95 year old war veteran from ghana raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to help workers on the front lawn and. Im Rebecca Richards thanks for joining us one of the Police Officers involved in the death of a black man in the u. S. City of minneapolis has been arrested the officer was sane and an eyewitness video pressing his knee to the neck of george floyd earlier around 500. 00 National Guard troops have been deployed after a 3rd night of unrest protests spread to other cities including phoenix denver and columbus but the death of joy floyd has left minneapolis in particular reeling with scenes of violence and. Smoke rises from buildings to. The blaze during minneapolis longest night of unrest yet the police and national got a now out on the straights in force to keep the protest from flaring up again. It was alleged Police Misconduct that brought people out onto the straights saying. Outrage police over rates did not stop officers from arresting a c. N. N. Crew reporting from the saying im sorry ok jim oh im under arrest or by our correspondent is the crew relayed to relace. Overnight the Police Station where the officers involved in George Floyds death worked was set on fire. This video is what spock the and the rest of my mini atlas resident floyd being pinned to the ground by an officer dying moments later. The room what you want to breathe. Out hes fine the woods now echoed by protesters in minneapolis and elsewhere. By. Protests over Police Brutality have been gripping many u. S. Cities violence broke out in kentucky and elsewhere offices have denied firing the shots that wounded 7 people but the denial is unlikely to diffuse the tensions that have the country at breaking point. Our correspondents deafened simmons is in minneapolis stefan whats the reaction been to this officer being taken into custody. Well i have to tell you its probably fair to say that when the news broke that the officer who put his knee on george floyd snack was arrested finally all the reaction was quite joyous the people yelled yes finally. And everybody took this as a good sign probably but i want to make sure that we really understand you and i understand what that means if any for people who protest yeah and for that reason i bring in senior gregory shes a protester he she was a protester yesterday here in this today again here. If you dont mind the overseas no risk that we have a lot of people saying hey yeah ok thats a good thing is that the end of it protests over or is this going far deeper and is there more demand for what its definitely not the end while it is a step in the right direction my fear is is that the only pursued derrick sheldon and not pursue the other 3 officers that stood by and kneeled on george floyd i know that people are at the outcry right now is for people to arrest all 3 officers and for all 3 officers to be charged im right now they said they have him in custody they Wont Disclose what his charges actually are at this time my understanding is they are trying to to gain a solid case although for protesters its unclear as to why what they have as far as footage is not clear enough as far as evidence. I would like to say that the protesting would stop but i dont think you know i dont think this will end anytime soon until all 3 are all 4 officers are in custody and that we know that there are charges and then we need to know that theres actual reform happening within the Police Department that this will not happen again in another year or 2 would be my next question would be this this should be really. What youre seeing back here was a Long Time Coming we had planned deal that was murdered you know miles up the road and we. Had Video Evidence that he did nothing wrong you know the fact that there hasnt been an uprising until now is very surprising i think that this is been a Long Time Coming this is men under the surface which is why you have so many cities around the country that this resonates with minneapolis p. D. Is extremely corrupt they are extremely biased in the way that they treat africanamericans and i think systemically that there needs to be a change and i think that thats what most people are here protesting for. I dont know if theres just a clear if he gets arrested will be done i dont know what thats going to mean for different people were rather quick to use a distinction people in the reporting making a distinction between. Protester and rioter huge difference huge difference right so yesterday we saw a protest despite the fact there were writing improving or it was a 2 Different Things for me it was 2 Different Things because i would say that down here you know on the south side you had the rioters by the time we were down we were Downtown Minneapolis and we are peacefully protesting and you had you know hundreds if not thousands of people down there protesting and you had the officers antagonizing these Peaceful Protesters you know spraying us with tear gas and rubber bullets and flash bangs horses you know where theyre amazing people who are standing there peacefully and then meanwhile we drive down here when things got too bad to see what the extent of the damage of the precinct was and there are people looting theres not an officer to be seen there is no intervention whatsoever. Yeah its too much you dont want to get you know youre a little bit short on taken to this but thank you very much for your perspective here i guess i really appreciate it rebecca there you have it i think thats critical inside and i couldnt have said anything better or give you more insight than what serino did for us here. In minneapolis speaking with protestors strain it greg thank you very much for that update. Twitter. Has hidden a controversial tweet by President Donald Trump about the unrest in minneapolis trump tweeted that when the looting starts the shooting starts the company decided that promoted violence trump believes twitter is biased against him