let's get to miguel marquez. miguel is in st. paul. protesters there have been throwing rocks and bottles. police are responding. what are you see, miguel? >> reporter: yeah, i want to show you what's happening here. this is a fire they've been fighting off. it's a napa auto parts. there are several buzzes that are on fire in this location. police have their full riot gear, have their masks on. there's been a running battle with protesters in this area. they started another fire down the block here and all these police officers here have moved in to sort of clear the protesters back. most have left this area or at least the immediate area, but they are hanging out nearby. and as the sun goes down and as the tensions go up, it is increasingly worrisome what we are seeing here and just how far this is going to go. there are round after round of your flash bang grenades, temper balls and mace and pepper spray that is pushing the crowd back but then encouraging them to gather in strength and come back even in greater numbers. so, we've bee

let's begin in minneapolis this hour where cnn's miguel marquez joining us now. miguel, what are things happening -- what's going on where you are? >> reporter: well, look, it is another peaceful protest here in minneapolis. and i can tell you that a lot of people i speak to on the ground here are shocked that the reaction not only here locally, but across the nation and doubly that all of that violence takes away from what happened right there at that cup foods. that is the spot where the officer held his knee to the neck of george floyd for all of that time until he died. there are hundreds of protesters out here today. they were out here yesterday. they are out here today. it is people of all races, all creeds. show them the other way here. people are now gathering, they're going to walk, march to downtown and sort of in unison and have their voices heard. i want to talk to elijah who came in from about 45 miles away. why so important to be here today? >> i feel like i should do it for my future kids and justice for george floyd. >> how hard was it to get here?

now, here is miguel marquez. he's been out there all day and night. different side of the city. guel, how are you doing where you are? >> well, it's gotten a little dicey, i have to be honest. we started in downtown with a thousand, maybe more, protestors. they marched for miles, taking over part of 35 west at one point. they have marched all the way to the fifth precinct, where sara is. the mood, the tone, everything changed, very much, from what we saw on what was mostly friendly, mostly there was -- there was no chaos or looting along the way, in fact, whenever anybody tried to do that, the protestors would stop them from doing it. now, we are near the fifth precinct, where a wells fargo bank has been set ablaze. they are trying to break into the front door on this side. and i want to show you, over here, this is a -- they've been lighting off fireworks. there was a mazel tov cocktail that went off over here. this is actually the fifth precinct and you can't tell but there are several silhouettes up there. there are officers up there with nonlethal weapons that are firing into

i want to get to miguel marquez. miguel marquez is in st. paul, minnesota. he's been following the developments there as well. miguel, remember i just asked you about the national guard, the st. paul mayor asking the national guard to be deployed. we got breaking news at the top of the hour that 500 national guard members were being deployed to the st. paul minneapolis area, that they were coming to protect the area. what's happening where you are? >> we understand those guard members will be protecting the capitol building and the buildings around that area. we actually str moved from st. paul because it became very much a stand off between police and protesters at that one corner. there were several businesses towards the capital on fire. we're now in minneapolis, the first precinct. i want to show you what's going on. very, very nervous moments here. there is a enormous police presents here. most of these are police officers on bicycles, but they're on the streets. we've seen long lines of police vehicles as well patrolling the area down here. this is the

miguel marquez, well said. that is miguel marquez who is in minneapolis. our sara sidner is also in a different part of minneapolis, closer to where george floyd lost his life at the hands of a police officer. and then we have our nick valencia, who is reporting from atlanta. we've taken you there within the span of 20 minutes, and we have much more to show you throughout the evening here on cnn. you're looking at live pictures now. this is from our affiliate wsb in atlanta. and you can see there a fire has been set. again, exactly -- can't tell you exactly where this shot was taken. again, these shots are -- i should say these shots are being controlled by our affiliates. this is not a cnn camera. this this is, i would imagine, somewhere in downtown atlanta. possibly -- possibly in -- in the park there. sentinel olympic park across from the cnn center. really, across from the omni center and then the cnn center beyond that. the omni hotel, i should say and then the cnn center beyond that. so we'll continue to watch these pictures. we'll watch it all play

