george floyd that is still being negotiated tonight in washington. the president had said he had hoped to sign the bill by tomorrow but this afternoon, the three lawmakers who are trying to hammer out this deal which would be cory booker, tim scott, karen bass issued a joint statement that read in part, we are still working through our differences on key issues. you can bet that that s true. the police reform bill just one of several big items on the president s latest. they re trying to get through congress. there s nearly four trillion dollar infrastructure and jobs measure and voting rights measure. both up against formidable republican opposition will today the white house was asked about these goals. we will assess internally as we go into memorial day weekend with the next steps are and where we go from here. as it relates to the george floyd act, he s encouraged that there s ongoing progress and that there is a sense from the negotiators that there s a path forward a
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wuhan. what may have been overlooked while studying the spread of covid-19. thanks for joining us. well, today marks the one-year anniversary of george floyd s death at the hands of police. former officer derek chauvin was recently convicted of his murder. floyd s killing sparked a global outcry for racial justice with protesters demanding police reform and chanting floyd s last words i can t breathe. in the coming hours several events to honor floyd s life have been planned in minneapolis and floyd s family will meet privately with u.s. president joe biden at the white house. mr. biden had hoped to sign a police reform law today as well, but while lawmakers say they are hopeful they will eventually reach a deal, several sticking points still need to be negotiated. cnn s joe johns is in minneapolis with more. well, you know, i m hearing anger, impatience, urgency. it s not really directed to joe biden if you think about it because there is an expectation that he s goi
hijacking. surprising development over night. the biden justice department pushing back against a judge s order to release the judge s secret memo citing not to charge donald trump with obstruction. hear why. very good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world, it s tuesday, may 25th. happening now, secretary of state antony blinken emerging from a meeting with benjamin neta netanyahu. this is day one of the three-day middle east tour to shore up the ceasefire israel and hamas. left more than 250 people dead the people of gaza are beginning the long, painful process of rebuilding. let s get right to cnn s hadas gold live in jerusalem this morning. these meetings between secretary blinken and the prime minister very important, hadas. reporter: yeah. we just heard from both the secretary of state and the israeli prime minister making statements after meeting for more than an hour. the israeli prime minister thanking the secretary of state for t
we ll be talking rockets later on in the programme. but how about this forjet propulsion? china s latest economic growth numbers. they re staggering. 18%. yes, you heard correctly. in fact, just a smidgen above that. but, remember, most things are cast in a flattering light if you compare them to this time last year china was first into the pandemic, remember and it looks like it s one of the first out. but how sustainable is this recovery? that depends on where the growth is coming from. let s take industry; a major driverfor china. output grew 14%. but that was a little weaker than many industry watchers had hoped for. and workers spent more time working this time around because they didn t travel home, as they normally would, during the spring festival for a period that can be a month long holiday. let s speak tojinny yang, managing director and chief china economist, icbc standard bank. what do you think of these numbers? jelinic they are staggering but it means t