sara sidner is on the scene. i understand there is breaking news. we want to get to miguel, but it appears -- can we go to sara? where are we hearing this noise? is that coming from sara's shot or miguel? sara sidner, what's going on? >> whreporter: it appeared that protesters are trying to breech the third precinct. they have knocked down the fence that was put up overnight because of the back and forth with protesters and police. i'm going to give you a scene setter here. on the top of that building there, that is the third precinct. there are a couple of officers who are pointing their non-lethal weapons. you can see some of the smoke rising up there. that is tear gas. you're also seeing a lot of loud bangs. a lot of that is fireworks. but you are seeing rocks being thrown and that being met with tear gas, that being bet with bean bags, that being met with rubber gloves. and every now and then you'll see people start running, just simply running as they start seeing projectiles coming from the crowd and then running back as the police return fire.

sara sidner back with us? we don't have sara sidner. let's put up these pictures and talk about what's happening as we have been talking to our people on the ground and our law enforcement folks. of course this is over the death of 46-year-old george floyd in police custody, an officer with his knee on his neck. the community is frustrated. protesters began to protest, and then it got out of control sometime this evening. and as you can see, the fire started and then they went, according to our sara sidner, and tried to knock down a fence that was erected recently and temporarily around the police station to protect that police station. that did not work. protesters started knocking on the police precinct, on the walls and trying to get into the precinct. they evacuated all the personnel according to the minneapolis police department, evacuated the personnel there. and then the protesters set the building on fire. again, the third precinct and minneapolis, minnesota on fire, moments ago burning out of control there because there's no fi

sara sidner, amazing reporting this evening. thank you. >>> now, protesters expressing their outrage in cities right across the u.s. it is not just in minneapolis. they're outraged not just over the death of george floyd, but for others till killed by police, and from the first protest in louisville kentucky, turning heated and what police say began as a peaceful demonstration as turned into things of violence and property damage, or even reports of shots fired there. local news says the crowd gathered to protest the death of brionna taylor, a woman shot after police officers forced their way into her home, back in march. turn our attention to memphis, tennessee. we have police in riot gear faced off with protesters marching, channing hands up don't shoot. and let's discussion further cedric alexander a former public safety director in dekalb county, georgia. thanks so much for being with us. just thinking about the size of a police station, a significant building there, on fire, and that comes after a number of other buildings

cnn correspondent sara sidner is there on the scene. sara, what's the latest? >> reporter: it might seem like we're in the middle of wide open big sky indian country, but quite a few people do come back and forth here. the tribe says, look, the reason they put up these checkpoints is simply for the safety of their people. here's why they're so concerned. they have about 12,000 residents but only eight hospital beds at their local hospital. they do not have an icu. the closest icu, the closest hospital with an icu is about three hours away. so if covid-19 does appear here and explode, they know they will be overrun. so what they're doing is, every time a car drives up, and we'll walk around so you can kind of see how this works, they simply stop people and they ask them a bunch of questions. and one of the most important things they're trying to do here really, john, is contact tracing. they get your information, they get your phone number, they find out where you came from, if you have any symptoms, whether or not you've been in a covid-19 hot spot, and dependi

let's go straight to sara sidner who is live for us in minneapolis. sarah minneapolis mayor jacob fry is calling on the national guard to help with the protests. tell us what you are seeing on the ground right now. >> reporter: jake, you can see why. this was a wendy's just a few hours ago, but burnt to the ground. there are businesses all the way through and down the street that are completely burned. if you turn this way, you will see the auto zone, where the first fire started. we watched this fire start. it went up last night. you are seeing destruction upon destruction upon destruction. there was a lot of looting as well. last night, though, it really, really exploded. people so angry about what happened with police and george. in the aftermath of an explosion of anger born of pain and a pausing today for minneapolis police chief. >> i am absolutely sorry for the pain, the devastation and trauma that mr. floyd's death has left on his family, his loved ones, our community here in minneapolis and certainly across the country and the world. >> repor

we gave you one perspective a moment ago from sara sidner.alking to people, locally, about why it happened. now, here is miguel marquez. he's been out there all day and night. different side of the city. miguel, 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 f

