kennedy: she is probably the most beloved woman ever in alabama.an: and you were just 18 at the time that she passed. a bit of a difficult question, but what is her legacy to you? ms. kennedy: wow. everything that i am, that i have instilled in my children -- compassion -- everything she was is her legacy. it's her legacy to me. and i have instilled that to my children. she lived only to 41, i was just 18, but she taught me so much in that little span of time. that's the only way i know how to explain it. susan: your father went back on the campaign trail. i want to tell people how the 1968 election turned out for him. he won 13% of the popular vote, 40 electoral college votes. you said he never had any illusions about winning the race. what was his goal? ms. kennedy: he just liked to run. he liked the people. he had gotten on the ballot in every state, and i think he just wanted to see what he could do. and that's what he did. and i think he was pleased with that. susan: he already had his sights set on running again in 1972, but first he had to b

in alabama on sunday, a new record for cases in that state. it was the fourth straight day of cases increasing by more than 1,000 in the last seven days in alabama, cases increased by nearly 20%. let's bring in nbc's ellison barber, in you're seeing the hi number of cases in the state. what are officials there saying about the spike? how dire is the situation for hospitals? >> reporter: hey, craig. they say that it is concerning. right now, they say they have enough hospital beds, as well as ventilators, to deal with the ongoing situation. but the thing they keep saying is, these numbers are real, and it is concerning. there is not one specific reason they're seeing an uptick. but a number of potential factors, from larger gatherings, memorial day weekend to household type spreads to outbreaks within businesses. one thing health officials here in alabama had made clear is that this uptick is not just because of testing. listen here. >> we're certainly seeing an increase in the numbers of cases of covid-19 in alabama. we have several reasons th

here's the lead coronavirus story at alabama live right now. hospitals in several alabama cities now seeing all-time highs in coronavirus patients. quote, the number of covid-19 patients and hospitals in birmingham, tuscaloosa, montgomery and decatur has hit all-time highs this month, filling beds and taxing staff as the state struggles with a wave of new cases. that's alabama. here's the front page at "the arizona republic" tonight. arizona reports record-high new covid cases. and then here's their big front page feature story today. headline ", i am taken aback: here's why arizona's covid-19 trajectory is concerning." here's the lead of that story where you can see they got the quote from that headline. from the perspective of arizona emergency room physician dr. murtaza akhter, the numbers could be worse than they are showing. i walked into the hospital today and i was like, oh, my god. dr. akhter who works at florence hospital and valley wise medical center in phoenix says, quote, we are getting all sorts of patients who look quite sick. th

they outlawed the naacp and alabama in the 1950's. being the astute person he was started another legislation that did the same thing, but it did not have national backing. they continued to work. neighborhood organized workers, that acronym was now. in the 1960's, things started to move faster and they wanted results faster. they wanted things to happen now. one of the most profound legal things that happened was mobile was set up with three districts, none of which had a majority of african-american. there was never an african-american city commissioner. because african-americans were about 50% of the population, the community never failed to say they were getting their fair return as far as sidewalks, streetlights and community centers, but they were never at the table when the money was being allocated. ultimately, the city was sued and the case was olden versus the city of mobile. the lower court sent it back to mobile and it went to the capital. ultimately, it came back for the citizens to vote on it. the citizens voted on it an

they outlawed the naacp in alabama in the 1950s. mr. lefleur being the astute person he was, he started the national partisan voter league, and they continued to work. well, neighborhood organized workers their acronym was n.o.w., and in the '60s, things started to move a little faster and they were wanting results faster like we want things to happen now. and one of the most profound legal things that happened was mobile was set up with three districts, none which had a majority of african-americans, so there was never an african-american city commissioner, and because african-americans were 45% to 50% of the population, the community never felt that they were getting their fair return as far as streets being paved, sidewalks, street lights, community centers, but they were never at the table when the money was being allocated. they had no idea. ultimately the city was sued and the case was called boldin versus the city of mobile. it goes all the way to the supreme court. the supreme court looked at it, judge stewart, said not for sure

