Is not the first one to die. Today we learned Baltimore Police have a history of being accused of roughing up handcuffed suspects. People on the street call it the cowboy ride. Reporter im scott broom in baltimore where Court Records show freddie gray is not the first person to come out of a police van critically injured. His name was jeffrey alston. He ended up with a critical worse by an allegedly intentional rough ride in a police van after a Boston Marathon arrest. A jury awarded him 39 after a baltimore arrest. A jury awarded him 39 million. Same type of scenarioful theyre thrown into the back of the scenario. Theyre thrown into the back of paddy wagon. Theyre unbelted. The inside of the wagons are not padded. They cant protect themselves and they get thrown to one side or the other usually striking her head fracturing their neck. Reporter this woman claims to be an intentional victim of a socalled rough ride in 2012. Scott broom, wusa9. So much attention on the freddie gray inves
Several fronts including his handling of the coronavirus pandemic you have embers and we do have flames. Florida became more flame like, but its going to be under control. Many of those cases are young people that would heal in a day. They have the sniffles and we put it down as a test. Take a look at europe. Take a look at the numbers in europe the cases are 6,000 in the whole European Union they dont test they dont test like we do is it possible they dont have the virus as possible its possible they dont test i want people to have a certain freedom and i dont believe in that i dont agree with the statement that if everybody wear a mask that everything would disappear. Ill be right eventually i will be right. Its going to disappear. Its going to disappear. Ill be right. The president threatened to with hold federal funding on key issues including reopening School Campuses this fall and removing the name of con ffedere generals from military bases the confederate battle flag was among
The state. That happened around 6 30 this morning local time. Three people were injured and taken to the hospital. We are told thank fully theyre not in critical condition. Nearby businesses shared surveillance which captured the moment of the blast. Tennessee governor bill lee tweeted we will supply all of the resources needed to determine what happened and who was responsible. Cnns evan perez joins me with more on this. Evan, we know the fbi is now involved in the investigation. What more can you tell us . Bianna, the Fbi Field Office has taken over the lead of this investigation. Im told thats an indication, not necessarily that theyve decided what this is. The fbi has a lot of Resources Available that perhaps local authorities dont have, so thats one of the reasons why they took over the investigation. Still very early. Theres very little known. We saw from earlier briefing the police gave on the scene there that they said there had been reports of gunshots before the Emergency Res
Restrictions coming in overnight that now start days from now. Taking the surge, surging in london, a new strain of the virus. Good morning, Merry Christmas, welcome to this edition of americas newswroom leland vittert, if we didnt know it was christmas all we needed to do was look at your shirt. We are both like a Christmas Tree this morning. Im julie banderas, Merry Christmas to all of you at home joining us this morning, rainy morning in this morning. Sandra smith is off. The cdc said anyone on monday coming from the u. K. Will be required to have a negative covid test before boarding. If Airline Travelers refuse they can deny entry into the u. S. This comes as a new and more contagious strain of the virus spreads in britain and beyond. It is yet more transmissible and appears to have mutated further than the variance discovered in the u. K. This is what happened in the spring. It is deja vu. They lost track of the virus. Leland live in new york city the governor mayor called for th
Turmoil on the outgoing president s watch as the coronavirus is raging like never before. Tonight, more than 334,000 americans are dead, more than 19. 2 million have been infected. Dr. Anthony fauci warns of a surge upon a surge of new cases after holiday gatherings and travel. Lets go to cnn Congressional Correspondent phil mattingly. Reporter thats right. 275134. That means in the democratic led house, the bill passed to expand direct payments. This is in response to President Trump himself, what he initially pretty much stopped the process of signing the large covid relief and spending bill into law. One of his demands, increasing direct payments, stimulus checks in that measure from 600 to 2,000. Democratic leaders said okay, lets do it. Tried by unanimous consent, republicans blocked that. This time did it under suspension of rules, without getting too deep into the procedure and weeds, they needed twothirds of those present to vote for it to pass. And just barely, just barely cro