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welcome to our viewers joining us from here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" live from atlanta. i'm natalie allen. ahead this hour body cam video leads up to the moments of another shooting of another african-american man, rayshard brooks here in atlanta. comes against the backdrop of 20 straight days of nationwide protests of police brutality and racism. all of this amid a global pandemic. analyses of these two crises in
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rayshard brooks was shot and killed. many protesting, many setting up a make shift memorial. what is captured on the camera paints a complex picture. brooks at different points joking with police officers, engaging in polite conversation but in one fell swoop everything changes. we should warn you some of this video is graphic and difficult to watch. responding to a call from a wendy's in south atlanta friday night, officer devon broznin approaches rayshard brook's car. >> my man. hey, my man. hey. hey, man, you're parked in a line here. hey. sir. what's up, man. hey, you're parked in the drive
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through right now. hey, sir. you all right? >> reporter: asleep in the drive through lane, police body cam shows the 27-year-old does not respond right away. >> are you tired? all right, man. i'll move my car. pull up. all right. all right. you good? >> yeah. >> all right. >> brooks eventually wakes up and agrees to move his car before he appears to fall asleep again. >> my man, you can't go back to sleep. you have to move your car. you went back to sleep. >> brooks moves to a nearby parking spot where broznin asks, how much have you had to drink tonight? not much? how much is not much? you say one drink, what kind of drink was it. any drugs today? >> i don't do drugs. >> brooks struggles to find his license and tries to step out of the car. >> i'm going to get out.
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>> no, just stay in the car. you'll be all right. >> reporter: broznin radios for another officer to conduct a dui test. >> pretty out of it. >> reporter: when officer garrett rolf arrives, he denies ever being asleep. >> the reason we're here somebody called 911 because you were asleep at the wheel while you were at the drive through, right. do you recall that? >> i don't. i don't. >> you don't recall just minutes ago where you were passed out in the drive through? >> un-uh. >> he agrees to a breathalyzer. >> i know, you just -- >> when rolf tries to handcuff brooks he resists. >> hey, hey, stop. >> witness video shows broznin readying his taser. brooks grabs it out of his hand. breaking free brooks punches
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rolf who fires his stun gun and here's the moment the altercation becomes deadly. we slow this down for you. you can see rolf chasing brooks, each man now carrying a taser. watch as rolf moves his advertiser and reaches towards his handgun. that's when brooks turns and fires the taser and rolf shoots firing three times at brooks as he fleas. bystanders almost immediately begin cursing and shouting at the officers. >> both of your careers are definitely done because you just shot a man for no reason. >> a few minutes after he shot officers rolf and broznin provide medical treatment. a short time later brooks is rushed by ambulance to a nearby hospital where he's later pronounced dead. officer rolf who opened fire has been terminated.
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officer breznin who first responded to the scene has been placed on duty and erica shields, the chief of police in atlanta resigned over the weekend. of course, there is an ongoing investigation potentially with charges coming this week. boris sanchez, cnn, in atlanta. as the u.s. grapples with racism and police violence, the mayor of atlanta says america will get through this but more needs to be done. she tells cnn there is a bigger conversation this country needs to have. >> this has been hard, and it has really been difficult for me to put aside my own anger and sadness during this time and really be able to articulate what our communities need to hear because the reality is what can you say? i've watched the body cam video. i watched it for 30 minutes. i watched the interaction with
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mr. brooks and it broke my heart. when he talked about his daughter's birthday party that he was planning for. people are looking to us to lead, but when these things continue to happen over and over again, we're asking ourselves the same questions. how do we lead during this time? >> the district attorney here in fulton county, georgia, says the decision whether to bring charges forayshard brooks will happen by wednesday. here's what he told cnn's fredricka whitfield. >> one good thing about video, fredricka, because in the video we actually get a chance to hear the officers first statement after the shooting took place, and what the officer said is not that his life was saved, what
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his statement was, i got him. >> here's what the brooks family attorney told cnn's ana cabrera about the officer's statement. >> that was a very disturbing to myself, my partner chris and to mika, his widow, very disturbing. >> joining me now from los angeles is retired los angeles police sargeant cheryl dorsey. she is also the author of "black and blue." sergeant dorsey, thanks for coming on. >> thank you for having me. >> first question for you, the district attorney said he will decide this week whether charges are filed in the death of rayshard brooks. what are the questions the da will be looking to answer. >> probable cause is a very low threshold. he's telegraphed he's there. this was an unjustified shooting.
