Coronavirus testing in some of the u. S. Communities hardest hit. And about turn from a top epidemiologists to admits that sweden should have done more to curb the pandemic. And 100000. 00 people forced to flee to safety from a Tropical Cyclone heading towards india. Welcome to the program protesters are out again in cities across the u. S. Over the death of george floyd but the defense secretary says he doesnt want to see military used against them marcus 1st spoke at the pentagon a few hours ago contradicting the stance of President Donald Trump now hes been calling on governors to mobilize troops and has talked of invoking a little used law to clamp down on the growing demonstrations but asked for says hes trying to keep his department. Out of politics theres been increasing scrutiny of the militarys rollout to troops and helicopters were used to control protests in washington d. C. Ive always believed in continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing Dome
Anti racism crowds. Also the new investigation that suggests that china withheld data on coronavirus from the World Health Organization. Welcome to the program we begin with the fallout over the death of george floyd in the u. S. And the mass protests across the country u. S. Defense secretary marcus has spoken going against the president s stance on using military to control the crowds donald trump has increasingly put pressure on governors to mobilize troops but the pentagon has pushed back as for says hes trying to keep his department out of politics theres been increasing scrutiny over the militarys role after troops and helicopters were used to control protests in washington d. C. Ive always believed and continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing Domestic Support to civil authorities and these situations in support of local Law Enforcement i say this not only as secretary defense but also as a former soldier and a former member of the National Guard
The end of hong kongs autonomy adrian brown is there at hong kong covering these protests and whats happening adrian. Will rachelle for the past few months this code of hong kong has been deserted on a sunday afternoon normally it would be packed with shoppers it is packed today but these people are not here to shop they are here to protest in defiance of social distancing rules and of course why they arent well many of them are incensed by the proposed security law that china wants to be imposed on home call people are carrying banners here calling for independence now under this proposed legislation that would presumably be an offense that would lead to a custody all sentence people are also coming down as you know condemning the communist party of those attacking the home killing government the police have done their best to clear the streets tear gas was fodder one stage we have seen at least one arrest i think this protest is going to go on for a few more hours and it is in fact t
And covert 19 infections skyrocket across brazil worst affected country in latin america. We begin in hong kong where police have 5 volleys of tear gas and demonstrators after thousands turned out to protest against chinas proposed National Security law demonstrators blocked the streets a popular shopping district causeway bay the bill would ban all activities considered subversive activists say it would be the end of hong kongs autonomy. Over now to adrian brown it joins us live from hong kong the streets look like now adrian. As you can see behind me this is. The busiest part of is in hong kong the police are still trying to clear it of protesters those protests. Began several hours ago in fact this is the biggest protest hong kong the seen really since kovac 1000 arrived in hong kong in january and of course these protests have grown really because of the decision by Chinas National Peoples Congress to impose a new security law on hong it is demonstrating here i think that what were
Muslims marking the end of the fasting month of ramadan but this year under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. Also ahead israels Prime Minister is set to go on trial for corruption well look at how he got here. And im so how much with the sport as n. B. A. Basketball moves a step closer to restarting the league concerned citizen talks with disney about possibly finishing the season at one venue in orlando florida. Ok lets get going in scenes we havent witnessed since last years mass protests against the controversial extradition bill thousands of protesters are back on the streets of hong kong this time theyre angry over a National Security bill proposed by the government in beijing the Police Responded by using tear gas and water cannon to disperse the big crowds demonstrators were blocking streets in the popular shopping district course way they this was all sparked by chinas announcement of the proposal at its annual political meeting on friday it would ban all activities cons