Chemical ircant tackedic in th spotlight well beyond minneapolis. And later no justice, no peace. Voices from the protest front lines. Broad day light. Good evening. Im Major Garrett. Demonstrations sparked by the death of george floyd while in Minneapolis Police custody 13 days ago have coalesced into what appears to be a nationwide todapl returned to the street falling for Police Reforms and Racial Justice. The crowds diverse and overwhelmingly peaceful. Jamie youkilis tonight where it all began. Rtearks a week since george floyd died at the hands of fighting against Police Brutality and racism. Crowds returned to american streets again today following yesterdays mass demonstrations, protesting the death of george floyd. Overnight it got ugly in portland, oregon and seattle. Washington, d. C. Congressman john lewis joined the citys mayor to visit the site. Going to black lives matter plaza. Its been powerful. An francisco, ppedraffic al iconic gden gate bridge. A rally with nearly 30
Area, americas struggle is also black and white. Among white americans, last months Unemployment Rate dropped almost two points, but among black workers, it actually rose slightly. Theyre also more likely to be first fired, last rehired. Being out of work, it hurts. Reporter five weeks ago, we interviewed marquis rhodes, an unemployed lyft driver, downer to his last 100. When will it end . Reporter he told us today, cbs news viewers donated 6,000. Did that change your mind about anything . It told me that there are those who understand. Perfect strangers actually cared. Reporter like rhodes, millions of black americans are financially fragile. Median white family net worth is 10 times that of a median black family. Were already behind the 8 ball. We should all be fighting for the same thing, and thats that everybody has a seat at the table. Odonnell heres what rhodes did with the donated 6,000 he paid some back bills, and then he also paid it forward. He gave about w a de, norah, he is
Pandemic, an economic crisis, america added 2. 5 million jobs to the economy last month. Today is probably, if you think of it, the greatest comeback in american history. Odonnell but not everyone is seeing those gains. Universal orlando reopens to the public after the pandemic shut it down. Plus, new york city finally set to ease restrictions on monday. Tropical storm watch the gulf coast braces for cristobal. Well have the latest storm track. And cbs Steve Hartmans on the road reflecting on the week that was and the moments of humanity we might not have noticed. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the Nations Capital. Odonnell good evening and thank you for joining us on this friday night. Were going to begin with a major policy change in the wake of those of nationwide protests. Tonight, officials in minneapolis say theyve reached an agreement banning the use of choke holds and neck restraints by police, including the very technique that led to George Fl