♪ ♪ hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and from all around the world, you are watching cnn newsroom and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, one of the first schools in the u.s. to reopen, now shutting its doors. at least for a couple of days after reporting covid cases. the student who snapped this photo said that the school used students as guinne pigs. president trump's power move meant to support laid-off

americans is causing for confusion than relief and anger boils over in to the streets of beirut as they search for the missing buried in the rubble of last week's blast. good to have you with us. well the u.s. is far and away leading the world in coronavirus cases as the nation fails to contain the pandemic. the country reported five million cases sunday. double the number since the end of june. you can see on the graph how the rate of the spread is accelerated, it took 99 days for the united states to research the first million cases. but the jump from 4 million to 5 million took less had than t-- than three weeks. john hopkins university said that more than 1,000 have been

reported each day over the past five days. and as more schools get ready to reopen, a georgia school is already facing closure after opening last week. north paulding high school came under execuscrutiny after this went viral. they are moving to virtual classes after reporting cases of covid among staff and students. we spoke to the student who snapped that photo. 15-year-old hannah water, she was briefly suspended for posting the picture and now is allowed back to class. >> the fact that we already have nine cases just at the end of that week is very concerning, because even then we don't know how many people those nine people came in contact with and how many people are not taking tests yet, so they don't know and then they come back, possibly this week too. so, it is just going to spread like wild fire in that school. we could have delayed school so

they could find more safety measures to follow in the school and they could have found more plans for all the students and teachers and staff members. but, they kind of just sent us in school, and used us as guinne pigs to see what would happen later on. >> and hannah said she has been the target of threats for sharing that photo. well, british prime minister, boris johnson said it's morally in defensible to keep children out of school. we are joined now live from london. good to see you nick, we have seen other parts on the world to open schools and close them shortly that because of incre e increased infection, how can the uk be sure they are not going to follow the same pattern. >> the prime minister has a lot riding on that. i think that's part of the clue,

they are economically unsustainable. to get the economy back up and running is to free up parents and the only way to do that is for the schools to open. it's a huge issue here as is everything where else. the studies of children being affected. there's evidence of children in the uk, that those not from better backgrounds are not studying as well. and that's a conditionconcern c. but the overriding concern is going to be of parents, is it really safe for the children to go back in the classroom and of teachers as well, asking the same question. and to that point, the government and the health secretary is, the education secretary in particular, are pointing to an international study in germany and ireland and a number of other countries that said, that the actual rate of on infections in schools is relatively low. that indeed, among children and primary school age, there's very

little cross infection of children, secondary school age, the infection rates are between people more similar to adults. they are saying the government is saying that despite this, or because of the results of better than perhaps than people imagined, that it is safe to reopen schools. but we also know that this is a bottom line for the prime minister reopening them. it's his top priority. but we have heard as well from the england chief medical officer who said look, the country has done everything it can do. there's no more give. if infection rates go up to maintain schools remaining open, the prime minister indicated that perhaps things like bars and restaurants may have to shut down in the future as a compromise for schools opening. so, it really is a tight rope here that the government is walking. but a very important one, something that the prime minister is staking his position

on over covid to that points he is going to a school today. you have schools reopening in scotland and northern ireland next week, by the time peenglan comes online, there's going to be evidence from around the country, perhaps, that will give teachers and parents a slightly better idea of what may happen. >> yeah, because of course, it's all about the kids spreading it to the wider community. that's the worry here. many thanks to nick robertson joining us there live. joining me now is the drkter -- the director for -- >> thank you for the opportunity. >> so the u.s. has now surpassed 5 million cases of the coronavirus, and the death toll exceeds 162,000. with no apparent plan in place to crush these numbers. efforts to find a vaccine of course have moved at incredible speed with dr. anthony fauci

suggesting we could have a viable vaccine early next year andpresident trump saying he may announce one before the november election. how realistic is it? >> it's not terribly realistic, we can be hopeful that there's a home run of the results from the ongoing studies. we all need to prepare ourselves that it's probably going to be likely a bit of a longer haul. >> how long do you think? >> if i had to take a guess, i would say, even with all these stops being pulled, probably the first half of next year, you would get an approval. and then, the question comes down to really lodgistics to how long it will be until we can manufacturer and distribute enough of the vaccine to make a meaningful impact on the current viral infections. >> right, okay, so very few of us want to hear that of course, and with polls showing 50% of the americans are willing to take the vaccine once it's available. there's a risk that we won't be able to eliminate the virus so

