James copland come senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute for policy research and director of legal policy for the institute. Todays event casts is sponsored in cooperation with the Manhattan Institutes new policing and Public Safety initiative and we are pleased to welcome senator tim scott, republican of South Carolina. To discuss with us federal criminal Justice Reform. Senator scott is someone i look up to a lot. Hes a South Carolina senator. Im a North Carolina boy, and senator scott is somebody who in initial primary, those who watched him he defeated Strom Thurmond sent in the primary which is abuzz live in the south realize taking out in the primary the son of a long time leader is something that is quite remarkable. I dont care if youre white, black approval but senator scott of course is a black man in these only the fourth black man to serve as a u. S. Senator since reconstruction along with the great edward brooke, of course barack obama and my Law School Buddy cory boo
Host thank you for being here. I mentioned that you are the help secretary and you are a member of congress because they give you incredible insight and think on how to deal with the coronavirus early on. You declared statewide Health Emergency on march 11th when there were only four cases in your state. But as you see that push you to move so quickly. Two things, you know that money. Rus is so it comes with travelers. I was still dealing with people traveling on a cruise in california an adult with the pandemic before. In the earlier you start, the more aggressively you start the better control and management efforts you have. This is the problem because you cant see the pandemic. Everyone i think falsely assumes that it wont come here. And wean will wait until we see what is happening. And for too many it is easier to explain pretty have to move immediately. Otherwise it rages out of control. We have seen it all across the country now. Jonathon in a followup. He said the through pend
A further crackdown against civil rights in the philippines as a new anti terror comes into effect. Welcome to the program the United States is struggling to contain a rising wave of coronavirus with cases of infections and deaths soaring more than 77000. 00 infections were reported in the latest daily tally another bleak record high resources in many areas are stretched to the limit and hospitals are in danger of being overrun with patients where debate is raging of a mosque where they should be made mandatory u. S. President donald trump has weighed in on the issue ruling out making them compulsory at a national level. Would you consider what you consider a National Mandate that people need to wear a mask i want people to have a certain freedom and i dont believe in that no and i dont agree with the statement that if everybody were a mask everything it just appears a doctor felt she said dont wear a mask or Surgeon General terrific guy said dont wear a mask everybody was saying dont
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And taking to the airwaves classes in zimbabwe are held over the radio schools stay closed because of the growth of violence. We begin in the United States where congressman john lewis has died at the age of 80 he was a titan of the Civil Rights Movement alongside Martin Luther king jr and helped organize the historic 963 march on washington his death comes at a time of heightened racial tension in America Black lives matter protesters who took to the streets after the death of george floyd have been violently suppressed by Law Enforcement civil Rights Groups is suing federal authorities the months of protests have seen statues toppled and Police Officers arrested and sacked now the Confederate Flag has effectively been banned from u. S. Military sites to begin our coverage with this report from how did your castro looking back at the life of john lewis we can argue about that cannot you that. We cannot give you. John lewis was born into the segregated world of rural alabama in 1940 wh