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al-jazeera. and on the. roof. i don't at all watching al-jazeera that's for money about top stories this hour george ford's calls and has arrived at the fountain of praise church and his hometown of houston where people have been gathering to attend his funeral his death in police custody sparked 2 weeks of protests across the u.s.

and around the while. hundreds of people have also gathered to pay their last respects to floyd in minneapolis the city where he died. and burundi's president has died at the age of $55.00 a government statement says he died of a home's attack on monday he was due to step down and organist off to the recent presidential election. well let's take you back to houston now and the fountain of praise church where as you can see the beginnings of the funeral of george floyd are currently underway a large number of people have arrived we did see the reverend al sharpton walk in with george floyd's family now u.s. presidential democratic hopeful joe biden will not be attending today we understand but will be giving a video address to this crowd and we do expect reverend al sharpton to be delivering the eulogy well as you can see the crowd there is of several 100 people

and after this there will be movement to a private family burial but for now let's pause and have a little listen to some of the music that were here. on all those crowds gathering there to remember george floyd will be following that very very closely and returning to houston very shortly that will be for now. now for decades incidents of excessive force being used on black people have led to talk of reform but little action in march 1901 video of rodney king being beaten in los angeles were broadcast around the wild the acquittal of the officers involved sparked days of riots in february 20th. of

a neighborhood watch group and that led to the launch of the black lives national movement there were also several high profile deaths blamed on police officers in 2014 including eric garner michael brown and 12 year old timea rice in 2015 freddy gray died in a police van in baltimore while in the custody of 6 offices and then just over a year later philander castillo was shot and killed during a traffic stop. well earlier i spoke to one of the original members of black lives matter. and this is what she had to tell me. what we've seen in this past week and now these last 2 days on the media is a slew of other police killings that now their body camera footage has been released or the lawyers of the victims feel comfortable that this is the time to release so there's a video that just came out of 4 yo man his name is happier from texas he didn't did

his lights and the police pulled him over and they ended up killing him and we've seen subsequent video coming out in the last few days but what we really have is not a racial consciousness awaking within a younger generation again a multiracial gender binary break in younger generation and i want people to understand that here we have my daughter is 15 so in her whole lifetime not only has she seen numerous numerous amounts of killing we have mass incarceration gentrification student loan debt a climate catastrophe a younger people right now and now a covert they know that the only choice they have is to not only be in the streets but to be organizing and be part of a movement that will keep the pressure on to do what we want which is to fund police departments and then later abolish the system of policing as we know it because it does not protect anybody and it has not worked. well now

moving on to the corona virus pandemic the united kingdom is one of the worst hit by the global pandemic and total confirmed infections are heading towards $300000.00 but questions remain over the true size of its death toll the government puts it at just over $40500.00 a tally by reuters though it says it's reached nearly $52000.00 and use agencies figure also includes suspected cases which it says gives a more accurate picture because testing was scarce alley in the crisis and it could actually be even higher an expert from the government's office for national statistics says about $64000.00 more people than usual have died during the pandemic our chris smith is a consultant for ologist at cambridge university he says the death toll is still something of a mystery who knows and actually our chief medical advisor chris witty has been a pains to emphasize throughout this that it could be very misleading to just

cherry pick numbers or to look at one moment in time what we really are going to have to do is to look at what's called the excess mortality or excess deaths and that will involve doing this looking backwards because we'll have to look over a year we know roughly how many people are expected to pass away in any given period and therefore we can see if compared with previous years any particular time in the year or across the entire year we see an excess number of deaths and that excess would hard be hard to not attribute to cove it so it's that number that will be the magic number when we look back across the year and obviously we're not there yet so we're not going to know what the true position is also means we can compare how the u.k. has fared against other countries. well the airline industry is facing record losses of 84000000000 dollars this year that's according to the international air transport association and that would make it the worst year in the history of aviation front's has now announced a $17000000000.00 rescue package for its aerospace industry almost hauffe of that

