where individual sacrifice makes way for the good of those who will come after. higher purpose this one is ours. the. the. everybody's going to remember him around the world each going to the world family and friends on of the life of george floyd's now his brother is preparing to testify in congress about race violence and racial injustice. come fully back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up shock and speculation in burundi after the sudden death of longtime president karen groom aziza at the age of 55. if we want it is going down and being

hit hard an economic report says corona virus has caused the worst noble slump in nearly a century. and brazil's supreme court orders the government to publish the total number of casualties from call the $1000.00. more than 2 weeks after his death while being arrested george floyd has been buried in a funeral service in his hometown of houston texas floyd was remembered by family and friends as an ordinary man transformed by fades into the cornerstone of a movement his killing triggered protests across the u.s. and iran the world against racism and police brutality from houston john hendren reports. george floyd's tragic journey ended in houston cemetery but across the u.s. the movement he and. speired continues

a montage of demonstrations in floyd's name plate is his funeral displays his legacy and inspires a call to action from civil rights leaders god not the ritz that it's all. and made him the cornerstone of a movement that's called save the whole wide work friends and family remember the man they knew is perry or big floyd. and. i think. this is not just.

oh i'm thick come on baby you should have good it's not much of a good it's the life of the man who died beneath a policeman was celebrated by members of congress and a presidential candidate who spoke directly to floyd's daughter giana now is the time for racial justice that's the easternmost give to our children when they ask why. because when there is justice for george florey. truly be on our way to racial justice and then. he will have changed the world the funeral followed memorials in minneapolis and north carolina and a viewing in houston attended by thousands who remembered his final words i can't breathe in the weeks months years after these people have left. someone who transformed the world by what he did and by what was done to him some

who didn't make the invitation list inside said they were outside because they're concerned about the next generation. fight at the poly and the law fight it is sad because they call it a game so when you hear stories like the one about mr floyd what does it make you think. or. you know. george floyd was buried next to his mother in the place he once called home your family is gone miss you george put george make sure it is going to always remember your name he left behind children a family and a movement they hope will end the pattern of unarmed african americans dying at the hands of police john hendren al-jazeera houston are less a cannot live to capitol hill in washington where george choice brother is among

those expected to speak at a hearing on police reforms a day after his funeral these are live pictures let's bring in castro who is on capitol hill following the proceedings for us today what are we expecting heidi. fully today is the 1st day that we will hear live hearings on the legislation that was proposed by democrats earlier in the week and we are expecting a big panel of witnesses testifying before the house judiciary committee and of course the star witness called by democrats here will be the brother of george floyd philonous floyd we also heard memorialize his brother in that moving eulogy he gave during yesterday's funeral yesterday philonous floyd said to the nation that he wanted his brother's death to matter and that he wanted it to change the world now he will be speaking to the committee members as well as several other. police experts including the police chief of houston that the republicans are also

calling some of their own witnesses including 3 of these of the 12 witnesses expected today those republican witnesses will include a conservative radio show host as well as a pastor who is part of who was part of president trump's transition committee now the these were expecting some moving testimony from these witnesses as well as this careful consideration of these proposals that's sponsored by democrats that includes creating a national registry of police misconduct to more easily track what could be seen as problem off the surface and also banning chokeholds and banning no knock warrants in some cases and probably the most controversial element that some republicans have said is already a nonstarter would be stripping some of the legal immunity that police officers in the united states currently enjoy making it easier to hold officers accountable

both in civil and criminal court proceedings now republicans under pressure to respond as well yesterday announced that they would be unveiling their own version of police reforms coming this week. that is being drafted on the senate side by the republicans lone black senator as far as the response from the white house we do know from the white house spokesperson that this issue of giving some sort of bit of a stripping some sort of immunity from the police officers is a nonstarter and president trump has of course been on twitter supporting the police force calling the u.s. now u.s. police law enforcement the finest law enforcement in the world ali thank you heidi for the moment live for us on capitol hill we'll of course be check again checking in with you a little later in other world news speculation is building in burundi after the sudden death of president. at the age of 55 it was just weeks away from stepping