miguel marquez is there. >> reporter: a night of anger turns to range. protesters around in the minneapolis third precinct. businesses in the area looted and burned. the arrests that left 46-year-old george floyd dead. >> our nation has witnessed an incredibly disturbing loss of life. my heart goes out to george floyd. my heart goes out to his family. >> reporter: the video runnings more than seven minutes. floyd pinned to ground. a knee to his neck. unable to move or breathe. >> i can't breathe. >> reporter: you can't see every vantage point but it doesn't come close to that police describe, that floyd was resisting. and surveillance video from a restaurant also smoes he doesn't resisting arrest. >> i know there is blood coming out of his nose. and he said his belly hurt. and that is when i started pleading with the officers. >> reporter: courtney ross was floyd's girlfriend. >> this is nothing but an angel, and we demonized him, and killed him. i want to get on the phone and call my baby and hear his voice. he cannot die in vain. he can't. >> reporter:

paul, our miguel marquez was on the scene there.ere's what he saw. >> two more fires have started down university towards the state capitol down there. i don't know if you can see that. let me show what's happening here where protesters have been challenging police at this fire. several businesses including a napa auto parts are on fire up here. a large group of protesters just came up. it looked like they had been marching perhaps downtown. very young protesters as well. they have now moved towards police not realizing just how liberal they are with the use of mace, tear gas, pepper bulbs and flash bang grenades. so i'm guessing that police shortly are going to try to disperse this crowd. this is what we've seen the entire day, with the crowds growing. surging towards the police up here. and then when they deploy some of those non-lethal types of weapons then the crowd then shrinks back. it's really gotten much, much bigger in the last few minutes. it's a little unclear what police are doing. we'll have to stop over here this is an

and miguel marquez is live with his team, and omar jimenez. i want to start with you, miguel. what is the mood on the ground after chauvin is chasing charges of george floyd's death? >> very little hayes changed. the anger is just as as great. the crowd here has been growing for some time now. the authorities here needed to connect with the people here. and for them to believe them. given they that these charges came so late and only after a night of wanton destruction. >> reporter: the officer here kneeling on george floyd's neck is now under arrest are. >> he is in custody and has been charged with murder. this is by far the fasterest we have charged a police officer. >> reporter: the others are under investigation and likely will face charges. it's not the nearly enough. >> we are not satisfied with one officer. all of them are come poliplacenh his murder. just as four black men that killed something. they would be in jail right now. >> reporter: and warning to the viewers, this video is gruesome and jarring. here, you can see three officers holding him down m kneeling his

our miguel marquez was on the streets thursday evening. here's what he saw. >> reporter: two more fires have started down university towards the state capitol there. i don't know if you can see that. i want to show you what's happening here where protesters have been challenging police at this fire. several businesses, including a napa ought to auto parts, are o here. a large group of protesters just came up. it looked like they had been marching downtown. very young protesters as well. they have now moved towards police not realizing just how liberal they're being used -- they are with the use of mace, tear gas, pepper bowls and flash bang grenades. i'm guessing that police are trying to disperse this crowd. they're surging towards the police and then when they deploy some of those nonlethal types of weapons, then the crowd shrinks back. it's really gotten much, much bigger in the last few minutes. i'm going to stop over here because 24 this is an area. you can see them shooting pepper bowls here at those individuals. jake, step back a se

back to you. >> miguel marquez, thank you so much. >>> joining me now is joe henry. good to see you. >> good to be here. thank you. >> based on what miguel described, is that why you have said that meat packing plants are ticking time bombs? >> they are. these meat processing plants are incubators for the virus. people are within inches of each other. not feet. things need to be done. this is is a crisis that has been in the making for the last several decades due to deregulation and the way this has been done. we need to have things change. we're calling all our americans here in the united states to please help us promote a meatless may monday. we urge people to not eat corporate beef, pork, and poultry to send a message to the corporations that we need safety in the workplace. we need the ppe masks. we need to slow down of the line speed within the facilities. we need to make sure that the workers are treated with all the safety requirements they need, that they are provided with the health care they need, if they get ill. things need to be done right now. we need

i want to head to minneapolis now where our miguel marquez is there on the ground. he's been covering this story there and miguel, tell me, i understand you have someone with you. >> reporter: i spoke to an activist earlier today about this, and the simple fact is, mr. floyd, with that knee to his neck days ago, if evidence, one hundredth of a percent of that sort was found on anybody who lived in this neighborhood, found on me, was found on you, brianna, we would be arrested and held almost immediately, based on probable cause, they say. that is not the sort of treatment that people in this city get, several days, an investigation, we have to see both sides. that press conference yesterday, if they meant to quell concerns and bring the level of anger down, the only thing it did was drive home just how unequal the system is here, people on the ground say. and then to see our own omar jimenez arrested, activists here, people here, they saw a black man arrested on television because he was black. after showing his id, after indicating that he was a reporter, and then a