how do you convince everyone to take it once a safe and effective vaccine has been approved and how best do you explain the speed at which it's moving? >> those two questions are interrelated. one of the concerns is, if it's perceived that we are moving too quickly, the likelihood that somebody is willing to be injected with vaccine is going to go down. what we need to do is assure the public that it's a safe and effective vaccine and i think again, realistically we need to consider it will take a bit longer and october surprise may have political benefits but probably not public health benefits. >> right, and so, basically what you are telling us, we are going to have to learn to live with this virus and we know that the school and the state of georgia just closed due to infections. most of us could see that coming, some apparently not, we saw photos coming from the school showing students not

wearing masks. they are all crapped together. what do i think it will take to flatten the curve and why is it not happening six months in to this? >> well, i think that we know what it takes to flatten the curve, frankly europe and other parts of the world are doing it. we are lagging in the united states in part because of the preventive measures, for example, face masks have been largely politicalized and it's incredibly unfortunate because this is a medical and a scientific point not a political one. and fundamentally if you will distance yourself from others and wear a face mask, that's the way to stop the spread of the virus. >> and this is the problem, again, for this country. where you have a situation where we have more cases, more deaths than anywhere else in the world but a reluctance to do all of the things we need to be doing to flatten that curve. so, how in the simplest of terms do you get people on board with

this, if we are going to have to live with this until there's a vaccine, not until mid next year, i mean, we are talking a year away. >> i think hwhat we need to convey is a message that, what you do, your actions can help others. it can help your friend s it ca help your relatives and that is far more important than the p l politi politics. forget the politics, protect your family and community, take the measures that we he no work and tho -- that we know work. it's wearing a mask and social distancing. it's simple and straight forward. >> it is, and that's the message that was sent out, it has revealed a selfish nation in so many parts of the states across this land, and it is, it is just extraordinary. michael, thank you for talking with us. we do appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and as the u.s. and uk

grapple with return to school strategies. israel is dealing with the impact of sending students back to class during a l aull in the pandemic and now they are seeing a rise in cases. we will have a live report later in the hour from tel aviv. paris has made face masks mandatory in tourist hot spots, and busy shopping areas. it took affect just last hour. it is to combat a rising number of coronavirus cases in and around the french capitol, we are joined now live in paris. good to see you, and see you wearing that mask. like it or not, of course, the masks are the most powerful weapon we all have to fight this virus in the absence of a vaccine. how are people there responding to this mandate? >> well, rosemary, at the moment, people don't really like it, because they were in the middle of a heat wave here in paris so wearing a mask is not the most comfortable thing you can be doing on a day like today. i wanted to bring you hear, we are in the heart of paris.

this is 1 of 100 streets where face masks have been made mandatory. and this is been in affect for an hour, as i look at people around me, i say 80% are wearing the face mask. some 20-30%, this gentleman included, are not. now, you can, there could be forgiven for not knowing that it's the case. because this came in to affect over the weekend. but as we go forward, bare in mind that you do risk $160 fine. 135 euros if you don't wear your face mask. police are not doing any enforcement yet, and we have not seen any type of signage. city hall said there would be signage when you enter a street you have to wear your face mask. the logic of the policy, rosemary is not just to fine people, of course. it is to prevent the spread of the virus. and what happens here is at this moment, the streets are fairly

quiet and empty, but it's a busy commercial street with a lot of grocery stores. so when people come here in the everyone i evening, it can get pretty packed and hard and impossible on to socially distance, that is the point of the police authorities enforcing the face masks on, in a certain number of areas in the capitol. there's going to be an exception, because we are in france. you see these cafe here. the terraces, you don't have to wear a face mask in those. even if it's properly enforced you can have people packed on the terrace, not wearing one and it's okay. >> it is an interesting cultural shift, but eventually people will get there, they know it will be the only way to live with the virus until we get the vaccine. many thanks, joining us live from paris. appreciate it. grief and outrage boil over in the streets of beirut,

