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Starr hopkins. Followed by commentator Armstrong Williams. And john dicken talked about infections in Nursing Homes. Washington journal is next. Join the discussion. Host one week ago today, africanamerican george floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. Protests, civil unrest, and violence and reaction to that expanded to some 75 u. S. Cities, building to a crescendo over the weekend. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal for this monday, june 1, 2020. Well start the hour asking you this hour about the president s leadership in response to the unrest, the president largely...

Peaceful way. And the majority of the protesters are very peaceful. They had the moral high ground no different than what happened when you had the terrorist attacks on the church in charleston. And members of that Community Even though they thought there would be looting and burning and vandalism and my cousin was one of those killed for no reason at all, the community kept the moral high ground and it galvanized the world. And so what youre seeing in places across the country are people who have the moral high ground but it has been hijacked. Theyre no different than the Law Enforcement offi...

Questions we would like to put to mr johnson, so you can hear his replies. A week out, because he wa nts replies. A week out, because he wants it. Frances largest strike in years brings much of the country to a standstill workers are angry about planned Pension Reforms that would see them retiring later orfacing reduced payouts. Teachers, transport workers and lawyers are among the workers taking part in industrial action which is expected to last several days. The us speaker of the house of representatives announces that impeachment proceedings against President Trump will go ahead he becomes...

good evening to you ryan. once again. what do you learning about these top-end states testifying before the grand jury? >> don, i was good to be with you, this is a significant development. in terms of the department of justice's investigation into donald trump's election interference and how that led to what happened here on january 6th. both jacobs and marc short were really kind of the first big win this is that the january 6th flight committee were able to cooperate that right inside that war room of the white house, the west wing, the oval office, on the days leading up to janua...

opportunity to hear testimony about the events leading up to the insurrection, and donald trump's possible role in fomenting and pushing known election lies. known because even his family members and top republican aides were learning were adamant there simply was no there there. now, trump is not on any of these ballots. but the connective tissue is a platform that echoes his sentiments. but as much as the committee has tried to convey that what we saw on january 6th is a continued threat, the question is whether these hearings impact the voters at all. perhaps giving them any pause...