A key figure from the arrival of ministration makes a surprise appearance in moscow. And marching to the beat of a different drum india defies its growing coronavirus told to reopen shops and places of worship. Center 2 weeks after 46 year old black man george floyd died under the knee of a Police Officer sparking a global wave of protest the accused killer has faced court there it show been has been charged with 2nd and 3rd degree murder as well as 2nd degree manslaughter he appeared by video link in a Minneapolis Court as the charges were read thousands of people queued to pay their respects to george fords body in his home city of houston his funeral will be held there on tuesday and as the protests grow theyre trying to defund the police has become louder counselors in minneapolis have already committed to dismantling the department or new york and los angeles ive also vowed changes to funding john hendren is live from houston and john has been moving a scene there tell us a bit mo
Let me lay out the schedule. As you know we will finish the Great America outdoors bill tomorrow. Then we will go to the traditional nomination followed by the next Circuit Court by the morning ill announce forgo next to peasant will be taken one is we can go to the tim scott police bill or the and aa. The tim scott bill is close to being finished. I will let you know in the morning what we are going to have after we finish the 53rd circuit judge. I want to congratulate cory gardner, steve daines and the others who worked on the Great American outdoors act. They will get a big victory the final vote will happen tomorrow on that. That something they have been working on for a long time. Great credit to their effort to get across the finish line. Also want to thank tim scott in the group he has been working with on police reforms. I think they have done a tremendous summer amount of good work we are making Good Progress on that. I hope we can get a big vote here. It is up to the leader w
Aljazeera. And on the. Roof. I dont at all watching aljazeera thats for money about top stories this hour george fords calls and has arrived at the fountain of praise church and his hometown of houston where people have been gathering to attend his funeral his death in Police Custody sparked 2 weeks of protests across the u. S. And around the while. Hundreds of people have also gathered to pay their last respects to floyd in minneapolis the city where he died. And burundis president has died at the age of 55. 00 a government statement says he died of a homes attack on monday he was due to step down and organist off to the recent president ial election. Well lets take you back to houston now and the fountain of praise church where as you can see the beginnings of the funeral of george floyd are currently underway a large number of people have arrived we did see the reverend al sharpton walk in with George Floyds family now u. S. President ial democratic hopeful joe biden will not be att
In isolation. We are working with the Behavioral Health system, and as i said time and time again there is a real issue around equity. Around those 4,000 people that we know we are not serving properly, 35 of them are africanamerican. We need to call out the injustices in these systems and make deliberate investments in targeting the population that continue to get left out when we propose new solutions to support the communities that we know are most vulnerable. So we are going to be making deliberate investments around making sure that africanamericans are supported as we move this process forward. [ applause ]. Mayor breed i want to thank dr. Nigusse bland and dr. Colfax because you have been doing the difficult work of managing the system with the resources that you have and not necessarily getting the support that you need to do it and that change starts today. That change wont happen overnight. We will be working towards making this a more justice, equitable, fair system using da
Mayor breed hello, everybody. Im london breed. Im mayor of the city and county of San Francisco, and i am so excited to be here today. We all know that there is a real crisis in our city, and i know that we hear that word used on a regular basis. But in this particular case what we see happening with those who are struggling with Mental Illness and Substance Use disorder and chronic homelessness is something that we see every day and we need to take aggressive action to address that issue. I am standing here with supervisor Hillary Ronen and mandelman to announce that even though we have had two competing measures, we have come together to do what is in the best interest of this city to introduce today at the board of supervisors a compromise that is going to help us address the most significant problem in our city. [ applause ]. Mayor breed i not only want to thank the supervisors, but i wanted to thank lou girardo. You remember lou has someone who worked with the board of supervisors