Again and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up Hong Kong Legislature begins voting on a bill that would criminalize mockery of the Chinese National anthem on the anniversary of the chatham and square massacre. And the current virus death tolls in both brazil and mexico saw 2 new daily hydes. Now all 4 Police Officers involved in the arrest of george floyd in the u. S. Have been charged over his death the charges against the officer seen kneeling on for its neck have been now elevated to 2nd degree murder while the 3 others are accused of aiding and abetting his actions many hours on the streets say the charges are proof that the protest movement can deliver results of the say this is just the beginning john hendren reports from minneapolis. For the crowds filling the street here and across the u. S. A sign their demands are being heard and filed in a minute complaint 3 charges the charges former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Shaaban thoughts murder in the 2nd degree through the death of george floyd for officer derek show been who was seen with his knee on George Floyds neck the charge was increased from 3rd degree murder to 2nd degree alleging floyds death was intentional is seen they are forces make a difference they are listening to us is evil we asking for money any bill that we ask for the rest goes be officers and they were minnesotas attorney general announced charges for the involvement of the other 3 officers in floyds fatal arrest of filed a complaint that charges fleece officer king lay in town thought with aiding and abetting murder in the 2nd degree for floyds family it was the justice theyve been demanding. Im happy to all of us have been arrested. Must have not been killed like this we deserve justice. But for many it is just a beginning. George floyds family and the protesters have achieved their short term objectives but their long term goals are systematic change theyre here today for george floyd so they dont have to be here tomorrow for someone else as one city after another across the u. S. Rebuilds from fire and rebellion in the streets of floyd ringback family lawyer says changing a system that allows the killing of one unarmed africanamerican after another will take time the protesters did not start these bonds to bernie it was Police Brutality and a racist criminal Justice System best out of the 5 burning in america and the only way to extinguish these 5 years is to happen these account. Billeted it oneself thus far all minnesotas governor has begun by charging the new York Police Police with Human Rights Violations triggering an investigation into races practices that goes back totally years the messages now and here in minnesota for the last 5 days come back to the issue at hand which is the systemic issues and the systemic racism and the lack of accountability up and down our society that led to a daytime murder of a black man on a street in minneapolis. At the george floyd memorial site many say the charges against 4 Police Officers wont bring protests to an end they just show why the demonstrations need to continue John Hendren Al Jazeera minneapolis. Well the former u. S. Defense secretary says has denounced Donald Trumps handling of these protests accusing the president of trying to divide the country now those comments followed a rebuke from the current defense secretary who said he was opposed to trumps idea of sending in the military mike hanna reports from washington. The protesters are once again out in the Nations Capital gathering in the percentage of the white house and now familiar scenes but in the course of days of demonstration there have been unprecedented sights military Police Deployed alongside Law Enforcement units at the president s instruction military and National Guard helicopters flying low over crowds using the down drop from rotors to cause people to scatter a tactic often used in iraq or other zones of foreign u. S. Military deployment the president has contemplated invoking the insurrection act as seldom used law introduced in the early 1900 century that subject to certain conditions could allow the domestic deployment of the military in the event of civil unrest or insurrection this strongly opposed by the secretary of defense the option to use active duty forces in a Law Enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations we are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the insurrection act president Spokes Person brushed aside the secretarys comments president has the Sole Authority to invoke answer action act it is definitely a tool within his power this president has one singular and that is protecting americas streets we cannot have burning churches we cannot have Police Officers who are shot we cannot have businesses that are looted and destroyed the insurrection act is a tool available the president has the Sole Authority i mean if needed he will use it earlier sources at the pentagon announced that armed military units that had been deployed near the city were being sent back to their home bases but this decision was reverse stopped of the secretary of defense held a meeting at the white house and armed soldiers remain poised for immediate deployment of the president so decide then in an extraordinary statement to former defense secretary denounced the president for dividing the nation esteemed general james mattis resigned in december 28th after serious policy disagreements with President Trump he refused to comment