. -- with an alabama accent? they did not speak this in west africa. so this is now the language that he speaks and everything that happens to him is encoded in that language. this is why the publishers did not want to publish that or to be forced to read something that was not what they were used to hearing. they wanted to change it so that they could access it rather than changing themselves to access was talking about. as one of the descendents who spoke earlier today talked about . he looks at barracoon as a wounding, and then he shows us the medicine for that wounding. the wounding is this grief, this pain, this loss. is everything that she would that -- that he would never again be able to see or experience. the loneliness. he lost so much when he was uprooted from the continent but also here in alabama. this was the wounding. and as he told to hurston, he is grieving, full of grief still. she had to leave him there and let him walk out and just be with his memories. they were so potent. like he was looking

it is the oldest baptist church in the state of alabama. the story goes that the individuals that were shipped here, they would be singing spiritual's with so much conviction and passion, that their owners started having headaches and nightmares. ultimately, he emancipated them. he set them free. they were worship-ing not too far from here, and they moved to this location. not only was it against the law for african americans to be educated in alabama, it was against the law for them to have property deeds in their name. unfortunately, this was an integrated parish. the property was defeated in the white parishioners names. they continued to worship together here until somewhere around 1860, and they moved to the african american parishioners. they continue to go to church and in 1930, they decided they would build a new church. we all know what was going on in 1930. it was the great depression. but they felt so strong about their fate, they said we will start this project and complete it. it was a thriving church in the community. the chur

churchhe oldest baptist in the state of alabama, established in 1806, which was 13 years before alabama was even a state. i did not say oldest african-american church -- it is the oldest baptist church in the state of alabama. the individuals that were shipped here would be singing -- worshiped here would sing with such passion their owners started having nightmares and ultimately he emancipated them. they were worshiping not too far from here and they moved to this location. not only was it against the law for americans -- african-americans to be educated in alabama, it was against the law for them to have property deeded in their name. the property was deeded in white parishioners names. they continued to worship together here until 1860. they moved the deed to the african american parishioners. in 1930, they decided they would build a new church. we all know what was going on in 1930 -- the great depression. they started the project and completed it and it has been a thriving church in the community ever since. the church was one of the few places that during this. african americans

alabama alabama with alabama implemented its voter id law they actually drafted it before shelby countyder but it was so racist they couldn't get through. use those terms lightly when i say racist. but the republicans have recorded themselves in a previous bill talking about how do we depress the black voter turnout because all these illiterates and aborigines will get on these hud finance buses and go to the polls so you'd think that this voter id bill may not be race neutral and so the naacp legal defense looked at the bill and when, lord, it says you must have a government issued photo id. but they know lbs noticed that public housing id, for instance, was not on the list. 71 percent of those in public housing in alabama are effort american and for many it's the only id they have. alabama looked at that and said, nope, that public housing id is not an acceptable form of government issued photo id. does it get more government issued than public housing? but this is how you can begin to carve out your electric. so governor bentley closes, for fiscal reasons the department of motor vehi

president. >> the senator from alabama. >> thank you, mr. president. i want to first thank my colleagues who join today senatortt scott said we hope to do this in april the anniversary of the writing of this letter but unfortunately the pandemic overtook us but asan senator scott said the timing could not be any better than today and just as last year when we this, i am sure each of my colleagues today will leave the floor with an even greater king's legacy. and i hope, a better understanding of where america finds itself today. only think of doctor king, we usually see him on the steps of the lincoln memorial. eloquently and passionately describing his dream for america. or behind a pulpit in memphis urging his audience to press forward, not to be discouraged in a quest for civil and equal rights. because he had been to the mountaintop, and he had seen the promised land. frankly to somewhat astounding to read his thoughts that were read on the floor today and picture him in a small dirty jail cell, riding in longhand on napkins and scraps of paper and

