Today and always. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Threatened military force, city mayors are imposing curfews. That is not stopping the protesters. Mr. Trumps likely rival in novembers election came out swinging today. Joe biden accuses the president of fanning the flames of hate. Donald trump has turned this country into a battle ground. He thinks division helps him. The family at the centeof it all takes part in march in houston to honor the memory of george floyd. Anchor welcome to world news america. For the fourth day in a row, testers of gathered outside the white house and across the United States to condemn the killing of george floyd. Most ofhem are peaceful but there has been violence. President trump has stepped up his call for tougher response, threatening to deploy the army on u. S. Soil. They are outside the white house again, the focus of their anger is not just Violent Police officers who kill unarmed black men, but the president as well. Is terrible that people cannot protest. President trump likes to talk about the second amendment. He will not even comment. Donald trump has appeared quite please with the way he has dominated with overwhelming force. But those subjected to the force yesterday, peaceful protesters. Pres. Trump i am dispatching thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers, military personnel,nd Law Enforcement officers. With that, demonstrators were gassed and shoved and pushed back from the Historic Church outside which they had been protesting. It was well before any curfew. I am terrified. What was it all for . Particularly outside the church. The president took a short walk to show he is in control and apparently to pose with a bible. The country is crying out for leadership, leadership that can unite us and brings us together. Leadership that can recognize pain and deep grief of communities that have had a knee on their neck for a long time. The Security Forces continued to force black demonstrators on the orders of a president who has claimed to be a champion of free speech. We have been Martin Luther king for ages part generations on end. It is time for malcolm x. No justice, no peace. That is not just a mantra anymore. That is a way of life. The military and the police have successfully shut down across the american capital, there are still large pockets of protests traveling throughout the city determined to continue to demonstrate. Black lives matter. The president may have disrupted the protests in washington but his critics feel his actions compared to authoritarian leaders around the world, the u. S. Would have previously condemned. Anchor those protests are continuing around the country with mr. Floyds family down in houston at the momen we will be watching as night falls whether the peacefulness of these protests can be maintained. Lets go live to outside the white house. There has been a lot of focus on politics hereoday and how the president has responded to this. What is the view from within the white house . How do they feel his response is ing . He has certainly seemed very pleased with himself. You can hear there are hundreds of people that if come out tonight in spite of what has happened. Lots of people out again today. If you look at the president social media, he has been pleased with how things went in washington, d. C. , tonight and he has been encouraging little leaders around the country to follow his lead and dominate. That is the word he keeps using two governors and other political leaders around the country, to step out what he has called looting and writing. Rioting. He has been stamping out legal, peaceful protests. That is what happened yesterday well be out well before the curfew. We have seen convoys of military personnel fanning out across the city. Extraordinary scenes. The west coast as well. One of the pictures of donald trump last night standing in front of the church and holding up the bible. He has come under considerable criticism from religious leaders for doing that. Silence from republican senators anmembers of congress. This is all going down fairly well with his basend with republicans who voted for a law and order president. In 2016, i am sure you heard the same thing. We ask people why they wanted to vote for donald trump, there were many people who said that it was the ferguson protest that made them feel that things were getting out of hand and needed someone to control the situation. This will be going down well with those people in spite of what others feel are stunts outside the very church that is to my right. Church leaders, including the episcopal bishop whose church thiss, are outraged. A lot of people in this country who these kinds of maneuvers are going down well, they do not find that he is coming down hard on these peaceful protesters. I wonder if he would if they would feel the same way if other protests were crackdown on the same way when he is supposed to be the freedom of speech president as well. Anchor thank you very much, from outside the white house, stay safe. These protests are not new to america. The reaction from other countris is unusually outspoken. The eu says it is shocked and appalled by the death of mr. Floyd. Germanys foreign minister has said protests are more than legitimate. There have been demonstrations around the world condemning