WHY
WHY SOME
WHY SOME ACTIVISTS ARE CALLING TO CUT FUNDING FOR POLICE
DEPARTMENTS.
DEPARTMENTS. WE CONNECT THE DOTS ON HOW IT
COULD WORK.
COULD WORK. >>> YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN TWO
HATE GROUPS POPPING UP ONLINE
ACCUSED OF ADDING VIOLENCE TO
THE PROTEST.
THE PROTEST. OUR TEAM LOOKS INTO THOSE
CLAIMS.
CLAIMS.
CLAIMS. >>> FROM OUR STUDIOS, THIS IS H-
TOWN RUSH.
TOWN RUSH. >> TODAY, FRIENDS, FAMILY AND
THE PUBLIC WILL COME TOGETHER
TO HONOR THE LIFE OF GEORGE
FLOYD RIGHT HERE IN HIS
HOMETOWN.
HOMETOWN.
HOMETOWN. WE HAVE COVERAGE THIS MORNING
WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE
PUBLIC VISITATION.
PUBLIC VISITATION. WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW IF YOU'RE
HONORING FLOYD TODAY AND IF YOU
WILL ATTEND OR WATCH THE
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
MEMORIAL SERVICE. YOU CAN LET US KNOW BY REACHING
OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THE
HASHTAG H-TOWN RUSH.
WE ARE SO GLAD YOU ARE WITH US
TO KICK OFF YOUR WEEK ON THIS
MONDAY.
MONDAY.
MONDAY. I
MONDAY. I AM STEPHANIE SIMMONS AND WE
WANT TO GET RIGHT TO
METEOROLOGIST CHITA CRAFT
BECAUSE MANY WILL BE GOING TO
THE PUBLIC VISITATION AND YOU
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOME
DANGEROUS HEAT.
DANGEROUS HEAT. >> BETWEEN NOON TO 6:00, YOU
ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY
YOUR RESPECTS AND GO TO THE
VISITATION AND IT IS GOING TO
BE THE HOTTEST TIME OF THE DAY.
96 THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL FEEL
LIKE 107.
LIKE 107.
LIKE 107. IT WILL FEEL LIKE 111 TOMORROW.
WE ARE TALKING LIKE FEELS LIKE
TEMPERATURES.
TEMPERATURES. THE HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURES
WHAT YOU WILL FEEL, SO KEEP IN
MIND IT IS GOING TO BE WELL
INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS.
YOU'RE WAKING UP INTO THE 70s
AND 80s AND WE CANNOT EVEN DROP
BELOW 80 DEGREES IN SOME
LOCATIONS.
LOCATIONS. 81 IN GALVESTON, 80 AT THE BIG
AIRPORT.
AIRPORT.
AIRPORT. THIS GUY CAST IS PARTLY TO
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20% CHANCE
OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER TO
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE
HEAT AND TROPICAL DEPRESSION
IN A LITTLE BIT.
>>> HUNDREDS ARE EXPECTED TO
LINED UP TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS
TO GEORGE FLOYD.
VISITATION IS FROM NOON TO
6:00.
6:00.
6:00. WE'RE LIVE AT THE FOUNTAIN OF
PRAISE CHURCH WITH WHAT YOU
NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO.
GOOD MORNING, JENELLE.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, THIS
IS DAY ONE OF FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR GEORGE FLOYD IN HOUSTON.
TODAY IS THE PUBLIC VIEWING
PORTION OF HIS ONGOING SERVICES
AND THEY ARE EXPECTING A LOT OF
PEOPLE TO BE OUT HERE TODAY AND
WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
STILL A THREAT, THEY ARE TAKING
A NUMBER OF PRECAUTIONS TO TRY
TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
FIRST, EVERYONE WHO SHOWS UP IS
BEING ASKED TO WEAR GLOVES AND
A MASK INSIDE THE CHURCH.
THOSE WHO WANT TO PAY THEIR
RESPECTS WILL PARKED AT A
SEPARATE LOT AND BE SHUTTLED
OVER TO THE FOUNTAIN CHURCH.