through mobile app vote alabama. also with our website alabama votes.geo v, and all six he seven counties you can see behind me on the chart to ensure each and every eligible u.s. citizen that is a resident of our state is given the opportunity to become a registered voter. the political climate in alabama's much different than that of new york, held 40, colorado it's important the states given the opportunity to run their own election. they need to be free from federal interference, what works in one statement may not work at all. we've enjoyed the opportunity to visit polls on election damon went to continue to do so. we vote in person on the average of 96% of people who vote, vote in person. it our office is greatly appreciative of the recent funds that a been given to us by the congress that all 1090 polls in the state of alabama will be open on election day. those funds of leaves for different purposes we can talk about those during the question and answer time if you would like. we have made easier for people t

here's alabama, arizona, arkansas, and florida, right? these are their curves, their case numbers, daily new case numbers each day. you see what all those curves are showing? this is not the way these things are supposed to look right now. remember, everybody said we were going to have a first wave, and the wave would be over, and it would go down, and we'd have this really chill, quiet summer where the epidemic was basically gone. that is not what's happening. here's kentucky, nevada, north carolina, and oregon. again, this is not the way it's supposed to be going after they all reopened, right? and it's red states and blue states. honestly it seems like it's disproportionately red states now where things are getting worse the fastest but it's some blue states for sure. here's another four. here's south carolina, tennessee, texas, utah. utah's the only one of all these states that i've just shown that is at all considering hitting pause on their reopening plans because their numbers are not what they were planning on, not what they were

here's alabama, arizona, arkansas, and florida. right? these are their curves, their case numbers -- daily new case numbers each day. see what all those curves are sh sh showing? this is not the way the curves are supposed to look. remember everyone said we would have to first wave and everything would go down and be chill. that is not what's happening. here's kentucky, nevada, north carolina, and oregon. again, this is not the way it's supposed to be going after they all re-open right? it's red states and blue states. honestly it seems like it's disproportionately red states where it's getting worse the fastest, but it's blue states too. here's another four. south carolina, tennessee, texas, utah. utah is the only one of all these states that i've just shown which is at all considering hitting pause on their re-opening plans, because their numbers are not what they were planning on, not what they were hoping on, not what they said they would get. but these numbers, these curves, these are real, and they have consequences that even people

john yang has a look at one of those states: alabama. >> yang: in the vintage cafe in montgomery, alabama, the hustle and bustle is back. >> we've done everything from change flooring, from carpet t hardwoods. we've changed all of ours. practi we are promoting the use of masks. >> yang: cooks have added extra precautions to theirl kitchen routines. eric rivera is the executive chef. >> wwanted to bring all of o staff back in again, give them the proper training, get all the new training and procedures in place before we decided to open back up to the public. e we wanted them to feel sd secure coming into our establishment, and we wanted to feel safe and secure as well.>> ang: business may be on its way back across alabama, but so are cases coronavirus, on upward trend after april 30, the day state officials beganic easing resons. it a state where college football is king news that university of alabama and auburn university players tes positive this month when they returned to campus for workouts. anmetropolitan areas, like montgomery, e state capitol, have been hard hit. mayor steven ree

let me go to the other secretary of alabama. sir, you in essence said that the states need to run their own elections free from federal interference. those were code words during the voting rights movement. code words for states rights. i push back every time i hear that. is that your meaning? let me just finish. do you feel that the federal government has no right under any circumstances to get involved in state elections? mr. merrill: yes sir, i agree with that unless you see that someone is violating the trust and confidence of the process or that they are intentionally trying to reduce participation efforts of any one individual or any group of individuals. that's not happening in our state. as a matter of fact, i have just shared empirical data with you that it is not happening. we want to continue to do what we are doing. rep. butterfield: under some circumstances, you are conceding that the federal government would have some role in the states if voting rights were being denied or affected? mr. merrill: yes, sir, if that