that's why people are so determined to be out here. >> sara sidner, appreciate it. be careful but thankful you're there. joining us, benjamin crump, representing the floyd family. thanks for joining us. wondering what the floyd family reaction is to the one officer at least now being charged. >> anderson, they were relieved that he was arrested. however as they said, with much conviction, they expected first degree murder and want first degree murder, and they began to tell me stories about how when they were little boys, talking to the brothers, how george would always sleep on the edge of the bed they shared, he would put his brother rodney in the middle because he always was there for them, and to see him down like that, to die with that police officer's knee on his neck and the fact that the last three minutes he was unconscious, and the fact they told me we saw him urinate on himself, they're just outraged that they would not charge him with first degree murder because they said he treated -- they treated his brother less than they would treat a dog. >> the cha

we were there, my colleague sara sidner and i were there. surrounded by this precinct. thousands of people, rioters, looters, and obviously the people conducting the criminal activity we saw on our screen by breaching this building. there is no way that law enforcement officers were going to come in, in full force, in that type of volatile situation. you know, our estimation is they probably decided that, again, coming in and trying to arrest people or trying to move the crowd back would probably lead to even more violence and possibly death. now, again, if you're a police official, your job is to enforce the peace, is to calm society. that's not what we saw taking place. and again, you know, this is going to continue throughout tonight. this protest continues. we have seen it in a number of cities around the country. still yet to be seen how long this takes place. we did get news just not long ago that the national guard, here in the state of minnesota, has been called up. some 500 soldiers and viewers around the world, the national guard are controlled by the local st

cnn's sara sidner was on the ground as the situation grew intense.e's what she saw. >> reporter: this is the police department, the third precinct here in minneapolis. they have created a barrier around the particular precinct that some of the windows have been smashed in. they've been battling back and forth with protesters. the police responding with bean anies and responding by shooting tear gas, but, wow, you're seeing all of those lights, you're hearing people yell at police with their hands up. those lights are the fire department because just across the street the auto zone is on fire. so you can really see it is starting to billow. i'm going to have them push in. the sounds that you are hearing are flash bangs and fireworks. sometimes you're hearing the flash bangs from police. many times you're hearing fireworks that are from the protesters who are sometimes blowing those off. we do not know how the fire started at auto zone. this whole area here, this full city block has been a hot spot all day. east high street, there. right there. they're

cnn's sara sidner is joining us from the capital of that navajo nation. th the president of the navajo nation. sara, update our viewers. >> reporter: they have the strictest stay-at-home order in the country. people are not supposed to be doing out of their house, stores and gas stations are closed. this is because the virus has taken hold here. they have one of the highest rates in the nation. i have the president of the navajo nation, i want to ask you about this per capita rate. at this point with almost 4,000 people that have tested positive for covid-19, you are at a c capita rate above new york, is that correct? >> thank you, wolf for having us in "the situation room." >> we have tested over 23,791. of those 3,912 have tested positive. 17,409 have tested negative. based on the charts that were given by governor cuomo how aggressive they are testing in new york state. he said 7.1%. compares that to here on the navajo nation, we have tested 11.6% of our total population. we are testing very aggressively. and the navajo nation tested more of their popul

cnn's sara sidner is there for us. >> reporter: christine and laura, we traveled across some of the navajotion to try and understand why covid-19 is sweeping this nation. in some cases it's hitting multiple members of this family. what we found are the difficulties here. we saw people, 30 to 40%, don't have running water, which makes frequent hand washing very difficult. and also often that people live in generations inside one home so it's very difficult to self-isolate. that may in part explain why covid-19 has taken hold here. we also know that according to the president of the navajo nation, that they have been testing more than any other state in the nation. they have a population of 175,000 people. the situation is dire here. he has made an all call for help. there have been 700 organizations that have responded to that call. doctors without borders, that group that goes into war torn areas or extreme 4ri6 strong populations, and they began helping with covid-19 in the united states in new york. christine, laura. >> sara sidner, thank you for that, sara. >>> restaurant owners are ple

sara sidner talks with officials there about what they did right. >> reporter: this e.r. in suburban seattle was in the first epicenter of the outbreak. describe what that was like. >> it was a little chaotic. >> reporter: two months later it's a symbol of how to contain the virus. washington state has less than 1,000 covid deaths while densely populated new york has more than 25,000. >> we're down to probably 10 to 15% of what we werein the peak. >> reporter: washington state beat the peak by a discovery by dr. francis redo. in february he tested two patients with no connection to infected countries, both came back positive. what did you think? >> it was a moment of recognition realizing that now everything had changed. >> reporter: then the first known covid-19 death in america occurred here. washington governor jay inchesly took immediate action. >> id declared emergency. this was an all points bulletin. >> reporter: three days after we were here. there was a noticeable emptying of the streets. that's because the tech giants headquartered here in washington like amazon

