Range was expected, now were waiting to hear the reaction from various parties including from the floyd family themselves because Derek Chauvin did speak today. Well give you the details of that. First to Matt Finn In Minneapolis that has been chronicling the case from the beginning and how things are going now. Matt . Hi, neil. Right now peaceful in the streets. Theres a semi large crowd outside the courthouse. People were chanting black lives matter no protests or any riots in minneapolis that weve seen. Moments before, judge cahill handed Derek Chauvin a 22 1 2 year sentence. The judge said that he did not make his ruling on emotions or on public demand. He said instead he based it on the rule of law. Hes releasing a 22page memo that will explain how he arrived at his sentencing. The big question is whether Derek Chauvin was doing to speak. In fact, he did for the firstime since George Floyds death. He never gave an interview and did not speak during the time and he did not testify.
First, at this hour, Vice President Kamala Harris finally visiting the southern border. 93 days after she became the point person on the crisis. Her trip comes during a record surge in illegal crossings in the United States. Hello. Im john roberts in washington, this is america reports. Good to be back with you again today. Seems like we have a busy news day every day. Today is. Im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Vice president harris is on the ground in el paso. Thats where youll recall that we saw one of the most heart breaking videos from this Currents Iteration of the border crisis. You can see Border Patrol footage from april. Shows smugglers scaling a 14 foot fence and dropping two girls on the other side. The smugglers completely abandon the girls leaving them defenseless, alone in the desert outside el paso. John critics point out the epicenter of the border crisis is hundreds of miles away in rio grande. The white house says el paso was a perfect case study. The Vice Presi
Legislatures all over. So what do we know about this particular announcement and can you walk us through what georgias restrictions are that are being challenged . They have water for people in line, for how the voting operates, and im curious about whether or not they go after the punishments as mark said in the last hour. The sort of restrictions they have on county and state officials. They use this law to pun issue them for standing up for the States Election system. And it will be really telling here and how will they use this fight that is now in the courts . And it looks like this News Conference is going to start in just a moment. I want to bring in i apologize in advance if i have to interrupt to go to the Attorney General. What are you listening for today . What do you want to hear from the Attorney General e when he starts speaking . Im looking for bold, sweeping and an acknowledgment they understand this is unconstitutional. And i ham hoping that the doj response is equal i
Many people in san jose have questioned their effectiveness. I will comply. I have been doing this all year. It tonight make sense necessarily. Covid is around 24 hours a day. Lets give it a try. There is nothing wrong to make us all healthy. San jose police and other local Police Departments that responded back to us say they will focus on education. No arrests and no tickets. I wouldnt want to be too extreme with the enforcement but at the same time being too lackadaisical things are getting out of hand. Big house parties and parties in vacant buildings there should be citations and warnings surprisingly many Business Owners believe the curfew will result in more covid cases and not fewer. They say it will push people to go from outdoor regulated environments to indoor gathering. Between the hours of ten and 12 typically on a friday night we do 25 of the business for the night. Eric nelson runs two restaurants and he says the curfew will further harm businesses. I am worried about my
Changing life as we know it as the global toll now surpassed about 17000. 00 with more than 395000 total confirmed cases indias Prime Minister declared a 21. 00 day nationwide lockdown extending the restrictions to the entire country of 1400000000 people countries across europe are also looking to extend nationwide lockdowns are declining in italy for the 2nd day in a row offering a glimpse of hope italy had a world record death toll of about 793 on saturday that number declined to 601 on monday in spain things are worsening as the death toll jumped by 514 in just one day now according to data and nearly 14 percent of spains total reported cases are Health Workers but on a positive note Emergency Service workers gathered outside the hospital clinic in barcelona to join in cheers as Police Officers led a tribute for Health Care Workers as they issued a desperate plea for the public to stay home the u. K. s Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced rustic measures for the british people to