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miles from where the trial of derek chauvin was taking place. police say in an attempt to make an arrest, a veteran officer pulled out her gun instead of her taser and fired it, killing wright. at least two other african-americans died in police shootings this week, one in north carolina, another, a teenage girl in ohio. at the funeral today, members of daunte wright s family, reverend al sharpton, minnesota senator amy klobuchar will speak. cnn s adrienne broaddus is there outside of that church of we know that s just a short list of elected officials who are there. tell us about what is happening today and how they will remember this young man. reporter: friends and family are remembering daunte wright as someone who had a big smile, a smile that was brighter than the sun, that shines here today. inside right now there s a visual artist painting a picture of daunte. it s a black and white photo, and he just completed that painting, but while he was painting, there ....
meanwhile, as is so often the case when you live through these stories or you cover them or you keep an eye on them, there are so many reminders of the devastation of the stakes. daunte wright was laid to rest today. mourners gathering in minneapolis, including in a grim overlap members of george floyd s family. wright was killed during a traffic stop just ten days ago. i don t know about you. but a lot has been happening. i can t decide whether that feels like it was longer or shorter. the officer had said she thought her gun was a taser. she has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. what i want you to hear tonight reverend al storpton who is also our colleague delivering this eulogy for wright. you thought he was just some kid with air freshener. he was a prince and all of minneapolis has stopped today to honor the prince of brooklyn center. one said, well, they said they saw some air fresheners in the back of his car. we come today as the air fresheners f ....
all right that will do it for us for now, see you again tomorrow night. now it s time for the last word lawrence o donnell. good evening rachel. we don t know exactly what kind of news environment we will be into, nights that we are going to be covering live and this historic speech by the president tomorrow night but we will have to handle both tomorrow night, that s for sure. exactly. exactly. thanks lawrence. thank you rachel. over one hour away from tonight s curfew in brooklyn center minnesota, last night protesters on the streets there for hours after the 7 pm curfew. they are already on the streets tonight. 40 people were arrested last night. tonight, 2000 national guard troops are in brooklyn center minnesota supporting the small brooklyn center police department, which now has only 47 members after the police chief resigned today and officer kim potter submitted her resignation today two days after she fired one bullet into the chest of 20 year old dante wr ....
nearly 80,000 new cases of coronavirus in the past 2a hours, and has been registering record numbers of deaths this week. the country is battling a more contagious variant which is taking a heavy toll on young people. freya cole reports. the start of another hectic day for intensive care workers in sao paulo. the ward is full of covid 19 patients, relying on ventilators and constant monitoring so they can stay alive. for the head of intensive care, the biggest concern now is a sharp rise of younger people being admitted in a serious condition. translation: today we face | the prospect that the situation will get worse because the patients we are witnessing have a slightly different profile than before. we are seeing more younger patients with very serious conditions and no underlying health issues. covid i9 has left a trail of death across brazil. a local variant is highly contagious. in the last 21 hours almost 3000 people died, the second highest daily death toll sinc ....
this is bbc news the headlines. and children under the age of two will not be included in visitor numbers. it is so important for theirfamily important for their family members. the government says the changes can go ahead because of a drop in community infection rates as well as the extensive vaccine roll out. in line with existing rules, visitors must provide a negative test result and wear ppe. the enforced family separations have been agonising for so many. for care homes, it remains a delicate balance between protecting residents and opening up to family visits. the government s full guidance will be published next week. daniela relph, bbc news. now on bbc news: the travel show. coming up on this week s show: we are gonna go into freefall. i can do this. here we go. i can t believe this guy is actually trusting me to cut his hair. grab the tail, oh and we re away! this is one of the craziest things i ve done in my entire life. hello and welcome to this week s tr ....