cnn's sara sidner is in timberlake, south dakota, for us. >> reporter: christine and laura, we are standingpoints that's being disputed. there are nine checkpoints here. the cheyenne river sioux tribe is standing here. this is their checkpoint. what they're saying is the reason they are doing this is for preventive measures. they cannot handle if there's a major outbreak on the reservation. they don't have the hospital beds. only about 8 hospital beds for 12,000 residents. so their solution is to try to hit this on the front end. basically when people come up, they drive up, they are asked a series of questions including whether or not they have fever, whether they've been in a covid-19 area, area that has an explosion of covid-19. where they live, what their phone number is. they're doing this, you'll see it happening here, they're doing this for contact tracing. basically making sure they can track those who may be bringing covid-19 into the reservation. if they find out that they have been ill, they can isolate them, get them the help they need and make sure the community is safe. the go

for that, here is cnn's sara sidner. >> it was everybody that was potentially at risk. >> reporter: this infectious disease specialist is on the front lines. from the first confirmed covid-19 death in the u.s., they are now at the forefront of finding a treatment. they are taking part in a clinical trial of remdesivir. >> this is an intravenous medication, given for ten days. >> reporter: after it was administered to the sickest patients, it showed real promise. and that was just phase one of the trial. >> when you go into a second phase of the trial, what does that mean? >> so the second phase is going to use this as the backbone. so every patient will receive remdesivir. because the first trial, act one, showed benefit. shortened the course of illness and almost statistically significantly showed a decrease in mortality. >> reporter: in phase two, some patients will also get a companion drug that is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. but every covid-19 patient will now be treated with remdesivir. >> why is that big deal? >> this is the first scientificalscientific proven beneficial dr

our ed lavendera is in dallas, but we start in minneapolis with sara sidner. >> reporter: we're 4 1/2 hours after the 8:00 p.m. curfew that was set here in minneapolis. and what we're seeing play out in the streets in this neighborhood filled with homes just down the street about three or four blocks from the fifth precinct is a large contingent, hundreds of officers coming forward, for the first time tonight, we're seeing a large contingent of police pushing people back from that fifth precinct and into the neighborhood. what is happening where you see the fire there is the protestors have practimade their own kind barricade trying to put something between them and the officers who are trying to advance street by street. and they will throw rocks, they will fight back and they have kept saying we'll fight back this time, nothing is going to stop us from fighting back. the police are responding with tear gas, with rubber bull leeb. and you see that play out and you will see people start running because the rubber bullets leave serious, serious bruises. and you will also notice that we

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well, our sara sidner was there then and now she's back as doctors try to break new ground on treatinghis deadly disease. >> reporter: doctors and scientists certainly do not want to give the public false hope when it comes to a drug that might be able to treat coronavirus. however, this drug is giving them some real hope. >> it was now everybody that was potentially at risk. >> reporter: this doctor is an infectious disease specialist on the front line of the coronavirus. from the first confirmed death, he and everyone at the kirkland, washington, are at the forefront of finding treatment. they're taking part in a clinical trial of remdesivir. >> this is a medication given for ten days. >> reporter: after it was administered to the sixest ten patients, dr. reado says it shows real promise. when you go into the second phase of the trial what does that mean? >> well, the second phase is going to use this as the back bone. every patient will receive remdesivir, because the first trial, act one, showed benefits, shortened the course of illness and significantly showed a decrease in mortal

as cnn's sara sidner reports, limited access to health care and lack of running water in many areas haveo the devastating impact. >> reporter: the beauty of the navajo nation masks the vengeance coronavirus has exacted on its people, even in the most remote places. in this household -- >> i don't know what came about. it whipped through us. >> reporter: she's one of five people in her family who has contracted the virus that takes people's breath away. >> reporter: how terrified were you that so many people in your family had it? >> i didn't want to leave my kids behind. [ crying ] i have nine kids. >> reporter: she didn't want to go to the hospital because too many people she knows never made it back home alive. this is one of the hospitals were members of the navajo nation would be brought. the nation is now reporting nearly 4,000 covid-19 cases in a population of 175,000, which means they surpass new york and now have the highest infection rate per capita in the u.s. this is partly because the navajo nation says it's tested more people than any other state, 11% of its population. but

