Deaths. Ill talk with a top harvard doctor who now says the u. S. Can expect another 100,000 deaths by september. The breaking news were following nascar just banning the display of Confederate Flags at all events. President trump is taking a very different approach tonight. Lets go to our White House Correspondent jeremy diamond. The president refusing to consider even changing the name of u. S. Military bases named after confederate commanders. Reporter thats right, wolf. Amid the National Reckoning on racism the army said earlier this week that defense secretary mark esper was open to having bipartisan conversations about changing names of bases named after confederate commanders. Today, though, the president is rejecting that out of hand, tweeting that those bases are part of a Great American heritage and announcing my administration will not even consider the renaming of those bases. While the president is weighing in on that issue we have not yet heard from him what types of poli
Making to you now, to the calls of our family and to the calls ringing out across the streets around the world. The Minneapolis Police chief said today he will withdraw from negotiations with that citys police union to conduct, quote, a thorough review of the contract with the police. As cnns sara siger now reports. Reporter history is being written now. Im determined to make sure that we are on the right side of history. Reporter Minneapolis Police chief Medaria Arradondo laying out a plan for his tarnised Police Department to move forward following the death of george floyd at the hands of now four former minneapolis officers. People are tired. They want action. Reporter without ever mentioning the four officers involved by name, the chief revealing two key measures of his plan to change the department, one, the immediate withdrawal of contract negotiations with the Minneapolis Police union until a thorough review of how the contract can be restructured to provide more Community Tran
Tonight, new reporting on tonight, Breaking News as we come on the air in the west. We have images as a man opens fire on a California Police station. A deputy shot in the face. And new reporting at this hour on the former police officer, derek chauvin, charged in the murder of george floyd. Prosecutors confirming chauvin was negotiating a guilty plea to local and federal charges, so, what changed . As George Floyds brother appears before congress today, his emotional plea, saying his brother did not deserve to die over 20. And what he said when asked if he believed his brothers killing was premeditated. Also tonight, as we come on the air, the urgent manhunt for a gunman who open fird on a Police Station. A deputy wounded, shot in the face. A second person found shot to death nearby. Investigators do believe the shootings are connected. Residents ordered to shelter in place. And what authorities have just
revealed tonight. After military leaders said the time has come to discuss chang