Impacting every american young and old coasttocoast, as demonstrations peaceful and destructive show no signs of slowing down one week ago today george floyd lost his life at hands of Minneapolis Police officers. Warning that massive protests may lead to a coronavirus surge. Early today starts right now good morning, phillip mena. Im cori coffin, we continue to follow breaking news. More than a dozen cities imposed curfews overnight as protests continued over death of george floyd. Moments after curfew in atlanta, police fired tear gas. Last time curfews were used this scale was in 1968 in aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther king. Two Police Officers in atlanta fired after accused of using excessive force. Tasing and pulling two College Students from a car, seen here officer said the driver didnt comply with orders to stop in new york, three people arrested by fbi and charged with throwing molotov cocktails at nypd vehicles. But lighter moment in queens and show of solidari
And extraordinary moments as police kneel down with protesters its monday, june 1st. Early today kwtsz starts right now. Good morning, fire and anger continue to burn across the country over the death of george flo floyd. A washington, d. C. Is feeling the heat multiple fires burning overnight close to the white house after a curfew went into effect. And demonstrations turn chaotic in los angeles multiple police cars were destroyed. Authorities say hundreds of people were taken into custody this disturbing moment interrupted protests in minneapolis. A truck came barrelling through a group of people sitting on a closed interstate. Many of them swarmed the truck an nbc affiliate identified that man as the semi truck driver arrested and charged with assault. Two Police Officers in atlanta have been fired after being accused of using excessive force. Video shows them tasing two College Students from a car. An officer said the drivers didnt comply with orders to stop the outhas sparked to m
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Away, can americans keep up this social distancing . That as state and federal leaders continue to debate when and how to reopen their states heres what you need to know at this hour. To start off your week Top Health Officials say the number of new cases has reached a plateau. There are now more than 972,000 americans infected and close to be 55,000 people have died. The white house says social distancing will be the norm for be the next few months. Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator dr. Deborah birx said that the current ways of testing will work through the spring and summer but the u. S. Needs a, quote, breakthrough on testing to reopen. Faced with a growing backlog the irs is bringing back thousands of employees the initial wave includes 10,000 employees at locations, ten nationwide employees were told to bring their own face masks or face coverings. Uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson is back on downing street after being hospitalized in the icu by the virus a few weeks ago, he will