And hong kong marks one year since protests began against a controversial extradition bill. Well look at what, if anything, has changed. In texas, thousands of people have been paying their last respects to george floyd, whose killing by police has sparked demonstrations around the world, calling forjustice. The memorial is being held in houston, where he grew up. The Democratic Party candidate in this years president ial election, joe biden, has met some of mr floyds family ahead of the funeral, which will be held privately on tuesday. Barbara plett usher has this report. They queued in the heat of the day to pay their last respects, to show solidarity with a hometown man whos become a global symbol of police brutality. Some were grieving the loss of a friend and neighbour, but all were showing up to strengthen the movement for racialjustice that erupted as america watched george floyd stop breathing with a policemans knee on his neck. We will do what we can to make this thing happen
This is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im isha sesay live in los angeles where it has just turned 11 00 on the west coast. And im isa soares live in miami where it is now 2 00 in the morning. Thank you very much for joining us. Well be back with isa in a moment for the latest on Hurricane Irma but we have more breaking news out of mexico. A magnitude 8 earthquake which i should tell you, usgs just upgraded it from magnitude 8. Its now 8. 1 according to the usgs recorded off the Southern Coast near the guatemalan border. The tremor was felt some 600 miles or 1,000 kilometers to the northwest. The threat of tsunami is being evacuated as i bring you these details. But it has the potential of causing a tsunami. Lets get some perspective on how this played out and what people experienced. A producer joins me now from mexico city. Thank you for being with us. I understand you were driving when this quake hit. Tell us about what
U. S. President donald trump is Onboard Air Force one at this hour, after doing something he has never done before. For the first time in his presidency, mr. Trump visited a war zone. For some three hours, the commander in chief was on the ground in iraq. There, he visited troops and military leaders and defended pulling out of syria, saying the u. S. Cant continue to be the worlds policeman. And he said he came to share the countrys gratitude for, among other things, everything the troops do to keep america safe, strong and free. The other reason im here today is to personally thank you and every Service Member throughout this region for the nearelimination of the isis territorial caliphate in iraq and in syria. Two years ago, when i became president , there were a very dominant group. They were very dominant. Today, theyre not so dominant anymore. Joining me now is john kirby, who served as state and Defense Department spokesman during the obama administration. Thank you for being wi
At 2 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, we are seven days in now, and no end in sight. The partial u. S. Government shutdown drags on. The u. S. President continues to dig in, and congress has gone home for the year. In the middle of it all, some 800,000 government workers unsure of when they will be paid next. Cnns abbey philip picks it up from here. Reporter with the government still partially shutdown and no end in sight, President Trump was back at the white house and tweeting after his surprise trip to iraq. After claiming this week the federal employees supported the shutdown many of those workers have said to me and communicated, stay out until you get the funding for the wall. These federal workers want the wall. Reporter the president is now taunting democrats in a tweet by claiming, without evidence, that most of the 800,000 federal workers affected by the shutdown are democrats. That comment prompted backlash from one of the largest unions representing federal employees. The
Im natalie allen. Im George Howell. From cnn world headquarters, newsroom starts right now. It is 4 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast. Thanks for being with us. And for the past four hours, parts of the United States government has been shut down. What that means is that hundreds of thousands of federal employees will feel the pain and the question, for how long . Who knows. Not the holiday gift they wanted of course from their leaders. Nearly a half million employees will be expected to work without pay until lawmakers make a deal. Lawmakers left washington friday without a bill to fund the government by a midnight deadline. They are deadlocked over, you know what it is, President Trumps demand to fund a border wall which democrats oppose. Call it a democrat shutdown. Call it whatever you want. But we need their help to get this approved. So democrats, we have a wonderful list of things that we need to keep our country safe. Lets get out, lets work together, lets be bipartisan and