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Lets turn to ashley banks standing by with the latest on the ground actually. Not very monella i am here at the site where george boyd was killed by former officer derrick truant and as you can see behind me there are a large crowd of people were here just trying to remember his a life you can also hear music people are grilling and handing out free food theyre handing out free water theyre just happy that these 4 officers have been charged and of course theyre waiting on at these convictions now just moments ago the city im now so it will ban it troll cold and is basically requiring police to report and to intervene if they see any excessive use of force taking place now this is just one change thats come in the wake of george boyds death but there are many more changes to come to go on. In the wake of george lloyds death Minneapolis City Council has called an emergency meeting today to discuss possibly disbanding the police department. Bricklin the block and other Grassroots Community groups have been demanding this for years due to black and brown residents experiencing Police Brutality the City Council President says they plan to replace the department with a transformative new model of Public Safety Jeremiah Ellison the son of Minnesota Attorney general Keith Ellison and a representative of the citys ward 5 weighed in tweeting we are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police department and when were done or not simply going to glue it back together were going to dramatically rethink how we approach Public Safety any Emergency Response its really passive do Many Organizations have already cut ties with the citys Law Enforcement including the university of minnesota minneapolis Public Schools minneapolis parks and recreation board and law firm dorsey and whitney Officials Say this list could grow in the coming weeks floyds family held Memorial Services yesterday at North Central University Many were in attendance including reverend al sharpton Benjamin Crump the lead attorney for floyds family eric garners mothers 70 year old Gwen Carr Kevin Hart masterpiece looter chris while delivering the eulogy river now sharpton asked the congregation to stand for 8 minutes and 46 seconds the amount of time former officer shogun kept his knee on floyds neck and back although all 4 officers involved in floyds death have been charged peaceful protests will continue here in minneapolis and across the nation as people want to see convictions and reform not only within the Minneapolis Police department but across the nation. And thursdays Memorial Service actually was the 1st of 3 im hearing for floyds family so whats next for his family members. Now very vanilla so avoid body its going to go to North Carolina where he was born for public viewing and private Family Service on saturday and then after that the public viewing and funeral will be held. And houston and next monday and tuesday back to you ashley banks there on the ground in minneapolis thank you. And as we entered the 12th day of demonstrations since but death of george ford protests across the country have largely been peaceful but there are still some pockets of violence erupting between riot police and demonstrators artist Trinity Chavez now with our nationwide coverage of america and chaos and 1st lets warn you that some of the end images youre about to see will be very disturbing for some viewers. Today nationwide demonstrations push into a 2nd weekend but as demand for change grows across the country tensions are escalating coast to coast in los angeles video posted on instagram shows police in protective gear surrounding the car before smashing the windows then aggressively pulling out a black man pinning him to the ground and then handcuffing him this while protesters in new orleans were tear gassed by authorities there was never and this smiling clash between a demonstrator and Seattle Police caught on camera was well in new york city cell phone video captures the moment several Police Officers begin repeatedly striking a cyclist in an intersection with the times this is 2 officers in buffalo new york are under investigation after this disturbing video shows them shoving a protester to the ground take a 75 year old man suffering serious injuries but the officers keep walking past him as he remains bleeding on the sidewalk the man rushed to the hospital where he is in serious but stable condition a spokesperson for the city initially said the man tripped and fell but after the video surfaced the Police Commissioner ordered an internal investigation and the immediate suspension of the officers new York Governor Andrew Cuomo calling the incident utterly disgraceful use. The video. Your basic sense of decency you numerous. One argues that. We are was the. Older gentleman where was this through. Body the person where you see blood coming from but still many protests across the country largely peaceful in Portland Oregon thousands kneeling together marching and chanting in unison demonstrators in seattle sending a powerful message hundreds quietly lying down in a parking lot with their hands behind their back thats nothing compared to what they actually go through but just laying down and seeing that like man like this really happens to people i think it i think it kind of made something click in a lot of our brains and i really appreciate that and George Floyds memorial in new york city his brother calling for peace im going to prove she was. Brought to destruction while dozens of protesters held a quiet vigil outside amir bill de blasio manhattan mansion and. Others marched throughout the city even well past thursdays 8 pm citywide curfew theres been absolutely no violence whatsoever theres no vandalism theres no sprinting its just a peaceful protest but as time moved on into the late hours of the evening Police Officers asking demonstrators to go home with her ok ok oh all right still many defied orders the n. Y. P. D. Making 250 