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mr. brooks was compliant. he was polite in the beginning and what ultimately happened is inherent to police work. when you tell someone they're about to go to jail or when you make a move to put a handcuff on someone, it's not uncommon for someone to run. so these officers dropped the ball. they should have anticipated this. they spent 20 minutes with mr. brooks and as i'm watching and listening, the more i hear, the more problematic it is. you have someone who's asleep behind the wheel of the car and you wake them up and you tell them to drive some distance away and park it. what if he had driven and been involved in a traffic collision and killed someone? those officers would be liable. >> right. they asked him to go park the car there from the drive through. well, i want to ask you, when a person you are trying to arrest as they were attempting to do takes off running, he did strike the officer, he had his taser gun, but how are officers
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trained vis-a-vis using deadly force when someone is running away from them? >> you can only use that force reasonable to overcome resistance. you can't use deadly force because you can't catch someone physically and so we know, we see now, we hear the officer fire his taser and it was ineffective. this is a veteran officer. he should have known quite possibly if his taser was in effective, then the one with mr. brooks was going to be ineffective. this was about punishing mr. brooks because after all he did take his taser. now we've heard the officer in his own words, he took my f'ing taser. then he did a little victory lap by saying, i got him. this was punishment. it was unnecessary. >> and mr. brooks also offered to walk home. he said his sister lived nearby.
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could that have been an option they would consider or no? >> not an option i would have considered if you believe he's under the influence. now he's in your care and custody. you have an affirmative responsibility to make sure that person gets somewhere safely. if that somewhere if you don't want to make an arrest, if you don't want to arrest him, then take him to the police station and call a family member to come and pick him up, but you can't leave him on the street. you can't allow him to drive away because by their own admission, he was under the influence. again, city liability. if he gets involved in a traffic collision and hurts someone or himself, the officers are liable and they knew that and they allowed him to continue on behind the wheel. >> as this country grapples with how to restructure the police department, sargeant dorsey, do you feel that serving in the lapd officers wouldn't want some of their duties to respond to
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everything and anything reduced? >> there are certain things that officers respond to that some are not equipped and don't feel comfortable handling, but that's part of the job as well. when we become police officers you understand that part of what we do is keeping the peace, part of what we do is resolving conflict, it's counseling. we respond to domestic disputes where folks are not getting along, neighbor disputes. we're there to keep the peace, we're there to counsel, give advice. if that's not what you want to do, then you're probably in the wrong profession. you have to do it based on your training and a little common accepts and good judgment. >> right. and i think it's what's been troubling for so many people, but this particular story is that it started out just as someone falling asleep in a drive through at a fast food joint, you know, and we saw george floyd die because he allegedly passed a $20
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counterfeit bill. that hurts. >> listen, what if mr. brooks was having a medical emergency. it's almost as if police officers when they're dealing with black folks don't think that maybe we could be suffering from some kind of a medical emergency. this is not the first time a black man had fallen asleep at a drive through. willie mccoy, vallejo, california, shot and killed. officers didn't take into consideration that maybe this wasn't someone who was under the influence of drugs or someone who had been drinking. maybe they were having a medical emergency because we get sick, too. >> we appreciate your expertise and your insight. thank you so much sargeant cheryl dorsey. thank you. >> thank you. protesters in seattle, washington, continue to hold a six block area around an abandoned police precinct. they're calling it an autonomous zone where artists and performers are now calling the shots but as cnn's dan simon
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explains, police eventually want back in. >> reporter: it is a beautiful and sunny afternoon here in seattle. that has pushed the crowds to a level that i don't think we have seen since this occupation began. you can see all the people down there. it is like this festival setting where you have barbecues, live music, different speakers on the stage. behind me you can see some native americans. they've been doing a drum ceremony. you see the tepee there. the center piece of this occupation is the police precinct behind me. when officers vacated the precinct earlier last week, it did have the desired effect. it did de-escalate the tension between the protesters and police. the question is when might officers get back. >> i wish i had the answer to how long it might last. i can tell you that we want to move it forward as quickly and efficiently as possible, but my concern as a police chief,
