Dana Casullo: I’M DANA CASULLO, REPORTING FOR NCC NEWS. HERE ARE THE STORIES MAKING NEWS TODAY, MONDAY, JUNE 8. WERE COVERING ALL THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE PANDEMIC AND PROTESTS.
Casullo: GOVERNOR CUOMO MADE IT OFFICIAL TO ALLOW FOR OUTDOOR SOCIALLY DISTANT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS, STARTING JUNE 26TH. BUT, THERE’S A IS A LIMITATION: ONLY 150 PEOPLE TOTAL ARE ALLOWED TO ATTEND.
Casullo: MANY HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE AREA HAVE MORE THAN 150 GRADUATES ALONE.
Casullo: IN A LOT OF THE CITIES WHERE PROTESTS ARE TAKING PLACE, PEOPLE ARE WALKING MILES AND THEY ALL SHARE ONE SIMILAR MESSAGE, THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER. THERE’S SMALL VICTORIES HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THESE PROTESTS. IN WASHINGTON DC THEY RENAMED THE SECTION OF 16TH STREET TO BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA.
SHASCHE ALLEN: “IN THE MIDST OF EVERYTHING, THIS SMALL SYMBOLIC GESTURE OF YOU MATTER YOU ARE SEEN, YOU’RE HERE.”
Casullo: STREETS WERE FILLED WITH OVER TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE THIS PAST SATURDAY FOR A PEACEFUL PROTEST.
Casullo: ONE WOMAN CAME OUT TO THE PROTEST WITH HER HUSBAND AND HER TEENAGE SON AND DAUGHTER. MOTHER, AMY PENTO, SAID HER FAMILY IS SCARED OF GETTING COVID-19 BECAUSE OF THE CROWDS OF PEOPLE, BUT THEY STILL WANTED TO SHOW UP TO THE PROTEST.
AMY PENTO: “I SAID HOW ABOUT IF WE GO WE STAY ON THE EDGE TO DISTANCE, AND BRING WATER TO SUPPORT IN A SMALL WAY, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE I AM JUST TO NERVOUS ABOUT THE PANDEMIC, IT’S STILL HERE, IT’S STILL REAL.”
Casullo: OUR SPORTS REPORTERS ARE LOOKING INTO THE REACTION FROM THE NFL’S CHANGE IN POSITION TO THE PLAYERS PEACEFUL PROTESTS DURING THE SEASON.
Casullo: AND JULIANNA DURZO TELLS US WHAT WEATHER WE CAN EXPECT FOR TODAY.
JULIANNA DURZO: COMING UP IN WEATHER, GET THE SUNSCREEN OUT, WELL REACH A HIGH OF 70 WITH 60 PERCENT HUMIDITY. LATER THIS EVENING WE WILL SEE A LOW OF FIFTY-FOUR BUT BE SURE TO KEEP THAT SUNSCREEN HANDY BECAUSE TOMORROW THERE WILL BE A HIGH OF EIGHTY NINE. THAT’S YOUR WEATHER CHECK FOR MONDAY JUNE 8TH ENJOY THE DAY.
Casullo: FOR NCC NEWS, I’M DANA CASULLO REPORTING. YOU CAN FIND FULL STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, NCC NEWS ONLINE.COM.
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