part. with regard to the other officers, again, it's saying that they were complicit by not intervening as they could see over eight plus minutes that he was in distress and couldn't breathe. ben crump, the lawyer for the family at a press conference or commemoration at the site of the murder said that in his opinion, th

i have made a decision that i think so many others have made , that keith ellison, our attorney general in minnesota needs to leave this case and i say this with a lot of experience to say it. i say this to someone who's known and seen the leadership of the attorney general for decades. i had the privilege and the pleasure to go into the united states congress in the class

house we're fortunate to be speaking with a man at the front of the battle lines our guest today is keith ellison the attorney general of minnesota is a man of many firsts the 1st muslim to be elected to congress in 2006 and the 1st black american to be elected to a statewide position in the state of minnesota attorney general allison great to be with you today i wanted to ask you your 1st about the court case in which you are now the person responsible for prosecuting those 4 officers that were involved in the case and murdering george floyd what can the public expect by way of timeline and what we can know about the case i know there's much that we don't know but how are you proceeding right now. well we just received an assignment for a judge we have judge peter cahill who's in to become a district court judge has been a defense attorney he's been a prosecutor has been a judge for many years so we consider that a good but draw we now are facing. a whole scheduling order which will set times and dates poor you know pretrial motions for the determination of other critical issues in the c

they were coming in late right near the curfew point and people like keith ellison, attorney general of minnesota, claiming he doesn't really know much about nt for today. we don't have to play a sound bite, but he is feigning ignorance about nt for. do you buy that? >> not at all. i think that what we are seeing here with the george floyd injustice is the fact that socialism has kind of taken on a new guise. originally it was about the working class, karl marx focused on the working man was working long hours and not getting properly paid, but if you look at the left today, they don't focus much on the working class. in fact, they kind of lost the working class. a working-class guy is more likely to be spotted at the trump relics are not a focus on racial grievance. this is something that they started doing in the '60s. it represent the kind of mutation in socialism away from merely focusing on class to now focusing on race, on gender, sexual orientation, immigration, so we've got this kind of new socialism. i call it identity socialism because it's a weird and sick marriage between

keith ellison is -- he's african-american, he's very well-represented, he's very tough, he's very smart. i think you're going to see keith ellison arrest all of these officers and come with much tougher charges. that could be seen, when and if it happens, as a turning point and an opportunity for the protesters to leave the streets. that needs to happen. also, there needs to be legislation at the federal level and there needs to be some economic package put forward into these communities that were hurting long before covid and long before these protests. >> certainly a lot of people are saying that the other three officers need to be arrested and soon. donald trump is blaming the antifa, says it's going to be designated a terrorist organization, which he probably can't legally do, but that aside, speak to the risk of making some sort of blanket assessment of who is protesting, who is organizing and so on. this isn't a monolithic group. and those peaceful protests have genuine grievances. speak to the risk of blanket blame. >> well, it's just counterfactual. one thing you want to be is f

keith ellison is minnesota's attorney general. watch. >> we have evidence that outsiders have been present and, in some cases, have played a very negative role. but i have been talking with protesters and trying to get a sense of who some of these folks are. i've heard mixed things. some of the negative stuff has come from people in minnesota, and some of it has come from people on the outside. >> harris: before we get started with the panel, i want to pop up -- can we show that 86% graphic, please? before we talk to everybody? according to a local nbc affiliate, about 86% of those arrested in minneapolis from friday to saturday listed minnesota as their address. interesting. a lot of going back and forth about where people are from and whether or not. kennedy, come to you with your thoughts on it. >> kennedy: yes, it's the people who really want to stir it up, and it's the sort of protest tourism that we see time and time again. whether it's a police protest -- i remember the wto riots in seattle. it started as almost performance

attorney general keith ellison adding a secondary murder charge for derek chauvin. the other three officers on the thicros mostly ith aiding and ae protesters did clash in the streets of brooklyn and in new orleans, tear gas was used to disperse a crowd. >>> and in virginia, the governor expected to announce the removal of the statue of confederate general robert e. lee in richmond, virginia today, a long held goal of activist s attempts to remove others led to a deadly clash between protesters in 2017. t.j. >> george, we turn to the backlash over nfl star quarterback drew brees saying he'll never agree with anyone who disrespects the american flag after being asked about the controversy over kneeling during the national anthem. this coming in the wake of the protests over the killing of george floyd. steve osunsami joins us now with more and, steve, drew brees works in an industry where 70% of his co-workers, nfl players, are black and he is hearing from a lot of them right now including his own teammates. >> reporter: he is, t.j. some of them are questioning his t

joining us now, the minnesota attorney general keith ellison. attorney general, thanks so much for joining us. i know you've had a crazy day today, a busy day, an historic day indeed. you've now upgraded the charge of derek chauvin from third degree murder to second-degree murder. what was the new evidence you got that resulted in this dramatic and important development? >> well, i can just continue to investigate and gather facts. we work with our team, and we believe that the factual basis was there for this charge. it is an ethical charge, it's a charge rooted in facts that we can prove. and so that's what brought us to this conclusion. as you know, it's not allowable for me to comment on the evidence and talk about the investigation. but as information rolled in, it made it -- it made it necessary for us to adjust these charges. >> and can you share any of that information that came in? >> actually it would not be a good idea, wolf. i wish i could. >> but it was significant from your perspective, you can say that, right? >> yes. i can say it

