Covid19 to fasttrack vaccine. Soledad pump soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. Its the fourth of july holiday, a time to reflect on the nations beginnings its ideals, its dreams, its failures, and its flaws. And a time to consider what it means to be an american. For immigrants and refugees, the journey to becoming an american citizen can take years. First, learning a new language, then studying the countrys history, passing the citizenship test, and finally, taking the oath of citizenship. While covid19 put the traditional naturalization ceremonies on hold, this week the nation once again welcomed new citizens as federal magistrates across the country got creative and held ceremonies on sidewalks, in small groups, and one on one. Judge nancy joseph, a federal magistrate in milwaukee, invited our cameras to witness that special moment last fall at the marquette law schools Constitution Day event. There are people from almost every part of the globe. And we tell them w
In the head. It was not even frontpage news. There was nobody demonstrating like this. Children in black six months killed on our streets. No one is demonstrating about that. No one is having discussions about what we can do to combat it. Officerwhite police shoots one black person and we know the name of that person, memorials are developed for them, and they become the cause of a movement to solve the problem. I am just asking for some proportionality. Lets put our time and energy focused on the largest problem we have, and that is those deaths internally. There is nothing white people can do externally to help us. It is a problem internal to us. We must address it. But in order to address that, we have to acknowledge the importance of it. Right now, it does not seem to be important. The only time we get upset is when a white person takes a black persons life. Host we will hear from doreen. Shes in massachusetts. Caller when i watched the video of george floyd, i was totally disguste
Libyas un recognized government says its taking complete control of the capital after months of fighting against the wall Khalifa Haftar. Russias president demands swift action after delays in cleaning up a fuel spill in the arctic polar region. And joining us youre still with the sports including talk n. F. L. Quarterback drew brees apologizes after a backlash from teammates over empty racism protests in the u. S. Welcome to the new could have your company cities across the United States are bracing for more protests as crowds gather to remember george floyd within the past 15 minutes the body of the 46 year old black american has arrived for the 1st of the memorial gatherings in the city of minneapolis where he died 10 days ago after a policeman. Now its on his neck as he was arrested the mobile really is due to be attended by friends civil rights leaders and of those who shared the outrage over the death all full officers involved now face charges a key demand of protest as meanwhil
A defiant stand in hong kong where thousands of people ignore a ban to mark 31 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre. Also libyas new and recognized government says its taking complete control of the capital after months of fighting against warlord Khalifa Haftar. For more than a week the mood has been one of anger now the u. S. Is moving to one of remembrance for the black american man who died after a policeman knelt on his neck people are gathering around the country to pay tribute to george floyd the main focus is minneapolis where the 46 year old was killed 10 days ago is just after one in the afternoon there where a memorial is just getting underway in the North Central university as you can see Family Friends and civil rights leaders are all there. So thank you so much for your cooperation and god bless you. This is Brooklyn New York the home of floyds brother terence a Memorial Ceremony has been going on. For just over an hour now. We have correspondents across the u. S. Kr
In Central London in solidarity with americas and to racism crowds. Also china moves towards greater control of hong kong britains Prime Minister talks of offering citizenship to millions im going to go just go with sports as the German Football Federation says it will not punish players who protest racism and the killing of george floyd saying the players have their respect and understanding. Welcome to the news with the fallout over the death of george floyd in the us and the mass protests across the country u. S. Defense secretary mark esper has spoken within the past hour and has a differing view from the president over the use of military to control crowds donald trump has increasingly put pressure on governments to mobilize troops but the pentagon has pushed back and asked for says hes trying to keep his department out of politics. Ive always believed and continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing Domestic Support to civil authorities in these situa