The 4th of july but. There is not much room for celebration because well my friends things are looking pretty grim here in the red white and blue land of enchantment and tater tots yes on the eve of its 244th birthday a majority of folks living inside the United States say that things are definitely not looking up in fact according to the hard working stat junkies at pew research there are statistics and findings and polling has found that about 7 in 10 americans 71 percent say they feel angry about the state of the country these days while roughly 2 thirds 66 percent say they feel fearful angry and fearful. And who can blame us weve got code 19 exposing our for Profit Health care and our for profit elected officials as nothing more than broken down systems of charlatans frauds and grifters are once vaunted system of justice where originally you were supposed to be innocent until Proven Guilty as fallen into a steady diet of racism and classism in fact a new reuters investigation has r
Car yes Time Magazine is reporting that tucked neatly into the Senate Republicans latest one trillion dollar covert 19 response package is a nice 8000000000. 00 into pentagon Weapons Systems built by depends contractors like boeing Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics and what kind of virus and disease fighting weapons will this 8000000000. 00 buy us taxpaying citizens well Time Magazine goes on report that the bill would deposit 2200000000. 00 in pentagon ship building accounts it would boost Missile Defense systems in california and alaska and deliver about 1400000000. 00 for the c 130 transport planes and f. 35 fighters manufactured by the good folks at Lockheed Martin. And as journalists and activists around the us begin to uncover this latest 1000000000. 00 defense contractor gift basket they are being labeled as adversary by the pentagon politico is now reporting that a new mandatory pentagon Training Course aimed at preventing leaks refers to protestors and journalists as advers
Fought in the name of justice and equality, even when equality sometimes meant face the blows of a billy club and tear gas. Still the crusader for civil rights persisted and now after nearly six decades the torch is passed to the next generation. Heres abcs steve osunsami. And lead me home and someday when we do form a more perfect union, whether its years from now or decades or even if it takes another two centuries, john lewis will be a founding father of that fuller, fairer, better america. Reporter from the church in atlanta that is the beating heart of the Civil Rights Movement bells rang today in honor of congressman john lewis. 80 times for 80 years of his storied life. Welcome to Ebenezer Baptist church. Spiritual home of Martin Luther king jr. Reporter three former president s, members of congress, mayors, past and present, mourners braving the heat outside, all came together to remember and celebrate the man who stared down death and fought for life. John lewis, first of the
Car yes Time Magazine is reporting that tucked neatly into the Senate Republicans latest 1. 00 trillion dollar covert 19 response package is a nice 8000000000. 00 into pentagon Weapons Systems built by depends contractors like boeing Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics and what kind of virus and disease fighting weapons will this 8000000000. 00 buy us taxpaying citizens well Time Magazine goes on report that the bill would deposit 2200000000. 00 in pentagon ship building accounts it would boost Missile Defense systems in california and alaska and deliver about 1400000000. 00 for the c 130 transport planes and f. 35 fighters manufactured by the good folks at Lockheed Martin. And as journalists and activists around the us begin to uncover this latest 1000000000. 00 defense contractor gift basket they are being labeled as adversaries by the pentagon politico is now reporting that a new mandatory pentagon Training Course aimed at preventing leaks refers to protestors and journalists as ad
Building a better bay ar, whta as a peaceful show of solidarity with protesters in portland took a violent turn. Oakland cleaning up after windows were smashed and buildings hit with graffiti. Hello, thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. A night of unrest after a protest march threw downtown calling for Racial Justice turned violent. There were clashes with Oakland Police and a fire was set at the Alameda County courthouse. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard has images and reaction. Police say demonstrators set fire inside the Alameda County courthouse in oakland saturday night. Sky 7 captedth f set outside the building. The Fire Department put both fires out quickly. Windows were broken here and at a nearby apartment building. At Oakland Police headquarters a group kicked down barricade. People are very upset. Vanessa dub joined the protests in support of black lives matter and police reform. And against federal agents being deployed to portland, oregon. There were g