Good morning from russia thursday the 4th of june 2020 live from arties world news h. Q. Here in moscow is kevin though in this hour to take you through those headlines yesterday more detail and the 1st few minutes this bullet in devoted entirely to whats been happening in america. The remaining 3 former minneapolis officers present the death of george floyd will now also face murder charges is the big london this morning the video of that incident led to protests and rioting across the United States. Bringing charges against all 4 Police Officers was a key demand of floyds family in the protest for initially only losing their jobs 3 will now face trial for aiding and abetting murder while the officer who fatally pinned floyd to the ground has had his charge raised to 2nd degree murder or face a maximum of 40 years in prison if convicted. I believe the evidence available to us now supports the stronger charge of 2nd degree murder weve consulted with each other and we agree i strongly b
But sees it wasnt entirely wrong. Wherever youre tuning in from right around the world this hour a very warm welcome to our to international 30 minutes of news and views ahead lets get going. The remaining 3 former Minneapolis Police officers present at the death of george floyd will know also face murder charges after initially only losing their jobs their knowledge charged with aiding and abetting murder the officer who fatally pin floyd to the ground. His charge raised to 2nd degree murder all face a maximum of 40 years in prison if convicted. The calls for justice and police reform. Peacefully. But not all. Near the white house in washington another day of protests several demonstrators of reportedly targeted the multiple security barriers that have been erected outside r. T. Americas Rachel Blevins reports from the capitol for us. I mean the protesters are marching to the capitol right now here in washington d. C. And we are hearing calls have no gas is no piece say his name georg
Live from our International News center here in moscow this is r t great to have your company my names you know neal hello and welcome. The remaining 3 former Minneapolis Police officers present at the death of george floyd well know also face murder charges after initially only losing their jobs they were not charged with aiding and abetting murder while the officer who fatally pinned mr floyd to the ground has his charge raised to 2nd degree murder all face a maximum of 40 years in prison if convicted the spy thats coast to coast the calls for justice on Police Reform person fear many are peaceful but not all. That near the white house in washington another day of protests several demonstrators have reportedly targeted the multiple security barriers that have been erected outside party americas Rachel Blevins reports from the capital. Right. I mean the fact that your are marching to the capitol right now here in washington d. C. And we are hearing crawls by no gas is no piece say his
Taking aim at democratic representative Elijah Cummings for criticizing his Mexican Border policies trump called him a brutal bully and said his Baltimore District is far worse and more dangerous than the border he also said cummings should concentrate on cleaning up his district which he called a disgusting rat and rodent infested mess the senior congressman responded saying mr president i go home to my district daily each morning i wake up and i go and fight for my Neighbors Party colleen has more in the story now from washington. Another norm broken this is a us president denigrating a major American City that has happens to be mostly africanamerican and its africanamerican congressman but the larger cummings is not an ordinary congressman he is an icon of the Civil Rights Movement he has huge respect not only in his district but in the halls of congress the president has made it clear this is his strategy to get reelected he believes if you fires up his base core supporters of whit
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