Sen. Schumer ok, thank you all for coming. And i want to thank senators durbin, booker and harris for joining me today. Now, Senate Democrats just sent a very clear signal that the Senate Republican justice act lacks the substance and the strong desperately needed reforms to stop Police Brutality against black americans. This bill lost because it was woefully inadequate. It never would have passed. And mcconnell provided no path to improve it. So it was going to lose. The minute he put it together and the more cynical among us would say that is why he did it. And we were overwhelmingly supported by the entire civil rights community. I have a letter here signed by 136 civil rights organizations. And i want to read you what they how they characterize the bill that leader mcconnell put on the floor. This bill woefully falls short of the comprehensive reform needed to address the current policing crisis and achieve meaningful Law Enforcement accountability. It is a deeply problem it is dee
Concerns about what could happen in november. We talk to Stacey Abrams about why she says the coronavirus wasnt the only issue. And break in the case . Police make an arrest and announce a major discovery in the case of two Idaho Children missing for months. But first heres todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Thats big floyd. Everybody knows who big floyd is now. Everybody going to remember him around the world. Hes going to change the world. George floyd was laid to rest near his hometown of houston. It was an emotional funeral for a man whose death sparked protests around the world. Those man who stood on my brothers neck changed the world. President trump tweeting about an elderly protester knocked to the ground calling him an antifa provocateur, saying it was all a setup. You see blood on the pavement. A surge in tips connected to the case of the two missing Idaho Children. This has been a trying thing fo everybody involved. Long lines and a lot of confusion at polls place
Says they should be in jail for murder. Twitter takes action. The social media giant obscures the president s latenight tweet on minneapolis saying it violates rules on glorifying violence. How it raises the stakes in a free speech fight. And coronavirus job crisis. The pandemic puts more than 40 million americans out of work. What one hardhit city is doing now to get people back on the job. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. George Floyd George Floyd riots and violence across the country with people outraged over the death of george floyd. In minnesota, the stores all over the state have been looted. Businesses have been damaged, and cars torched. Protesters have set fire to a Minneapolis Police precinct. I have not seen black people this upset in 20 years. Longer. President trump signed an executive order that takes aim at the Legal Protections for social Media Companies. If twitter were not honorable, if youre going to have a guy like this be your judg
Its citizens left stranded by travel restrictions and also reports of threats bloodshed and forced eviction beneath the shiny veneer of saudi arabias planned megacity. Well for weeks we have seen the lines of the food banks stretching for kilometers was in the job center is overwhelmed with people its given us that physical picture of how badly the u. S. Economys been hit by covert 19 but now we have a concrete figure its this 114. 7 percent that is the Unemployment Rate for april in the u. S. Which tripled from the month before put another way that 14. 7 percent means more than 20000000 jobs have gone for some perspective this is worse than the global recession which followed the 2008 financial crisis and actually it creates a new post war record which was set back in 1902 that was when unemployment region. 11 percent but we can go back any further because its no exaggeration to say this is the worst crisis for the u. S. Economy since the Great Depression in the 1930 s. When one in ev
A virtual vigil in the us for a black man shot dead while jogging in georgia after the rest of a father and son for murder. Welcome to the program for weeks weve seen lines at the food bank stretching for miles and job centers overwhelmed with people its given us a picture of how badly the u. S. Economy has been hit by cope with 19 but now we have the most concrete figure yet 14. 7 percent thats the Unemployment Rate for april which tripled from the month before to put it another way thats more than 20000000. 00 jobs gone for perspective its worse than the global recession which followed the 2008 financial crisis and it created a new postwar record previously set in 1902 when unemployment reached nearly 11 percent so its no exaggeration to say this is the worst crisis for the u. S. Economy since the Great Depression of the thirtys when one in every 4 American Workers had no job from washington d. C. Particle reports. Its a remarkable statistic 20500000 americans are out of work numbers