Has reported a records rise in new code with 19 infections for the 4th day there were all tally now heading towards 25000. And south koreas governing party makes huge gains in the 1st National Elections be held during the pandemic. And in sport californias governor believes the chances of a sporting events taking place in the next few months. Gavin newsome believes Mass Gatherings in his state wont be possible for months. Its 10 g. M. T. And we start in washington d. C. Where donald trump has halted u. S. Funding for the World Health Organization the u. S. President. Is accusing it of mishandling the outbreak and failing in its tootsies he also says the agency covered up how the virus was spreading out of china well the u. S. Is the biggest donor to the w. H. O. Contributing their 15 percent of its budget mike hanna reports from washington. And what has become a pattern president trying to use his podium to parade reporters if you keep talking ill leave and you can have it out with the
A funding cut countries show support for the Global Health agency. And russia reports a record rise in a new code with 19 infections for the 4th day of the u. N. Security council edges closer to backing a cease fire in global conflicts that will tackle the pandemic. And unsporting day after it was a new day its have been announced for the Tour De France the worlds biggest cycling race war now will start at the end of august. Thats 1300 g. M. T. And we begin this news hour with the world on the brink of reaching 2000000 confirmed cases of covert 19 well this is the tally by the u. S. Based Johns Hopkins University According to its count about 500000 people have recovered more than 128000 have died as governments continue to grapple with the growing pandemic President Donald Trump has halted u. S. Funding for the body leading the fight the World Health Organization he accuses it of mishandling the outbreak his critics say hes deflecting blame for his own failings. Heres our live Coverage
Everybody im steve it is my privilege to preside over this speakers pride ceremony our program is a little bit of it introduction a little bit of things in a discussion with her three winners that is great to see a good group here and thank you all for sharing this part of the evening with us. Let me first tell you about this prize since not all of you maybe is acquainted with it as we are. This is a memory of tony lucas was fired my generation of journalists by the time we were in college and started to think about what we wanted to know and what we wanted to write. And social issues in Common Ground was one of the big books on that shelf. When tony passed a lot of experience to come together to create this prize. So that is where this prize began. It has expanded gradually to include the history prize which is named for the late mark hinton who is a Senior Executive in the netherlands for the time of his death in 1997 and a deep reader and supporter of serious history. His wife maria
Cosponsors. In order to look at the reality that not only does u. S. Have more prisoners per capita but we also have lengthy prison sentences and do not serve the cause of justice and allow us to have the resources to keep our communities safe. He has been an outspoken supporter of this bipartisan measure and i hope you would continue supporting it too although i wont put you on the spot to do so without giving you a chance to look at it. Let me add one other element. As chairman of the constitution we also had a hearing on solitary confinement. Turns out the United States prison system has more prisoners in solitary confinement than any other nation. We have testimony from those who have spent ten years on death row in solitary confinement in texas and even longer in the state of louisiana and were ultimately exonerated. They were not exonerated. They were not found to be guilty. It had is a devastating impact on the human mind and spirit where so many of these people who serve time i