Masks. North Koreas Nuclear ambition, the new evidence showing the kim jong un regime continues i Nuclear Weapons program. And the summer of covid19 the major changes youll see from zoos to theme parks early today starts right now glad youre with us this morning. Im Frances Rivera we begin with breaking news out of minnesota a third night of protests intensified quickly in minneapolis and the Police Precinct went up in flames this is where the fourth former officers linked to the death of george floyd were stationed. The mayor is calling for peace in the city. There is a lot of pain and anger right now in our city. I understand that, our entire city recognizes that what we have seen over the past several hours and the past couple of nights in terms of looting is unacceptable. Our communities cannot and will not tolerate it. Police there say that dozens of fires have been set and more than 170 businesses have been damaged or looted and we are now seeing protests against Police Brutality
Different drum. India defies its growing coronavirus toll to reopen shops and places of worship. Hello. Two weeks after 46yearold black man george floyd died under the knee of a Police Officer, sparking a global wave of protest, the accused killer has faced court. Derek chauvin has been charged with second and third degree murder and Second Degree manslaughter. He appeared by video link in a mm court. As the charges were read, thousands of people queued to pay respect to George Floyds body in his home city of houston. His funeral will be held there tuesday. As the protests grow, the cry to defund the police has become louder. Councilors in minneapolis committed to defunding the Police Department while new york and los angeles have also vowed changes to funding. John is live from houston. Moving scene there. Ell us whats been going on. Reporter we are entering hour six of six hours of viewing of the body of george floyd. Crowds have been lining up by the hundreds. You can see behind me,
Still be asked to stop serving food and drinks by 10 00 p. M. The number of confirmed cases in tokyo has been rising in recent days. 22 new infections were reported on friday, but Officials Say they are also considering the impact on the economy and the condition of the local health care system. Another part of the country is also seeing g an increase ofof cases. Officialals are taking steps to reverse the trend. Translator our city is in the middle of a secondnd wave. Well do our utmosost to contai the virus by asking everyone who hahad close contact with t the infected to undergo pcr tests. The southwestern city of kitakyushu confirmed 43 cases in the last 6 days. A Junior High School in the city of nearly 1 million has closed for disinfection after one of the students tested positive. The spread of the virus is even casting a shadow over the annual observance of the atomic bombings. Hiroshima and nagasaki marked 75 years this summer since the attacks. But Authorities Say a tenth or
Frequent morning joe contributor and our fearless leader, president of the nonpartisan council on Foreign Relations in 2003 but today we are here to listen to Richard Haass the prolific author and academic who had come out with another book entitled not very ambitiously, slightly ambitiously the world a brief introduction, in about 300 pages. He calls it a departure from his previous books. I want to start because it was only after you turned in the manuscript that the world was confronted by the covid19 pandemic and in the two months since that happened this crisis has highlighted so many of the themes and concepts you tackle in the book so i want to ask outright what does the pandemic tell us about the world right now . Guest thank you for doing this and thanks to everyone on this call. I hope everybody is well and safe as we all get through this one day at a time, one groundhog day at a time. But i think the pandemic tells us first and foremost that the world matters. A member of th
Terry to roll out the new book which rolled up today. Her book titled becoming kim jong un a former cia officers insights into north koreas enigmatic young dictator could not be more timely. The book provides a masterful insight into who kim jongun is, what makes him tick, and what keeps them up at night. The book is already earned wide praise from among the leading thinkers and for the policy practitioners dita with north korea. Were fortunate that jung and sue will spend the next hour with us breaking that when you dont about how north korea operates, who kim jongun is, and what is going on in north korea these days. They bring a wealth of knowledge to this conversation. They both are former intelligence analysts who represent the very best of their previous profession. They each were tremendous colleagues while in government and their tremendous friends to me now. In addition to being deeply informed, kind, and deadly sport, they also a ton of fun. So before i turn it over to jung a