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besides that i want to be back in our precinct doing the work, we don't want anyone there to be harmed. we don't want this to be something that deinvolves into a force situation. so we're really trying to take a methodical, practical approach to reach a resolution where everyone gets out of here safely. >> reporter: the chief has a valid concern. she says because officers are not in that station it is taking triple the amount of time to respond to calls in this area. she would like to get her officers back in that station as soon as possible. right now there seems to be no plan or strategy for that to happen. dan simon, cnn, seattle. we'll have more on other u.s. states protesting later this hour, but after a quick break, new details on why some u.s. states are seeing another spike in coronavirus cases. are you sick and tired of lookingand feeling heavy? probioslim promotes healthy digestion and helps you lose weight. patented probiotics ease constipation, gas, and bloating,
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people have tested positive for the virus, most linked to a market in the chinese capital which has been closed. beijing had gone nearly two months without reporting a single local infection. let's bring in cnn senior producer steven jay. he joins us live from beijing. this is obviously a setback, steven. the government must be extremely concerned with this resurgence. >> reporter: that's right, natalie. as you mentioned, the capitol had seen no new cases for two months until last thursday. since then almost all of the newly emerged cases are linked to the wholesale food market which housed thousands of vendors and saw huge crowds daily. on sunday alone they tested more than 76,000 people and this process is ongoing as we speak.
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they have not only shut down the market, they sealed it off and the surrounding area. they're also placing a growing number of cases with cases under strict lockdown, we're seeing the obsessive health checks and screening people making a strong come back after things have been easing up. some students who just returned to school are now being told they have the option of studying from home again. this shows how seriously concerned the authorities are. >> we know that the genesis of the coronavirus was the wild edible market in wuhan. what do we know about this market they have closed in beijing? >> reporter: that's right. this is a wholesale food market that sells everything from vegetables, meat and seafood but it is the biggest of its kind in the country.
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it used to supply 70% of the city's vegetables and 10% of the pork. when it got shut done saturday caused quite a bit of concern among the population. there has been initial panic buying online. the government has reassured the public saying they will ensure the nondisruption of food supply in the county they took samples from chopping boards. that has caused restaurants and food markets to pull the fish off their menus. they're not sure how the surface got contaminated. they're vowing to strengthen infections of all cargo shipments. >> troubling setback there in beijing. steven jhang, thank you. the united states is seeing another spike of coronavirus
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cases sweeping across several states as more states reopen, and summer has people swarming, of course, to vacation spots like the beach. florida reported more than 2500 new positive cases on saturday. that's according to johns hopkins university. new york which has been the epicenter looks to have made a dramatic turn around. >> we've done it. we have tamed the beast. we are now 180 degrees on the other side. >> but governor cuomo warned there if people violate the policy, then there's the, quote, very real possibility that reopening would be rolled back. dr. anthony fauci, a member of the white house coronavirus task force told british new hampshire "the telegraph" i would hope to get to some degree of real
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normality within a year or so, but i don't think it's this winter or this fall. we'll be seeing it for a bit more. joining me from naperville. it's good to see you again, doctor, thanks for coming on. >> thanks, natalie. you too. >> as we heard from dr. fauci always letting everyone know, this is far from over. what lessons can be learned from the recent spikes and what's happening in new york. >> i think the lesson to be learned is that every uptick is important and has to be scrutinized very carefully by us doctors, scientists, epidemiologists. new york clearly was the hardest hit in the country and perhaps
