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Military police on alert amid Floyd protests

Minneapolis protesters defied an 8 p.m. curfew in a fourth straight night of demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, a black Minneapolis man who died at the hands of a white police officer. Military police have been put on alert by the Pentagon. The National Guard is already in the city, providing security for firefighters working Saturday morning to put out fires from the overnight protests. Jeff Pegues reports from the scene.

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Demand surges at food banks amid virus crisis

Desperation is growing by the day for Americans who lost their jobs over the coronavirus pandemic, and an estimated 17 million people could now be facing hunger, in addition to those who already battle it every day. Feeding America, the national organization linking U.S. food banks, estimates it will need an additional $1.4 billion to meet increased needs over the next six months. Mireya Villarreal speaks to a newly unemployed couple in New Orleans who have turned to a food pantry as the virus crisis keeps the city under lockdown.

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Maryland calls National Guard over pandemic

Maryland's National Guard has stepped up to help the state prepare for its own coronavirus wave, which Governor Larry Hogan told CBS News' Catherine Herridge was "about two weeks behind New York." While working closely with Maryland's government, the National Guard has set up cots for a field hospital at a Baltimore convention center and a COVID-19 testing site at the Washington Redskins' FedEx Field. It's also moving pallets of face shields and surgical gloves to areas where medical staff need them most.

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