THERE ARE TWO THEORIES TO PARK,
FOUNTAINLIFE CENTER ON SOUTH
MAIN STREET, AND KINGDOM
BUILDERS ON WEST OREM.
I AM TOLD THOSE SHUTTLES WOULD
CARRY ABOUT 20 PEOPLE AT A TIME
AND ONCE THEY GET HERE THERE IS
A PATH LAID OUT TO THE CHURCH
THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW
TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING.
ONLY 500 PEOPLE BE ALLOWED
INSIDE AT ANY GIVEN TIME DURING
VISITATION.
VISITATION. THEY WILL ENTER FROM TWO SIDES
OF THE CHURCH AND IN SEPARATE
SOCIAL DISTANCING LINES AND
THEN AFTER THE VIEWING, EXIT
THE CHURCH FOR THEY WILL NOT
RETURN TO THE LOBBY TO LEAVE.
NO BAGS WILL BE ALLOWED INSIDE
AND EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO ENTER
THROUGH METAL DETECTORS AND
ADDITIONALLY, EACH PERSON'S
TEMPERATURE WILL BE CHECKED
BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED IN.
AS YOU HEARD, IT IS SUPPOSED TO
BE ONE OF THE HOTTEST DAYS OF
THE YEAR SO PEOPLE WHO ARE
COMING OUT TO PAY THEIR
RESPECTS SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF
THAT AND AGAIN, TODAY'S PUBLIC
VIEWING IS FROM NOON TO 6:00
AND TOMORROW IS THE PRIVATE
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR GEORGE
FLOYD.
FLOYD.
FLOYD. >>> HYDRATE THIS MORNING.
WE DO NOT WANT ANYONE PASSING
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. >>>
OUT. >>> WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM TOMORROW'S
SERVICE.
SERVICE.
SERVICE. BISHOP JAMES DIXON WILL BE ONE
OF MANY POWERFUL SPEAKERS AT
FLOYD'S FUNERAL THAT WILL ALSO
TALK ABOUT THE EMOTIONS FLOYD'S
DEATH HAS STIRRED UP ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> THE MESSAGES DURING THIS
SERVICE IS GOING TO BE MESSAGES
ABOUT LOVE, PEACE,
RECONCILIATION, AND HOW DO WE
HEAL THE RACIAL TENSION AND THE
RACIAL DIVIDE.
RACIAL DIVIDE. HAD WE COME AWAY FROM THIS
MAN'S SERVICE TO BE A BETTER
NATION.
NATION.
NATION. >> MAYOR TURNER WILL ALSO SPEAK
ON TUESDAY.
ON TUESDAY. HIS MESSAGE TO THE FAMILY WILL
BE THAT GEORGE DID NOT DIE IN
VAIN.
VAIN.
VAIN. >>>
VAIN. >>> TOMORROW'S PRIVATE FUNERAL
WILL START AT 11 AM AND ONLY
INVITED GUESTS WILL BE ALLOWED
INSIDE.
INSIDE.
INSIDE. >>> A BIG DAY ACROSS THE NATION
AND HERE IN HOUSTON FROM THE
COMMUNITY TO GOVERNMENT,
CELEBRITIES AND SCHOOLS.
THERE WILL BE AN OUTPOURING OF
SUPPORT FOR GEORGE FLOYD.
OF COURSE, IN HOUSTON, CITY
HALL IS LIT UP IN CRIMSON AND
GOLD.
GOLD.
GOLD. IT
GOLD. IT HAS BEEN THE COLOR OF JACK
YATES HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE GEORGE
FLOYD ATTENDED AND THEY PUT A
CALL OUT TO OTHER MAYORS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TO DO THE SAME AND
LIGHT OF THEIR CITY HALLS.
THERE ARE PROTESTS FROM MAJOR
U.S. CITIES RIGHT HERE.
THESE ARE HAPPENING IN SMALLER
COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES. CHECK OUT KELLER, TEXAS.