. >>> and from the gulf coast to the great lakes, miguel marquez finds opinion divided in the state ofan. >> reporter: in northern michigan life is beginning to feel a little bit like life again. >> what is it like to be out? >> nice to be out in restaurants and shops again and to be able to enjoy socialization. i am not go to lie. >> the hutchinsons visiting, masking up when they supenter shops. not everyone is willing to follow the rules. >> this virus i do not feel will come back. god is going to heal the land. plain and simple. >> with regard to safety and wearing masks. >> i am not going to take and wear a mask. i do not feel like covid will affect me or touch me. i don't feel i am going to pass it on to someone else. >> retail shops, bars, restaurants all playing by new rules. at bars patrons sign-in. masks for everyone at the shop door. wait staff masks and gloves in dining rooms with lots more space. >> how difficult has it been to prepare for the reopening? >> it has been very difficult. some of the products that we need as far as the sanitizers and the sanitizer dispensers ar

cnn's miguel marquez is live in michigan with more. what are you seeing, miguel?rter: alisyn, some of the counties are being hit harder than others. up north there's sheboygan, with unemployment rates up over 30%, that is 30% of the workforce in these areas have applied for unemployment insurance, just devastating them. in sheboygan in the northern part of the state that just started reopening this weekend, things are a little different. they have just come out of the long, hard winter and the summer is not looking much better. >> we had a lot of dreams here. >> reporter: the dream, a book store laura hart and her daughters could run that everyone in this lake huron tourist haven could enjoy. >> covid came in and it changed the landscape. we wanted very much to be a community place where people could come, bring their kids, play games, open mic nights, game nights. >> reporter: blue roses books and more, sheboygan's only book store, will close. another casualty of the pandemic. >> i think i've spent the past week crying. i know my daughter and i have both had some

cnn's miguel marquez joins us this morning from the iowa/nebraska state line with the very latest. reporter: yeah, so in town after town as you mentioned, those meatpacking plants, they get infections in there and that leads to community spreads here in nebraska, across iowa and other places. not only do employees work closely to each other in these places, but up until recently they were sharingfeterias and l. now some employees are speaking out. dakota city, nebraska, across the state line, tyson's beef processing plant there, massive, one of the country's largest, 340 employees, the person i'm speaking to is one of them. when you hear the number of people getting sick every day, they say, you wait your turn. out of fear for losing their job, we are not identifying this person who says it was clear something was wrong at the plant for weeks. how many have gone missing in the last several weeks? three, four, or 500, they say. tyson has now tested everyone at the plant, but this person says the company could have done more earlier. they only started giving you masks a couple of week

i want to bring in miguel marquez on the ground in minneapolis. he's been our eyes and ears. do you think that this arrest is going to change the tone of the protest tonight, miguel? >> reporter: i think there was a lot of energy spent last night and tonight may not be as bad but i can tell you that officials here are preparing for it. we were at the first precinct, which is downtown minneapolis right in the heart of downtown. there was a very, very large police presence there last night. there were a few protesters but there was great concern that protesters were going to move on that precinct or other precincts around the city. >> miguel, i'm sorry to cut you off -- the prosecutors in this case are beginning to speak as this officer has been taken into custody. >> good afternoon. i'm hennepin county attorney mike freeman. i'm here to announce that former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is in custody. derek chauvin charged by the hennepin county attorney's office with murder and manslaughter. questions? >> what charge of murder? >> he has been charged with third degr

here's miguel marquez. >> i'm a miracle. yeah, i'm a miracle.people in the hospital call me medical miracle. >> 18 days on a ventilator. nearly 30 days in the icu. >> i'll take this syringe here. >> three times intubated, a tracheostomy, his throat healing, he still eats out of a tube. his heart nearly stopped beating. the miracle, he's still alive. >> is there a point you realized this may be it? >> there's a point where it hurt to take even one breath. and i did actually at one time just want to die. but then i heard a voice in my head that said you're being selfish. >> selfish because he thought he'd mar graduation for one daughter. he had a team of doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists caring and pulling for him. >> you know the whole time that he was here, you know, i don't know if our patients can hear us or if he even heard it, but i used to tell him don't give up. i would like to know if he heard me saying that to him. >> kevin says he does remember hearing that. he wasn't sure if he was remembering it. but he remembers it and a nu

