And securing the blefg of liberty blessings of liberty for all americans has taken a long and bumpy road and we still have a lot further to go. It starts with that one step. But at this moment the country and the world are demanding we pick up the stride. Lets follow iowas lead. Lets come together and take meaningful action. And to be clear, the passage of a single bill is not going to suddenly reverse centuries of injustice. Passing laws are a simple part. If we really want to change behavior, we need to commit ourselves to changing our hear hearts. The best way that we can personally commemorate the life of george floyd and the many others before him who lost their lives or suffered injustice is to open our own hearts. Chaplain black summed up the solution best when he quoted to me mark 12 31. Love your neighbor as yourself. Its both that simple and that challenging. So im asking all of us in this body to be more like iowa. Lets find a solution. Lets take that first step and begin ou
A libyan city that was the stronghold of warlord khalifa haftar. And playing in perfect harmony isolated musicians around the world come together for the performance of a lifetime. The welcome to the program coronaviruses racing through the african continent infections have doubled to 200000 in less than 3 weeks and the outbreak is now spreading from urban centers into the hinterlands with medical Services Already stretched the World Health Organization is warning that cases will continue to rise until a vaccine is found. Dead risk reports. It took 90 days for africa to reach 100000 corona virus infections and only 19 to pass the 200000 mark the World Health Organization says infections in africa and i was spreading fast from urban to Rural Communities those areas dont have adequate access to health care or awareness of preventive measures one of the Biggest Challenges we face in the response continues to be there of supplies but equally test kids and this is due to the disruptions in
Rise in mexico we meet the doctors in one intensive care unit trying to save lives. You cannot and will not stand by as people are threatened by care and report. And donald trump authorizes sanctions as the International Criminal court investigates alleged war crimes by american troops in afghanistan. Now stock markets in the United States have plummeted over fears of a resurgence in corona virus infections the Federal Reserve has also delivered a grim forecast for the countrys Economic Outlook all 3 major u. S. Stock indices were down at least 5 percent and their west a day since mid march thats when markets went into freefall as coronavirus lockdowns were announced now according to data tracked by the Washington Post since the start of june 5th. 18 states and push a record have experienced their west week yet for new infections in cases in states like arizona new mexico and utah shows that covered 1000 is now sweeping across rural areas while retreating in Major Urban Centers well al
So did the murder of rayshard brooks, Breonna Taylor and so many names we may not have heard before and many well hear over and over again. A lot of us feel that shame. Countless millions of americans feel that shame. They feel that sadness and they feel that anger all these weeks since that terrible moment that we all witnessed. And so many moments before and after that. And as they feel that shame and express anger and frustration and as they protest and proclaim as they march and mobilize, as they use their voice and cast their votes, they demand change, but not simply just change in and of itself, a certain kind of change. The kind of change we see rarely in washington these days and frankly, rarely over the course of american history. But i think we might be in one of those moments now. They demand transformative change. They demand, and appropriately so, systemic change to a criminal Justice System that is infused with racism. Their righteous demand for change is in fact, a petit
President after an historic election victory in mississippi legislators prepare for a final vote on whether to remove a confederate battle emblem from the states flag. Hello thank you for joining us it began as an unknown virus among a few dozen patients in china at the end of last year now 6 months later the coronavirus pandemic is fast approaching another tragic milestone almost half a 1000000 people are known to have died and the virus is still spreading across the planet more than 10000000. 00 people are now confirmed to have been infected thats a 900 percent increase in less than 3 months a quarter of all those infections and deaths are in the United States by far the worst hit country with over 2 and a half 1000000 cases and the 125000 fatalities but the true toll is likely to be much higher a recent survey by the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention found many more americans that antibodies for the virus suggesting the real case count may be up to 10 times higher tha