A calmer day in the egyptian capital. Supporters of the ousted pre mohammedorsi go ahead with their protests. Others citing security concerns. Ready to begin their work, a team of 20 u. N. Chemical weapons experts arrived in the syrian capital to investigate claims and counterclaims of the weapons use. And an antigay rights law is center stage in moscow as the world athletic championships wrap up. They sate entire issue has been invented by the western media. Those are the top stories. Im tom and thank you very much for joining us. We begin in the egyptian capital, where there are signs that things are slowly returning to normal. Shops and banks reopened for the First Time Since wednesday and traffic is flowing once again. Supporters of the ousted president , mohammed morsi, went ahead with some of the planned marches today but cancelled others citing security threats. The security chief gave a television statement earlier on today. France 24s correspondent tell us more bit. Paying tri
Means for some of the cases. How about a tax exempt status for atheist groups . There is a battle in the courts brewing over this issue. We will tell you more later in the show. Hello, its friday, august 23 in washington, d. C. We start our newscast in yemen where the countries leaders have requested Drone Technology in order to increase the country cost defend the countrys defense against militants. Weeks after american drone strikes hit the country nine times in a twoweek period. The u. S. And other western countries closed a number of embassies as a result of and i qaeda threat as a result of an al qaeda threat. According to the associated press, the president said the u. S. Jones had been carrying out attacks in yemen in accordance with an agreement to combat terrorism. It was signed by the u. S. And former yemeni president after the september 11 attacks. The u. S. Acknowledges it has a Drone Program which is conducted from within the country. It does not disclose information about
But here i am. Here again with the crisis how its shining a bright light on how its unacceptable that is. Good morning and welcome to a. M. Joy. As the covid19 pandemic continue to ravage our Health System, threaten vulnerable patients and cause disruption to our daily lives and as donald trump continues to mishandle the crisis daily were met with a sobering statistic. More than 2,000 americans died on friday alone the highest single death toll since the start of the outbreak. The total u. S. Death toll now 1,800,655 is so staggering that they fatalities from seismic life altering evidents, the bombing at pearl harbor all peal in comparison to the deaths happening now and no one is being hit harder than people of color. In Milwaukee County African Americans account for 70 of the death while making up just 26 of the population. Black americans in louisiana make up 32 of the population but 70 of the covid19 deaths. There are similar numbers coming out of michigan and chicago and black an
As take a symbol of hate off these grounds on friday and if any of you vote to amend, you are insuring that this flag will fly beyond friday. And for the widow of senator pinckney and his two young daughters, that would be adding insult to injury. And i will not be a part of it reporter a black flag draped over pinckneys chair as debate came to head. The final vote overwhelmingly in favor of the flags removal. The move to take down the controversial banner a stunning reversal in a state that was the sight of the first shots in the civil war and has flown at the statehouse for half a century. I am a descendant of jefferson davis, okay . But that does not matter. Its not about jenny horne its about the people of South Carolina who have demanded that this symbol of hate come off of the statehouse grounds. Reporter the bill now headed to the desk of South Carolina governor nikki haley who said its a new day in South Carolina a day we can all be proud of. A day that truly brings us all toge
Former Police Officer who is indicted in the Fatal Shooting in april. He made his First Court Appearance at a bond hearing today attending via closed circuit tv from the Detention Center and we heard the voice of the man that sat with his victims at bible study for almost an hour before methodically opening fire. Is your address 10428 garners ferry road is it . Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. What is your age . 21. 21. Are you employed . No, sir. Youre unemployed at this time . Yes, sir. Thank you. Family members of the nine people murdered wednesday night were in attendance at that hearing and the judge gave them the opportunity to address roof directly while the camera remained fixed on the prisoner. To you, i forgive you. You took something very precious away from me. I will never talk to her ever again. I will never be able to hold her again. But i forgive you. May he have mercy on your soul. You hurt me. You hurt a lot of people. But god forgive you and i forgive you. I forgive you and