. >> i'm phillip mena. thousands across the country are clamoring for police reform as demonstrators mourn the death of yet another black man killed at the hands of police, rayshard brooks in atlanta, hundreds marched in his memory while his family is demanding justice. blayne alexander is there. blayne, good morning >> reporter: good morning to you there are three separate investigations happening at least, including from the fulton county d.a.'s office i spoke with the district attorney to find out signs now w name, rayshard brooks. the 27-year-old shot and killed friday night by an atlanta police officer >> i can never get my husband back i can never get my best friend >> reporter: the father of four fell asleep in his car on friday night, blocking this wendy's drive through. someone called police. >> hey, my man. >> reporter: at least six different videos show what happened next. >> how much did you have to drink tonight? not much how much is not much >> reporter: this police body camera video shows --

phillip? >> blayne, thank you >> turning to capitol hill where they have been debating police reforms, a bill it would overhaul law enforcement we're joined by nbc capitol hill tracie potts there were heated moments at this hearing >> reporter: it was a very heated hearing, and this was over democrats' plan on police reform the exchange that we're going to show you centered around what it means to be a black man in america and how the peopleere in washington understand that or not. >> as a black male who went to a fifth best public high school in the country, who was a victim of excessive force, who has a black son, who has worries that you all don't -- people are dying as we talk. so i am not interested in moving at a snail's pace. i am not interested in a watered down bill that mandates nothing. >> are you suggesting that you're certain none of us have non-white children because you reflect on your blackson and you said none of us could understand -- >> stop. i'm not about to get sidetracked

phillip.is it ok if i answer that? >> absolutely. [inaudible]. can you turn your camera on, dr. phillips, so we can see you? >> yes. thank you. we have not received any cases. we have put out a provider advisory, advising providers to be on the lookout for this. so, we're thankful but we're watching very closely to see if we receive reports. >> thank you, dr. phillip. >> thank you very much. i have families asking me continually and with anxiety. so, thank you very much. >> any other questions -- oh, yeah. i see those two. >> thank you. thank you. i was wondering, six counties and the state have been coordinating their service response and logistics to the extent from day one. and i'm wondering now, but it would appear that there may be some movement for the counties to be acting more independently or more individually. is that something that is likely to happen more so in the future, especially given the different curves that we saw on your graph for some of the different activities going on

redefine the rules on athletes and demonstrations "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i am phillip mena >> i am frances rivera an impassioned plea to not let george floyd's death be in vain. afterward he marched near lafayet lafayette square kristin walker has more >> he did not deserve to die over $20 i am asking you if that -- is that what a black man is worth $20? >> on capitol hill an emotional and raw appeal from saw loanious floyd, demanding justice for his brother, george. >> he pleaded for his life he said he couldn't breathe. nobody cared nobody people pleaded for him they still didn't care justice has to be served you don't even do that to an animal his life matters all our lives matter black lives matter >> floyd describing the despair he felt watching the video of an officer kneel on his brother's neck eight minutes and 46 seconds of horror. >> i just think about that video over and over again. felt like eight hours and 46 minutes. hurt seeing my brother plead for his life, watching an officer just put a knee on his neck. >> now demanding lawmakers take action to preven

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>> that's the question, marq, that phillip's asking. that's the question, right? we're all a little confused about this. in the moment it's easy to sort of call for abolition of the police or defunding of the police, but there are moments where we're going to need somebody who is a police officer, who's armed, who's in the position to take somebody down who is a real threat to society. but then you see things like this and you say, well, is that what they're doing? how do you get to that point, marq? i know we've probably asked you this 20 times in the last two weeks, but how do you? >> you can't fix it, not right now, not immediately. you can't fix it in the immediate. but what you can do is to put in place those ideas, those initiatives, those guidelines, those people, those policies, those laws and really force professionals to abide by them. there is no short rescue answer here. you can't fix it right now. but hopefully -- and i think there is some significant movement towards revolutionary-type, holistic reform. hopefully what is being done on the legislative