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we go to lebanon, before angry protesters crowded the

stra streets of beirut, clashing with police as they demand the entire government step down after tuesday's massive explosion. and it seems some listened, both the environmental minister and the minister of information have resigned amid investigations. on sunday, nearly $300 million was raised for a virtual donors conference, but the french president and others are warning it cannot be a blank check. a number of people are still missing. and hope is fading for relatives waiting for word on their loved ones. we have one family's story. >> michelle has not slept in three days. neither has here sister-in-law with whom she shares the same name. michelle struggles to form words in arabic. joe is an electrician at the port. and this is the last video she

got from him on tuesday night. minutes later, the entire building he was filming would explode. jennifer, joe and michelle's oldest child was in beirut. >> so she heard the explosion and she start crying and shouting this is my dad's -- >> oh, she knew that was where her dad worked. >> yeah. the entire family was frantic, calling joe nonstop. >> at midnight, joe opened the phone, 31 seconds and we heard voices, deep voices. that's what she said and then nothing. >> another call also seemed to have gone through on wednesday.

for 43 seconds. but there was silence on the other end. he must be alive they thought. they had to get to him. joe is strong, clever, he would have figured out a way to save himself. they combed through videos shot by others from other angles. looking for any clues to give teams locations to search. >> you think that's joe? >> yes. this is. >> you think one of the people is joe? >> of course. yeah, we are sure. and he was filming from here. >> reporter: it's the building right in front of the grain silo, a building that is buried. they have hope, three bodies were pulled out but no joe. maybe he is deeper in, deeper under, somehow, still alive. >> we have to keep searching. >> michelle was born in the u.s. the children also have american passports. joe was just about to get his visa. all that now, seems like a

different reality. >> he loved life. and ever day. he wanted to go to america because it is better for his, for jennifer and joy, for their future, but not for him. >> the women are trying to shield the children from their grief. >> jennifer doesn't know daddy is missing. joy is thankfully too young to fully understand. maybe they will never have to tell the girls their daddy is dead. that night, the fourth after the explosion, crews were searching around the clock. searching the area where the family believed joe would be found. clinging to the hope that he would still somehow be alive. at 4:00 a.m., they sent us a heart broken message. joe's body had been found.

and impossibly sad there we want to go to beirut where we are joined by our correspondent there. it's so heartbreaking for all families missing loved ones at had this time and now, angry protesters there out the streets of beirut, demanding answers wharks , what is the latest on that? >> yeah, they are, rosemary and you know, overnight, again, we saw smaller demonstrations than what we have seen on saturday, but still, people making it very clear at this stage. that they will no longer tolerate this government remain engine power, nor will they toll v rate the status quo. sorry, this explosion that took place here. you get in the habit of talking about attacks and strikes when it comes to beirut, that is what this population is normally used to. but this particular blast, this is different than anything that the country has gone through

before. and look, the lebanese have almost perfected the art of soldiering on. given everything that they have been through in the last few decades. whether it's a civil war or massive explosions that shook the entire capitol or running street battles. he this know how to pick up the pieces, get through the pain, and try to rebuild the country. but they reached such a stage, they have been driven to such a stage, rose mamary that had the don't know how to do it with this government in power. creating the change that lebanon needs will not happen overnight. but what the protesters aim is, is to send that very clear message to the government of, they are not going to be backing down. not this time. not anymore. it is a powerful message p

bringing us the latest from beirut. many thanks. we want to stay in beirut and bring in the country director in lebanon for save the children. thank you so much for being with us. how desperate is the situation on the ground in beirut and the after math of the devastating and deadly explosion. and what is the most pressing need right now? >> hi, thank you for having me. this situation on the ground does remain quite desperate. i think of course, there's the problem of the missing people. the fact that there are search and rescue efforts that are ongoing, that is really important. but the lack of news, i think, generally is quite problematic, so that is desperation from that angle. there's of course, the buildings that remain broken around 800,000 homes are the latest numbers we have. that means 300,000 people, including 100,000 children are left homeless. in now, of course, we have seen