then saying he would when the time was right now hes condemned the president for as he puts it ordering troops to violate the Constitutional Rights of their fellow citizens and he continues donald trump is the 1st president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American People does not even pretend to try instead he tries to divide us we are witnessing the consequences of 3 years of this deliberate effort we are witnessing the consequences of 3 years without mature leadership heavily on National Guard troops deployed on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial a graphic image of a society divided putting troops against a city and its residents they are meant to serve. I can ill just say or washington. Well now the mayor of los angeles is reversing a planned budget increase to the citys police force in an effort to appease protesters there erica said he also announced that hes ending the curfew there on thursday and hes introducing new regulations that will require Police Officers to report inappropriate use of force by their colleagues the mayor said a commitment to change is needed with action and not just once a former u. S. President barack obama has addressed the crisis brought about by the death of george floyd he says people of color have witnessed too much violence and called for more progress on Police Reforms i want to speak directly to the young men and women color in this country. As well just so eloquently described we have witnessed too much more too much. And you often some of the violence has come. From folks who were supposed to be serving and protecting you. I want you to know that you matter i want you to know that your lives matter that your dreams matter. Derrick johnson is the president of the National Association for the advancement of colored people thats the. He says the new church the new charges will satisfy many people but there are still many issues affecting the black community. But i think we now start a process that should have started to be good. We had a dish good turning in that county who held the hose system hostage he owns that city hostage at the base and nation hostage so im glad now that the state attorney general has been given the ability to step in we will see the process evolve. Charges can be increased if more information is provided what the very minimum was starting the process to administer justice for the ford family and i think thats the most important thing we should keep focused on. This staff. Creates a junction a road for people to begin to slowly retreat from the protests as it relates to this case now there may be other protests taking place around larger issues that are not national in scope to feed so we have a lot of restlessness across the country you have a lot of people who are expensive economic insecurity the health pandemic. Has to be a to. A space where people have a lot of pent up energy and so the question is how can we funnel that in energy to november but then the police the people understand that many issues that come from the communities today is based on Public Policy bunk state and credible and the way to address that is address those who are sitting in elected office and many of those individuals are on the ballot in november. Well still ahead on al jazeera. Thousands defy locked down in argentina to protest against the killing of one. And levin on is money exchanges are back in business after a month long strike. Plenty of hot sunshine across the middle east at the moment as it should be but you can see we have still got that pesky area of clout there just around yemen thats still continue to bring some very heavy showers the remnants of our old tropical system of course and that will continue to bring some rather heavy rain is to western parts of yemen as we go through thursday else where theres the heat theres the sunshine 48 celsius in kuwait we getting up into the mid fortys in baghdad a rather more pleasant mid to high twentys there just around the levant for beirut and forgery slim winds really picking up over the next couple of days just around the gulf so here in concept can watch out for some lift the dust and sand that is the case too for bahrain into that eastern side of saudi arabia just notice the showers yet on friday theyre continuing their that western side if you mean the starting to fizzle out you can leap across the waters there. 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Lets remind you of our top stories this hour the Police Officer who knelt on the neck of unarmed black man george ford in minneapolis is now facing a most serious charge of 2nd degree murder 3 other officers who were on the scene when floyd diet have been charged with aiding and abetting him the incident has sparked more than a week of mass protests across the u. S. All the time some of those demonstrations of time violent buildings and cars set on fire shot through said donald trump had threatened to send to the National Military his defense secretary says hes against that idea. And former u. S. Defense secretary jim masters has criticized trumps handling of the crisis hes accuse the president of dividing the American People saying the consequences are the result of 3 years without mature leadership. Now on to some other news and several prodemocracy politicians have been kicked out of hong kongs legislature as it votes on a bill that would make insulting the Chinese National anthem a criminal offense a debate on possible amendments to