System to make it more delegates from around the world have gathered at United Nations headquarters in new york. They kicked off the 69th session of the General Assembly. Theyll debate a range of pressing issues from conflicts around the globe to Climate Change and disease. Nhk world has more. Reporter more than 140 leaders are scheduled to take part in a meet one issue at the top of their agenda will be the militant Group Islamic state. Fighters with the group have seized broad stretches of territory in syria and iraq. They have been torturing and executing people whose views differ from u. N. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon called on delegates to Work Together to protect innocent p i therefore urge the International Community and those with the means to act decisively, and after sober reflection it is critical to keep at the forefront of the protection of civilians. Reporter u. S. President barack obama last week set out his strategy for defeating the group. He will host a meeting of the
Good evening, again in last 24 hours more than 4,000 people have died of coronavirus in this country. Heard a researcher talk about new modeling that shows 60,000 fatalities by early august, more than killed during 15 years of fighting in vietnam. With that as backdrop, country grappling to get back to some sort of normality, president and task force briefed the country tonight, lot of slides and details, federal backup on coronavirus testing but not a centralized federal plan for managing it, implementing it, helping pay for it, supplying materials needing to do it or taking responsibility for it. President took questions about his support for protesters in three states to resist social distancing guidelines, the guidelines his own task force is calling for. Sent out three tweets saying liberate those states. That and much more ahead. Kaitlan collins, any better sense why the president is talking about liberating certain states . From the very guidelines that he and the task force hav
War time president , fighting a war against invisible enemy, and hes telling people to defy the guidelines that he himself has set out, liberate their states from democratic governors, i mean where do things stand with states reopening . Governors and president not on the same page certainly in terms of testing, and no sign of further embrace of testing by this president. Reporter weve been wondering all week if the president has been hearing concerns about testing. Tonight we saw at least his officials were, came out to lay out where they were with testing. He believes there are some states that need to meet the criteria to start phase one and some states have the testing levels that they believe will lead to start the reopening phase. Didnt say which states they were, didnt want to encourage that, leaving up to the governors. We didnt really get a clear picture of what they are going to do to ramp up testing. Dr. Fauci said testing is not only criteria, we know that, dr. Sanjay gupta
Police firing tear gas at protesters. In the uk, the Prime Minister aut ministers righthand man under fire. Growing calls for him to resign. With the u. S. Death toll from covid19 now approaching 100,000, there are worrying signs the country could be headed for a surge of new infections as millions of americans head outside for the memorial day holiday. This is a time when the u. S. Honors its war dead. But the New York Times is using the occasion to remember victims of this pandemic. The newspaper says the names it has listed are just 1 of the u. S. Total. Some places of worship might resume Services Sunday after President Trump demanded governors allow them to reopen. The church goers in california will have to wait a u. S. Appeals court has sided with the governor in banning inperson services right now. It is scenes like those that have Health Experts worried, young people crowding a bar district in austin, texas, many without face masks or social distancing. The governor of arkansa
Tape. The person who filmed the video is a hero. What happened before that tape started rolling . Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. We begin in South Carolina where outrage is growing after a policeinvolved shooting leaves an unarmed black man dead. This understanding that we dont want to be divided amongst a race. That was the scene just moments ago on the steps of the North Charleston city hall where a rally is taking place. The officer in question now in custody and charged with murder. An fbi investigation has been launched after that shocking video filmed by an unanimous source shows the deadly encounter. I want to warn you, the video youre about to see is disturbing. The man, 50yearold walter scott, you can see him running from the officer. This incident began with a traffic stop over a broken taillight. That officer, Michael Slager firing multiple times at scott as hes running away. As i said slager has been charged wi