Expected to run for president is sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption. And demands for Racial Justice protests in parts of europe with growing calls for controversial statues to be torn down. And arpita stated as u. S. Sports suffers a blow to its return from coronavirus a several athletes from Major League Baseball to professional golf to its positive despite being in socalled sporting bubbles. But we begin this hour with breaking news out of washington d. C. A u. S. Court has ruled that former National Security advisor john bolton can publish his Controversial Book thats off to a last ditch attempt by a president trying to block its release well we can now speak to mike hanna who is live for us in washington d. C. Mike i cant imagine that the white house is particularly about this. Certainly not they were hoping that the syn junction would stop publication of this book which is due in a few days time and certainly President Trumps likely to be angered at his lawyers the judge pointing out that his lawyers did not include the publishers alongside john bolton in this particular injunction but the judge gave all basic tenants as to whether or not publication should be prohibited the 1st one was where the National Interest security interest was jeopardized the judge says yes that was however points to in 3 words the government irreparably affected but judge says no because the book is in such wide distribution even before publication the 3rd question was whether the public will be harmed the judge says no for exactly the same reasons but significantly the judge says that his conclusion that hes not giving in to the trumpet ministrations demand for this induction however he points out that john bolton and he puts it like this has gambled with National Security and has opened himself to civil and possibly criminal prosecution certainly the administration lawyers will be looking at that as a way of moving this forward but in terms of preventing publication of the book and full Public Access to it they failed dismally mike given as you say that a lot of the contents of the book were already in the Public Domain is that for out here rather from the Justice Department waiting in at this stage. Well the Justice Department had been talking for weeks about bringing some kind of Legal Process against it and on thursday they brought their last cannon essentially which was at the cation ball and urgent motion from a federal judge to stop publication completely now this is what the judge has ruled on he said no were all going to be questions within Justice Department about why it took so long to actually bring some form of Legal Process to stop this injunction or to stop the publication and noting as well what the judge said that john bolton did not comply with the necessary procedures to clear it through the National Security council he did do part of the process but did not complete it walking away in frustration at a particular point this may have given the Administration Much stronger grounds should they have brought an injunction at the time that bolton walked away from discussions with the National Security council this is another failure of the administrations lawyers very clearly and there have been quite a few in recent weeks and indeed months but as i say the bottom line is alton may well face civil or even criminal prosecution in the weeks ahead but the books out in the public. Mike hanna there for us with all the latest from washington d. C. Well as weve been saying this is a developing story and President Trump has just tweeted falsely claiming that john bolton broke the law he said john bolton who was all washed up until i brought him back and gave him a chance broke the law by releasing massive amounts of classified information to say bolton must pay a very big price for this as others have before him this should never happen again well its not been a great week for the trumpet ministration donald trump is mired in new controversy after his attorney general tried to fire a top federal prosecutor whos investigated a number of trumps associates Jeffrey Berman is refusing to step down and says he will continue his work as alexia bryan reports as the top federal prosecutor in manhattan Jeffrey Berman has laid several investigations into corruption close to the u. S. President s inner circle today seeing an indictment charging of poorness igor fruma in october last year he announced charges against 2 men linked to Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani they were accused of trying to buy influence of u. S. Policy in ukraine in a case that added fuel to the calls for troops impeachment they saw political influence not only to advance their own financial interests but to advance the political interests of at least one foreign official. These cases and an investigation into giuliani have concern to the trumpet ministration on friday night attorney general william announced berman was leaving his position saying that the president intends to nominate jay clayton the current chairman of the securities and Exchange Commission a lawyer with no experience as a prosecutor statement ending by thanking Jeffrey Berman describing him as stepping down after 2 and a half years of service the only problem is Jeffrey Berman says hes not going anywhere