drilling after receiving the approval to start construction. it sparked months of protest led by the sioux tribe who is concerned of water contamination. the group is running out of options, but vows to fight on. chris kennedy looks to continue the family s political dynasty. the son of bobbie kennedy is running for governor. he s the current republican governor destroying the state s economy pledged to fix the financial situation. that primary is a year away. we are going back to the top story, the winter storm slamming the east coast. let s go to meteorologist bill karins. we are getting to the point to tell where you should stay off the roads. the peak is 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. this morning, during the peak morning commute.
i m richard lui with the hour s top stories. the death toll is up to 30 from the fire that destroyed an unpermitted warehouse in oakland, california, described as a makeshift artist colony. in north dakota, the u.s. army corps of engineers is refusing to allow continued construction of a pipeline that has been the subject of a growing protest led by members of the standing rock sioux tribe. they argued it threatened a water source and cultural sites there. now back to dateline extra. welcome back to dateline extra. i m tamron hall. with the new live-in girlfriend, eric bechler seemed to be recovering quickly from losing his wife pegye and that didn t sit well with quite a few people.
traffic was briefly brought to a standstill today on a baltimore highway as protests continue a month after freddie gray s death in baltimore police custody. the protest led by pastor jamaal bryant who gave the jeweleulogy at gray s funeral. to fund a new juvenile jail but not allocate money for schools. the city just experienced its worst month of homicides in 15 years. there have been 35 homicides in baltimore in the month of may alone making it the deadliest month in baltimore since 1999. according to baltimore police, many other city officials, there is a reason why. councilwoman mary pat clark said referring to the unrest surrounding gray s death, it was an earthquake kind of time and i think we re dealing with the aftershock. joining me matt taibi, contributor at rolling stone wrote a piece titled why baltimore blew up. i m going to give you the argument i would be making if i was a conservative host. and they are making. this is what happens, you
protect and to serve. but it s been a very, very heavy time. and one other point i do want to make, chris, a mother told me today that her 7-year-old son because i was out there today her 7-year-old son asked this question, why are they doing that to people with brown skin? i have brown skin. to the point that a young 7-year-old believes people with brown skin are targeted, out of the mouths of babes. we have to do something about this. this is the moment to change this, chris. we re going to get it done. nina turner, thanks for joining me. thank you. memorial day weekend was one of the worst for the city of baltimore in more than a decade. more than 30 shootings, 9 dead in a city still reeling from the unrest and aftermath of the death of freddie gray. traffic was briefly brought to a standstill today on a baltimore highway as protests continue a month after freddie gray s death in baltimore police custody. the protest led by pastor jamal bryant who gave the eulogy at gray
so has his dad and a whole host of african-americans. but he takes his service, his service to the community, and that s what this is. this is about public service to protect and to serve. but it s been a very, very heavy time. and one other point i do want to make, chris, a mother told me today that her 7-year-old son because i was out there today her 7-year-old son asked this question, why are they doing that to people with brown skin? i have brown skin. to the point that a young 7-year-old believes people with brown skin are targeted, out of the mouths of babes. we have to do something about this. this is the moment to change this, chris. we re going to get it done. nina turner, thanks for joining me. thank you. memorial day weekend was one of the worst for the city of baltimore in more than a decade. more than 30 shootings, 9 dead in a city still reeling from the unrest and aftermath of the death of freddie gray. traffic was briefly brought to a standstill today on a ba