You see multiple failures. Sunday night at 8 00. Good morning, everyone. This has been the most difficult week in minnesota in recent history and maybe in our entire history. Our community, especially our black community, is hurting beyond words. Minneapolis and st. Paul are on fire. The fires are still smoldering. The ashes are symbolic of decades and generations of pain, much like we failed to hear. , his community, our state. Philando castile, silenced, so many other friends, brothers, sisters, senselessly died in our street. Generations of pain is manifesting itself in front of the world and the world is watching. One of the first people i called after seeing the video was dosrie castile, philan mother. We have become friends. For those watching today who are not familiar, he died in front of his left one and his child and left them behind and the grieving mother who has become an advocate for justice, for reform, but more importantly for kindness and decency. Valerie said first an
Of anguish, much like we failed unheard, much like we failed to hear george floyd as he pleaded for his life as the world watched by people sworn to protect him, his community, our state. Philando castile, silenced, unheard, so many other friends, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers senselessly died in our street. And now generations of pain is manifesting itself in front of the world, and the world is watching. One of the first people i called after seeing the video was valerie castile, philandos mother. We have become friends since the killing of philando. For those watching today who are not familiar, philando died in front of his loved one and his child and left them behind and the grieving mother who has become an advocate for justice, for reform, but more importantly an advocate for kindness and decency. When i talked to valery, she said first and foremost seek justice, seek fairness and reach out and show kindness. Visceral pain, a community trying to understand who we are and w
Test. Another was a Community Organizer who is unsure if hell be able to father children. We want to be with our community. The Police Union President said he awells suor tchiefsolicy chging which also includes the accelerated adoption of a state directive requiring officers to intervene when they see another officer using excessive force. Dont give up on your Police Officer. Because at the beginning of the day, we were there. And at the end of the day, well still be there when the smoke clears. Law enforcement now coming to terms with what should happen next. As we look at what occurred, well hold ourselves accountable. Well conduct more training and well get better as a department. Reporter hundreds of people attended the City Council Meeting that was conducted virtually. They voiced their opinions about how Police Officers conducted, what happened during those protests. However, the city council wasnt able to get through all those comments so there will be a special session held on
And birthday blastoff. The out of this world surprise for this little boy in lockdown. Good friday morning, everyone. Memorial day weekend is here and more of america is opening up. As more people venture out to the beach or parks, some states are relaxing their rules against large gatherings. Dr. Anthony fauci who has been out of the spotlight recently now says hell likely be more visible in the coming days. Hes warning states to be on alert for possible spikes in the number of coronavirus infections. Meanwhile, new evidence of the Economic Impact of this crisis, 47 of u. S. Households say theyve lost some form of employment income. Nearly 40 million americans are out of a job. And this morning President Trump is explaining his decision not to wear a mask during part of his factory tour in michigan thursday. But we begin our coverage with preparations for the holiday. This morning, dr. Anthony fauci is encouraging americans to go out for the Holiday Weekend while taking precautions. I
It was just a year and a half ago that the president of the United States put in his state of the Union Address that we are going to launch american astronauts on american rockets from american soil. He looked at me and said you are going to make that happen. Here we are a year and a half later. And the help of elon musk the spacex team, we have delivered. But of course, the president s agenda is just beginning, there is so much more. He turned around and recreated a moon program. He said we are going to go to the moon for a purpose, because we as a nation are going to get to mars. Agency we call nasa is excited about it. I want to tell you a quick story. Im here to introduce the president , but i have to take a moment. It was about nine years ago. The Space Shuttle atlantis landed right here for the last Space Shuttle mission in the history of the u. S. The next day, 2000 pink slips went out. Over the course of the next two years, this area went from 15,000 jobs down to 7500 jobs. Dev