releasing his own statement i learned in a press release from the attorney general tonight that i was stepping down as United States attorney i have not resigned and have no intention of resigning my position to trumpet ministration as a growing reputation for forcing out anyone seen as disloyal in recent weeks the president has fired a number of agency watchdogs including the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community whose actions led to the impeachment inquiry bob offered no explanation for attempting to replace berman a republican who once donated to Trumps Campaign democrats have accused barr of politicizing the department of justice and acting more like trumps personal lawyer by our right. Or. Her. Senate Democrat Chuck schumer of new york has tweeted the dismissal reeks of potential corruption of the Legal Process questioning what action by berman had motivated the president burmans laid cases against transform a personal lawyer Michael Cohen and convicted sex offender jeffrey abstain he says hell continue to pursue Justice Without fear or favor until a president ial he appointed replacement is confirmed by the senate and exam brian aljazeera. Well as alexie mentioned then has story President Trump has dismissed several watchdogs the official title is inspectors general or i g and they ensure that no crimes are committed in their agencys acting i. G. For health Christy Grimm published a seve showing us hospitals lack of readiness for the 1000 crisis trunk all that fake and nominated someone else to take over the permanent role trouble so fired the intelligence Inspector GeneralMichael Atkinson in april he handled the whistleblower complaint about trump school with the ukrainian president which led to his impeachment and then steve linnik was pushed out of the state Department Last month he was said to be investigating the secretary of state mike compare and an arms deal between the white house and saudi arabia now the firings of both linnik and atkinson like berman who also announced on friday nights one of the stage lets bring in Melanie Sloan from wilmington and delaware shes a former federal prosecutor now with the Public Affairs for some of strategies melanie i just want to pick up on this friday night firing trend its usually a time when administrations do the sorts of things they rather hope go unnoticed but this ongoing purge certainly hasnt gone unnoticed not a lot of these courage by the ever tension in washington especially because there are so many. Night. Urged. Us. About highest profile effort so far and that one little im going to fly out you know very high profile where in the coming out legal matter go to court dont well i do want to ask you about that because berman was a supporter of President Trump even donated to his campaign as alexie was reporting there but hes now certainly not going quietly now berman was appointed by a court so does the president even have the Legal Authority to move him. There is some debate about that berman was vigorous and usually appointed by the Southern District of new york court as opposed to being Senate Confirmed like all the other u. S. Attorneys and he is standing with some credibility that he cannot be removed certainly by far out what will have to happen is that trunk will personally have to fire for a man by berman and go to court and ask rejection stop him from being fired and this matter could then fly out in the courts potentially leaving burma and in haiti through the election let me ask you then about the attorney general theres been a lot of talk about this and a number of of the things that hes done very recently what does this series of events that weve been watching pat here imply about the independence of the Justice Department and the attorney general. Well i think mr barber has a couple problems 1st a credibility problem he issued a release saying that mr berman step down and that was just clearly a lot mr berman has not resigned and this is on top of some other countries mr barak has chosen to believe in regard to the release of the mother report but he deliberately mis characterized it mr barr than asking much more like mr trump personal lawyer that he had been that had the Justice Department it is under fathomable all really to figure out how republican in the senate were staying quiet through all of this would have reacted in the Obama Administration had eric holder suddenly fired a u. S. Attorney investigating people related to obama but here we have mr barr stepping in to stop investigations apparently that mr trump doesnt like got primary among young and doesnt read investigation that Rudolph Giuliani thats going in the Southern District of new york but thats not the only one there are many ongoing investigations bear that all touch on President Trump and it seems that from want to do everything he can to stop them. That also made your decision to try to assuage a clayton to the position of the u. S. Attorney there mr clayton is formerly a corporate lawyer now the head of the securities and Exchange Commission and has literally no prosecutorial experience the Southern District of new york has never had a u. S. Attorney without any prosecutorial experience but mr clinton seems very firmly in trumps camp and that seems to be the major credential that he has for the job now