The coronavirus for. The 1st friday prayers it is the bulls hagia sophia after its controversial change of status from museum to mark. So that the top u. S. Health agency has issued guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as corona virus infections spike in large parts of the country the centers for Disease Control insists its safe for children to return to class and its unlikely that they will contract or transmit the virus they say state and local governments are under growing pressure from the white house to reopen schools the President Donald Trump threatening to withhold federal funds from districts that taint the White House Press secretary reiterated that call. It is our firm belief that the that our schools are essential places of business if you will that our teachers are essential personnel you all here are considered essential workers which is why you are coming into the Briefing Room every day during the pandemic are meatpackers where meat pac
The first friday prayers at his temples hagia sophia after its change from the museum into a mosque. In sports, football has returned to france after a fofourmonth break caused by coronavirus. A limited number of fans in the stadiums. We look at the french cup final. Welcome to the newshour. More than six months since the coronavirus was first suspected in china, it is still living for the road at record rates. There is a record rise in infections, according to the World Health Organization. Nearly 10,000 people have died in that same period, the biggest spike since the end of april. Across the planet, the virus has killed more than 635,000 people. More than 1 5 of those fatalities are in the u. S. , the worlds worst hit country. New hotspots in the south and west have pushed the infection count past 4 million. Latin america also recorded more than 4 million cases. More than 176,000 people have died. We will get more on the outbreak in latin america with john homan in a moment joining
Of restricting Media Freedom and mass resignations of the countrys most popular web site. And safety fears of the worlds top selling passenger plane grounded by the coronavirus for hours. Political and economic tensions between the u. S. And china are escalating china is demanding the u. S. Close its called see this in the city of chengdu well the chinese consulate in houston ended its operation on friday just moments after the deadline to close a group of men thought to be federal agents entered the building they were seen prying open several doors but did not respond when challenged the u. S. Government accuses staff at the chinese consulate of espionage and dollar theft targeting facilities including medical centers in texas beijing called the other gay sions militias slander. China has retaliated by ordering the us to close its consulates in the southwestern city of Chengdu Police blocked off the area as workers removed signs its unclear when staff will have to vacate but a state r
A young black man in Police Custody. That cannot. Read. And the tributes keep pouring in for civil rights icon john lewis whos passed away the white house says it will fly the American Flag at half staff in his honor. So in libya this saturday the International Criminal court is there on the ground tasked with investigating a warlord of a possible war crimes investigators from the i. C. C. Have arrived in tripolis to look into acts committed by forces loyal to after that is expected to include a visit to the mass graves found in tire hunan last month the 3 person team will also investigate booby traps left behind during a retreat by have to fight his in residential areas south of tripoli the i. C. C. Says its received credible information regarding 11 mass graves containing men women and even children our correspondent in tripoli is mahmood of the one whod with more details on the investigation. The government so far seems to be reluctant in revealing the details about the teams. Detai
I must apologize that an early i iteration was called away to a memorial this afternoon. But she will be here tomorrow talking about her new book. The new lincoln. I am very pleased today, im Catherine Clinton and teach at the university of texas incentive tokyo and im here to moderate the panel. And also, as all of you im sure are aware, but to interject whenever a enthusiastically have some ideas that we could share. Our two panelists are going to share some of their comments and views with you. Then im going to comment and opened it up to you for your questions. I want to begin today by saying that my friend canvas cooper, was born in guam to a u. S. Navy hospital and his wife, and she attended more than half a dozen schools before her high school graduation. And undergraduate degree in journalism and a logic ray from georgetown university. It was only after her career on capitol hill as an aide to the late congressman Charlie Wilson, some of you may have seen him portrayed by tom h