This is Al Jazerra America live from new york city, i am tony harris. We begin with breaking news. Out of canada, police have now identified the gunman involved in todays shootings. They say he shot and killed a soldier at the National War Memorial now several parts of downtown ottawa are still under lock down. A closer look now at the area shows the memorial is only blocks from the Canadian Parliament where Officials Say the suspect managed to get in and fire several shots, canadas National Newspaper, the globe and mail captured this dramatic video inside parliament. [ gunshots ] and the gunman is now dead but its not clear if he act ahead loan. This week canada raised its terror alert level after a soldier was killed in a hit and run near montreal. The driver was a young canadian who recently convert today islam. Tom a dr drayton is here with m. Police search for additional suspects and try to answer a series of questions about security threats facing that nation. 9 52 a. M. Sought w
Several planned Memorial Services for floyd. And in buffalo, new york, ive just confirmed that 57 Police Officers have resigned from the departments Emergency Response team after two officers were suspended over a video showing a 75yearold man being knocked to the ground during a protest and bleeding from his head. Lets get some more on all of the breaking news out of buffalo. Our National Correspondent Miguel Marquez is joining us right now. Miguel, a Major New Development after this disturbing, very disturbing video came to light. Reporter it is a big development, and i think people will be very surprised that 57 officers decided to take the side of the two officers who were suspended because when you watch the video of that 75yearold being pushed to the ground and then realize that the Police Department there in buffalo didnt exactly tell the truth about what happened, it is the exact same sort of situation that people here in minneapolis are dealing with. Peaceful protesting nation
Hour of this saturday edition of fox friends im joined, of course by jedediah beal i cant and Griff Jenkins. Our swat monster who i saw in solidarity in a sense for a couple of days earlier this week. Griff, how are you doing this morning . Griff im doing good. Its been a crazy week i will say seeing you in the guard serving our nation. Me out there in the streets reporting. Its good that things are calm this morning while we wait for this really really big turnout today which we expect to be very peaceful but very large. Jedediah yeah. Its been interesting to watch. A lot of people were exercising their right to protest peacefully. Some wearing masks. Some not. Remember we are in the midst of a coronavirus. Pete oh, we are . Jedediah trying to manage that. Pete is that thing still going on . Okay. Jedediah i know, when the news cycle switches its amazing. Some people seem to have completely forgot been that interesting how that has played out. The responses from. So mayors and some of
Protesters are taking to the streets, demanding change in the wake of George Floyds killing at the hands of Minneapolis Police. All four officers, former officers, current remain behind bars. This afternoon the Minneapolis City Council voted to ban the use of chokeholds. This all comes as Police Confrontations are drawing increased scrutiny, including this from buffalo, new york, police knocking over an elderly man, who fell back and his hit hand. The two cops involved have been suspended. Its important to note the department originally lied about this incident, falsely claiming the 75yearold tripped on his own and fell. Once again, driving home the point that smartphones are exposing not only Police Brutality but official government lies about such abuses of power. Today, new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo blasted the officers, saying the video made him sick, as cnns Jason Carroll reports. Reporter 11 days of nationwide protests. Anger, outrage, and a call for change after george floyd w
Kaepernick has a prediction for you tonight, okay . I just wanted to say that. But heres the thing. I agree with everything you said with d. L. Hughley, except for one thing. When you said that about the the officers being the diversity of the officers didnt matter. I think it does matter. You know the Research Shows community policing, officers who look like you, officers who come from your community, that does work. Absolutely. But people can be coopted by a very powerful system. Right. They thought it would fix it is what im saying, is that this will end the problem. It will help the problem. Right. It didnt end the problem. Right. There are a lot of different solutions. A lot of this is culture. Theres too much us versus them. There are a lot of pieces to this, we just have to be committed to getting better. Yes, i agree. Have a great weekend. You too. All right. Ill see you soon. I love you, don lemon. I love you, too. Everybody should be having these conversations, tough ones whe