Good morning. It is Sunday, October the 19th. Nearly 250 years ago, America's 13th

declared independence from British monarchy and proclaimed, quote, governments are instituted among

men deriving their just powers from the

consent of the governed. Yesterday, nearly seven million of the governed participated in more than

2,700 protests across all 50 states to tell the government it did not have their consent,

and that the United States, which threw off the yoke of authoritarianism two and a half centuries ago, is not going back.

According to the organizers of No Kings, about two million more people attended yesterday's

demonstrations compared to the first No Kings Day in June. Both events rank among the biggest

single day of protest in American history. Look at this aerial footage of Boston, the birthplace

of the American Revolution. Organizers said that more than 100,000 people took part in the rally

that began at the historic Boston Common, the oldest park in the country, where George

Washington, John Adams, and the General Marquis de Lafayette celebrated the country's independence

hundreds of years ago. In Denver, more than 10,000 people gathered at the state capital and

marched in protest, according to local media. It was a similar scene in cities across the country,

like Austin, Atlanta,

Miami, and Indianapolis, which you can see here. And at the nation's capital, where the National Guard

has been deployed since August, organizers said that 200,000 people joined in the main rally at

the National Mall and at the march toward the Capitol. MSNBC spoke to one woman there about why it was

important for her to come and take part in yesterday's protests. I'm a first-generation American.

I am a veteran. I was the military. I check all the boxes. I'm a mom. I've got four kids,

and I follow Jesus, but I am a patriot. I am a patriot. And I will not,

I will not let anyone tell me that I am not here because I love my country. And so that is, I think of

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