"early today" starts right now >>> good morning i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. the nationwide outbreak of covid-19 is taking on a new trajectory nearly 2 1/2 million americans are now infected with cases rising in more than 20 states. >> the virus has reached a record single-day high of more than 45,000 new cases. the bulk of them coming out of california, texas and florida where the total number of infections have all surpassed 100,000. >> in california, the happiest place on earth is staying shut for just a little longer disneyland was set to reopen on july 17th, but that's now postponed because of that uptick in cases >> in mexico, newborn triplets have tested positive for the virus. the parents both tested negative officials are investigating whether they were infected after birth. the pandemic also sent the stock market into a downward spiral. the stock market dropping 700 points while the s&p 500 and nasdaq fell 2% making it the worst day since june 11. our tom costello has more on the risks of being infected. >> reporter: from the new front lines of the p

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phillips what's your message? >> treat yourself and every other person around you as though they have covid-19. and are asymptomatic. if you do that, and you space yourself out and you stay within your bubble of people that you know and are constantly exposed to, it's the best way to keep yourself safe. fourth of july is a great time. i'm here in washington, d.c. it's an excellent holiday. there will be thousands of people outside. the good news fireworks are in the sky. stay away from people and look up. you don't have to stand next to people to see fireworks. the president wants to give a speech and the mayor of detroit is doing everything she can to prevent large crowds from gathering by withdrawing some support and trying to get the message out that it's dangerous so i'm hoping people don't go to large mass gatherings like on the national mall. there will be medical support there. it's just north worth it. watch them from your house, with your families from afar. >> very good advice. al sayed, a quarter of the

james phillips, assistant professor at the george washington university hospital in the nation's capital. dr. al sayed, the country has surpassed the high back in early april. there isn't the same sense of urgency in light of the new surge, is there? >> no. and here's the message everybody has to understand. covid is not over. it was not over, and simply because we know more about the virus and because we've made it through that first major peak does not mean that we can act like it's over, and this spread is extremely difficult to see because we know that if it's been spreading this long, it's not just the number of cases, but it's how long it's been

around phillip vocalist the hotel manager and kitchen chef all rolled into one lunch to go is telling quite well companies from the neighborhood order lunch and pick it up it's normal to the crisis so the hotel restaurant is only open for the few hotel guests during the evening but it's not enough business. because and it was important for us to show our presence that we're still here we're in charge of $45.00 employees we're slowly getting out of short time work we reduced everything and still have the breaks on but it's important that our employees are in good spirits and that they have a task as much as they may have enjoyed the time they had with their families the employees now want to work and get recognition for it. and they can improve us to. phillips' wife jennifer takes care of the guests totalis $41.00 rooms most of them have been empty for weeks hygiene is that the utmost importance decorations are at a minimum the hotel manager is glad that things are slowly starting to pick up again she misses her casts. we are of course more limited than usual usually we're well booked

tomorrow and warming up in the middle of next week to convey area roadways and bridges and such robin phillips said all right we'll do thank you, let's head over to the bay bridge we're checking in on 80 the drive into san francisco.

phillip? >> geoff, thanks. >>> the head of the house judiciary is preparing to subpoena attorney general william barr after the abrupt removal of one of the most powerful prosecutors in the country. the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york geoffrey berman has overseen several high profile cases connected to the president stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: democrats calling for an investigation into the sudden firing of u.s. attorney geoffrey berman, senator chuck schumer writing a letter to the department of justice inspector general. >> over the past two days thisd president trump and attorney general barr to oust a well respected u.s. attorney played out in public view >> reporter: the shake-up happened late friday attorney general william barr announced in a press release that berman would be stepping down from new york's southern district berman quickly responding that he had no intention of resigning. u.s. attorneys are appointed by the president, who can remove them at