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t they are primed to protect themselves and that's part of the momentum of their success because they saw so much death and destruction, so much in terms of hospitalizations, ventilations, whereas, maybe a state like florida didn't see that and so they may be a bit more lax in how they're going to process that type of exposure. >> what do you make of this. there's more testing. is there something in that reasoning? >> there is. we are exponentially testing people, natalie, which is a wonderful thing. this is what we asked for early on. more testing. whoever needs a test from the executive branch should get a test. we're not quite there yet, but we're getting there. my bigger number i want to look
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at is hospitalizations. the length of stay for patients in hospital and of those people who stay in the hospital, how many of them die. those are the most important facts for me as a doctor. >> and do you believe that the increases are a reflection in some respect of what happened three weeks ago, memorial day weekend? what are you seeing in your particular practice? >> that's a wonderful question. when you and i spoke about easter a few weeks ago, we did see an uptick when people got together for that holiday. we're seeing a little bit of an uptick but in the chicago suburbs and the rural counties around chicago, we're starting to see a steady decline, which is wonderful. those people who are coming in with covid-19, they seem less sick and we can send more people home because we're just better at treating this now.
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we're not doing things that we thought were helpful but turned out to be harmful. we're getting better and smarter. >> less sick. that's a very, very positive statement and good to hear. let's talk about south carolina in particular because the chief health officer of that state, that state is seeing the biggest daily increase in cases says the reason are simple. some people act like this must be over because the state is opening. more and more seems to be complacency over wearing masks and social distancing which clearly isn't that hard. how do you see that? as a doctor, the ones that are hardest for me to get people to take seriously are the ones without symptoms. cholesterol. high blood pressure.
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no symptom until you have a fatal outcome. covid-19 is no different. for many americans it doesn't have a symptom and hasn't breached their home. one of the things that makes us an amazing country is one that is frustrating and challenging. we are not well at being told what to do. going about and wearing masks and social distancing is just not our status quo. it's not our typical norm. this is challenging to get that message across, especially when there's no symptoms involved initially and the counterpoint is this is a disease that your actions affect your neighbor, affect your loved ones because you can transmit the virus to them. >> absolutely. people may not like it but it sure can make a difference, can it not? we always appreciate your insights and your expertise. thank you so much. >> thank you, natalie. take care. >> you, too. next here, new fallout in
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officers themselves. for the first time since the killing of george floyd last week, an open letter signed by 14 minneapolis police sergeants and lieutenants condemn the killing and accuse derek chauvin of stripping him of his dignity and human at this time at this. this is not who we are. >> lucy kafanov, cnn, minneapolis. this isn't just defined to the u.s. similar protests spring up around the world. in london some ugly scenes. we have been covering this all week end. she joins me live. good morning, selma. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. i just want to start by explaining to you where we are today. we are just at water loo station, and this is the scene of those clashes over the weekend. there was right wing
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demonstrators here facing off with supporters of the black lives matter movement. black lives matter canceled the demonstrations over the weekend. patrick hush chuns said he knew some young people would come out and he wanted to act as a peacekeeper. take a listen to our interview. >> is this you? >> yes, that is me in that photograph. >> can you describe what's happening in this picture? >> my friends and i were helping this man. he was lying in the feet tall position. first i saw a crime and i started to pick him up. >> you could have looked at this man and thought, he is my enemy. why did you choose to help him? >> there was a particular thought i had that, you know, you have to show some sort of love for your fellow man, okay, regardless? because i was saying that if the other three officers that were
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present when george floyd was unfortunately murdered, if just one of them had stepped in and stopped their fellow officer from doing what he did, he'd be alive today. >> you put him on your shoulder, you carried him over to the police, then what happened? >> i'm carrying him. my friends are surrounding me, protecting myself and the man on my shoulder. he was, you know, still sort of getting -- receiving blows. you could sort of feel people trying to hit him. carried him over to the police and i said, here you are. one of the police officers said, thank you. you did a good thing there. >> what do you want people to take away when they look at that picture? >> i think hopefully they'll take away breaking down the race barriers and realizing we're all one people, we're all one race. >> and this is what's so amazing about the black lives matter movement, natalie. there is not one address, one
