Today and always. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Anchor welcome to bbc world news america. I am katty kay in washington. Anger in minneapolis as protesters take tohe streets over the killing of a black man in police custody. Clashes in hong kong and a warning from washington. The u. S. Secretary of state says the territory has lost its autonomy, and that could impacted its special trade status. An failure to launch, for now. The spacex bound for the International Space station. Welcome to world news america on pbs and around the world. The mayor of minneapolis says that being a black man in america should not be a death sentence. But for 46yearold george floyd, it was just that. I unarmed, he died on monday after a white officer held him down with a knee on his neck. Floyd could be heard saying he could not breathe. There are pro
This is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor you know, during dark times like these im often reminded of the words of the great 20th century philosopher robert mcferrin, when he wrote, dont worry. Ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooooh ooh ooooh be happy now. Thats what were going to do now in our ongoing segment, a ray of sunshine. Our first bit of good comes out of canada the only country where syrup has legal rights. And where one family found love in a hopeless place. Reporter carrie lynn ellis was not going to let coronavirus restrictions stop her from giving a big hug on mothers day. She and her husband created what they call the hug glove in their backyard of ontario, canada. It is a plastic sheet with sleeves in it to allow hugs while preventing direct contact. Ellis said she and her mother, they were in tears. Its hard to say if they were tears of joy, tears of laughter, or maybe a little bit of both. Trevor okay, im sorry, i dont want to cry, but this is the sweetest st
And for that shower curtain. Think about it, because, normally shower curtains see us apt our worst were naked, cleaning our butts, singing bad. But this one got outside to see that humans are not so bad. You know it wont take long for people to start using it for the wrong reason. Grandma got hugged but two guys from the bar will be saying whatd you just say to me . Awww hell, no. Get inside the plastic. Get inside the plastic, dawg. Lets handle this like men. Moving on. Theres no denying that one of the biggest things we miss the most right now is traveling you know, seeing new places, visiting your family, fleeing to a country without extradition. Well, now theres a new company that gives you a little taste of travel, right at home. Reporter just because youre stuck at home doesnt mean you cant get some airline food. The aptly named company, imperfect foods, is selling the snacks previously given to Airline Passengers and airline customers. The company is dedicated to eliminating fo
Welcome to the the daily social distance show. Announcer from trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor you know, during dark times like these im often reminded of the words of the great 20th century philosopher robert mcferrin, when he wrote, dont worry. Ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooooh ooh ooooh be happy now. Thats what were going to do now in our ongoing segment, a ray of sunshine. Our first bit of good comes out of canada the only country where syrup has legal rights. And where one family found love in a hopeless place. Reporter carrie lynn ellis was not going to let coronavirus restrictions stop her from giving a big hug on mothers day. She and her husband created what they call the hug glove in their backyard of ontario, canada. It is a plastic sheet with sleeves in it to allow hugs while preventing direct contact. Ellis said she and her mother, they were in tears. Its hard to say if they were tea
Palestinian territories in the west bank. We begin in brazil where theres a political backlash to president jaya both scenarios handling of the Coronavirus Crisis the Health Minister has handed in his resignation of the less than a month in the job nelson teach follows his predecessor who had publicly criticized both the narrow decision to allow the reopening of gyms and beauty parlors brazil is a center of latin americas corona Virus Outbreak with close 215000 deaths it registered a record 15305 new cases on friday thats the highest in a day a lot took the total number of infections to over 218000 but the president is pushing state governors to ease lock downs and reopen the economy where john holdren is monitoring developments across latin america and joins us live now from mexico city john so this is the 2nd Health Minister to resign during the pandemic what more do we know about his reasons for stepping down. When say public why he had stepped down but its believed that he was agai