Against president ial youre both so narrow a day after the Country Courts 33000. 00 new coronavirus infections. Space x. Successfully delivers 2 nasa astronauts to the International Space station after their historic liftoff from florida. Hello thanks for joining us protests are ramping up for the 6th day in minneapolis and other cities across the u. S. As anger continues to spread over Police Brutality towards black people. Hundreds gathered outside the Minnesota State capital in the neighboring city st paul there is announcing the death of george floyd after a white Police Officer knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes on monday. And in washington d. C. Hundreds of gathered outside the white house with people angry at comments from President Trump over Police Brutality and their protests the demonstrations have been mostly peaceful but at times becoming tens. Well it follows 5 nights of violence in those cities and others across the country with protesters clashing with police and th
And criminal justice. All 3 of the Police Officers involved in floyds arrest in minneapolis make their 1st Court Appearance charged with aiding and abetting 2nd degree murder in. The u. S. Navy veteran whos been held by iran for almost 2 years he was released as part of a deal that sold Washington Free an american iranian scientist. Scott hi there in bangkok thailand where the ever important Tourism Industry has been heavily impacted by corbett 19 but now the government is trying to position the country as one of the safest destinations in the world wants it finally opens back up. So the 1st Memorial Service honoring an africanamerican man who died in Police Custody has been held in minneapolis poignant memories were shared of george floyd whose murder spot nationwide protest event was also used as a rallying cry to overhaul the Justice System mourners including celebrities musicians and politicians while they stood in silence for 8 minutes 46 seconds that is the length of time that fl
Namesure you include your and where you are texting from. Wj. Twitter, it is cspan you can also post on our facebook page. The story is similar in a number of publications across the country with the reporting of latenight news from those cities. Tensions ease in some cities, but others see more chaos. Wall street journals washington is becoming a heavily armed fortress and criticism of President Trumps response is mounting. The star tribune is investigating on the investigation. Minnesota human rights launching an investigation into the Police Department after filing a civil rights charge related to the death of george floyd. The probe announced by the governor on tuesday will look at Minneapolis Police policies and procedures over the past 10 years to determine whether the department has engaged in discriminatory practices toward people of color. That is from the minneapolis star tribune. The online version is more updated, but just a bit more from their lead story. Protests roll on
Welcome congressman al green of texas who represents part of the houston area. Joining us to talk about the protests in the wake of the George Floyd Death and whats ahead for policing across the country. Congressman al green, thanks for being with us this morning. It is my honor to be with you this morning. I believe that we will break some ground this morning. I think that we have some legislation that we are proposing that will be for reaching. And im honored to bring this to cspan first. Tell us about that. Well, thank you. As you know, on may 27th, i called for a war on poverty excuse me, a war on racism. I mentioned poverty because quite frankly we declared a war on poverty, on drugs. We have declared wars on various things. We have never declared a war on racism. The question became, how do you do this . When president johnson declared his war on poverty, it was congress that passed the legislation that helped him to get Social Security through, medicare, medicaid, head start. Wh
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