The nations pandemic epicenter gets a date on when it can begin reopening. What it could mean for the nation at large, and the move the president just made about the pandemic thats getting bipartisan backlash. And ready to launch. Hopes soar that today for the first time in nearly a decade astronauts will take off from u. S. Soil. Well go live to the Kennedy Space center on check in on the launch of spacex. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is not a protest. This is not in the spirit of Martin Luther king jr. This is chaos. Reporter the fired Minneapolis Police officer facing charges in the death of george floyd. Outrage spills into the streets across our country. The country with an open wound. None of us can turn away. None of us can be silent. Reporter President Trump defended his tweet on the protests where he said, quote, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Ive heard that phrase for a long time. I dont know where it came from. Repo
The president goes jet skiing. And why the new normal for lebanon is not good news for businesses already struggling to survive. And top level sport returns to north america for the 1st time in nearly 2 months and ultimate fighting championship event took place and a battle for your reader in Jacksonville Florida. Now fighting is intensifying between libyas warring sides after forces loyal to world Khalifa Haftar attacked the capitals are in a functioning airport libyas u. N. Recognized government launched a counter offensive to saturdays attack damaged planes and set fuel tanks that lice have to us forces also struck nearby residential areas killing at least 4 civilians the tripoli government says more than a dozen have died just in the last 2 days while our correspondent. Joins us now live from tripoli what were now seeing this promised retaliation from the government whats the strategy here. Well the governments strategy is to reach the have to the forces locations from which the ro
U. K. s new state of alert slogan head of a national address. On the coronavirus responds. And failed to Maximum Capacity in mexico overwhelmed by the so deaths. And top level sport returns to north america for the 1st time in nearly 2 months and ultimate fighting championship event took place in. Jacksonville florida. He says attacks on libya is only functioning airport as well as Diplomatic Missions amount to war crimes man is warning it will take action against forces loyal to walt holy fuck off if they continue to argue supports libyas un recognized government in tripoli which has launched a cunt. Offensive following saturdays attack planes were damaged and fuel tanks set alight after us forces also struck nearby residential areas killing at least 4 civilians the tripoli government says more than a dozen people have been killed over the last 2 days. The war heads joining us live from tripoli who lets just talk about this government counteroffensive 1st of all what is the government
In my Life Experience of every other country has shown its the only way to defeat the coronavirus the most vicious threat this country has faced in my lifetime and though the death toll has been tragic and the suffering in metz and though we grieve for all those we have lost it is a fact that by adopting those measures we prevented this country from being engulfed by what could have been a catastrophe in which the reasonable worst Case Scenario was half a 1000000 fatalities. And its thanks to your effort and sacrifice in stopping the spread of this disease that the death rate is coming down and hospital admissions are coming down and thanks to you we protected our n. H. S. And saved many thousands of lives and so i know you know that it would be madness not to throw away that achievement by allowing a 2nd spike we must stay alert we must continue to control the virus and save lives and we must also recognize that this campaign against the virus has come that colossal cost to our way of
Protesters say the government is using the current a virus pandemic to suppress dissent. Hello thanks for joining us in the last hour of the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has laid out the 1st steps to easing lockdown measures the virus has killed almost 32000. 00 people across the country Boris Johnson announced a new virus alert system and says the infection rate has remained low enough to move from level 4 to level 3 enough for people to spend more Time Outdoors every day we are increasing data we will be monitoring and the number of new infections and the progress were making. And if we as a nation begin to fulfill the conditions. In its few weeks and months we may be able to go further weve been through the initial peak but its coming down the mountain that is often more dangerous we have a route and we have a plan and everyone in government has the all consuming pressure and challenge to save lives restore livelihoods and gradually restore the freedoms that we need of runners