Of u. S. Deaths from covid19. In less than four months the disease has killed more than 100,000 people. That means roughly 1 in 4 deaths was an american. U. S. President donald trump has not said anything publicly about this grim statistic. Former Vice President joe biden offered condolences to the victims families. This is a milestone we should have never been reached and could have been avoided. If the administration had acted one week earlier to implement social distancing and do what it had to do, as much as one week earlier, as many as 36,000 deaths might have been averted. One u. S. Medical expert said the u. S. Is not handling the pandemic as well as many other countries. We are losing restrictions where we dont have the virus fully under control. We have models to work off of. We really should be looking at how South Carolina and new zee lapped and germany, taiwan, israel, iceland have controlled this disease. South korea has done it beth. They really suppressed this disease an
Began peacefully but minnesota governor tim wall says they later turned extremely dangerous. Protesters targeted a Police Precinct smashing windows. Officers responded with tear gas. Buildings could be seen burning nearby. Cnns omar jimenez joins us now from minneapolis where its still an active scene right now, omar. What are you seeing . Reporter its still a very active scene. As you request see, this building behind me is now newly on fire. We got here about an hour ago, it was smoldering a little bit. You can see how quickly the flames have overtaken this spot. It was the place across the street, it was a building under construction that was completely engulfed when we got to this scene. You may be able to see some of the spectators, potential leftover protester are still gathered around. The demonstrating has stopped. At this point everyone is watching, standing back, taking pictures and video of their city, parts of their city across from the Police Precinct on fire. And for thos