The number of people who have died from covid i9 in the United States has now officially exceeded 100,000. The actual numbers are likely to be higher than that, but it is clear that in the past three months, more americans have died from infection than during the korean war, the vietnam war and the conflict in iraq combined. But the number of new cases has slowed and more states are lifting their lockdowns, to ease the economic impact. 0ur north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, reports from washington. Happy birthday to you. Friends and relatives of more than 100,000 people in america can nowjust cling to the memories of happier times before the coronavirus. My father was a really caring person. He just wanted to help people and he was really outgoing. He thought he was really funny. Doug was one of the first confirmed deaths back on the first of march. As somebody who lost someone so close to them and was someone obviously very, very dear to you so early on, when you saw the way
Been a long year. Kristin it certainly feels that way. Its good to be with you, leland, on this historical day. Im Kristin Fisher and were going to be having Team Coverage on this. We have Mark Meredith at the white house and we begin with Lucas Tomlinson at Lafayette Square which is right outside the white house. Lucas. Good afternoon, kristin. Thousands of Peaceful Protesters have descended on Lafayette Square. Its peaceful, different from earlier this week when this burned. I asked her if she wants her Police Department to be defunded. We support our Police Department. We work hard every day to make sure we have the type of police and Community Relationships that will allow us to have safe neighborhoods. Yesterday, mayor unveiled a new sign, and ordered the words black lives matters painted on with the same yellow paint that covered the streets. It covers two city blocks and its not coming off anytime soon. The special soldiers forces from Utah National guard were evicted from their
Hello to you. The number of people who have died from covid 19 in the United States has now officially exceeded 100,000. The actual numbers are likely to be higher than that, but it is clear that in the past three months more americans have died from infection than during the korean war, the vietnam war and the conflict in iraq combined. But the number of new cases has slowed and more states are lifting their lockdowns to ease the economic impact. 0ur north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, reports from washington. Happy birthday to you. Friends and relatives of more than 100,000 people in america can nowjust cling to the memories of happier times before the coronavirus. My father was a really caring person. And he just wanted to help people and he was really outgoing. He thought he was really funny. Doug was one of the first confirmed deaths back on the first of march. As somebody who lost someone so close to them and was someone obviously very, very dear to you so early on, when
Vossoughian. The Racial Injustice is set to continue for the third week. Protesters hit the streets from coast to coast and abroad. New york city lifted its curfew early yesterday morning, a day earlier than planned after several days of peaceful protests there, and thousands gathered in washington, d. C. , on saturday to protest the death of george floyd. And the president s threat to use the military to respond to the mostly peaceful protests, yesterday colin powell became the fourth former chairman to condemn the president s response. We have a constitution and we have to follow it and the president has drifted away from it. Remember, ive been out of the military for 25 years, and so im watching them closely. They were all Junior Officers when i left. Im proud of what theyre doing. Im proud of their ability to speak honestly and speak truth to those not speaking truth. Yesterday the president said he ordered the National Guard to begin withdrawing from the capitol, warning, they can
Defendants and witnesses in a series of trials concerning $250 million of "misused" federal child nutrition funds have implicated a far-reaching network of organizations and individuals across Minnesota. Prosecutors have so far painted a complex web of