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
he s on the first leg of a six day trip to africa and on wednesday, he met victims of violence in the capital kinshasa. sofia bettiza reports. an ecstatic welcome from africa s most catholic country. more than 1 million worshippers turned out for a mass held by pope francis in kinshasa. later, the pope met victims of violence and listened to harrowing testimonies of rape, murder and other atrocities at the hands of armed groups that have plagued the eastern regions of the drc for decades. translation: i was 16 years old when i was held as a sex| slave and abused for three months. every day, five to ten men abused us. a prayer and a blessing. translation: i am close to you.
an ecstatic welcome from africa s most catholic country. more than 1 million worshippers turned out for a mass held by pope francis in kinshasa. later the pope met victims of violence and listened to harrowing testimonies of rape, murder and other atrocities at the hands of armed groups that have plagued the eastern regions of the drc for decades. i was 16 years old when i was held as a sex slave and used for three months. every day, five to ten men abused us. fix, five to ten men abused us. a prayer and a blessing.