Whats being done about it. Reporter right now at san quinten, they are testing prisoners and getting immediate results in realtime. Thats why the governor gave a specific number today at noon and within a few hours, there were more cases. So they are constantly updating those numbers. We are finding out more about that 71yearold death row inmate who was found dead in his cell last wednesday. According to the marin county coroners office, the examination of the body showed he tested positive for covid19. The baseball field at san quinten has been turned into a triage because of the covid19 outbreak. Since the governor spoke this morning, the number of inmate cases has gone up by 19, to 1,030. Whats concerning is how quickly that number increased. 987 new cases in the past 14 days alone. We have formalized strategies and plans, including the protect of suiting seton hospital if we have to transfer many, many patients. Reporter several months ago, 3500 lowlevel offenders throughout the pr
Jed, todd, how are you doing . Jedediah fourth of july. Heard a lot of noise, were doing good today. Good to see you, todd . Todd great to be here. Talking about fireworks well have a lot more, it was like never before here in washington. Well talk about it more. First a fox news alert overnight. Violent protests, shootings erupting across the country just after President Trumps july 4th street. Ashley strohmier joins us about the nationwide chaos. Reporter good morning, griff. After President Trumps message, violence rocked the nation. Tumbling a Christopher Columbus statue in baltimore. [shouting] they pulled it down with ropes before doing this. [cheering] toppling the monument into the city heart for. Demonstrators burned the American Flag. Shouting america was never great. That was burned in the area known as black lives matter plaza. Portland police declaring a riot, marking 38 Straight Days of unrest in the city as rioters burned American Flags. In South Carolina gunfire erupted
And also breaking this hour the attorney general bill barr, hes out, gone. Resigned. The president announced it of course via twitter, of course. A few more weeks of that. Lets go out front. And good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, president elect joe biden about to address the nation. It comes just as the Electoral College reaffirmed his victory. Cnn learning the president elect will directly confront the assault on democracy that americans have witnessed in the days since the election. According to one excerpt of what we will hear momentarily from the president elect in this battle for the soul of america democracy prevailed and so now it is time to turn the page, to unite, to heal. Bidens speech comes as electors in hawaii this hour about to cast their ballots for president hawaii is now the last state in the entire country to vote. All four votes expected to go to joe biden. And then you will have the formal and final total, 306 total electoral votes for president elect
kneeled on floyd s neck. tao said he was watching the bystanders and thought the other officers were caring for floyd. they have pleaded not guilty. and to this. britney spears set to reveal her side of the story in a tell-all memoir. landing a huge book deal after her conservatorship saga has ended. we have all the details. chloe, good morning. this is apparently one of the biggest book deals of all time? reporter: yes. so reportedly it s $15 million. so cnn has confirmed that that is around the area of the ballpark of what simon and shuster paid. it was said to be a bidding war. i spoke to a source close to britney that said there were multiple publishing companies after her to get her to tell her side of the story with them. this is her first ever memoir.
bryan targeted him because he was black and saw him as subhuman. they denied that race motivated the killing. ahmaud arbery s family remains confident the case will go their way. i think that the doj, they presented their case very well. i think that like i shared on friday, that they did a very good job with presenting the evidence and we have a very good chance of getting a guilty verdict on all counts. she hopes to have a guilty verdict by wednesday, tomorrow, which marks two years since her son was killed. all right. today closing arguments set to begin in the federal civil rights trial of three former officers involved in george floyd s death. thomas lane, tu tao and jay alexander king have all testified in their own defense about what happened on may 25th, 2020, while derek chauvin neiled