Are the Health Care Workers themselves, the medical workers themselves, the doctors, the nurses, the support staff who weve relied on from the very first moments that we began to realize that this virus was bigger than any health issue weve dealt with in a long time. Were still depending on it today. At some point you run out of some of the capacity and steam that you had to do the job that needs to be done. But we see these heroes continue to step up. Some giving their lives. In bill in birmingham and kansas city was an emergency medical technician. He was with the Kansas City Fire Department and he died of coronavirus in april. His son described billy as selfless. He said billy had decided he wanted to find new ways to help people and so he reinvented himself as an e. M. T. When he was in his 40s so he could help others and then he was an e. M. T. For about 22 years. We see the Emergency Medical Technicians, the First Responders out there saving lives, bringing people in a desperate
New autonomous zones springing up across the country. Dramatic action. Pressing pause. Four States Holding off on their reopening plans. Others thinking about doing the same. More concerned about covid19 in South Carolina than i have ever been before. The grief of one man losing five family members. With new warnings about crowds returning to the streets too soon. Nascars shift. The first race taking place today since banning the Confederate Flag from all events. The driver leading the charge and who will be in the stands. Good morning, america. Lets get right to the breaking news overnight in atlanta. Demonstrators taking to the streets in a show of anger after a man was fatally shot by police and setting fire to the fastfood restaurant where it took place. The mans struggle with police and the shooting caught on camera, you see it right there, an officer involved losing his job and the police chief resigning. This is a fastmoving story. Lets get the latest now from abcs janai norman.
This afternoon for a couple of hours. On the upper deck when it was taken over by a 50 car caravan. Thats just west of Treasure Island about 00 45pm tonight chp finally got things moving again. And the bay bridge protests. Well it wasnt the only demonstration in San Francisco today. This is video along the embarcadero a lot of people making their way under the bay bridge and on the bay bridge an all around the bay. Some of that caravan of protesters also made their way through to the Richmond District today here you can see the group many of them with their bicycle some even with their dogs marching through the streets chanting, black lives matter. All these protests of course happening while the city of atlanta is now protesting the death of yet another young black man at the hands of police 27 yearold rush art brooks he was killed by police friday. At the wendys restaurant tell you see on your screen happened saturday night the building was destroyed by a fire. And now it is the site
It always leads us to our road map. It starts not with the stock market but with the big Company Named walmart and its shares, which are set to open at a new all time high. The retailer delivers an earnings beat, also forecast what is quote a good Holiday Season plus, Global Technology spanning slowdown concerns, cisco shares, they are sink ahead of the bell as we told you. Rain or shine, we always like that he will be with us for an interview and Elizabeth Warren on attack. The president ial hopeful dropping a fierce new campaign ad today shes targeting a handful of outspoken billionaires who have criticized her publicly. Many of them right here on our air. Lets get to shares of walmart they are on track as i said to open at a few all time high, quarterly earnings, Comparable Store sales up for a 21st consecutive quarter and ecommerce sales, get this, 41 in the u. S. Was what they were up that was helped by growth on what they said was Online Grocery. Walmart also raises its full year
Thousands of scientists from around the world have endorsed a study based on a0 years of research that says the planet is facing a Global Climate emergency. The group of around 11,000 scientists says governments are failing to address the crisis, and without deep and lasting changes, there will be untold human suffering. Gareth barlow has the story. Wildfires in the United States, floods in somalia, droughts in the andes, typhoons in asia. Symptoms and signs of a changing climate, i Climate Emergency, according to 11,000 scientists. They have backed a report based on a0 years of data which says humans are facing untold suffering, amid a Climate Emergency, caused by issues such as booming populations, a rise in air travel, and three numbers falling as forests are felled. Our planet is in crisis. You know it, we know it. Claim changes are key social and political issue, and the reports authors say governments, businesses and the public must do more to tackle the causes of Climate Change.