miguel marquez is there following the developments. miguel? >> reporter: well, the good news is that the rain has stopped and it is a sunny day here and don't expect rain for another couple of days. the bad news is the river is still rising. this is the tittabawassee river in midland, downtown midland, that green roof, that is a roof off in the distance there, you see, that's the farmers market for the town. they expect this to get higher. we're about at 34, little over 34 feet now. they expect it in the next 12 hours or so to crest at 38 feet. if it hits 38 feet, that will be a 500-year event for this area. the last time they had anything close to this was 1986, and that was just under 34 feet. we know it is still rising because we got here several hours ago, we could walk all the way into this garage. now it is all the way up to here, you can't get in. this is a disaster within a disaster because they still have the pandemic that they're dealing with here. thousands of people have been evacuated. we drove down through this area today and we

and to that point, miguel marquez, you have in the thick of things. and miguel, you're talking to folks who have been using their voices. is this enough for them? >> reporter: what is not going to help is the sense they're not being told the truth, essentially. and to watch that video, seven minutes with a police officer's knee on the neck of george floyd, and then to have the medical examiner of hennepin county come out and say there is no preliminary autopsy findings and, quote, no physical finding that supports a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation and that is going to send the signal that it is the only playbook that is being used again, that despite the evidence, despite how you and or i or anybody who lives in this community might be treated and arrested if we had similar evidence against us, that that is not going to work when it comes to a police officer. is every bit of information that comes out of officials now is going to be seen through that lens and it is a very high bar for them to get back to a place where people trust them

cnn's miguel marquez takes a look at the safety measures many are taking to keep their employees safe reporter: the auto industry, all important to the michigan economy, slowly inching back into gear. >> you opted for the face shield, the goggles and the face mask. >> yeah, yeah. you want to stay as safe as possible. >> reporter: safety in making employees feel comfortable. a temperature check before they start. some areas cordoned off to avoid crowding. first steps for companies like vintech industries that supplies parts for the auto industry worldwide. >> if you don't feel safe, what can i do to make you feel safe? and if you don't feel safe, then go home, right? what are you going to do? >> reporter: employers everywhere facing similar questions -- how to reopen with covid-19 still a threat. when do you see full production? >> you know, i don't see full production -- i don't know. i don't think it's going to come back full production until january. >> reporter: vintech says it doesn't expect new orders for at least another couple weeks. because automakers are inching back to work.

. >>> first, miguel marquez is joining us. miguel, an arrest following what the minnesota governor calls 48 hours of anarchy. >> reporter: yes, look, wolf, that arrest will go somewhere. there is a great level of distrust among the people in minneapolis for the authorities. in particular, the police. that arrest will help to some degree. but the authorities here have a long way to go. >> i can't breathe! >> reporter: derek chauvin, the fired minneapolis police officer seen here kneeling on george floyd's neck, is charged with murder. >> this is by far the fastest we've ever charged a police officer. >> reporter: the other three officers involved are still under investigation and prosecutors say they will likely face charges. floyd's family and supporters say it's not nearly enough. >> we are not satisfied with one officer. all of them were complicit in his murder and they all need to be held accountable just as if it was four black men that killed somebody. they would be in jail by now. >> reporter: new tonight, another angle s

back to you. >> miguel marquez reporting there. now a n now, an official at the new york police department tells us more than 100 people have been arrested after protests in that city. people leaving union square hours ago were seen attacking a police van. cnn's shimon prokupecz shows us what the scene is like now. >> reporter: this is some of the aftermath we're seeing from the day of protests here in manhattan. from times square, now in union square where protesters took to the streets. it was mostly a peaceful day. there was pockets of violence, certainly violence like this. there was vandalism, windows broken, graffiti spray painted along fifth avenue. but for the most part there were nonviolent protests, people who police allowed to march on the streets and on the sidewalks and chanting and getting together. but there would be points where it would devolve into violence, into people attacking the police, throwing bottles at the police and then police having to move in and arrest them. and then scenes like this. several police

we will leave miguel marquez right now. and the big guys with the masks are working security, or they're working production, for cnn. i know it is like who are these big guys walking around behind miguel, they're security, and glen, who miguel and i have been working with for about 20 years, who is working production for cnn, to give you context that they're safe where they are now. let's bring in van jones. van, do i have you? >> yes, sir. >> how are you doing my friend? thank you for being here tonight. >> glad to be here, sir. >> give us perspective on the national context of what we're seeing. why these different cities echoi echoing there, what is your observation on that? >> well, listen, i've talked to people on the ground in multiple cities, and people frankly of all walks of life, black, white, brown and otherwise, there's a sense of people just being fed up. i think that something broke in this country when, and people around the world, witnessed a lynching, that was a lynching, that was someone taking someone's li

miguel marquez is there. miguel, the current status? >> reporter: it's also the state capital where about 2 miles from there they've also locked down that area as well. i'm going to show you what's happening right now. this is st. paul tonight. police in riot gear with their masks on. that is at least one business that is burning off in that location. what's been happening all afternoon is there's several protesters on this side of the street that have come up toward the police and are taunting them. they are throwing rocks, throwing bottles. police are firing back with either pepper bowls, pepper spray and they're using flash bang grenades as well. they are doing this because they're trying to protect firefighters who are trying to fight the fires that have been setup the road here. down the road toward the capitol there are also other shops that are being broken into. right across the street here that's a goodwill. most of the windows there have been broken into and people have gotten into there and taken stuff as well. it is absolute

