Also coming up on the show germany rolls out its Coronavirus Tracking and tracing app it is voluntary but how effective it will look like. Im brian thomas great to have you with us u. S. President dollar trump says hes slashing the number of american troops in germany by nearly 10000 because berlin is quote the link when in its spending commitments on nato and treats the us badly on trade the announcement confirms a leaked to us media earlier this month u. S. Troops have been stationed in germany since young of world war 2. It had been the subject of speculation since plans were leaked to the media earlier in the month. On monday President Trump made it official he announced the u. S. Would be withdrawing thousands of troops from germany bringing the number of u. S. Soldiers stationed in the country down 225000. He blamed berlins reluctance to meet its nato spending commitments the us and germanys delinquent theyve been delinquent for years and they owe nato billions of dollars and the
Tracing how effective it is being. Plus of venice is reopening its canals and landmarks to International Tourism but despite the sharp drop off inters cash after months of lockdown not everyone is welcoming their return. Im brian thomas great to have you with us today south korea has accused the north of blowing up a joint leaves own office near the border between those 2 countries the office seen here when it was opened 20 teen handles enter korean relations is situated in the town of k. Song thats just north of the border the explosion comes as tensions between the 2 sides escalate over a leafleting Campaign Going yang is furious at seouls failure to stop activists from air dropping propaganda over the border into the north. Ok lets get up to date on this breaking news story from correspondent frank smith joining us from south Koreas Capital seoul good day to you frank whats the latest what caused this incident well this is really an escalation of what had been kind of an Ongoing Cam
Australia to europe to africa to. Recover from an early wall against viral labor closing to edge closer to an 8th consecutive title the full match report coming up. 2 a michael ok welcome protesters have been gathering in washington d. C. And many other cities to mobilize against racism and Police Brutality tens of thousands braved the hot humid day to call for reform in the u. S. Capitol that protest and others around the world have arisen from outrage over the death of george floyd who died while in Police Custody in minneapolis almost 2 weeks ago. A message is clear. In their thousands they converged on Downtown Washington d. C. Local officials have projected over 100000 people would attend. The heat and humidity were known to turn. Everyone does not race literally. But. The law. Theyre already outdated they teach people understand. Its not enough to be angry you have to vote you have to translate that into action they need to be consequence for that action and they need to be taugh
Doesnt same that they that they do. Let me ask you about the Police Unions. That is what politicians are up against the power of the Police Unions what its aimed at its being questioned now that the protesters are out there getting their message out what is it the Police Unions actually stand for as you see it. Well i mean i think so obviously you know Police Unions like all unions do good things right and one of the things they do is that they protect their employees their members right in that case its policeman go has the dynamic that we see playing out many times is to sort of 2 things so why has that if a Police Officer is accused of misconduct and the police union like any other Employee Union right and we will support him or her in misconduct proceedings and what that lands that need is that Police Officers dont get fired even if you know bear misconduct is captured on video so its a rare situation where Police Officers actually have to pay real consequences terms of their job.
Prevent any further krone Virus Outbreaks and reading books as back and passion and more kids stay indoors. Cross United States protesters are not back in town in their demand for Police Reform thousands of protesters are marching in los angeles as National Guard troops pull out of the city. Says live from los angeles and more on this crowd so rob this is been going on over a weekend the crowds seem to be getting bigger not smaller. Yes if you look at these pictures its just amazing really to see the numbers of people marching on hollywood boulevard the estimates are that there are about 20000 individuals who came out today sunday too to march and peacefully protest and want to emphasize that these protests were peaceful. The people here in california have been taking to the streets more than 30 protest yesterday d a similar number of protests just today as well just in the Southern California area and theyre being creative not only marching and holding sit ins but there were bike cara