that bill was halted after the opposition staged a protest inside the chamber the bill is expected to be approved today now that all those considered to have misused the anthem could be sentenced to up to 3 years in prison and that move coincides with the 31st anniversary of the chairman square crackdown as activists plan to defy a police ban to hold a vigil to commemorate victims well lets not speak to our correspondent sara who is in hong kong so lets start with all that action weve been seeing today in the legendary talk us through what happened and if we will still see a vote today. Well the last 30 minutes or so weve seen 2 of the prodemocracy lawmakers being a victim from the chamber they threw some liquid on the floor and as a result the security moved in take them out of the chamber in the last 30 minutes or so another reason for doing this is simply trying to disrupt the debate which is going on about this National Anthem law its a controversial bill which a lot of the prodemocracy lawmakers are trying to fight now a bit of background on this particular law it was introduced last year but then was quickly withdrawn in january last year simply because it was fueling further antigovernment sentiment this was at the heart of the beginning of those antigovernment protests which went on for months last year but last week carolan reintroduced this particular bill and specifics that she wants to prioritize the law she wants of passed and as a result within a week we do expect a vote to happen today but we have had these 2 prodemocracy lawmakers being a victim as a result the debate has been adjourned there are still a number of speakers who are discussing amendments to this and as you mentioned earlier this particular law it criminalizes the mocking or the ridiculing of the National Anthem chinas National Anthem and if you do if you are found guilty you face a 6000. 00 fine or potentially 3 years jail now a basically that the scenario the critics say its the heart or or but it bites at the heart of hong kongs key freedoms democracy as a result and its forced patriotism and as a result the prodemocracy lawmakers have been trying to resist and filibuster of the last few weeks to delay this vote but carolan has said she wants to prioritize it and she wants a vote to happen but were yet to see if will go ahead and whether or not that device would turn the softer tone in hong kongs lots of Council Building and there are the other thing were waiting to see if it if it will go ahead as that yearly vigil that takes place for talent screening this is the 1st time it wont be able to officially go ahead and after the protests that we saw last week presumably there will still be a gathering of some sort. Well we do expect some particular people together and defy that ban or we have 3000 police have been deployed on thursday to stop access to Victoria Park which is the mine area where they hold this annual vigil but this could be the 1st time in 31 years where is the 1st time in 31 years where this particular gathering has been bad organizers are calling for a rally or some sort of vigil to go online there also theyve set up some various booths are around the city but we do expect the police to try to enforce that ban and the reason why this particular ban is been extended or put in place to mark this particular ban as a gathering going ahead is a covert 19 rules that extended the social distancing rules so gathering of more than 8 people in public has been banned as a result i should say hong kong is one of the only few cities macau included where theyre allowed to commemorate or mark the people who lost their lives defending or fighting for democracy in town square in 989. 00 but the future of this vigil could also be at stake the organizers are concerned that the chinese introduction of the National Security laws in hong kong could threaten this rally in the future of events like this because we often have a number of people at these gatherings yelling or chanting and email and sentimental and email and slogans and therefore the National Security laws could threaten or certainly target those people who the government might consider political dissidents sarah clarke there for us watching all those developments in hong kong thank you very much there now at least 40 students and teachers have been injured in a knife attack at a Primary School in Southern China state media say a Security Guard carried out the stabbings and the province of guangxi hes since been arrested although his motives remain unclear now 3 of the injured including a headmaster and a student are said to be in critical condition. Mexico has recorded its highest number of crane of virus deaths in a single day and reported 1095 tallit is on wednesday thats more than double the previous days feta mexico also saw a record sent in new infections our John Heilemann is in the capital mexico city and explains why the figure is a so high mexico has just broken the 100000 case mark and also the daily death toll for corona virus now the government explained that the death toll was actually for one day it was cold late over a larger period of time as results came in but one thing is for certain and thats that the number of corona virus infections and the number of people dying from this is increasing in the country rather than going down and thats a bit of a problem for the government because they were thinking that the peak to this would be about 3 weeks ago and that hasnt happened its also a