Very busy morning. I need to hand it off to Pamela Brown now, but pam, no shortage of news this week absolutely not, jim. And we just want to remind our viewers that were going to continue to cover the devastation from helene, jim in the media will cover stories and their complaints. We dont stay on it will work in a stay on it because there are a lot of people suffering right now as you have been reporting on in your show, in that suffering, sadly, its going to continue for weeks, for months as these small communities continue to rebuild after almost station. Absolutely. And its going to take a lot of time and a lot of resources from the federal government, State Government Theyve got to get on it. No question about it. They do. Im actually i had Governor Beshear of my Home State of kentucky on later in the show, were going to ask kim about it because as you know, in kentucky, my Home State, there has been devastating Storm Events that have caused a lot of damage and we tab it over th
Police. As police brace to enforce a curfew in louisville kentucky tonight. Thanks for joining us tonight at 5 im pam moore and im ken wayne and explosive announcement out of kentucky is a grand jury brought no charges against Louisville Police officers. For the killing of Brianna Taylor, the only charges brought by the grand jury were 3 counts of wanton endangerment those counts against fired officer Brett Hankison for shooting into taylors neighbors homes during the raid on her apartment again the counts do not address taylors killing on twitter then crop. A lawyer for taylors family called the decision quote outrageous and offensive riding that ex officer hanna says actions should have been ruled wanted murder. Heres a live. Look at protests happening right now in this is the scene. Near Jefferson Park which is right downtown surrounded by city and county government buildings, including courthouses the jail and city hall and the Police Headquarters just a block away you can see from
We continue our breaking News Coverage tonight as protesters have taken to the streets of louisville these are live pictures from the scene. This after a former Police Officer was indicted only on firstdegree wanton endangerment charges for his actions on the night that Brianna Taylor was killed by police in her apartment. These live pictures from downtown louisville. There is a curfew the supposed to take effect in less than a half hour. We have not seen a lot of activity a couple minutes ago these live pictures did show some people kind of running down the street going around a corner. We saw some officers with helmets and batons also moving down the street, some civilian vehicles kind of racing rather quickly down the street but we havent seen tear gas or rubber bullets. Chemical irritant said police say they are prepared to use and we havent seen any signs of the National Guard which has also been called into action the Downtown District in louisville, kentucky started boarding up
11 30 eastern this morning. That vote series will include the first test for the latest republican Coronavirus Relief bill 60 votes will be needed to advance the measure. Live to the u. S. Floor of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will ms. Smith open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, who sits on a lofty throne, we acknowledge your sovereignty over our nation and world. Keep us from becoming so desensitized to falsehood that we abort your plan for our lives. Lord, we are unworthy to approach your throne, for we are merely sinners, saved by your loving grace. Remove our guilt and forgive our sins. May we respond to your forgiveness by obeying your command for us to pray for our nation. Lord, use our senators today as messengers of truth, unity, and peace. Inspire them to stand for right, regardless of the consequences. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join m
Today cleanup efforts are underway after things turned violent sunday night with tensions flaring up between protesters and police and stores being looted in many of those major cities including right here in washington d. C. From zach is live outside of the white house for us the protesters so fair whats it looking like. A woman all im actually standing in the middle of all these protesters about 20 minutes ago protests were just right actually at the friends here where they met face to face with actually Police Officers they met with u. S. Park police they met with d. C. Metro police along with the National Guard now this is why President Trump is calling on state and local leaders to get tougher on protesters unloading on governors just an hour ago calling them weak now as for d. C. A curfew was put in place from washington d. C. For tonight at 7 pm but last night the curfew was actually at 11 pm now i want to know you that we want to apologize if you already upset absurdities becau