WEBVTT 00:02.466 --> 00:04.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: The formal mourning has begun for the Minneapolis man whose death last week 00:04.900 --> 00:07.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% touched off a torrent of national outrage. 00:07.500 --> 00:12.500 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% At the same time, President Trump is facing a torrent of criticism over his talk of using 00:13.400 --> 00:16.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the military to quell violence. 00:16.033 --> 00:18.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% John Yang begins our coverage. 00:18.066 --> 00:23.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JOHN YANG: In Minneapolis today, the first of several memorial services across the country 00:24.866 --> 00:29.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% for George Floyd. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey knelt at Floyd's coffin. 00:30.566 --> 00:32.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The Reverend Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy. 00:32.833 --> 00:37.233 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% REV. AL SHARPTON, Civil Rights Activist: ... is George Floyd's story has been the story of 00:37.233 --> 00:42.200 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% black folks, because, ever since 401 years ago, the reason we could never be who we wanted 00:48.000 --> 00:52.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and dreamed to be is, you kept your knee on our neck. 00:52.366 --> 00:54.366 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (APPLAUSE) 00:54.366 --> 00:58.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JOHN YANG: And across the country, a virtual moment of silence for eight minutes and 46 01:00.466 --> 01:04.300 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% seconds, the amount of time former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was seen pinning 01:06.266 --> 01:09.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% his knee onto Floyd's neck. Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder. 01:11.633 --> 01:14.566 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% In Washington, Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray announced 01:14.566 --> 01:18.200 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% new actions to address the unrest that has gripped the nation for 10 days. 01:18.200 --> 01:23.000 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% CHRISTOPHER WRAY, FBI Director: We have directed our 200 Joint Terrorism Task Forces around 01:23.000 --> 01:27.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the country to assist law enforcement with apprehending and charging violent agitators. 01:27.933 --> 01:30.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% JOHN YANG: Barr blamed extremist groups. 01:30.566 --> 01:35.100 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WILLIAM BARR, U.S. Attorney General: We have evidence that Antifa and other similar extremist 01:35.100 --> 01:40.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% groups, as well as actors of a variety of different political persuasions, have been 01:41.700 --> 01:46.233 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% involved in instigating and participating in the violent activity. 01:46.233 --> 01:51.200 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% JOHN YANG: But, last night, protests remained largely peaceful. In Washington, hundreds 01:53.233 --> 01:56.766 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% marched to the Capitol beside National Guard troops. At one point, some demonstrators knelt 01:57.933 --> 02:02.900 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% and sang. 02:07.300 --> 02:12.300 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% In New York City, protesters were largely peaceful as well. But, as nighttime fell on 02:14.266 --> 02:18.766 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the rainy city streets, police in riot gear moved in to enforce a curfew, sometimes by 02:19.733 --> 02:22.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% force. Dozens were arrested. 02:22.400 --> 02:27.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Amid the chaos, a confrontation in Brooklyn left three policeman wounded, one stabbed 02:29.333 --> 02:33.400 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% and two shot, and their suspected attacker shot. The officers are expected to recover. 02:34.566 --> 02:36.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The suspect is in critical condition. 02:36.933 --> 02:41.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% In Minnesota, Governor Tim Walz ordered the National Guard to the state's western border, 02:43.833 --> 02:46.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% saying that violence from planned protests in North Dakota could spill into his state. 02:49.033 --> 02:52.500 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% Leaders in 32 states and the District of Columbia have deployed more than 3,200 members of the 02:54.566 --> 02:57.733 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% National Guard. President Trump is prepared to use active-duty troops, if necessary, according 02:59.766 --> 03:03.433 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% to Deputy White House Press Secretary Hogan Gidley, who used language usually reserved 03:04.766 --> 03:07.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to describe potential overseas military operations. 03:07.333 --> 03:09.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% HOGAN GIDLEY, White House Deputy Press Secretary: Safety and security are the number one thing 03:09.933 --> 03:14.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% Donald Trump cares about, period. All options are on the table when the lives of the American 03:15.666 --> 03:17.766 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% people are at stake. 03:17.766 --> 03:20.733 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JOHN YANG: The idea drew new pushback last night, this time from President Trump's former 03:20.733 --> 03:23.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Defense Secretary James Mattis. 03:23.300 --> 03:27.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% In his essay for "The Atlantic," the retired Marine general delivered perhaps his harshest 03:27.933 --> 03:32.933 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% public criticism of the president yet, accusing Mr. Trump of dividing the country. And he 03:34.900 --> 03:38.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% called the use of National Guard troops near the White House on Monday to forcefully clear 03:38.133 --> 03:43.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% crowds for a presidential photo-op an abuse of executive authority. 03:43.033 --> 03:48.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% The president fired back with a tweet calling Mattis "the world's most overrated general." 03:50.433 --> 03:53.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% And President Trump's support among congressional Republicans showed signs of strain, as Senator 03:53.500 --> 03:58.466 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said Mattis' remarks were "necessary and overdue," and suggested 04:00.166 --> 04:02.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% she may not vote to reelect the president. 04:02.266 --> 04:05.433 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI (R-AK): I am struggling with it. I have struggled with it for a long 04:05.433 --> 04:10.433 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% time. I think you know that. I didn't support the president in the initial election. 04:12.900 --> 04:17.700 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% JOHN YANG: Meanwhile, there's new attention on police treatment of minorities across the 04:17.700 --> 04:22.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% country. The fatal shooting an unarmed Latino man early Wednesday morning by Vallejo, California, 04:24.733 --> 04:29.066 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% police responding to a report that a drugstore was being looted, and a video of a Sarasota, 04:30.966 --> 04:34.466 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Florida, police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a handcuffed black man being 04:34.466 --> 04:37.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% arrested in May on domestic violence charges. 04:37.766 --> 04:41.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% That incident is now under investigation. 04:41.066 --> 04:46.066 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% In Georgia today, a video court hearing for two men charged in the February killing of 04:48.166 --> 04:51.400 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% Ahmaud Arbery. A state investigator testified one of the accused men used a racial slur. 04:53.366 --> 04:55.466 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% RICHARD DIAL, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent: After the shooting took place, 04:55.466 --> 05:00.166 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% before police arrival, while Mr. Arbery was on the ground, that he heard Travis McMichael 05:01.333 --> 05:03.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% make a statement, (EXPLETIVE DELETED). 05:03.800 --> 05:07.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% JOHN YANG: Tonight, demonstrators are gathering across the country for another round of protests. 05:09.566 --> 05:13.233 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And mayors of cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., have lifted 05:14.666 --> 05:18.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% nighttime curfews, hoping last night's calm holds. 05:18.000 --> 05:19.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm John Yang.