Were fired and 2 officers were hit last night kron fours Justine Waldman joins us live in the newsroom. Shes watching the developing story just seen. Louisville citywide curfew is now under and forsman and it will be in place throughout the weekend. Authorities are pleading for calm tonight while activists are vowing to fight on anchored over the decision not to charge the officers for killing Brianna Taylor. We have a look now at the protests that are happening right now you can see police in riot gear trying to block off the streets and a huge crowd there all marching. Some of them holding their arms up a lot of them holding signs. Theyve been chanting cries of no justice, no peace in cities around the country and even in the bay area have seen protests like this and people taking to the streets following the grand jurys decision. The investigation showed that officers were acting in selfdefense when they responded to the gunfire from taylors boyfriend. Now last night almost 130 peop
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. On the wiegand nomination. The question now occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 82, the nays are 14. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of thomas t. Cullen of virginia to be United States district judge for the Western District of virginia. Signed by 17 senators. The
To be clear, this wasnt a vote to pass the bill in the senate. It wasnt even a vote to limit debate on Police Reform. It was a vote on whether we could simply begin debate on Police Reform. Audio. To make additional changes. On our side senators scott South Carolina lead this effort for all of us, 46 of us joining you i hope the other several join in as well but thats just republicans and this is a bipartisan bill presumably not big enough to satisfy the other side but still bipartisan that they would not lead us move ahead and senator scott made clear when the bill was introduced on monday and was interested and willing to discuss changes leader mcconnell pledged the open amendment process even Speaker Pelosi noted for the opportunity to conference with senator Scott Justice act. But instead of letting our time on her legislative process work my colleagues sent a letter calling the justice act unsalvageable. Remember these are the same senators who insisted the senate consider a Polic
Freddie gray and so many others. The current protests weve seen throughout the nation and threat the world are a direct result of an incredible leap in technology. Where individual citizens and officers of themselves can recd interactions between Police Officers and members of the community in real time. Madam president , what these troubling interaction between the police and the citizens that are sworn to protect or serve, we saw that on video. Its not new but we now have the evidence. They just happen to be caught creating stronger legal evidence of misconduct and abuse. Today as our nation experiences yet another civil rights movement, this time during aem pandemic, i want to share with my colleagues and words of inspiration i often turn to in times of trouble. First is the constitution. We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, the first mention in the constitution. So let us think how we in the United States can help to establis
About a list of Evacuation Centers that have been set up for this fire. The Jewish Community center on ohka wrote in los gatos, the Morgan Hill Presbyterian Church in morgan hill and Socal High School on old san jose road. In the city of socal in the Santa Cruz County area. We have listed the Evacuation Centers and the areas impacted by this fire on our website. Head over to ktvu. Com for continuing coverage. We will check in with janine in a minute. Spirit firefighters are battling the sawmill fire burning east of cloverdale in sonoma county. Sky fox flew over the fire yesterday afternoon but didnt see smoke. The fire started near the geysers and burned 5000 acres near the geysers. It is now 45 contained. Last night, all the mandatory evacuation orders were listed were lifted but the cause of the fire is under investigation. I would certainly like to know what the weather and how it will effect the fire say. It will be hot today but much cooler starting tomorrow and maybe rain by sund