Of looting and unrest. Kathy park is live in chicago with the latest. Kathy, what are you seeing there . Hey, garrett, good afternoon to you. So the demonstrators are gathering right now about seven miles away from where we are. And we are actually told from Law Enforcement officials that if this crowd doesnt grow to about 500, theyre actually not going to be let on to the dan ryan expressway, one of the major expressways here in the city. Were still monitoring the situation there. But here is where we are. This is michigan avenue. And just over to my left is the magnificent mile where just a couple of days ago, looters ransacked a lot of these highend stores, and a lot of these businesses are still boarded up. So the city is very much on edge, and officials have vowed to take back the city and really crack down on any sort of looting and crime that might actually occur. These protesters actually are saying that they are revolting Police Brutality. And that is the purpose of this event
The one that shall not be named. The case count is, at best, plateauing at a shockingly high level. And at worst, it is spiking in yet another, new region. This time, the midwest. Here is the governor of iowa, one of the president s staunchest supporters, by the way, doing what the president , apparently, could not. As you may have seen, in the News Headlines in recent days, iowa had the highest rate of increase in covid19 cases, nationally, last week. And the fifth highest Positivity Rate increase in the country. Growth of new cases has accelerated, especially as social activity among young adults and and on college campuses. Now, she wont issue a mask mandate but at least she admits the Positivity Rate around the university of iowa has tripled in the last three weeks, and is now at a staggering 29. 7 . That is what iowa and other states, mainly in the midwest, are now facing. Nationwide, more than a thousand new deaths reported yesterday, and more than 40,000 new cases. And though, b
Wonder if the timing might have more to do with politics than sound Public Health. Late new detail the on that in just a moment. First, though, the president s effort as in kenosha to talk about anything but the matter at hand. More than 185,000 lives lost to the pandemic. The one that shall not be named. The case count is at best plateauing at a shockingly high level and at worse, it is spiking in yet another new region. This time the midwest. Here is the governor of iowa, one of the president s staunchest supporters by the way doing what the president apparently cannot. As you may have seen in the News Headlines in recent days, iowa had the highest rate of increase in covid19 cases nationally last week and the fifth highest Positivity Rate increase in the country. Growth of new cases has accelerated especially as social activity among young adults and on college campuses. Now she wont issue a mask mandate but at least she admits the Positivity Rate around the university of iowa tripl
Destroyed 2. 2 million acres. Candidate Michael Bloomberg putting his money where his mouth is. Hes committing to spending a Million Dollars in florida to help joe biden get out the vote. A Trump Campaign in nevada last night in trump fashion. Thousands of attendees Standing Shoulder to shoulder, paying no attention to social distancing during a pandemic. This as confirmed cases across the United States has grown to 6. 5 million. The death toll in this country can stands at nearly 195,000 people. Lets turn back to minneapolis. Im here on the banks. Mississippi river. Why kick off our coverage here . Its pretty obvious. Out of extreme tragedy, which was the Police Killing of george floyd, this city sparked a nationwide movement to end injustice and bring about police reform. Its an effort that continues today across the country. Floyds passing became the latest symbol of racism and Police Brutality in america, marking a turning point as the 46yearold mans suffering seen on video became
Move from one Police Department to the next. Lets bring in cnn White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins to join us here. Kaitlan, explain how the white house anticipates that these federal guidelines and these incentive programs are actually going to change local and state departments. Reporter well, theyre really going to be relying on those local departments to carry these measures out. And theyre also counting on congress to fund the new programs that the president was talking about, talking about having those coresponders, people Like Mental Health experts who are going to situations with Police Officers and deescalating it. A lot of this sen couragement for Police Officers to do this. The way theyre doing that basically saying you can get credentialed by the attorney general, by the Justice Department, by meeting certain standards when it comes to training, about uses of force. That reference the president made to banning choke holds. Basically they will not meet that certificati