Donald Trump held a press conference today on a new US jobs report showing progress in the economy & recovery from coronavirus impacts. Unemployment went down to 13.3% in May, and the economy added 2.5 million jobs. He also said he hopes George Floyd is “looking down right now and saying, ‘This is a great thing that’s happening for our country.'” [https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/kzzz1PIemzDa0IKFKNPR180xiWOIYQQK1q2TtU5zh1_FREzu4pRpHSmkqePA51r2M0TPfYKGY7bo0bb50TPj2fWoioQ?loadFrom=PastedDeeplink&ts=1310.58] Read his news briefing speech transcript here.

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser gave a speech at the unveiling of “Black Lives Matter Plaza”. At the site, “Black Lives Matter” is painted in 50-foot yellow letters near the White House on a section of 16th Street that sits just in front of Lafayette Park. Read the transcript of her speech here.

Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock released a video criticizing President Trump amid the George Floyd death & protests. He made a plea for compassionate leadership in America. Read his speech transcript here.

Meghan Markle released a video expressing her thoughts on George Floyd’s death and the protests from the past week. Read the full transcript here.

Rudy Giuliani went on Good Morning Britain and got into a testy interview with Piers Morgan about the protests and Donald Trump tweeting “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” Things got personal with shots at each-other’s careers. Read the transcript here.

A preliminary hearing in the Ahmaud Arbery case took place on June 4. William Bryan, who filmed the shooting, told investigators that a racial slur was used by Travis McMichael after the shooting. Read the trial transcript here.