the two crawford county deputies were suspended and the police officer placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated. police say the man in the video is 27-year-old randall w warchester. they accused him of spitting at a convenience store clerk. where he was arrested outside the store. one witness tells a cnn affiliate it looked like the man got up to run away to avoid arrest, but the sheriff claims he got up to attack an officer. warchester is being held at the county jail on multiple charges. it s unclear whether he has an attorney. the crawford county sheriff s office released a statement writing, i hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter. arkansas governor asa hutchinson tweeted it will be investigated pursuant to video evidence and the request of the prosecuting attorney. now, the local sheriff s office says a state investigation has been opened that will be limited to the physical use of
Around the sunshine state. When you look at the statewide positivity rate, its 18 . Just yesterday, nearly 9,000 new coronavirus cases were reported and 120 deaths. That was a record. That is 120 families who this morning are mourning the loss of their loved ones. Governor ron desantis yesterday acknowledging that theres a lag, a delay in testing. To fix the problem he says next week well start seeing designated lanes for symptomatic people. Take a listen. Youre seeing turnaround time, its taking a lot longer. Tests get back, theyre going every which way. Were going to start having dedicated lanes for symptomatic people and contract with the people who do the selfswab, send it in and then get a quicker turnaround time. Reporter and poppy, on schools, he said that if fast food and walmart and home depot are essential, then education are essential. You and i have been reporting on this, poppy. The state of florida requiring schools to open up this fall for inperson instruction. Poppy . Y
Otherwise. Its going to be distributed in a way that whichever the fastest way. There are various methods. If we get sued, its somebody that doesnt want people to get money. Okay . And thats not going to be a very popular thing. When you look at those executive orders, either the kindest thing i could say is he doesnt know what hes talking about. Or somethings wrong there. Somethings very, very wrong there. Arthel Lauren Blanchard is live in washington on where we go from here. But we start with mark meredith, following the president in bridgewater, new jersey. Hey, mark. Reporter arthel, good afternoon. President trump says with congress dead locked he had no other choice but to go it alone to try to stimulate the economy. There is a lot of talk about how helpful the measures may end up being. What the president s doing, it deals with student loans, basically allowing people to not have to pay them temporarily right now. Hes designating the Housing Department to make sure they can wor
Tuesday. That huge blast felt nearly 200 miles awa away on the island on cyprus. Two government officials resigned today, including the information minister. The protesters in the street want the whole government to go. Trey yingst has been covering those protests on the ground. He is live in beirut where its just after 11 00 p. M. At night. Hi, trey. Reporter eric, good afternoon. Another day and another round of antigovernment protests, just across the city, rescue workers are still searching through debris for survivors. The governor of beirut today raising the number of missing to 110 people. As you mentioned, a number of ministers and members of parliament have resigned in the wake of this deadly explosion on tuesday. That isnt keeping protesters out of the streets, though. They are calling for regime change. Take a look at what the scene was like earlier today. Clashes are erupting again in beirut today and demonstrators are demanding that more people resign from the government.
Llenas in fort lauderdale, florida, Lauren Blanchard in washington, but we begin with Mark Meredith live at the president s golf club in new jersey. Mark . Reporter good evening, jon. President trumps adviserses are defending the white houses decision to use executive authority to try to stimulate the economy after the white house and congress were unable to reach a deal on a more broad economic stimulus package. On saturday we saw the president issue these new directives at his new jersey golf club, but critics say the actions wont help people who are struggling. Suspending student loan repayments, having hud work to make sure foreclosures and evictions dont happen, the government will stop collecting the payroll tax temporarily for some workers and will be providing 400 in additional Unemployment Insurance, but states will have to chip in some 25 of that 400. This has never been done in the history of time. We thought 400 was a fair compromise, but we offered to continue to pay 600 w