the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. jones: thank you, mr. president.i want to first thank my colleagues who joined me today, as senator scott said, we had hoped to do this in april on the anniversary of the writing of this letter. unfortunately the pandemic overtook us. but as senator scott said, i don't think the timing could be any better than today. and just as last year when we did this, i am sure that each of my colleagues will leave the floor with an even greater appreciation of dr. king's legacy, and i hope a better understanding of where america finds itself today. when we think of dr. king, we usually see him on the steps of the lincoln memorial eloquently and passionately describing his dream for america or behind a pulpit in memphis urging his audience to press forward to not to be discouraged in a quest for civil and equal rights because he had been to the mountain top and he had seen the promise land. it is, frankly, somewhat astounding to read his thoughts that were read on the floor today and picture him in a small, dirty jail cell writi

secretaries of state for louisiana and alabama. topics included vote by mail expansion proposals, polling place safety, and impact of covid-19 on presidential primaries in wisconsin and georgia. >> the subcommittee's -- subcommittee on how selections will come to order. i welcome my fellow colleagues and members of the committee, thank you for joining us for the subcommittee's first official virtual hearing. it has impacted how we are holding today's hearing. people are putting themselves at risk every day, from doctors and nurses to first responders, postal workers and many others, including poll workers. congress, however has an option. any do not. we can do our work in a safe, secure, online format. the highest levels of the federal government have already decided the circumstances of the covid-19 pandemic by holding virtual hearings, that includes a house and senate, which of health virtual hearings like this one. it includes the supreme court, which has modified how it conducts its oral arguments. and it includes executive age

, were arrested at the great -- at the alabama state capital. they were arrested for trespassing. those black lawmakers were arrested when they demonstrated at the state capital to try to get the state of alabama to remove the confederate battle flag that was still flying up there on top of the alabama state capitol more than a century after the end of the civil war. while those black alabama lawmakers were making the case to take down that flag and showing they were willing to get arrested in the effort, "the times" reported back in 1988 that across the street from where those black lawmakers were protesting, several hundred supporters of the confederate flag gathered to sing "dixie," to counterprotest, while the black lawmakers got arrested. and again, this was a long way back. i am hold, i am 47 and showing every day of it, i know. but this thing i'm talking about here in alabama, it happened just before i turned 15. i mean, it was for me, almost literally a lifetime ago. but i'm thinking about it today, because over the course of my life, ov

nbc's ellison barber is following those concerns in alabama for us. she is in selma.ison, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: hey, craig. countless pivotal sooifl rights moments happened in the black belt region of alabama. still, this is an area that has been plagued with high rates of unemployment, high rates of poverty as well as poor access to basic necessities like health care, food, proper sewage. the people who live in this area say that was by design. major roadways were built to go around black communities like selma and it kept opportunities out of this area and other areas like it. covid-19 has made the problems in the black belt region of alabama so much worse than they already will. it has exacerbated pre-existing issues here. in lowndes county they have 10,000 residents, 75% are african-american. it's a small rural community, but somehow they have one of the states highest per capita rates of covid-19. 4% of the population have tested positive for covid-19 right now. you compare that to jefferson county, the state's most populous county, the home of

one of the things i would do for instance to, i look at alabama and cause alabama had applied every method of the voter suppression against the population and if you remember that, you had a republicans and democrats doug jones. they made it look like she was going to win this thing despite having every mark against him. i mean from the alleged pedophile and it just looked like he was going to win. [inaudible] use all the naacp, the league of women voters, the national council, civic society engaging and looking at every one of the methods of the voter suppression and figuring out how we go around and said even with the felony disenfranchisement is about the people could get their voting rights back to correcting the misinformation so these are the days when you need to get this in to setting up because they closed down the polling stations to setting up the montgomery bus boycott so people had rides to and from the polls. so that kind of organizing and mobilizing, coming into the community to let the grassroots do the work and talk with the folks about what they want in your life. what do