. >> cnn's miguel marquez is live in minneapolis and miguel, you have some new reporting about one of the officers who was involved in this incident. tell us. >> reporter: a couple of officers, actually. this is the area where anger exploded into rage. this is where the precinct s is one of the officers involved in a 2017 excessive use of force but more on point people paying attention to, that officer derek chauvin who had his knee on the neck of mr. floyd, he had 18 different complaints lodged against him. he was reprimanded for two of them but 18 complaints in his career. all four officers now fired. i want to give you a sense of what's happening right there because the rage we saw last night, this was an auto zone in the shopping area down here. the area behind here was a six story building under construction. that has all now come down. the target and all the shops on this side of the street, these also got destroyed and looted. this is actually the precinct. this is the epicenter of it. you can see the police officer on top of the roof. they've installed these barriers this morn

. >> miguel marquez is live in minneapolis. the police chief issued an apology for what he called the devastation and trauma for george floyd's death. you tell me, you're talking to folks in the community, what are they sharing with you today? >> this is -- it is anger and it is rage in this community right now. it is not very clear which way this is going two tonight. that's what people are talking about now. as we learn more about these officers, derek chauvin, that officer who had his knee on the neck of mr. floyd for several minutes until he died. he was -- he had 18 different complaints against him over his career. two of them he was punished for. two other officers had been involved in excessive force complaints against the department. those were settled by the city at some point as well. i will show you what's happening. this is where the third precinct is. that was an autozone across the street. it's a four-way shopping area. the stores behind it, there was a six-story building under construction, that's collapsed from

here's miguel marquez with the story. >> i'm a miracle. of people in the hospital call me a medical miracle. >> reporter: 18 days on a ventilator, nearly 30 days in the icu. three times intubated, his throat healing he still eats thus a tube. >> right here is my stomach tube. >> reporter: his heart merely stopped beating. the miracle he's alive. >> is there a point you realized this may be it. >> there was a point where it hurt to take even one breath. and i did at one time just want to die. then i heard a voice in my head. that said you're being selfish. >> because he would mar graduation for one daughter and a birthday for another. he had wife, two parents a church and friends that love him. he also had a team of doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists caring and pulling for him. >> the whole time that he was here, i don't know if our patients can hear us, i used to tell him don't give up. and i don't know if he heard. i would like to know if he heard me saying that to him. >> reporter: he does remember that. he wasn't sure if he imag

miguel marquez has the story. >> we had a lot of dreams here. >> reporter: the dream, a book store laurathat everyone in this lake huron toursist haven could enjoy. >> covid came in and it changed the landscape. we wanted very much to be a community place where people could come and bring their kids and bring games, open mic nights. >> reporter: blue roses books and more, the only book store will close, another casualty of the pandemic. >> i think i've spent the past week crying. i know my daughter and i have both had some hard minutes. >> reporter: hart faced a hard calculation with the high season short here and the pandemic keeping tourists away, she'd never be able to pay the bills into the winter when it's locals only. >> how tough will it be to lock that door? >> it's going to be really tough. i'm going to miss it. >> reporter: sheboygan county in northern michigan among the hardest hit in the state with more than 30% of workers applying for unemployment, the food bank of eastern michigan has more than doubled its distribution here. and even with businesses reopening, hiring isn't

