His reaction to George Floyds death he says donald trump will go down in history as americas worst ever president. Im told me a lot of well welcome to the program we begin in the United States where more protests are being held on the day of the funeral of george floyd a black man killed in Police Custody in minneapolis last month in new york city the relatives of all the victims of Police Brutality addressed crowds at a mass rally in manhattan the city was in the grip of civil unrest for days in the wake of the 46 year olds killing elsewhere crowds have been gathering in minneapolis which was also the scene of angry demonstrations mr floyds death sparked weeks of global protests and International Support for the black black lives matter. Movement. Hundreds of mourners mourners turned out for the funeral of george floyd in his native city houston during the eulogy reverend al sharpton highlighted racial inequality in the u. S. Justice system and criticized President Trump for his response to floyds death trumps rival joe biden delivered a video message to the mourners calling for Racial Justice. Mourning a man whose crime in the watts of his supporters was being born black more than 500. 00 guests attended the funeral in Houston Texas for george floyd his death under the knee of a white policeman spots global protests calling for Racial Justice. As we. Speak is that the ceremony made impassioned pleas for change. Why must the system because. Last life put africanamerican system to fail. And hes lucky to be shane just no more hate Crimes Police so why is it make America Great again but when has america ever been great. Enough this year to teen civil rights activist reverend al sharpton accused president on the trunk of caring more about trying to stop protests than ending Police Brutality. And we know the price for black life is the same is the price for white light we go keep coming back to these situations over and over again is that a law will work or it wont work. Trumps opponent in the president ial election Democrat Joe Biden also to live in a video message to the funeral. Now is the time for Racial Justice. Thats the ins we must give toward children when they ask why. Because when there is justice for george. Be on our way to Racial Justice in america and then she said she. Changed the world. Well solem the funeral was also a rousing tributes to the life of floyd. Have. Many supporters lined the streets as his body was taken to its final resting place a last farewell to freud his death galvanized amusements now to support to say they want rest until there is real change in the wells so that death like his wont happen again. Is all of us out it was up houstons fountain of praise church where George Floyds funeral took place i asked him to give us a sense of the mood among the mourners. Well it was a very sad day of course 500 guests were inside the ceremony the closest family members of course bit their final farewell with tears in their eyes friends also politicians came congresspeople civil rights activists so it was more than just a small ceremony the family really wanted to celebrate George Floyds life youre also the fact that he became the face of a Global Movement fighting inequality Racial Injustice and that is what weve witnessed here today but there was also a political. The ceremony today perhaps the most emotional the emotional moments was a speech delivered by joe biden candidate of the Democratic Party in the president ial race and then also congressman al green. To speak to him earlier today lets listen in what he had to say. Reconciliation in this country. Weve had reconciliation to a great extent you dont. Recognize. Well if we have a Reconciliation Department in the cabinet of the United States of america with the secretary of reconciliation who reports directly to the president whose job it is. And invidious discrimination who reports to the congress. And reports hes doing his job what progress are we making there if were going to need the long run so that we can take care problems not only today but into the distant future. Across the well because of his death. What do we know about his. Well former classmate called him a gentle. And his family members refer to him simply as the big floyd and you also told guy he was an athlete he played football and basketball he came from Humble Beginnings as the us weve also heard very often here in the speeches delivered you grew up in a poor neighborhood heroes southwest of the city of houston then he did some College Later became a blue Collar Worker 1st a truck driver later a Security Guard then moved to the city of minneapolis where he got killed almost 2 weeks ago by a policeman as we know and sparking a Worldwide Movement and thats what people here in houston are especially proud of today and that will many people also are putting their hopes and. All of us on it in houston thank you. They have been anti racism protests here in germany as a result of George Floyds death it comes at the same time the federal anti dems anti Discrimination Agency says theres an ongoing racism problem in germany and that its getting worse. Germany waking up to discrimination but the number of cases is on the rise there were 3580 cases of discrimination in 2019. Stuff you. Should see shouldnt be any gaps in protection in the long term this is an important it is right move thats the 1st state to have an end to discrimination law does it. And other stages should follow through shortly. To counter his latest report looks at this can be nation based on gender disability age religion Sexual Identity and worldview but the largest issue remains racial discrimination. Cases in 201933 percent were classified as racist discrimination a 1176 reported cases last year more than double compared to 4 years ago in the report so im going to sit and cited their experiences. To colleagues from another department approached me laughing and asked me if i worked at the company to make coffee hey im a Civil Engineer from syria a kid at school insulted my brother because hes got dark skin then he hit him the teacher saw everything but did nothing those are not isolated cases. And germanys racism isnt really addressed does a very limited understanding of it and its limited to Political Rights there is no understanding that systemic racism is present at all levels of society and this debate must take place because racism kills our institutions. The report comes out a time when a new Awareness Towards every day discrimination is raised following protests denouncing Police Violence to its people of color all over the world. Coming up oscar winning director spike lee gives his reaction to the killing of george floyd but 1st lets take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. A Massive Oil Spill in Russias Arctic region has polluted a lake which serves as a basin for water flowing into the arctic ocean emergency teams are working to contain the spread of more than 20000 tonnes of diesel which has travelled 20 kilometers from the spill site near normals. Thousands of people have rallied across the Czech Republic to protest against the governments covert 19 recovery plans and demand more state support for entropy nears hit by a pandemic restrictions the 1000000 moments for Democracy Movement organized events in more than 150. 00 locations. In spain nice and workers held a protest in boss alona against the japanese automakers decision to shut its plant in the north east of the country around 3000 people are being made redundant the company has suffered a major drop in orders for the corona virus pandemic. Or George Floyds death came as no surprise to spike lee the director of films like malcolm x. And do the right thing has made a short film which makes connections between George Floyds death and what the filmmaker sees as institutionalized violence and racism in Americas Police forces the oscar winner told d. W. Why this time hes hopeful of change. Spike lees response to the death of george floyd was to make this film editing footage of floyds killing with the chokehold death of garner in 2014 and with scenes from his own 1989 film do the right thing to write it was based on. My. The simple and brutal message is this is happened before if nothing changes this will happen again. But lee does see a difference this time in the broad group of americans whose response to George Floyds death was to take to the streets might just black and Brown America white americans or white your sister brother take in the streets and joyous all in saying this has to stop and theres a National Crowd or these Police Departments across america weve got to do some with them you know they got out they got to be reform change ask. How elisa is done the United States of America Black shii for decades spike lee has been making movies about us racism and the forgotten history of africanamericans amid the shooter action of his new film the 5 bloods about black vietnam thats least slips in social and political commentary. About the current resident of the white house leaders of mince words his nickname for President Donald Trump says it all agent orange is going to go down as the worst president in history of the United States in america. And its funny now see his allies these generals in politicians are slowly starting to move away from him because they can read right into a wall and they dont want to go down in history attached to this guy. Be it on a written down history is on the wrong side of history with a capital w. For the 1st time in decades one of americas loudest critics sees hope for real change. Hope i see years of millions of americans take it is streets saying enough is enough i see hope. You feel more hopeful on november 4th thats the day after president elect youre watching news from palin you can keep up to date on office news and also information around the clock on our website w dot com also follow us on instagram and on twitter at d w news when i leave you with some more images from the funeral of george floyd. Corona crisis you can find more Information Online at t. W. Dot com and on t. W. Social media channels