Now: public memorial for George Floyd in Houston; Officer charged with murder of Floyd appears in court; Police reform advocates accuse unions of protecting bad cops; Trump uses calls to “defund the police” to attack Dems, Biden; U.S. nearing two million confirmed COVID-19 cases; CDC monitoring protests for potential spike in cases;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
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🗓️ 8 June 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Thousands mourn at George Floyd’s public memorial in Houston; Joe Biden meets privately with George Floyd family in Houston; Ex-cop charged with George Floyd’s murder after kneeling on his neck appears in court; NYC, Los Angeles mayors make moves to “defund the police” while DC mayor defends city’s police budget; Minneapolis city council vows to “dismantle policing” mayor says he doesn’t support abolishing the police; Trump meets with law enforcement officials, takes no questions again; WH considers a Trump speech to the nation on race & unity; CNN poll: 63% disapprove of Trump’s handling of race relations, Trumps approval falls to 38% amid pandemic, protests; WH won’t answer whether Trump still believes NFL players who kneel should be fired;
Minneapolis police union chief claims officers are being oppressed; National fraternal order of police claim cops are being targeted; Buffalo mayor: police union on the wrong side of history; Minnesota AG Ellison: police union has too much influence; Baltimore officer in 2019: police are being “thrown under the bus”;
Dems in congress unveil sweeping police, criminal justice reform bill; Dems say police reform bill has zero republican co-sponsors; Top congressional Dems steer clear of “defund the police” calls; Minneapolis city council votes to defund, dismantle police dept.; McConnell attacks Dems over “defund the police” movement;
NYC enters phase one of reopening as new cases decrease; CDC “monitoring closely” protest across U.S.; New group of PA cases traced back to NJ beach house parties; New study: shutdown measures averted approximately 60 million U.S. coronavirus infections though early April;
Trump to relaunch campaign rallies in two weeks; HHS official: Remdesvir supply will run out by end of month; Gen. Powell: Trump “dangerous” for the country, “he lies” and has “drifted away” from constitution; Retired military leaders condemn Trump’s church photo-op, threats of military force during protests, question his morality
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper and we begin with the national lead today. |
| 0:06.8 | Right now the public memorial for the late George Floyd is underway in his hometown |
| 0:11.1 | of Houston, Texas with thousands expected to pay their respects. |
| 0:14.9 | It has now been two weeks since Floyd, an unarmed black man |
| 0:18.5 | was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis |
| 0:21.5 | that now former officer Derek Chauvin appeared before a |
| 0:25.0 | judge a short time ago it was his first hearing since being formally charged |
| 0:29.2 | with second-degree murder and after a second straight weekend of demonstrations across the country |
| 0:35.6 | there is a new nationwide push bipartisan for police reforms with House Democrats |
| 0:40.9 | today unveiling sweeping new legislation and in Minneapolis |
| 0:44.4 | nine of the 13 city council members announcing they intend to dismantle |
| 0:49.3 | quote policing as we know it in the city and rebuilding a new model of public safety. |
| 0:56.0 | We're going to begin with CNN Sarah Sidner, who is in Houston where crowds of mourners are gathered to honor George Floyd in the third and final public |
| 1:05.4 | memorial. A somber homecoming for George Floyd in Houston where the Hearst carrying his casket arrived at the Floyd Family Church this morning for a public memorial attended by thousands. |
| 1:20.0 | Jennifer Edwards and her son live in Houston. |
| 1:24.0 | It's all about solidarity at this point. |
| 1:27.0 | I feel like that could have been my son that's in there. |
| 1:31.0 | It's kind of scary. Like not being able to like go outside and go places and I feel safe. |
| 1:38.2 | Presumptive Democratic nominee for President Joe Biden met privately today with the Floyd family. |
| 1:43.0 | The family will have their final private service here tomorrow. |
| 1:47.0 | In Minneapolis, the first court appearance for fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, |
| 1:52.0 | who is the officer that held his knee on Floyd's neck for |
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