About the coronavirus the World Health Organization was praising its response back in january. And its restrictions ease in the philippines capital some are hoping to tackle the traffic problem by getting more people to cycle. A president who traffics in fear and division thats the scathing attack launched at donald trump by democratic president ial hopeful joe biden hes accusing him of fanning the flames of hate as he spoke addressing the death of a black man in Police Custody its been a week now since protests began across the United States the killing of george floyd in minneapolis last monday kid 3. 3. George fords last words with you didnt direct him. Are still being heard include all across this nation they speak to a nation where too often. Just the color of your skin and put your life at risk a country is crying out for leadership leadership the key to 9 is leadership that brings us together leadership that can recognize pain and deep grief of communities that have had a knee on their neck for a long time donald trump is turning this country no battlefield riven by all resentments and fresh fears he thinks division helps in. His narcissism has become more important in the nations well being that he leads i ask every american i mean this is a bottom or ask every american look at where we are now and think anew is this who we are live out of Washington White House correspondent kimberly how could kennedy on the one hand youve got a president whos threatening to impose martial law on the other youve got an elder statesman a potential president ial candidate talking about reform reconciliation and leadership. Theres no question that joe biden the Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee used this opportunity as a call for action a very emotional speech at times connecting with his audience potential voters describing how he knows how it feels to grieve as the nation mourns the death of george floyd of course the man that his death has really sparked what joe biden says now is potentially a movement of change that could take a generation in order to overcome systemic racism as a result of viewing that video of george floyd dying on the street his neck being ground into the pavement ultimately causing his death as a policeman kneeled over him now this is really drawn the battle lines if you will adrian in terms of what this election will look like come november because it joe biden saying that and accusing President Trump of fanning the flames of hate causing fear and Division Something that he says he would not do if he is president but us President Donald Trump for his part speaking from the rose garden said that as president he had a duty to protect american citizens that he is a law and order president and he well he says he supports the 1st amendment right of americans for peaceful protest what he doesnt support is what happens when the sun goes down and the rioting and the looting begins that continued to happen we should point out across American Cities for an other night but the u. S. President s vowing to stop attempting to stop it saying that he believes he was successful at least in washington d. C. With the deployment of the military in fact were getting a clearer picture now of what that military support because we should point out it is the governors and police saying that it forces domestic policies not the military but were now getting a sense of what that sort of. Support role looks like the National Guard assisting Law Enforcement in 29. 00 states were being told 18000. 00 deployed including an additional 1500. 00 right here in washington d. C. We also know that there is increased security now around the pentagon and the number of military bases in the broader washington d. C. Region so the u. S. President defending his heavy handed approach even in a morning tweet congratulating himself were now watching very carefully adrian for what he might have to say responding to joe bidens comments he will be set to leave the white house very shortly he is visiting the shrine of Pope John Paul the 2nd here in washington d. C. Shortly after that he will be signing an executive order on religious freedom and is that visit to the shrine was that was that something that was always on the president s agenda or was this is this something thats been added to his agenda off to his walk last night. It was added to his agenda after his walk last id have to check and see if this was on the president ial calendar all week but what i can tell you is that this is something that the us president has really tried to underscore and this is where hes been opening and he has been opening himself up to criticism is that he used this as a photo opportunity that this is been the criticism from the mayor of washington d. C. Marial bowzer who has accused the president of inappropriate use of the military essentially using heavily Armed Secret Service the military to clear protesters in advance of a 7 pm curfew on monday evening so that the president could have the photo opportunity holding the bible in front of the St Johns Episcopal Church on the other side of the white house campus the u. S. President for his part has long championed religious freedom arguing that there have not been protected in u. S. Law the right for people to exercise freely although it is part of the u. S. Constitution many of the president s supporters believe that that has been eroded in american institutions in recent years and one of his big pledges has been throughout his presidency to defend that and weve seen that manifested in various ways including some of his Supreme Court appointments so the u. S. President no question this is an issue for him it will continue to be an issue as we head towards the ballots in november a White House Correspondent kimberly how it could live in washington and he thinks complete this as you heard is an Election Year and these issues are likely to play on the minds of voters mispronounce a serious political hay in his in maryland following the primaries we are in the middle of a Global Pandemic has he and angry sometimes violent protests right across the United States the gloves a woman surely off in the Election Campaign is this going to be a referendum on trumps leadership. 