>> miguel marquez reporting from minneapolis.e are covering these scenes from cities across the united states. the scene calms down, it's peaceful and then something flares up. there are curfew orders in place in many cities across america. the protesters are not heeding the orders and they are being taken into custody in philadelphia and los angeles. let's go to brian todd. there were scenes of protest and looting. you are in center city, philadelphia. what is the scene now? what is happening? >> a massive police sweep. three young men are being arrested for violating curfew. they are moving to get people out of here. they violated curfew. there are other people walking loosely around. you are not sure why they are picking some people out for arrest. it is in effect from 8:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. a police officer in philadelphia was injured. a bicycle officer was injured when this officer tried to stop a vehicle involved in a looting incident earlier. that vehicle ran over the officer. the officer is okay, suffering a broken arm

some speak to cnn's miguel marquez. >> reporter: forest county, wisconsin, where the pandemic has left 1/3 of the county unemployed. some here unsure how they'll make it through the summer. >> i still owe for rent here. i owe for rent at my home. i'm behind two months there. i'm behind two months there. thank god that i have lovely people who i lease from here and lease from there. >> reporter: lori locker ridge says she still hasn't received her $1200 stimulus check and applied for a ppp lone but hasn't gotten anything. >> we were promised things and never got it. so i just would like to see everything get back better and back to normal. >> reporter: one small business owner feeling forgotten. the experience so frustrating she's upset at the handling of the crisis and not sure she'll vote for donald trump again. >> when i do it, i take it apart. >> that will be going back up pretty soon. >> reporter: he supports the president and thinks he's doing a fine job but still concerned the states may be reopening too quickly. >> in fact, this past weekend the town was just flooded with people

miguel marquez is there. >> reporter: we've had to retreat to downtown minneapolis. i want to show you how police have prepared for what they think might be coming. this is the first precinct, which is the biggest precinct in minneapolis. these are barricades along the street here on both sides. but the precinct itself, the building right in the middle of the street with the american flag, they have four levels of cement blocks, 2,000 pounds each, surrounding the entire building to protect it. we were with protesters earlier today. police successfully sort of broke them up, which is what they seem to want to do. they weren't arresting people, certainly weren't trying to arrest people, but they did fire lots of tear gas to break them up. i spoke with one young protester, it was a peaceful protest, and he explained why it was so important for him to be out there. >> this is what i gotta say to the people who are destroying things. if you really feel like you have to take an opportunity, like if you're going to be opportunityistic, something is wrong with you. if you ca

our national correspondent miguel marquez is joining us right now. he has the story. f businesses there depend on tourist dollars this time of the year simply to survive. >> reporter: they do indeed. and the 32 counties in the northern part of michigan did reopen at least partially. some people were expecting a huge weekend here, but really it underscored just how long and difficult the recovery is going to be. in northern michigan life beginning to feel a little like life again. what's it like to be out? >> it's nice to be out in restaurants and shops again and to be able to enjoy socialization. i'm not going to lie. >> reporter: the hutchinson's visiting mackinaw city, masking up when they entered shops. not everyone says they're willing to follow the rules in this tourist dependent part of the state. dollar this virus is going to go away. this virus i do not even feel is going to come back. god is going to heal this land, plain and simple. >> reporter: and with regard to safety and wearing masks you don't do any of that? >> i'm not going to wear a mask, okay? i don'

cnn's miguel marquez is on the iowa/nebraska state line. >> reporter: dakota city, across from siouxity, massive, one of the largest, 4,300 employees, the person i'm speaking to is one of them. when you hear the number of people getting sick every day, they say, you just wait your turn. out of fear for losing their job, we are not identifying this person who said it was clear something was wrong at the plant for weeks. >> how many have gone missing in the last several weeks? >> three, four or 500 they say. tyson has tested everyone ott the plant but this person said the company could have done more earlier. >> they only started giving you masks a couple of weeks ago. ome masks. no other protective gear. >> no gloves. no face shields, no gowns they say. >> so well into the crisis over covid-19 this is the only protection offered to employees at the plant in dakota city. it is something that we also heard from officials at another tyson plant in waterloo. >> we walked out of that plant knowing that we had an enormous problem. >> reporter: blackhawk county sheriff tony thompson and heal

cnn's miguel marquez rushed overnight to midland county, michigan, on this breaking story. miguel, tell us what you found there. >> reporter: this is downtown midland right now. this is the tittabawassee river that goes through here. there is reports of a third dike south of here also breaking. that green metal roof out there in the middle there, that is the farmer's market for midland. and we only have been here, what, an hour and a half, maybe two hours, and this parking garage was filling up a bit, but this bit, the water wasn't coming over this, it is now. officials saying that they expect the crest to be at 38 feet. if it does hit 38 feet, that will be a 500 year event for this river in this area. it was meant to crest around 8:00 this morning, about now. now the national weather service saying it may be 8:00 p.m. tonight here in midland and then follow downriver throughout the rest of the time. they are dealing with a crisis within a crisis. both slow moving. the pandemic also. they have four shelters opened up. there are hundreds of people who have taken advantage of