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cnn's sara sidner reports now from arizona. >> reporter: rosemary, the navajo nation is known for its exquisite landscapes. covid-19 is sweeping their nation. the beauty of the navajo nation masksed vengeance the coronavirus has masked on its people even in this household. >> it came about and ripped through us. >> reporter: she's one of five people in her family who has contracted the virus that takes your breath away. >> i didn't want to go to the hospital. >> reporter: how afraid were you when you realized that your mom had it, that your sisters had it and that you had it? >> i didn't want to leave my kids at home. i had so much to do. i have altogether nine kids. >> she didn't want to go to the hospital because too many people she knows never made it back home alive. >> they were brought to icu. they were in a population of 175,000 which means they surpassed new york and now have the highest infection rate per capita in the u.s. this is partly because the navajo nation says it's tested more people than any other state. 11% of its population, but unlike new york, this can take hour

cnn's sara sidner was there.nd she shows us what was happening. >> reporter: hundreds of officers coming forward, for the first time tonight, we're seeing a large contingent of police pushing people back from that precinct. and into the neighborhood. what is happening, where you're seeing that fire there is that protesters have made their own kind of barricade trying to put something between them and the officers who are trying to advance. street by street. and from those vantage point where is you see that fire, they will throw rocks. they will fight back. and they're saying, we are going to fight back this time. nothing is going to stop us from fighting back. the police are responding with tear gas. with rubber bullets. you'll see that play out. when they started, you will see people start running. because those rubber bullets leave serious wounds and there are tree-lined streets, folks looks down from their property, worrying about their property. but so far, the protesters here have not gone and dealt with an

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sara sidner joins me now. and the governor's argument boils down to traffic concerns, right?> reporter: traffic concerns and whether supplies for example could get there and medical personnel could get there. the tribe said of course we're going to let trucks through. we've been watching them just wave people through but someone pulls up to the checkpoint, a couple of people from the nation go up to them and say where have you been and ask for information and whether or not they have symptoms, whether they have fever and if this is really about contact tracing, jake. because what they don't want to happen is they have an explosion of cases in and on the reservation. why is that? for about 12,000 residents here there are only eight available hospital beds at the hospital here and there is no icu. so the closest icu, the closest hospital that has all of the things you need for someone with a severe case of covid-19 is about three hours away. we talked to the chairman of the shien river sioux tribe and he told us, look, we're in dire straits if this gets into our community and s

let's go straight to cnn's sara sidner, live for us in minneapolis. sara, we're learning more about what happened from the charging document. tell us more. >> reporter: look, you had mentioned it, i just want to kind of go through a bit of it for you, jake, the new details we're seeing from these charging documents. but these, you can count out yourself. it says his defendant had his knee, and that's the police officer who was fired, derek chauvin, for a full two minutes and 53 seconds, mr. floyd was unresponsive and the officer had his neon hknee on his neck the time. the charging documents revealed what the medical examiner has so far determined although the autopsy is not finished. he has said, this is something the defense will likely seize on, there is no indication that floyd died of asphyxiation or strangulation, so no indication of asphyxiation or strangulation causing his death, but, and this is important, the combined effects of mr. floyd being restrained by police, his underlying health conditions, and he's putting any potential intoxica int

sara sidner, cnn, minneapolis. >> and the georgia governor, brian kemp, issuing a state of emergency for fulton county, that's just north and south of atlanta. also, activating the national guard after angry protests erupted in atlanta on friday afternoon. the demonstration started peacefully. but descended into chaos as the hours passed. nick valencia was there and has this report. >> reporter: what started as a peaceful demonstration didn't take long to turn violent. cnn center was one of the targets of the frustration of the demonstrators. they showed up here, in solidarity, with the demonstrations that have been happening in minneapolis. hours after arriving here, though, at cnn center, they began breaking windows. throwing rocks. just look at some of the items that were being tossed toward the police line. in fact, our crew here, along with my photographer william walker and producer kevin conlin, were here as police had a standoff with demonstrators. that video that you're witnessing right now and looking at now. it was intense, to say the least. this scene was chaotic. it was

cnn sara sidner is, she is in minneapolis. protestors are out on the streets. sara, good evening to you. clashes are continues tonight over the death of george floyd. give us the very latest. what do you have? >> i'm going to give you the scene right now. this is the police department. the third precinct, here, in minneapolis. they have created a barrier around the particular precinct that some of the windows have been smashed in, and they've been battling back and forth with protestors. many of them, throwing water bottles. the police responding with beanies and responding by shooting teargas. but, now, you're seeing all those lights there. you are hearing people yelling at the police with their hands up. those lights are actually the fire department because, just across the street, the auto zone is on fire. so you can really see it is starting to billow. and i'm going to have -- now, those sounds that you are hearing are flash bangs and fireworks. so sometimes you are hearing the flash bangs from police. and many times, you're hearing fireworks that are from t