arrests reporting in new york trinity charges are too. High were about 12 days into a nationwide protest over the death of george floyd including demonstrations right here in the Nations Capital today mayor sharing a strong message and making a bold move just steps away from the white house thats where we are finding that shes out there with more on this affair whats going on there. So no when i was covering the foley or in the week very different feeling from what were getting today the day after mary mary about whether she actually did. Things against trump today but the thing thats different here in manila today it seems almost more of like a turn block party. Because you have what mariel browser did because or where you had renaming the 16th street area to black lives matter plaza you can actually see the sign behind me here in front of St Johns Church you also had them painting the black lives matter along the street along with the removal of police now this is video from bowzer twitter showing crews early friday morning actually putting the finishing touches on black lives matter murals that stretches for almost the reflux there are those blocks leading up to the white house now once crews were finished there was a ceremony and a moment of silence for george floyd right in front of Lafayette Park in the church where the 16th street sign with taken down and life lives matter now you also had hauser posting on twitter the letter that she sent to dr donald trump ending the state of emergency in d. C. Saying that protesters have been peaceful and thats where police didnt make a single a rats thursday evening which is why she is calling on trying to remove any federal Law Enforcement or military presence in the city now meanwhile earlier at the rose garden trunk signed the Paycheck Protection Program flexibility out of 2020 and taking a victory lap after the government reported surprising job gains for last month seizing on the data to predict that the worse up in front of my wrist band i make and its economic disruption was in the Rearview Mirror now all trump he did any and all questions on Race Relations but trump did mention George Floyds name when youre. Hopefully george is looking down right now and saying theres a great thing thats happening for a country theres a great thing for him its a great thing for everybody this is a great day for everybody this is a great great day. In terms of equality. Now you know you have trump just touching down in maine after that rose garden on News Conference there where before even he was and even got into the state of maine he actually was greeted by the states largest newspaper with a message reading quote were sorry that you decided to come to maine but since you are here could you do. Favor. No trouble be sure to look at all of the. Benefactor that theyre going to be doing for as far as the coronavirus and hes also going to visit High School Leaders at the white house but youre very much a block party today everybody just having fun celebrating. And also. Going to the back you know certainly a little bit more of a festive mood there thank you so much. And a demonstration in mexico turned grew some a word of warning the video youre about to see is very disturbing on thursday a protester poured a flammable liquid on a Police Officer and then lit him on fire this happened outside the Government Palace of. Other officers were able to come to his rescue protesters were demonstrating after police had arrested and allegedly beat up a 30 year old man for not wearing a protective mask during this pandemic that man later died from brain injuries. And over in the u. K. A strong showing on the streets of birmingham in solidarity with the u. S. Black lives Matter Movement and the death of george floyd and then over in France Police there have banned a black lives matter demonstration from taking place tomorrow in front of the u. S. Embassy in Paris Police Say the band is due to high risk of social disorder and Health Dangers from large gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic. And the saturday marks the anniversary of d. Day on the beaches of normandy but unlike previous years this time will prove to be different as france is still dealing with the coronavirus the pandemic is expected to keep government leaders away and frail veterans from visiting the site and seeing their fellow comrades on june 6th 1044156000 American British and Canadian Forces landed on 5 beaches to retake france from the nazi. Invasion. And back here stateside a ship off the coast of Jacksonville Florida exploded thursday afternoon injuring 9 firefighters who were battling the massive blaze on board that ship firefighters are now being treated for burns and one is undergoing intensive care the norwegian vessel was carrying old in used cars. And despite a Global Pandemic and ongoing protests here in america the u. S. Military is moving full speed ahead around the world were going to talk about that next and then over at sports regina hamm brings us the highlights from another runaway high scoring game in the cave and make sure you keep up with all the latest news and anything you might have missed by downloading our brand new free app portable t. V. You can watch there 24 sevenths well be right back dont go anywhere. We go to. St hold. It like a good boy you get questions with the actually listen to the just. A number react to. Folks Douglas Miller a new show. Oh yeah oh. Go by. On the larry king question listening learning you know all is said i never learned anything when i was talking its important to a list of. Questions and more. Are so much going on in the walls dont you think whens the last time you add a real birds eye view of. Should the news be more than just hours of bickering and giving 30 minutes ill take you off the low. Im chris hedges the corporate coup detat has destroyed our Democratic Institutions the commercial media is burlesque part of the reality show president s expose the trivial lives seen on contact question