Today is saturday. It is a nice day in albany. Half. Time and im happy. None of which i get. Today, we have one of the lowest hospitalization rates since this began and really good news, we have the lowest death rate, down. O 35 ive been asking all the experts who will talk to me, what is the lowest that number can go . When it gets this low, it is really a question of what they are attributing as the cause of death. In other words, you have people who are gravely ill who are ifng to die of something and they get covid virus, the attribute it to the covid virus, but there is a number when it gets down this low, it is really a question of what that hospital certifies as a cause of death, so we would like to see nobody die in the state of new york this is really, really good news. Compared to where we were, this is a big sigh of relief. We talked about calibrating the control of the reopening based on the metrics that we have seen. We said this from day one. We then did this graphic that
Outrage. Black people are three times more likely to be killed than white people. We can take steps and make reforms to combat Police Violence and systemic racism within enforcement. Together we can work to redefine look safety so it recognizes the humanity and dignity of every person. This townhome is part of an ongoing my brothers keeper series. It was launched by president obama in 2014 after the tragic killing of trayvon martin. The president called on america and everybody to do whatever they could in their power to make sure young men of color new knew that they matter and to reduce the systemic barriers that stand in their way to make sure every young person has every opportunity to reach their dreams. Today, the work of my brothers keeper continues at the Obama Foundation, where we lead a network of more than 250 communities and a massive call to action to businesses, mayors, and other folks across the country. Our mission is to build safe and supportive communities where young
Participated in a town hall on Racial Justice and Police Reform hosted by my brothers Keeper Alliance, a program of the Obama Foundation. Foundation. Good afternoon my name is Michael Smith that executive director of my brothers keeper. Thank you all for joining us for this critical and important conversation today. The killing of george floyd, breanna taylor, ahmad aubrey into many black lives in the list have left until after nation outreach. More than a thousand people are killed by Police Every Year in america and black people are three times more likely to be killed than white people. We can take steps and make reforms to combat Police Violence and systemic racism within Law Enforcement, we can work to redefine Public Safety so that it recognizes the humanity and the dignity of every person. This town hall that we are having today as part of an ongoing my brothers Keeper Alliance town whole series in my brothers keepers will was launched by president obama in 2014 after trayvon ma
Defunded. There appears to be little support on the federal level. There will be to funding or dismantling of our police. Reporter joe biden does not want to defend, the fun Police Departments. A Campaign Official states this funding would also go towards diversifying Police Department so they resembled the communities in which they serve. At the white house, there has been talk of trump giving a speech on racial inequality but nothing is planned. Fox news. Derek chauvin did not enter a plea at his First Court Hearing today. He appeared on Closedcircuit Television from a maximum security prison wearing a mask in handcuffs. The judge raised his bail at the request of the prosecutors from 1 million to 1,000,000. 25. He is charged with Second Degree murder and George Floyds death and he is the officer see kneeling on floyds neck. In houston today people paid their respects to george floyd before he is laid to rest tomorrow. You see people from all different backgrounds and colors and cree
Bullets during crowd control. Parts of the u. S. Seeing a surge in the coronavirus amid relax shelter in place rules. Tonight some new research. Uc berkeley shows how effective those rules to be. Never in Human History have so many lives been saved on such a short period. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, growing momentum tonight behind a push to change the way cities are policed. Good evening, im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Kpix 5 Andrea Nakano on the Reform Efforts and the new push to cut Police Funding in the wake of George Floyds death. Senator Kamala Harris co authored legislation in the senate called it justice and policing act that would make sweeping changes to policing, but some say thats not enough. And lets be clear reforming policing is in the best interest of all americans. Reporter the package with cory booker made officers more accountable for their actions. It would limit Legal Protection for police, create a National Data base for Excessive Force r as ch