. >> historian, park ranger and author phillip greenwalt talks about boston's role in the origins of the revolutionary war. organized around three pivotal events, the boston massacre, the boston tea party and the battles of lexington and concord. this talk is part of a symposium co-hosted by the emerging revolution war blog, gadsby's tavern museum and the lyceum of alexandria, virginia. >> so to start off the afternoon please welcome phillip greenwalt. phillip is the co-founder of emerger revolution war and a full time contributor to emerger civil war. he is the author or co-author of two volumes in the emerger revolution war series and three volumes in the emerger civil war series and one of his books is downstairs. phil graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in history from wheeling jesuit university and has a graduate degree in american history from george mason university. he is currently a supervisory park ranger with the national park service in florida, you can ask him about fun snakes he might have seen recently. so with that, let us learn a little bit about why someone wou

susan phillip with the san francsco department of public health as by now, several businesses today. barbershop, salons, outdoor bars and more. new rising trend in coronavirus cases, alameda, contra costa choose to delay today's reopening. also want to remind you we have a map on abcnews.com of what's opened and closed in the county that you live. you can pull that up while you watch here to play around and closed. dr. susan philip, thank you for being here. good to have you back. >> thank you very much. glad to be here. >> yeah, so i just want to actually remind some of our viewers you can put your questions on youtube and facebook right now, and put them there, dr. philip, run us through what we're seeing in the city and in the county. >> what we are seeing in san francisco is unfortunately the same thing that we're seeing elsewhere and elsewhere throughout the united states. i think we've seen on the news that cases have been going up of covid-19 and unfortunately, that is the case here in san francisco as well. >> what trends are you seeing the cases might be coming up or going u

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in the months following the emergence of this new nation al-jazeera correspondent bonamy phillips traveled to the village of barrack of all where ethnic said he and sold fled during the war where returning to make a new life alongside their albanian neighbors from 2008 he has bought of the film about one villages attempt to forge an inclusive and peaceful future kosovo a year of fear and hope. this is western kosovo and behind me you can see the village of but. it's just a small place but what makes it so unusual in kosovo is that in late 2007 a handful of serb families who had run away during the war decided to come back here that makes but one of the very few communities in kosovo where ethnic albanians and ethnic serbs live side by side as neighbors we decided to follow 2 families in one albanian and one throughout this his story in kosovo our idea was to see what the prospects of 2 communities living in peace in a land which has been divided for so long by hatred and war. as you could sloppier fell apart in the night the main lease. on moved into costs of. the suppressed k.l.a. guerril

we know deandre phillips, al alexia, mr. brooks is just the latest name in a long list of history within this city. >> we've all seen the footage, reverend. do you think the police officer shot and killed should actually be charged? >> i believe that every single officer should be held accountable. if they took off, we received reports that they turned off and snatched off their body camera. if that is to be the case, we want them all to be terminated as well. that is obstruction of justice, and so it's just unacceptable that we continue to have these kind of things happening in our country. >> what structural reforms would you like to see in atlanta and in fact, in a whole bunch of other cities around the country to prevent these same things from happening. we've got the video to show from over and over and over again. >> two things. one, in the next days, it's going to be critical to pay attention to a very important woman by the name of tiffany robert who is the city of atlanta's co-chair for the center for human rights.

"early today" starts right now >> good morning, phillip mena. >> i'm cori coffin, we continue to followreaking news. more than a dozen cities imposed curfews overnight as protests continued over death of george floyd. moments after curfew in atlanta, police fired tear gas. last time curfews were used this scale was in 1968 in aftermath of the assassination of martin luther king. two police officers in atlanta fired after accused of using excessive force. tasing and pulling two college students from a car, seen here officer said the driver didn't comply with orders to stop >>> in new york, three people arrested by fbi and charged with throwing molotov cocktails at nypd vehicles. but lighter moment in queens and show of solidarity >> keep the peace, keep the peace. yeah >> that's just one of the many examples of peaceful protest we've seen during this unrest. peaceful moment turned dangerous in minneapolis truck came barrelling through a group of people sitting on closed interstate, fortunately doesn't seem any protesters were injured. many of them swarmed the truck driver who was arreste

