Lawyers for Breonna Taylor the woman killed by police in her own home in the us call for full transparency over the investigation into her death. In washington, female lawmakers form a guard of honour as the late Supreme Courtjustice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs casket departs the capitol. Look away if you dont like rodents, but this rat is officially a hero, and hes got a gold medal to prove it. Welcome to the programme. The United States now has over seven million cases thats according to statistics from Johns Hopkins university. The figure of 7,500,746 cases, confirmed by tests, is the highest in the world. India is second at 5. 8 million cases and brazil third with 4. 7 million. According to the tracker, more than 203,000 people have died from covid 19 in the us, which is also a global high. The news comes as the head of the who Emergencies Programme has warned that the death toll from coronavirus could reach two million or higher if concerted action to curb the pandemic is not taken. Aske
And help astronomers see the stars. Hello and welcome. Us media reports say President Trump has decided to nominate the federaljudge, amy Coney Barrett, to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Supreme Court Justices are nominated to the bench by the us president , but must be approved by the senate. Our north america correspondent david willis reports. Amy Coney Barrett is an outspoken conservative and the ideological opposite of the woman she is expected to replace stop a devout catholic and mother of seven, she was the early favourite to take the place of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal icon and the first woman ever to lie in state in the us capitol. And her nomination will come before Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been even late to rest in what has already become a highly contentious president ial election only weeks away, President Trump clearly believes time is of the essence. I think this will end up essence. I think this will end up in the Suprem
Louisville where the situation is tense. Confirmation of apparently two Police Officers in louisville being shot tonight. There is going to be a press conference there very soon, so we may be going to that live. That might be whats coming up here, but it is another one of those nights, rachel, where were watching the protest developments in a situation that began with police use of deadly force on Breonna Taylor. Thats right. Just another one of those nights when it just feels like such a snapshot of everything all at once in america. Things just as dire as they could be in a lot of different fronts. Serious times. Thank you, rachel. Well, a curfew has been in place since 9 00 p. M. Tonight after kentuckys attorney general announced that a grand jury returned no criminal charges against two louisville Police Officers that shot and killed Breonna Taylor. They did return a charge of wanton endangerment against a third officer outside of Breonna Taylors Apartment Building when he fired te
In her own home in the us call for full transparency over the investigation into her death. In the us, female lawmakers form a guard of honour as the late Supreme Courtjustice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs casket departs the capitol. Two people are injured in a stabbing in paris near the former offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo, which was attacked in 2015. And the story of this hero rat and how he won himself the animal equivalent of the george cross. Hello, welcome to the programme. The United States has now gone over seven million coronavirus cases thats according to statistics from Johns Hopkins university. That news comes as the head of the who Emergencies Programme has warned that the death toll from coronavirus could reach two million or higher if concerted action to curb the pandemic is not taken. Asked whether it was unthinkable that the number of current coronavirus deaths now nearing one million could double before a vaccine is widely used, this is what he said. The dg has said it
Today. Ginsburg lying in state, 39 years to the day that Sandra Day Oconnor was sworn in as the first woman justice on the u. S. Supreme court. We are now just a little bit more than 24 hours from President Trump announcing his pick to replace Justice Ginsburg. Many analysts say they believe it will come down to judge amy coney barrett, a conservative favorite, and judge barbara lagoa, a cubanamerican from florida. Here is white house chief of staff mark meadows. I can tell you that we have been fully venting a number of candidates, trying to make sure that we have the best pick going forward. And then what happens on capitol hill is a partisan battle. They are already gearing up. No matter who the pick is, to say that this person, this female judge, is not qualified. Its all about politics, it has nothing to do with a resume. Harris chad pergram live on capitol hill now. Chad . A there. As you say, Ruth Bader Ginsburg just left the capital. After she departed it started to sprinkle a