A new call to action in the wake of George Floyds death. Defund Police Departments. Unfortunately right now, if i called 911 for an emergency, theyre more likely to reprimand me than they are to do whats necessary. Tonight, bay area leaders are weighing in on this controversial debate. Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Im jessica aguirre. And im raj mathai. The cries for justice continue. On the eve of his burial, people across the country are still mobilizing in honor of george floyd. They are prompting change in Corporate America and proposing change when it comes to policing america. Many are calling for defunding or even dismantlint but what does that mean and what would it look like . Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd is in oakland with more for us. Cheryl. Reporter well, Police Departments all over the country, including oakland, getting a lot of heat from the community. Protesters say Excessive Force is the reason why minorities are being killed by police. Now, the cry for
To work in stores youre not going to believe it because were going to show you how our rights are tied its time to boost your news i. Q. Now topping 4900000 with 325000 reported deaths now here in the u. S. Alone the number of cases now at 1500000 with 92000 deaths now taking a closer look at whats happening in the nation the c. D. C. Has set guidelines for reopening america only to be shelved by the white house claiming that the guidelines were too specific now as a result the c. D. C. Quietly releases a revised shorter version of the guidelines on its web site instead now this is all 50 states theyre in the process of reopening just in time for memorial day and then now concerns are being raised as coburn 1000. 00 patient data including the names and home addresses of private citizens are being shared with Law Enforcement in several states one of them. Being tennessee which is why were going to bring in someone born and raised there host of news the as he has got to know him as an in
Diverts our attention from something they dont want us to see by creating Something Else look over there or squirrel. Something else for us to focus on i think president clinton the war in the balkans i think president bush iraq think president reagan grenada we could go on we could go on so what about trump iran. Why dont i ask this because in recent weeks the tensions between the United States and iran have escalated seriously both in words and in deeds with comments from both sides and sound like theyre itching for a fight trump i have instructed the United States navy to shoot down and destroy any and all iranian boats if they heris our ships at sea those are mr trumps words irans naval commander i have ordered our naval forces to destroy an. American terrorist force in the persian gulf to threaten security all the wrongs military or non military ships these are 2 leaders talking in really threatening words right each side is accusing the other of bullying of carelessness and of pr
Fight the virus. This as deaths in the u. S. Surge past 50,000. The numbers are Getting Better in spain and italy but seem to be getting worse in places like russia and germany. The World Health Organization also forming an International Alliance to ensure that vaccines and treatments are distributed fairly. We are just ahead of a big week in earnings. I want to bring in taylor riggs. Sammys buoying the markets. What were you watching . Taylor exact reversal of yesterday. Outperformance within the tech sector but we are still lower for the week. We are waiting a bunch of being earnings coming next week. We got some chipmakers reporting this week. I will also talk about crude. Monday and tuesday, you had crude go below zero for the first time ever. Some of the losses we saw on monday and tuesday, even though the Energy Market rebounded, not enough to offset the big losses in crude. Contract still on pace for their worst week ever. You are starting to see some of that pessimism. Pandemic
Fauci says we are headed in the right direction. Every day this seems to be a record of number of deaths. At the same time we see the increase in deaths we are seeing rather dramatic decrease in the need for hospitalization, that is going in the right direction. I say that and i always remind myself when i say that, that means what we are doing is working. Therefore we need to continue to do it. Ashley what we are doing is working says Anthony Fauci, voters seem to like how the president is handling the crisis. His Approval Rating hitting a high of 49 in the latest poll and by the way he has tied joe biden in the president ial race. Just last month he trailed biden in the same poll by nine points. Still there is work to do in america remains worried about their money in 79 say they all worry that the virus will lead to Economic Hardship for the family. The Chip Administration still targeting the reopening of the economy and for 8 weeks and heres what Vice President mike pence says need