money will go to the national carrier fronts as most of its planes are grounded use of the pandemic the government is hoping to save hundreds of thousands of jobs. well in the philippines the entire island of luzon has been on lockdown now for more than 2 months thousands of police were deployed to enforce strict quarantine rules but activists accuse them of committing human rights violations in the process jamila undergoing reports from manila. these men say they were desperate to feed their starving families so they took to the streets in protest to demand help from the philippine government most of them had lost their jobs driving small buses called jeepneys when the covert 1000 lacked and was put in place but they were arrested and jailed without warrant by police and now they are told they are free to go temporarily because police say they violated the government's rule

against mass gathering and they will continue to file charges but the oldest prisoner in the group 72 year old elmer cordero and winston are milia couldn't get their police clearance on time. i thought they'd already gone to my wife but they said it took another day before elmer was released the government says the law remains firm and fair if you remember not let's look at the case and the evidence on hand but regardless of age they have to face the consequences and they will only be given clemency once they're found guilty the lawyer defending these men say they shouldn't have been arrested the government imposed one of the longest and most restrictive lockdowns in the world when the coronavirus pandemic began government data shows more than 190000 filipinos have been arrested since the lockdown began and police say the number of the street crimes have also reduced significantly but

the rights activists here in the law are not convinced they say the state is becoming more repressive by the day more than 90 percent of those arrested. come from impoverished communities like joseph a fish vendor who says he was taken to a detention center along with around 50 others for trying to buy fish to sell so he could feed this family. it was such a painful experience they were all cramped in one so he had no food no decent place to sleep it took 12 days before his family was able to get him out but a manila police chief was caught partying with his officers during the lockdown period and the local mayor violated quarantine protocols with this and to raj none of these top officials have been punished and those who have spent time in jail say they know that being poor in this country often means

a life of hardship and sacrifies but what this government lockdown as. well let's take you right back to houston and the funeral of george floyd and as you can see the funeral has begun there are several 100 people in that church including members of george points family and the reverend al sharpton the singing has begun and the program has been released it is a lengthy program let's have a little bit of a listen to what we've been hearing from that service so far. each and every one of you watching the way of television and. those of you that are here to observe the home going celebration of brother george floyd and certainly let me say to this family our hearts are with you our prayers are with you we trust that god will strengthen you the old gospel him says in times like. we need a savior. times like being easily. be very sure

that you're going to go home and the solid rock. as the writer want to bring greetings to everyone who's been the sanctuary was always those who are watching by a stream or someplace warm today i'm reminded of the song this family the summers wrote these words in a time of trouble and he says it this for man how that. and the lord heard him and he saved him out of all of his troubles banks of the lord camps around also fear him and he delivers them. and then this word is what helps me and blesses me in such a matter that i can never move out of my pain without remembering this that the lord is close to the broken heart and the saints those who are crushed in spirit sobs 3467 and 18 from the unite the will give you hope to the floyd family and to

all that are here to our members should be to take mcgee to all of the people to the clergy and the leaders of faith in our community your here who are take material who are here in our elected officials and to everyone who has taken time to join us by stream we are all connected. this is a moment. of connectivity this is a moment by which god has gathered people all around the world to connect death around the life of the brother george perry floyd now listen today there's a few things that we want to encourage you to expect can we help you today 1st we do ask you to keep your mask on within the sanctuary we thank god for that if anyone is in distress you can stop into our or raise your hand on us this will be watching to make sure that we can assist you but in the tradition of the african-american charge this will be a home going celebration come i want to say here this will be a call following celebrating our brother george but i said i know you know what

that means that means foot stomping to. breeze and god. because we are celebrating his life but just before we begin this home going celebration let me just thank publicly all of those people that helped to make this come to pass i want to begin with describe benjamin from thank you for watching out over this family in times of devastation someone has to stand up and take the lead and thank god that you have done just that brother and then also the roman al sharpton thank you for through north carolina and minneapolis continuing to sound the trumpet and let people know that this is about injustice and we want to see justice served and then locally i want to thank our mayor and mayor pro tem who've done such a wonderful job of making all the resources of this city available. to have the reviewing yesterday as a matter of fact we had