CITY COUNCIL SAYS THAT THEY HAD
ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP
TO MARCH PEACEFULLY.
AND THEN THERE IS BORN, TEXAS.
THEY ALSO GATHERED OVER THE
WEEKEND FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS
AND TODAY, CLASSES ARE CANCELED
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
AND TEXAS A&M SO STUDENTS CAN
ATTEND FLOYD'S VISITATION IF
THEY WANT OR WATCH ONLINE OR DO
SOMETHING TO HONOR THIS DAY AND
SPEAKING OF UNIVERSITIES,
HOUSTON NATIVE AND OTHERS LIKE
BEYONCC ARE COMMENTING DURING
AN ONLINE GRADUATION EVENT.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> THANK YOU FOR USING YOUR
COLLECTIVE VOICE AND LETTING
THE WORLD KNOW THAT BLACK LIVES
MATTER.
MATTER.
MATTER. WE HAVE SEEN THAT OUR
COLLECTIVE HEARTS, WHEN PUT THE
POSITIVE ACTION, COULD START
THE WHEELS OF CHANGE.
REAL CHANGE HAS STARTED WITH
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. THIS
YOU. THIS NEW GENERATION OF HIGH
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE GRADUATES,
WHO WE CELEBRATE TODAY.
>> BEYONCC IS ONE IN A LONG
LINE OF CELEBRITIES SHOWING
THEIR SUPPORT.
THEIR SUPPORT. AND THEN THERE IS THIS PHOTO
THAT IS MAKING ITS WAY AROUND
SOCIAL MEDIA PICK YOU WILL
LIKELY SEE IT, SHOWING
REPUBLICAN SENATOR MITT ROMNEY
MARCHING WITH PROTESTERS IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. YESTERDAY,
TWEETING BLACK LIVES MATTER.
ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT GOP
MEMBERS TO SHOW SUPPORT SO FAR.
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING TODAY
WHETHER IT IS GOING TO
VISITATION OR WATCHING ONLINE.
WE WILL HAVE IT ON KHOU.COM OR
MAYBE IT IS JUST HAVING A
CONVERSATION WITH YOUR KIDS
ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR PLANS
ARE.
ARE.
ARE. SEND
ARE. SEND US A TEXT AT 713-561-1111
>> IT WAS ANOTHER WEEK OF
PROTEST ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
OVERSEAS BUT THINGS REMAINED
RELATIVELY PEACEFUL.
RELATIVELY PEACEFUL. HERE ARE THE DAYS OTHER BIG
STORIES.
STORIES.
STORIES. >>> A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY FROM
EUROPE TO AUSTRALIA.
DEMONSTRATORS SPOKE OUT AGAINST
RACISM AND POLICE BRUTALITY
AROUND THE WORLD.
IN THE U.S., PROTESTS WERE
MOSTLY PEACEFUL AND THE
NATIONAL GUARD WAS PULLED FROM
CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK CITY
LIFTED ITS CURFEW.
>> DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED
SUNDAY CALLING FOR WAYS TO HOLD
THE POLICE MORE ACCOUNTABLE.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CALLED
OFF THE NATIONAL GUARD IN D.C.
AFTER A MUCH CALMER WEEKEND.
HE SAYS EVERYTHING IS UNDER
CONTROL BUT PROMISED TO BRING
THE BACK QUICKLY IF NEEDED.
ALUMNI FOR JACK YATES HIGH
SCHOOL THE VISUAL FOR FLOYD
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE
FOOTBALL FIELD WHERE HE PLAYED
COUNTLESS GAMES FOR THE SCHOOL.
IT STARTS AT 7:30 PM.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE EXPECTED TO
UNVEIL A POLICE REFORM BILL
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. THEY WILL OFFER A BLUEPRINT OR
REFORMING POLICE POLICY AND
HOLDING LAW ENFORCEMENT
ACCOUNTABLE.
ACCOUNTABLE. >> WE ARE HERE TODAY TO BEGIN
THE PROCESS OF ENDING THE
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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