sara sidner is "outfront." >> now everybody that was potentially at risk. >> dr.ectious disease specialist in the front lines. from the first confirmed covid-19 death in the u.s., they're now at the forefront of finding a treatment. they're taking part in a clinical trial of remdesivir. >> this is an intravenous medication. given for ten days. >> after it was administered to the sickest patients, he said it showed real promise and that was just phase one of the trial. when you go into a second phase of the trial, what does that mean? >> the skd phase is going to use u this as the backbone is is every patient will receive remdesivir because the first trial showed benefit. shortened the course of illness. b and a decrease in mortality. in phase two, some will get a companion drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis but every covid-19 patient in the trial will now be treated with rem rell. why is that a big deal? >> it's the first scientifically proven drug in treatment. >> trials are happening across 68 sites. more than 1,000 people have taken part. the result patien

cnn's sara sidner is in minnesota.yd's family says surveillance video from a restaurant nearby disproves the police department's claims about the incident. >> reporter: you're right, the videos we've been able to see, us in the media and the public, many of them taken from bystanders but also the surveillance video that we would like to show you ourselves from a store, you can see what happens there. and there is no indication that he was resisting arrest. in fact you see him sort of slide down and sit on the ground, his hands are cuffed behind him, and then the officer helps him up at the same time. and so here is the thing, and look, the -- so you can hear the pain, you can hear the grieve here. and that pain and grieve and frustration, we're seeing this happen to yet another black person in this country, has boiled over into anger. what you're seeing where we're standing, jake, this is the third precinct here in minneapolis. the police department is there. if you look at the top of the department you'll see officers

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cnn's sara sidner joins me from the capital of the navajo nation, window rock, arizona.hat's the latest on the crisis in navajo nation? >> reporter: we're here in the navajo nation. home of the world war ii code talkers, and the beautiful monument valley. they're really trying to deal with this in a severe way, because they are seeing still spikes in cases, and they're seeing a rise in deaths as women. i do want to bring in now the president of the navajo nation jonathan nez. we were talking we're still in the midst of a 57-hour lockdown. why have you taken such extreme measures? that means nothing's open and everyone is supposed to stay home and we have special per in addition to come out and talk to you about this. why have you taken such extreme measures. >> thank you, sara and fredricka for having us on the show. right now we have tested over 23,000 of our navajo people. 17,40 tested negative. to is 3,912 with 140 deaths here on the nafb hvajo nation. these cases are increasing on a daily basis and we are tracking these positive cases by doing some tracing as well to

and cnn's sara sidner joins us from the capital of the navajo nation, window rock, arizona.arah, what's the latest on the crisis in navajo nation? >>, you kno you know, this weeke is the strictest lockdown they've had. it's a lockdown of 57 hours. no stores open, not even gas stations or grocery stores. they are really trying to deal with what has been a spike in cases, even over the weekend, they had more than a dozen more people who died of covid-19, more infections, but they make clear, they understand that they have one of the highest infection rates per capita in the country. but that is partly, ana, due to the fact that they have been testing more than anywhere else in america. they've tested about 11% of their population. so they're being very aggressive with testing. they also are being very aggressive with stay-at-home measures. this -- i'm wearing a mask here, because if you're out in public, even if you're not around a ton of people, you're required to wear a mask in this nation, and also in the state of new mexico. we talked also to the president of the navajo na

this report from cnn's sara sidner might help you decide. >> reporter: sun, fun, and coronavirus. safe are we as summer pasttimes beckon? even in the great outdoors, epidemiologists warn, nothing is without risk. >> everything that we do has risk attached to it. >> reporter: this month, a report published by the national academy of scientists said that when it comes to covid-19 speech doplets generated by asymptomatic carriers are increasingly considered to be the likely mode of the transmission. it does appear that asymptomatic infection is a big driver of the spread of disease. and we are still learning things about it every single day. >> a virus hunter, a renowned ucla epidemiologist who has been spent decades researching in the congo trying to suss out the next virus and how it is transmitted. so far this is what experts know helps stop coronavirus transmission. >> everybody should be staying as far apart from each other as they can and wearing masks which will reduce the spread of droplets. >> but is six feet of distance enough? >> a new computer model suggests it may not be

