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Odonnell good evening and thank you for joining us. Tonight the u. S. Is seeing a dangerous increase in coronavirus cases in the south and west that could have implications for the entire country, especially as more young people are becoming infected. As america pushes forward with reopening, half of all states are now averaging more new cases each day than they have in weeks. Tonight one out of every five new infections globally is from right here in the u. S. And with florida and texas setting new records for positive tests, the governors there are warning they may need to crack down on those who arent social distancing. Tonight more than 120,000 people have been killed by coronavirus in the u. S. , and there are more than 2. 3 million confirmed cases nationwide. The white house says those increases are due to steppedup saying he ordered testing to be slowed down as a way to keep the number of infections from looking too large. All of this in sharp contrast to whats happening in new
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Washington, this is bbc world news america. Paying their respects. Thousands of mourners honor george floyd in his hometown of houston. Oddemocrats intre a sweeping reform bill and the amount of time that s kept on george oyds neck. American authorities want Prince Andrew to testify about his friendship with convicted pedophile jeffreepstein. He has already offered to help in the past. Hope for the rest of us. New zealand lifts covid restrictions as the country reports no active cases. Erthe prime mini says, even she did a little dance inle cebration. Katty welcome to world news america on pbs and around the low. As George Floyds body lay on view and a casket, democrats kneeled on capitol hill for the amount of time it took for life to leave his body. Eight minutes and 46 seconds. They introduced a
Following the death of george floyd an unarmed black man who said he couldnt breathe after he was held down by a Police Officer with a knee on his neck for more than a minute or so to a crowd of people on the street where his brother was killed listen. Of all not over. All want to. Go home out on where are. Known or oh. Were going to have our own. I dont. Know but were ready for him because. I thought some of the one. About i 8 voted for meto. The. Hope of all of the vote for the poet mother was everybody. Right in a statement is coming as many dozens of people arrested after night upon the rest of the National Guard moving in and forcing a curfew many nights ended with the city on fire while leaving stores ravaged and looted lets start our Team Coverage where these protests far off in minneapolis thats where well find actually banks. Im here in the exact spot where george will be with count by minneapolis Police Officer derek shubin exactly a week ago today and. We all saw the video a
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