healthcare is a huge issue in alabama. we have so many uninsured. alabama is not expanded medicaid.althcare and healthcare in general, people with pre-existing conditions and protecting those folks a number one priority. we made economic development a number one priority. i'm on the armed services committee. national security is a big issue. so we have done things to directly talk to the people of the state of alabama, to let them know that they got somebody in the united states senate that has their back. they don't always agree with me on everything. but by and large, i have their back and no one else's. >> so your ad focuses on police reform. we'll see the first procedural vote on the republican senate bill today. barring an 11th hour breakthrough, do you feel democrats have any option other than to block the bill? how are you going to vote on this? >> well, they have got other options. but i don't think that they're going to exercise those options. i think there is a good faith belief among democrats that senator mcconnell is not acting in good faith on this. that he's putting s

alabama. mr. jones: thank you, madam president. madam president, one of the greatest documents that i believe ever written was written on scraps of paper in a lonely jail cell in birmingham, alabama in 1963. the letter from a birmingham jail written by martin luther king is a call to action. last year for the first time in the history of this body, the entire letter was read on the senate floor. three republicans, three democrats, a bipartisan effort, a bipartisan reading of a letter that is so important the words of which still resonate today. today we do it again. i am pleased that we have one again three republicans, three democrats to take part in this historic reading. and at this point, as we get to that letter, i'd like to yield the floor to my friend from south carolina, senator scott, for a special introduction to this important reading. i yield the floor, madam president. mr. scott: thank you, madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. scott: thank you, ma'am. madam president, we are at a

this was the first of a two part tour of mobile, alabama. you can watch this in all of the programs at c-span.org slash history. tuesday night, on american history tv, beginning at eight eastern, on july 23rd, 1967, detroit erupted in five days of rioting and violence sparked by a police raid on an illegal bar, and fueled by long simmering racial tensions. w. xyz tv and abc affiliate was able to record the events. this half hour w. xyz documentary is courtesy of the archives of michigan. watch american history tv tuesday night and over the weekend on c-span 3.

it's disturbing what's going on in the state of alabama right now. our governor early on did a fine job of trying to open us up back very slowly and methodically. the problem that we saw is that people were not listening to the rest of the message. the rest of the message, like around the country, is to social distance, to wear a mask, to wash your hands, to do all the good hygiene. people seemed to just let that go and want to open up and get back out there. in part that's because we've seen that from the administration. too often we are not getting the right messages. we're getting the mixed messages and the mixed signals. i think we're going to see more problems. what i've been telling people all along, and i've done something every week since this crisis started with a health care professional. folks, please listen to the health care professionals, don't necessarily listen to me or even my friend senator booker unless they're repeating what health care officials are telling you, and it's consistent, what they're telling you. if folks can really d

in 1968, 57% of americans voted for either richard nixon or george wallace of alabama on election day november 1968. only 42% or so voted for hubert humphrey, who had given a speech in 1948, 20 years before, at the democratic national convention, saying it was time to walk out of the shadow of segregation and walk into the sunshine of civil rights. that led to strom thurman and a fellow from alabama who was in the delegation named bull conor to walk out of that convention to go to birmingham and to found the state's rights party to make an argument and run on segregation itself. this is all the day before yesterday. and so we can't congratulate ourselves that somehow or another we have moved out of that. it's quite the opposite. i dislike it when people say this isn't who we are because clinically, rationally, a simple reading of american history is that this so who we are, or who a whole lot of us are. the real question is, who do we want to be? >> eddie, then the last question is to you. conservative columnist george will wrote this week that president trump must be removed, so must

we're worried about the numbers in alabama. we're worried about your hospital capacity. national focus on this as best we can. thank you, sir. >> always a pleasure. >> all right. coming up next, the supreme court ruling on daca today. the second high court ruling this week that has bummed out the president and surprised a lot of folks. more on that ahead. stay with us. 2 ♪ (vo) we're all moving at our own speed. from essential workers... to frontline responders... to you. whenever you're ready to get out there, enterprise is ready, too. ♪ with our complete clean pledge, you'll have the peace-of-mind that we'll get you safely on your way... wherever...and whenever that may be. enterprise. when you're ready, we're ready. and my side super soft? yes, with the sleep number 360 smart bed, on sale now, you can both adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. come on pup, time to go. can it help me fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you

