Issue a warning that the darkest winter in more than history lies ahead if the federal Coronavirus Response is not accelerated immediately. And lets begin our coverage with dr. Sanjay gupta and also correspondent john harwood. Sanjay, lets start in wisconsin and what has happened overnight because it is so striking to see these videos of so many people rushing out to bars. I know that it must send a shiver down your spine to see this as a doctor because you dont see people Wearing Masks or socially distancing. I mean, we might as well rewind the clock back six months. This is what it looked like before all of this. And so what are your thoughts . You know, i dont know if people there simply have not been getting the message about what this virus is, how contagious it is. I find that hard to believe considering weve been in this for several months, or if they just dont care. I think that is maybe the more likely scenario here. There is obviously an imirks impatience, people wanting to g
This, this is whats left of a small restroom facility on the parks property just a few hundred feet away from the white house. This is one of many fires that was set in this area on sunday night. In fact, it was still smoldering up until about half an hour ago and firefighters extinguished the blaze. Sunday night in washington, d. C. , started out largely peaceful. But when the sun went down, those peaceful protests turned into something more. Once again, a night of destruction, a night of chaos, a night of anger as well here in the Nations Capital. That was the case all over the country. The National Guard has been called in here in d. C. Curfew was in place last night. Going to be in place once again tonight, were told. This is st. Johns church. The church was built in the early 1800s. It is known as the church of the president s because literally every president with the exception of james monroe has worshipped here since it was constructed. Atf agents are on the scene right now inv
Announcement of these charges at a News Conference, you recall this case, arbery was jogging through a neighborhood in the coastal town of brunswick, georgia, when he was shot and kiln. The attack was recorded on video. Two of the suspects were following him in a pickup truck, third recorded the incident the graphic video of his death among others helped fuel the global protests against Police Brutality and racial injustice. Were happy to have nbc news correspondent blayne alexander who has covered this case, with us from atlanta, and forgive me for making this observation, this means the last two times you and i have interacted over stories in the news, at this hour of the day, has to do with legal charges being pressed in the killing of a black man. I think it says a lot about where we are and who we are right now. That cant be avoided when you look at this story, entire moment of history were in right now, brian. Lets start with this announcement, this press conference thats expecte
Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is a special memorial day edition of new day. John is off. Jim sciutto is with me. Great to have you here, jim. Good to be here. This morning, we remember the brave americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for america as well as those we lost to the coronavirus. Later this morning, President Trump and the first lady will visit Arlington National cemetery to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldiers. We near a staggering 100,000 americans who have died. Beaches from coast to coast were crowded. That includes alabama, which is seeing a steady rise in cases. So well speak with the mayor of montgomery coming up. Hes sounding a warning that his city is running out of icu beds for the sickest patients. The head of the fda is calling on everyone to follow those safety guidelines, warning that the coronavirus is not yet contained. Ahead, the the head of
Were following breaking news as protesters demonstrate across the country. From new york to San Francisco and dozens of cities in between people are taking to the streets calling for racial equality in the wake of the death of george floyd. These are live pictures from philadelphia and denver. Those are just a couple of the dozens of cities seeing similar peaceful protests today. It was a different story last night. Some of the protests have turned violent with police clashing with demonstrators and demonstrators destroying storefronts and police cars. In minnesota where the protests began the governor has activated the National Guard and is calling for demonstrators to stay home tonight. But today we learned that many of the acts of violence are being carried out by extremists hoping to damage the imobject of peaceful demonstrators. Heres what the minnesota governor had to say. The situation in minneapolis is no longer in any way about the murder of george floyd. It is about attacking