10s of thousands of people took to the streets of

more than 140 cities over the weekend through Sunday night. Despite city imposed

curfews and in some places patrols of the National Guard.

The mass public protests against racism and police brutality were set off by the

suspected murder of George Floyd. Floyd, an unarmed black man,

died in police custody on the streets of Minneapolis last week.

Video of his death, his neck pinned to the ground under the knee of a white

police officer, upended the nation. I can't breathe. Floyd told officers.

I'm Tremay Leigh. This is into America. And today we go to the epicenter of this moment.

Minneapolis, Minnesota. On Sunday night, Minnesota Governor Tim Walls

tapped state attorney General Keith Ellison to take the lead in the Floyd case

with the help of the Hennepin County District Attorney's Office.

Ellison was elected in 2018 after representing Minnesota's fifth congressional district

for 12 years in Congress. He is the first African-American to be elected to state-wide office

in Minnesota. I had a chance to talk with him earlier today.

So Keith first, thank you so very much for joining us. I really appreciate it, especially

with everything going on. We know you're busy. A lot to be done and I know you're really busy too.

Thank you. So the George Floyd case had been in the hands of the Hennepin County Attorney, Mike Freeman.

But now that the case is in your hands, what changes at all?

Well, it gives us a statewide perspective. It gives us greater resources to draw upon.

Let me tell you, Hennepin County Attorney's Office will be working with us. We will be working

with them. They have the only county in our state who is successfully prosecuted a police officer

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