Death of george floyd . As to the streets, it did seem more calm overall. With curfews in place in many cities. In new york, protesters marched peacefully on the Manhattan Bridge only to be blocked by police. There were isolated pockets of violence, vandalism and looting in the city. About 300 arrests. This is some new video of damage downtown. There were also some tense moments outside the white house when police fired pepper spray at demonstrators who started shaking a newly erected fence in lafayette park. George floyds funeral planned for next tuesday. Cnn reports that former Vice President biden is planning to attend that service. A floyd family lawyer says he expects the other three Police Officers in this case to be charged before that funeral. Were hearing for the first time from floyds daughter and her mother. Well play you their reaction in a moment. We begin with the coverage with cnns Brynn Gingras who is live in new york city with our top story. How have these past hours g
Calling todays vote a major victory. For his part, President Trump called the bill something very, very incredibly well crafted. Lets watch. I went through two years of campaigning, and im telling you no matter where i went, people were suffering so badly with the ravages of obamacare. As far as im concerned, your premiums, theyre going to start to come down. Were going to get this passed through the senate. I feel so confident. This is, make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare. Make no mistake about it. Coming from a different world and only being a politician for a short period of time how am i doing . Am i doing okay . Im president. Hey, im president. Can you believe it, right . Do you believe it . Thats an amazing statement. Anyway, the house passed the socalled American Health care act by a vote of 217213. It took 216. They didnt waste any votes on this. Moments afterwds, House Democrats began chanting this warning. This is on the floor of the house to replican
Not hold progress for communities like mine hostage today for promises that perfection will come tomorrow. We are the inheritors of those kind of movements. Movements of committed americans who came together gathering just like we are now. This has been the truth of generations of people in our country who in moments of great moral crisis and great moral challenge summoned great moral imagination. They did not surrender to the seduction of hatred. They fought with a defiant love. And when they rose, our nation rose with them. Im here, we are here today because of those kinds of movements. As many of you know, i wasnt born here in newark. When i was a baby, my mom who you saw with my dad tried to move into a neighborhood in harrington park, new jersey, about 20 miles up the road from here. They moved there attracted by the public schools, its proximity to new york. But Real Estate Agents refused to sell us a home because of the color of our skin. And what would have been that us denied
Brooksville, Fla. — National filtration group, Rusco and Vu-Flow, have announced strategic appointments to their leadership team, signaling a renewed focus on customer-centric and innovative solutions.