Listen. An attorney for Rayshard Brooks who was shot and killed friday after a 27minute encounter at an Atlanta Wendys the attorney saying what happened to his young client could happen to every black man in america. Its very much personal. Im Rayshard Brooks. Im george floyd. Its happened to me. Its happened to my friends. Its happened to my father. And every other black person i know. So we are all the same. So when we fight these battles, we are fighting them from a place of knowledge and really from the heart. Lets get straight to cnns at the white house. We have gotten a good overview of what is going to be in here. Reporter these are the first concrete steps youre seeing the president take in the wake of George Floyds address to take it in a successful manner. This is a modern order. Its talking about establishing a National Database and strengthening it on tracking the excessive use of force among officers. It really incentivizes replies to use a better set of practices when it
Is in baltimore. Jeff tell me first, what stood out to you in this speech . One of the things that stood out to me was really how governor omalley tried to build a bridge with between whats happening on main street and whats happening on wall street. He addressed headon the challenges of baltimore. He said there are economic chalt engs that have caused the violence caused the protest. So he dr. Drew a link a correlation between what is happening in this city and whats happening across the country. And then he drew a link and said that ceo of Goldman Sachs, the big Investment Firm would be happy with a president bush or a president clinton. Hes trying to present himself as a new, progressive leader that stuck out to me how hes trying to compare and draw a correlation between all of these economic problems. Did you, jeff did you get a sense of confidence from him . Its very loud at this raly. And things behind me. I didnt hear what you said but a few protesters interrupted the raly. But
The camera and lighting crews have arrived, the set getting finishing touches as you see right there. Youre looking at the last minute preparations at the Hofstra University debate hall where in just 30 hours Hillary Clinton and donald trump will approach those podiums for their very first debate of the 2016 election. Hello, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. Im Fredericka Whitfield live at Hofstra University in hem psted new york. The countdown is on. As if the stakes werent high enough, a new abc Washington Post poll shows clinton and trump in a virtual dead heat. Clinton with only a 2point lead among likely voters over the next two hows, well talk about the candidates preparedness and the three main topics they will debate. Lester holt will be questioning trump and clinton about quote, americas direction, achieving prosperity and securing america. Both candidates are off the campaign trail today but have separate meetings with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Clin
[ gunfire ] our polo sandoval, you just returned from baton rouge. There have been nights and nights of protest after the policeinvolved shooting and killing of alton sterling. You were there covering that. This also comes after the killing of Philando Castile and after the ambush and attack of 12 Police Officers in dallas. Five were killed, seven injured there. Talk to me about the state of the community in baton rouge right now as this happens. Well, you take all of those incidents and it equals to a very tense community and that is what we saw firsthand as we were there in baton rouge, louisiana. There was a large demonstration that took place where some officers were seriously injured but eventually were able to recover. Yes, there were arrests made and, yes, we saw an increase of Police Presence. Not because of the violence that broke out during the demonstrations but also because there were two threats that investigators were following up on. At the same time, were seeing several
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