Good afternoon i am the president Bookings Institution is my sincere pleasure to welcome you to todays event celebrating our brookings fellow release of his new book. Know your face. Roughly 104 year history we have taken powerful positions on issues of race and equality and civil rights these matters stand at the top since becoming president i have made this a president ial priority both personally and for the institution that only has there an obligation then to study these issues but also our responsibility of the organization as well that we examine race and policy not just because were capable of impact and committed to the cap public good but based on washington dc our Nations Capital as a city of politics but also great adversity and history of the roughly 700,000 residents that call the city home nearly half are black america. Walking past such sites as the Lincoln Memorial in the immortal words of doctor mlk i have a dream speech a wonderful place to live and work we at brooki
Died in Police Custody his death galvanized protesters across 50 us states and around the world calling for an end to racism and Police Brutality for 8 minutes and 46 seconds a white Police Officer kept his knee pinned on the neck of mr floyd he was already handcuffed and under arrest today weve been hearing from family members politicians pastors civil rights leaders theyre all at his funeral calling for justice and also making a pledge to keep the moving the movement going more lets now speak to john hendren hes joins us now from outside the fountain appraise church in houston john talk us through the mood that you are feeling that i mean there have been so many emotional speeches given by family and friends but there is also a palpable sense of anger. Thats right people that we do out here people who knew george floyd people who didnt know him or are angry at the seeming senselessness of his death but theres also a sense of purpose to that anger were hearing from the politicians ins
Im told me a lot of well welcome to the program we begin in the United States where more than 500 mourners have turned out for the funeral of george floyd a black man who was killed in Police Custody in minneapolis last month the 46 year old father of 2 died one after a white officer knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes mr floyd is being buried it is native city of houston in the state of texas is killing sparked weeks of global protests and International Support for the black lives Matter Movement civil rights activist reverend al sharpton led mr floyds family into the church during the eulogy reverend sharpton highlighted racial inequities inherent in the u. S. Justice system mr floyd is being laid to rest next to his mother. Friends and Family Friends and members of floyds family spoke strongly and eloquently about the man they knew and loved but hear some of those tributes. We thank you for liberation we thank you for the life of joy its god that at a moment when he caught out fo
History society believe that their numbers might have increased by 25 percent year on year the society has been conducting an Important Research exercise to find out how and why flamingos flock by too late or to at least pick. Up. A witness is one of the greatest natural spectacles on earth when powers of breeding flamingos descend on its creeks. Earlier this year their numbers were some of the highest ever recorded since they began arriving in the 1980s. This is where the birds were given an extra treat india impose its own coronavirus logged on and most humans disappeared from the breeding grounds. Locals could get no closer than their balconies as parma is better land served up a feast for the birds died off gas stations equity plants and blue green algal attract them annually from Southern Europe asia and the middle east. Double caught works with the bomb in Natural History society and is heading a 10 year long monitoring project. 2 years. Removed from all these. Banks east and wes
In what the architect called the central node of the structure it was adorned with red drapes and special columns made of marble imported from italy and spain. But tafts wish called for more than just a new courtroom. Just outside the space are rooms added to help both justices and attorneys prepare for oral argument. Lounge, thewyers clerk of the court and deputy and it is a fun place to be before going into the courtroom because theres camaraderie and you get to meet your opposing counsel if you have not met them before. It is friendly. There is a lot of Nervous Energy but it is friendly. It is designed to calm lawyers down that is doing their arguments for the first time, to make sure that theyre not faux pas and attempt to tell jokes during their oral arguments and not refer to their familiarity with one of the justices. That indeed they will survive the experience. They ought to see it as a place where they could make their best case and the court will hear them and they will get