Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Our budgets are under extreme stress. Arts fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We run our cities with a balanced budget which we are required to do by law. So what does that mean . How do we possibly do that in the face of this tremendous crisis . It means the cut jobs. It means eliminating services and staff at the same time. Our First Responders have been on the job since day one of this pandemic transporting those with covid to hospitals with Public Health initiatives keeping social and family order
I want to thank her for an sent the National League of cities in the National Association of counties for their sheer dedication to this issue on badly needed federal assistance as we continue to fight the covid19 pandemic. A quick note for members of the press joining us today, we will take questions after brief opening remarks. If you have a question, please put your name and media outlet in the chat and well call on you. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We r
A french court the charges against him are lives. And space x. Gets ready for what could be the 1st time a private Company Sends astronauts into orbit. And now the death of an African American in Police Custody has triggered new race protests in the u. S. Police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators calling for justice theres been widespread outrage after a video emerged showing an officer using his knee to pin the on armed man in minneapolis there are calls for the officers to Face Criminal Charges john hendren has this report let me tell you that this contains some images which viewers may find distressing. Protesters gathered by the hundreds to mark the death of another unarmed black man in Police Custody it happened a day after an all too familiar american seen with a black man pleads for help is he struggles to bring what you want to. Believe that the image on a minneapolis street the man cries out in pain a policemans knee on his neck. I. Know. You remember. George floyd accus
And it is way bigger than any of us this is europes moment. The European Union proposes an unprecedented 800000000000. 00 stimulus package to deal with the coronavirus pandemic fallout. And he was one of the worlds most wanted man a Court Decides where a top suspect in the rwandan genocide should be tried. Im joining us there with sports the English Premier League teams agreed to return to contact training and by nina take a step closer to a record 30th but just like a title as theyve been here is rivals but. So we begin in the United States where another death of an unarmed black man in Police Custody has triggered new protests police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators calling. Justice in minneapolis has been you know widespread outrage the video of mud showing an officer using his need to pin george floyd to the ground the officers involved in the attempted arrests have been fired and now all cools for them to Face Criminal Charges 100 times this report should just warn you tha
And it is way bigger than any of us this is europes moment. The European Union proposes an unprecedented 800000000000. 00 stimulus package to deal with the coronavirus pandemic fallout. And he was one of the worlds most wanted men a Court Decides where a top suspect in the rwandan genocide should be tried. So then u. S. Secretary of state might pompei it says that hong kong no longer maintains a high degree of autonomy from china he says that china is attempting to model hong kong for its own system and that the territory no longer warrants special treatment now that could impact hong kongs position as a Financial Hub china has proposed a new security law for the territory which many fear it will reduce freedoms weve also seen protests White House Correspondent joins us live now and secondly the white house says extra state of the u. S. Actually says shes weighing in on the troubles between hong kong and china. Now this marks a sharp escalation again in the war of words that continues