People are blaming their government. Tensions high in hong konong as thousands if i a police band banefy a police band to to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Civil rights leaders and politicians have held a memorial for george floyd. The black man whose death in Police Custody sparked an outpouring of anger across the u. S. And the world. Mourners at the ceremony in minneapolis stood for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time a white Police Officer knelt on floyds neck ignoring his cries that he could not breathe. His death has brought Police Violence against lack civilians back into the spotlight. Reverendhts activist al sharpton gave a eulogy for floyd, saying its time to stand up in his name. Story has beens the story of black folks because ago, thee 401 years reason we could never be who we wanted and dream to be is you kept your knee on our neck. What happened to floyd happens every day in this country, in education, and health services, and in eve
We are also watching currency, the dollar has been the big story this week. The euro as well as its counterpart. We are taking a pause from the rally after the ecb, but if we see a gain today, that would take that streak for the longest in 16 years of nine days straight. So far it is flat. Flirting withlar . 70 for the first time this year. The dollar weakening across the board with the exception of the yen. Dollaryen, and offshore hovering. We are watching the bond markets as well. The mliv question is, the yields we are seeing, will they disrupt the equity rally . The u. S. 10 year after the u. S. Jobless numbers that fell again, treasuries ing the worst brent slipping after they did extend cuts after a breakthrough with iraq. Tom the European Central bank did put its money where its mouth is, announcing a bigger than expected increase in emergency bond buying, responding to what it calls the unprecedented contraction in the euro area economy. Kathleen hays has the story. What is dri
If you missed any of our live coverage, watch anytime on demand at cspan. Org or listen on the go with the free cspan radio app. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her Weekly Briefing with reporters. She talked about the use of military and federal Law Enforcement agencies in response to protest and feature a just race and future legislation. This is half an hour. Good afternoon. Theres so much going on. Thank you for accommodating our change in schedule today. As you probably are aware, this afternoon i sent a letter to the president expressing concern about the increased militarization and lack of clarity that may increase chaos. I plan to request a full list of the agencies involved and clarifications of the roles and responsibilities of the troops and federal Law Enforcement sources operating in the city. Well, i preface it by saying as you probably saw, the military on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The what is it . Ill read it to you. Soldiers on the steps of the Lincoln Memoria
The pandemic has harmed the economy. And in week 2 of the bonus league has returned from a forced break by shows their heads above the rest. After dispatch in frankfurt the stars are aligned for a match up with 2nd place stuart. Welcome to the program im aaron tilton. Muslims around the world have begun celebrating a somber event this year the festival that marks the end of ramadan. Meccas grand mosque would ordinarily be packed with worshippers but this year it was almost empty. In indonesia the Worlds Largest muslim majority nation worshippers prayed in the open air many of them taking to the streets of because seen on the outskirts of the capital jakarta. But the coronavirus pandemic means no prayers at the mosque for the faithful no family reunions and no meal together to celebrate the end of fasting. Filmed at this time last year this is what dhaka and bangladesh normally looks like in preparation for 8. Now measures introduced to curb the coronavirus have left it unrecognizable i
Xi jinping has ties between the 2 men and their countries become even more strained. And in week 2 of the going to sleep his return from a forced break to show their heads above the rest of dispatching frankford the stars are aligned for the 2nd place or. The next vice or welcome to the program muslims around the world have begun celebrating a somber eat the annual festival that marks the end of ramadan. His grand mosque would ordinarily be packed with worshippers but this year it was almost empty in indonesia the Worlds Largest muslim majority nation people prayed in the open air and they have been taking to the streets and because on the in the on the outskirts of the capital jakarta. But the coronavirus pandemic means no prayers at the mosque for the faithful no family reunions and no meal together to celebrate the end of fasting. Filmed at this time last year this is what dhaka in bangladesh normally looks like in preparation for aid. Now measures introduced to curb the coronavirus