God it could have been me. George floyd. Berry. And briana. Also coming up tonight Donald Trumps defense secretary not on message and not keeping quiet about. As a very graphic or terry ass very still secretary aspin i am dispatching thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers the option to use active duty forces in a Law Enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort i will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem i do not support invoking the insurrection act and if he loses confidence in secretary asked for im sure he will be the 1st to know. What to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day as people begin bidding farewell to george florey 10 days ago an africanamerican was confronted by 4 Police Officers in minneapolis minnesota on suspicion that he had used a counterfeit 20. 00 bill to buy cigarettes floyd was arrested and then killed and all topsy concluded floyd suffocated his nec
Putting troops in our cities against our people who were constitutional right to protest. And i thought as i said it was unbelievable it was it was actually quite scary. What do you mean make of the reaction weve had in america protests riots all over them it doesnt seem to calm down well it doesnt seem to calm down and i think when yesterday for a good part of the day i saw our demonstrations and marches all across the country in fact it filled me with emotion it did me with emotion that so many people of every race increase from city across the nation protesting the murder. Africanamerican man at the hands of Law Enforcement in minneapolis. You know it it actually brought a lot of emotion to me. On the other hand some of what i saw in los angeles and other cities the looting the rioting absolutely unacceptable you know people have said. That we have to understand that people are angry yes were angry and thats why we march thats why we need to vote that we need to be about ive been in
What the politicking on larry king although hes quieter on the subject down than days past President Trump has not backed down from his criticisms of the way mayors in some of the largest cities in this country have handled protests and rioting in the wake of George Floyds death and hes leaving open the possibility of sending u. S. Troops into some cities to quell the rioting weve seen the last few days well get reaction to that now from our good friend antonio of the hour ago also the former mayor of los angeles lets start right there mayor what what was your reaction to his threat to call in the u. S. Troops. Unbelievable the language that he used ive never heard a president talk like that at least the president of the United States of america and that some banana republic. Even his defense secretary. Tried to walk away from those comments and indicated that they werent considering putting troops in our cities against our people who are constitutional right to protest. And i thought
Welcome great to have you with us with a global news update this is our teens and. The latest figures on the covert 900 pandemic the number of confirmed global cases now suppressed 2200000 more than 155000 people with the virus lost their lives most of those fatalities occurred in europe and the United States and so far 581000 patients have recovered from the disease. The corona Virus Outbreak in germany appears to be under control following a month long lockdown thats according to the countrys Health Minister germany has a far lower death rate than other major European Countries and restrictions on movement are being partially lifted with some shops reopening as early as next week but a Government Spokesperson has still urged caution. There are no guarantees that the infection curve will keep flattening out there are also risks and when we take these small careful steps into opening up we must keep an eye on the infection curve and what it means for our Health System and our hospitals
Book, black waves, memory in the middle east. I spent the weekend reading it, i didnt quite get through it. I couldnt put it down, so interesting. If you havent read it, after this evening youll try to get the book if you havent already, but i would urge you to read it. Absolutely fascinating. Very wellwritten and wellresearched, theres a narrative flow to it and its very troubling, i have to say, but thats the purpose of the book, i think. I would like to announce, unfortunately, that our event in two days with ambassador dennis ross who is another expert in the middle east, is unable to come to college station. He had a family emergency and so his lecture wednesday evening will be postponed till later. Kim ghattas is an Emmy Award Winning journalist and writer covered the middle east for bbc and financial times. She reported from iraq, saudi arabia, syria, lebanon, and she covered the war between israel and hezbollah, earning an emmy for International News coverage. Shes also a repor