22 states reporting alarming new increases in covid cases. Florida with the highest daily totals over the weekend. Arizona and texas set a Record Number of hospitalizations, and scenes like this in new york city raising a red flag. You stop doing what youre doing, youll see those numbers turn. Plus, the warning about masks with exhale valves. Do they help stop the spread . Overnight a new report claiming that President Trumps niece was the primary source for the New York Times investigation into the president s alleged fraudulent tax schemes. Mary trump reportedly set to publish a tellall book this summer detailing harrowing and salacious stories about the president , and that bombshell new biography about First Lady Melania Trump revealing intimate details about her relationship with the president , her influence around the white house and the real reason the author says she didnt move to washington until months after the inauguration. Basketball battle. What a pretty play from kyrie
Medical examiner ruling his death a homicide. District attorney now says the officer who fired those fatal shots could face murder charges. Jonathan serrie all over this city as the citys mayor sounds off on the unrest. Jonathan . Good morning to you. The shooting went down in the parking lot of this wendys. Now burned down wendys across the street from where im standing. The medical examiner has indeed ruled this case a homicide. Cause of death was the shooting. The gunshots. Autopsy revealed 27yearold rayshard books had two gunshots to the back organ failure due to gunshot. Brooks grabbed an officers taser and pointed it at the officer during a brief foot chase that ensued and thats when the officer shot him. Officer Garrett Rolfe has been terminated terminated immediately and fellow officer Devin Bronson placed on administrative duty. The district Attorney Says he expects to make a decision midweek on whether to pursue charges against the police. At a recent town hall forum, atlanta
Geral geraldo riviera. What is the legal issue in front of this prosecutor in atlanta . Well, bill, the legal issue thanks for having me on. The legal issue is key. Was it a deadly threat . Did the officer believe that brooks posed a deadly threat to him or justifiable homicide . The guy was shot twice in the back. Its unlikely its a justifiable homicide but that is the argument that the defendant will make. I believe he will be charged. I think the appropriate charges is manslaughter. He didnt set out to call Rayshard Brooks, but he did not have to use deadly force. The guy was a drunk driver, running away. Where was he going to run . He had a taser that had been discharged. To whom did he represent a deadly threat . Seems man slaughter is the appropriate charge. In this Political Climate, its possible, bill, that even a murder charge could be lodged against this officer. The d. A. Is paul howard. Howard, what is your view at this . Yeah, i have to disagree with geraldo. We dont know
Good evening, im erin burnett. Out front tonight, trump against the doctors and its out in the opening. Its testing, its masks, its the virus itself. Starti starting with testing the president said he wasnt kidding when he said officials need to slow down testing. Here he is. [ inaudible question ] i dont kid. We test. Were going to have more cases. By having more cases, it sounds bad. Heres what i say, testing is a doubleedge sword. At least he admits he wasnt kidding. We told you he wasnt kidding last night even though his own team, of course, said he was just joking in multiple Television Interviews on every network. But he wasnt kidding. He thinks for testing is bad for him. Of course more testing does save lives and will get the American Economy back on track faster. Tonight hours after the president said he wanted testing slowed down, his top doctor publicly completely contradicted him. To my knowledge, none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing. That just is a fact.
The citys police chief abruptly resigning as surveillance and body cam footage of the incident came out yesterday. Protests overnight shutting down a highway with dozens of people arrested. Jonathan serrie is outside of the win des, now burned in protest of the killing. Jonathan, break down what we know happened here . Yeah, arthel. It unfolded in this wendys here. You can see protesters are gathering again today. It started out as a routine nuisance complaint, reports of a man who had fallen asleep in a car that was blogging the drivethrough of this wendys that you see behind me. Authorities say he failed a field sobriety test and when police tried to arrest him, he resisted, grabbing an officers taser. Take a listen. He runs a relatively short distance, looks like its probably fine, six, seven Parking Spaces distance and at that point turns around and appears to to the eye that he points a taser at the atlanta officer. At that point, the atlanta officer reaches down and retrieves his