They want firstdegree murder charges. The former Minneapolis Police officer seen on video kneeling on George Floyds neck taken into custody accused of murder. He is being charged with third degree murder in the death of a black man. We have never charged a case in that kind of timeframe. We could only charge a case when we have sufficient evidence to prove the case without a reasonable doubt. Floyd was nonresponsive for nearly 3 minutes before floyd was down. Provide the order. They promised swift justice well standing for peaceful demonstration. I refuse to have it take away the attention of what we need to work on. Fundamental racism that allows a man to be held down in broad daylight. After activists including al sharpton called for the rest and conviction of all four officers at the scene. Floyd repeatedly said i cant breathe. We have a way to get justice. We are not asking for anything but what is right. We will use our platform i will use everything i have to get a conviction. It
California mostly peaceful protests taking place but in some areas more looting or lockdown and now a new lawsuit details straight ahead all right its time to boost your news to. A massive Memorial Service is being held today in minneapolis minnesota for george floyd this as america and the entire world remember the man whose death sparked a Global Movement for change and Race Relations and Police Tactics actually bankss a minute in minneapolis with a closer look at todays services. I am in front of North Central university located in Downtown Minneapolis where Memorial Service for george floyd is under way and now reverend al sharpton will soon be delivering the eulogy for the civil rights leader he spoke to the president earlier today and he said as a community we need to stop jumping from funeral to funeral for those who are not aware reverend al sharpton he deliberately eulogies for both michael michael. Around to draw and eric garner is for the funeral and for those who are famili
Americans, its bad. The infection adds to the oil slump. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. We were seeing earlier losses gaining three tents of 1 , but its still early in trading coming off the worst day again since 1987 and losses accelerating and falling to session lows. President trump talked about economic disruption lasting well into the summer. The dow now falling to the lowest level in two years. Losse talking about a 30 since the peak in february. We are seeing the Downside Pressure with the s p 500 index. Every sector on the s p in the red with losses of at least 7 . Financials and real estate leading the declines. , fallingave small caps more than 12 . U. S. Futures at the moment, a little upside. Up 6 10 of 1 . We will see how things shape up as the asia session gets underway. Amid thesia wideranging meltdown with more central bank rates, moving to boost liquidity we had on monday. The bank of korea delivering a 50 basis point cuts in emerging mee
Cases has recently surpassed 100 area as more americans weree tested in the days and weeks to come, the number is expected to increase. Just this morning, we learned a second new yorker in Westchester County has contracted the virus and is in serious condition in a new york hospital. Our prayers are with him and his family. This only underlines the urgent need to respond to the coronavirus on a national scale. Im Glad Congress is headed in that direction owes to announce an agreement on a bipartisan funding package to deal with the coronavirus it is expected to include between seven and 8 million of funding close to the eight. 5 billion that we sent that democrats requested last week in four or five times randing initially proposed by the administration. Thats good news when it comes to health and safety there is no reason to be penny wise and pound foolish if they encounter at omb unnecessarily cuts the money it will cost us more money in the long run. We need to have professional exp
A complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians pump ailes announcement is the latest in a string of Controversial White House moves designed to support israel recognizing jerusalem as israels official capital moving the u. S. Embassy there from tel aviv in 2018 and forcing the palestinians to close their office in washington leaving them no diplomatic presence in the u. S. Apart from at the United Nations pomp aoe said the policy change had nothing to do with benny gantz as efforts to form a new Israeli Government so the timing of this was not tied to anything that had to do with domestic politics anywhere in israel or otherwise this was about we were done we finished we conducted our review and this was the appropriate time to move forward the current Israeli Government was thrilled. This is a historic day and another great achievement after President Trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of recognize all sovereignty o