Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here this morning. We spoke last night approximately 2 30 a. M. And good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here this morning. We spoke last night approximately 2 30 a. M. And provided an update of a highly dangerous and rapidly evolving situation with folks bent on destroying property with no regard for safety of minnesotans and certainly no desire to make a statement other than wanton destruction and chaos. I want to thank the minnesotans who abided by the curfew. I want to thank hour responders our responders who are out there protecting our cities. A highly evolved and tightly controlled group of folks bent on adapting their tactics to make it as difficult as possible to maintain that order. My mission has been clear to the folks in minnesota in conjunction with the mayor of minneapolis and the mayor of st. Paul protection of citizenry and property is hour top our top priority, and maintaining and restoring civil order on the streets.
Gov. Walz good morning, everyone. This has been the most difficult week in minnesota in recent history and maybe in our entire history. In our streets. The ashes are symbolic of decades and generations of pain, of anguish, much like we failed unheard, much like we failed to hear george floyd as he pleaded for his life as the world watched by people sworn to protect him, his community, our state. Philando castile, silenced, unheard, so many other friends, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers senselessly died in our street. And now generations of pain is manifesting itself in front of the world, and the world is watching. One of the first people i called after seeing the video was valerie castile, philandos mother. We have become friends since the killing of philando. For those watching today who are not familiar, philando died in front of his loved one and his child and left them behind and the grieving mother who has become an advocate for justice, for reform, but more importantly an ad
And unrest happening in minneapolis in response to the death of mr. Floyd. Gov. Walz good morning, everyone. This has been the most difficult week in minnesota in recent history and maybe in our entire history. Our community, especially our black community, is hurting beyond words. Minneapolis and st. Paul are on fire. The fires are still smoldering in our streets. The ashes are symbolic of decades and generations of pain, of anguish, much like we failed unheard, much like we failed to hear george floyd as he pleaded for his life as the world watched by people sworn to protect him, his community, our state. Philando castile, silenced, unheard, so many other friends, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers senselessly died in our street. And now generations of pain is manifesting itself in front of the world, and the world is watching. One of the first people i called after seeing the video was valerie castile, philandos mother. We have become friends since the killing of philando. For thos
Outofstate groups are involved s. Organizing the protest good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here this morning. We spoke last night approximately 2 30 a. M. And provided an update of a highly dangerous and rapidly evolving with folks bent on destroying property with no minnesotansafety of and certainly no desire to make a statement other than wanton destruction and chaos. I want to thank the minnesotans who abided by the curfew. Thank hour responders who are out there protecting hour cities protecting our cities. A highly evolved and tightly controlled group of folks bent toadapting their tactics make it as difficult as possible to maintain that order. My mission has been clear to the folks in minnesota in conjunction with the mayor of minneapolis and the mayor of st. Paul protection of citizenry and property is hour top priority, and maintaining and restoring civil order on the streets. I think what is really important to recognize is the tactics and approach that we have take
By the iron dome around nightfall the 2nd one around 8 pm local time which fell inside gaza and territory it was after that in the early hours of this morning that israel began to respond its military tweeting that it was doing so because of the breaches of the cease fire that had taken place during the course of the day there were also protests in the streets in some locations in gaza with people unhappy with the cease fire especially given the loss of life that we saw during the course of the previous night children also killed saying that more rocket fire should be carried out Islamic Jihad said sending out a statement saying that it was ready on standby with its finger on the trigger to respond should there be further attacks by israel so saying it had a new missile available to it domestically produced one it said which had a range of some 120 kilometers on the other side of the gaza border fence we heard late last night that the communities the israeli communities around the frin