more. While much of the western world has been paying attention to the civil unrest and protest over the death of george floyd across the globe American Forces just conducted 2 air strikes on taliban fighters in afghanistan casualty figures from that not get know but at least 10 Afghan Security forces were killed early this morning in an ambush in southern savile province the taliban is suspected but have not yet claimed responsibility so joining us to expand former pentagon official mike maloof and former u. K. M. P. George Galloway Mike id like to start with you 1st can you give us a summary of whats been happening in afghanistan lately that led us up to these airstrikes. Where there are still peace discussions going on there are still look scrabble within the Afghan Government on the exchange of prisoners and taliban has promised to continue their. Attacks on Afghan Forces but theyre not attacking nato Coalition Forces but the United States does to give aerial support. To Taliban Forces which were apparently cornered at an intersection and under heavy attack by taliban in that case they did come to there so there are systems but there has not but in the meantime the United States is continuing to withdraw u. S. Forces from afghanistan and that level probably will diminish as the as they approach a better settlement theyre still trying to get the Afghan Government and the taliban. Representatives to come together and Start Talking but thats not going so well and george a lot of anti. War activists are really angry about these recent strikes because they believe many civilians were hit while we dont have confirmation on the casualties as i just mentioned is it unfair for some people to claim that the d. O. D. Cant simultaneously assist with handling these these National Protests that were having here stateside as well as continuing their fight in afghanistan. Well i mean this is a 20 year war no almost. You know you talked about d. Day. The 2nd world war lasted 6 years so this war has already lasted well over 3 times the length of time the 2nd world war did has achieved precisely nothing no my feeling is that donald trump would very much like to get out of there and its being stymied by an Afghan Government that could scarcely be called a government at all if it were left entirely to its own devices that would last 5 minutes or so i think its about time the drum told the socalled Afghan Government hes leaving. They better make their d dispensations now rather than later because theyll never be in a stronger position as they are today these strikes are deadly the taliban are not targeting nato forces but need 2 forces are targeting them and in those circumstances the whole cease fire part of familiar could all come tumbling down and then wed be right back in maybe for another decade yeah this continues to go on and mike this this one was the 1st major escalation of violence since the pas during ramadan but why not use that temporary ceasefire as a means to. Further the peace talks with the taliban. Well i think they i think theyre trying to its it depends upon the talibans willingness to come together with the with the government which it doesnt recognize i think the United States plans to continue its withdrawal and i think the United States also seoul and the fact that it was important to exercise its vigilance and its military might as a show that in spite of the internal problems of the United States its military remains ready and i think thats also a message believe it or not to iran and also to china so i think that these are their telegraphing something here that theyre not letting down their gardens notwithstanding the internal problems that the United States is experiencing at this point and can you expand a little bit on one of the points that georgia made about the Afghan Governments weakness here because they are not invited to those talks between the u. S. And other surrounding tribes and the taliban the official Afghan Government is is basically useless there well it is and the problem is a just somehow came to some temporary accommodation between abdulla doing. And the president himself over who was going to actually be the president i mean theres and this is still a lot of corruption there and my my sources within the Intel Community tell me that if as george points out United States were to pull out the the government probably would last a week. And george President Trump eve you touched on this just a moment ago we know he actually wants to go further with troop drawdowns in afghanistan do you think that the d. O. D. s now at odds with the president on how to move forward in the middle east especially given general mattis his recent comments about the president do you think thats a reflection of how the military is not on the same page as the president. Well michael no betar but my sense from here is the president s instincts are out of this he promised to do in the run up to the election 4 years ago to withdraw america from the see these points less than a pot of lacey slash military engagements abroad which are also fruitless they come to nothing all 20 years of war has been achieved enough got us done digital in syria distort in libya and of course the yemen is something nobody wants to talk about anymore so hideous is the. No i noticed the president drum sancta around today 1st time ive seen no one to thank and iran in the same sentence in one of his tweets again i say i may be wrong and i may be doing him too much of a favor but i think from would like to get these wars the people whose careers their medals the parent dns their wages and of course the military Industrial Complex whose droplets depend on and bless wars around the world absolutely are not so keen on ending the wars mike i own with i would like to give you the last word on that same topic i mean are as the d. O. D. s on a different page than the president with the strip drawdown what to do in the middle east specifically finally finishing up in afghanistan. No i think