On this is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im del walters. Jurors at this hour deciding the fate of the first officer charged in connection with the death of freddie gray, with my porter charged with in volunteer manslaughter. Gray died from injuries he suffered while being transported in the back of that police van, his death sparking days of riots in baltimore. Today police are again bracing for the worst. John terrett is in baltimore. Baltimore is a city on edge this morning. The police leave has been canceled, officers working 12 hours a day and the police have said they expect protest after the verdict comes in but dont expect it to turn violent. They dont say what they will do if they do turn violent. To be fair to the police, theyve worked very hard in transparent fashion since the riots of last april with the community to try to show how they are changing as a police force and avoid a repeat of what happened back then. The local School Districts have written to parent
Good morning and welcome to your world this morning im del walters. And im in for stephanie si. Secretary of state is in moscow this hour to narrow the differences of syria, overnight meeting with russian counterparts Sergei Fedorov kerry saying they are committed to ending the civil war. Even when there have been differences between us, we have been able to work effectively on specific issues. Reporter and later this morning kerry will be meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin and their discussion could set the tone for fridays meeting on syria at the u. N. And washington and moscow have been at odds over the future of Bashar Alassad and what role he may play in a political transition in syria. This morning i. S. I. L. Is leading a counter offensive in the central iraqi city of ramadi. The group has launched at least a dozen suicide bombs there killing several iraqi troops and the government has been battling to retake the city and days ago officials said the army was making ga
Development later in the hours. First to montana right now Greg Gianforte is opening aup lead over exact rob quist on the jean. Gianforte with 49. 9 on rob quist with 44. 2 . 56 of the vote counted this election has taken on a life of its own and after a reporter accused gianforte of body slamming. The republican was heavily favored to win and now facing misdemeanor Assault Charges we have a full house for newsroom from missoula montana. And here in los angeles Senior Reporter for media and plkts be cnn political reporter and form Los Angeles City council william. Cnn political comment and trump support erin joni phillips. Kyung lah we see the lead opening up for gianforte what are folks saying where you are. Reporter well just spoke to a member of the campaign. And the word out of them is they are concerned. They do not like being the name with the smaller number. But theyre pointing out that Missoula County has not come in yet. Missoula is liberal county. They anticipate that will he
Of all the words Jimmy Butler had for his teammates, and for himself, after the Miami HEAT lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves Friday night, that one stood out. It wasn’t the harshest bit of tough love Butler expressed that evening, but when it came to Bam Adebayo that single emphasized word, nestled into a longer quote about attacking the paint, summed up Butler’s ask entirely.
“Go.”
So, the ball in his hands and the shot clock turned off against the Brooklyn Nets Sunday afternoon, Adebayo went.
If there has been a critique of Adebayo in a season that has been yet another step forward for the young All-Star, it’s that he has at times struggled to balance his growing offensive skillset with the foundational night-to-night role he plays as Miami’s central hub. For two years now, all actions have gone through Adebayo. His teammates rely so heavily on him to get them open looks, to the point that Adebayo regularly takes the brunt of the responsibility if Duncan Robinson do