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
John. Yeah i think we could have some daria for sure especially for inland spots and then down into the south bay for daytime highs will be climbing very close to 100 degrees. Well those triple digits for the east bay says on just a second ago, not a fun one to talk about the good news is this is a shorter heat wave that most of last week so theres something positive to focus on as far as today goes. This is your clear morning. Its beautiful to current looks great theres no fog. No cloud cover fortunately when we do see that fog though thats often what spares us the hottest temperatures that are neighbors over the center only get we dont have that marine influence as much today as temperatures are going to climb as much as they will be fairfield youre already at 85 degrees thats bird river more a word also in the mid to upper 70s currently at San Francisco and simmer and even tapping it 70s already and we only have one hour left before heat advisories kick into gear for much of the day
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Destroyed 2. 2 million acres. Candidate Michael Bloomberg putting his money where his mouth is. Hes committing to spending a Million Dollars in florida to help joe biden get out the vote. A Trump Campaign in nevada last night in trump fashion. Thousands of attendees Standing Shoulder to shoulder, paying no attention to social distancing during a pandemic. This as confirmed cases across the United States has grown to 6. 5 million. The death toll in this country can stands at nearly 195,000 people. Lets turn back to minneapolis. Im here on the banks. Mississippi river. Why kick off our coverage here . Its pretty obvious. Out of extreme tragedy, which was the Police Killing of george floyd, this city sparked a nationwide movement to end injustice and bring about police reform. Its an effort that continues today across the country. Floyds passing became the latest symbol of racism and Police Brutality in america, marking a turning point as the 46yearold mans suffering seen on video became
And so, we are broken as a community. Everybody i know whos africanamerican is so fragile right now. But there are 20, 30, 40, 50 million white americans that are also flattened by this, because they cant explain it. And they cant excuse it. And they know, you dont get to this kind of outcome with the other cops standing around, unless its much, much worse than they thought. So, i do think that change is possible. I do think we can get together this time on a bipartisan basis and fix some of these laws. But you know, this is i apologize, but this is an incredibly emotional moment, because if this is okay, if they come back and say this is okay, that we can be killed in this way this is a lynching in broad daylight with the cell phones out and the body cameras there and the whole world looking at it. If this is okay, then what are we supposed to do . What are we supposed to do . And thats whats at stake today. Thats whats at stake today. No apology necessary, my friend. Very poignant. V