cnn's miguel marquez is live in midland county, michigan, with more. what are you seeing, miguel? >> reporter: yeah. a third dike may have broken south of us. we were a few miles south of this river. now we're a little farther north in midland. that green metal roof out there, that would be the farmer's market on a regular day. this is how far it is on the town. you can see this parking garage they've closed off. it started to flood here. they are at 34 feet right now. they expect to hit 38 feet. they were saying 8:00 a.m. about an hour. but now it looks like it might be later in the day. if it hits 38 feet, that will be a 500-year event for this town. it will eclipse any records going back 500 years for this area. this is also a slow-moving disaster within a slow-moving disaster. thousands of people evacuated, four different centers set up for evacuees. we just spoke to a city official who says hundreds of people have gone in and because of pandemic they're checking their temperatures, they're ensuring that they're feeling okay. there's enough room in these areas that as people c

want to get to miguel marquez on the scene live in midland county, michigan with the breaking news. guel, what are you seeing? >> reporter: they've had tons of rain here in the lakes. huron and michigan at record levels as well. that's adding to this. i want to show you where we are. this is a river here, that is the bank. that's where the water should be off to the left of there. but it's not. it's rising very, very rapidly. we spoke to one official who said it's rising about five or six inches on hour right now. you can see that out-building. in the time we've been here that, building, the water has gone higher along that. the roadway here, this is the problem. this river is cutting off roadways for miles and miles around this area. you can see the roadway down here. in just a short time we've been here, it has probably doubled the amount of water crossing over that road. so we're in free land, michigan. up there is where midland is where thousands of people are being evacuated. i want to give you a sense of how high it is at this bridge. you can see the water rushing under it. you

our national correspondent miguel marquez is joining us right now.re is new unrest today. what's the latest there? >> reporter: yeah, look, there are several different areas around minneapolis where unrest is breaking out or possible. that's why the governor has called out the national guard into this. we are also at the federal building here in minneapolis. we expect to hear from the u.s. attorney, if ib fib, special agent in charge, most importantly the hannepin county whose office would be bringing charges to one or all fur of these officers. >>> a night of anger turns to rage. protesters surrounding the minneapolis police department's third precinct. businesses nearby looted and burned. ? i cannot allow criminal acts to occur and threaten the safety and also again compound the trauma that already exists. >> reporter: the trauma from this arrest that left george floyd dead. the video runs more than 7 minutes. floyd pinned to the ground, a knee to his neck, unable to move or breathe. >> please, i can't breathe. >> reporter: you can't see every vant

cnn's miguel marquez spoke with people worried that reopening the plant too soon could mean more infectionscity, nebraska, just across the state line from sioux city, iowa, tyson's meat processing plant. massive. one of the country's largest. 4300 employees, the person i'm speaking to, he's one of them. when you hear the number of people getting sick every day, they say, you just wait your turn. out of fear for losing their job, we are not identifying this person who says it is was clear something was wrong at the plant for weeks. how many have gone missing in the last several weeks? three, four or 500, they say. tyson has now tested everyone at the plant. but this person says the company could have done more earlier. they only started giving you masks a couple weeks ago. only masks, yes, no other protective gear? no gloves, no face shields, no gowns, they say. well into the crisis over covid-19, this is the only protection offered to employees at the plant in dakota city. it is something we also heard from officials in another tyson plant in waterloo. >> we walked out of that plant knowing

cnn's miguel marquez nearby as protesters held their hands in the air as some people shot off fireworks. law enforcement let off tear gas and the crowd scattered. cars were set on fire in los angeles, seattle, and miami. members of the california national guard were deployed to l.a. to support law enforcement authorities amid protests, mayor eric garcetti said in a statement to cnn. one demonstration in los angeles led to clashes between police and protesters. police vehicles were vandalized by some protesters who kicked in the windows or sprayed the cars with graffiti. police fired rubber bullets at demonstrators who chanted "black lives matter" and "george floyd." looting could also be seen as protesters went under a metal gate inside a store and walked out with various merchandise in los angeles. it was also an extensive looting in philadelphia. protesters there also vandalized the statue of former mayor police commissioner frank rizzo in front of the city's municipal services building, as seen in live aerials from cnn affiliate kyw. philadelphia police say protests at city hall and

