Parents finally meet their 2nd children whove been stranded in the ukraine in june to the pandemic. And gone with the winds of change our classic hollywood movie is now being seen in a very different light. Just one day after george floyd was laid to rest his brother has testified at a congressional hearing looking at racial inequality and Police Violence in the United States for then as floyd called his brothers death a modern day lynching in broad daylight and urged politicians to stop the pain how did joe castro reports from washington. Illinois cloyd travel directly from his brothers funeral in houston to the u. S. Capitol joyous call for him and he was ignored please listen to the couch im making to you now to the cause of our family and the cause ringing out the streets across the world people of our backgrounds genders and race have come together to demand change House Democrats have proposed sweeping legislation to Reform Police departments in the wake of George Floyds death that includes increasing Police Accountability for officer misconduct and Banning Police chokeholds im tired im tired of my pain you feel when you watch Something Like this when you watch a big. Who do looked up to for your whole life da da big a boys mom what we saw in minnesota was slow torture is murder of george floyd by a uniform officer was an outrage and a tragedy what we have seen since then millions of americans marching in the street to demand justice and call for reforms it has been an inspiration no doubt over a 7 in 10 americans now say floyds death is part of a systemic problem of police brutalizing and killing black americans defund the police has become a rallying cry for those demanding reform but the meaning of the phrase is nuanced to most defunded the police means shifting some money from Police Departments to social services but to the far left any means abolishing police altogether republicans have seized on that extremist interpretation warning of an arcade they know it is pure insanity to defund the police and the fact that my democrat colleagues wont speak out against this crazy policy is just out frightening. Senate republicans are drafting their own proposal for Police Reform likely to include requirements for more bias training but the immunity officers enjoyed from civil lawsuits will likely remain intact the 2 parties competing ideas may reach a stalemate potentially resulting in nothing yet they the protesters have already made clear they wont accept that outcome they say if Congress Takes no action then voters will at the polls in november. Castro aljazeera washington. Well after giving his testimony George Floyds brother joined a black lives matter protests in washington for this flawed walked with demonstrators who were marching in front of the white house protest as a promising to keep the rallies going until a meaningful change happens. When democrats and republicans in Congress Work on why full plans for the Police Reform the white house says its finalizing its own mike hanna has more from washington d. C. Well the white house is still to inform any change in policy there has been discussions among Administration Officials for the president to make some kind of announcement to clarify exactly what the white houses position is on Police Reform now those discussions have been ongoing there is a possibility that the president may bring up some new policy when he meets with African American religious and Law Enforcement leaders in dallas and thursday his officials are saying that this might be an occasion for him to express exactly what he feels but what he has ruled out at this particular point is a central part of what the democrats are talking about in congress and that is things like moving the liability for police changing the statute under which they are given a qualified liability for acts of violence president has ruled that out already saying that that would be unfair to Police Officers so not very clear at this stage exactly how the impact of the last few weeks of protest has the impact it has had on the white house but we do expect and Administration Officials are saying that there will be some clarity there will be a firm a policy emerging in the next few days. The Minneapolis Police department is breaking off talks with the state police union the departments chief says its part of plan reforms in the wake of George Floyds death. As the Union Contract needs to be restructured to provide more transparency. This is further examining those 6 significant matters. That touch on such things as Critical Incident protocol or use of force the significant role that supervisors play in this department and also the discipline process to include both grievances and arbitration. And i believe i speak for my chief peers here in the state of minnesota as well as across our country that there is nothing more debilitating to a chief from an Employment Matter perspective that when you have grounds to terminate an officer for misconduct when youre dealing with a 3rd Party Mechanism that allows for that employee to not only be back on your department but to be patrolling in your communities the number of corona virus infections continues to rise across brazil which is now bore daily deaths in any country in the world despite this shops and i reopening and sao paulo and Rio De Janeiro 2 of the worst hit areas nationwide more than 39000 people have died up to contract the virus. The governor of Rio De Janeiro