And onto our streets. And in other news, signs of more unity among the democrats as Bernie Sanders endorsesjoe biden to be the partys nominee to fight donald trump for the presidency. Welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. First, President Trump has lashed out at the media, seeking to defend his record in slowing the early spread of the virus. Nationwide, the us has recorded at least 570,000 cases and 23,000 deaths so far. But mr trump says the rise in american cases has begun to flatten out. More on that in a moment. First, some other Major International developments. President Emmanuel Macron has extended the lockdown in france for another four weeks. Measures will now remain in place until at least may the 11th. In the uk the government has revealed that virus outbreaks have been detected in more than 2,000 care homes, that includes 92 outbreaks in the last 2a hours alone. And in spain, the lockdown has begun to ease. People in construction, manufacturing and some servic
Hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. This is europes moment. That is how the president of the European Commission characterised the challenge facing the eu in emerging from the coronavirus crisis. Well today eu leaders will meet via videoconference in search of a deal over what theyre calling the next generation fund, worth 750 billion euros. The European Commission wants much of that money to be distributed to the worst affected countries in grants, but sweden, denmark, austria and the netherlands say it needs to be paid back. Simonjones reports. After months of lockdown, europe is tentatively opening up europe is tentatively opening up again. Locals on the beach in barcelona are set to be joined soon by international tourists, but the question now is whether the eu can come together to agree a coronavirus recovery plan. It is known as the next generation eu fund. And a sign
Thankfully, and not surprisingly, they have been mostly peaceful. Curfews started here in new york an hour ago. That has not stopped the demonstrations, as you can see. Practically no big citys curfew has. In washington, many thousands of people spent the day marching down the newly renamed black lives matter plaza, one of the streets that leads to the white house. At times the protest was very lively. Parts of the crowd were even dancing. Meanwhile, in north carolina, they danced with the holy ghost at a Church Service for mr. Floyd. The memorial was in his hometown of raeford, north carolina. That was preceded by a public viewing. More Police Officers are coming under scrutiny for their actions during protests. In buffalo, new york, an elderly man remains in the hospital tonight after this happened. When he was pushed to the ground. Two officers are suspended as they face assault charges. Today President Trump repeated what has become a common refrain this week tweeting simply, quote
Ground. Two officers are suspended as they face assault charges. Today President Trump repeated what has become a common refrain this week tweeting simply, quote, law and order, unquote. We begin in washington. And thats where we find nbcs Garrett Haake joining us live. How is the protest going tonight . Joshua, this is a different story. Could be a different planet from a week ago. The protests here today could only barely be described as protests. Its lively. It is jubilant. Its essentially a block Party Atmosphere out here. And i have to tell you, to the degree this remains a protest focused thing, weve really seen a shift from anger and frustration and exhaustion and frankly sadness the first couple of days to, what we are going to do about this . Todays protest has had a distinctly antitrump tone. A distinct focus on voting and on voting him out of his residence behind me, and building on symbol ic successes like the painting of black lives matter on this street and the renaming o
And what happened to the people in these cars. Hello, everyone its high noon in the east. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. A dramatic and moving scene in charleston, South Carolina, a city in mourning today. Hundreds of people from all parts of this country are paying their respects at a makeshift memorial outside the emmanuel ame church where six women and three men were shot to death wednesday evening. As the city grieves, the investigation into dylann roof deepens. The latest Court Documents show each victim was shot multiple times. Law enforcement sources say roof bought the gun himself and they also say roof has spoken freely and admitted his guilt. The Charleston Sheriffs Office says roof has had no visitors other than his attorney. We have two reports, msnbcs adam riess is outside the emmanuel ame church and trymaine li lee. Alex, whats going listen to . Reporter the arrest warrant is revealing what happened. Dylann roof came here at 8 00 wearing a fanny pack. He walked in an