A civil rights leader john lewis lies in state in the u. S. Capital. And the driver is a stopped and questioned but zimbabwes leader is the nih claims the lockdown is to prevent antigovernment protests. Hello welcome to the program we begin in israel where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned hezbollah it is quote playing with fire hes accuse the Lebanese Armed group of launching an infiltration attempt in the border region of show about farms hezbollah denies that its fighters tried to penetrate the border or engaged in any confrontation the United Nations is urging both sides to show restraint aljazeera is harry force it has more. Smoke plumes over southern lebanon after what the Israeli Military referred to as a security incident it said a cell of hezbollah fighters trying to infiltrate israeli controlled territory Israeli Soldiers tracked them and repelled them with machine gun tank and artillery fire in tel aviv where theyd rushed for security assessments israels julian Pr
A recent upturn in violence in chicago. Its not too late if we can act now new fears of famine in yemen where the u. N. Says its seeing alarming levels of Food Insecurity. The selfconfessed middleman in the murder of a maltese journalist is found with severe knife wounds just hours before he was due to give evidence in court. And only well into the sports news as the tensions between china the u. S. And britain spill into the sporting arena chinas state broadcaster has announced that it will stop showing English Premier League matches. We begin the news hour with a dramatic escalation in the growing tensions between the United States and china the u. S. Government has ordered beijing to close its consulate in Houston Texas saying its to protect American Intellectual property a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign ministry has denied media reports that staff had been burning documents inside the building and accuse the u. S. Of violating International Law china is threatening to close the
Is out there at live from doha also coming up in the program the spying claims and a mysterious fire china has ordered to shut its consulate in the u. S. To diffuse them as a diplomatic born 20 fives. California now has the largest number of coronavirus cases in the us a passing new york. The selfconfessed middleman in the murder of a maltese journalist was found with severe knife wounds hours before he was jew to give evidence in court. So that hes been criticized for his response to the west in corona virus pandemic and to the demands for Racial Justice following George Floyds death but with just over 3 months to go before the president ial election donald trump is taking action and talking tough on 2 other fronts as administration has ordered that chinas houston consulate to be shut down and the latest move against beijing. And in the past couple of hours the president s announced that hundreds of federal Law Enforcement officers will be sent to the cities of chicago and albuquerque
Good afternoon, welcome to the stand lus and Transportation Committee for today, monday, july 6th, 2020. I am the chair of the committee joined by supervisor safai and member supervisor dean preston. Our clerk is ms. Erika major. Could you please do you have any inaudible . Clerk yes, due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, City Employees and the public, supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating remotely. This precaution is taken inaudible state wide stay at home order and all local and state federal orders, declaration and directives. They will continued through participate in the meeting to the same extent if theyre physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on the addenda. Both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunity to speak during the pluck comment periodd are by calli
Platforms you are watching us on and we will either wrap them into the discussion or save them for the qanda at the end of the event. I want everyone to know that before we get started. As i said, this of course could not be a more important or more timely conversation that we are going to have today since the death of george floyd in Police Custody last month we have seen nationwide unrest and protests not only here in america but internationally. And weve also seen a certain narrative take hold. It starts with the assumption that the only way to properly view george floyd staff is through a racial lens. In fact all encounters between the police and black suspects increasingly are viewed in this way. It assumes the behavior, typical Police Behavior towards black suspects and it assumes george floyd is a sort of black every man in america thats what happened to him happened to black people all the time, that essentially they leave everyday worried about having a violent encounter with