june, look at where america stands now and where we're headed "early today" starts right now i'm phillipena >> and i'm cori coffin, breaking news, anger and outrage spilling out on the streets coast-to-coast, one week since george floyd died in police custody, video of final moment spread far and wide, protests in dozens of cities. >> we're hurting, yes, we want to go crazy but we refuse to sit up here to allow to tear up our own homes and everything else, that's pointless for us. want to have peaceful manner to let everyone know we can come together as community and united front. >> in minnesota, attorney general keith ellison will be the lead prosecutor in the george floyd case, the floyd family had asked him to take over the investigation. >>> disturbing moment interrupted protests ie sitting on interstate, driver was arrested, investigation under way. demonstrations turned chaotic in los angeles with police cars set on fire. hundreds taken into custody. in the nation's capital, multiple fires set not far from the white house. garrett haake was there, speaking with msnbc a few hours a

>>but we'll only implement that plan when it's safe and practical to do so phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. joining a lot of government agencies now calling for police reform bart's board of directors is signaling. >>it wants to relieve its officers from dealing with certain kinds of incidents among them drug use and homelessness and kron four's dan kerman he is live is at the glen park bart station with more on that dam. >>well real question in terms of what type of incidents debarred officers police officers in general. >>have to respond to do they respond to calls having to do with homelessness and drug abuse, those are questions now that many agencies as you mentioned are taking up. and now barred is taking it up saying maybe not maybe police should be responding to these incidents. >>the type of incidents park police respond to was front and center during parts online board meeting thursday with the board majority voting to have its staff rethink how the department operates i accept the challenge that black lives matter has has made and the cities across the country are really lo

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delivered the administration's clearest message yet, wear a mask to slow the spread >> reporter: phillipdire situation is developing across the state of texas as the u.s. vice president mike pence touched down there on sunday his message to texans wear a mask in texas the pandemic is quickly spiraling out of control nearly 150,000 cases, at least 2300 dead. despite postponing campaign events in florida and arizona, vice president mike pence touched down in dallas wearing a mask with this message for texans >> your local officials in consultation with the state are directing you to wear a maverick, we encourage everyone to wear a mask in the affected areas. >> reporter: pence said he's worn a maverick several times this week a marked contrast to past appearance and out of step with the president who has only been seen wearing a mask once. the administration defended that position pointing to the president's unique circumstance. >> he's tested constantly and those around him are tested constantly >> reporter: pennsylvania was in texas to attend an event to celebrate freedom at a church. >>

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phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >>and joining a lot of government now calling for police reform bart's board of directors is signaling it wants to relieve its officers from dealing with certain kinds of incidents among them drug use and homelessness. >>kron four's dan kerman is live at the glen park bart station and has more of this dam. that's right for some time now our directors have been talking about police reform today, they were talking specifically about. >>what areas that police are now responding to do we really not need bart police officers to respond to it instead could have someone else respond. >>during parts online board meeting thursday, the board majority voted to have its staff rethink what type of incidents park police respond to. >>i think this is a good opportunity to accept the challenge of black lives matter and the people around the bay area who called bart board deepen the police and to really take resources that are not being affected least and move them in different directions to try and a

i think trevor phillips might be quite interesting in this group and the other person they should getr person they should get, i mean, lam so impressed by the story because this is coming from all the sports organisations look to one another and all the big ones, the association, rugby, they discovered that they had one black board member between them. and so, whoever is involved and they said to themselves, we cannot solely rely on successful black athletes or footballers to speak up, we have to look at ourselves, we have to have difficult conversations we have to look at what we can do and we have got to be held to account. i think whoever is running that should be pa rt of whoever is running that should be part of it because this is not a problem you can solve overnight, this is a problem where there will be many difficult conversations about both sites. all sites, every side, but every life matters in black lives do matter and it seems extraordinary when there are so many people in athletics who do come from africa originally or wherever, and there is only one board member and all

