During which he was shot and ultimately killed. The chief of police said today that he believes the Police Officer accidentally discharged her gun meaning instead to fire her taser. Last Night Hundreds of people protested wrights death in minneapolis, some threw projectiles at police and one who was injured. The Minnesota National guard has been deployed. Additionally this afternoon President Biden is calling for calm saying theres no justification for violence. And also in georgia overnight three Police Officers were shot when a driver and a passenger began shooting them during a car chase. The officers survived thankfully, but one of the suspects in the car is dead. Our correspondents are covering all these stories. Let start in minnesota where the 20yearold was shot and killed. Today the chief in police in Brooklyn Center released this Body Cam Footage and said he believes this was an accidental discharge, that the officer meant to fire her taser. Before we play this video we have t
Prince harry flanked by the duke and duchess of sussex. They look comfortable, harry and william breaking away together In The Name Of Prince Philip in death hes brought the family together. Im pamela brown in washington. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and Around The World. You are in the cnn newsroom. Police officials in two American Cities right now, minneapolis and chicago, are closely watching for a repeat of friday night. That was when angry protesters marched and rallied and clashed with police. They have been reacting to a pair of fatal officerinvolved shootings and demanding justice. This is happening right now right outside of minneapolis, protesters demanding Murder Charges for the now former Police Officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright last weekend. Kim potter has been charged with Second Degree manslaughter. More deadly gun violence today in nebraska. Police say someone opened fire inside a Shopping Mall in omaha. One man died at the hospital, one other per
Statements from ken shanall and ken frazier of merck asking people to sign statements opposing restrictive voting laws. The outcome was a twopage ad that ran wednesday in the New York Post and apple and facebook and ibm, lyft, paypal, peloton, target are among those who signed. Warren buffett signed individually and so is did samuel j. Jackson and amy schumer. A slew of wellknown law firms also lent their support. There were major interests that didnt sign, walmart, j. P. Morgan chase and cocacola among them. A letter was sent to the ceos the company is not in the business of Business Applications and two weeks ago, Senate Minority leader Mitchell Mcconnell said corporations should not be intimidated by the left and should stay out of politics. He noted his comments did not apply to political contributions. Others have questioned whether the ceos have read the georgia bill. In similar fashion i asked those critical of Corporate Community have read the ad. The times reported that some p
Empty chairs is a bit of an impact over one key issue within the giant bill, and that is unemployment insurance. Democrat joe manchin holding out on alternative proposal. We have more on that coming up tonight. Meanwhile, republican senators have been trying to do some other things that show how narrow their options are. Minor delay tactics. They havent found a clear message against the whole bill, and some of the numbers may show why. Donald trump never passed 49 approval in his entire time in office, but bidens overall Approval Rating has now surged to 60 . Thats 11 points higher than trump ever got in his whole presidency. And bidens approval for handling covid19 is up to 70 , and that includes almost half of republicans, 44 of them. And then there is the most striking number of all, and this may explain why so much of what youre seeing tonight has an inevitable conclusion. Its at 76 of americans back the covid bill, including 59 of republicans. In that sense, biden has been Corneri
this is the biden american rescue plan. it will be followed by the american recovery plan. this is bipartisan legislation. it may not satisfy the partisans on both sides of the capitol. we could have had a bill that was, you know, a fraction of the cost of this one. it could have gotten bipartisan approval and support. it s not focused on covid relief. it s focus zblienktda. people recognize that speaker pelosi s socialist agenda is bad for america. as a great man once said, and so it goes. the bill headed to final passage, the white house was announcing an increase in the number of vaccines shipped out. 600,000 additional doses from both pfizer and moderna being sent to states this week. the white house also says the seven-day average now for shots administered is over 2 million a day. there was a development on another front as well. the fbi released new video that shows that suspect planting pipe bombs that were found at the republican national committee and the