Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis that officer derek shop and. Whose knee was on George Floyds neck has been fired. And is now facing charges. This is his mug shot. Here in the bay area anger and frustration with floyds death has reached a fever pitch with local protests, turning violent. One San Jose Police officer was hurt as you can see there a group of nearly 100 people stormed highway one oh one in san jose shutting down traffic across all lanes as we mentioned 8. 80 in oakland is shutdown kron fours also the money and live in our newsroom. With the latest on the protests l a. Theyre granted vicki so frustration of course has increased here in the bay areas well thousands of miles away from minneapolis and although were seeing these images of damage and violence we also do not want to lose sight as to the message here. Unfortunately, the demonstration though in san jose started out peaceful and then quickly escalated to what you saw there an officer knocked down lying beside a
The military out to take down totally lawful protests and First Amendment activity by the absolutend that is an danger. It is also a moment of opportunity, because hundreds of thousands of mostly young people have taken to the streets to brutal killing of officerloyd by a police with others watching. Its galvanized the country, and we are in a very Serious National Conversation and dialogue right now about what needs to be done in order to ofp this continuing pattern racist assaults and murders on africanamericans in different parts of the country. It, is the positive part of that this could be a moment of Great National redemption for us. We have a president who of course has brought us to the brink of absolute catastrophe on different fronts. We nearly have 2 Million People who have been sickened in the covid19 pandemic, with more than 105,000 dead. We have 40 Million People who have been thrown out of work. I remember when republicans were calling for president obamas resignation du
A silent. Protest. Just take this in for one second. The streets of new york turning quiet for this moment. And they many people told us that they feel as if i holding their hands up like this its really have act of defiance is what weve been hearing from them over and over as they start chanting we want justice. Or go live for us there with protesters in new york city thank you very much lets go to mike hanna who joins us live from washington d. C. Where things also are pretty frantic there too mike protesters of again taken to the streets close to the white house are we likely to see clashes with Security Forces there in the hours ahead. Well the demonstrations been fairly peaceful up until this point there were a number of windows broken at one stage but generally the protesters have been peaceful the police and the secret service behind them have not needed to press up against them as they had to do want to cations during the demonstrations friday but one notable fact is that in th
Discusses his book. And the federal response to the coronavirus with democratic congressman jamie raskin. Video from yesterday of President Trump announcing further federal and military intervention in the aftermath of the killing of george floyd. After those comments, the president strode through ofayette park cleared protesters to briefly visit a historic church, st. Johns church, which had been partially burned the night before. Welcome to washington journal. Getting your thoughts on what you heard it from the president to end the continued unrest in cities. For those of you in the eastern and central time zones, 202 7488000. 202 in and pacific, 7488001. You can send us a text at 202 7488003. We welcome your comments on twitter as well. That is http twitter. Com cspanwj. About 12dent speaking hours ago in the rose garden before he made the trip to st. Johns church. Here is the reporting of the washington times. Forces onilizes anarchists. After he that soon spoke National Guard troo
In the industry theyre on the verge of losing their jobs. Enraged Chinese Media compares australia to chewing gum stuck on a shoe with paging threatening to ditch. Barrow demands an investigation into the corona virus outbreak. And with the focus very much on one disease experts in the u. K. Water of a spike in cancer related deaths as patients see treatment suspended over the code 93. Another live from moscow just 1 pm here in the capital thanks for joining us on the International Daniel hawkins here with you today. And lets begin with the latest figures on covert 19 the Global Pandemic is still raging the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has now surpassed 3200000 more than 1000000 people have recovered the number of fatalities though has risen to more than 228000. Well with over a 1000000 infected across the United States its new york that seen the worst of the covert 19 pandemic almost 20000 victims so far have left Funeral Homes overwhelmed in one recent case over 100 bodies w