now more from keith ellison, minnesota's attorney general. he spoke earlier today, quote, tremendous sense of weight he feels at this moment. >>> attorney general ellison, what made you decide to upgrade the charges to second degree murder against ex-officer chauvin? >> well, we evaluated all the incoming evidence. we evaluated, you know, a lot of material. there is a range of it. medical reports, medical examiner reports, videotape, all kinds of information that we felt that the proper charge would be second degree murder, and that it would be proper to charge the other three with aiding and abetting in that. >> as you know, the family of mr. floyd, his attorney had wanted first degree murder charges. that would have required that officer chauvin -- that it was premeditated -- there was premeditation. >> right. >> i assume you found no evidence of premeditation. >> not -- as of this time, no. the investigation is ongoing. if we find evidence which would support that charge, we would charge it. i'm committed to holding, you know, the defendan

attorney general keith ellison said late today getting a conviction one difficult, but hoe vowed to soak justice. voof choafin exwoalg on george floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes set off a 4 storm nationwide, sparking protests that continued overnoit and throughout the day today. and while most of those demonstrations, including a moment of silence hoar in washington, have been large low peaceful, cur nows remain in forecast tonight in several miernlg cities including new york, d.c., and l.a. and tensions are still highway as woe come on the air with national guard trops on guard. it's leading to a standoff between the president and his defense secretary mark esper who says he doesn't support trops to stop protests even as president trump vows to use what hoe calls dominent force to mient law and ird. request can isa are o is nine do those four officers were responding to a forgery call at this corner store, but tonight they will be behind bars, and when this crowd out here heard that, they cheered. >> we got all four! we got all four! >> reporter: today, protesters heard from prosecu

he was former congressman keith ellison over the weekend. keep in mind as you watch him speak that he is now the chief law enforcement officer in minnesota. he's the attorney general. saying it's wrong for police to bring guns to domestic violence calls, seriously. >> we send out people with guns and they are to use deadly force no matter what the problem may be. the problem is sexual assault, we bring somebody with a gun. the problem is somebody in them mental health crisis, we send somebody with a gun. >> tucker: we know what you are thinking, that is keith ellison, kind of an unfair example, he has long been a crazy person who was once attached to the nation of islam and back then called himself keith hakim. more recently, he endorsed antifa and that is all true but unlike other race baiting extremist, he may have a promising political feature, very interesting to imagine it. he could be the attorney general of the united states. at the very least, he would be first in line to become the u.s. attorney for the state of minnesota, the top f

attorney general keith ellison said late today that getting a conviction would be difficult, but he vowed to seek justice. video of chauvin kneeling on george floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes set off a firestorm nationwide, sparking protests that continued overnight and throughout the day today. and while most of those demonstrations-- including a moment of silence here in washington-- have been largely peaceful, curfews remain in effect tonight in several major cities, including new york, d.c., and l.a. and, tensions are still high as we come on the air, with national guard troops on the ground in 31 states. and active duty military on standby at bases ringing the nation's capital. that's also leading to a standoff between the president and his defense secretary, mark esper, who says he doesn't support using troops to stop protests, even as president trump vows to use e what he cals "dominant force" to maintain law and order. as you can tell, there's a lot to get to tonight, and so our team of correspondents are standing by all across the country. cbs' jeff pegues is going to lead of

my guest is keith ellison. atlanta mayor, washington, d.c. mayor muriel bowser and florida congresswoman val demming. it's put more than 40 million out of work as much of the country is trying to return to some form of normalcy often ignoring social distancing. >> you see no fear. we are embracing it. >> prompting fears of a second wave. >> every community is one wild weekend from falling off the cliff. >> joining me is msnbc anchor joshua johnson. maria teresa kumar and pat mccrory of north. welcome to sunday. a special edition of "meet the press". good sunday morning. america is waking up to two crisis. one is so new it's called the novel coronavirus. the second institutional racism is with us for some 400 years. overnight protests in dozens of cities across this country. anger erupting over police brutality over african-americans. most demonstrations were peaceful with few incidents. others had moments of confrontation and, yes, some violence. a look around the country from washington, d.c. to chicago. to new york. to where it all started,

attorney general ellison is here to talk about what's going on and what keith ellison believes will happen. but let's state that we're going to look all over the country, but let's start with where this started. cnn's sara sidner is in minnesota. today marks seven days since his death. i believe you are situated near the scene of where this all unfolded. you were explaining to me last night this place is being treated solemnly in the community. they don't bring the noise and the anger and hostility there. they keep it sacrosanct at least for now. what's it like at this time? >> reporter: absolutely a place of peace, a place of reflection, a place to remember, a place to honor. all of that for the floyd family and also for the neighborhood. this place hasn't been destroyed. yes, boards are up, but nothing has happened here to any of these buildings. what has happened are incredible scenes of solidarity. we watched as terrence floyd, one of the brothers of george floyd, showed up for the very first time, chris, today, to the scene where his brother died, was killed. he showed up and as soon

attorney general keith ellison said late today that getting a conviction would be difficult, but he vowed to seek justice. video of chauvin kneeling on george floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes set off a firestorm nationwide, sparking protests that continued overnight and throughout the day today. and while most of those demonstrations-- including a moment of silence here in washington-- have been largely peaceful, curfews remain in effect tonight in several major cities, including new york, d.c., and l.a. and, tensions are still high as we come on the air, with national guard troops on the ground in 31 states. and active duty military on standby at bases ringing the nation's capital. that's also leading to a standoff between the president and his defense secretary, mark esper, who says he doesn't support using troops to stop protests, even as president trump vows to use what he calls "dominant force" to maintain law and order. as you can tell, there's a lot to get to tonight, and so our team of correspondents are standing by all across the country. cbs' jeff pegues is going to lead off