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As the protests sparked by his killing continue in small towns and big cities across america. Undeterr undeterred. In fact, even invigorated by a president who has set himself in opposition to the protesters. The conditions in this country have changed so much in the past couple of weeks, over the past few months. Its almost impossible for us covering it day in and day out, watching the news and headlines, to conceive of where things stand. How much the world and this country changed. Those changes have proven to be a task of a strange nature of Donald Trumps political strength. His ability to...

We are notjust protesting for the palestinian people. We are marching on behalf of all people who are fighting for justice everywhere. And we hearfrom the Indigenous People of the colombian amazon, who fear the coronavirus panademic could decimate their community. The funeral of george floyd, whose killing by us police triggered anti racism protests around the world, has taken place in houston, texas. Delivering the eulogy, the civil rights leader al sharpton called forjustice. Mr floyds family also paid tribute, with his niece Brooke Williams asking why the system was corrupt and broken. Our ...

Day. But i have to tell you, you ask the whole community to come together. And look what happened. [ applause ] you have chosen the bath path o love, the path of perfect love that casts out fear and i want you to know that is the path not only to your own healing, it is the path to the healing of the whole world. It is the path of partnering with god in redeeming the world and it is a difficult path. You have been asked to carry a burden that would have crushed most people. And you have bourne it with grace and courage. Youve called those who disrupted protests with violence or looting to hono...

Was smoke coming up most of the day here. And with the position of this oriley Auto Parts Store is, Public Housing on one side, on the other side, you have a local Auto Parts Store, repair store and theyve been hitting, too, putting plywood over their windows and doors. So its not just the chains, its the local businesses that been hit hard in the re rioting overnight. You can see a lot of local civilians coming out today with mops and buckets to try and begin to clean up this horrendous mess. The governor is vowing tonight its not going to happen again. Theres going to be a full deployment of...

Along the bushes outside the site of George Floyds funeral. Today mr. Floyds family, his friends, people he played football with in school, they all gathered one last time today at his funeral in houston before he was laid to rest this afternoon next to his mother in the city where he grew up. From floyds casket remained open today during the service in a way that has had people calling back to the funeral for emmett till, who of course was the 14yearold who was brutally lynched and murdered in 1955. At his funeral more than 50 years ago, emmett tills mother famously demanded that the casket b...