Stunning scenes in more than 100 cities with soprotests peaceful with heavy Police Presence and the National Guard called up in some places. By our nbc news count, demonstrators appeared in 111 american cities. We have correspondents on the streets with live reports from many of those scenes. Then in our sunday closer, a conversation about george floyd, minneapolis and a painfully familiar sight to many of our fellow americans. And lets begin this morning right there in minneapolis where there was another citywide curfew, but protesters were out for most of the night. A different scene, though, than what that city saw on friday night. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has been in minneapolis all week for us. Good morning. What does it look like there today . Reporter good morning. The overnight crackdown appears to have worked. This is the Police Precinct downtown, heavily fortified with concrete barriers right over there. After days of chaos, the governor here in minnesota activated the states enti
Of children and friends. Nearly 100,000 people in the United States have died from the coronavirus. The New York Times reported that more americans have died of the coronavirus in the last 12 weeks than died in vietnam and the korean wars combined and nearly twice as many as died of battle wounds during world war i. In terms of american deaths this virus is the equivalent of 22 iraq wars, 33 september 11th attacks, 41 afghanistan wars, 42 pearl harbors or 25,000 ben gausys. Its important to never stop recognizing the human toll that this has taken. I want to highlight a couple of people from our home state who lost the battle with covid19. Lyle from whitehal died at the age of 64 on may 13th. Lyle worked at the Muskegon Community Mental Health and most recently was working at the Roosevelt Park nursing and rehabilitation center. Edwin and gwynn da listen c carmichael were married for 53 years. They died one day apart. They participated in meals on wheels. Edmond was a vietnam veteran a
Today is tuesday may 26th. Governor whitmer wonderful, good afternoon. Todays tuesday, may 26. Im joined by dr. Calhoun, dr. Martin, associate professor of epidemiology at university of Michigan School of Public Health, and Beverly Allen of cvs, a subsidiary of aetna. The families all across the world. People everywhere have grieved the loss of parents, of sibling, of children and friends. Nearly 100,000 people in the United States have died from the coronavirus. The New York Times reported that more americans have died of the coronavirus in the last 12 weeks than died in vietnam and the korean wars combined and nearly twice as many as died of battle wounds during world war i. In terms of american deaths this virus is the equivalent of 22 iraq wars, 33 september 11th attacks, 41 afghanistan wars, 42 pearl harbors or 25,000 ben gausys. Its important to never stop recognizing the human toll that this has taken. I want to highlight a couple of people from our home state who lost the battl
14 points. What is going on here . First of all, there are clear signs the lockdown is ending and the economy is expanding. Theres been a big jump in Mortgage Applications and a surprisingly small drop in private sector jobs in may. We are going to check the other indicators for you. They proiare pointing towards growth. June appears to be the turning point. As for urban unrest, look, its very hard to be positive when you see razor wire around saks fifth avenue in new york city. Overall, violence was down last night. Peaceful protesters were out in force and that, in my mind, is a very good thing. Green shoots, something positive this wednesday, june 3rd. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart i think the story of the morning has to be calm. Protesters turned out across the country last night, some defying curfew orders in major cities, new york and d. C. , but it was by and large a calm night. A welcome contrast to the past few nights of mayhem and looting. Now, the night was not fr
Hours. It is nightfall when the problems have started especially for local Business Owners. That has been our focus. Last night, however, here in new york, the citywide curfew that went into effect at 8 00 instead of 11 00 at night, that seemed to have helped the situation. That is the same plan that they have for tonight. Now we did see some protesters who defied the orders from officials. Overall though, there was less violence. There was less looting than we had seen the previous two nights. Now businesses weve been all around manhattan today have been boarding up. You can see it here. You can see it as local cvs in Lower Manhattan. This is the rule rather than the exception. Just about all retailers, many closed already for the coronavirus lockdowns, now taking extra precautions because they have had windows broken by looters over the last few days or theyre afraid that that might happen over the next few. This cvs is open for business, as it has been but again, it is boarded up. A