will face impeachment proceedings for alleged graft worsen with soul is being investigated for the overpriced purchases of ventilators and other covert 19 medical supplies on wednesday the federal police also raided the Government Palace of part of state and the governors home over similar allegations. One a said its me he says the fraud investigations are politically charged. So this is 2 investigations against 2 state governors in brazil both on opposite ends of the political spectrum the governor of the state of Rio De Janeiro. Of the right wing used to be an ally of president john doe and the governor of the Northern State of. Butter by you all of the left wing Workers Party both have been accused by the Supreme Court of misusing state funds to buy equipment used in the treatment of the corona virus both the virulently denied those charges what both men despite being politically opposed have in common is they both support measures to try to contain the coveted 19 virus to put measures into place. To have lockdowns courage people to do social distancing both of them vocally opposed to the flagrant measures imposed by president job also now row to get people back to work to attend rallies in his support to not wear masks he has criticized both men both men have criticized him so this is a big case. Big issue between both sides both men have claimed these cases against him a politically motivated president by job also narrow has said he will go out after more people who misuse state funds some fear that is just a way to remove his political opponents which he of course being mentally denies. So a very political case in the meantime the number of deaths in brazil continues to rise the number of people infected in the country continues to rise its now one of the worst affected countries in the world after the United States and the United Kingdom and it doesnt look as though its going to reach its peak anytime soon environmentalists and brazil are warning the criminals are taking advantage of the pandemic to clear large parts of the amazon rain forest despite a heightened military presence satellite images suggest the amount of forest lost is already higher than the whole of 2019 and it was one of the worst years of record. Reports from bogota. From the sky clear patches of land looked like exposed wounds in the otherwise lush rain forest this video was filmed recently over the colombian amazon illegal roads reach ever deeper into the forest well fires clear the land making space for cattle raising agriculture in coca fields. Environmental easter sounding the alarm they say drugs mafia illegal loggers inland orders are taking advantage of colombias coronavirus lock down to burn the forest in develop the land then hindered. A new study shows the rate of deforestation in the 1st 4 months of the year could be higher than that of the whole of 2019. The context of this is land grabbing there is clearly a relationship between the deforested areas and big capitals interested in taking over these lands mostly forest reserves a digitas lands National Parks the pandemic is helping but also the worsening security in these areas and the inability of forces is to blame. And the situation is even worse across the border in brazil where huge fires the strong had large swaths of the jungle last year since coming to office president. Promised to open the amazon to business enabling the raising of public land and empowering loggers and land hoarders. In april environmental minister. Shocked many by saying that the pandemic was an opportunity to further reduce the forestation restrictions while attention was focused elsewhere. While both a matter of fired 3 senior officials for carrying out operations against illegal miners. This environmental official was attacked by illegal loggers in part state after a truck with timber was stopped us hackled and struck in the face with a glass bottle this is actually the main cancer of the 1st station in the amazon right now is the. Feeling of. We need to change that to be able to demonstrate that the government is aware of the big. Under pressure to brazilian government recently dispatched thousands of troops to the amazon to address the problem but only for a month critics fear it will not be enough to stop vested interests from exploiting a Health Crisis to destroy one of the most important environments in the world. Floods in southeast china have forced nearly 230000 people from their homes every rain has swept across 4 regions rivers have been overflowing mudslides have swept down hills state media is reporting dozens of people are dead or missing the bad weather is caused more than half a 1000000000. 