Panther angela davis. Everywhere you turn 15th street is covered in that black lives matter mural. So everywhere you go, not just that community, but businesses that have been boarded up, essentially black lives matter art murals everywhere you go. For now, well send it right back to you guys. All right. Melissa, the soul of oakland is shining bright tonight. Thank you. In the past 15 days since floyd died, millions of people are making changes in how they act and how they govern. Today those calls to action were front and center in houston. The service was inviteonly but streamed live worldwide. Lets bring in Nbcs Jay Gray who joins us in houston on this memorable evening. Jay, we watched it on tv, but you were there. What stood out to you . Reporter yeah. Raj, powerful, emotional here today. We had tears and laughter. We had prayers inside the church here. George floyds family joining a grieving nation to say one final goodbye. Tonight george floyd is finally home. Time for us to cel
Im laura jarrett. Its wednesday, july 22nd, 5 00 a. M. Here iran new york and u. S. Hit 1,000 deaths on tuesday but any white house plan to slow the pandemic was completely missing as the president resumed his coronavirus briefings. No doctors up either just trump claiming the virus will eventually suddenly disappear and stating the obvious. Some areas of our country are doing very well. Others are doing less well. It will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better. Something i dont like saying about things but thats the way it is. Its what we have. Its now july and the president for the first time embraced wearing a mask for other people. He wasnt wearing one just like monday when he shared a photo of himself in a mask and then went to a republican event at his hotel without a mask. What comes next . We are in the process of developing a strategy thats going to be very, very powerful. We develop as we go along. So 142,000 americans are dead from a pandemic thats been rag
Life saving shots to other hospital staff. Cnns locorrespondent has more where this country stands. Im santa claus. He is definitely an essential worker. He keeps the joy and keeps everybodys spirits up. Reporter its a christmas like no other. You ready to open presents . Reporter Holiday Cheer dampened by the coronavirus pandemic. On wednesday, the nation reporting more than 228,000 new covid19 cases. The death toll surpassing 3,300. Cases on the rise across six states, the number in california alone surpassing 2 million. Deaths also on the rise in 18 states. Right now, covid19 is the single leading cause of death in the United States on a daily basis. Thats how tragic this is. Reporter a preventable tragedy. More lives would be saved in january if every state did a mask mandate, than will be saved by vaccine in january. Reporter there are more dark days ahead. The university of washingtons influential coronavirus model projects more than 500,000 americans will die of covid19 by april