Right now, all we really have in terms of Public Safety is one system, and that is policing. People are going to be scared to create a new system of Emergency Response and i think its going to take a lot of conversations. Judy all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by consumer cellular. Johnson johnson. Financial Services Firm raymond james. The womens Suffrage Centennial commission. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems. The lendl son on the web. Supported by the macarthur foundation, committed to a more just and peaceful world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Judy new milestones tonight in the covid19 pandemic. In Public Health, the world has topped 700,000 deaths. In politics, Democrat Joe Biden has decided ag
System and thats policing and people are going to be scared to create a new system ofency response and i think its going to take of conversations. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds mosts pressing probl skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lntes through inn, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff new milestones tonight in the covid19 pandemic. In Public Health, the world has ocpped 700,000 deaths. In politics, dt joe biden has dec
Judge on the d. C. Circuit court. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee looks at the u. S. Response to the pandemic internationally. See it at 9 30 a. M. On cspan3. The House Judiciary Committee met to consider justice in policing act of 2020. The hearing started with Opening Statements by Committee Chair jerry nadler of new york and Ranking Member jim jordan of ohio. Members offered amendments throughout the day. That objection can declare recess at any time. This is approving any measure or matter or adopting an amendment for which this was ordered. I would like to remind evers that we have established any mail address and just be should list dedicated to circulating amendments. Otherts, motions or amendment is that you would like to submit are to be brought here today. We will circulate the materials to the members of the staff as quickly as we can. I would also ask all members of those appearing in person and those remotely to mute your members not all appearing in person and thos
Lets turn to ashley banks standing by with the latest on the ground actually. Not very monella i am here at the site where george boyd was killed by former officer derrick truant and as you can see behind me there are a large crowd of people were here just trying to remember his a life you can also hear music people are grilling and handing out free food theyre handing out free water theyre just happy that these 4 officers have been charged and of course theyre waiting on at these convictions now just moments ago the city im now so it will ban it troll cold and is basically requiring police to report and to intervene if they see any excessive use of force taking place now this is just one change thats come in the wake of george boyds death but there are many more changes to come to go on. In the wake of george lloyds death Minneapolis City Council has called an emergency meeting today to discuss possibly disbanding the police department. Bricklin the block and other Grassroots Communit
For injuring an elderly man during a protest and a word of warning the video youre about to see may be disturbing for some viewers on thursday and once he had the pavement the officers just keep walking by the man was later rushed to the hospital where he is listed in serious but stable condition a spokesperson for the city initially said the elderly man had tripped and fell but after video surfaced the Police Commissioner ordered an internal investigation and the immediate suspension of those 2 officers now the union that represents those officers say the 2 suspended officers were just following orders. And over to minneapolis minnesota a wounded city still dealing with the death of george floyd at the hands of 4 Police Officers there and the massive protests that followed today there are several developments in that city actually bankss on the ground with this report. I am here at the site where george boyd was killed by former officer and Derrick Chauvin and as you can see behind me