And and lauren green starts coverage, with tensions there overnight. It was the eighth night of protests, tensions continue to arise. And this means clashing with and in the Berkeley Center with much violence earlier this week. And protesters made their way through city streets. And that is when the scrimmages started. There was a gap between the streets. Dozens were arrested. Some of the officers were terror related but they are coming under scrutiny for the way they handled several encounters with protesters. Police commissioner dermot shea admonishing protesters but admitted there may be some police culpability. The investigations are progressing as fast as possible in the middle of a riot situation. Without a doubt it will be a couple officers suspended. They held a memorial for george floyd. Floyds brother terrence addressed the crowd thanking them for their support but reminding them the protests took place. Im proud of the protests but im not proud of the destruction. My brother
Coast to coast. All four officers have now been charged in the death of george floyd and they are in custody, as i speak. The officer seen kneeling on floyds neck with seconddegree murder charges. He was originally charged with thirddegree murder, and Second Degree adds intent and the other officers aiding and abetting, seconddegree murder. The states attorney general telling reporters that winning a conviction will be tough, but he believes the law is on his side. We gathered all of the facts that we could. We reviewed the criminal statutes. We looked at case law. We consulted with each other and we arrived at these charges. I strongly believe that these developments are in the interest of justice for mr. Floyd, his family, our community and our state. And this is the scene across the country, as i said, Peaceful Protesters gathering from coast to coast in cities. Just moments ago what we saw, just moments ago in minneapolis, we saw protests and the president defending his claim that
Can he pull off a comeback by telling it like it is . Also an entire neighborhood destroyed as residents watch their homes burn from across the river. Wildfires feeding off strong winds. And the hottest june in one States History with no sign of it slowing down . Good afternoon, everyone, im jake tapper. An urgent warning from security officials. Concern is growing that jihadists could be planning a devastating attack to cone side with july 4th celebrations this weekend. Isis praises a string of deadly attacks across three continents friday. At a u. S. Chemical plan the in france where a man beheaded his boss took a selfy with a decapitated body and sent that image to a friend in syria, all before trying to blow himself up in a suicide mission. It is that exact type of loan wolf attack that is reportedly keeping local state and federal Law Enforcement officers in this country on edge. Lets get right to pamela brown live in new york. Its no secret that terrorist groups aspire to stage a
Thats a look at your morning commute. Megan over to you. It was not too long ago t term fiscal cliff. Now the term is sequestration and get used to it because we will hear a lot of it until march 1st. Abc2 news linda so is live with what it means for you. And people want to know what it means to them . How will it affect them. Reporter well if it happens, its going to affect people in many ways. Drastic cuts can affect themilitary and how long you wait in line to get to the security. Its part of the fiscal cliffdeal. At the Time Congress agreed to postpone across the board spending cuts by two months. Now that deadline or whats referred to as the sequester is almost here. Its less than two weeks away. And if congress cannot reach adeal by march 1st massive cuts aimed at reducing the deficit by 1. 2 trillion dollars will go into effect. Federal agencies face 85 billion dollars in cuts that could lead to furloughs for 2 million people. The pentagon fears it will have a drastic effect on
Live. Good to see you. How is it going . Really well. The bulls are in charge today, fredricka, bouncing back from the biggest twoday drop of the year on wednesday and thursday. The strength is because of positive sentiment related to hewlettpackards results last night. They werent great but they werent as bad as expectations. Hp shares are up 12 and its the biggest gainer on the dow by far. Traders refer to this, though, as sort of a dead cat bounce and thats when stocks have fallen so much over a short period they have nowhere to go but up. So that doesnt necessarily mean that this rally will last until next week. The market is up 115 points as we get the closing bell. We have a busy week next week. Home sales, Consumer Confidence and Fourth Quarter gdp comes out next week. Ending the week on a high note, gives us a nice impetus and encouragement for next week. Felicia taylor, have a great weekend. That will do it for me, im fredricka whitfield. See you throughout the weekend. Right