Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in atlanta. Im natalie allen. Cnn newsroom starts now. And thank you again for joining us. Paychecks versus pandemic. That is the difficult choice now facing millions of American Workers who have been without income for weeks. For them, staying at home just isnt an option anymore. We didnt get no unemployment. Basically were just starving. Look at our bills, our kids, our family. I just want to go back to work. The latest u. S. Jobless figures come out in just a few hours. The country is bracing for a level of unemployment not seen since the 1930s and the Great Depression all because of the pandemic. Even as more new cases and deaths rise in some areas, the push is on for states to reopen though as quickly as possible. Just dont look for updated safety guidance from washington. The Trump Administration has turned down the latest recommendations for reopening from government officials. The white house called them t
Historic rebuke of a president by one of his former cabinet secretaries. General james mattis with a 650 word takedown of the president , each word a carefully chosen dagger attacking the president s actions this week and really also donald trump as a man. Mattis, retired four star marine general, said the president is intentionally trying to turn americans against each other. He said we are witnessing the effect of three years without mature leadership. We have new reporting on why mattis came forward now and also the president s response. Overnight john allen piled on saying this could be the beginning of the end of the american experiment. We want to begin in minneapolis with omar jimenez where the memorial for george floyd will happen today. Omar . Reporter thats right, john. The news of the four officers being charged was what many protestors, the family, many in this community have been hoping for. Even with that news we saw demonstrations across the country, largely peaceful. Gr
Everywhere you go and see people, how they cling to him, they wanted to be around him. George, he was like a general. Every day he walks outside, there would be a line of people just like when we came in, wanted to greet him and wanted to have fun with him. The reverend al sharpton delivered the eulogy and pointed out what killed george floyd and many more like him. He died of a common american criminal justice malfunction. He died because there has not been the corrective behavior that has taught this country that if you commit a crime, it does not matter whether you wear blue jones or a blue uniform, you must pay for the crime you commit. During todays service a moment of silence was held for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. The same amount of time that Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyds neck as he pleaded for his life. Chauvin now faces charges of seconddegree murder. At the same time george floyd was being remembered, the three other Police Officers inv
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issues, it is a constant consumer of right-wing media and has expressed racist views it would seem that based on al that we know, a federal hate crime charge at least could be applicable here. you, and attorney ben crump wh is also representing the family, have called for federal hate crime charges and the county prosecutor has acknowledged quote, racial component to thi case but insists the first degree assault charges the best chanc for a conviction what can you tell us, and do you expect lester to use missouri s stand-your-ground law in his defense you know, 11 years ago we ha to do a lot of marching in protest on george zimmerman. he did even get arrested, an he used stand-your-ground. and then i worked closely with you in ahmed arbery s mother who they tried to use that, an you successfully got the prosecutor there and there was convictions. what do you expect here, and what is the basis for yo