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A scathing report showing the scale of mishandled covert 19 funds in south africa well look at that and other countries facing similar allegations and voting has begun in libyas local elections because of the conflict not everyone will be constant balance. And in sports contrast in fortunes from the top seeds at the u. S. Now that jock reaches 3 to round 3 back terribly netflix has been knocked out. Hello everyone was starting in the us just 2 months away from the president ial election donald trump is again selling more doubt about ballots that would be sent in by post he was visiting North Carolina and he seemed to suggest they were here for yourself that people there should try to vote twice once by mail and once and person to be clear this is illegal but trump said it would be a good test of antifraud efforts. Theyll vote and theyre going to have to go and check their vote by going to the ball and voting that way because even if it tabulates and they wont be able to do that so let
The people who i see who have not traditionally en invested in African American equality who are now invested, i think thats an important indicator to people who are in powerful places. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supporting social entrepreneurs and thr solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the drive to reform policing is accelerating tonight in the United States congress.
Starr hopkins. Followed by commentator Armstrong Williams. And john dicken talked about infections in Nursing Homes. Washington journal is next. Join the discussion. Host one week ago today, africanamerican george floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. Protests, civil unrest, and violence and reaction to that expanded to some 75 u. S. Cities, building to a crescendo over the weekend. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal for this monday, june 1, 2020. Well start the hour asking you this hour about the president s leadership in response to the unrest, the president largely communicating, commenting on the issue saturday, some at nasa, and largely leaving his response to twitter. What are your thoughts . Republicans, use 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. And independents, all others, 2027488002. You can also send us a text, that line is 2027488003. And make sure that you leave us your name, tell us where youre texting from. cspanwj. , were, your comments welcome on
A fight against a powerful timber lobby. Ever heard of flying rivers this is the movement of large quantities of water vapor released into the atmosphere by the amazon rain forest which causes precipitation across south america and is key to the health of our climate a single tree with a crown diameter of say 10 metres releases up to 300 liters of water in the form of vapor into the atmosphere every day on a sunny day the same tree will absorb up to 10000 liters of c o 2 and transform it into oxygen the amazon rain forest is home to tens of thousands of plant and animal species as well as 320. 00 Indigenous Peoples but for how much longer logging is on the rise in 2019 twice as much timber was felled than in 2018 and since the coronavirus pandemic began. Go locusts have become increasingly graceless. It doesnt just look like a war it is one and its largely taking place under the cover of the dense amazon rain forest these images show one of the brazilian forestry of artes current comba