Bringing you stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment. This is the weekly on r. T. International a little unwelcome. We begin in belarus where there is no let up to the wave of government on rest huge crowds gathered in minsk throughout sunday calling on president Lucas Shanker to step down kucing him of rigging the august election r t zegers a dollar for ports from the capital. So this is what the antigovernment protest looks like right now since the last time you saw me or now weve moved about 2 kilometers away from the Independence Square to another iconic landmark of the better russian capital and it has become sort of a traditional a regular place for people to gather and vent their anger after the highly controversial elections and right now you can see that behind me this towering structure and the museum behind it are being guarded by the Security Forces they are not letting people come close but they arent trying to the road between the Security Forces and the p
Congress and the in action of a president the people that have the most money are protected and now we have this horrific death of george lloyd which i think it was very i was very pleased that there was a universal virtually universal reaction to this this is this was an atrocity but that seems so long ago when we think of the of the riots and continued protests and the actions of the president here but the messages are always on race and i think thats misguided because at the end of the day this is a class issue it always is a class go ahead. You know in the in the u. S. Race determine what class one is in we can theres no clean dividing line in this country and floyds death is something that happens every day to a black person by the way every day to 3 people in this country an average of 3 People Killed by the police. And racism is a big part of that so this story begins with racism and the racism thats practiced all the time mostly against black people but i think the reaction to
Thats misguided because at the end of the day this is a class issue it always is a class of go ahead well you know in the end you as a race determine what class one is in theres no clean dividing line in this country and floyds death is something that happens every day to a black person by the way every day to 3 people in this country an average of 3 People Killed by the police and racism is a big part of that so this story begins with racism and racism thats practiced all the time mostly against black people but i think the reaction to it as you say they were both in was universal and i think the protests obviously were sparked by his killing but i think they are sustained and growing because of anger about. Many things in this country people are suffering people are struggling it is something that is almost for been to talk about its not an issue in college 6 the Corporate Media doesnt say anything about it we already had an economy that was not doing as well as we were told when we
Better or worse antigovernment anger is building even in the president s traditional heartland. And in sports the Milwaukee Bucks and boycotted their n. B. A. Playoff game the team ready to face the Orlando Magic by didnt show up as part of the a protest against Racial Injustice. Could be the most powerful storm to hit the u. S. This year is just hours away from making landfall Hurrican Laura is already a category 4 storm and Officials Say it could be catastrophic its power grew by nearly 70 percent in just 24 hours this is what it looks like from space as it crackles with lightning and races towards texas and louisiana 2 states that are also grappling with coronavirus authorities have warned a storm that could churn flood waters as high as 6 meters making it unsurvivable around 620000 people have been told to leave their homes with hurricane Warnings Issued to those living as far as 322 kilometers inland. And again it is live for us from miami and it is strong seems to be strengthenin
We actually are still in the middle of a pandemic. Tens of millions of people have lost their jobs weve seen acts of congress and the in action of a president the people that have the most money are protected and now we have this horrific death of george lloyd which i think it was very i was very pleased that there was a universal virtually universal reaction to this that this is this was an atrocity but that seems so long ago when we think of the of the riots and continued protests and the actions of the president here but that message is always on race and i think thats misguided because at the end of the day this is a class issue it always is a class go ahead. You know in the in the u. S. Race determine what class what is it we cant theres no clean dividing line in this country and floyds. Death is something that happens every day to a black person by the way every day to 3 people in this country an average of 3 People Killed by the police and racism is a big part of that so this st