Triggering states of emergency. At least 25 cities across 16 states have imposed curfews because of scenes like this, as well as fires being set, businesses looted, cars flipped, officers hurt, crowds teargassed and now even chicagos Main Business district has been shut down. There are just hardly any words to describe the toxic combination of the things that are all happening at once. These protests originally focused on george floyd, remember . The unarmed black man who died under the knee of a White Minneapolis Police officer. That officer is now in custody and charged with thirddegree murder. And while George Floyds family wants justice, they have pleaded for protests to be peaceful, saying images of violence, images like these would devastate him. Lets go now to philadelphia, where a short time ago, in what appears to be continuing. Weve been seeing looting, vandalizing, brian todd is there on the ground. What can you tell us, brian . Ana, this area of northeastern philadelphia wa
Particularly when you cant socially distance, wearing a facial covering, we have advised that since the beginning of may, club, especially for facetoface businesses, and i think you have seen that. So far in the u. S. Theres only two states seize infections dro the death toll now well over 125,000 in the u. S. Cnns Sarah Westwood is in washington. Sarah, which is very different tone that were getting from the white house by way of the Vice President. He said multiple times, wear a mask. Wearing a mask is a good idea. Reporter thats right, fred, the strongest we have seen the Vice President urge people to wear masks since this crisis started. He leaned very far into it. Notably the Vice President was himself wearing a mask, nearly every time he appeared on camera, except when he was speaking in that church some other select times, thats significant because critics say the tone was not being set at the top, with president President Trump and Vice President pence, declining to wear masks.
Pool party in missouri. This video was made yesterday by a tv reporter in lake of the ozarks. No sign of any precautions at all. People partying, clustered close together, nobody visible wearing a protective mask. The governor of arkansas this weekend as well announcing a second peak of coronavirus cases in his state and blamed that in part on a Swimming Pool party that resulted in a cluster of new infections. Cnn correspondents are all around the country right now. Rosa flores on the beach in pensacola, florida. Natasha chen is in myrtle beach, south carolina. And Paul Vercammen just outside los angeles. Rosa, to you first, show us where you are, how full the beach is, and what are Public Safety officials telling you . Reporter hi, anna. Yeah, walk with me and ill show you, because here in pensacola beach, florida, what theyve done is they separated umbrellas on the beach to make sure that families can come out here, yet social distance at the same time. Now, its possible here in pens
Song. Theyre saying goodbye to him at a Memorial Service in the state where he was born, north carolina. We are monitoring all of this across the country, and we will take you to several of the marches, demonstrations, over the next hour. Lets start in washington, d. C. , where several big marches are under way throughout the Nations Capital. Todays huge turnout, by the way, coming a day after d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser commissioned the words black lives matter to be painted in giant bold letters on the street right near the white house. The letters you can see so big. This is a message from a satellite image. Today, those streets are packed with protesters, and cnns Boris Sanchez and Alex Marquardt are among them. Whats it like right now, boris . Reporter hey there, ana, im just a few blocks away from the intersection where alex is, the recently named black lives matter plaza. Ill get out of the way so you can see the elevated perspective. Thats the white house behind me. And you can j
In philadelphia a few hours ago, looting a business, comes as the mayor declares anarchists and imposes a new curfew for his city. 13 states activated the National Guard trying to take scenes like this away. Whats happening as protests spread throughout the country. The outrage boiling over following the death of george floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police officers. Today protest, and police face backlash from the growing violence of these demonstrations. The nypd is investigating after that video showed a police suv driving into a group of protesters after they threw objects at the vehicle. And there is mounting economic frustration in the United States right now. More than 40 million americans facing unemployment because of the coronavirus pandemic. The disease has taken the lives of more than 104,000 americans in only three months and the latest disproportionally affecting the africanamerican community. We have correspondents around the country bringing the latest developments o