Says they should be in jail for murder. Twitter takes action. The social media giant obscures the president s latenight tweet on minneapolis saying it violates rules on glorifying violence. How it raises the stakes in a free speech fight. And coronavirus job crisis. The pandemic puts more than 40 million americans out of work. What one hardhit city is doing now to get people back on the job. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. George Floyd George Floyd riots and violence across the country with people outraged over the death of george floyd. In minnesota, the stores all over the state have been looted. Businesses have been damaged, and cars torched. Protesters have set fire to a Minneapolis Police precinct. I have not seen black people this upset in 20 years. Longer. President trump signed an executive order that takes aim at the Legal Protections for social Media Companies. If twitter were not honorable, if youre going to have a guy like this be your judg
Figure, he was big brother. But i didnt see the little stuff. He was doing the best he can, and the mistakes he made. And i watched him, followed him, corrected myself as a grown man, as a teenager growing up. And, you know, learning from him how to be a man. Everything he told us, he was doing, but he was teaching us to be a man because he was in the world before us and he gave us great lessons. One thing about a man, responsibility, he would stand up for his family and friends, and hes great at that. And i want you guys to know he would stand up for any injustice anywhere. Whew. Can you all please say his name . George floyd. Plause im brandon williams. Im georges nephew. I call him perry. We happen to share the same middle name for some reason. My momma wanted to name all of us after some of ouri oincidentally, i ended up with george. Growing up, im a lot younger than him, but my grandmother raised me. I didnt have a father figure present in my life, so i grew up in the same house w
disgraced your own families when you did this. but you know what, i m going to pay for you and your families because at the end of the day this shouldn t have happened. this just shouldn t have happened. and we want justice for my son. justice for my son. justice for tyre. justice for tyre. justice for tyre. justice for tyre. justice for tyre. i just want to thank everybody again for coming. i don t have i have a lot of words that i want to say but they re just not coming out right. no, you re fine. and i still haven t had time to grieve yet. i m still dealing with the death of my son. this is this was not supposed to happen. my son was supposed to be with me today. i m always know that i ll be with him because he has a tattoo of my name on his arm. my son loved me to death and i loved him to death. and so this is very difficult for me. i m sorry if i m not articulating myself a little bit better. no, you re doing fine. [ applause ] but no mother,
well, good evening everyone, i m laura coats and this is cnn tonight. two additional members police officers have not been relieved of duty in the wake of the killing of tyre nichols. we are learning officer preston hemphill who, according to memphis police, quote, participated in the initial traffic stop and the use of a taser, unquote. and another officer who hasn t yet been named. while they both have been relieved of their duty. and three memphis fire department personnel have also been fired over the response to tyre nichols beating seen. and that is in addition, everyone, to five police officers who have already been not only relieved of their duties, as unfired. but also charged. the da saying, quote, this is an ongoing investigation. we are looking at all individuals involved in the events leading up to, during, and after the beating of tyre nichols. in a moment, we will do a deep dive into this case. the evidence and what it will take to actually prosecute this case.
Opener, your world in 90 seconds. The Navy Destroyer, the uss fitzgerald, was badly damaged in the collision with a merchant ship off the coast of japan. The search continues for seven missing sailors. Three sailors have been airlift off the ship. Among them the captain. What do you make of the president s tweet . Im hoping he will not cause a crisis, but the echoes of watergate are getting louder and louder every day. Air force one flew through the cloud of the investigation to miami. Effective immediately, i am canceling the last administrations completely onesided deal with cuba. The woman accused of encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide has been found guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter. Although we are very pleased with the verdict, in reality there are no winners here today. Crowds gather the in minnesota gathered in minnesota. The jury found the officer accused of shooting a black driver not guilty of manslaughter. What is it going to take . Im mad as hell now, yes, i am st