and other conservative commentators so he signed an executive order i mean to check social medias power to censor communications. He calls it protecting free speech for social Media Companies say its a politicized approach to law Donald Trumps latest executive order is designed to strip social Media Companies of their existing immunity when it comes to content published on their platform. The choices that twitter makes when it chooses to suppress blacklists share of. Our editorial decisions pure and simple on their own authorial decisions in those moments twitter seems to be a neutral public platform and they become there with a viewpoint and i think we can say that about others also this week twitter put fact check labels on 2 of the president s tweets that had unsubstantiated claims about voting by mail in the u. S. Twitter said it decided to do so because the content broke its rules on the key issue of voting trump it back and accuse twitter of trying to interfere in the 2020 president ial election and stuff for free speach. The business and Technology Sector is the order could curb freedom of speech across the internet while legal experts are warning that it conflicts with the existing law which will mean the congress not the president can change it really is a complete mess reading of section 230. 00 it takes. A law that has been interpreted time and time again very very broadly by multiple federal circuit courts and just says im replacing all of this with my own interpretation that i have no right to give about how to interpret this federal law and so no its really not going to have any staying power in a court may really is kind of a piece of bread or a bowl or that means the order will likely be challenged in court ahead of the november president ial election. The United States and britain have raised concerns about the autonomy of hong kong at a meeting of the Un Security Council this week china moved ahead on a new security law that critics and rights activists say will be used to quash political dissent in hong kong the European Union has also criticized beijing and the u. S. Has warned china it is breaching its international commitments. The view of hong kong from above is stunning but what is happening in the city itself is straining e. U. Relations with china the blow to civil rights and the heavy handed approach by police e. U. Foreign ministers expressed concern but took no action at least for now. You know trying to put. Pressure on the chinese aside it is. And he said that he didnt think sanctions were the right way to solve the problems with china the e. U. Is being cautious leaders hope delicate negotiations now underway will give European Companies more access to the huge Chinese Market brussels would also like to bring beijing on board in climate talks a summit with the Chinese Government set for september should finalize these deals mini unrest in hong kong has led her calls for the summit scheduled in germany to be cancelled berlin disagrees. You might also come to the opposite conclusion and say that it is especially important for the European Union to sit unified and cohesive at the table and be able to also discuss the uncomfortable topics. But its not clear whether the e. U. Has the clout to put pressure on china for beijing taking more control over hong kong is a key issue. Now while society is oldest members are often saying is the most vulnerable in this Coronavirus Crisis some are proving that there are exceptions inspired by the fund raising walk of british and terry and tom wall and 95 year old gun law and war veteran has begun his own walk for charity hes aiming to raise money for Health Workers in africa 95 year old just sent home and is a veteran of the 2nd world war as a brave it in the british army he fought in burma no myanmar between 1990 in 1945 he was spots of the good cause regiments of the royal wistar fricken front force privates home wont is the only survivor from his group who served in the war. At this cemetery in no shoe. These tombs save us a memorial to all fall in war veterans how men say as it has been difficult to live in with the memories of the war all these years since the outbreak of the cruel enough virus he has been consigned about to they have what it is costing globally he says the pandemic is deadlier than the 2nd world war because a virus is an invisible enemy who went to figure out a war on burma. Recruit the enemy and plan your strategy during the war how to defeat you but this is another kind of war its an invisible war eudosia the only primitive attack you. How to help in this battle us wall and his reason 600000. 00 to support Frontline Health and vulnerable veterans in africa hes doing this by walking for 23 kilometers on the streets. On initiate steve thats was inspired by another 2nd world war veteran from brits in cuts into a mall raised 14000000. 00 for Britains NationalHealth Service in a similar. Private home once walk. Off. Who wants to help him reach his tight gates. Gun is a very strong has a very good a Strong Community spirit and thats great to see in a set of initiatives like this i think that we have im samak in the support of any. I would miss if you could do to give the little that he can to help support him supports the front line with a case to him to support how much says hes also driven by a lot for his country and the african continent and general during a difficult time like these. I grew. 95 and. We were going to see. How one house raised over 20000. 00 so far and small supports to reach his target but he says nothing will stop him from playing his little pots in defeats in 19 the scene and me. Youre watching the news still gail will be with you next hour dont forget you can stay out today on our web site at state of the dot com and on twitter and instagram. Im rebecca reduced in bed and thanks very much for joining us. Love. Beyond. The stories that matter to. Us. Whatever it takes. A running