And current affairs. Aljazeera. Hi im Steve Clemons and i never question. Can america ever not to be racist lets get to the bottom line. The killing of george floyd by a white policeman in minneapolis was the spark that brought people to their feet and protests worldwide it came after a string of killings of many black americans basically to Briana Taylor of kentucky and often army of georgia millions of americans have been in the streets in cities and towns all over america protesting against the systemic racism that hasnt been fully confronted for decades or even centuries here so how did we get here and campaigns get better in the future and as americas way of policing and incarcerating so many black and brown americans working for this society we are fortunate today to be speaking with Martin Luther king the 3rd son of Martin Luther king jr who has spent his life advocating for human rights here in the United States and all around the world mr king thank you so much for joining us
Parents will keep the children home. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. A lot going on in the markets. We have several markets closed because of the german holiday. In atnufacturing coming 39. 4, touch below estimates. We were expecting 39. 5. The impact on the euro is pretty minimal. The focus is whats going on between the u. S. And china the focus on the rally. Investors are shrugging off this political unrest in the u. S. Followingng at dollar with treasury. U. S. Is planning and expanded to 17 in the autumn. He says he also would like to invite leaders from russia and south korea. Inclusion of russia is likely to be the most controversial. It was suspended what was then the g8 when it annexed crimea. South africa emerges from its lockdown. Proposing a range of measures including hedge fund and financing for structure spending. They say there are limits to what Central Banks can do for the economy. Because theyve been useessful, then we can central bank to solve our problems. Do u.
1st some breaking news out of afghanistan theres been an explosion at a mosque in the capital kabul police say at least 4 people have been killed and many more injured in the blast they say the mosque official leading the prayers is among the dead theres been no immediate claim of responsibility lets speak to feel confident in kabul she is a freelance journalists in the Afghan Capital joins us now live what more you hearing about this attack and how significant is it. Well thats right and this is a story that still developing here in kabul everything is still very fresh as the attack happened about a couple of hours ago famous mosque in the west of Kabul Ministry of interior spokesman did confirm that so far 4 people are dead and at least officially 8 people have been injured who have been transferred to different hospitals. Here spokesman also said that confirmed that explosives have been put inside the mosque during the main prayer and this is on a friday thats when mosques are pocke
You can find more information about both of those verifications on our website and you tube channel but one irony our guest identifies in his new book is that britain was once the envy of the world when it came to handling epidemics Contact Tracing was pioneered against cholera in londons soho area and so what can we learn from past pandemics how they transform the world professor Frank Snowdon author of epidemics and society from the black death to the present joins me now via skype from rome in this early frank welcome to going underground before we get to the book which i think is being read by more and more people than maybe you even expected tell me about how you contract it coded in rome and why youve dedicated your life way before coronavirus to the study of pandemics and epidemics yes one devoted so many years to pandemic diseases because it seems to me there are a wonderful way forward. Understanding how societies function and their put together their values the relationships
The 4 Police Officers were fired immediately it was just you know as soon as it was over that they were fighting we did it. Every single commentator in the United States condemn this i mean even the most right wing commentators the the pro police crowd the sean hannity Rush Limbaugh or judge Jeanine Pirro they all condemned so there was no attempt to say oh you know this was this is understandable reaction on the part of these now if you contrast that with what happened 3 years ago same city in minneapolis when a Young Australian woman white australian woman who was shot dead by a black Police Officer the black Police Officer was apparently threatened by a woman in her night gown and he shot her debt. There were no protests there were no riots though and though condemnations anyone even knew about this event the Police Officer was placed on suspension on full pay wasnt fined immediately and after some time couple of years went by he wasnt be prosecuted and sent to president bush well b