And in the midst of these two crises, we are now faced with yet another crisis, a crisis of anger, a crisis of racial division, flames that are pulling this country apart. This crisis was precipitated by the wrongful death of george floyd in minneapolis, minnesota. At this point, most if not all of us have seen that horrifying video. Mr. Floyd in handcuffs, face down on the pavement, incapacitateed, not posing a threat to anyone, and a Police Officer with his knee on the neck of mr. Floyd, pressing down hard on the neck of mr. Floyd, and keeping that knee there for eight long minutes. Mr. Floyd begs with the officer, pleads with the officer, says he cant breathe. He is an he is in obvious and serious physical distress. Other officers are standing there, watching a defenseless handcuffed man pinned to the ground for eight long minutes with a knee pressing down on his neck. As we all know, those actions took the life of mr. Floyd. And rightly, following what happened, the u. S. Departmen
Live news desk. Breaking news overnight, the west nile virus confirmed. The Santa Clara County district will now be spraying treatments in part of the area a later this week. The positive tests from mosquitoes in part of the zip code 95035. They are going to be spraying the area with chemicals from a truck starting late thursday night. The Vector Control district started to leave door hangers, notice if iing people of the planned treatment and giving notice on social media and county alert systems, and they said theres no need for people to relocate during the treatments, and they said its safe. The treatment has been approved by state and federal regulators, and obviously nothing that we want to be worrying about right now in the midst of the the two viruses ha similar symptoms as well. Back to you. Something else to Pay Attention to. Thank you, ann. The San Jose Council will be discussing their crowd control policy. Kiet do with more. Reporter its been a week and a half since the mas
At first i was very guilty. And then i realized that all of the things that are taught you not only by society but by psychiatrist to fit you in a mold and i rejected the mold and when i did reject the mold, i was happier. Mostly independent organizations all across the country, there are somewhere between 60 and 75 independent groups across the United States, maybe more because they grow up overnight. And this is a unified effort on the part of somewhere between 20 and 30 organizations on the east coast. The differences of approach and tactics. Certain groups tend to emphasize fill tant confrontation tactics and other groups emphasize educational approach, going into areas that people dont know much about homosexuality. Most groups provide social services to our own people, help for people in need. But this is a minor part of the effort. The major effort today is to change the social institutions that make life difficult for us. [ crowd chanting ] a portion film documentary from lilly
Rest of the country letting more businesses reopen. Why some experts are worried as cases increase in parts of america. And the world through spike lees lens. We talk to the oscar winner about his new film on the vietnam war and what it means to do the right thing in a new era of protest. Hes got lots to say. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is the most horrific tragedy ive ever personally observed. George floyd is going to change the arc of the future of the United States. Ahead of his funeral, thousands gathered to remember the man who became the symbol of a nationwide movement. Michado you support defundin police . No, i dont support defunding the police. Sparking the debate about Defunding Police departments. An issue biden and President Trump agreed on. We wont be defunding our police. We wont be dismantling our police. The World Health Organization now says its rare for asymptomatic covid19 patients to spread the virus. Kobe brinyants widow has fid a
Americans, over 300,000 people. Across the globe. And anno economic crisis that hs cost over 40 million americans their jobs. And in the midst of these two crises, we are now faced with yet another crisis, a crisis of anger, a crisis of racial division, claims thatme a pollig this country apart. This crisis is precipitated by the wrongful death of george floyd in minneapolis, minnesota. At this point most, if not all of us can have seen that horrifying video. Mr. Floyd, in handcuffs, face down on the pavement, incapacitated, not posing a threat to anyone, and a Police Officer with his knee on the neck of mr. Floyd, pressing down hard on the neck of mr. Floyd, and keeping that knee there for eight long minutes. Mr. Floyd bags with the officer, pleads with the officer, says he cant breathe. And rightly, following what happened, the u. S. Department of justice opened a civil rights investigation into the Police Officers conduct and also, rightly, i believe, the local prosecutor opened, be