Budget director to take a look at the budgets with a view to cutting off funding to cities that president transfer is unable to maintain law and order well the mayor of new york has been very quick to react bill de blasio held in urgent News Conference saying that this is nothing more than a political stunt by saying that president is not the king has no legal right to stop funding the big cities particularly the cities that he refers to all run by democrats william barr held the interview with c. N. N. An exclusive interview in which he expressed the rather surprising thought that there is no racism in the policing or no attempts at racism within the actions of police he says that this is a false narrative that this does occur this despite the to 6 that are provided by a number of independent organizations such as universities and news media which indicate that africanamericans use 2 and a half times more likely to be shocked by a policeman then his white counterparts so certainly the
Live coverage begins at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Pamela constable, who i feel like i should start off by saying welcome home. Pamela thank you. Im delighted to be home. Host all told, how many years of your reporting career or percentage have you spent overseas . Pamela i guess,close to half. First with the boston globe, i worked for a number of years in latin america. That was close to a decade. Then, off and on with the washington post, it comes out to be close to a decade. Host when you decided on journalism, how did you gravitate toward a foreign reporting . Pamela well, my earliest interest in journalism was more about domestic issues. Poverty, drug addiction, social ills, you might say. I did a lot of work on that in the early years. Then i guess, i dont know, i traveled overseas as a tourist, to unusual places, and i began to think some of these same issues were definitely there and more and the struggles and problems were deeper and broader. And i just wanted to try that. H
Forces hundreds of thousands from their homes and laps at the base of a unesco World Heritage site. And her u. S. Vice president ial candidate Camila Harris is heritage is becoming a strength for her campaign and a target for her opponents. The European Union says it rejects the results of the disputed elections in belarus that have kept president Alexander Lukashenko in power and after an emergency Virtual Summit today the e. U. Also announced targeted sanctions against those it deems responsible for brutally suppressing protest against look at schenker is landslide win. Today we gave them 3 clear messages. Firstly we stand by the people of belarus who won fundamental freedoms and democracy. Secondly we will sanction all those responsible for violence repression and false if occasion of the results of the election and thirdly we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power and bellows well earlier the woman who challenge look in the election did reach out to either l
A coup that isolated the country from its neighbors and drawn international condemnation. Emergency in china a story floods forced more than 100000 people from their homes and to threaten an ancient statue of the blood. And love in the time of coronavirus the condemning is foreseen pakistanis to scale down that flamboyant fairytale wedding. Hundreds of protesters in baton rouge have defied the president s warnings of a tough crackdown on dissent and xander look has told Law Enforcement agencies to restore order on the streets but protesters in the capital minsk are continuing to pile on the pressure accusing the president of rigging his election victory earlier this month and demanding he step down staff at a state run. Chemical plant of walked off the job joining other factory workers who would usually be supporters of the president now calling for a nationwide general strike protest as have found support within the European Union as well which has announced a new rofft of sanctions a
Condemnation. Emergency in china is story floods forced more than 100000 people from their homes and threaten an ancient statue of the good. And sport byron munich of set up the Champions League final with. The german champions beat lee all 3 nil to reach the biggest game in European Club football. Welcome to the program our top story protesters in baton rouge have defied the governments warnings of a tough crackdown on dissent Alexander Lukashenko has told Law Enforcement agencies to restore order on the streets but protesters in minsk are piling on the pressure accusing the president of rigging use election victory earlier this month and demanding he step down stuff a state run chemical plants have walked off the job joining other factory workers who typically was his supporters in the past but on now calling for a nationwide general strike the protestors have found support with the European Union which has announced a new raft of sanctions and says it wont recognize the Election Res