Community i mean he was just that i call that for for better education better housing more Voting Rights acts solidified as those years passed by so i think this is an extremely sad day for many people but also a celebration of one of the biggest civil rights icons this country has ever seen if youve just joined us and i was in a well have live coverage here of the body of the u. S. Civil rights pioneer john lewis being taken across the Edmund Pettus bridge in selma alabama one final time is the bridge where he was knocked down to be nonconscious in 1965 for the modeling the black people are given the right to vote and the. Weve weve talked much about john lewis is legacy. His death coming at a Pivotal Moment in the u. S. Given all thats going on right now with the election coming up in november. Do you want to do. Talk to us a little about about what you think his his legacy will be and you know that the timing of his death coming right now when once again were seeing. Racial strife i
Bolton to stop in publishing whats expected to be a damning insider account. And the new u. S. Sanctions designed to further isolate syrias president force him to make concessions. The day after north korea blew up a Liaison Office that was used to communicate with south korea its military is announcing further escalations the army says that it will redeploy troops near the heavily fortified border and Demilitarized Zone it also intends to resume regular military exercises and to reestablish guard posts in frontline areas on top of this north korea has rejected south souls offer to discuss reducing tensions lets go live that apology which is on the south korean side of the border al jazeera swap mcbride is the whats the look at the mood there now rob after these latest moves from north korea. I think throughout south korea there is a general sense of disappointment at what has taken place also a sense of growing concern just about how how bad this battle will get with the war of words
Demanding justice for george florries. 2 and a half months after the coronavirus close to the mosque an occupied East Jerusalem reopens to worship. Also ahead just a phone call away the zimbabwean grandmothers helping people with lockdown anxiety and depression. And on some a 100 or so with this board including x. In the form germanys top Forward Division as by munich crash a fortune at 5 nil closer to where cord extending 30th when does he get title. Curfews are in place in more than 2 dozen u. S. States after protests entered a 4th night the demonstrations were mostly peaceful but at times they did become violent or than 1400. 00 people have been arrested for 17 cities now began in response to the death of an unarmed black man in Police Custody but now its real work. National outrage over racism sometimes at the hands of Police Officers mike hanna begins our coverage of. What started out as peaceful protests in dozens of cities or ruptured in violence in Los Angeles Police vehicles w
There and dealing with specific protests all over the city this is incredibly difficult work and there will be critiques and there will be things that need to be investigated and it will need to be things improved and we expect to do better today than we did yesterday but i want to commend the restraint that we saw all over all from the n. Y. P. D. That is crucial to keeping the peace in the city and respecting the right to peacefully protest thats what the n. Y. P. D. Has done for years thats what they did yesterday with that i turn to commissioner government shall. Thank you mr mayor so give a brief summary of yesterdays events what we saw across new york city from the Police Department perspective and. Policing some of the demonstrations was similar to the 2 nights before yesterday began which seems like a long time ago with to protest in new york city 1st was that 120th precinct in Staten Island the 2nd one was 125th street up and up in harlem. Both went overwhelmingly well what we
Careful step at the time donald trump announces guidelines for reopening the u. S. Economy but democrats say they are vague and inconsistent and want a major expansion in coronavirus Testing Process harassed and threatened Health Workers in chile say theyre facing social isolation because a virus fiennes. Thank you very much for joining us chinas economy has suffered its shop is full since it opened up to the world in the 1970 s. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic Gross Domestic Product g. D. P. In the 1st quarter prompted by 6. 8 percent compared to a year earlier its the 1st time its contracted in decades that speaks to katrina you in beijing for us some. Really historic brunch there but not entirely surprising katrina. No not surprising at all i mean this outbreak saw chinas economy come to a standstill for almost 2 months thats no Factory Production many businesses were closed and hundreds of millions of people were forced indoors and thats led to this historic fall of negativ