Disrupt a debate on beijings National Anthem bell and at least 39 students and teachers are injured in a knife attack at a Primary School in Southern China. Thank you very much for joining us all 4 Police Officers involved in the arrests of george floyd in the u. S. Have now been charged in connection with this death the charges against the office a c. Kneeling on floyds neck have been elevated to 2nd degree murder while the 3 others are accused of aiding and abetting his actions floyd sammy says its a significant step and as john hendren reports from minneapolis protesters on the streets say it proves the movement can deliver justice. For the crowds filling the streets here and across the u. S. A sign their demands are being heard i filed an amended complaint that charges the charges former Minneapolis Police officer Derrick Shaaban with murder in the 2nd degree for the death of george floyd for officer Derek Chauvin who was seen with his knee on George Floyds neck the charge was increased from 3rd degree murder to 2nd degree alleging floyds death was intentional its the same day im going to make a different they are listening to the people we ask it for me in a global we have to fork over it those are the opposite and they were minnesotas attorney general announced charges for the involvement of the other 3 officers in floyds fatal arrest of filed a complaint that charges Police Officer king lane in town with aiding and abetting murder in the 2nd degree for floyds family it was the justice theyve been demanding. Im happy to all of the been arrested. My boss had nothing to light which is a just let mention. Live issue. But for many now it is just a beginning. George floyd family and the protesters have achieved their short term objectives but their long term goals are systematic change theyre here today for george floyd so they dont have to be here tomorrow for someone else as one city after another across the u. S. Rebuilds from fire and rebellion in the streets of floyd family lawyer says changing a system that allows the killing of one unarmed africanamerican after another will take time the protesters did not start these files to bernie it was Police Brutality and a racist criminal Justice System that started the fire burning in america and the only way to extinguish the fire if the happy. I miss accountability equal justice but i dont minnesotas governor has begun by charging really are Police Police with Human Rights Violations triggering an investigation into races practices that goes back 10 years the messages now and here in minnesota for the last 5 days come back to the issue at hand which is the systemic issues and the stomach racism and the lack of accountability up and down our society that led to a daytime murder of a black man on the street minneapolis at the george floyd memorial site many say the charges against 4 Police Officers wont bring protests to an end they just show why the demonstrations need to continue John Hendren Al Jazeera minneapolis. Former u. S. Defense secretary jay mattis has denounced toms handling of the protests accusing the president of trying to divide the country the commons followed a rebuke from the current defense chief who said he was opposed to toms idea of sending in the military my count every for some washington. The protesters are once again out in the Nations Capital gathering in the passivity of the white house and knock familia scenes but in the course of days of demonstration they have been unprecedented sights military Police Deployed alongside Law Enforcement units at the president s instruction military and National Guard helicopters flying low over crowds using the down drop from rotors to cause people to scatter a tactic often used in iraq or other zones of foreign u. S. Military deployment the president has contemplated invoking the insurrection act as seldom used nor introduced in the early 1900 sentry that subject to certain conditions could allow the domestic deployment of the military in the event of civil unrest or insurrection this strongly opposed by the secretary of defense the option to use active duty forces in a Law Enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now i do not support invoking the insurrection act president Spokes Person brushed aside the secretarys comments president has the Sole Authority to invoke answer action act it is definitely a tool within his power this president has one singular and it is protecting americas streets we cannot have burning churches we cannot have Police Officers who are shot we cannot have businesses that are looted and destroyed the insurrection act is a tool available the president has the Sole Authority i mean if needed he will use it earlier sources at the pentagon announced that armed military units that had been deployed near the city were being sent back to their home bases but this decision was reverse stopped of the secretary of defense held a meeting at the white house and on soldiers remain poised for immediate deployment of the president so decide then in an extraordinary statement to former defense secretary denounced the president for dividing the nation esteemed general james mattis resigned in december 28th after a serious policy disagreements with President Trump he refused to comment then saying he would when the time was right now hes condemned the president for as he puts it ordering troops to violate the Constitutional Rights of their fellow citizens and he continues donald