you see sara sidner.'s out there on the streets of minneapolis in conditions that are not completely safe. she's saying there are flash bangs going off, as you can hear. there is tear gas being thrown at protesters. protesters on occasion throwing it back to police. molotov cocktails being thrown at police officers. and just mostly general chaos. general chaos going on right now. and if you can see, there's -- or hear they're saying "hands up, don't shoot," which started during the michael brown incident, the happening in ferguson, missouri a few years back. but, again, that is what's happening on the streets of minneapolis after this man was killed after a police officer put his foot -- his knee, excuse me, on his neck for about nine minutes. being pronounced dead. george floyd, 46-year-old pronounced dead at the hospital moments after he was taken into police custody. so, to continue on in that vein, we're going to get back to sara. we want to make sure sara is safe. we'll continue to report to you what

cnn's sara sidner has this story. >> reporter: 12-year-old haley aliason is helping to save her familym. >> haley, go get that one, orlande's getting out. >> reporter: instead of worrying about getting ready for school. she arises early to tend to hundreds of newborns. she's the youngest of four sisters whose lives changed because of the pandemic. >> the kids have really stepped up and filled that void. >> reporter: already suffering from collapsed wool and lamb meat markets, wade aliason has 4,000 ewes to care for on his sprawling ranch, but he's missing half of his workers. they couldn't make it into the country from peru. >> when we first all started hearing about the coronavirus, it was like, oh, okay, whatever. but as we know it's impacted us in different ways. >> reporter: the sixth-generation farmer says he'll only have three qualified men to care for his flock through late fall. >> if we don't have the people to help us harvest these crops, we don't have a crop. and if we don't have a crop, america doesn't eat. it's that simple. >> reporter: dairy farmer ron gibson knows his pa

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sara sidner, cnn, pasadena, california. >> i want to bring in public health specialist dr. matthew and former assistant commissioner of health in new york city, dr. celine gounder. dr. gounder, as you just saw, there are crowds gathering all over the country this weekend. many people are not wearing masks. what's going through your mind as you see some of these images? >> well, ana, you know, i don't think public health officials are anti-fun. we are pro-safety. and i think there are ways to balance the two. i think, you know, seeing some of the folks, for example, in the los angeles area on the beach and finding a way to remain at least 6 feet apart is great. you know, it shows that we can balance safety and fun. i think there are ways to wear masks which are cheap, and frankly, not that invasive, and still be able to enjoy our lives. >> let's listen to what dr. deborah birx, the white house coronavirus response coordinator said this morning about masks. >> we've made it clear that there is asymptomatic spread. and that means that people are spreading the virus unknowingly

sara sidner, beginning with you outside of the third precinct. tell me more about the officer taken into custody and charged? >> reporter: let me give you the scene. we were hear last night when the third precinct were set ablaze. this is one side, the opposite side of where the precinct is. i want to show you what it looks like this morning. very different than what we first got here more than 48 hours ago. it is behind the barricades and we can't get close but much of it in the front is gone. the fire very strong last night. we watched it go up. and it is now rubble, basically. i do want to talk about the arrest of derek chauvin. we know that his history with the department was put out by the department. he had 18 prior complaints from the citizens that he is supposed to serve and protect. he was only disciplined on two of the complaints. now he has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. for the folks that are out here who feel that they really have never seen justice when it comes to how police treat black and brown people in

and then police are returning fire with teargas and rubber bullets. >> sara sidner reporting there. as we said, this violence has been going on in many different places, around the country, including los angeles. our kyung lah is there and we join her now. the latest from where you are, kyung, it is, what, 11:00 p.m. there? and things were heating up earlier. bring us up to date. >> i just want to give you a sense of where i am right now. you can hear all the sirens. you can see all the police. and i want you to take a look at what's happening over here. these -- these are officers who are staging. what we have a se've seen throu evening are police officers staging and then moving into intersections, trying to break up crowds of protestors. the protests, initially, when they started, they were trying to block freeways. they were verbally confronting police officers. and then, as the hours went on, we saw more violence. you've seen stores looted. a starbucks. a dining -- a restaurant. a liquor store. a clothing store. and these are just what we saw. a subway. and so what police are t