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leader. it is really about how you interpret the idea behind it. and he had never attended any of the demonstrations interpreted that idea as one of keeping peace during these clashes. he came out. he helped this man who he says he has no idea who he was, still doesn't know who he is, but he hopes that if he sees this picture, it might make him think differently, might make him see people more equally and might make him reconsider any prejudices that he holds. natalie? >> yeah. maybe we'll hear from him as well. good thing that patrick showed up at the rally and that picture, that will stay with a lot of people for a long time, as it should. thank you so much, selma. here's another story that we're following. this development happened just a few hours ago. a court in the philippines has found journalist guilty of cyber liable. she is a former cnn bureau chief
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and the founder and the ceo of the new site rattler which has produced information against the president duterte. press freedom group say the charges are a politically motivated prosecution by the duterte government. my colleague spoke to her shortly after the verdict. her conviction won't stop the coverage. >> when power, great power hangs over your head, if you allow it to affect you, they succeed. if you are not doing the investigative journalism you should be doing. what we've learned in rattler, we swat it away and we keep our eye on the goal.
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it makes me wonder and worry, what is the government afraid of? why are they afraid of journalists? why must they always make me feel their power? i think i'm a nice person. i ask very respectfully. our reporters are very respectful. but they just don't like the questions. we need to get back to this idea of checks and balances. >> she says she does plan to appeal the verdict. we'll keep you posted on that. the u.s. treasury secretary faces criticism for refusing to name businesses who received coronavirus bailout funds. why is he holding back? we'll have that story next. your heart loves megared omega-3s
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pandemic leaving the white house to juggle two different crises. cnn's john harwood has more. >> reporter: president trump begins the week with no sign that he's leading the country any closer to resolving the two major challenges he faces. one is broad protests for racial injustice and police reform. the second is stopping the coronavirus pandemic. on police reform, the president plans to label peaceful protestors as antifa militants. he has rejected calls to rename military bases that now honor confederate generals even though his military has suggested they have some interest in having that conversation. the president has equivocated on police reform measures like banning choke holds. negotiations are expected to intensify this week with democrats once senate republicans release their proposals. on the coronavirus, the president has stopped trying to provide leadership altogether.
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over the weekend he criticized democratic mayors and governors for lockdowns that they instituted to try to suppress the virus. he scheduled a major rally in tulsa, oklahoma, where participants will be required to sign a paper not to sue and where masks will not be required. he's isolated politically. trailing joe biden nationally. the president is defiant about that fact. he tweeted sunday evening the silent majority is stronger than ever. but the president's problem is that he doesn't have polls show anything close to a majority right now. john harwood, cnn, the white house. global stocks could be heading for another volatile week. u.s. stock futures are down as investor concerns increase over the possibility of a second wave of covid-19 cases. several u.s. states that
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reopened weeks ago are reporting a rising number of infections and hospitalizations. meantime, the white house is considering a fourth stimulus package that will be at least $2 trillion if not more. cnn's john defterios is with me now from abu dhabi on this story. always good to see you, john. markets are down again. what's going on, wall street, and for that matter in global markets? >> reporter: well, it's all about the snap back, natalie, and what this means as the big unknowns in the second half of 2020 and even spilling into 2021 as well. we're talking about the number one and number two economy as the united states and china. we saw the cases emerge in beijing which created some alarm. we know about the cases in the united states well above 2 million. let's take a look at the asian markets and you'll see exactly what i'm talking about.