100 percent that is exactly what this is going to come down to because its not only the fact that the nation is dealing with a pandemic more than 100000 americans dead theres a massive depression happening more than 40000000. 00 americans out of work and now we see the civil unrest and it is going to play out at the ballot box and theres a question about how that ballots are going to be given here in maryland and the state sent out basically ballots to everyone they could mail and were seeing a lot of people come and drop off those ballots people are going to be afraid to necessarily touch the machines that everybody else is touching but we have seen a steady stream of voters and one of the people greeting them is nathan incognito i want to ask you to come over here hes here promoting a friend for the school board but i wanted to get your opinion on this election is this going to be a referendum on donald trump. I cant say for certain. I think with the unrest thats going on its important to take in everything thats going on and have that dialogue with the community with friends and family and then well see if its a referendum or not i think for certain what do you think is actually happening here in this country right now how do you explain it to the world its hard to explain with a heavy heart you see whats going on on both ends of the spectrum. And i think everyones hurting whether you support. A candidate or not. Its hard to say. Youre a nurse and near to treating covert patients how is the governments response been did you feel you had all the personal protective equipment that you needed how do you how would you grade the response from the federal government. Its hard when leadership is saying Different Things and when you run on it he its hard to talk to patients when the leadership isnt there to tell you if youre going to have the tests you need for your patients or if youre going to have the p. T. Required to do those tests so its been a struggle but i think as a community the Nursing Community the medical field has been responding well despite their disadvantage is that weve been weve been handed. What are your concerns about the election come november i want people to listen. And to hear and see this unrest and then use their voice and use their pens to vote. And to continue that tie log because its a time of unrest like you said a time of depression like you said and its important that we take that in and then use that money to vote all right thank you so much nathan incognita i appreciate it good luck to your candidate thank you so as you said people are going to vote the question is how exactly are they going to do that we see a lot of republicans say they dont want to do well and ballots democrats are pushing for that so thats a court thats a challenge its being fought in the courts right now and have a big impact on the outcome come november aljazeera particle hane live in maryland many thanks patty thousands of protesters from across the United States are continuing to take to the streets to decry Police Brutality there are demonstrations in more than 350 cities many of them planned by the group black lives myself along with Police ForcesNational Guard troops have also been deployed at least 23 states to handle the protests a curfew has been imposed in new york for the 1st time in 70 is 0 as gabriel was on the morrow from process in brooklyn. This is the scene after night has fallen here in brooklyn were outside of the Barclays Center which is a basketball arena and this has been a flashpoint for some of the protest over the last few nights here in new york right now this is a very peaceful protest about candlelight vigil and mostly young people that are home gathered here right before the curfew is about to go into place and they are supporting each other theyre calling for justice theyre holding up signs listening to somebody speak and this is a very peaceful how are people message that theyre trying to send a message that they want justice were doing this because not only are we not christ physically we are oppressed and we are presently People Police all this is our prize their minds are poisoned to believe that they have heard this but i see a. System oppresses all of us black white brown and everything in between we are here to free the minds of everyone so that they understand him and liberated enough to take a spin for themselves so that we can all live a life thats free. There have certainly been images of rioting and looting in new york city but its also important to see the vast majority of the protests have been exactly like this peaceful young people mostly coming together to protest for their rights and a protest for justice and and really youre getting a sense of a sense of outrage and many telling us that they will stay on the streets as long as it takes weve been hearing over the past few hours that i was 0 about the u. S. Insurrection act that gives President Trump the power to deploy the military on home soil it was lost in folks during the 1992 wrote the king riots in los angeles the Congressional Research service reported in 2006 the president must 1st issue a. Ordering quote insurgents to disperse and if that doesnt work he or she may