kron four's phillipe djegal says it's just one of several commercial areas from contra costa county hit hard by vandals in the past few days. >>looters hit the pandemic shuttered hilltop mall in richmond monday night several building windows and doors were busted through lieutenant matt stone breakers says officers responded to reports of vandalism at around 7 o'clock in the evening 2 officers were injured tracking the looters down but not seriously 26 arrests were made and although the mall remains closed subcontractors spent the day boarding up whatever property they could in case the vandals return. >>businesses and other contra costa county cities are taking similar precautions. we've got extra officers involved and we will do what we need to do in order to keep the city safe act is vice mayor of pleasant hill. she says for businesses within city limits were damaged by looters sunday night. >>that prompted the director of emergency services to proclaim a local emergency and imposed a curfew monday that curfew has now been replaced by the one passed by the county in response to civil

>>phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >>time for another check on the forecast as we look live over the city brisas been warning us about some really hot weather warning is the word rubbery stuff. >>yeah, definitely warning so remember catherine i'm only the messengers so let's take a look at temperatures out there right now still tracking a very warm air mass for your wednesday night widespread 70's around the bay area's shoreline and 80's as you make your way inland. even at the 6 o'clock hour or so it's very toasty out there right now for most of the bay area with the exception of those of you at half moon bay. currently in the 60's so enjoy that because we're all certainly jealous, let's take a look at the south bay of san jose and not a cloud in the sky and wind speeds for the most part on the breezy side so we are still noticing some light to breezy double digit winds but fortunately, nowhere near that wind advisory territory otherwise we'd all be under red flag warning right now, but fortunately, not the case just

kron four's phillipe djegal talk to the mother of the pregnant driver who lost control. >>19 year-old carolyn navarro of richmond leaves behind a large family that just days after her passing says will miss her dearly. she was 2 months pregnant when she died tuesday night. she was behind the wheel along the car keen as bridge. when the california highway patrol says she lost control flipping over the bridge falling several 100 feet to the ground, 21 year-old christopher mata of rodeo 19 year-old kyle erickson of pittsburgh and 22 year-old cecelia iola of hayward were all passengers in the vehicle and also died. perilous mother veronica martinez is devastated always told her. >>when you leave the house or whenever we're done talking. always we always said we loved each other to you know. so that day i was his message in me. why was that wreck and she was telling me that she loved me and what she was doing then. talking about the baby and the baby names that she had chills parallel was a graduate of golden gate community school in rodeo. her goal was to mentor troubled youth cecilia isl

. >> and i'm phillip mena. breaking news this morning baseball is back after months of negotiations, major league baseball has put forward a plan to begin their season in later training one week from today on july 1st. the league proposed a 60-game regular season designed to lessen travel. the players' association has reportedly signed off on health and safety protocols in a statement, commissioner rob man fred said major league baseball is excited to bring baseball back to its fans. >>> now to a stark warning from the nation's top infectious disease doctors. testifying on capitol hill, dr. anthony fauci said we are seeing a disturbing sur ining surge ofn and the next two weeks will be critical record surges in florida, texas, and arizona. our coverage begins with nbc's tom costello >> reporter: with long lines for testing and covid-19 cases surging once again in the south and the west, the nation's top coronavirus experts warned congress the pandemic remains a very real threat >> we're now seeing a disturbing

phillip? >> kelly, thank you. >>> calls for justice against police brutality continue to grow across the country. and a disturbing new incident has led to assault charges against an officer in virginia drew wilder from our washington, d.c. affiliate wrc has this report >> walking around in the middle of the street. >> reporter: the video starts with the victim walking circles in the street, in the alexandria area of fairfax county officers and paramedics were responding for a domestic call >> you want to go to detax >> yes, yes. >> you have to get in the ambulance. >> reporter: about 2 1/2 minutes into the video, you see officer tyler timberlake arrive. he walks over to the victim and draws his taser. >> does he want it roll over. >> reporter: you can hear the officer talking to the victim by name >> anthony, relax. >> reporter: fairfax county's police chief acknowledged this then officer timberlake hits the victim with the taser and you can hear the officer apply another electric shock, as th