>> ellison barber for us there in montgomery, alabama. thank you. >>> the family of rayshard brooks, they are speaking right now in atlanta. rayshard brooks' widow and other family members. we want to take you there for a moment. let's listen in. >> i'm not only asking the city of atlanta to stand with us, i'm asking for everyone in this nation to stand with us as we seek justice for rayshard. thank you. >> now hear from his cousin, tiara brooks. >> rayshard brooks. the name that may start a protest tomorrow or another day in the future. however, the man himself no longer has a future. he can no longer live in the present, nor plan for tomorrow. no matter what the different points of view are of his death, we must all agree to one fact, the fact that he was killed by the atlanta police department. the fact that someone's cousin, brother, uncle, nephew, father, companion, and friend is no longer in this world. the trust that we have with the police force is broken. and the only way to heal some of these wounds is through a conviction and a

martin luther king underwent his political baptism in alabama one of the most racist states in the south where many whites continue to behave as if slavery had not been abolished a century before. in montgomery king organize a campaign to boycott the buses it was the start of a major struggle against laws that kept whites and blacks apart in public areas and the denied blacks their right to vote. for a right because we have a duty to. call when you said above and you. were getting bad because you have a duty to. have a right you have 2 a duty to step back because the language is good and bad you have a bow. and if you let the right man get into you. about 6. him was workin to take down some. that prevented black people from ride in buses where they wanted to and to ride and train public transportation prevented them from voted in and all of those things that black people were paid fans from doing and the stuff but not in the know not blacks of our ways could vote but as malcolm said you may have the vote but you end up voting for nothing because they've already decided that you're not go

let's zero in first on this university of alabama players. threat does a handful of coronavirus cases present to this university of alabama football team? which, you know, in completion they could have up to 125 players. don't know how many come out to train right now. what kind of impact could this mean? >> there is a definite concern about the number of cases. a handful of cases could easily turn into hundreds and thousands. we know that coronavirus is highly trans misible and we also know that in alabama over the last two weeks they've had spikes in the number of their coronavirus cases. i assume the university of alabama has a structure in place for testing and all of the players, any close contact, and then isolating as the public health interventions dictate. >> this is a contact sport even if it is training. they are going to be in proximity. can you have reasonable measures in place to have training and make sure these players don't get sick? >> that is such a great point. i believe already alabama was not in a position to open up tra

in alabama we have seen since we reopened at the beginning, we had about 180 cases a day, on average. 520 newne 1, we had cases a day. you can see that reopening probably was associated with an increase in cases, but we were also testing a lot more, so you can ask the question was it more testing or new cases? i think it was both. host: was there an inevitability about the rise in cases no matter when the reopening happened? guest: in my opinion, yes. it makes sense to me. what do we have? hasave a virus that nobody seen before, and that means the majority of the population is susceptible. if they get exposed, they will get infected and they will not have natural immunity. mitigation, the like we had with the stay-at-home orders and the shutdown at home, sheltering at home, then people are not intermingling and there is not much transmission. you relax that and people start coming back together and you will see cases. the question that still remains, one, does the summer time lead to a reduction of cases on its own, which has been seen with other corona viruses. it has been seen with

in alabama, you need to know how this is affecting each racial group.you protect your population. is it because of people going to the beaches or is it because of low-income workers are going back to work and may not have all the protections that they need. when i look at the data in alabama, i see that they're running out of icu beds. that the percentage of people they test who are positive is going up. that means that there is something real going on here. it's not just a matter of testing more people and seeing more cases. they have something that if they don't get on top of this, could get out of control. and that's something that many states are seeing right now. and when you combine that with what the mayor is talking about in terms of pandemic fatigue, you really need good messaging from politicians that lines up with public health in terms of how people can protect themselves. >> all right. well, then let's talk about the messaging and the rules. you are on the new jersey reopening council. a local deli owner here came to me and said he was noti

