They have secured 1. 5 million from the state to pay for video camera Surveillance System that will be installed along i80 and highway 4, that announcement being made here in the main county building in downtown martinez. There will be 15 surveillance points along the freeways starting at cutting boulevard at i80 in richmond going along east to highway 4 in antioch. This will be a system of license plate readers, shot spotter microphones that can recognize gunfire and video cameras that can pan, tilt andsome into the direction of the violence. Since november of 2015, chp estimates that there have been 85 highway shootings in Contra Costa County, many gangrelated. Eight people have been killed and 21 people hurt at least. Law enforcement believes that the new camera system will not only help capture the shooters, but might deter them as well knowing that this technology will soon be out there. The message to the shooters on the freeway, the reign of terror is over. Let it be known that
Dismissed and ignored. And this hour, the hope holds Easter Sunday mass via livestream as christians around the world celebrate under lockdown. Were live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And all around the world. Happy easter. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Easter is supposed to be a day of hope. It will be remembered this year for the covid19 pandemic. Johns hopkins reports more than 1. 7 million cases across the world with more than 108,000 people killed. And the u. S. Enters a holiday withholidaywith the highest num of deaths. New york state alone has more infections than any other country on the planet. Catholics around the world are waiting to hear from pope franchise as francis as he livestreams his mass. This is live video. He told people they should not yield to fear. This comes as many Christians Mark the day isolated in their homes instead of going to church. Our top story, you may recall that u. S. President trump touted easter as t
The Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, on Wednesday, decried an upsurge in the abduction and killing of Catholic Priests in the country.