Small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Climate change is an existential threat to life on. The World Health Organization predicts that in 30 years it will be directly responsible for the deaths of over 250000. 00 people each year. Many governments the failing to respond and its unlikely that the Paris Agreement targets of keeping the global temperature right below 2 degrees centigrade will be met. But to time it pressure its believed change is possible theyre seeking to push urgent Environmental Action to the top of the political agenda. And these movements gathering momentum. Im not around tahrir and you ask where. Activist is pushing for a radical shift in government policy in order to avert a Climate Crisis and i know from the carbon in the u. K. And ive come to learn about movement known as extinction with these members believe that the only route to
Anger in mexico over the death of a man in Police Custody for allegedly breaking coronavirus restrictions 3 officers have been arrested. The forces loyal to libyas u. N. Recognized government celebrate the collapse of been found after this a 14 month offensive to take the capital. And thousands protest in malis capital demanding the resignation of the president. And a growing number of u. S. Police departments are enforcing changes to the tactics in the wake of George Floyds death and the city of minneapolis where he was killed is Banning Police chokeholds and will require officers who see colleagues using improper force to step in and stop them as well as Banning Police holds new york state plans to classified fulls race based schools to Emergency Services as a hate crime and california will stop training its officers to use the type of restraint that killed george floyd. Across this country we train techniques on strangleholds that put peoples lives a risk now we can argue that these
A new call to action in the wake of George Floyds death. Defund Police Departments. Unfortunately right now, if i called 911 for an emergency, theyre more likely to reprimand me than they are to do whats necessary. Tonight, bay area leaders are weighing in on this controversial debate. Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Im jessica aguirre. And im raj mathai. The cries for justice continue. On the eve of his burial, people across the country are still mobilizing in honor of george floyd. They are prompting change in Corporate America and proposing change when it comes to policing america. Many are calling for defunding or even dismantlint but what does that mean and what would it look like . Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd is in oakland with more for us. Cheryl. Reporter well, Police Departments all over the country, including oakland, getting a lot of heat from the community. Protesters say Excessive Force is the reason why minorities are being killed by police. Now, the cry for
Protests. 3 years since the blockade of qatar by its neighbors we look at how the dispute continues online. All creatures great and small we look at the role biodiversity plays on our planet and the unprecedented threat its now facing. Im going to get your skill with the sports including. And so on and i will do better and i will be part of the solution and if our star quarterback drew brees say shes another apology after being criticized by fellow athletes for his comments on u. S. Race protests. Some breaking news out of libya where its Deputy Defense minister says Government Troops have taken control of top thats the last stronghold a wall of. In western libya about 65 kilometers from the capital tripoli on friday the un recognized government announced it had regained full control of tripoli heartens forces still hold a large swathes of territory in the east and the south of the country. Sami harmonies the editor in chief of the online Magazine International interest is joining us n
Their long term items we mobilize nobodys ever seen anything like it just like the 2nd world war there hasnt been a mobilization like this since the 2nd world war especially ventless because its hard its big its complex very complex machinery computerized all over the place and very expensive and were building thousands a week right now were building thousands a week we have all we can use no governor you hear the calls you listen in on those corps frankly youre invited to if you want but you do anyway even if youre not invited. And you see whats going on every governor has not been one patient. In this entire massive country and we didnt have ventilators where we started the coverage were empty the Previous Administration left us empty cupboards there isnt one patient not one that needed a ventilator that didnt get one think of that and we talking about millions of people big country millions of people not one person needed a ventilator that didnt get it so we want the continued blank