The nations pandemic epicenter gets a date on when it can begin reopening. What it could mean for the nation at large, and the move the president just made about the pandemic thats getting bipartisan backlash. And ready to launch. Hopes soar that today for the first time in nearly a decade astronauts will take off from u. S. Soil. Well go live to the Kennedy Space center on check in on the launch of spacex. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is not a protest. This is not in the spirit of Martin Luther king jr. This is chaos. Reporter the fired Minneapolis Police officer facing charges in the death of george floyd. Outrage spills into the streets across our country. The country with an open wound. None of us can turn away. None of us can be silent. Reporter President Trump defended his tweet on the protests where he said, quote, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Ive heard that phrase for a long time. I dont know where it came from. Repo
Weekend grant. Welcome to the program spots of diplomats have begun talks. The annual meeting is the governing body of the walled Health Organization and should be focused on combating the coronavirus but disputes between global rivals are threatening to overshadow the. Its being hosted at the in geneva taking place online the United States is again expected to attack. Which each accuses of being too lenient on china the u. S. Has also been pushing for the. Exclusion of taiwan china taiwan as it has been blocking its participation. That means one of the places thats been most successful at combating the coronavirus and dummy wont have a seat at the table taiwan has said it wants prestige what it wants to share how it kept its infections and deaths rate so low. No locked down of any kind despite its proximity to china taiwan is one of the few spots on earth where life has continued close to normal throughout the pandemic with only a few 100 Coronavirus Infections and less than 10 deaths
So history as you all know is about words. Thats why you are here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence, the cadences of the constitution, but its also about sounds. Its about the muffled drum at lexington and concord and the sound of the surf at omaha beach, sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the full meeting of our creed. And its also about music, and music is one of the most universal expressions. You can listen to song with which you might disagree, more ingeniously and more profitably and you couldmo ever listen to e speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely. As sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and the guns, they were carrying their pin and prose and poetry along with them to move this revolution forward and move our countryio forward. Henry David Thoreau once wrote when i hear music i fear no danger. I see, no foe unrelated to the earliest times into the latest. That pretty much sums up i th
Welcome to the Program Health experts and diplomats are taking part in the world. The governing body of the World Health Organization the focus is on the. An unprecedented challenge for the. In a virtual address u. N. Secretary general. Said the wall was facing was paying a heavy price for its lack of cohesion in responding to the pandemic he also criticised countries that ignored the recommendations and so helped facilitate the spread of the cone of august. Also speaking to the zombie was german chancellor Angela Merkel who knew her support for the w. S. J. Or she called for more Cooperation Among nations to tackle the pandemic heres what she said. Grace would say cocoon of view was punin you know i am a desire not going to virus pandemic has shown us that we need to do more globally in prevention Human Research and the strengthening of Health Systems thats the theme direct isnt that the w. H. O. Is the legitimate Global Organization for health so we must continue working to improve m
Many who make a living from the tourist season and thats 20 just at his place. This year we have not taken any staff from athens at all weve only been working with a few locals and we cant say yet whether were going to hire last years staff. Centering he lives from tourism the island is popular for weddings who ships docked here and visitors just will each other in the narrow streets tourism generates 25 percent of the countrys income this year is missing tourists is a problem for all of greece despite the fact that athens put in rigid measures early on keeping the pandemic largely under control 2. We need the we will meet tourists who honor us with their visits this year because with the same warmth but also with responsibility on the phone which is good for our image but it also means that our style of tourism will change but on the c. S. To. Bush. And the government is already working on measures to avoid the risk of an outbreak. From the process. Firstly we want to introduce corona