A Russian News Agency correspondent like being fired by u. S. Police. And they start shooting you. Have. This is a clear targeting of journalists. In the Russian Arctic. Red the Authorities Say they were. Coming with the story the past 7 days and right up to the moment developments this is your Weekly International hello and welcome you know neal. From east to west saturday so im eric is biggest cities filled with protesters marching against racism and Police Brutality nearly 2 weeks after the death of george boyd it was mostly peaceful like earlier this week when crowds felt the full force of riot police at least 11 people have died during the protests and all 4 former officers present when george floyd was killed while i face murder charges. While from small groups to streets filled with fury protests happened to all 50 us states during the week the National Guard was deployed in iraq half of them curfews were imposed in at least 29. 00 locations with demonstrators describing continu
Their coronavirus cases to basically zero, south korea has decided that its time to play ball responsibly. Reporter baseball season is under way in south korea, but no fans are there to see it. Reporter posters posing as fans filled the seats for yesterdays opening game of the kbo league. They may not see anything more bizarre though than this thats a 9yearold inside a big baseball bubble. He walked himself from the Pitchers Mound to home plate to create a socially distant first pitch. Trevor yes, south korea has found a way to bring back sports in the age of coronavirus, and this looks really safe dont get me wrong, i mean, people are still going to die of boredom it is baseball, after all but, thankfully, theyre safe from corona. I have one question why are the fake people Wearing Masks . It just seems unnecessary. America has already shown that if youre a person made out of cardboard, you dont need to wear a mask. Also, i hope they told the announcer that those fans are made out of
Dont get me wrong, i mean, people are still going to die of boredom it is baseball, after all but, thankfully, theyre safe from corona. I have one question why are the fake people Wearing Masks . It just seems unnecessary. America has already shown that if youre a person made out of cardboard, you dont need to wear a mask. Also, i hope they told the announcer that those fans are made out of paper. Otherwise, that guy is going to freak out. Oh, my god that ball just went through a guys chest. Oh, my god, why isnt anybody helping him and that was really creative how they put that kid in a giant bubble baseball. Maybe they should do that with other sports, like in the n. F. L. Put every player in a bubble, then when they get tackled, the ball bounces into the stands, and the fans get to punch the bubble back onto the field. Tell me that doesnt sound like a fun sport. And you solved the concussion problem. Roger goodell, call me. In other news, one of the most inspiring things during these
Afternoon. Thousands of cars and people jammed up the streets and parking lots between east side and downtown san jose. All ignoring shelter in place orders and social distancing guidelines. We do have teams ready to go disbursing crowds if needed. They say they will be ready in case there is a repeat. Theyre enforcing what theyre calling Public Safety issues. You have individuals being released for major type crimes. To expect Police Officers to go to crowds and give citations or arrests break on based on public issues. It was one of the most low key so good miles here. It is a cultural tradition. Ricky and paula torres is married with three kids. Youre in your own car. Truth so just stay in your own car and wave and you can do all of that. So far, so good. Not a lot of cars doing burnouts or anything like that that you would raise concerns over. We will have a bit more on this tonight at 6 00. Including a new tradition which is a lot of restaurants that are selling takeout drinks. We
Time for todays market moving news from our washington and new york bureaus. President trump is pushing to reopen the economy, even if it leads to more deaths. Speaking in arizona in his first trip outside washington more than a month, the president is preparing for phase two of the u. S. Response to the coronavirus. Pres. Trump the people arent going to accept it. They wont accept it, and we shouldnt accept it. We have a great country. We cant keep it closed. Ive had doctors say, why dont we close it for a couple of years . This is the United States of america. Will some people be affected badly . Yes, but we have to get our country open, and we have to get it open soon. Alix Kevin Cirilli joins us with more. Good morning, kevin. Kevin good morning. The president returns from that trip to arizona, really signaling that he is going to be taking his message of reopening the economy back on the campaign trail in arizona, where polls have him trailing joe biden anywhere from 4 to 6 . Clea