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go counterclockwise. 1%, 2%, better than 3% and over 4% in south korea. we had china's industrial production figures in the positive but they were lower than expectations. retail sales were an improvement. again, below the bar of what investors were looking for. then they saw the snap back cases reported which created that alarm. let's take a look at the dow futures and those of the nasdaq and s&p 500. we're off the lows in the last 45 minutes of trade. improvement of nearly 1%. we're looking at losses of 2, 2.5, 3% by the time of the opening bell. i think there's a realization, natalie, we had 1/4 of the working population file for unemployment claims. we're not clear because of the snap back how many will be rehired. there's always been this assumption it will go straight
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up and now that is being brought into question. there's no longer a disconnect between wall street and main street, if you will. >> initially, john, they were against further stimulus for the economy, now they've changed its tune. why is that? >> did they change? that was a huge pivot, natalie? zero for stimulus now to $2 trillion. this was released by peter navorro. this has a lot to do with on shoring in america. trying to bring american companies back from over seas where there were low cost producers saying we'll give you a payroll tax cut to do so. this is at odds with larry kudlow who was suggesting on our program, "state of the union with jake tapper" and he says
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it's doing fine. let's take a listen to kudlow. >> you've got new business applications are skyrocketing and, by the way, small businesses are now back 80% reopening. this is all positive news coming off the pandemic. we are in the recovery stage. >> which raises the question, if the white house is suggesting a stimulus, investors are asking what are you seeing in the second half of the year that we don't see? which actually has created this fervor in the market at the same time. the number of better than $2 trillion is two times the level that trump ally mitch mcconnell in the u.s. senate was suggesti suggesting. it might be a battle to push this through especially with a tax cut for corporations. >> all right. we always appreciate ya. thanks so much. john defterios for us in abu dhabi. see you soon. some e.u. countries, cross
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some e.u. countries are reopening their borders today after weeks of coronavirus related travel restrict shuns. germany has lifted border controls with neighbors. greece and france have followed suit. spain wants to wait another week. it says it will reopen its borders to e.u. travelers except portugal on june 21st. after 82 days, retail shops in england are now allowed to reopen. boris johnson making that announcement on sunday. he reminded shops to meet all guidelines to keep everyone safe. other parts of the u.k., however, are still keeping only essential stores open. cnn's anna stewart is at the heart of london's shopping district on oxford street and she joins me now. good morning to you, anna. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. yes. it's been nearly three months
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since stores, nonessential retail stores were forced to shut. today they can reopen in england. the shopping experience will be different. there will be one way systems around the shops. for fashion, the changing rooms will be shut. you won't be able to try clothes on. there will be barriers at checkout. sanitizer stations. the worry is none of these procedures will boost stuff. the retail sector has the most out of any sector in the u.k. as we know from last week, the economy shrank by nearly 1/4 in two months which is a really alarming figure. it's likely to be a fairly slow start i think for the retail experience today despite the government really wanting to see people out with their cash and spending. one statistic from the body here
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shows only 37% of adults in the u.k. actually feel safe to leave their homes. if you take that into account, i don't think they will be coming out in thousands. we'll be looking to speak to people who do come out and see what they make of the new experience. >> absolutely. and how they deal with restrictions as well. what about restaurants and bars, ana, when will they reopen? >> reporter: this is reinteresting. not until next month nor hair dressers. currently the regulations say you should try to keep two meters distance wherever you go, particularly in businesses. for restaurants, bars, cafes, that is going to be incredibly difficult. they said we won't be able to --
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angry protests across america following the killing this weekend of yet another black man by police. beijing also back under lockdown. dozens have tested positive for coronavirus with most linked to a local food market. also this hour, the pandemic on the minds of investors. u.s. futures plunge as global stocks look set for another volatile week. we're live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom." thank you for joining us. our top story. powerful public demonstrations from coast to coast
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