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, speaking with an alabama accent. they did not speak this in west africa. the question is what happened to him, that this is not the language he speaks? and everything that happened to him is according to that language. this is why these publishers did not want wanted to be published or to read it that was not what they were used to hearing. they want to change it so they could access it, rather than changing themselves so that they could access what he was talking about. >> are you descended from him. >> i am a descendant of charlie lewis. >> who was charlie lewis? >> charlie lewis was one of the older survivors of the clotilda ranging from the age of two to 24. he was one of the older ones. he was chief of the top a tribe. charlie lewis was enslaved by colonel thomas pew furred. chary lewis bought land from view furred in 1870, and we have family members still living there today. we call it lewis is quarters. >> so there were displays and tables at the festival. what was that? how did you come up with that idea? >>

they were never true slaves in the sense of southern alabama slavery to the seminole people. they would raise crops. they would raise produce. they would give a percentage of that to the chief of a tribal town. it was that kind of so, relationship. that was an exchange back in that time. and whenever you have a people that has bonded together for the sake of freedom, then you have a foe and the united states found that out because of the 42 years of the indian wars in florida with the seminole people. as late as the 1890's, the seminole nation and actually earlier than that there were learning institutions. they were developed to educate seminal boys and girls. there was an early academy. seminole boys and girls. there was an early academy. there was the ramsey mission run by presbyterians. there was oak ridge mission school and that creek nations but many seminoles went there. and later in the 1891 and 1893, there were two large schools developed totally under the watch of the seminole people themselves. this particular school became known as a mahogany and miccosukee missio

she said what happened in your city first in alabama, in montgomery first, is now happening all overng surges in all sorts of cities including hospitals really being put through their paces. just want to ask if you could give one piece of advice to your fellow municipal leaders who are about to start going through what you've been through in montgomery over these past few weeks, people who are about to start to have it as tough as you've had it, what one piece of advice would you give them? >> i would tell them to trust their instincts. look out for their community. look out for the health of their residents and make sure that we allow consensus building to cloud the issue, to make sure we don't allow politics to cloud the issue of the health and wellness of the people that are counting on us to lead and to make decisions. and i think sometimes when we try to do things by committee, like we often do at the local, state or federal level, it may work. but in this case i think it takes bold leadership, courageous leadership to really make these decisions on the front side, and to really

training in the water off of gulf shores, alabama. the area under the tornado watch now.illions of people are under flash flood warnings. this will the scene outside new orleans last night. we are seeing some of the worst storm surges in louisiana. some areas along the gulf could see up to 10 inches of rain. mary is trapping tracking the storm with the very latest. good morning. >> good morning michelle. cristobal continues to weekend but we're watching the heavy rain and storm surge as well as damaging winds. watching it very closely for you. back at home in the bay area, today the start of a warming trend for us. high pressure builds in. here's a live look of the salesforce tower cam as we look east at the bay bridge. and east bay as well as mount diablo under clear skies. our temperatures, 40s and 50s. 54 in concord, 58, oakland. livermore coming in at 49 degrees. 54 in san francisco and san jose. definitely not as windy as yesterday. the winds have definitely eased. on mile an hour winds at sfo and five in oakland and for hayward. 16 mile owner -- an hour in fairfield

montgomery should not be 10% of alabama's total cases. we should not have the level of cases that we have had spike month over month and week over week when we look at our numbers. there's still a problem here. and again, we have not factored in all of the post-memorial day testing that will come in and what those results will show us. so there's a lot of work that we have to do, not only in montgomery, but the state of alabama, but also, i think, throughout this country, and as infectious disease experts have warned us before, we cannot decide when this is over. the virus will decide that. and we have to make sure that we're doing everything that we can as leaders to inform our public of where we are our hospital beds, as in montgomery, we're only 2% of our icu beds are available. that's problematic. it's manageable, but not sustainable. >> and look, as you said, we don't know the effect that the protests will have, when there were a lot of people out near each other, not necessarily wearing masks. we haven't seen those numbers yet. that