Right now, all we really have in terms of Public Safety is one system, and that is policing. People are going to be scared to create a new system of Emergency Response and i think its going to take a lot of conversations. Judy all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by consumer cellular. Johnson johnson. Financial Services Firm raymond james. The womens Suffrage Centennial commission. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems. The lendl son on the web. Supported by the macarthur foundation, committed to a more just and peaceful world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Judy new milestones tonight in the covid19 pandemic. In Public Health, the world has topped 700,000 deaths. In politics, Democrat Joe Biden has decided ag
Largest number of coronavirus cases in the u. S. Its a passing new york. Cemeteries are overflowing in the hospitals running out of space desperation in bolivia and the government wants the virus will reach its peak only in august. So then he has been criticized for his response to the worsening coronavirus pandemic and the demands for Racial Justice following George Floyds death with just over 3 months to go before the president ial election donald trump is taking action and talking tough on 2 other fronts his administration has ordered chinas houston consulate to be shut down in the latest move against beijing and in the past couple of hours the president has announced that hundreds of federal Law Enforcement officers will be sent to the cities of chicago and albuquerque to combat what he calls rising crime state governors and city officials all democrats say they. Its a political stunt the announcement follows a night of violence in chicago which included a gun battle between gang m
The country weve just started this process and frankly we have no choice but to get involved democratic mazza 15 cities have condemned the move as author and terry and in a letter to the attorney general but the mayor of chicago has since indicated she is willing to cooperate 100. 00 has more. At the president s News Conference he was talking about Something Like 200 officers i am told here on the ground as of yesterday the number that federal officials here were told was more like a 110 whatever the number is these are going to be people who are going to be investigating existing crimes theyre not going to be boots on the ground theyre not to be armed and out on the street and that is one of the things that has apparently changed the mayors mind here in chicago what the president is doing here is we just have to say it as it is i mean its political. He has been very critical of all of these protests in the democratic cities all of the ones resounding people of democratic mayors and he
Held by Video Conference was hosted by the american bar association. Its my honor to date to begin the panel, the aba annual meeting quorum on justice in policing a path forward with senator tim scott of South Carolina. Thank you, senator scott so very much. Its a privilege have you join us for this program at the aba annual meeting. Thank you and thank you for your leadership. Without a question americas better because of folks like yourself, strong powerful position to make a difference so thank you for having made investment to make a difference. Thank you, sir. Senator scott what do you see as the role of congress in approving police and Community Relations and bridging the gap of trust particularly with Community Communities of color across our nation . I think Congress Plays a role in that, even a significant role but perhaps the most Important Role is the one of the local level, the mayors in the county, chairman or charwomen, those folks have most direct path towards Police Ref
And then, even after multiple touches, keeps killing bacteria for 24 hours. I trust microban 24 to keep killing bacteria for 24hours. Heres something you dont see in stores very often these days, disinfectant wipes. The clorox ceo warns supplies will remain very tight until at least next year. A key component in the wipes is also used in ppe, which explains the short supply. Demand for clorox and lysol wipes is six times what it was before the pandemic. Turning to the worry over sending kids back to school. At least two preschools in the San Francisco bay area that are already open may now serve as a model for all schools. Kgos Leann Melendez has the story. Reporter at Phoebe Hearst preschool in San Francisco, safety starts before entering the building. Parents stand in line six feet apart. The use of Hand Sanitizer is encouraged after signing in. Children enter, parents never go in. Stopping at the front door, temperature taking, parents no longer allowed into the building, all of us