It is friday may 1st. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Christine christine, where im standing now is a reduced security presence. The National Guard troopers behind me are not here this morning. Perhaps it shows a greater sense of calm has fallen over this city. Protesters overnight faced off with Police Briefly as the curfew wept into effect at 10 00 p. M. Cnn cameras were there as one man was arrested. The crowds cleared and the traffic began to move. We will have more on the scene in baltimore in just a moment. First, some really important new revelations or claims in the death of freddie gray and how he may have suffered that fatal spinal injury while he was in Police Custody. Baltimore police handed this investigative files over to prosecutors on thursday. That was one day ahead of schedule. It caught people here in baltimore off guard. Multiple Law Enforcement sources say the files contain new claims about how freddie gray died. Among them gray was fatally injured in the police van
York. And im john berman live in baltimore this morning. It is friday may 1st. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. We are standing here in front of Baltimore City hall which has been the site of so many Peaceful Demonstrations over the last several evenings and afternoons. The security prevention presence behind me is reduced. Not as Many National guard troops here. Overnight, protesters did clash with police. You see this right here cnn cameras at the scene when one man was arrested in the streets. We will have much more on the scene here in baltimore in just a moment. First, some important new information. New claims in the death of freddie gray and how he may have suffered that fatal spinal injury while he was . Police custody. Baltimore police handed their investigative files over to the state Attorneys Office on thursday one day ahead of schedule. A move that caught people off guard. Those files contain new claims about freddie grays death. Among the claims gray was fatally injured in t
John berman has this monday off. Lets start in nepal where there is untold devastation from saturdays huge 7. 8 earthquake and the ongoing aftershocks. The latest government figures put the death toll at 3,482. Another 6,500 injured. The number of casualties is sure to rise once their are counted in the remote countryside. The frequent aftershocks threaten to topple more buildings. Terrified residents are sleeping in the streets in tent cities this morning. Standing by live in kathmandu is suma udas. Reporter christine, behind me is nepalese police. They are all jumping in to help sift through the rubble. A lot using their bare hands. Some have spades and some using steel plates they were able to find in the area. We have been here for three to four hours. Four to five people on that temple trying to sift through the rubble. Now everyone is just really jumping in. This used to be a threestory hindu temple dedicated to the hindu god. Next to the temple at least six to seven other temple
We are getting new information on this and we will have details for you. We have reports of the buildings that were damaged from the previous quake have collapsed now. It is relatively shallow. We will follow this for you this morning. Other news nfl bringing down the hammer on the new England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady usssuspending him four games. The patriots fined 1 million and giving up a draft pick. The agent for tom brady calls the discipline ridiculous. Says there was quote no fairness in the investigation. He promises to appeal. Team owner robert kraft is blasting the league. Saying brady has the teams unwaivering support. Andy scholes has more for us. Four games. Christine, this is big time. The nfl is hitting brady and the patriots because they must protect the integrity of the game. The executive Vice President troy vincent said by not cooperating with the investigation, bradys actions were considered conduct detrimental to the league. His agent tom yee said the discipl
Matter. Peaceful is what it was. They were serving food. A long buffet line. There were arrests. 18 arrests. Two juvenile. A big night of calm which is positive news. Congress member Elijah Cummings was out on the streets last night at curfew in west baltimore with a bull horn. We are so excited about our city. We are very proud of what happened tonight. Glad you didnt have any news to report. Negative news about our city. We are very very proud. So there you have him talking to the crowd and media. He was out with a bull horn telling people to go home. Part of the message was delivered at us. You have no news to report. It is great the curfew that went into effect. Congress member cummings was out on the streets. We got information, athena about the people arrested. 200 people arrested in the first wave during and right after the riots. Less than half of the people were released yesterday. The Police Captain said they were released because there is not enough time. It is too complicat