City had to free a woman trapped in her car by rushing floodwaters. They say that was just one of dozens of rescue calls they answered during a relentless rainstorm. Forecasters say the storm that sparked all that flooding is moving away from kansas city toward the great lakes. Now to social distancing rules changing, as much of the country slowly reopens. Gmas Michael Strahan had a few questions for dr. Jen ashton about staying safe this summer. You know everybodys eager to get out and enjoy the summer weather. How does being indoors versus outdoors impact the spread of the virus . According to a top epidemiologist from ohio state university, think of four elements. Time, space, people, and place. And let me show you what i mean. If you look at just the dynamics of a sneeze, indoors, under experimental conditions, you can see these particles have been found to travel up to at least 26 feet. Then if you take a situation indoors, based on a real case report from china, like a restaurant
Thank you for joining us on this friday morning. Lets get right to that breaking news, the most violent night of protests so far in minneapolis. Anger over the death of george floyd boiling over as protesters gained access to a Police Station overnight setting fire to the building just hours after prosecutors said they are not ready to announce whether charges will be filed in connection with floyds death. 500 soldiers with the Minnesota National guard have now been activated to respond to the growing violence. At least 170 businesses have been damaged so far. This is video of a liquor store on fire. The fire chief saying, quote, we will aggressively fight these fires, but well retreat if its not safe. Demands for an arrest in the case have grown since video showed floyd moments before his death handcuffed with a Police Officers knee on his neck. This morning were learning more about previous complaints against that officer as protests spread to cities far beyond minneapolis. Overnight
Lead prosecutor of mr. Floyd i asked for time to thoroughly review all the evidence of the case and we looked at cases and the evidence available in the investigation is ongoing at this time. I also said that i know its asking a lot of people to give us time, particular people who have suffered for decades and centuries of injustice to be patient and yet we to get the time in together a very strong experienced team of which included county attorney Mike Freedman, his team and my team, we reviewed the evidence with the b. C. A. And we have something to announce today. Before i announce it, i want to say thank you for the patience of the people they have shown me and our entire team in pursuit of justice and i am here to make these announcements right now. First, today i filed an amended complaint in the chargers former Minneapolis Police officer tran1 with murder in the Second Degree for the death of george floyd, i believe the evidence available to us supports a stronger charge of seco
We need justice. We need systemic change. First, we need to save our city. President trump weighs in. We have our military willing and ready and able. My guest is keith ellison. Atlanta mayor, washington, d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and florida congresswoman val demming. Its put more than 40 million out of work as much of the country is trying to return to some form of normalcy often ignoring social distancing. You see no fear. We are embracing it. Prompting fears of a second wave. Every community is one wild weekend from falling off the cliff. Joining me is msnbc anchor joshua johnson. Maria teresa kumar and pat mccrory of north. Welcome to sunday. A special edition of meet the press. Good sunday morning. America is waking up to two crisis. One is so new its called the novel coronavirus. The second institutional racism is with us for some 400 years. Overnight protests in dozens of cities across this country. Anger erupting over Police Brutality over africanamericans. Most demonstrations
Arrested for mr. Floyds death. First of all, thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the press. Myself and my friend mike freeman want to share information with you. I want to begin with a reminder. That is, we are here today because george floyd is not here. He should be here. He should be alive, but he is not. About nine days ago, the world watched floyd utter his very last words, i cant breathe. He pled for his life. The world heard him call out for mama and cried out, dont kill me. Two days ago, when i became the lead prosecutor in this murder, i asked for time to thoroughly review all the evidence in the case. We looked at the evidence that is available and the investigation is ongoing at this time. I also said that i know what is i know it is asking a lot of people to give us time, particularly people who have suffered for decades and centuries of injustice, to be patient. We did get that time. Together, a very strong , experienced team which included the county attorney mike freeman,