A defiant stand in hong kong where thousands of people ignore a ban to mark 31 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre. Also libyas new and recognized government says its taking complete control of the capital after months of fighting against warlord Khalifa Haftar. For more than a week the mood has been one of anger now the u. S. Is moving to one of remembrance for the black american man who died after a policeman knelt on his neck people are gathering around the country to pay tribute to george floyd the main focus is minneapolis where the 46 year old was killed 10 days ago is just after one in the afternoon there where a memorial is just getting underway in the North Central university as you can see Family Friends and civil rights leaders are all there. So thank you so much for your cooperation and god bless you. This is Brooklyn New York the home of floyds brother terence a Memorial Ceremony has been going on. For just over an hour now. We have correspondents across the u. S. Kr
He is a vietnam veteran and a life long aficionado of books, maps, chicago sports, and music. This afternoon, he will be speaking on his latest book, the tragedy of u. S. Foreignpolicy, how americas civil religion betrayed the national interest. [applause] thank you very much. It was a wonderfully brief introduction, except you left out my doctoral dissertation. [laughter] mr. Mcdougall i thank you all. The turnout is fantastic. I will try not to let you down. , this is a homecoming, or would be, if the Woodrow Wilson center had not changed so dramatically over the years. I was a wilson fellow in the early 1980s and rose most of my pulitzer prizewinning at the wilson center. Was in those days, it the Smithsonian Castle building, presided over by jim billington, his assistant, and sam wells. Is sam wells still affiliated . Yes, he is. Mr. Mcdougall god bless him. Back in those days in the Smithsonian Castle, there was virtually no security in the building. Those were the days, right . T
To devise a plan to deal with the refugee crisis. Well, it was a momentous first day in the u. S. For pope francis. President obama and it first lady, michelle obama, greeted the pontiff at the white house this morning. The president and the pope took part in a welcoming ceremony on the south lawn before meeting privately in the oval office, and later, thousands cheered for pope francis in a parade before he ended the day with the canonization of a new saint. Mike viqueira joins us, and the pontiff didnt seem to shy away in addressing major issues facing the United States and the church today. He addressed in the first speech that he made as pope in his entire life. This is the first visit he has had here. What the pope saw on television and the thousands who lined the street and thronged the pope in jubilation as he made his way across town in a parade is a pope thats not going to shy away from controversy. From the moment he left the Vatican Embassy in the morning, to the indelible s
Remains a able to attract others remains able to attract others but not any fire. It needs to be the one which blazed forth. It is the risen lord. Who continues to challenge the church, through the quiet plea had of so many of our brothers and plea of so many of our brothers and sisters, have you something to eat . We need to recognize the lords voice as the apostles did on the shore of the lake of tie beerous. It becomes even more urgent that the embers of his presence, kindsled in the fire his passion, precede us and ill never die out. Whenever this certainly weaken, then we risk ending up being care takers of ash and no longer guardians and dispensers of the true light and the our hearts nables to burn within us. To e concluding, allow me proffer two recommendations, which are close to my heart. Have to do with your fatherhood as bishops. The pastors and shepherds close to the people, neighbors and servants. Let it be expressed in a special way toward your priests, support them so t
For a where he called deepening of the rapproachment between the u. S. And cuba. After celebrating mass in havanas revolution square, the pope met with retired cuban president fidel castro, and is due to arrive in the u. S. On tuesday afternoon. Well go to havana to speak with a former cuban diplomat who attended the popes mass on sunday. Then fracture barack obama, the clintons and the racial divide. We will speak with author and msnbc correspondent joyann reid. The fundamental question the last 50 years is what to do with johnsons legacy, whether to run away with it which the party by large did, spearheaded by bill clinton who shifted the party to the right as a corrective to what i think a lot of Party Leaders saw as the consequences, the electoral consequences of embracing so much social change. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Japanese lawmakers have voted into law new measures to allow japane