>> miguel marquez live for us. thank you. >>> it is 7:00 eastern and right now in several cities across the country it's shaping up to be another long, tense night of protests. in chicago and in los angeles, in new york and miami, even small cities in the midwest. crowds of people are large, they're loud. some are defiant. we've seen protesters facing off already against walls of police officers trying to disperse them. we've seen them using force. the wave of protests violently crashing since the police custody death of an unarmed man in minneapolis a week ago. let's get to los angeles where police vehicles have been set ablaze. paul vercammen is in los angeles. you have been watching this accelerate all afternoon, what's happening now? >> reporter: now they're decelerating. if you look behind me, the l.a. fire department was able to get in here and douse this police explorer that was on fire. so that's the good news. you can see behind and off in the distance, counted at least ten other police vehicles damaged. w

miguel marquez is on the ground for us. what are you see something. >> we're at the lake street mitchel bridge. pete, just look down here. let me jump over this barricade. what you're seeing are protesters trying to get to the capital building in st. paul. you can see the amount of tear gas police are firing on the other side of the bridge. a few young protesters, people who started off two, three miles from here. walked by the third precinct. stopped there. they were peaceful. they wanted to make their point, wanted to move to the capital. they knew the risks, though. they talked about it along the wait a minute as they got to the far side of the bridge, completely kettled in there, the police were there in very large numbers and before they could even get to the police, the tear gas started to come. there was a barricade set up here so that -- for construction. they've now taken those barricades and they're trying to protect themselves from the police coming any closer to them. there are police officers in very heavily cl

and our miguel marquez -- excuse me, our alex marquardt is on location there. what's happening where you are, alex? >> reporter: hey, there, ana. this is lafayette park. what you are seeing here is a black lives matter protest. it is a demonstration that has been an entirely peaceful demonstration. in stark contrast to many of the other protests that we have seen across the country and really in stark contrast to what we saw overnight. for the past two nights here in washington, there has been a significant amount of violence that protests that have given away to violence and unrest between protesters and the police. this is a protest that started about two and a half miles away at howard university, which, of course, is one of the most famously historically black universities in the country. they marched down here over the past hour and a half, gathering steam, gathering supporters, emphasizing that this needs to be a peaceful protest. in fact, we saw organizers of this demonstration coordinating, in fact, with members of the metropolitan police department to

enraged over and, remember, we watched sara sidner, we watched josh campbell last night, we watched miguel marquez last night and we saw a precinct burn to the ground and no arrest was made. we saw journalists, hand a credenti credential, to show the world what was happening, what was happening in minnesota and across the country and the first amendment rights were curtailed. >> folks, thank you very much for all the analysis. omar jimenez, thank you for all of the reporting, nothing stops you, obviously, from reporting. it has been a very dramatic morning in minneapolis. we have watched it play out. it was a very dramatic night and you can see the aftermath, you can still see the smoke, the black smoke billowing off of a building. we have many more questions, the attorney general of minnesota is going to join us next. we'll be right back. alright, i brought in ensure max protein to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that. yeeeeeah! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar ensure max protein. now available in twelve-count. stock up today! thea

to what police presence, law enforcement presence we were seeing, based on the evening crews, miguel marquez and sara sidner and when we got here around 3:00 a.m. local time, we saw absolutely zero police presence. at least at 3:00 a.m. when we arrived. in fact, that was the one thing we remarked because we watched that building we showed you a glimpse of earlier completely blow up, essentially. a midsection collapsed and another section collapsed. we watched it blowout the entire top of the building. that happened over the course of more than an hour. we didn't see a single set of flashing lights at all. no utility person, no fire department, no police department. then literally, it actually happened within maybe 40 seconds. all of a sudden flashing light came across the corner, local police at first, protesters began to scatter and run a wachlt they swarmed the scene and formed a perimeter as firefighters pulled in there. it was when we turned around to walk away from the scene, we saw the state police officers approaching with national guardsmen giving the command for people to get out. t

marquez? >> going to st. paul, next to minneapolis, here is miguel. can you hear me? >> reporter: we are in minneapolis. this is downtown minneapolis. >> good, thank you. >> reporter: thousand people out. check this out, we are a half hour into the curfew here, this is defiance on every level. and it is everybody across coming out. white, black, latino, a massive turnout. seen very little police presence so far, blocking traffic for the most part. one interesting thing here, the crowd has gone different ways, broken up at least once, smaller crowd went one direction. we're with the larger number here. turn it on here, show how big this crowd is. it just keeps going. it was the the stadium, gathered there, started to get a little smaller as 8:00 hour approached when curfew goes into effect. as they started marching, crowd exploded, much larger. not clear where we're walking. tried to talk to the leaders up there, not clear they know. there is concern that the first precinct, biggest precinct in the city, which is near us, that may be the target of these protesters. police are in downtown in very big numb