trump is the 1st president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American People does not even pretend to try instead he tries to divide us we are witnessing the consequences of 3 years of the deliberate effort we are witnessing the consequences of 3 years without mature leadership heavily on National Guard troops deployed on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial a graphic image up a society divided pitting troops against a city and its residents they are meant to serve. I can ill just say or washington. And ill just hear she have a tansey has more on the protests from washington d. C. Where there was a heavy military presence. Wednesday was by far the largest protest weve seen yet in d. C. Thousands upon thousands protesting not just here outside the white house but around the city but it was also by far the largest show of military force that weve seen so far the protests federally controlled National Guards rather mysterious federally controlled paramilitary groups who are uniform but have no identifying markings but we understand from various federal agencies plus always an ever present threat of some 1600 active military units who are stationed just outside d. C. Who are ready to be here within the hour without to have their riot gear were told they have the bandits there on the outskirts they can be here within within the hour so its rather chilling to know all that however everything is going very peacefully the military units here certainly the National Guard units have not lashed out as weve seen often said on monday when they were just surrounded we lash out at protesters for apparently no reason that promises they just kept the line they havent really done anything which is of great relief to everyone but ive talked to some of the protesters who are here today. Keith whats your feeling there protesting when youre face to face with such immense force potentially. As much as were presented with a force they are you know our presence is a lot more forceful than they are because you know theyre the ones with the weapons what does the weapons mean if were not doing anything harmful they cant hurt us where are amendment is to peacefully protest the more we peacefully protest they cannot kick us off here they cannot send us anywhere they cannot do anything to us as long as we have peacefully protest in the history of the peaceful protest is often met with violence from Security Forces in the United States. Youre right it does end up in violence from Security Forces but thats just proving a point thats probably why we need to be out here more thats why we need to band together even more the. What we want to get to the more that we are to get it the harder it is for them to come against us and hes given any sound or a 14 from me does head to times square in new york city. This is the heart of times square in new york city its a little after 11 pm here local time this would normally be packed with tourists but as you can see this is an iconic scene of an absolutely empty times square a scene that youll probably never see again at least in my lifetime just absolutely incredible thats because there is a curfew in new york it is very quiet on the streets its a sign that the curfew that went into effect earlier this wednesday evening here has had an effect and Police Officers have been forcing it but there were protests in new york city and in brooklyn as well thousands of people earlier took to the streets all over the city on what has been more than several days of continued protests calling for the the justice for george floyd calling for an interpol east brutality and black lives Matter Movement that has been sweeping over the United States it was completely peaceful protest again for the most part in new york there were no sort of problems whatsoever we did not see any of these small groups of looters that had been breaking off and causing destruction and looting none of that was happening very peaceful so again here you are in times square just surreal scenes here quite frankly but dont let this fool you protesters tell me they will be back out on the streets again on thursday they say they will continue to protest over and over again in the coming days they say and till justice is ultimately serve so this is not by any means probably and in to this move. Or the protests and all it just means again for the most part very very quiet in new york city. Now on to other world news and several prodemocracy politicians have been kicked out of hong kongs legislature as it votes on a bill that would make insulting the chinese National Anthem a criminal offense a debate on possible amendments to the bill was halted after the opposition stage a protest inside the chamber under the proposed law those considered to have misused or marks the anthem could be sentenced to up to 3 years in prison the move coincides with the 31st anniversary of the tan and many square crackdown lets bring in sara clark in hong kong for a solid start with whats been going on inside the Legislative Council building the debate on the National Anthem there which i understand has been adjourned quite chaotic scenes there inside the Legislative Council. Some very chaotic scenes in the lives of Council Building we had to prodemocracy lawmakers they were addicted as a result of that through some sort of liquid on the Chamber Floor and clearly this was a bid to try and disrupt and ally the vote on this controversial National Anthem lore now since then emergency workers and police have been in there trying to clean the china but also trying to identify what that particular fluid was that was stranded by those lawmakers and now as you mentioned these new laws that criminalize the mocking or ridiculing of chinas National Anthem and if found guilty you could face up to 6000. 