down a government statement says he had a heart attack but they are rumors he may have been infected with call that 19 sees a safety near or was mocked by political violence and a withdrawal from the international criminal court on web is following the story from nairobi kenya. the government says he died of a heart attack but the few things worth considering here 10 days ago about 10 days ago his wife denise and current visa flew here to kenya's capital nairobi seeking medical treatment for what the government said was an undisclosed reason but it's been widely reported here in kenya's press that she has been suffering from covert 19 fighting thought is from the hospital where she's seeking treatment the ministry of health denied. revealed to him so famously played football almost every day at a pitch in belgium who are now it was widely known to be fairly left think that it was surprising some people that he should die all of the sudden 55 years old from

a heart attack i know him but when the own crew in the government have been widely criticized for having no policies after all to try and stem the spread of the coronavirus over the last month were being alleged. in campaigns where thousands of people gathered at rallies a large sporting event weren't canceled and although the country's only officially registered just over 80 cases a lot of doctors and health experts say that while the government denying the pandemic or urging the rudy and to fight the virus with religious faith that there is actually a growing crisis there are little so comes amid further on confirmed reports that there are other theni of people within the government who are also suffering from covert 19 the head of the un's human rights commission says the surrender of a sudanese militia leader is extremely significant. faces war crimes charges at the international criminal court relating to the conflict in darfur former sudanese

president omar bashir is also wanted by the i.c.c. for his role in the darfur conflict i just said day after surrender sudan's military has close all roads and entrances leading to its headquarters in khartoum he morgan has more from her home in khartoum she's unable to leave because of those actions by security forces. aleko shape was very much part of the former ruling party and the former ruling party has repeatedly showed that it still has supporters on the ground that they have to bear with protest against the wall the overthrow of former president ahmed bush here the fact that he was taken to court and tried for corruption on the ground and there were concerns that those supporters who supported former president on one of the sheriff and his aides and members of his party and his militias and military will come out and stage proceso with the military this process late last night was blocked off all main roads that lead to the army headquarters as well as make sure that they control who would be

able to cross bridges that would eventually lead them to the army headquarters now they are concerned that they will in the process because i recall she was a member of their former ruling party was he was employed or rather recruited by the former military and by the whole ruling party rather to curb the rebellion and therefore and that earns him. arrest warrants for work crimes and crimes against humanity in the western region of darkhorse of it all concerned that people would come out not only because he surrendered himself as the i.c.c. said but because they are now concerned that other people involved will also be targeted by the i.c.c. including former president ahmed bashir who has an arrest an arrest warrant issued again. and a sudanese anti-corruption committee has confiscated a bank account belonging to ahmad bashir it is also close 5 foreign exchange bureaus used to fund his former administration a court handed bashir a 2 year sentence in december for corruption he also faces trials in investigations over the killing of protesters last year. qatar

a special envoy for afghanistan is in kabul the afghan peace process is top of the agenda for the tunnies visit of ghana sounds government released more than $3000.00 taliban prisoners a spot of the doha agreement the united states and the afghan taliban signed a deal in february in qatar capital the agreement is seen as a prelude to talks between kabul and the armed. we want to have the scritched ability and the child more perspective to the afghan people that's the primary purpose of the visit it is not up to us to decide it's not to on up to the countries to decide or to impose and the preference it is up to the afghan people to decide if they decide to to have the talks and or how we are more than happy to facilitate this and we will do this in a very transparent way in a very impartial way and in accordance with international law still ahead on

al-jazeera find out why security forces in south africa under scrutiny and straight talking by germany's top diplomat. the. head of the more very heavy rain across all central and southern areas of china the seasonal rains typical for this time of year but we've had some the ticket only have a downfalls for several weeks now so there are a number of province that have been very badly affected into the southeast these images coming from just 2 of those provinces and you can see the sort of water the flooding the flash was indeed that we are talking about but also just how widespread it is now there is more rain in the forecast site is a go through thursday knows as heavy across the fall southeast but still a very unsettled picture some heaviest piles as the day progresses and the particularly heavy rain at all times the same system works its way into western

