Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here this morning. We spoke last night approximately 2 30 a. M. And good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here this morning. We spoke last night approximately 2 30 a. M. And provided an update of a highly dangerous and rapidly evolving situation with folks bent on destroying property with no regard for safety of minnesotans and certainly no desire to make a statement other than wanton destruction and chaos. I want to thank the minnesotans who abided by the curfew. I want to thank hour responders our responders who are out there protecting our cities. A highly evolved and tightly controlled group of folks bent on adapting their tactics to make it as difficult as possible to maintain that order. My mission has been clear to the folks in minnesota in conjunction with the mayor of minneapolis and the mayor of st. Paul protection of citizenry and property is hour top our top priority, and maintaining and restoring civil order on the streets.
Outofstate groups are involved s. Organizing the protest good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here this morning. We spoke last night approximately 2 30 a. M. And provided an update of a highly dangerous and rapidly evolving with folks bent on destroying property with no minnesotansafety of and certainly no desire to make a statement other than wanton destruction and chaos. I want to thank the minnesotans who abided by the curfew. Thank hour responders who are out there protecting hour cities protecting our cities. A highly evolved and tightly controlled group of folks bent toadapting their tactics make it as difficult as possible to maintain that order. My mission has been clear to the folks in minnesota in conjunction with the mayor of minneapolis and the mayor of st. Paul protection of citizenry and property is hour top priority, and maintaining and restoring civil order on the streets. I think what is really important to recognize is the tactics and approach that we have take
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Loud to end an important caveat though as it seems that normal one residence if you dont have a specific reason for having to leave the city youre not going to be allowed to leave still so its not like were going to see a massive exodus but this is a significant significant change and it does signal some positive movements meanwhile south korea is still on high alert over the outbreak its announced another big jump in new coronavirus cases the number of deaths from the virus in south korea stands at 7 after 2 more were announced on monday the Israeli Military has carried out strikes on gaza and the syrian capital damascus after the Palestinian Group Islamic Jihad fired 21. 00 rockets into southern israel to the groups members were killed in the strikes the group said it launched its attack after Israeli Soldiers fired on a group of palestinians killing one of its members forces in west jerusalem he says the israeli airstrikes came as no surprise. Well certainly the strikes inside gaza
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