i was here with sara sidner throughout the night. there were thousands of people out protesting. this is the aftermath. you're seeing a lot of the local businesses have been tagged. there's fire set. fire department continues to battle one blaze. businesses almost to rubble. this occurred last night during this protest. the police pry sink itself was set ablaze. they opted to let it burn rather than move in with any kind of show of force. however, today, it's a different story. we're seeing a larger police presence. we're seeing the national guard. i'm going to pan here so you can get a full view of the agencies and the personnel. they're pushing people back. we saw riot police moving in with riot gear. we've heard over the loud speaker a number of tiles, the state police announcing that congregating in this area is now unlawful. they are enforcing it. they're pushing back back farther and farther. earlier, when you first came to me, you saw a number of police vehicles. there's commotion taking place about half a mile up the street. you saw a number of the riot police rush to the

protesters are still out on the streets tonight and there you see our sara sidner, who has been on the ground there. sara, take it away. go on. what are you seeing? >> reporter: all right. so we are an hour and 12 minutes past curfew, and right now the protesters rule the streets. the national guard nowhere to be seen. the state police, nowhere to be seen. the local police, nowhere to be seen. the sheriff's department, nowhere to be seen. the protesters are the ones that feel like these streets are their streets, which we will hear people chant, and they have been walking -- the third precinct, by the way, is down that way about two miles. we are two miles past where people have been for several days now as we've watched this unfold. and now we are two miles past that. you can see a fire going on there. that is cars that are on fire. protesters here -- and, of course, of course there's an explosion because there is gas and there are all kinds of things inside of these cars. but i'm going to take you past the fires because you've been seeing fires all along. and show you what's happenin

to note, as you look at the scenes of destruction, i was out here throughout the night with sara sidn sidner, there were different groups of people here conducting what we saw. you had the people protesting the death of george floyd. they were doing so peacefully, they had signs with them. there was another group that was setting this building behind us ablaze. they weren't part of that group of protesters and yet another third group that were busy looting the nearby businesses. what i don't want is for all us to assume that they were engaged in some type of violence much that's not the case. police opted not to conduct arrests. noft to show force. not to send in the fire department. to put this blaze out and i think the reason is, we talked to experts, that they knew that a show of force by people in uniform could possibly turn deadly. their calculation likely being to let a building go rather than possibly lose lives. now the cleanup begins. again, our experience was much different than that of our colleague omar jimenez. i've talked to a number of police officers since i've been here. i c

. >>> i'm sara sidner in arizona, the tribal headquarters of the navajo nation.on now how the highest rate of infection per capita for covid-19 in all of america, but the president of the navajo nation says there's a reason for that. they also have done more testing than any state in the nation with 11% of its people tested. 3900-plus people have tested positive for covid-19. they've had a spike in deaths this weekend. so they us have one of the strictest state at-home orders. marvs are required in public, and there's a curfew every night at 8:00. on the weekends, especially this weekend there was a 57-hour lockdown. >>> the nypd has shut down a jewish orthodox school they say was operating illegally inside a brooklyn building. the nypd responded to the building after receiving community complaints there were students inside the building, that people inside were operating an illegal school. of course, all schools across the state and city have been shut since the pandemic. the nypd says they removed everyone and shut the building down. >>> ai'm rosa flores in mia

so, i want to go now to cnn's sara sidner. she's live for us in minneapolis where outrage is spreading over the death of george floyd. protesters are out on the streets. she joins us now. sara, these clashes are continuing. are they escalating between police and protesters tonight over this death? >> reporter: two things are happening. one, there are firefighters that are out trying to put out a fire at the auto zone which is really taken hold of the entire building now which is right across the street from the third precinct minneapolis police department. so, that's happening in one area. and then there's a huge target parking lot that has a target and a cub that sells all sorts of things that target sells and all sorts of things you would want to get at a grocery store. i am now walking towards the target. looking behind me is billowing smoke and in front of me, i don't know if you can hear that sort of beeping noise. but that is the alarm at target. if you look in, it looks like a smoky destruction. there is a very large amo

our sara sidner was there when the fire started. here she is. >> reporter: those are fireworks being fired off by the protesters. we are watching them being fired off directly in front of me. all of those sparkling lights if you can see that, that is from fireworks, but we are definitely now seeing a fully on fire third precinct here. that is clearly what's happening there. there have been boards that have been put up outside of the third precinct and those boards are on fire but it looks like the fire has gotten even bigger at this time. you can see protesters so close to the fire that they are getting hit with sparks from the fire coming off of that building. so that is what's going on right now. it is official that the building is on fire. the third precinct is on fire. we do not know where the police are. we see the liquors on fire on the other side of the street. we see a fire behind the precinct. we also see protesters throwing fireworks at the precinct and the fire alarm is going on inside of the precinct. this is a scene tha