phillip?you for that report >>> protests over police brutality continue across the country. overnight in seattle demonstrators marched in to city hall >> whose city hall >> our city hall >> coast to coast, thousands of people pour into the streets here's nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: taking over roads, streets and bridges. the call for george floyd is being realized in communities across the nation n portland after violent clashes, the police chief is stepping down, clearing the way for a black chief who is the head of community policing >> i'm going to listen i'm going to care about the community. >> reporter: the growing demand for accountability includes calls to police the police >> not one officer tried to help me >> reporter: the new york cop who shoved a demonstratorto th ground cursing at her during a protest against police brutality was charged with misdemeanor assault, harassment and menacing, a rare step but likely not the last officer to face charges for abusing their power. >

>>phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >>my life workers, they're still looking for a bear that attacked a california woman she had just fallen asleep in her own backyard, experts say that entire scenario was not typical reporter alex distant has the story. >>the 19 year-old woman was attacked monday after she fell asleep in her backyard she awoke to the sound of an aggressive bear that was approaching her and in this commenced an immediate attack on her she ended up sustaining scratches to her arms and legs. >>and then ultimately the bear bit into her leg. >>captain patrick foye says the woman hit the bear with a laptop and ran away. they didn't provoke the animal they didn't get between the animal and its cubs. they didn't. >>to track that inadvertently with a strong odor of food. this person was asleep with a laptop in her lap and was doing nothing that would be argued as inadvertently attracting this poor people that live around here say they see bears all the time, they're locals, you know we had a couple beers that w

cnn's abby phillip has more. abby, what have you learned?> reporter: it started as a trickle, silicon valley companies like salesforce and apple speaking out, days after the killing of george floyd, but now it has become an avalanche. as corporate america breaks its silence on race amid nationwide protests. the leaders of america's most powerful businesses are facing pressure from their customers and employees to act. >> i say to you today no more. no more. racism of any kind is divisive, it is ugly and it brings about the worst in humanity. >> reporter: ben & jerry's, no stranger to activism, offering one of the most strongly worded statements, asking for concrete steps to dismantle white sfr supremacy in all its forms. >> in order to make the progress we need as a nation and as a society, it requires us to acknowledge and to embrace some hard truths. >> reporter: nike flipping its iconic slogan just do it on its head. now pleading for once don't do it, don't turn your back on racism. and nine of detroit's largest businesses including gener

"early today" starts now >> welcome to friday i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. a remarkable aboutface from the nation's top general further, deepening the divisions between president trump and the military joint chiefs chairman general mark milley now says it was a mistake to appear beside the president for that infamous walk to st. john's church after law enforcement attacked protestors to clear the way nbc's kristen welker has more. >> yet another divide between the president and his top generals after chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley issued a stunning apology for appearing alongside president trump, in combat uniform, during a walk to st. john's church last monday, that ended in this infamous photo op. >> as many of you saw the result of the photograph of me at lafayette square last week, that sparked a national debate. my presence, in that moment and in that environment, created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics. as a commissioned, uniformed officer, it was a mistake that i have learned from. and i sincerely hope we

is saying its largest spike in cases since the early days of the pet of the pandemic kron four's phillipe djegal has the story. >>san francisco mayor london breed and the public health department say the rate of covid-19 cases has doubled in the past week, 103 new cases were reported thursday and what that sadly means is our plans for monday. >>to reopen a number of businesses in places that we have committed to. those plans will be put on paul's those businesses include hair nail and tattoo salons barbershops zoo's outdoor bars and swimming. >>breed made the announcement while giving a speech honoring in depreciating essential workers at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital and trauma center. i know the last thing that you all want to see is somebody walk up to that door and get turned away. because. you want to help. in the last thing i want to make the last thing i want to happen. >>is to put you in a situation where you can't help public health director doctor grant colfax as this hospital alone has treated at least one 3rd of the city's covid-19 patients, he says it's unclear wh

