To protect our monuments arrest the rioters was prosecutors tend to use the word was to the fullest extent of the law was was the law was the owner i am pleased to report that yesterday federal agents arrested the suspected ringleader of the attack on the statue of the great Andrew Jackson in washington d. C. It was and in addition hundreds more have been arrested was under the executive order assigned last week pertaining to the Veterans Memorial preservation and recognition act. And other laws people who damage you had to face federal statues or monuments will get a minimum of 10 years in prison. The on an obviously that includes our beautiful mt rushmore the law where our people have a great memory. They will never forget the destruction of statues and monuments to George WashingtonAbraham Lincoln ulysses says scranton abolitionists and many others the violent mayhem we have seen in the streets and cities that are run by liberal democrats in every case is the predictable result of years of extreme indoctrination and bias in education journalism and other cultural institutions. Against every law of society in nature our children are taught. In school to hate their own country and to believe that the men and women who built it were not heroes but that were villains the radical view of American History is a web of lies all perspective is removed every virtue is obscured every motive is twisted every fact is distorted and every flaws magnified until the history is perched and the record is disfigured beyond all recognition. This movement is openly attacking the legacies of every person on Mount Rushmore they defile the memory of washington Jefferson Lincoln and roosevelt today we will set history and historys record straight. The was. Before these figures were immortalized in stone they were American Giants in full flesh and blood gallant men whose intrepid deeds unleashed the great is leap of human advancement the world has ever known tonight i will tell you and most importantly the youth of our nation the true stories of these great great men. From head to toe George Washington represented the strength grace and dignity of the American People from a small volunteer force of citizen farmers he created the Continental Army out of nothing and rallied them to stand against the most powerful military on earth through 8 long years through the brutal winter at valley forge through setback after setback on the field of battle he led those patriots to ultimate triumph when the army had dwindled to a few 1000 men at christmas of 1776 when defeat seemed absolutely certain he took what remained of his forces on a daring night time crossing of the delaware river. They marched through 9 miles of frigid darkness many without boots on their feet leaving a trail of blood in the snow. In the morning they seized a victory at trenton after forcing the surrender of the most powerful empire on the planet at yorktown general washington did not claim power but simply returned to mount vernon as a private citizen when called upon again he presided over the Constitutional Convention in philadelphia and was unanimously elected our 1st president. And the him and when he stepped down after 2 terms his former adversary king george called him the greatest man of the age he remains 1st in our hearts to this day for as long as americans love this land we will honor and cherish the father of our country George Washington. The him and he will never be removed abolished and most of all he will never be forgotten in the little and Thomas Jefferson the great Thomas Jefferson was 33 years old when he traveled north to pennsylvania and brilliantly authored one of the greatest treasures of Human History the declaration of independence. He also drafted virginias constitution and conceived and wrote the virginia statute for religious freedom a model for a cherished 1st amendment after serving as the 1st secretary of state and then Vice President he was elected to the presidency he ordered american warriors to crush. Our its he doubled the size of our nation with the Louisiana Purchase and he sent the famous explorers lewis and clark into the west on a daring expedition to the Pacific Ocean he was an architect an inventor a diplomat a scholar the founder of one of the worlds great universities in an ardent defender of liberty americans will forever admire the author of American FreedomThomas Jefferson and little and little and he too will never ever be abandoned by us and well and going to Abraham Lincoln the savior of our union was a selftaught country lawyer who grew up in a law cabin on the american frontier the 1st republican president he rose to high office. From obscurity based on a force and clarity of his antislavery convictions very very strong convictions he signed the law that built the transcontinental aura he signed the homestead act given to some incredible scholars as simply defined ordinary Citizens Free land to settle anywhere in the American West and he led the country through the darkest hours of American History giving every ounce of strength that he had to ensure that government of the people by the people and for the people did not perish from this. The early and the he served as commander in chief of the Us Armed Forces during our bloodiest war the struggle that saved our union and extinguished the evil of slavery over 600000 died in that war war than 20000 were killed or wounded in a single day and. At gettysburg 157 years ago the union bravely withstood it assault of nearly 15000 men and through back picketts charge lincoln won the civil war. He issued the emancipation proclamation. He led the passage of the 13th are men abolishing slavery for all time. So youre watching live pictures there from the Mount Rushmore monument in south dakota President Trump addressing crowds of. Doctors medics and 1st responders tackling the coronavirus pandemic he said theres no better place to celebrate american independence and Mount Rushmore with a carving serving as a backdrop for former president s George WashingtonThomas JeffersonTheodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln he said this monument will never be desecrated