Im burnt off its good to have you with us the brother of george floyd is appealing to protesters tonight to remain peaceful saying that his brother always supported peace and unity terrence floor was speaking in minneapolis at the spot where his brother died a week ago today when a white Police Officer derrick. Held his knee on george fords neck for nearly 9 minutes the footage captured on his cell phone shocked the world sparking a week of protests of Police Racism and brutality throughout the u. S. And beyond some of those protests turned violent resulting in several deaths across the country nighttime curfew have been imposed but broken in dozens of u. S. Cities. Or i want to bring in. Now he is in minneapolis for us. Good afternoon to you stefan you are there at this whats become a memorial site now tell me whats going on right now you know this is the day to be here and they had this site here right behind me this is the intersection and right there across the intersection that wa
Today cleanup efforts are underway after things turned violent sunday night with tensions flaring up between protesters and police and stores being looted in many of those major cities including right here in washington d. C. From zach is live outside of the white house for us the protesters so fair whats it looking like. A woman all im actually standing in the middle of all these protesters about 20 minutes ago protests were just right actually at the friends here where they met face to face with actually Police Officers they met with u. S. Park police they met with d. C. Metro police along with the National Guard now this is why President Trump is calling on state and local leaders to get tougher on protesters unloading on governors just an hour ago calling them weak now as for d. C. A curfew was put in place from washington d. C. For tonight at 7 pm but last night the curfew was actually at 11 pm now i want to know you that we want to apologize if you already upset absurdities becau
Night of unrest well get a live update from minneapolis also coming up with the coronavirus for forcing millions of young people to stay at home children to tell us what they miss about wife before the panda. Going to school and play. On this International Childrens day we ask young people how they are adjusting to life in a changed world and the artist known simply as krista has died at the age of 84 he became famous for wrapping buildings and landmarks to take a look at his life and his work. Im bringing off to our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the united. States and all around the world welcome in the United States the brother of george floyd has appealed to protesters to remain peaceful saying that his brother would have wanted peace and unity not violence Terence Floyd spoke today in minneapolis at the spot where his brother died one week ago today when a white Police Officer derek jovan held his knee on george fords neck for nearly 9 minutes and independent autopsy has found th
A fight against a powerful timber lobby. Ever heard of flying rivers this is the movement of large quantities of water vapor released into the atmosphere by the amazon rain forest which causes precipitation across south america and is key to the health of our climate a single tree with a crown diameter of say 10 metres releases up to 300 liters of water in the form of vapor into the atmosphere every day on a sunny day the same tree will absorb up to 10000 liters of c o 2 and transform it into oxygen the amazon rain forest is home to tens of thousands of plant and animal species as well as 320. 00 Indigenous Peoples but for how much longer logging is on the rise in 2019 twice as much timber was felt here than in 2018 and since the coronavirus pandemic began. Illegal loggers have become increasingly briefless. It doesnt just look like a war it is one and its largely taking place under the cover of the dense amazon rain forest these images show one of the brazilian forestry of artes curre
Pleaded for air for. Russian president Vladimir Putin says the country will hold a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms on july 1st if the reforms are passed and they could pave the way for putin to stay in power for 16 more years. German airline move is one step closer to receiving a multibillion euro state aid package it Supervisory Board of voted to accept conditions imposed by the European Commission including giving up some landing rights at major airports the demands of us now would be approved by shareholders. The United Nations has made an urgent plea for more International Aid for yemen its holding a virtual pledging conference for the war torn impoverished country the u. N. Says funds have dwindled forcing it to halts most of its programs there. This is d. W. News a from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram. Or visit our web site dot com. The coronavirus pandemic and racism maladies of mankind one is our most recent the other is as old as humanity itself one