To begin this hour in baltimore. And police say they expect large crowds. Theres tension in the streets of baltimore once again with police and National Guard troops lining those streets and Community Leaders linking arms to keep a lid on the situation, the violence that began raging 48 hours ago clearly has faded, arrests have plummeted. Marylands governor says baltimore has kurndturned the corner. An overnight curfew remains in effect. The potential for ubnrest remains very real. Our correspondents and guests are standing by with the latebreaking developments. Brian todd is on the scene in baltimore. Brian . Reporter wolf were at the epicenter of where the violence occurred, this is pennsylvania and north avenue. Youll notice looking around here no visible Police Presence now. Not sure if that will stay the case tonight. Well see what happens later on tonight. You have street speakers speaking over here. But protests are planned later this hour, a protest march downtown. Were going t
Possible for what you get to see, when we were in this area it was bricks and bottles and this building was burning. This is the only prescription filling pharmacy within a mile of this area. These are necessities. Its gone. Bricks and bottles are replaced with brooms and shovels. The community is out in force doing the hard work of repairing and cleaning up. A man who grew up here brought his daughter. She was 7. She is sweeping. We say why . She says i live here. I care. That is going to be the commitment that makes a difference in this community. That is what will bring people together here. More than what any politician can say to them or theyll hear at a press conference. The other thing they ask for here is this is a show of goodwill. Unlike last night which was obviously the opposite and you can explain it or excuse it a lot of different ways clarity will build consensus. Whats happening to our communities . Why did they put hundreds of millions of dollars into the harbor front,
Their everyday lives. And then of course theres the bottom line for businesses many of them saying theyve really been hit as far as the Economic Impact because of this curfew. She faced some criticism even after she announced a short time ago that she is lifting this curfew for the city of baltimore. Many people even on social media say the damage is already done, but the mayor saying she wanted to assess because this was a Public Safety issue and what she wanted to make sure was there was not this replay we saw last week with violence and the rioting. And speaking of rioting, i am standing right in front of the mondawmin mall. This was essentially ground zero for all that violence and rioting. Some of that happening right here. We had shattered glass. We had damage to buildings. Within damage to businesses within the building here. And we do know that in a matter of minutes the mayor will be showing up here to announce that the mall will be reopening. It has been closed for about a we
Murdered officers is saying now. And some are calling it a royal snub. The saudi king not meeting with president obama this week. But whats really behind his decision to skip a summit of arab leaders in the United States . Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom newsroom. Good morning im Carol Costello thank you so much for joining me. We begin with the Severe Weather thats devastating towns across the midwest. Violent storms ripping through texas, oklahoma arkansas, and iowa. First time dont tell me [ bleep ] just been hit. There goes the school. There goes the school. Thats the [ bleep ] school. A tornado blowing the roof off this central iowa school while at least 100 people were inside, incredibly no one was injured. In arkansas possible tornado ripping through a Mobile Home Park killing two people and injuring two others. In texas, a rural town just east of dallas has been left devastated. A possible tornado cutting a path of destruction. Leveling homes, knocking down power lines, and
Now, just across from city hall at the war memorial she stood on those steps flanked by some of her staff and investigators. She announced that her office filed 28 criminal charges against those six officers who she stressed wrongfully arrested freddie gray back on april 12th. Mosby detailed today how these officers repeatedly failed to help this 25yearold as he was in that prison transport vehicle, as he suffered a fatal spinal injury in Police Custody. She detailed it all. The statement of probable cause is as follows. On april 12th, 2015, between 8 45 and 9 15 a. M. Near the corner of north avenue and mount street, lieutenant brian rice of the Baltimore Police department while on bike patrol with officers Garret Miller and edward nero made eye contact with mr. Freddie carlos gray jr. Having made eye contact with mr. Gray, mr. Gray subsequently ran from lieutenant rice. Officers miller and nero then handcuffed mr. Gray and moved him to a location a few feet away from his surrendering