or defaced and that Mount Rushmore will stand as an eternal tribute to freedoms he said the nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to erase our values and unleash a wave of Violent Crime he said he will expose. This dangerous Council Culture movement and they will be stopped he said this left wing revolution is designed to destroy the American Revolution and he said he would be deploying federal Law Enforcement to protect statues and monuments across the country lets bring in jordan whos been monitoring that speech was it was outside washington d. C. In alexandria virginia president trouble now giving us a History Lesson about the past us president s but what do you make of the speech it was fighting stuff was not saying that this Council Culture campaign to destroy americas statues and monuments will be stopped. Well lets consider that donald trump had very little to say about the wave of police abuse and about the deaths of people particularly of black men in Police Custody the protests that were growing across this country in the month of june the president had very little to say about that he also has had very little to say about the ongoing debate on how to repair and improve Race Relations in this country and stand as you noted during the president talked about trying to deal with what he is calling cancel culture which is the effort by some to walk try to flush out u. S. History and not just leave it to the socalled victors the president is also was saying and i think this might be legally suspect that hes going to deploy federal agents to protect statues many of which are either on private property or were erected by local governments that he somehow has the authority to protect these monuments and that the laws that give him that right with somehow allow people who deface or want to have them removed sentenced to prison for upwards of 10 years very tough stuff as you were saying i would imagine that the president s critics might call this a bit of transference and effort in fact to engage in a sort of fascist political response to the ongoing anti racist and Police Protests happening in this country rose just. How is all of this playing out politically i mean Many Americans dont have much to celebrate this Independence Day theres an out of control on employment widespread protests as you say against racial inequality and social injustice and we have an election just 5 months away. Thats right we have an election just about 123. 00 days from now. The president is still speaking except for one brief reference to doctors and nurses and other Health Care Workers at the very beginning of his speech no comment about the ongoing pandemic the rising number of cases across this country several 1000 per state in about half of the u. S. States taking place right now no mention of the need for people to engage in social distancing or to wear protective gear in order to try to combat the spread of the covert 19 virus no reference to that instead paul talking about a very very fraught and emotional effort to reconcile the various factions of this country it looks more like a Campaign Speech than it does a celebration of the nations. Alexandria virginia rose thank you for that. Well as weve been saying americans are less than 5 months from president ial elections but many of them are unhappy with the state of the nation from spain criticized for his handling of the pandemic after another day of a record rise the number of new cases the total number of people infected is close to 2800000. 00 the highest in the world nearly 830000 people have died and after an historic rise in unemployment figures things have improved over the past 2 months but 14700000 americans are still jobless higher than what it was during world war 2 and america witnessed its biggest protest against Racial Injustice since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960 s. That solved a black american george floyd died in Police Custody in minneapolis in may lets bring in james warren hes executive editor of news garden was the chicago tribunes managing editor in charge of the Washington Bureau he joins us on skype from charlotte boy in michigan james Many Americans might say there isnt much to celebrate this Independence Day so how important was this 4th of july speech for President Trump as a political platform and what was he trying to achieve by using mt rushmore as a backdrop. Great questions to well im in a trunk country they went 6040 in this area michigan for trump against Hillary Clinton and this speech tonight was as troubling as it gets it im glad that the local Movie Theater here because there are a lack of new summer films in the u. S. For obvious reasons why shes just showing the greatest showman that night that 2017 years ago with you jacqueline because this was very much as troubling as it gets and you took this iconic backdrop and you had the president clearly in a somewhat selfabsorbed way likening him self to those who are great folks and doing it as you will notice without a mask and everybody on that stage and most of the people sitting in the audience for that mass on a day in which we have again broken National Records for folks. Thats the positive any even weve learned in the last hour the girlfriend of one of the president s children one of his sons has herself tested positive so i think this was tended to be very much red meat for his supporters people in an area like this and it was even by trompe and standards rather rhetorically bombastic as ross noted having you know line of can protesters people who symbolize the values that for great president s symbolized hes likely in them to fascist sent out ariens james and its just talk briefly on some of the issues and as you say theres been another day of record rises in coronavirus cases america has the highest number of cases and deaths in the world do you get the sense that trump is perhaps bored with the pandemic because its not winning him political points. Well weve now gone 2 or 3 weeks with at most passing reference in most of the speeches the daily Health Briefings that we were and that he clearly saw as a political stage going on a