time in a year. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in the us where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police in the city of memphis, has taken place. us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, in tennessee. following tyre nichol s death, five officers, themselves also black, were charged with murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up. the grief was overlaid with anger, as mourners celebrating the life of tyre nichols also railed against the injustice of his death. i can t speak for everybody in memphis, i can t speak for everybody gathering, but for me, i believe that if that man had been white, you wouldn t have beat him like that that night. applause. america s first black v
for the second time in a year. we begin in the us where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police in the city of memphis, has taken place. us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, in tennessee. following tyre nichol s death, five officers, themselves also black, were charged with murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up. the grief was overlaid with anger, as mourners celebrating the life of tyre nichols also railed against the injustice of his death. i can t speak for everybody in memphis, i can t speak for everybody gathering, but for me, i believe that if that man had been white, you wouldn t have beat him like that that night. applause. america s first black vice president demanding congress pass police ref
time in a year. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in the us where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police in the city of memphis, has taken place. us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis in tennessee. following tyre nichol s death, five officers, themselves also black, were charged with murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up. the grief was overlaid with anger, as mourners celebrating the life of tyre nichols also railed against the injustice of his death. i can t speak for everybody in memphis, i can t speak for everybody gathering, but for me, i believe that if that man had been white, you wouldn t have beat him like that that night. applause. america s first black vi
hopes for the george floyd act passing anytime soon, although it would be a great help from the standpoint of police accountability and changing the way police do their business. joe watkins, civil rights advocates, thank you for joining us. let s get some of the day s other news. rescue workers in the ukrainian city of kramatorsk are searching through the rubble of a residential building that was destroyed by a russian rocket. authorities say at least two people were killed. but they ve warned others might be trapped under the debris. kramatorsk is in the eastern donetsk region much of which is controlled by moscow s forces. the fbi have searched president biden s holiday home in delaware, the latest twist in the investigation into the handling of classified documents at the top of the us government. lawyers for the president said the search was pre planned and no documents of concern were found, a potentially deadly radioactive capsule, the size of a pea that went
that s got to stop and that s why those americans protested because they say it s got to stop but they were peaceful, which is wonderful. we started talking about the legislation which has stalled in congress, do you have hope it will ultimately be passed ? i think it will be a heavy lift, having worked for a us senator and in the white house for a us president, the politics is still very difficult. the democratic house when the george floyd act came up a couple of years ago, passed that bill, but the senate did not, and the senate was even then pretty evenly split. i m not sure there s any more support for it, than there was a couple of years ago. i don t have high hopes for the george floyd act passing anytime soon, although it would be a great help from the standpoint of police accountability and changing the way police do their business. joe watkins.