the killing. Amsterdam, thousands of people stopped traffic chanting i cant breathe. In tel aviv, cwds gathered to voice their anger. In australia, people were gathed to support americas black lives Matter Movement and to protest the countries treatment of the indigenous community. What does this you to the u. S. Standing in the rest of the world what does this do to the u. S. Standing around the world . Because of covid, you are stuck in london. Im interested to get you perspective from over there when you wake up in the morning, what does it look like back at the states at the moment . It is like here, only worse. The u. S. Has gotten enormous social upheaval taking place and it feels like it is dealing with three crises rolled into one. Coronavirus, economic downturn, and it is dealing with the longstanding issue that has affected america for centuries, race and that the system is stacked against them. It is true. Anchor we have seen these protests around the world. It looks like it is getting a lot of attention, the story. The way america is seen ound the world, particularly by its allies, a wise older brother that you hope to, at a time of crisis, what should we do . You look to america to provide the global leadership. Ere is a perception among allies that that is not forthcoming at all. It seems to be consumed, unable to control the coronavirus, there is this sense that where once you look to america to forge the path out of this. It seems america is consumed by its own problems. On the news, you are getting an enormous amount of play out. Britain is in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. The lead story is america. Television australia he was showing me the breakfast coverage yesterday and it is the lead story. It is consuming huge amounts of airtime. It presents a picture of america that is not entirely flattering when you have streets filled with tear gas and rubber bullets being fired. That leads to another problem which is the admiration people feel towards the United States has dissipated. Anchor there have been race riots under other president s. The ferguson riots happened under barack obama. Do you think it is different because it is trump . It is no secret that foreign leaders have had a negative opinion of president trump. Doesnt make it quantifiably different . It is different for a couple of reasons. The first reason is the language donald trump is using, the address he made last night at the white house, the comments of what he told the governors. We are going to accept no compromises and take no prisoners. That seemed to be the general tone. Previousresidents would have tried, whether republican or democrat, would find unifying language, the balm to give a nation. Donald trump made such a big pitch about law and order in running for the presidency. Look at the speech he made back in 2016 in cleveland. From january 2017 the carnage stops right here, right now. All of that seems to be the measure against where donald trump is now. There seems to be a lots of american carnage across the United States of america. Anchor the world really is watching. Always interested in these and didnt of racial in these incidents. I am not seen these demonstrations before in other countries in support of protesters. The family of george floyd has been taking part his funeral will take place in the city next week. It is one of many protests around the country. We are in minneapolis, where it all began. Minneapolis is reclaiming the place that sent the city into spasms of anger and unrest. Smothering with flowers, the spot where george floyd stopped breathing, pinned down with a Police Officers knees on his neck black lives matter. At the state capital, a sit in echoing the civil rights movement, demanding equal justice for africanamericans and and and an end to Police Brutality. In houston, it seems like the whole city turned out to marge for mrfloyd. Members of his family joined them. This is where he grew up and where he will be buried. Streets in new york city did out in recent months to contain the coronavirus now full once again with protesters. Thenger has taken a destructive turn as it has elsewhere. Unfortunate, there are people out here looting. You cannot tell angry people how to be angry. This looks like more than protest about racial injustice. Bands of young people dressed mostly in black tk advantage of the unrest to pillage doors that had been shuttered because of the virus. Police struggled to respond in the mayor imposed a curfew. A double quarantine. The vast majority of protests were peaceful. It does not take much for e mood to change. The police have been responding with more and more force. And they have been attacked. In several cities last night, four were shot and injured in st. Louis. Fired shots at officers and we have four in the hospital. Thank god they are alive. Can we make some sense out of this . The police are struggling to make sense of their role, to restore law and order and also respond to the tragedy of minneapolis. Where appalled at what happened we are appalled at what happened in minneapolis. In that city, faith leaders made clear they were siding with those calling for justice. People are demanding that all of the officers involved in mr. Floyds arrest be charged. Accountability in this case might be the beginning of an answer but only the beginning. Anchor a heartfelt plea, can we make some sense of this . You are watching bbc world news america. From the screen to the streets, fill maker spike lee talks to the bbc about his work and the anger hind these protests in america. International donors have promised more than 1. 