To take itot be able soon. New york times on the president s comments. The woman on my right needs no introduction. Right, the department of Health Communicable disease medical service director. Honor to be here. The superintendent of the state police. Office ofor of the Homeland Security is with us. Counsel will join us shortly. Before i get to the daily numbers, a couple of announcements and updates. Good videoconference with the white house yesterday that had a particular focus on Mental Health and the implications to Mental Health from this pandemic crisis. Good discussion and exchange. I should also say that while it was not the purpose for the call, tony fauci was in the room on the other end. Expressingly caution, and i felt his comments on the early returns on the vaccine reported yesterday were actually pretty upbeat relative to his normal demeanor. That was a big take away. I organized a call for about 16 democratic governors and Speaker Pelosi to go through her heroes direct
Precinct. 35yearold oscar morel said nothing and gave no explanations for the murders of the Imam Maulama Akonjee and his assistant tharam uddin. Both men were buried yesterday. Mourners at the funerals say they know why the friends were killed. And they want justice. Two people just got murdered and nypd is saying this might not be a hate crime. What is it then . Come on then, somebody coming up behind and shooting for no reason an imam and his assistant, come common sense. Reporter the top brass says they have strong evidence to back up the charges starting with what happened before the double homicide. At 1 350 saturday afternoon a hit and run witness and Surveillance Video placed morels car at the scene of the crash. Moments later, three miles away police say they found surveillance sophomore else getting into that of morel getting into that same car after fatally shooting the two men. We have looked at the two cars and they were identical. We have looked at the stickers windshield
Im pat battle. So glad to be here with you, gus. You got all shoveled out . No, i did not. I have no idea what my car is going to look like when i get to it, but ill have a lot of company digging out. The totals are in. Yesterdays blizzard was the second biggest snowstorm in new york city history. Raphael just told us the blizzard warning just lifted. Heres the latest. Mta officials reevaluating service shutdowns. Crews will test the bus routes at 7 00 this morning. And a travel ban will be lifted in just about an hour. The blizzard turned out to be a deadly one. Five deaths confirmed in our area, all connected to snow shoveling. Our Team Coverage begins this morning in the Weather Center. Raphael miranda starts us off. We have some coastal flooding concerns, but as far as the snow, thats long gone. Look how much we had. This was the second largest history in central park. The records go back to the 1800s. The final tally, 26. 8 inches. That was just a tenth of an inch shy of 2006, 26.
Im thinking its okay its the end of july. School starts in another month in some places. Here in new york its after labor day we are all wondering if it was going to start how was your weekend . Brian above average. I cleaned out my shed i wish you could have been there i cant believe normally at this time we are getting ready to go to the conventions. Both conventions are so scaled back its hard to even plan to think we will get anything out of it let alone attend it. I dont think they want us to go. So there you go. Steve, get us started. Steve the dnc was already supposed to be over. It is a whole new world. Anyway, thank you for starting your week with us. We start this with a fox news alert. Law enforcement officers blocking protesters from a Police Precinct during new unrest in seattle. The protests were mostly peaceful. Just one day after a riot was declared in the city. [bleep] [bleep] Seattle Police released that body cam video of that riot on saturday. Officers say they were
Force during an altercation with the teen. After the frustration boil over into looting and violence last night, browns family told Police Officials today they want the chaos to stop. What the brown family wants is justice for their son. Today the Justice Department tells nbc news that the local fbi has opened a separate investigation into the shooting but will not be, quote, taking over. The department of justice also tells us, quote, attorney general eric holder has instructed attorneys in the Civil Rights Division to monitor developments related to the shooting incident in ferguson, missouri. John belmar is the police chief of st. Louis county. Thank you for being here. Chief, i want to start with you. The official story of what happened to this young man and why he wound up shot by a Police Officer is not clear. Can you tell us from the polices point of view what happened that night . Well, we know, in fact, it was the afternoon on saturday. The officer had an encounter with two in