great length hour hour and a half have all gone theyve made at least the short term strategic decision that this doesnt help him and that his strength as polling suggests against joe biden who is surpassing him in most polls one of his few strengths is a perception that he is stronger on the economy so its no surprise that hes focusing on that and the jobless figures which of late have had an uptick but Health Experts and some economists suggest are likely to go down if we see these spikes including in decidedly republicans states as weve seen in the last couple weeks james i get a final thought from you america is going through what many say is a day of racial reckoning following the death of george floyd widespread protests against Racial Injustice and Police Brutality but the president continues as rosmah saying theyre showing no sympathy no empathy its as if hes completely disconnected from how the country is feeling. Either that or a conscious premeditated decision to essentially be divisive and thinking that hes not only going to firm up the support of the folks who voted for him which continually polls about 40 percent but also somehow in here is what is befuddling many somehow going to track of the many independents out there particularly suburban American Women College educated women who didnt vote for barack obama then for trump and might have been seen by a year or so ago on offense and now most polling shows are very disturbed as much by issues of personality as they are biased sense of trucks so he clearly for the moment is putting this Astonishing Health crisis sort of in a Rearview Mirror in a most curious and i think probably debatable fashion james who are in really good to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed for talking to aljazeera all of us. Are just move on to some other news now brazils president jabil sonera has watered down a nor requiring the wearing of mosques in Public Places olsen are used his veto power to remove the obligation for people to wear mosques in shops and churches he says the rule was unconstitutional brazil has more than one of the half 1000000 cases its the 2nd worst affected country after the United States. Health workers in ecuadors capital say hospitals are on the verge of collapse because of the number of new coronavirus cases more than 59000 people are infected and over 4600 have died to reasonable reports. It wallowed was one of the 1st latin american countries to report colvin 1000. 00 cases the countrys economic engine the port city. Was the worst affected with reports of bodies piling up on the streets but while the numbers of infections has come down there its the capital quito where the Health Services are on the verge of collapse doctors some. People are dying while waiting to be treated in a hospital. People are waiting on the streets in tents people are desperate to get help theyre dying while they wait in the ambulance in tents there arent enough beds supplies or ventilators opening up is what got us here. In the past month the city has allowed some businesses to open up after a Strict Lockdown and thats one of the reasons for a normal 70 percent increase in new code with 19 cases mayor says theyre trying to get the Health Care System ready and. Were getting ready to prevent the painful situations we have seen around the world and in our country we are trying to get ready for everything the city has installed street cameras using Artificial Intelligence to check if people are following social distancing officials hope that knology will help stem the tide of new cases these cameras track the distance between people out on the street and issue audio alerts to warn people of health risks. Some 90 percent of citizens use a face mask we dont know if theyre being used correctly as we see mails on the streets in many areas social distancing is not practiced by people distancing is not being done human Rights Groups say the use of mass Surveillance Technology could violate privacy rights but for now its saving lives that takes priority doctors say more testing is needed to identify anyone who may have the virus or come into contact with an infected person. Without a kingdom is considering joining the European Unions drive to develop an acquire coronavirus vaccines despite formally quitting the bloc earlier this year the e. U. Is spending more than 2000000000. 00 to finance research into vaccine as it tries to avoid falling behind the u. S. Or china britains due to complete its separation from the block on january 1st after the current transition period ends. Greece is launching what may be europes biggest urban renewal project in an effort to revive its economy with tourism at a standstill due to cover 19 the country is forecast to suffer the continents deepest recession this year John Psaropoulos reports from athens. 2 decades after it was shut down athens old airport is roaring back to life an International Consortium is plowing 9000000000. 00 over 10 years to create a model city in the Southern Suburbs and 80000. 00 jobs its music to the is of a government that came to power promising growth and now faces europes deepest coronavirus related recession of up to 10 percent. But is encouraging is that today when the whole world is facing kind of problems due to coron of virus the countrys most emblematic investment is finally beginning its not only greeces biggest investment at 620. 00 hectors helicon is being billed as europes biggest urban renewal project one that could increase the size of the National Economy by 2 and a half percent with unemployment here at over 14 percent the greeks welcomed the news but wonder if theyll be the ones to benefit. This is perhaps they will be job openings and that will help but my rent will double in fact its already started going up so even if i find a job at the development will make my life difficult because salaries are very low for years the helicon project has created winners and losers the original owners of the property expropriated to create the airport fought a legal battle to get it back and lost meanwhile luxury homes have sprung up at the ports fringes as property prices here have risen to the top of the greek market and many people wonder whether the government itself has won or lost this land is valued at over 3000000000. 