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The push for change continues following Floyd's death

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The push for change continues following Floyd's death
The push for change continues following Floyd's death

An emotional testimony from the brother of George Floyd on Capital Hill.

Yesterday he pleaded with members of Congress to "stop the pain" of racial injustice.

I'M ASKING YOU, IS THAT WHAT ABLACK MAN IS WORTH?

$20.THIS IS 2020.ENOUGH IS ENOUGH."EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY ON CAPITOLHILL FROM THE BROTHER OF GEORGEFLOYD.YESTERDAY HE PLEADED WITHMEMBERSOF CONGRESS TO "STOP THE PAIN"OF RACIAL INJUSTICE.THIS COMES AS PROTESTORSCONTINUE TO TEAR DOWN STATUESOF CONTROVERSIAL LEADERS INAMERICAN HISTORY.ABC'S MEGAN TEVRIZIAN HAS MOREON THE GROWING PUSH FOR CHANGE.THIS MORNING, THE PUSH FORCHANGE IN AMERICA - APPEARINGTO MOVE AT LIGHTNING SPEED.NATS NASCAR'S BUBBA WALLACE..RACING LAST NIGHT WITH THEHASHTAG "BLACK LIVES MATTER"PAINTED ON HIS CAR.NATS THE RACE STARTING HOURSAFTER NASCAR BANNED THECONFEDERATE FLAG.SOT - BUBBA WALLACE // NASCAR:"THAT WAS A HUGE PIVOTAL MOMENTFOR THE SPORT." OVERNIGHT,DRIVER RAY CICCARELLIANNOUNCING HE'S LEAVINGNASCAR..CITING A DISAGREEMENT WITHTHE NEW FLAG POLICY.NASCAR ALSO ANNOUNCING IT'SREMOVING GUIDELINES THATREQUIRED DRIVERS TO STANDDURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM..AND OVERNIGHT, U-S SOCCERMAKING THE SAME MOVE - SAYINGIT WILL NOW ALLOW PLAYERS TOKNEEL DURING THE ANTHEM.MEANTIME, PRESIDENT TRUMP ISREJECTING A PUSH TO RE-NAMEMILITARY BASES THAT WERE NAMEDAFTER CONFEDERATE GENERALS,TWEETING "MY ADMINISTRATIONWILL NOT EVEN CONSIDER THERENAMING OF THESE MAGNIFICENTAND FABLED MILITARYINSTALLATIONS." A-B-C'SMARTHA RADDATZ SAYS THEDECISION TO RE-NAME A BASE DOESNOT FALL ON THE PRESIDENT.SOT - MARTHA RADDATZ // ABCNEWS CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRSCORRESPONDENT "THE DECISION ISTECHNICALLY UP TO AN ASSISTANTSECRETARY OF THE ARMY..BUT GIVEN WHAT TRUMP HAS SAID,THAT WOULD LIKELY BEPROFESSIONAL SUICIDE." ITCOMES AS CROWDS TOPPLE MOREMONUMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.NATS PROTESTERS TEARING DOWNTHIS STATUE OF CHRISTOPHERCOLUMBUS IN MINNEAPOLIS -CITING THE EXPLORER'S TREATMENTOF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - ANDKNOCKING OFF THE HEAD OF THISCOLUMBUS STATUE IN BOSTON --SOT - NO MATTE "I UNDERSTANDWHY THIS HAPPENED.I KNOW THE HISTORY.// THEYSHOULD JUST TAKE IT DOWN."ON-CAM TAG: AND BACK INWASHINGTON - HOUSE SPEAKERNANCY PELOSI IS NOW CALLING FORTHE REMOVAL OF ALL CONFEDERATESTATUES FROM THE U-S CAPTIOL.SHE CALLED THEM A "HOMAGE TOHATE." MEGAN TEVRIZIAN, ABCNEWS, SAN DIEGONEW DETAILS ARE EMERGING ABOUTDEREK CHAUVIN - THE FORMER

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