issue an executive order to deploy troops the act also says that the president doesnt need a states permission to send in the military to enforce law or suppress rebellion but as a former United StatesDeputy Assistant attorney general he hosts a podcast called talking feds and says the almost no legal barrier standing in trumps way if he should decide to deploy the military. If he wants and he determines in his discretion that the law cant be enforced in a particular place because of the unrest or demonstrations he can on his own call in the army its true there are these formal requirements but theyre pretty straightforward he can he can got his eyes and crosses ts fairly easily and i think he wants to show whos boss especially in certain jurisdictions where he thinks the. Local authorities arent being Strong Enough and as i say it only takes him on his acting on his own to do it and you imagine military rolling in and tanks and its kind of a terrifying tablo and its the reason why its very very rarely invoked the insurrection act theres just a strong cultural prohibition against it theres a special law in fact that says its a crime to do it unless congress has authorized it but thats of course where the insurrection act comes in here Congress Passed that statute after the civil war and it by its terms would authorize that but the overall sort of political and cultural cost i think would be extreme that the sense of military rolling in the streets to quell citizens demonstrations as anathema to most americans joining us from washington is and its a for the Hill Steve Clemons hes also the host of sirius the bottom line state when i get your thoughts on the joe biden speech a little earlier what did you make of it. Well i thought maybe he was trying to establish himself in the minds of americans that he knows to how to act president ial how to sound president ial and how to be a calming voice rather than a radicalizing voice and i think he set himself up to be very much of a whale with the posture that President Trump is presenting i mean your last guest got it just right i mean the whole notion of american soldiers being deployed to to you know essentially fight u. S. Citizens that are protesters slash vandalize years you know harkens back to think we you know usually see in Tiananmen Square in china or something of that sort so i think joe biden was setting themselves up to say this is the time we need to calm things down and act president ial and i think it was good for him and where does this go now both on the streets and politically in the united sates will things calm down or does this have more to you know to been more about this now between 2 president ial hopefuls november. Well you and i know how dangerous the prediction game is but i was out there just before the tear gas was launched into the crowd in Lafayette Square in washington ive been doing some work in a studio socially distance and whatnot but about a block from there so i was there and i saw those protesters and they were peaceful it is inconceivable to me that dad the legitimate protesters which are which by far from my observations around the country but also in washington d. C. Yesterday is it those legitimate protesters are not going to go away because the president of the United States is threatening them with military action we saw that last night as helicopters tried to land or scare away protesters and they didnt leave and so i think that the 1st deployment of real troops here we saw mark milley the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff walking with the president ited states yesterday that itself was a stunning and remarkable and shocking sight so i think that protesters will be fueled on the president has a knack for being able to pour fuel on the fire he does not have a knack for putting it out so i suspect were going to see more of this and it will go on for some time and i dont know what will bring it to an end other than the president saying he will commit to some serious efforts on Police Brutality reform and to what extent is novembers election going to be a referendum on the president s ability to lead his handling of this crisis and of the Global Pandemic. Well i think it is i think that the questions of the Court Competency of the administration look weve seen lots of books articles leaks come out of the white house about the dismay of the president s own team now i am one who believes that the president President Trump could turn this all around very quickly he is if he is you know best known for be able to turn on a dime excuse the colloquialism but but to turn on a dime to move quickly to be nimble to change his direction and course and if he were to reach out to his opponents if he were to try to demonstrate an element of magnanimity then i think the president could do well but for whatever reason and i dont understand what it is right now he is trying to appear to the most of nations jingoistic side of the american political spectrum right now and i think hes losing political independents he clearly isnt going to get democrats and he may be rocking some of those that identify themselves as republican so i do think that both. States sorry to interrupt you there were going to take you live now to washington where many. Is addressing the press following last nights events listening in the white house were dispersed using some parma munitions. D. C. Police throughout the night and forced the curfew and last night i think the team will come from this number that. A number of people were arrested in violation up that protest i want to as the chief of Police Peter Newsham to come up and describe our response last night and then we can take a few questions thank you and thank you