Going in the weather world. You guys are laughing about the day. Did you see the banner . It said january 3, 2012 on it. Lets get to your Weather Forecast. Temperatures right now in the upper 20s and low 30s. Should be a decent day for us though. We are still dealing with all this cloud cover and rain shower activity south and east of us. This will remain south and east although some of that cloud cover kind of spilling up into the region as we speak. A few clouds to start your day. Generally sunshine today and chilly. High temperatures only expected to be about 40 degrees later today. Right now, were cold and were cold areawide. Even now at reagan national, the temperature dipped to 31 degrees. Dulles and bwi marshall, both in the upper 20s. Should be a sunny but chilly afternoon with high temperatures about 40 and the dry Streak Continues near the end of the week. More details on that Weather Forecast in just a moment. Back to you. Thank you, tucker. Taking a look at our top stories,
We begin on the streets of minneapolis with nbcs shaquille brewster. What has happened since those charges were announced and what is the situation there tonight . Reporter lawrence, a major step forward for anyone who wanted those charges, especially the people here, who since george floyd died at this intersection, theyve come out night after night, sometimes staying overnight. When the charnels weges were an, there was chanting, cheering, songs, prayer. Youre still seeing it now. Sometimes it is somber, sometimes it is exciting. Right now youre seeing people pay their respects in the foreground. Flowers all around. People have notes they come with. They bring their kids, their families. All to pay respects. When that moment came, when the announcement was made, thats when you saw the reaction. It almost turned into a celebratory mood and thats what youre feeling right now as people are milling about, having those conversations and reflecting when they can. Ill tell you, one thing we
These two stories, and youve done a brilliant job, i think, of pulling these two stories together in your hour. It has been such a struggle to keep some kind of focus on coronavirus. Especially as we see these giant crowds assembling, which could all be, well know at the ends of june, what has happened with all that. The possibilities in the protests for infection. Our friend and colleague chris hayes closed out his hour as he tossed to me by saying straight to camera, if you in america have been to one of these protests and youve been around other people, whether or not you were wearing a mask, if you have access to testing, it is a good idea to get tested. I will reiterate to say what he said there. It is good to see people in masks, so many of them at these events, and nobody is going to try to floud the guidelines or deny the coronavirus is serious. But we have to look out for each other and that means encouraging everybody who has been at one of these events to get tested. This is
The real question is, how much . And, like so many landmark cases, as you point out, this one begins with the story of one american. This case is going to go down in history as edie windsor versus the united states. Edie windsor, 83 years old, is a widow now. But she had 42 happy years with the love of her life thea spyer. She was beautiful. She was smart as hell. And she was wonderful altogether. Reporter edie and thea were married but when thea died in 2009, edie got socked by the irs with 363,000 in estate taxes, which no widow in a straight marriage would have to pay. Today, the Supreme Court decided to hear edies case challenging the law she says discriminates against couples like her and thea. The defense of marriage act, which defines marriage under federal law as the union of one man and one woman. The justices will also decide whether states have the power to ban gay marriage. And 30 states have laws that do just that. Its been a breathtaking year of change on the issue. Presi
Reporter good evening, bret. Statten island calm at this hour outside the das office where a grand jury jury has found no legal cause to bring charges against nypd officer. Garner with 31 prior arrests was detained for selling loose cigarettes when police tried to hand cuff the 63 inch, 350pound man who resisted. Garner complained he couldnt breathe, and despite the new york medical examiner ruling the cause was compression of the neck, compression of test and prone position. The officer said it is never my sbern intention to harm anyone. My family and i include him and his family in our prayers and i hope that they will accept any apology for their loss. And tonight the u. S. Attorneys Office Confirms it will in fact launch an investigation into this case, meanwhile the president today speaking, saying that many people have lost confidence in the system and that they dont think everyone is being treated fairly. In some cases, those may be misperceptions, but in some cases thats a real