a viewing yesterday with tens of thousands of people that came through these doors and it came off without a hitch because we made sure a speedy was here and the fire department was here and people were here e.m.t. specialists were here we had people here from everywhere they were giving out water for all of those of you that don't know. it your services your resources we want to thank you on behalf of this family we thank you thank you thank you to brother george anderson who is our chief operating officer of this church and brother dallas jones working together in tandem to make sure everything was pulled together thank you this is enormous task this is a gigantic responsibility and for people to look at it and think well you know i would have done it this way you don't know how you would have done it if you had this many people right this many people funneling through your toes but thank god we didn't have any problems everybody was respectful everybody was sensitive to what the family is facing and we're just glad to know that we have such

a great team here in houston and so me i think it's right across have some turns an intern i'm a natural yet i'm going to celebrate his life we may we we may mourn will be contrary and we will find a home that is for sure are we want to follow the program that is already printed but for those who do not have programs the musical selection will be led by pastor campbell raylan and this houston aggregate of finger earth and a man who have left us already we are so delighted to have him here reverend arthur brock there about an appraisal do a part of the special reading doll testament reading that's the book there who is pastor emeritus of greatest thing that baptist church here in houston texas in the new testament reading and reverend dr mary white who leads the prison ministry here at the fountain of praise she will offer a prayer of confort to the family afterwards there will be a video montage that i think all of you will enjoy so in that order we're asking them to come then some one statement.

can see there are several 100 people gathered at the fountain of praise church there to celebrate george floyd's life there's been plenty of music and plenty more to come we will according to the program also be hearing from his family as well as several tributes from his friends george ford himself was a rapper in fact and there will be a montage of some of his previous performances and we will be hearing from the reverend al sharpton and also presidential democratic hopeful joe biden as well as congressman al green who has been very outspoken about many african-american issues as well as the mayor of houston sylvester turner now i do believe that in

houston this day june 9th is now in the county harris county is now being called george floyd today let's have a listen to some of the music that's being used a celebration. of you. being . his you. know. god. here we will take care. of this is silent remember god we.

take care of you. every day. a law will. our own way. when you get sad he will. leave. after her. god. her. one. of you. give me leave to the family 11 last all. maybe you. just heard.

her. broke. because you know you've been listening to pounce take him around saying god will take care of you at the funeral of george floyd. when our correspondent john hendren is just outside that chance for us john there's been plenty of music already plenty more music to come it seems that this is a real celebration of george floyd's life. it is indeed this is going to be a 3 hour long ceremony that's unusual. by american standards but as you heard also in african-american church tradition there's a lot of back and forth going on we have as you mentioned 2 members of congress will speak of a presidential candidate there will be 3 pastors who speak even before the reverend al sharpton gives the formal eulogy but we're hearing from friends we're hearing

from family and even outside here we've talked to some people who talk about their memories of george floyd and said while he's become this national symbol who has sparked protests and demonstrations across the u.s. he was also a man a church going man who baptized people who was generous to his friends and so some of the people we talked to said that while it's tragic that he died in the way he did it's also satisfying that he's done he's caused a change to happen in this country police departments across the u.s. are changing their tactics and there is talk of defunding or reducing funding for police and increasing funding for things like mental health and homelessness and so this funeral service really serves 2 purposes one is to remember the man the other is to talk about the movement that he generated. john i want to ask you left on more about the man he's been described as a gentle giant he was