here is sara sidner. >> it was now everybody that was potentially at risk. >> reporter: dr. francis is a infectious disease specialist on the front line of the war on coronavirus. from the first confirmed covid-19 death in the u.s. they are now at the forefront of finding a treatment. taking part in a clinical trial of remdesivir. >> intravenous medication. given for ten days. >> reporter: after it was administered to the sickest covid-19 patients he said it showed real promise. and that was just phase one of the the trial. >> when you go into a second phase of the trial what does that mean? >> so the second face is going to use this as the backbone. so every patient will receive remdesivir. because the first trial, act 1, showed benefit. shortened the course of illness. and almost statistically significantly showed a decrease in mortality. >> in phase two, some patients will also get a companion drug used to treed rheumatoid arthritis but every covid-19 patient in the trial will now be treated with remdesivir. >> why is that a big deal. >> this is the if first scientificall

. >> our sara sidner with that report. no serious injuries to police or protestors were reported. all of this anger was because of the death of george floyd. the video of his confrontation with police is disturbing. we caution you, it is difficult to watch. this video was taken by a bystander and shows floyd pleading for help as an officer pinned him to the ground with his knee on floyd's neck. those police officers have since been fired. >>> protesters in los angeles attacked police vehicles on a freeway late wednesday. one person can be seen smashing the back window as another man gets on the hood of the car. the man who fell off of the car was taken to a hospital. the los angeles county sheriff says he does not condone the assault of an officer doing his job. violence is unwarranted and takes away from the message of the protests. >>> later this hour, more on the protests around the united states and the mayor of min knee ab poe lis speaks out about the officers in george floyd's death. can it help me fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but can it help keep me

my colleague sara sidner and i were here throughout the night, covering this dramatic torching of a police precinct here, not far from where the death of a black man happened here in minneapolis. thousands of protesters showing up here, some of them turning violent against setting that building on fire. you're now seeing the aftermath of that destruction. you have fire department vehicles that are here put ought certain hot spots, beyond we can see vehicles from the national guard that that have showed up as well. they're assisting police in keeping this area cordened off now. and you see the dramatic images. this is different than what we saw last night as that chaos was unfolding. police opting not to move in with the heavy presence, not to move in with the show of force and talking to experts, the reason we're told is because they thought being there themselves, showing up in uniform, showing up in riot gear, could lead to additional danger, possibly additional death. they decided to let this building burn rather than move in with a heavy presence, that's different than what we're seein

. >> reporter: i'm sara sidner in seattle. we sat down with washington state governor jay inslee. his state still does not have enough personal protection equipment and not enough tests and not enough testing swabs. where does he put the blame for that. squarely on the president who he said has the power to force the federal government to mass manufacture the things the states need to fully reopening. he's not disappointed with the president's leadership buttin fury ated for weeks but he is now seeing some of the items finally come into the states and being made with the help of the federal government. he does say this. we, he believes, are at war, not with a human enemy but certainly we're at a scale of war both economically and physically. >> reporter: i'm brynn gingras in hoboken, new jersey. for the first time in 115 years the subway was shut down for a deep clean. 500 subway stations were closed overnight for four hours so more tan 700 workers would clean every train top to bottom. about 252 homeless people were removed from the train, half received services and the goal here

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sara sidner is out front. >> reporter: sun, fun and coronavirus, how safe are we as summer pastimes beckoniologists warn nothing is without risk. >> everything we do has risks attached to it. >> reporter: report by pnas said when it comes to covid-19 speech droplets by asymptomatic carriers are considered to be leading mode of infection. >> does appear to be a big driver of spread of disease. still learning every day. >> reporter: virus hunter, ucla epidemiologist who has spent decades researching in congo to sus out next virus. how it's transmitted. >> staying far apart as they can, wearing masks which will reduce the spread of droplets. >> reporter: is six feet enough? new computer model suggests it may not be. engineering professor study in "physics of fluids" now light breeze could carry droplets up to 18 feet. >> any data is important to consider. we're gathering data in realtime to understand what we're doing today and tomorrow. >> reporter: still isn't known how infectious the droplets would be when virus is present. >> outdoors, very, very small. >> reporter: what has been lab test