All right in the final hour of a week of voting thats been taking place in russia on proposed changes to that countrys constitution while many have already had their say online president Vladimir Putin has declared today a National Holiday to allow voters who havent done so a chance to cast their ballots there are more than 140. 00 amendments on that ballot including changes to the minimum wage and adjustments to pensions for more on todays vote will turn to such a tailor live in moscow for us so soft get has voting ended and what do we know about it so far. While youre absolutely right polling stations across russia is false terror. She responds 11 times says house officially close to the vote on changes to the constitution is an unconventional vote it has be and it was due to take place in april but was postponed due to corona virus and then for safety reasons it was turned into this marist in the week long voting process that stretched from the 25th of june all the way to today at t
A change all right its time to boost your i knew. This years Independence Day celebration is expected to look a little different as the country deals with a surge of coronavirus cases that have led local officials to discourage public gatherings arties Rachel Blevins has the latest from the Nations Capital Independence Day is typically a day of celebration here in the Nations Capital but even as president promised the fireworks will go on in washington the mayor of d. C. Is calling for residents to stay home we continue to urge you to stay at home or near your home for this years celebration we want to emphasize that the virus is still in our community and poses a threat to washingtonians similar for across and. Being taken in states across the country with local governments canceling parades and festivals closing parks and encouraging residents to wear masks and social distance here at the National Mall in d. C. Massive crowds are expected but it wont just be to celebrate the holiday
A very popular messaging app and ill tell you the reason behind that move all right its time to lose i. Today is juneteenth a day marking the historic day and 865 when union troops landed in texas to enforce the emancipation proclamation freeing all slaves though originally celebrated in texas over time it became a national celebrated commemoration there are rallies taking place today across the country but this year is especially significant as protests against Police Brutality and Racial Injustice continue and now new reports of military planes spying on demonstrators with the f. B. I. Tracking down a protester through social media so we have 2 reports for you on that lets start with bear in prague. That shes starting outside right here in washington during a Juneteenth Celebration nell take to the middle of time here at Freedom Plaza just blocks away from the capitol now let me look by what you had to there was nobody here you can see now behind we follow the people who have gathere
Well going to watching the world winter and im a nice across the mesa Goodness Gracious so everyone was out there on Capitol Steps across the country in state after state saying we want our rights back we want to go outside we want to not have to really be you know at home all the time. And then washington like passes actual things that violate peoples rights they passed things that actually you know it was real there was a show negligence an extension of the old patriot act like that actually does violate u. S. Citizens rights regardless of what you know fancy lawyers want to say in congress or you know people justify that kind of thing and nary a peep or rally 8 the interesting thing about this is that it did hit certain news wave cycles but it didnt get a lot of attention so i think that a lot of americans arent necessarily aware that this is happening and what i did see on social media was a few libertarian groups kind of speak out against it but thus far it. It can a fail like a t
Of dollars into indias internet giant geo so whats the deal going to discuss it all right its time to boost your news i q. We are tracking the latest coronavirus numbers for you worldwide cases now topping over 5100000 with over 333000 reported deaths still leading the way the u. S. With about 1500000 confirmed cases and 94000 recorded deaths and as the world continues its fight against the pandemic the race is on for a vaccine. Is joining us now in studio with more on this angle so whats the timetable were looking at here are its all goes well manella it could be as early as october that we could actually see some type of coded vaccine so right now we do have british researchers at oxford university. Are moving into advanced studies and theyre aiming to immunize a little more than 10000 people to see if the shot works Scientists Say that they will vaccinate all age ranges from kids to Senior Citizens who we know are the most at risk but today a big announcement from the Trump Administ