a very talented athlete at school and we know he died in minneapolis but she was very much his hometown what was his life like growing up that. well that's right he was born in with parents and raised here in houston and we heard from one of his brothers folk at that minneapolis ceremony may speak again today who said that. george floyd was known as perry to those or really knew him well and that he was a physically intimidating person but a gentle giant he used to like to play jokes on his brothers and others very religious churchgoing man. even though he ended up beneath a police officer's need they say that was not characteristic of who he was we keep hearing that theme of generosity about george floyd and of course he moved to minnesota to look for work which he apparently eventually found and it all ended in

tragedy but it is here that his family really considered home in here where his friends who gathered to remember him 500 people in that place behind me. and those are the people who were able to get in there been hundreds of people at site and foundations filed by his casket just yesterday so there's a who's well remembered by those who know him. john hendren there from outside george points funeral and in texas we'll be talking to john throughout the day for now thank you very much john. well now we can speak again to assistant professor of political science at howard university. she is also the author of american while black african americans immigration and the limits of citizenship dr carson a speaking to us from washington d.c. . as we watch this funeral today i do want to mention another name that i've been hearing a lot lately emmett till

a young boy who was lynched in mississippi back in 1905 after he allegedly offended a white woman in a grocery store and then he was 14 at the time his mother said the whole of the united states is grieving with me is that happening now today again for george freud absolutely and you know maybe mobley too was of a woman of extraordinary strength because her son was so disfigured at the time of his body was recovered that the funeral director actually be able to compensate it was she who demanded that his casket be open when it was returned to chicago so that the entire united states could see it it was black media in particular jet magazine the chicago defender picture all over this country so that people could see the horror of american racism what it does to not just black made it but children it immature as a child are we seeing that kind of unifying moment again today in the united

states and we have seen many black lives matter protests before and issues around police brutality and not new so what's different this time around. well i mean let's be clear the immaterial murder was a unifying moment for black people and some whites of conscience but we are here in 2020 and lynching is still a federal crime rate so you'll definitely galvanize the civil rights movement into kicked the civil rights movement into high gear but it's still a decade between when it till is murder and when we get the voting rights act in this country in 160 back so there's still a long journey to go if you're through as a teacher hopefully we will get to these are the these changes that i want to say reform we need change in this country a lot better but yes absolutely actually the george floyd moment has probably shocked

a lot of people caught it in ways that we cannot of been to the page you know 50 plus years ago because of social media because now i mean unfortunately you know black death is on a constant loop in this country. any time you're on social media you can see an image of george floyd day whether you want to partake in that imagery or not. that was print media it was a little bit different and so i think this is certainly seed into people's psyche and the way right at the beginning of the service reverend wright his one of the co-pastors of this church she spoke about this moment of connectivity energizing a whole movement i wonder is this about connectivity and galvanizing the whole global movement i mean this this funeral that we're watching right now that's being streamed across the world and we've seen people take to the streets and country is cities across the planet dress racism in their own context is this a moment for collective action globally. absolutely because i think that when we

talk about the murder of george floyd we have to talk about it not just in the context of the united states but global last anti blackness there is a fight for the rights of african descent people everywhere in the americas right we can look at brazil we can look at colombia all the way to talking about folks aboriginal folks in australia new zealand or indigenous people a candidate other places even in the united states there are a range of things that blackness makes clear about how discrimination could hurt i think we think of you know white supremacy of particular is only being targeted black people but it's targeted at a range of people anybody who was not considered white heterosexual a male came to there that when supremacy and so i think it's really helping others to have a language in a vocabulary for how to talk to or at least begin

a conversation about the uniqueness of the particularities of discrimination in their own countries man because i have an assistant professor of political science at howard university thank you for speaking to us again and. now let's go back to our correspondent john hendren here is standing outside the fountain of press church in texas where that service for talk for ed as currently being held john obviously a very somber day today but also a day as we've been saying to celebrate george floyd's life talk us through what we can expect over the next few hours. well this is a program that they've been handing out and the number of items on it is really impressive there are members of congress speaking 2 of them the mayor of houston issues 2 police chief is attending the ceremony and was out here just a little while ago and then you've got the vice president of the.