areas of japan will work its way east was as we go through friday by then we will see quite a good clearing up across much of the southeast but the rains heavy further to the north and pushing towards the shanghai as you can see watching a system in the central and northern philippines this could develop into a tropical storm in the few days ahead but for the next couple of days it'll be a case of very heavy amounts of rain the winds were fairly strong but really it is the rain that is of concern we could have some low class flooding even some months lies with the rain that heavy and then across into india very heavy rains through eastern areas under pradesh up into edition and then on friday the rains particularly heavy across the west into carola. join our global community they call the crisis is just slap does in the face that blessing upon latin upon latin human health equals global health keeping you up to

date is watch out for situation where we have a human rights crisis that persists beyond help crisis your questions is a dialogue just nothing we are now approaching a crossroads this is an opportunity that we must both miss the stream on al-jazeera . the end. to the welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera live pictures from washington 1st where the house judiciary committee hearing on policing is underway on capitol hill this is coming up in the aftermath of george floyd's death in police custody which sponsored protests in the u.s. and around the world floyd's brother is expected to testify to congress about

police violence and racial injustice we'll bring that to you live when it gets in other news president kerry has died at the age of 55 an official statement says he had a harder time but some are speculating that he may have died from covert 19 it was used up down in all its ad a u.n. human. u.n. human rights agency chief says the surrender of a sudanese militia leader wanted for war crimes in darfur is very significant. turned himself into the international criminal court on tuesday. that at least $35.00 people have been killed in northern nigeria gunmen on motorbikes attacked a village and cut scene in a state it came hours after the killing of at least $69.00 people in borno state the nigerian government has blamed bandits for the attacks by its own book or on and on groups in the area has killed thousands and displaced about 2000000 people

and it's not just nigeria facing challenges in fact the vast majority of the world's neglected crises are on the african continent in cameroon more than half a 1000000 people fled their homes in 21000 with violence escalating between book koran and the government the country's also has a violent separatist conflict in the form reachin fighting in the democratic republic of congo meanwhile has forced more than 1700000 people to leave their homes that's the highest number of newly displaced people anywhere on the continent and in the sayit and ethnic divisions and violence in book you know fossil mali nigeria south sudan any share have led to fighting poverty and widespread displacement. take you back to capitol hill where the hearing on police reforms is underway and a day after george throwing was laid to rest with no nation ever and they understand they understand the american people understand it's time for

a real discussion real debate real solutions about police treatment of african-americans americans also understand that peaceful protest exercising their 1st amendment liberties honors george floyd's memory and it helps that discussion that debate in those solutions actually happen the people this great country you know what else they understand and what else they get then or stand that there is a big difference a big difference between peaceful protest and rioting there is a big difference between peaceful protest and looting there is a big difference between peaceful protest and violence and attacking innocent people and there is certainly a big difference between peaceful protest and killing police officers you know what else they get you know what else the american people fully understand they know as the chairman said the vast vast majority of law enforcement officers are responsible hardworking heroic 1st responders they're the officers who protect

the capitol who protect us every single day they're the officers who rushed into the twin towers on 911 they're the officers in every one of our neighborhoods and every one of our communities every day every night every shift they work who put their lives on the line to keep our communities safe and guess what americans also get guess what else they understand they know it is pure insanity to defund the police and the fact that my democrat colleagues won't speak out against this crazy policy is just that frightening think about what we've heard in the last few weeks. for the mayor of our 2 the mayors of our 2 largest city america are said he said he wants to defund the police new york says he wants a deep on the police the city council in minneapolis a veto proof majority says they want to defund the police and abolish the department this congress started off with the democrats folks in the left saying we

should abolish ice then move to we should abolish the entire department of homeland security and now they're talking about abolishing the police this is wrong in the american people know it's wrong we should honor the memory of george floyd and work hard so that nothing like it ever happens again and we should honor the memory of de patrick on underwood and work hard so that nothing like that ever happens again we can a half ago our mission was clearly stated 11 days ago in florida the president of the united states clearly stated what our mission should be president trump said this i stand before you as a friend and ally to every american seeking justice and peace and i stand before you in firm opposition to anyone exploiting tragedy to loot rob attack and menace healing not hatred justice not chaos are the mission at hand well said mr

