Childrens hospital cat after the ports explosion in that. And stranded with nowhere to go al the coronavirus and then make you stop the hundreds of nicaraguans from returning home. Welcome to the program out top story tens of thousands of people have rallied in the battle russian capital minsk for 6 nights of protests over last weeks disputed president ial elections despite a ruthless crackdown in which heavily armed police were deployed against Peaceful Protesters and thousands were arrested president Alexander Lukashenko has refused to open dialogue with the opposition to this atlanta taken off sky she is calling for more protests this weekend set boston has more from minsk. Was. Was slowly but surely thats islam in scottie king over the citys main streets after days of Police Violence as demonstrators were beaten detained and chased away protesters came out in large numbers friday they were joined by workers from a state owned tractor factory throughout the country thousands of work
The world is now watching as minnesota leaders are calling for peace. We are waiting for two News Conferences, one from the president of the United States who is expected to make comments after posting divisive tweets about the unrest. The other, from the county attorney, essentially the prosecutor in minneapolis. Well bring them to you as soon as they begin. First lets go to nbcs gray j jay gray who is on the ground there. Reporter a promise of justice in the Police Killing of george floyd and a plea for peace from the governor of minnesota. Help us use humane ways to get the streets to a place where we can restore justice. Reporter after another night of chaos across minneapolis, fires raging out of control. Nddd flames, some overrun by looters. The president calling the protesters thugs in a post on twitter and suggesting the federal military could assume control with a warning that when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Police now line parts of the city left in ruins. Oh, my
It is still slow, the pass has slowing on 580 at 238. This is normal traffic. Lets go to the bay bridge and show you that. You can see traffic there is looking good coming into San Francisco, using that bridge there are no major delays. Interstate 880 continues to look good in both directions. He had mentioned to the east bay, we have slowing onto 85 as steve had mentioned, not for any particular reason, just a lot of people show up at that location. Lets go back to the headlines. A bay area county takes the next big step for reopening, napa county has been approved to move into the second part of phase 2 of the governors roadmap to recovery. You have the details, good morning, sara. Reporter good morning, dave, napa county is ahead of bay area counties in moving towards the second part of phase 2. The county is now officially in the second part of phase 2, effective immediately. What does that mean . Restaurants will open for dine in service, you will be able to shop at nonessential s
Over 180,000 americans gave their lives in the european theater during world war ii. And i want to take just a moment to honor their service and their sacrifice. Thank you to all of our veterans. You are truly, truly our heroes. Now, as i move to my next subject, i want to begin by saying this. Look, our rank and file men and women at the f. B. I. Are heroes in their own right. They protect this country from domestic crime, and we thank them for their service. They work hard and once again, we owe them a debt of gratitude. But that is separate and apart from what i am about to address right now. The f. B. I. Exists to investigate crimes, but in the case of Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, it appears they might have existed to manufacture one. As the motion filed by the department of justice yesterday explained, the f. B. I. Set out to interview general Michael Flynn when they had no predicate for any investigation of any crime. Over the past week, we learned from a handwritten note th
I also have the pleasure of serving as cochair of the Museums Committee and my husband and i have had a long and extremely meaningful relationship with the institution and museum which honors the victims of the holocaust and stands as a stark reminder to the importance and lessons of the holocaust and the relevance of those lessons to issues in conflict in todays world. The museum has also found compelling ways to engage many audiences, one that people would never expect, from every background, religious and political persuasion. While the engagement is grounded if holocaust history it serves as a powerful spring board to reflect on contemporary issues, especially genocide. It is a stark reminder that the notion of task is never ending at a time when hatred and systemetism is clear across the world and in the United States we must all stand up. When a time when soshl and rapid changing world magnified that hate the lessons of the holocaust are more challenging then ever and the museums