abby phillip, political corresndent for cnn.asie hunt, capitol hill correspondent for nbc news and host ofkasie dc" on msnbc. dan balz, the chief corresponde washington post. and jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press. good friday evening to all of you. appreciate you being here. abby, let's start with you. you look at these governors, many of them republican, facing a crisis in their states as these case numbers soar, what's the significance of these trump allies now having problems? >> well, these are the very same people who just a fewhs mogo were so eager to open their states back up that ey were among the first to do it. and now they're realizing that there are real consequences doing it too quickly ando t doing it not in conjunction with clear public health messagg about what people should do. so when you see it places like florida starting to realize that they have a potentially uncontrollable outbreak on their hands, that is a real warning sign. because these were the folweks wh the most ardent ba

>>phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >>a 21 year-old man was shot and robbed in san francisco's bernal heights neighborhood. it happened at around 02:00am yesterday morning in the area of richland avenue near holly park. police say that a man approached the victim demanded his belongings then shot him and took his wallet and cash the victim has been hospitalized, and is expected to survive no arrests have been made. well to the east bay now the man accused of groping female joggers in walnut creek has turned himself in. police say this man is responsible for sexually assaulting at least one person on iron horse trail, there's this photo right there with several women say that they've and grabbed from behind while drawing jogging there since march. the suspect turned himself in on wednesday. but police are not releasing his name because it's still an active investigation. well to the south bay now did you feel it had 3.6 earthquake has struck the south bay on wednesday. my mom is in the east bay, but she felt and she text

thank you very much, abby phillip.e know you're going to continue to be our eyes and ears and bring us the very latest. >>> as we continue to follow this breaking news, the president has canceled his address to the overflow crowd because of a lack of an overflow crowd. but his indoor rally kicks off soon and that crowd gathered indoors is what is worrying health experts. stay right there, you're live in the cnn newsroom. ♪ here's what we want everyone to do. count all the hugs you haven't given. all the hands you haven't held. all the dinners you didn't share with friends. the trips you haven't taken. keep track of them. each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. so for now, keep your distance. but don't lose count. we'll have some catching up to do. >>> welcome back. we are just a little over an hour away now from the president's address in tulsa, oklahoma, his re-election campaign rally. and these are the images outside the event. they expected a

cnn's abby phillip joins us now live to discuss.by, republican officials statewide say that these problems largely occurred in counties led by democrats. what are the democrats saying in response? >> reporter: yeah. well, they are right to some extent about that. but democrats are saying that the secretary of state brad raffensperger is responsible for managing elections in that state and that ultimately the buck stops on his desk. but, as you know, georgia is a state that democrats want to flip in 2020. they believe that that state is moving in their direction. there's been a lot of attention going back many years, but especially in 2018 about voting irregularities that they say disadvantage and disenfranchise minority voters. ultimately, jake, the blame goes all the way around. there are a lot of people who are deserving of some blame for what happened here. it comes down in large part to poor planning and the inability to have contingency plans but this surge in mail-in votes that we saw in georgia, there was a disparity. minorit

phillips ... we will give you specific details about what our next steps are, along those lines. >> and commissioner chow, if i may, we do want to [indiscernible] currently, we do allow visitors for those who are. >> way and cdc. so there are very strict guidelines, but we do actually -- nobody in our facility is dying alone and [indiscernible] can be here with them. so that's one exemption that we do allow visitors at this time and as mentioned, we are working very diligently on a reopening plan. that is a national phase approach. but would work with families to allow them to come visit in a controlled environment, as much as we k we continue to keep our resident. >> way. >> i appreciate the fact that those people who are nearing the end of their life, can have an opportunity to have family with them. >> yes. absolutely. chu thank you very much. >> secretary: any other questions, commissioner? commissioner chung. >> commissioner chung: i keep click the wrong button. thank you for the presentation