3 billion in aid for yemen. The United Nations says the country needs far more about the ongoing monetary and crisis. Officials say covid19 is only making matters worse. Our chief International Correspondent has more. Lets people are suffering people are suffering everywhere. Suffering with the loss of income. Yemen is the worlds worst humanitarian crisis. It was before the pandemic and it will be after the pandemic. While the world reels from the coronavirus, yemen is dealing with the old pestilence. The worst cholera outbreak, malaria. The worst in a generation floods. Grinding more which continues to take a destructive toll. Anchor germany is taking further steps to relax coronavirus restrictions with bars reopening in several cities. The country Won International respect for the way it brought the outbreak under control. There are fears the country may be moving too quickly. Is going to be a painful recovery. Germany relaxes most of its corona restrictions. I am torn. I enjoy the new freedoms but at the same time, im a bit scared. Maybe it was too early. Germanys cautious approach relaxing now. Angela merkel continues to warn repeatedly that this country is in the early stages of the pandemic. On a day like that, it is hard to believe it. Germany has brought i outbreak under control but there is an intense public debate about what happens next. This country can still boast low infection rates. It is too soon, easing up too fast and too much. I dont really understand why this is done so quicklyecause more than 80 of the population stand behind the federal agreements. Minority demanded Angela Merkel lift restrictions. A leading candidate to replace her when she steps down we have a Health Problem with the pandemic but there are others. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds cannot go to school. Sick people who did not get treatment. People in care homes get lonely. This has claimed lives. Nothing to do with raising his political profile . The measures we have to decide are so important, a matter of life and death. Katerina is not impressed. She has seen her family for the first time in weeks. I am very skeptical, very skeptical. It is like tipping over a sack of potatoes. This country, praised worldwide for its initial success, feels rather fragile now. Anchor we are dealing with this pandemic. Artists, record labels, and radio stations have paused their businesses in america and overseas for what is being called blackout tuesday in response to the death of george floyd. Celebrities and social media users are joining them in solidarity. Phil maker spike lee has spoken out for years Filmmaker Spike Lee has spoken out for years against Police Brutality in america. In the broad sense, the vietnam war through the viewpoint of black vietnam vets. It happens to all of us, man. You are intellectual, activist, and you are eloquent on the situation of racism. We have to talk about how the u. S. Was founded. The foundation. The foundation othis country is immoral. The land was stolenrom the native people. Genocide wasommitted against the native people. Ancestors were stolen from africa and brought here to work. Thfoundation of the United States of america is genocide, slavery. Any architect will tell you that if you dont have a strong foundation, the building will be shaky. And shaky from day one. The music business has come out in solidarity for george floyd. This seems has this seems to have resonated beyond america. The United States of america, racism, they do it better than anybody else. It is not just racism racism is all over the world. This is a Global Pandemic before corona. They killed him. They did it again. Talking about the young spike lee, raised angry. Does not apply to the spike lee today . Why are people angry . People are angry because black people are being killed left and right. Cops walk away free. They are angry for a reason. It is not like you are just born angry. Anchor spike lee. Five times more likely to go to prison if you are black and he america. In america. Before we go, a local resident in washington opened his doors to protesters who were fleeing last nights violence at the white house. He said he grabbed people from outside his front door and pulled them inside to safety, even as police were busy clearing the streets because of the curfew. Ended up hosting more than 100 of these protesters overnight until the curfew was fted this morning. Those taking shelter were mostly young and involved in Peaceful Demonstrations until things escalated. He says he is not a hero, just someone who opened a door. He had 100 visitors overnight. I hope they were being careful about the pandemic because this is causing a lot of problems as well. You can get all the days news. It is there on her websi. It is there on the website. You can check us out on twitter as well. This is bbc world news america. I will see you back here tomorrow. Narrator funding for this presentation of this program is provided by. 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