Retreat from violent. Broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is an international. Shadow of his president ial predecessors at Mount Rushmore donald trump took aim at people wanting to tear down monuments in the address on the eve of Independence Day he also decried the rise of quote far left fascism this years 4th of july celebrations come against a backdrop of weeks of antiracism protests and riots which have seen demonstrators seek to remove or destroy statues they consider linked to slavery. Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history to fame our heroes a race of values and indoctrinate our children angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders deface our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave d of Violent Crime in our cities a few hours before that address there was a standoff between the National Guard and protesters led by native american activists more than 100 block of the road leading to be event riot police fired smok
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Area Lgbtq Community this as a San Francisco landmark gets ready to shine bright. Plus covid19 nightmare, the United States setting a record for most infections over a 24 hour period. How states hit the hardest are reacting this weekend. Good evening, im ken wayne and i pale more thank you for joining us for kron 4 news tonight at 8 our top story tonight accused of making racist remarks San Jose Police officers under investigation tonight, the mayor of san jose not now calling for them to be fired. The Investigation Centers around racist posts made on a closed Facebook Page for active officers have been placed on administrative leave kron fours dan thorn is getting reaction from the mayor tonight, he joins us now live from san jose with the latest well can alleged posts ended coming from former and current Police Officers. The mayor has been calling comments disturbing hes asking for a full investigation. Well the police chief is asking for help from the feds. A handful of San Jose Pol
Them in a minute. I wanted to start just by saying that we are gathering at a time where we all as country, as these leaders in particular, are leading us as we go through moments of deep pain and anguish for so Many Americans. That has come to the floor in the last few weeks. A product of t is years and decades and even really centuries of unequal and unfair treatments. E murders of george floyd, breyonea taylor, ahmed arbery and Many Americans to shed light on systemic racism that is pervasive in our country. Black people are not safe here not when they go out for a job, not when they go out to church, not even when they stay in their own home and they are too often killed at the hands of police. Right now, our country is dealing with two diseases. One of them dozens of vaccines are on trial, medical professionals are working around the clock. And it is a global effort to become a common enemy. And still so many people are suffering and dying. For the other its a disease thats riddle
Announce that and give you all the details of our new downtown d. C. Testing site. But i want to start first with the significant damage that we saw done in our city last night. I am joined by members of my Public Safety team also Public Health team also to address your questions. I have spent this morning Walking Around the city to assess damage and there is significant damage in the downtown areas especially in the blocks immediately around Lafayette Square. And i want to be very clear something as the Nations Capital we are frequent hosts to First Amendment demonstrations and we applaud the american spirit something a and especially protests to their federal government. However, we do not and we will not allow the continued destruction of our hometown by people who are coming here to protest or by d. C. Residents. And as i said this weekend we certainly empathize with the righteous cause that people are here protesting. Every single american should be outraged by the murder of georg