santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera we re also tracking the iranian scientist who was jailed in the u.s. since 2017 he is now on his way home and also how mounting medical waste in bangladesh made worse by the pandemic is creating another threat to people s health . president on the drums threatening to deploy the army of state governors don t end the violence during some parts some protests over the death of george floyd remember he died in police custody in minneapolis a week ago now in washington d.c. police forcibly cleared a peaceful protesters near the white house so that donald trump could visit a church mike hanna has the full story. a peaceful protest outside the white house is dispersed forcibly by. tear gas rubber coated steel bullets sense down grenades are used to force the demonstrators further away a few minutes later the reason becomes clear in a display of pure political theater the president and former reality star walks out of the w
. and will also look at how mounting medical waste in bangladesh made worse by the pandemic is creating another threat to people s health. president donald trump is threatening to deploy the army if state governors don t end the violence during some protests over the death of george floyd died in police custody in minneapolis a week ago now in washington d.c. police forcibly cleared peaceful protesters near the white house so that donald trump have a photo opportunity to church mike hanna has the full story. a peaceful protest outside the white house is dispersed forcibly. tear gas rubber coated steel bullets and stun grenades are used to force the demonstrators further away. a few minutes later the reason becomes clear in a display of pure political theater the president and former reality star walks out of the white house across pennsylvania avenue and through lafayette park which had been surrounded by protesters during the day he arrives at the sin john s episcopal church
announcer: at&t officials held a news conference following the announcement that the justice department filed a lawsuit to block a proposed merger between at&t and time warner. from new york city, this is when he five minutes. 25 minutes. good afternoon. my name is larry solomon with at&t. we have reporters in the room and more than 500 listening on the webcam. we ll have prepared remarks from our speakers then we will open up to questions. are listening on the conference bridge, press star and one and we will get you in for questions. if you re listening or watching on the webcast, click the submit question that man in the upper right-hand side. with us this evening, randall stephenson, chairman and ceo of at&t. david mcafee, at&t general petrocelli, an partner at malvern he admires and our lead trial counsel for time warner. thank you. good evening. appreciate everybody coming on this short notice. a few points. obviously, we are surprised to be here. candidly, i m a bi
if you are here in the room, raise your hand and we will get you a microphone. if you are listening on the thenrence, just press star one. if you are listening or watching on the web classed webcast, click the ask a question but very with us is randall stephenson, the chairman and ceo of at&t, david mcafee, at&t general counsel, and a partner and our lead trial counsel for at&t and time warner. randall? thank you and good evening. i appreciate everybody coming on short notice. what you are going to hear it are comments from our legal team. i want to make a few points. obviously, we are surprised to be here. candidly, i am a bit troubled. jeff and i entered into this deal with decades of clear legal president demonstrating how this merger would be evaluated. when we announced this deal, the best legal minds in this country agreed that this transaction would be approved since our company do not compete. but, here we are. the government has filed a it stretches the very re
reform among other items. the senate budget committee is likely meeting early next week to combine the senate finance committee past tax reform bill and the senate energy committee passed provision, the revised bill will go on to the senate floor for debate later in the week. now, if the bill is approved, house and senate negotiators will start working on a compromise tax reform bill. once negotiators agree on a bill, the new measure will go back to the house and senate for final votes and if approved on to present trump s desk for his signature. starting today at 130 eastern, we will show key moments of the senate finance committee s review of the republican tax reform bill, including the exchange between ohio senator orin hatch and democratic pitches to eliminate or replace tax cuts. recently the justice department filed a lawsuit to block at&t s merger between them and time warner. they ve criticized the proposal to by time warner saying he thanks it s not good for the