00 worth of damage. Still ahead on aljazeera confronting the pasta monuments to the confederacy face reckoning. On hit hard by the pandemic the global cruise ship industry could remain murky waters. However weve got lots of hot sunshine across the middle east as we should do some places the cloud into Western Areas the saudi arabia sunshine pretty much all the way and its hot sunshine today for the most about 47 celsius in baghdad 48 there in q. A. To me getting up to 44 degrees here in doha still a temperatures to go on through friday perhaps a little more of a breeze pushing through a breeze coming in from the northwest wind picking up some little dust and sand into southern areas of iraq pushing into kuwait they might just be that shower just around the southern end of the red sea joining up with the showers that we have across ethiopia eritrea you can see the seasonal rains there pushing their way right the way across into the gulf of guinea southern areas of nigeria seeing some very heavy downpours over the next couple of days to get a little drier just around the horn of africa say yes southwest the monsoon pushes thats a wet weather over towards that western side of in the brights and clear and sunny here for the most part although Western Areas of kenya could just see some lively showers got some wet weather making its way into south africa the member the 1st cold front of the season sweeping through wet and windy weather for cape town all the cool so the temperatures no higher than 13 celsius with that rank gradually making its way further east. A journey of personal discovery by a great grandfather he was a slave of the leave property aljazeera is james garner and expose his familys legacy of slave ownership down like my familys status and wealth has benefited from their choice to enslave people and americas debt to the black people today some of us so scar weve askey to speak out as a surprise. Aljazeera correspondent a moral debt. More. We want your knowledge is it a reminder of our top stories this hour the brother of george floyd has testified at a congressional hearing looking at racial inequality and Police Violence in the us for this floyd called his brothers death a lynching and urged politicians to do more. Than is join the black lives matter protesters in washington d. C. Immediately after the hearing that mr is a promising to keep the rallies going until meaningful change happens. Brazil continues to reopen despite recording more daily coronavirus related deaths than any country in the world more than 39000 people died. Symbols of colonial history of facing a reckoning around the world in the u. S. People are respectfully turning the rangar on statues of Christopher Columbus this effigy in a minneapolis is one of several to be torn down columbus is increasingly remembered for his legacy of violent colonialism and cruel treatment towards indigenous peoples. Speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi says confederate statues should be removed from the Capitol Building on a man who took up arms in order to preserve slavery in the south during the American Civil War but mostly may be the most powerful woman in america but she also likes the Legal Authority to remove the 11 statues of confederate figures. And for some of her genuine protest has took matters into their own hands they destroyed part of this monument to the confederacy one persons been reportedly seriously injured after the statue fell on them. U. S. Tech giant examines and says its banning the products from using its facial recognition tool for the year has been growing concerns the Technology May lead to unfair treatment of black people was and says it hopes this can give Congress Time to impose appropriate rules for the ethical use of facial recognition the Tech Companies long defended the polices use of real time Surveillance Technology but a reform bill proposed by democrat incentives to ban it now if you go to a is a policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier foundation he says all Government Agencies should be banned from using any kind of facial Recognition Technology technology itself is incredibly harmful you know one year is not going to make a difference and also any type of Reform Congress could pass in one year is not going to change the fact that this technology in the hands of a criminal Justice System that is very flawed is still going to end in invasive surveillance and then all high end over policing of already vulnerable communities Face Surveillance threatens a lot of the 1st member texans we have here in the United States in terms of chilling free Speech Assembly you are much less likely to attend a protest to participate in politics even maybe go out and campaign for a candidate of your choice if you think that there might be cameras around that are going to say in your scan your face and identify you immediately people might be a much less willing to get involved in the political process we advocate for a full band of government use a base for a nation because you know no matter how much its improved no matter how much its reformed the ability for the government to track your faith as you move through society is not something thats going to become less invasive or is something thats going to become less of a hindrance to civil liberties. The American Civil War epic gone with the wind has been removed from the stream taught from h. B. Old manx as protests against racism force Entertainment Companies to reassess their offerings the film was made in 1939 and it one way multiple oscars including the 1st ever won by a black american but has been criticized for its portrayal of black enslaved people and their white owners during the 860 s. Charlie angela has more. Gone with the wind one of the most popular films in history and other relic of a tainted past played down this time by streaming taps h. B. O. The film set during the American Civil War depicted contented slaves and romanticize the confederate south beach b. M. X. As its removal is temporary the film made in 1939 will return with a disclaimer in a statement they said it is a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have unfortunately been commonplace in American Society we felt that to keep this