00 it was sold for a 3rd of that amount and only a 3rd of that was. Paid upfront in cash thats because 6 years ago when the government sold it greece was in the midst of the post 2008 Global Financial crisis which cost a quarter of its economy and a 1000000 jobs the priority at the time was to generate growth rather than fill state coffers hellenic insists everyone will benefit their boy of yours neither rhino my voters can afford a lot of what will be on offer but the project isnt just the casino yachting marina and luxury hotel its a park for everyone you can come down on the metro and Wander Around with your family the park will surely be welcome as it replaces acres of concrete slab but after the battering greeces economy has received a nearby playground for the rich may still create resentment jumpstart open aljazeera athens. The trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalists has begun in turkey his fiance was among those who testified at the one day hearing which will resume in the van but none of the defendants were present. At the saudi consulate in istanbul drew widespread condemnation so impossible reports. Inside this courthouse in istanbul persecutors began their case against want to sell the citizens they accuse the men of killing a saudi journalist to market at the saudi consulate here in the city in october 2018 saudi arabia has refused turkeys request to extradite the suspects so the trial is being held without their presence in the courtroom judiciary a style that some countries may not be familiar with it has limitations but the u. N. Special report or agnes color might say is its much better than the closed door trial held in saudi arabia late last year we have not moved the killing of germany into a formal setting that the International Community can recognize because the trial in saudi arabia could not be given a credibility and legitimacy it towards helping secret. And key perpetrators to. The crimes where not indicted just turkish fiance had to judging its hopes the case will offer new clues to the whereabouts of his remains to be trust in turkish justice processes now because our search for justice will continue in turkey as well as everywhere else we can question his murder remains a horrific crime against a journalist if the suspects from saudi arabia are convicted they could face possible life sentences but without they were arrests and their physical presence here they are unlikely to serve any prison time in turkey caller martin points out to the. Fact that Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin so mom has not been inducted in a Previous Report she released the u. N. Special report or have called for an investigation into prince someone suspected in the killing the one country that as claimed to have the evidence about more mid been salmen responsibility easy United States ts and the cia and and so far the process. Undertaken by the American Congress to get to the bottom of the information as been hampered to ovi tool by the white house called i want to say is the power of this trial should not be underestimated but sees more countries the to show support for the legitimacy of the Turkish Court case. Aljazeera istanbul. Part of a quick check of the headlines on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump has vowed to punish those who deface statues by sending them to prison for at least 10 years he referred to the people who are campaigning to remove statues of those associated with the slave trade in colonial exploitation as a mob number of them were brought down in the wake of the anti racism protests last month trump made the comments at Mount Rushmore where hes about to watch a fireworks display celebrating Independence Day thats despite warnings from Health Experts about avoiding large crowds due to the pandemic. Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders defaced our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of Violent Crime in our cities many of these people have no idea why theyre doing this but some know exactly what they are doing. They think the American People are weak and soft and submissive. But know the American People are strong and proud and they will not allow our country. And all of its values history and culture to be taken from them. Brazils president jebel sonora has watered down a norm requiring the wearing of mosques in Public Places but sonora used his veto power to remove the obligation of people to wear mosques in shops and churches he says the rule was unconstitutional brazil has more than one of the half 1000000 cases the 2nd worst affected country after the United StatesHealth Workers in ecuadors capital say hospitals are on the verge of collapse because of new cases there more than 59000 people are infected in over 4600 others have died the government has begun collecting personal data to ensure people are following quarantine rules the u. K. Is considering joining the European Unions drive to develop an acquire coronavirus vaccines despite for many quitting the block earlier this year the e. U. Spending more than 2000000000. 00 to finance research into a vaccine. 20 saudi nationals are going on trial in absentia in turkey accused of killing the journalist. The motive which took place inside the saudi consulate for the outrage around the world well those were the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera one o one its such intense watching. Aljazeera. Every bit. As malaysian nationals to contain the code 90 barks coulthard she said been carrying out military style operations across the capital while the pool. In the name of Public Health and safety they have rounded up illegal foreign workers. But when you look at these rides you cant help but think is the practical reality of dealing with a pandemic or is it racism. Were treating them like animals this is not the way to treat a Migrant Worker hes a little weak. Human. But you know theyre living it up. With them but i didnt need to go to get the kind of my fault with it oh well