president healing not hatred justice not chaos that is our mission the president is right and i appreciate his leadership this is the house judiciary committee with its storied history of defending the constitution and the rule of law let's adopt that mission healing not hatred justice not chaos let's work together to make america the great place to continue to make america the greatest nation ever that you back mr chairman. thank you mr jordan i now recognize the chair of the subcommittee on crime areas of homeland security the gentle lady from california ms bass for her opening statement thank you mr chair and i want to thank you for your years of leadership on this issue i know you've been involved for many years supporting police reform and i want to thank you for convening this hearing today what we saw in minnesota the slow torture as 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 and minus a few days of violence it has been peaceful and it has been in the american tradition and what we have here today is a hearing in the u.s. congress to examine policing practices in america and paths to reform and so we have an opportunity. what we have seen since then is an opportunity to rethink the nature of policing an opportunity for meaningful accountability. and it is an opportunity to show the nation in the world that we are listening and that we will act too often this debate is framed in terms of citizens versus the police us vs them but this is really about the kind of america we all want to see we all want to be safe in our communities we all want the police to come to our rescue when we're in trouble we all want to support the brave men and women who put their lives on

the line for us every day and when we interact with police we all want to be treated with respect not suspicion nobody should be subjected to harassment or excessive force just because of the color of their skin and no one should suffer the indignities of racial profiling or be on the end of a deadly chokehold we should all want for ourselves and for our children and for our neighbors the same on monday i introduced along with chairman adler and more than 200 members of congress h.r. 7120 justice and policing act this bold transformative legislation would help reimagine the culture of policing while holding accountable those officers who fail to uphold the ethic of serving and protecting their communities i know later when we do a markup they'll be in error we will entertain the men meant to change the name of the legislation in honor of george floyd. if this if this had been a law last year george floyd would be alive because chokeholds would be banned

briana taylor would be alive because no knock warrants for drugs would be banned to mere rice would have graduated high school this may because he the officer that killed him had been fired from a nearby department and he lied on his application but this legislation calls for a national registry so that would not have happened until near rice would have graduated high school i understand that change is difficult but i am certain that police office. cers are professionals who risk their lives every day and they're just as interested in building a strong relationship with the communities that they serve based on mutual trust and respect as those who rely on their protection are they want to increase and upgrade the profession and so having national standards it should never be that you can do a chokehold in one city and not in another there should be basic sanders there should be basic accreditation there should be continuing education just as there

are in so many other professions when i was at the service yesterday and when i was there i looked at the picture of george floyd and i saw the year that he was born he was born in 1973 and that was an important year in my life because that was the year in los angeles that i joined an organization called the coalition against police abuse that was 47 years ago our police chief at the time we were suffering from a number of victims who had died because of chokehold our police chief held a press conference where he told los angeles that the reason why black people died of chokehold was because our neck pains were different they didn't open up as rapidly as normal people that's where we were 47 years ago the question remains for us though it was 29 years ago that we saw the rodney king beating and as an activist at the time i was sad at the tragedy it was horrific to

see him be like that but most of the activists said finally finally we know we'll have just as there is no way these police officers are going to get off because the whole world saw what happened in the civil rights movement what led to the great change in the end of legal segregation aside from the 10s of thousands of people that protested it was the fact that there were cameras there the the beatings the treatment of black people in the south had gone on for frankly hundreds of years but it was a. until those cameras expose that that then things began to change and so what has happened in the 29 years since rodney king with the advent of cell phone cameras we have seen example after example after example 29 years since rodney king 20 years since amadou diallo 6 years since eric gardner just weeks since the death of george floyd his cannot be in vain i told his brother that his

name will live on in history because the tragedy that he suffered has been the catalyst for what i believe will be profound change and not just change that helps to professionalize police departments not just change that prevents further abuse and deaths but an opportunity for communities through receiving grants to take a look at their community and say well there's all of these issues that we face why should police officers have to address homelessness and mental illness police officers complain all the time they're not social workers that's right so if these grants maybe communities can take an opportunity to read and vision what public safety years and come up with models better models to work with police better models to reduce the problems that wind up needing a police officer so that's what we have an opportunity to do in this congress with