amazing efforts from civil society to clean up and just for activists to pick up the brooms and go on the streets and try to support. but the scenes are still a problem. children continue to be very much affected. we have our teams currently conducting what we call a rapid needs assessment, to get the children to the families and the community members to help understand their needs and their rooms they are afraid to go to. some of them are missing their toys. there's an overall sense of urn certainty and fear. that's a problem of course. and there's the food, the poverty, some people have not eaten based on our interviews for 3 days. some because think simply cannot. but some also because they cannot afford it. andthat, and that problem is going to continue and going to grow, i think as time goes by and we can discuss that in a moment. but, i think, overall, the sense, i would not call it dispair just yet, but just the sense of sadness and of hopel s

hopelessne hopelessness, it's quite the situation that remains quite tense and people are very much under shock. you were mentioning people on the streets. they were on the streets and some were trying to get the message across in different ways. if you look at the faces from what i have been told, a lot of them were blank because a lot of the people protesting had to protest, had to get their message across, but in many ways they were still thinking about the houses they needed to rebuild, the children that they needed to comfort, and all of the other concerns, the relocation, the displacement, social solidarity has organized in such a magnificent way. so a lot had of the homeless people have moved in with relatives in other areas, but those are not sustainable solutions. >> right, how much, how much do you worry about the mental health of the children who saw this explosion, some of them have lost loved ones in that

explosion, how much do you worry about them going forward? >> i mean, i worry enough. this is a very dramatic experience. even adults by the way, some of them are unable to hear a door being shut down. you know, and then, a all o -- d all of a sudden, there's a sense of panic. the children barely understand it, we barely understand it so they are having a hard time grappling with it. what we need to do now, and other ingos, we need to start giving psychology first aid, first layer of trying to talk to the children, trying to get them to over come the strtrauma, and understand in their own ways and comprehend and accept and then we will have to take them through a very long process of psychosocial support so they are able to over come this on the longer run. but it will be a long process is and then of course, you have the children who have lost their parents, you have the unaccompanied or separated children, you have children who

have seen you know, horrendous scenes. so, it will take a lot of time. it's not, it's not beyond repair. but it will take a lot of time and effort, yeah. >> it is a community pulling together and you can see that in beirut, and across lebanon. thank you so much for talking with us. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> well the u.s. president took a victory lap sunday, celebrating his newly signed virus relief package. but there are questions about how and whether his measures will work. back with that in a moment. we live with at&t and we are well past the honeymoon phase.

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fiif it's not a waste of ti, we will do it, if it is a waste of time, it does not make sense. >> u.s. president donald trump there suggesting he may be open to renewed stimulus negotiations with democrats. his comments came as he celebrated the financial relief measures he signed on saturday. there's questions about how they will work and how quickly people will get the assistance they need. jeremy diamond has that. >> reporter: well the president has been facing criticism since signing the executive actions to by-pass the stalled negotiations with the congress. it was called unconstitutional. for the president's part as he was returning from the golf club in new jersey, he was taking a victory lap. >> it works better the way we are doing it.

we have got much of what we have wanted without having to give up anything. and that's very good. you can't beat that. you can't beat the deal we made. we have gotten much of what we wanted and they didn't get what they wanted. >> president on sunday answering questions on about those enhanced unemployment benefits that he signed in an executive action on saturday. according on to that executive action, $400 per week would go to unemployed americans, $300 of which would come from the federal government but that is only contingent on states agreeing to administer the program and also, agreeing to pony up that $100 per person to bring it to a total of $400. but the president on sunday, suggesting that there could be a situation where the federal government would pick up 100% of the cost. not clear if that's on the $300 or $400. the president is saying that if certain governors make the request, it's something that he

would consider approving. the devil is in the details and we have yet to see the details from the white house. cnn, the white house. >> well, joining me now to and discuss all of this is cnn's core trespond correspondent. so even the top adviser was confused. if he cannot figure out how it works how is anyone else expected to? >> good question, the big point is where the money comes from. we know the issue has been the enhanced benefits. $600 a week is what we have seen going in to pockets of vulnerable americans and we know republicans have wanted to scale it back for quite some time. we have been discussing it, that it was a big sticking point. president trump intervened after the talks stalled on friday. issuing executive orders and talking about $400 a week. where is this money going to come from? that has been the big question over the last couple of days.

