Being seized off the streets. Tributes to john lewis. The kind words pouring in for the civil rights icon this morning. New jersey senator cory Booker Joining us live, sharing memories of a man he called a mentor and a titan of american history. Close encounter. The moment a shark is spotted in cocoa beach, florida, heading towards a small boy. The quickthinking offduty officer who may have saved his life, tells us his story. And baseball is back. The first spring training games of the season. Cardboard cutouts in the stands and this masked hitters home run day. Will players stay healthy to complete the season . Coronavirus deaths in the u. S. Stand at more than 140,000 this morning. With the numbers rising in more than two dozen states. As the crisis intensifies, many states experiencing desperate stress on their medical systems. And the rising numbers forcing a widespread rethink of opening plans, indianapolis officials voting to delay the start of the school year by two weeks, and i
Racism and policing, and the role of Police Unions. Come to order. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning and thank you to everyone for being here for this important briefing. Black lives matter. I cant breathe. Hands up, dont shoot. No justice, no peace. These powerful phrases are rallying cries for fair minded americans seeking to live up to one of this countrys core principles. Equal justice under the law. Since our nations founding, africanamericans have struggled, fought and died for the right to be free and equal citizens. This month marks 99 years since the tulsa race massacre, where an entire, vibrant community was destroyed and black men, women and children were systemically murdered. Today is juneteenth. A holiday that celebrate s the freedom of black people in america. That freedom did not come until 1865. Two and a half years after president lincoln abolished slavery. We are still working for freedom and we are still working to provide equal opportuni
The reopening of america. Take a look. Dow futures turning negative down 19 points but the nasdaq is up 9 and s p 500 is also negative down about 1 point, mixed story this morning, dow and s p 500 snapped 3day winning street yesterday turning negative by the close, dow down 170 points, nasdaq was up 14 but s p down 11 and a quarter. Secretary mike pompeo meeting with chinese top diplomats as issue on trade, human rights and coronavirus heat up, john boltons new bookmaking claims about President Trumps relationship and xi jinping. Protests in atlanta to report. Meanwhile an Capitol Hill Senate republicans unveiled Police Reform bill as House Democrats call for more action. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. Eastern this morning new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani will join me with his valuable insight on policing in america, the former mayor today telling us his reaction to all of this. Then cracking down on big tech, Justice Department looks to limit protections enjoyed by Technology Companies as c
And iraq now committed to reduce the number of american troops in that country can we really expect that to happen though and if it does is it going to create a power vacuum in that region all right its time to move through news i. Q. Today marks the 21st consecutive day of nationwide protests following the death of george floyd over in minneapolis minnesota but now a Deadly Police shooting involving a black man in atlanta is triggering even more demonstrations all of this as new congressional legislation is being introduced to address Police Tactics across this country fronsac is outside of capitol hill with more on these developments there. Now and also in that building behind me Senate Republicans theyre getting ready to push out a package thats going to be all about policing. And what Police Officers can and cannot do now this is all coming forward from the only africanamerican republican in the Senate Senator tim scott of South Carolina which President Donald Trump has signaled hi
Family members argue thats not the case and since most of the country reopened just a couple of weeks ago more than 20 states are now reporting an increase in corona virus and. Today marks the 21st consecutive day of nationwide protests following the death of george floyd over in minneapolis minnesota but now a Deadly Police shooting involving a black man in atlanta is triggering more demonstrations and moments ago the mayor of atlanta addressed this latest shooting all of this as new congressional legislation is being introduced to address Police Tactics across this country are to project is just ahead of the white house with more on these latest developments fair. Woman as you know ive been covering these protests since the beginning we are on day 211 of the biggest changes that were seeing here is remember those big 10 foot barricades up those fences well those fences are. An hour down and you can see behind me open to the public is Lafayette Park where 2 weeks ago President Donald