let me let me ask you about the timing of all of this john boltons book which when now hearing can be published alleges will say that from top to into fair and one of famines investigations that hasnt been a very good few months for the president whether is this leave him in an Election Year. Well this was probably a poor chess move on his part because now that hes taken this action i wouldnt be surprised to hear some leaks out of the Southern District of new york about some of the investigations that are ongoing and particularly those that may touch on the president so i think that bears out a lot of information the Southern District of new york has that might be harmful to the president and that is going to certainly reflect on him but in many other ways people have all along decided how they feel about trouble his firing bermond will not probably bother any of his core supporters like the people who are going to his rally this evening those people seem to think that trunk should have his loyalists in place and basically you can do no wrong this is a greater problem for moderates and independents but over the course of the past couple of months polling has shown those people are drifting farther and farther away from not just based on it terminations but because of this response to the i. R. S. And also. About. Melanie sloan their former federal prosecutor speaking to us from great to get your insights here on out of there melanie thank you. Well as weve been saying it is an Election Year and President Trump is preparing to hold his Fast Campaign rally since the crowd of outbreak and some residents and businesses try to stop saturdays events in tulsa i have a concerns it could wesson the pandemic but oklahomas top court says it can go ahead but as rob reynolds reports the president s decision to hold the rally in a city which the one of the west racial attacks in u. S. History has provoked widespread anger. Supporters of President Donald Trump have camped out for days outside the arena in tulsa whether by choice or lack of historical knowledge President Trump has chosen to kick off his Reelection Campaign in a city notorious for racist violence and mass murder in 1021 tolls as prosperous greenwood neighborhood was known as black wall street when rumors spread about an encounter between a black teenage boy and a white girl armed gangs of whites rampage through greenwood killing and burning planes dropped incendiary bombs with this is said some tolls of Police Officers set fire to homes and businesses while others stood by without intervening up to 300 africanamericans were killed people saw bodies. Lined up on the sand bars in the Arkansas River people talked about how bodies washed up downstream and their people who said they saw people being tossed into mass graves. In 2020 tolls the remains segregated with a history of racially discriminatory policing as protests over the killing of george floyd in minneapolis seethed a senior toles a Police Officer said this in a radio interview. In 2016 a black man named turns crutcher was shot and killed by a white policewoman while standing next to his vehicle was an armed the officer was acquitted of manslaughter Tiffany Crutcher is terences twin sister in the same policing culture that burnt down my great grandmothers community black wall street also known as the Greenwood Community is the same culture that continues to persist the day has the same culture they killed my twin brother trump one oklahoma overwhelmingly in 2016 why then hold a rally in a state hell almost certainly carry again. Once. And interest. I think a large part of the president s reelection effort is going to be. The strategy could back fire brand the middle of a pandemic and this will be the 1st large event since weve shut down everything after this family and it turns out there is a significant outbreak. Among. I think thats really going to put into jeopardy the president s strategy its a volatile combination the history of massacre a bitterly divided nation on edge and a deadly virus spreading fast with a president poised to stir up the brew rob reynolds aljazeera. Well there is plenty more ahead here this news hour including. Refugee when you look at the plight of there is no escaping conflict or prosecution. To intervene off the e. P. I. P. S. Says it well enough. Well its controversial deal or no deal. We were at a distance so he was just saying look i hope i didnt get too close to you and the worlds top golfers react after the fast positive coronavirus case on the p. G. A. Tour thats coming up with peace and sports. Now one of democratic republic of congos high profile politicians has been sentenced to 20 is in prison with hard labor for corruption a cotton can shots are found to be talcum are they guilty of embezzling more than 15 1000000. 00 from Public Housing fund now he said as president ial chief of staff and was also seen as a potential successor to president felix just a kennedy his supporters say the trial was politically motivated while mohamed adar has been monitoring events for us from nairobi this is a big verdict today known not only in terms of corruption but also in terms of politics so where does this now leave the Ruling Alliance and she security. Well the. Trial is unprecedented in every way you look at it hes the highest rankin