A state banquet and praise for a friendship between nations that donald trump calls eternal but elsewhere in london theres a very different perception awaiting the president. Plus sudans military councils all previous agreements with the opposition that calls for new elections thats after troops opened fire on protesters killing dozens and good a country its more. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program today is the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in beijing when this image was seared into the collective memory that iconic photo of a lone man facing down a column of armored tanks defiance of the brutal crackdown in Tiananmen Square when chinese soldiers shot and killed hundreds of their own armed fellow citizens and one. Spring of 1909 students occupied the square demanding new reforms and freedoms from the communist government but their hopes for economic and social change greater freedom of speech and less corruption were too much for the regime the Chinese Government
a royal treatment yesterday now today over 2 more substantial issues and the nitty gritty of politics sarah charlotte potts and london for us thank you so much charlotte and we know that you and the team will be covering this visit in the u.k. and those protests as they unfold so we look forward to seeing that as the day progresses. but 1st we re going to head to sudan where the military has canceled a power transfer agreement with protesters and calls for elections the move comes a day after security forces opened fire on protesters killing at least 35 people and wounding many more there have been ongoing demonstrations in khartoum calling on a caregiver military council to make way for a civilian government after the fall of sudan s longstanding dictator omar al bashir. after weeks of sit ins ok patients in demonstrations the military opens fire on call tombs protesters. oh