Across the country in major cities. Seattle, chicago, minneapolis, also in new york city. Of course, all of this as protesters continue the call to defund the police. And staying in new york city, get ready for phase two. Restaurants allowed to reopen. But its all al fresco. Thats all right. The weathers good. You have to sit outside. By the way, another 300,000 people expected to return to work in the big apple. And President Trump officially restarting his 2020 campaign with a rally in tulsa, oklahoma, but there is controversy over crowd size. We are all over that story and so much more. We will get it going on Varney Company which begins now. Ashley all right. First things first. Ive got to get you to the very latest on the virus. Over 2. 2 million cases now here in the United States. This as those 12 states on your screen have seen a record spike in cases over the weekend. Susan li joins us on this monday morning. Susan, give us the numbers. Susan good morning. So the states that s
Have the whole media eyes neck it is definitely not something our new morning and Atlanta Police officers have been fired for using Excessive Force on protesters riot police surrounded a car with a couple inside if you watch this footage you can see the officer slashed their tires approached their windows and tase them and they did not appear to be resisting in any way then they were pulled from the car put on the ground and handcuffed. I think is Law Enforcement if we are ever going to get out of this base that we are in today we have to recognize that our behaviors cannot consistently be pardoned because we are Law Enforcement. These these are good guys i know them as individuals ive worked with one for over 20 years. But they made that level of mistake that cannot be rolled bath. Place minneapolis have arrested several people for curfew violations they nationwide and i started there and george floyd a black man died while being restrained by a white Police Officer more than 4000 peo
Ensuring the autonomy of hong kong. The United States wants an open and constructive relationship with china but its even that relationship requires us to vigorously defend our National Interests the Chinese Government has continually violated its promises to us and so many other nations. These plain facts could not be overlooked or swept aside the Minneapolis Police officer who nailed on the neck of an unarmed black man who died has been charged with his murder derek children handed himself in to Police Officer 3 days of violent protests over the death of george floyd the entrance to a Police Station in minneapolis was set on fire arson loosing and vandalism was seen across the city a small crowd of demonstrators also gathered near a home belonging to the Police Officer in florida minnesotas governor has pleaded for calm and promised justice will be served Alison Herrera is a journalist in minneapolis shes described the mood in the city. People were cleaning up were going blasts a lot
Citys new curfew beginning 8 pm some protesters responded by setting buildings on fire hundreds of others continued to peacefully protest the death of a black man george floyd after his arrest by a white policeman. Also severely children who was fired shortly after floyds arrest on monday d has now been charged with his murder but its made little difference on the citys turbulent south sunne demonstrators defied the curfew and a large deployment of the National Guard some took out their anger on businesses such as the Department Store and occasionally journalists. Others lined up to challenge police who answered with tear gas that failed to control the unrest these National Guard troops have been blocking roads and theyve been protecting firefighters as theyve been putting out the many fires you can see one of them back there but the governor says there simply arent been enough of them and thats why hes sending in more 1000 more to join the 500 already in minneapolis in nearby st paul
Yelling it out the window of a passing car. Happy mothers day okay, drive, drive former president obama held a call on friday for thousands of alumni of his administration and said, quote, its after 5 00, people, you should be drinking. Um, does he think we still wait until 5 00 these days . I had a gin and tonic for breakfast and thats only because my kid couldnt finish it President Trump attended a ceremony at the world war ii memorial in washington on friday with veterans, but did not wear a face mask. And i am surprised that hes comfortable showing his face to people who actually served yeah, almost did. Bone spurs the last second you guys are lucky to never to never have the spurs. In a new interview, a white house Senior Adviser said it was, quote, scary to go to work after two fellow staffers tested positive last week for the coronavirus. Said the adviser, before this, it was just embarrassing. The white house announced yesterday that despite one of Vice President mike pences se