AND THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO
HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE NEW ECONOMIC
NEWS.
THE PRESIDENT’S NEIGHBORHOOD
AGAIN THE SCENE FOR PROTESTS
LATE FRIDAY.
MORE DEMONSTRATIONS SURROUNDED
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DAY TRIP TO
MAINE.
WHERE THE PRESIDENT TRIED TO
PLAY ECONOMY CHEERLEADER AFTER
SURPRISINGLY STRONG MAY JOBS
NUMBERS.
>> WE ABSOLUTELY SHATTERED
EXPECTATIONS AND THIS IS THE
LARGEST MONTHLY JOBS INCREASE IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> AMID HIS ENTHUSIASM EARLIER
IN THE ROSE GARDEN, THE
PRESIDENT MADE A STRIKING TURN
SUMMONING THE NAME OF GEORGE
FLOYD AND CLAIMING A NEW DAY FOR
EQUAL JUSTICE.
>> WE HAVE TO RECEIVE FAIR
TREATMENT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THEY HAVE TO RECEIVE IT.
WE ALL SAW WHAT HAPPENED LAST
WEEK.
WE CAN’T LET THAT HAPPEN.
HOPEFULLY GEORGE IS LOOKING DOWN
RIGHT NOW AND SAYING THIS IS A
GREAT THING THAT’S HAPPENING FOR
OUR COUNTRY.
THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR HIM.
THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR
EVERYBODY.
THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR
EVERYBODY.
THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT DAY IN
TERMS OF EQUALITY.
>> THAT DESCRIPTION OF FLOYD
DREW SWIFT CRITICISM FROM JOE
BIDEN.
>> GEORGE FLOYD’S LAST WORDS, I
CAN’T BREATHE, I CAN’T BREATHE
HAVE ECHOED ALL ACROSS THIS
NATION AND QUITE FRANKLY, AROUND
THE WORLD.
FOR THE PRESIDENT TO TRY TO PUT
ANY OTHER WORDS IN THE MOUTH OF
GEORGE FLOYD, I FRANKLY THINK IS
DESPICABLE.
>> MORE HEAT FROM FORMER TRUMP
ALLIES
ALLIES.
FIRST JAMES MATTIS CRITICIZED
THE PRESIDENT’S JUDGMENT ON THE
ROLE OF MILITARY DURING CIVILIAN
PROTESTS.
FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN KELLY
SIDED WITH MATTIS.
>> FOR HIM TO DO THAT TELLS YOU
WHERE HE IS.
>> THEN KELLY MADE POINTED
COMMENTS ABOUT LEADERSHIP.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT
PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR
OFFICE AND PUT THEM THROUGH THE
FILTER.
WHAT IS THEIR CHARACTER LIKE?
WHAT ARE THEIR ETHICS?
>> AFTER INVOKING FLOYD’S NAME
IN THE ROSE GARDEN, THE
PRESIDENT RETWEETED A VIDEO
CONVERSATION WITH CONSERVATIVE
COMMENTATORS GLENN BECK AND
CANDACE OWEN WHERE THEY IMPUGNED
THE CHARACTER OF FLOYD.
SHE WAS A GUEST OF -- MEETING
OTHER NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICAN
OFFICIALS TO TALK ABOUT THE
INSTANCES OF POLICE BRUTALITY
AND THE PROTESTS.
NOW HERE IS HOW THAT
CONVERSATION PLAYED OUT WHERE
OWENS IMPUGNED THE CHARACTER OF
FLOYD.
>> THE FACT THAT HE HAS BEEN
HELD UP AS A MARTYR SICKENS ME.
HE WAS NOT A GOOD PERSON.
>> KRISTEN, YOU GET A SENSE OF
HOW THAT IS DRAWING MORE
CRITICISM FOR THE PRESIDENT
BECAUSE HE RETWEETED THAT
CONVERSATION.
>> YEAH.
KELLY, OWENS IS CERTAINLY
GETTING A LOT OF SCRUTINY THIS
MORNING.
MEANWHILE, THE WHITE HOUSE IS
LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS
MORNING.
KELLY, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
SNIENLT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
IN A BATTLE WITH THE MAYOR OF
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MURIEL
BOWSER OVER WHO CONTROLS THIS
AREA.
SHE USED A VIVID WAY OF MURIEL
ART ABOUT WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE.
SHE HAD THE CITY WRITE THE WORDS
BLACK LIVES MATTER ALONG THE
STREET HEADING TOWARDS THE WHITE
HOUSE AND AT THE SCENE WHERE THE
PEACEFUL PROTESTS HAD BEEN
DISPERSED BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SHE ALSO PROJECTED ON TO ONE OF
THE CITY BUILDINGS BLACK LIVES
MATTER.
THIS IS AT A TIME WHEN BOWSER
AND THE PRESIDENT HAVE BEEN
EXCHANGING VERBAL, SORT OF RANTS
AT EACH OTHER AND CRITICISM OVER
TWITTER AND IN PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE PRESIDENT HAS CALLED HER
INCOMPETENT.
SHE HAS WANTED FEDERAL OFFICIALS
TO LEAVE THE CITY, LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND NATIONAL GUARD.
BOWSER REACTED TO THE
PRESIDENT’S CRITICISM SAYING,
POT, KETTLE.