this piece of legislation and i hope that we work for passage of this legislation in the house it gets through the senate the president signs it and in the year 2020 we never ever ever see again what we saw a few weeks ago it wasn't just a tragedy for our country and our nation but it really was an embarrassment of our nation in front of the entire world while we hold up human rights in the world we obviously have to hold them up in our country and with that. thank you since mr radcliffe the former ranking member of the crime subcommittee has left the committee to serve as director of national intelligence i never recognize the ranking member of the subcommittee on the constitution civil rights and civil liberties the gentleman from louisiana mr johnson for an opening statement. thank you mr chairman i want to join all my colleagues today in thanking all of our witnesses sincerely for being here and especially mr floyd and miss underwood

jacobs for making the trip in the midst of such tragedy in difficult circumstances to share your experiences with us it's very valuable to us and we're grateful of course you have our condolences and our profound. sadness for your losses and i and my family in the community of faith that i represent have been praying for you and will continue to do that and we're going to talk about policing practices and reforms today and that's a really important topic but since this is the 1st full committee hearing that we've had in judiciary since the tragic death of mr floyd i think it's also important for us to acknowledge here in the beginning what's believed by so many to be a root cause of the persistent challenges we face together as a country and that is the need for authentic reconciliation in our communities everyone here understands the plain and simple truth that racism in any form violates the most fundamental principles of our great nation and the rules of our creator the central idea of america let's not forget that is the the idea that we

boldly declare the self-evident truth that all men are created equal and that there are thus endowed by god with the same inalienable rights because each of us is made in the image of god there are very serious implications that come from that among them is the idea that every single person has an estimable dignity and value and our values not related in any way to the color of our skin or what zip code we live in or what we can contribute to society or anything else our values inherent because it comes to us by our creator any fool who can dance he has some sort of natural right of supremacy a neighbor violates not only the foundational creed of america but the greatest commandments of the god who made him and if we can ever learn to see one another as god does i think it will solve a lot of our problems this unspeakable act of cruelty that america witnessed in minneapolis is open an important new dialogue on reform and while policing has always been regarded as an inherently local function. we do agree that congress has a key role to play in ensuring that abuses are not tolerated and can never happen again justice has to be swift and bad police officers have to be held accountable

for their actions but at the same time we want to be careful to recognize as all my colleagues have this morning that officers like the ones involved in the death of george floyd are not representative of the vast majority of america's law enforcement officers most are faithful self sacrificing public servants who put their lives on the line every single day to protect and serve our communities we need to honor that and we need to recognize and empower those law enforcement officers which is precisely the opposite of the radical dangerous proposals we're seeing right now to defund them a government of by and for the people must be a nation of law and order and public safety of course is the key to maintaining our republic without that things like the rioting looting and violence that has led to the destruction of cities and minority owned businesses ironically would would prevail over the valuable peaceful protests that are intended to bring about meaningful change there's a consensus among every member of this committee democrat and republican that there

are solutions we can work towards that will restore faith in our institutions and build trust in our communities from where we sit right now we believe the most actionable reforms must focus around 3 core concepts to simplify it transparency training and terminations of those rare bad apples in law enforcement who violate the law and the legitimacy that upholds the character of our legal system this common ground is key if we're going to to accomplish the goal of keeping our community safe upholding the civil liberties of individuals and protecting the legitimacy of law enforcement none of these goals that have outlined today are mutually exclusive of course we can and should clearly condemn the senseless violence we've seen and all causes of it from a few bad apples wearing a badge to the bad actors an anarchist sparking riots and destruction in our streets at the same time we can work together on meaningful reforms in a. results while upholding the respect and appreciation that is due to every american patriot who faithfully serves us on the thin blue line i have faith that

we can work together as a committee this is a bipartisan concern and will have bipartisan solutions i hope for the future of our country and for generations of americans to come we have to do that i urge my colleagues in this moment all of us to hear and to listen to our witnesses and work with each other as friends and fellow americans to understand the need in our communities and foster our discussions on a foundation of civility and mutual respect we started that and i hope we continue it with that i yield back thank you without objection no other opening statements will be included in the record we have an unusually large panel today but given the broad range of issues that we will be discussing with we have invited a broad range of witnesses as is customary the minority was given the opportunity to invite witnesses well and they have selected mr bunn gino pastor scott and miss underwood jacobs we welcome everyone and thank them for to for their participation now if the witnesses would please rise i would begin by swearing you in.