A summer in which restrictions were widely lifted across the continent and perhaps people are being lulled into a sort of sense of false security which is being absolutely shattered now and of course theres the economy of it all to think about countries have now got to think about what sort of restrictions are put in place now theres a deeper luptons to go back to the sort of measures that were in place earlier in the year because of the sheer cost of them so lots of countries in instituting ranges of measures that they hope will help but short of a full lockdown possibly wont the Czech Republic theyre one of the worst affected countries in europe has in fact gone back to the massive restrictions that we place in the spring that something the government had told the country repeatedly would never happen but the Health Ministry there reporting that the health of the Health Service infrastructure is on the brink of collapse possibly within the next fortnight so they feel they have no cho
Hidden education emergency more on the millions of children will miss out on school because of the pandemic. Im joining with the sports. Played to play next seasons Champions League cup winning their appeal against a 2 year ban. While the political shift towards the right in Eastern Europe has got yet another boost with polands incumbent on to do the nominally winning the president ial runoff he secured just over 51 percent of the vote in a close race against the liberal wausau mayor ruffle toss coffee to this party already controls parliament and this result means it can press ahead with its conservative agenda alexey obrien reports. It was a vote seen as a. Basle for polands future and the results show a country divided but by a tiny margin andrzej duda will stay in office. Hes been there for 5 years propped up by the rightwing law and Justice Party yet for all the control they wield in poland due to filed to secure a comfortable when they are not a bad example i want to make it clea
Starr hopkins. Followed by commentator Armstrong Williams. And john dicken talked about infections in Nursing Homes. Washington journal is next. Join the discussion. Host one week ago today, africanamerican george floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. Protests, civil unrest, and violence and reaction to that expanded to some 75 u. S. Cities, building to a crescendo over the weekend. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal for this monday, june 1, 2020. Well start the hour asking you this hour about the president s leadership in response to the unrest, the president largely communicating, commenting on the issue saturday, some at nasa, and largely leaving his response to twitter. What are your thoughts . Republicans, use 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. And independents, all others, 2027488002. You can also send us a text, that line is 2027488003. And make sure that you leave us your name, tell us where youre texting from. cspanwj. , were, your comments welcome on
Talk about the reaction to the George Floyd Killing, which has grown exponentially just over the last couple days. What is your reaction to what you have seen in the country . Specifically the d. C. Im from d. C. , i grew up here. My grand i graduated from the first integrated high school. Its personal. We keep seeing shootings, an indifference to black life so i think now were at a tipping point. Were dealing with 400 years of tragedy and i think a combination of factors have come together and theyre not going to allow us to ignore it. Host when you look back at the video to watch of george floyd under arrest, Police Officer with his knee on the nevk of orge floyd for eight or nine minutes, the reaction of the people in the crowd. Obviously theres filming going on. Does it surprise you that these sorts of tactics still exist in American Police forces given the presence of not just social media but media in general, given the presence of changes in leadership including minneapolis and
Death of george floyd in minneapolis and the protests that have followed. His podcast available on spotify. N we first book do you when we first booked you, the idea was to get your reaction to the george floyd killing. Broadly, your reaction to what you have seen in the country . It is heartbreaking. I grew up here. My parents were the first integrated high school class, so it is really personal. We keep seeing these shootings, and indifference to black life. We are now at a tipping point. 400 years of tragedy and confluence of factors have come together and they will not allow us to ignore it. Difficult video to watch a george floyd under arrest, a Police Officer with the knee on the neck of george floyd for almost nine minutes. Obviously there is foaming going on. Filming going on. It surprise you that these tactics still exist in American Police forces given the presence of social media, changes of leadership and police forces, and promises to change forceses and u. S. Police . Pro