the military is. Going to maintain its readiness and i think that they will they still recognize donald trump as the commander in chief not withstanding the little brouhaha that occurred earlier this week between defense secretary and former secretary mattis but the reality is i mean today for example as we speak the president has Just Announced that hes going to be withdrawing 9500 troops from germany of all places thats going to have some interesting repercussions for the for nato readiness if you will we definitely see and and of course i think what will happen is that once again all of this will be pivoting more toward asia and were seeing this more were seeing in the that the United States is now holding exercises with japan and and thats going to continue that way to work were aimed at china now ok well leave it right there George Galloway mike maloof both appreciate your insight thank you. Sure. Code 19 continues to spread worldwide numbers continuing to grow cases now topping 6600000 globally with about 391000 reported deaths the u. S. Still leading the way with the most confirmed cases now followed by brazil and russia taking a closer look at this country we have about 1800000 cases here and 108000 deaths. And the medical journal lance set has retracted a large study that raised concerns about. The reason they cite potential flaws in the Research Data the initial study found thousands of coded 1000 patients who took the drug had a higher mortality rate and increased risk for heart problems the results of the study led several governments to ban the use of the antimalaria drug despite President Trump saying that it works. Lets head over to regina ham at the sports h. Q. Regina. The n. C. Dynamos are back on top in the k b o and theyre kind of unstoppable there on stop and theyre pretty fun there mascots are also agree and the leading and were determined to keep that spot as they headed on the road to visit the last play is why eagles very much needed a win at home some very squishy fans though in santa watch action drop the 1st didos right fielder not with a 2 run homer to right field parchman room off 3rd to give n. C. In early 20. 00 lead bomb a 2nd eagle threatening with bases loaded one out but. Grounded to the inning and 463 double play moved difference of the dinahs it was just that kind of night for on the top before former Philadelphia Phillies outfitter aaron all 3 with a solo homer into the center field grass thats actually 7 year dynamos with a 4 nothing lead of the ending of my career i strikes out for a texas ranger out there jared going in the dozen again with. 2 of his some strike out tonight. Sit down 1st baseman comes in film with a spectacular 3 run homer on the left field bring it nose in new york and touch the moon 7 up in the 7 so birthday boy yang u. G. G. For the r. B. s in a left field scoring diners in a levin oh lida top of the night not some bum with his 2nd to run homer of the night doesnt also in right field diners up 13 nothing thats actually 10 homers on the season for not eagles so again a few consolation runs about and then i left Fielder Choice in trying with a 2 run homer a left field but all in vain thomas still falls. Its official like relays up your sneakers the n. B. A. Is on its way to returning in the little over 7 weeks and there are more details emerging about how itll all go down 22 teams will make their way down the e. S. P. N. Wide world of Sports Complex in orlando in late july the vote came down 21 to one with the lone know being from the portland trailblazers under the plan 13 teams in the western conference and one to the eastern conference will play 8 regular season games seeding games and therell be a play in tournament and playoffs at the resort all goes as planned teams will begin training in orlando on july 9th players will actually need to go daily testing and if a player does test positive or move him from the team to quarantine they d. Is also flooded older coaches may not be allowed on the bench as a precaution all of this does change if the Walt Disney Company agrees to the n. B. A. To use the resorts which they probably will itll be great to see everybody back in the hard court and m. L. S. Is actually lying teams to train and the n. H. L. Latinas back on the ice on monday and i would be good thank you for that regina and dont go anywhere because were back at 3 pm with a lot more news for you the mayor of washington d. C. Is calling for troops to be removed from her city a move thats sparking an interesting debate on the nations 3rd amendment were going to discuss than france denies its harboring one guy i dont know in an embassy in caracas venezuela well tell you more all that and more in 30 minutes thats right now make sure you keep up with everything and question at all times by downloading our brand new. Free app and its called portable t. V. Perhaps theyre 247 and of course follow me on twitter at manila chan ill see you back here very soon. You cannot be both with the yeah you like. America was never great was founded on the rapes in the murder. Nothing changed so we said nope off all response to these situations that were dealing with. People just sad every elvis day she is just sad people kill each other blood for killing children. There was just no way that people are going to just sit back and allow children to be shot down by Law Enforcement. This country doesnt work for us it doesnt function for us. This is cant be happening in america we call from the streets weve got to deal with why this is the reason i have to ride like this is the reason. Oh and welcome to redact of the night. Camp today i have one of our biggest guests to date the legendary journalist author and radio host Robert Scheer his career spans 50 years he started a ramparts magazine interviewed every president from Richard Nixon all the way through bill clinton as author best selling books spent nearly 30 years producing Award Winning journalism for the l. A. 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