International chart of where countries are at in their epidemics right now. This shows the death rates, the deaths overtime in various countries. Country china, of course, is the country that has had this crisis the longest. Thats their Long Navy Blue line there. They obviously had a ton of deaths that scaled up rapidly, but they have since flattened out their death rate dramatically. You see italy up there at the top in europe with the Worst Epidemic now and the worst one by far in europe. And then you see spain, close on italys heels. And if you look at the curve for spain, its just on an incredibly steep curve. The total deaths in spain are doubling every three days. And you know what . Our curve is exactly the same shape as spains right now. We here in the United States have a curve that is worse than italys and is exactly parallel with spain. Our death rate is rising just as steeply as theirs is. Here in the United States, our death rate is doubling every three days as well now. I
Of his security detail. The governor says he is not showing any symptoms but he is going into quarantine. Thats the governor. Also on the front page of the star tribune right now, a story about the Lieutenant Governor of minnesota. Her name is penny flanagan. Also on the front page of that same paper right now is the news that her brother has just died from coronavirus. She describes her brother as a tough as nails u. S. Marine, and she says this. Quote, if you feel fine, thats great. But please consider the possibility that youre carrying the virus and dont know it, and then you walk past the next ron, my big brother, in public. Covid19 now has a personal connection to me. Please do all you can to prevent one for you. Also on that same front page, tonight, minnesotas confirmed caseload as a state jumped from 169 known cases yesterday to 235 known cases today. Also on that same front page, the fact that the Transit System in the twin cities is cutting its service two days from now by 4
Hello, everyone. Welcome to our special program here on cnn, the color of covid. Im don lemon in new york. And im van jones in los angeles. You know, this pandemic is devastating not just the health of people of color, its also destroying our wealth with layoffs. We got Small Businesses going under. Government aid is just not getting to us and thats why were here tonight. We want to discuss what this virus is doing in total to black and brown americans and also to offer some hope. We have a whole lot to talk about, van. And i dont want to make this only about numbers because that takes the humanity out of this crisis really, but the numbers, the numbers are sobering and they begin to reveal the full challenge that we are all facing right now. And to quote a Research Associate at the urban institute, when White America catches a cold, black america catches pneumonia. So here are those numbers im talking about as of tonight. More than 87,000 americans have died from coronavirus. Of these
Any target. His lawyer worked to reduce his punishment. We dont penalize people with mental illness. And now what were doing, were penalizing people with mental illness. Reporter taking the age and background of the crime, the judge sentenced gladden to 25 years in prison. Theres a lot of hurt people in the courtroom today. Were hurt on our end, danny was hurt. Theyre hurt on their end. He is a boy thats going to jail. He committed a crime, and hes going to pay for that crime. The judge ordered that gladden works at patuskin. Alex, thank you. Coming up new. Well have more of gladdens interview with police after the shooting. New tonight one of the bodies found in a burned out car in west baltimore was a Morgan State University grad student. The bodies of Alicia Strickland and teron bush were found shot. Strickland is the daughter of a retired judge. The fire was noticed around 5 00 a. M. In the 2000 block of monroe. Police have no suspects in their death. A councilman arrested, todd hu
We thought this was pretty safe. Obviously its not. Theres trouble last summer at the complex. Its frightening. Judy is a member of the president s board. Is getting scary as far as im concerned. She has been trying to get extra security. It im glad the persons ok. Maybe we should talk as a community about this particular village. Police tell us that their investigation is continuing and so far they do not have a description to give us for a suspect. Live from downtown baltimore, barry simms, wbaltv 11 news. An update now on an 11 news story that we have been keeping an eye on becoming a Police Training exercise gone wrong when a recruit was actually meant accidentally shot in the head. They released the first major change in the department. It is believed the instructor grabbed the wrong done when he hit them in the forehead. The Investigation Continues into how not happened and i have appointed a new training leader to make sure it does not happen again. He will be meeting with recru