To the program the us city of minneapolis is moving from protests to remembrance as crowds gather for a Service Honoring george floyd a memorial is due to begin there in less than an hour for the 46 year old black american who died after police knelt on his neck during an arrest the event will be attended by Family Friends and civil rights leaders and others who shared in the outrage over his death 10 days ago all 4 officers involved have not been charged a key demand of the protesters john hendren is in minneapolis for us a really a chance to reflect for the many that are attending in 10 days that have changed america in so many ways. That is true there will be ram remember and of the man is a gentle giant he is over well over 2 meters tall 6 feet 4 inches high and hell be remembered as a father and his daughter giana of course will be here let me just give you a little idea of the set up here that is where people check in on on the far side over there and as you move along here this
A defiant stand in hong kong where thousands of people ignore a ban to mark 31 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre. Also libyas new and recognized government says its taking complete control of the capital after months of fighting against warlord Khalifa Haftar. For more than a week the mood has been one of anger now the u. S. Is moving to one of remembrance for the black american man who died after a policeman knelt on his neck people are gathering around the country to pay tribute to george floyd the main focus is minneapolis where the 46 year old was killed 10 days ago is just after one in the afternoon there where a memorial is just getting underway in the North Central university as you can see Family Friends and civil rights leaders are all there. So thank you so much for your cooperation and god bless you. This is Brooklyn New York the home of floyds brother terence a Memorial Ceremony has been going on. For just over an hour now. We have correspondents across the u. S. Kr
Homeless population. So we are now about seven weeks into the shelter in place order. I know, you know, that, like so many other san franciscans that are blessed to be housed, we are getting antsy. I know this weekend, the parks were filled and people had no masks and were trying to inform them that were not out of this yet, and that in order to keep the curve flat, it isnt a done deal; that we have to continue to shelter in place in order to do that. But whats so hard for me when i talk to my housed constituents is that outside they door, they see massive, massive tent encampments where people are out in the streets without masks, theyre clearly interacting, sharing equipment, have no access to showers, no access to water, have no access to food or very little access to food. Theyre going to work, some of them, because despite the stereotypes, many unhoused members of our city are working. And ive just been frankly shocked that there has not been one health order issued yet directly r
The two doctors respond to today. In putting you all together, it was delayed a little bit more than i had hoped for, and i actually just provided these questions to dr. Aragon and dr. Colfax yesterday. I think it was around afternoon when they received it, and so and theres a lot of questions that were submitted. So when i talked to dr. Colfax, i said what id like you to do is if you cannot answer all the questions i think theres a lot of them, about 40 of them today, in the onehour limitation, then you need to come back next week to answer the rest fully. So thats how id like to handle this, is to give them a this hearing about an hour and see how much we can get through. So whod like to start . Dr. Aragon . This is grant colfax. Ill start, and dr. Aragon will continue. Good afternoon. Its a pleasure to present to you an update on the citys covid19 response. In talking with dr. Aragon yesterday, i thought it would be good to provide an overall overview to frame the discussion and als
Died during a police arrest. This is the area to deal with police and criminal justice. 3 of the Police Officers involved in floyds arrest in minneapolis make their 1st Court Appearance charged with aiding and abetting 2nd degree murder. A u. S. Navy veteran held by iran for almost 2 years is released as part of a deal that saw Washington Free an american iranian scientists. So then the 1st Memorial Service honoring a black man in the United States who died in Police Custody has been held in minneapolis poignant memories was shared of george floyd whose murder spots those nationwide protests the event was also used as a rallying cry to overhaul the Justice System mourners including celebrities musicians and politicians stood in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds that select the time floyd is said to have been pinned and a Police Officer. Its crazy all these people came to see my brother. Thats amazing to me that he touched so many people hearts you know that he had such an i was you