On monday George Floyds brother visited the site where a white Police Officer knelt on floyds neck for minutes during an arrest. Surrounded by protesters Terence Floyd called on them to demonstrate peacefully. If im not over here messing up my community, so what are yall doing . What are yall doing . Yall doing nothing because thats not going to bring my brother back at all. It may feel good for the moment just like when you drink, but when you come down youre going to wonder what you did. The family says an independent autopsy found floyd died from asphyxia due to neck and back compression. Despitee curfefews imposed in dozens of cities protests have become violent in many areas. Shops have been looted and cars set on fire. The New York Times reports the demonstrations have spread to 140 cities in at least 40 states. More than 4,400 people were reportedly arrested over the weekend. With the escalating violence President Trump told governors on a Conference Call to get tough on protest
Weeks. Nearly 5,300 people tested positive so far in the city of about 14 million. The increase comes one week after the Central Government lifted the state of emergency for the tokyo metropolitan area. That prompted the governmentt t bebegin easing requests that sa many businesses close. Officials have been monitoring the situation a and say its worsening. Translator this is aimed at making residents aware of how much infections arere spreadingn tokyo. It doesnt mean were changing our plans to reopen social and Economic Activities but we want people to refrain from nighttime activities. Tokyo officicials are particularly concerned about infections at bars and night clubs. Roughly a third of the 90 cases confirirmed inn tokyo over the t week have been linked to these kinds of establishments. The businesses pose a problem for people in charge of chasing infection routes because employees have contact with so many strangers. Japan is pushing forward with plans to make covid19 tests simpl
How many are from the boston area . Have any of outside of boston . Capitalist . How many people think they will invest in asia . [laughter] thats why you came. So you have two very distinguished authors here and individuals will introduce the briefly and then we will get back into the background in the conversation. And going to college at trinity then later did a number things the journalistic area started his own magazine worked at the Washington Post for many years is still a columnist and for his writing since he won the Pulitzer Prize now the robinson professor of Public Affairs at george mason and this is in addition to writing books. And to his right he lives in singapore and flew it all for this event more or less. [applause] he grew up in many places around the world and is a graduate of Georgetown University and then the phd at the London School of economics and has written many books of Global Affairs and now gives strategic advice and that to esquire magazine said not too
How many of you are from the washington area. How many of you are from outside washington . How many of your capitalists . How many anticapitalists here. How many came because you think you will learn to invest in asia q2 we have two distinguished authors here and individuals and i know them both and let me introduce them and we will get into the background and conversation. To my immediate right is the author of this book can american capitalism survive . By steven pearlstein, steve is a native of boston area and he went to college at trinity and a number of things in the journalistic area after starting his own magazine in boston, worked at the Washington Post for many years and for his writing on the 2008 financial crisis he won the Pulitzer Prize. He is now the robinson professor of public affairs, in addition to writing for the Washington Post and writing books. Talk about your book in one moment into his right is parag khanna who lives not in washington dc but singapore. He flew
Plus. The pension rolls with a grip on their health being old is no excuse for these Senior Citizens. Exercise routines. Im going to welcome. Its good to have you with us 1st the u. S. Talks ended and then there was the explosion of violence over the past 3 days. Maybe orchestrated by the taleban. In the middle of an Election Campaign on tuesday taliban suicide bombers killed at least 48. 00 and wounded dozens in twin blasts one was at an election rally in central afghanistan and another in central kabul near the u. S. Embassy on wednesday gunmen tried to storm a building in jalalabad. Killing 4 and injuring 12 and on thursday at least 20 people were killed in a taliban truck bomb attack in southern afghanistan more than 90 people were wounded. For more im joined from kabul by journalist i lead at the feet the president ial elections are should june for the 28th of september and with all of this violence that were seeing in the past few days what chances are that this election is going