00 fine and 3 years in jail now a bit of background on this particular bill it was introduced last year in january but was quickly withdrawn when it was considered to be fueling further antigovernment demonstrations in 2019 but kerry has said that shes prioritize this particular bill and wants passed and as a result last week she reintroduced the bill and wants the votes done by the end of this week but at the moment as you said the debate has been adjourned as a result but the critics say and these prodemocracy lawmakers who are trying to disrupt a vote on this bill they say this particular bill is forced patriot. And brooches at hong kongs one country 2 systems policy and certainly it undermines hong kongs democracy and basically the debate has been adjourned but we do expect a vote to happen by the end of this weight once that debate does resume in the lips of council the controversial debate coming on a very important day the anniversary of the 10 men square massacre but the vigil has been banned this year. And this is the 1st time in 31 years that this vigil has been banned you might recall vision or shots of the last few years or certainly the last 30 years where this particular vigil can attract hundreds of thousands of people who attend Victoria Park to remember those people who lost their lives in general square in 1989 a police are now vowing to enforce a ban the bans been put in place simply because of the covert 19 at social distancing rules and any gatherings of people in public its considered illegal now the whole of this area around Victoria Park has been sealed off we have police there now trying to stop anyone from trying to enter this particular area but organizers are trying to hold an on Line Assembly or certainly a one minute silence and there are also a number of boots have been set up across the city where people can go and mark other respects for those people who lost their lives there i should state that hong kong is one of a few cities in china on chinese soil that is allowed to commemorate this particular vigil and the chairman square massacre in china any talk of it is suppressed but the future of this vigil could be under threat some of the organizers say that the introduction of the chinas National Security laws in hong kong will target acts of terrorism acts of subversion and political dissidents and certainly people who attend these particular rallies often chant and sentiment as a result and therefore they fear that future events like this might be banned down the track sara thank you very much for that live for us there in hong kong. I still ahead on aljazeera economize death toll in both brazil and mexico so were trying new daily high plus an economic blockade spurred qatar to return to rely less on imports and parties produce its own food products. Are saying the weather going a little more unsettled Cross Western parts of europe last a cloud tumbling in the cross the British Isles down across a good part of france germany through the low countries and thats all going to sink his way further south was still very unsettled which was east of this area of low pressure still lurking away a little bring some heavy showers longer spells of right into western russia pulling up towards the Baltic States meanwhile that next system all thats going to slide its way across the north sea into were norway into denmark into germany some very heavy rainfall in the forecast for thursday across a good parts of the alps further avalanches sunny a possibility here heavy showers continuing to across northern parts of spain here it will dry up as we go through friday but still want to showers around was continuing into western parts is still on the cool side but those blustery showers picking temperatures back to around 15 celsius in london and itll feel a lot fresher than it has done recently that was a weather down towards italy pushing down across the balkans as we go on through friday cross the made it a fine and dry and its fine and dry across a good part of Northern Africa of a central areas we are seeing some heavy showers bring up quite nicely the seasonal rains doing very well into the gulf of guinea across much of west africa with more shadows there to the east. Frank assessments tourism but the income stream is dead in the water whats been the result seen perching signal. To get informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal in Israeli Society indepth analysis of the days global headlines its trying to do policy gives a country cleric not only to be seen to grady but he brittany fish the really deep hole with all continues inside story on al jazeera. To me to. The i. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories the Police Officer who knelt on the neck of george 4 in minneapolis is facing a more serious charge of 2nd degree murder 3 other officers on the scene have now been charged with aiding and abetting matter the former u. S. Defense secretary james mattis has criticized president toms handling of the crisis he accused trump of dividing the American People saying the consequences are the result of 3 years without mature