A safer city. Called ramsay the best in the Crime Fighting business. Children and another difficulties of our city oh autry men did you say debt of gratitude. Reporter in fact year to date Crime Statistics show murders down by 32 since 2007. Though the numbers are actually up a bit from 2013 and 14. Said ramsay,. Im not satisfied with it. But its better than it was. Reporter there have been problems. Police involved shootings average one per week in the city. Aggressive tactics like stop and frisk have some communities feeling like they need protection from the police. Whats the point Mary Catherine roper of the American Civil Liberties union. That hasnt stopped. This Summer Department of justice study requested by ramsay showed philly police woe physical under trained and ill equipped to handle potentially violent interactions with the public. It was critical. Theres no question about that. But if i thought everything was running on all cylinders i never would have asked them to come
Thats right. Its an electric pickup truck. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans set to give their counteroffer to bidens trillion dollar infrastructure plan today. The big question there, how high will republicans go . Were also closely watching the attacks in gaza and israel and president bidens response to the violence there. And also this hour my exclusive conversation with a man who wants to turn his test into quite the testament, yusef salaam, once known as a fifth of the central park five. We will talked about one of the darkest moments of his life, being falsely accused, serving prison time at 15 years old and the optimistic message of his new book. We had no idea we would be rebranded correctly as the exonerated five. Right now, though, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, thats where well go because the District Attorney is providing an update on the investigation into the shooting death there. I have some prepared remarks first of all, i would like to thank everybody for being here today
Welcome to all of you watching here in the United States, canada, and around the world. I am kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. We begin with signs that the Coronavirus Vaccine supply in the u. S. May, soon, outstrip demand. According to the u. S. Septembers for Disease Control and prevention, more than 93 Million People have been fully vaccinated. But over the past few weeks, averagedaily vaccination rates have started to fall. Cnns Polo Sandoval takes a look at what might be behind the drop. Reporter as Johnson Johnsons covid19 vaccine is cleared to go into arms, again. A slight, but ongoing, drop in overall shots being administered a day. That average number, according to the cdc, dipped below 3 million this week. The Biden Administration attributing it to vaccine hesitancy. Its a trend that the university of washingtons institute for Health Metrics and evaluation has been closely watching. Even before j js pause. Facebook runs a survey every day. And we look at that data, on a da
To this point has been on body camera footage from the officers involved. What it shows and what it does not. We, the public, dont know because that video still has not been released publicly. Andrew brown jr. s family has been allowed to see at least some of it. Theres been a lot of back and forth over that. Let me play for you as we are waiting here for this press conference to begin what two of his sons said after lets just hold right here. It looks like the District Attorney is beginning right now. Lets listen in. First of all, id like to thank everybody for being here today. Once again, just as a form of introduction, my name is andrew wombel im the elected District Attorney for judicial district one which is the seven counties of the northeast. Well have this conference today. I have some prepared remarks that ill be reading from. The i have copies of those already prepared that you may pick up. If you would like to have us email those to you, if you supply us with an email, well
In a moment. We begin in our nations capitol where protesters are gearing up for the justice for all march. About to get under way in two hours from now. The march is intended to call attention to recent Police Killings foll killings. Protesters begin their march near the white house and make their way to the u. S. Capitol as you see here. Organizers are calling for congress to take some action here. And. And demonstrations across the country. Lets bring in cnn correspondent at the starting site there at Freedom Plaza. Were also joined by van jones nearby. Reporter on the ground. Sorry. Just wanted to let you know van jones is expected at third and pennsylvania. Sorry to cut you off. Set the scene for us. What are you seeing this hour. Reporter a lot of energy here on the ground. Marches are starting to gather here at Freedom Plaza, just steps from the white house. A little of the scene here. A lot of protesters with tee shirts and signs out this morning. Obviously making reference to