A heavy lockdown and spains catalonia region if the latest surgeon brought a virus infections is not brought under control. And mourning the conscience of Congress Civil rights leader john lewis lies in state in the u. S. Capital. We begin this hour with breaking news out of malaysia a court has found former Prime Minister najib razak guilty of one count of abuse of power in this trial is accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from a solvent wealth fund is facing 6 other charges including some that carry a possible 20 Year Prison Sentence he denies any wrongdoing flaws lloyd joins us now live from kuala lumpur fons whats the latest was happening of course. Well the judge is still reading out a verdict the 7 charges all together in this case hes been found guilty of one charge thats abuse of power the prosecutions case has was that used his position of power to lead the government to issue guarantees and in exchange for that he had received 48. 00 he had received 10000000.
Al jazeera. And. Honoring a champion of Civil Rights Activism mourners in the u. S. Pay tribute to john lewis but will his body is laid to rest how will his legacy shape the black lives matter a movement this is inside story. Of that welcome to the program im nora a lifetime civil rights leader in the u. S. Who inspired the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights act the last of the big 6 rights leaders led by Martin Luther king jr and hailed as the conscience of Congress John lewis is being remembered in a 6 Day Memorial Service that follows his journey through life the 17 term congressman from georgia died of pancreatic cancer on the 17th of july at the age of 80 hell be laid to rest in a private sammy atlanta on thursday they are Holding Reports its a homecoming for an American Hero the body of civil rights icon john Lewis Crossing the Edmund Pettus bridge in his home state of alabama it was on this bridge in 1965 during a civil rights march by hundreds of activists that a Police Officer
Agent in a Democratic Society and use it because its not guaranteed we must vigorously defend our right to vote with access to the ballot box and in less than 90 days americans across the country will participate in an election unlike any other in history that pandemic for state and local Election Officials to rapidly expand votes by mail and early voting and other policies so no voter has to choose between their life and their health. With the states primary election seemingly administrative decisions related to the number and location have dozens of impacts of peoples right to vote those that are predominantly black and brown neighborhoods and Police Violence to underscore that systematic racism and with those political ends with Foreign Influence Campaign and americans the president does not have the power moreover the Cybersecurity Infrastructure agency released Risk Assessment of vote by mail while there are risks associated with mailin voting just like every other method they can
Honoring a champion of Civil Rights Activism mourners in the u. S. Pay tribute to john lewis but will his body is laid to rest how will his legacy shape the black lives Matter Movement this is inside story. Of that welcome to the program im norah a life time civil rights leader in the u. S. Who inspired the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights act the last of the big 6 rights leaders led by Martin Luther king jr and hailed as the conscience of Congress John lewis is being remembered in a 6 Day Memorial Service that follows his journey through life the 17 congressman from georgia died of pancreatic cancer on the 17th of july at the age of 80 hell be laid to rest in a private. They report. A homecoming for an American Hero the body of civil rights icon john Lewis Crossing the Edmund Pettus bridge in his home state of alabama it was on this bridge in 1965 during a civil rights march by hundreds of activists that a Police Officer fractured his skull on a day that became known as bloody sunday
Only 18 . Republican senators have released an outline of their federal relief package but it could be months before people suffering financially during this pandemic actually get help. Jobina fortson is at the live desk with the negotiations under way right now. Good morning, kumasi. After outlining the relief plan the Republicanled Senate must negotiate with the democraticled house on all of this and it could take weeks before they come up with a compromise on everything. The gops plan cuts the unemployment benefi down to 200. Democrats want to take the 600 payments and keep that going until next year. This is the starting place and well get, youll have plenty of storage to cover along the way as we have these discussions back and forth across party lines and with the administration. Senate republicans have presented us with a half hearted, half baked legislative proposal. The senates plan includes another round of 1,200 stimulus checks with more support for th entireelief package wo