Floyd. And this nation continues to react to that death, an unarmed black man who died after pleading for his life while in the custody of police. And tonight the twin cities of minneapolis and saint paul are under mandatory curfew. That order comes just hours after murder and manslaughter charges were announced against the Police Officer who was seen kneeling on mr. Floyds neck as he repeatedly said i cant breathe. That mandatory curfew began more than three hours ago, yet some protesters are still in the streets as of this hour. Earlier this evening, we saw minneapolis authorities trying to push back demonstrators using tear gas and flash bangs. And although minneapolis and st. Paul are still reeling tonight, they are not the only cities that are facing unrest. Peaceful protests in atlanta turned violent earlier with buildings damaged and Police Vehicles set on fire. Thousands have gathered in new york with clashes breaking out between demonstrators and police. More than 700 miles aw
Left are blaming him. We are investigating Amy Klobuchars connection to the arresting officer in the george floyd case. She was Hennepin County District Attorney for ten years. She and the democratic establishment are facing tough questions tonight from black lives matter about her relationship with that officer. And the president signaling a new move on china. As a diplomatic approach on beijing, amidst the crackdown of hong kong in the controversy over coronavirus. Welcome to fox news night. I am Shannon Bream in washington paired we begin with mike tobin monitoring the scenes on the streets of minneapolis as he has for days now. What can you tell us . I can tell you that there have been some remarkable developments over the past few minutes. We watch the protesters and police go at it from about sundown on. About 5 minutes ago the Police Gathered in the parking lot on the west side of the third precinct and in mass they pulled out. So the mob came through and they took the fence dow
48yearold richard matt convicted of kidnapping and beating a man to death and 34yearold david sweat convicted of shooting a sheriffs deputy 22 times. Police say the men somehow got their hands on power tools. They cut through steel walls in their cells and they crawled through a series of tunnels and sewers until they came out through a manhole on the other side of the prison walls. Heres what they left behind. Yep. A postit note saying have a nice day. Cnn National Correspondent joins us from outside the prison in new york. Polo it is extraordinary, and the police now say these guys have a more than 36hour head headstart. Reporter thats right. You know its very much an impressive feat according to officials, however authorities on the ground are hoping people focus more on the threat these two individuals pose to the general public. Now that were here just outside the perimeter fencing, though, poppy, it puts things into perspective perspective. I want to step out of the shot so you c
Engine overturned. They were crushed, they were just torn apart bit force. Right now, Officials Say they do not believe terrorism was involved. However, the cause not yet what we know. We do not what happened here. We do not know why this happened. Theres no information about that. Were not going to speculate about it. The point is ive never seen anything so devastated. Theyre in very bad shape. You can see theyve been completely completely derailed from the track. Theyve been destroyed. The aluminum shell has been destroyed and theyre overturned. Again i dont want to speculate on the car but it is a defendant stating state devastating scene. That would have been full of commuters, people taking a trip from washington to new york, it just cleared the philly station, john. People dosing watching a movie, you dont know. Bodies flying through the compartments. Sara sidner has got the latest on that. Sara when you think about what happens when you get on an amtrak from washington new york.
A bad name . I was clear i was not happy about the title. Chicago plus iraq equals chiraq. The director is dodging complaints that the title glorifies street violence. Lets talk. Live in the cnn news room. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. We begin with an International Manhunt to try to find two coldblooded killers. Authorities scrambling to find richard matt and david sweat who made an escape from the upstate new york prison. The inmates used power tools to saw through a cell wall before tunnelling their way to freedom. Now major suspicious they had help from inside. This was very sophisticated. They had equipment they shouldnt have had access to. Thats a clear. Were looking at the civilian employees now and the private contractors to see if possibly one civilian employee or contractor was assisting this escape, because they wouldnt have had the equipment on their own. Thats for sure. Oh to make it worse on their way out, the inmates left behind this note