Coming up. The future of the Supreme Court hangs in the balance the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg sparking political debate plus her friendship with Antonin Scalia coming up and Kayleigh Mcenany is here and eugene will join me at 8 a. M. Eastern. Mornings with maria is live right now this monday morning. Global markets this morning under selling pressure underway this morning, the down 207 points and cac down 153 and dax in germany down 400 points. 402 loir concerns of growing about u. K. Economy and it is going to go into a second lockdown over the coronavirus cases as they rise. People in the u. K. Who violate selfisolation rules face fines now of up to 13,000. In asia overnight decline acrossed board there as we also on heels of three straight weeks of decline in the u. S. , as you can see japan is closed for a holiday, but the worst performer in hong kong hang seng index down beaters than 2 . Hang seng down 2. As hsb shares slide to a 25year low. Weve got the news on bank th
Course this could not be a more important or timely conversation that we are going to have today since the death of george floyd m Police Custody last month we have seen National Wide unrest weve seen protests on only here in america but internationally. We have also seen a certain narrative take hold. It starts with the assumption that the only way to properly view george floyd is through a racial lens. In fact all encounters between police and black suspects are increasingly viewed this way. It is a narrative that assumes the behavior thats typical Police Behavior towards black suspects and it assumes george floyd is a sort of black every man in america. That would happen to him happens to black people all the time that black essentially leave the house each day worrying that theyre going to have a violent encounter with police. The media has run with this narrative which faces very little pushback very little skepticism. It leaves us that the biggest problem facing black America Tod
Mrs. Murray thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , it has been 17 mr. President , it has been 17 mr. President it has been 17 days since Minneapolis Police murdered george floyd, 90 days since police in louisville kentucky killedur brown a tailor who would have turned 27 just days ago and 109 days since ahmad arbery was killed by armed white residents in south georgia. These are just some of the most recent examples of the senseless repeated killings of black people in our communities including by m police in that he led to massive outpourings of anger and grief that we have seen on display across the country. The protests are not only about the unjust tragedies, they are also about sandra bland, mike round, i. T. Auntie anna jefferson, walter scott, orlando costello, i anna stanley jones, tamir rice, as well as manny ellis, and shea taylor from my home state of washington. The countless people, black people and people of color the vast majority whose names we dont know whose lives
Identity. The conservative leaning court issued a ruling that is being hailed as a huge victory for lgbtq equality. The court banned workplace determination based on gender identity or sexual orientation. Reporter employers cannot fire or discriminate against members of the Lgbtq Community, based on gender identity and sexual orientation. The decision extends the federal protections of title vii to gay, lesbian and trans people. Today is a landmark victory decades in the making. It was a great step i think this is something people have been thinking about. Reporter many were shocked by the decision from a entertainment experience, xfinity x1. Conservative court, the its the easiest way to watch live tv majority opinion joined by and all your favorite streaming apps. Conservative chief Justice John Roberts and the courts for and now x1 also comes with peacock. Ooh la la. This rare bird lets you stream tons of movies, liberal justices. Did not become a liberal, he did not become moderate
The freeman foundation. Um judy and peter ovler foundation; pursuing solutions forne americas neglectes. And by contributions to this pbs stion from viewers like you. Thank you. Washington, this is bbc world news america. Paying their respects. Thousands of mourners honor george floyd in his hometown of houston. Democrats introduce a sweeping reform bill and the amount of time that was kept on George Floyds neck. American authorities want Prince Andrew to testify about his friendship with convicted pedophile jeffrey epstein. He has already offered to help in the past. S. Hope for the rest of new zealand lifts covid restrictions as the country reports no active cases. The Prime Minister says, even she did a little dance in celebration. Katt welcome to world news america on pbs and around the low. As George Floyds body lay on view and a casket, democrats kneeled on capitol hill for the amount of time it took for life to leave his body. Eight minutes and 46 seconds. They introduced a bill