The people who i see who have not traditionally en invested in African American equality who are now invested, i think thats an important indicator to people who are in powerful places. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supporting social entrepreneurs and thr solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the drive to reform policing is accelerating tonight in the United States congress.
But entrepreneur chanel fields, ceo of startup md ally in philadelphia, says the timing couldnt be better. You know, i think that this is a pretty good time to start a business. Reporter fields new company lets Emergency Responders and 911 dispatchers reroute nonemergency calls to virtual doctors. Youre talking about a business that both makes sense now and will continue to grow in importance in the future . Yeah. I have a lot of people who call 911 for things that are sore throat pain. When youre in the middle of a pandemic its important that you are using those resources as efficiently as possible. Reporter with Interest Rates low, the cost of rent and equipment falling, many talented people looking for work, some traditional barriers to starting a business are less of a burden. But fields says its even bigger than that. Theres more of a sense of purpose. I cant think of a better reason to create value and see if you can do more, do something thats outside of your norm. Reporter she
brutal strikes could be coming from russia. what the u.s. state department is saying tonight, as well, sharing declassified intelligence with ukraine. ian pannell from inside ukraine with what we re learning at this hour. in this country, the deadly flooding. torrential rains on the move tonight across several states. and now we learn of the wife and mother on the phone with her husband as her car was lifted by the waters. what she said to him. she did not survive. trevor ault in the flood zone, ginger zee timing out the storms tonight. this evening, two men convicted in the plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer. murder charges dropped against two police officers accused of killing rayshard brooks in atlanta. why the officers have been cleared tonight. the abc news countdown to the midterms tonight. and primary day in new york and florida. in new york, two veteran members of congress turning on each other, now competing to represent the same district. jerr
brutal strikes could be coming from russia. what the u.s. state department is saying tonight, as well, sharing declassified intelligence with ukraine. ian pannell from inside ukraine with what we re learning at this hour. in this country, the deadly flooding. torrential rains on the move tonight across several states. and now we learn of the wife and mother on the phone with her husband as her car was lifted by the waters. what she said to him. she did not survive. trevor ault in the flood zone, ginger zee timing out the storms tonight. this evening, two men convicted in the plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer. murder charges dropped against two police officers accused of killing rayshard brooks in atlanta. why the officers have been cleared tonight. the abc news countdown to the midterms tonight. and primary day in new york and florida. in new york, two veteran members of congress turning on each other, now competing to represent the same district. jerr
Move from one Police Department to the next. Lets bring in cnn White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins to join us here. Kaitlan, explain how the white house anticipates that these federal guidelines and these incentive programs are actually going to change local and state departments. Reporter well, theyre really going to be relying on those local departments to carry these measures out. And theyre also counting on congress to fund the new programs that the president was talking about, talking about having those coresponders, people Like Mental Health experts who are going to situations with Police Officers and deescalating it. A lot of this sen couragement for Police Officers to do this. The way theyre doing that basically saying you can get credentialed by the attorney general, by the Justice Department, by meeting certain standards when it comes to training, about uses of force. That reference the president made to banning choke holds. Basically they will not meet that certificati