we know that president trump wants to see states funding some of the money, and the rest will be federal. but you have to remember here, rosemary, that congress of course, is the last, has the last say in terms of how money is spent or it has to be coming from existing budget and the money needs to be reallocated. i want you to hear an exchange with dana bash and larry kudlow of the weekend. >> and i think it's going to come to about $1200 per person. that's a huge wage increase. >> you keep saying $1200 per person. are you talking about in addition to the unemployment they are getting? where does the amount can coome? >> i beg your pardon, it should be $800. from the unemployment. >> 800 or 400? >> no, it should be 4 -- it should be $800. if the states step up, we are

prepared to match that should be come out $400 federal, $400 states. >> and look, just hearing larry kudlow there, again, confusion about where the money is coming from. $1200 check is the stimulus check that millions americans will be eligible to receive is. that is different from the enhanced unemployment benefit that is important right now and rosemary, you have an unemployment rates looking slightly better. better than people expected that came through on friday. but still much higher than what we saw during the peak of the global financial crisis. all these issues, paying a really strong role in how the stimulus talks will go. going forward. and importantly, they are failed. republicans and democrats are sitting at two very different numbers. democrats are still talking about over $3 trillion on the table and republicans want $1 trillion. points of divergence, we have

many to talk about, the question is what is the common ground? >> what is frustrating, some americans wait and decide if they are going to live on in th. thank you for joining us, appreciate it. >> we are about a week away from the start of the democratic convention. that means speculation over who prezumed nominee joe biden will pick to be his running mate. that is in full swing of course, the former vice president, has stated that he will in fact pick a woman. and this is how the field of likely contenders is shaping up. senator kamala harris, and whitmer and elizabeth waerren among others are on the short list. biden will announce his choice this week. the most senior american official to visit taiwan in over 40 years has met with the

island's president. conveyed to the president the trump administration's strong support and friendship for taiwan. the u.s. health and human services secretary also praised what he called taiwan's incredibly effective response to the coronavirus pandemic. his trip has been condemned by china, which claims the self governing island as part of its territory. well, children had in israel had already gone back to school. they returned in may after two months of lockdown. they are out for the summer for the decision makers it looked like the right time. but they have learned some incredibly hard lessons that the world could do well to listen to. and elliott joins me now live from tel aviv. good to see you, elliott. what happened when the kids went back to school and what's the big lesson here? >> rosemary, when schools like this one went back in may the government did have a plan in place. but it quickly unravelled, their

plans were things for mask wearing, hygiene, and ventilation and social distancing and the like. but a couple of examples have come undone, when the kids went back, there was a heat weigh around the same time. parents complained and the government enacted a four-day mask holiday, so the kids were not wearing masks. keeping the desks apart, hard to keep them apart when you regularly have 35 kids or month in a classroom. so there was a plan in place. but they were either, they didn't or couldn't stick to it. >> from teachers pet to near bottom of the class. on some measures, israel is grappling with one of the worst covid outbreaks. schools like this one, are a big reason why. eric is head of the parent teacher association. >> we have a kid that is a superer spreader and because of

it, we have like 150 kids infected like 25 teachers, it's a huge school. it's like 1,200 students. and brothers and sisters, all around jerusalem. we had like 25 schools with, that were closed. >> reporter: soon after the school reopened it had to close again. students and staff went in to quarantine. it was almost certainly too late. half of all isreali coronavirus cases in june, as the second waive began could be traced to school outbreaks. >> i think israel got too optimistic when it saw the numbers declining. >> reporter: the professor is one of the leading disease experts. he said that plans to reopen schools after the summer are premature. >> i think we are not ready for that. i think israel is a clearly seeing now 1700, to 2,000 cases per day. new infections per day.

it is impossible to open the system by the first of september if that does not come down. >> the government is having none of it. >> we are determined to start the school year in 25 days time. i want to make it clear though not everything will be perfect. with coronavirus, it's not possible to commit to full study programs for everybody. the plan is for children up to grade two to attend school as usual. grade 3 and above will see class sizes capped at 18 per room. and from grade 5 learning will she split between schools and home. with most of the teaching exacted online. that of course assumes the plan goes ahead. >> israel's dilemma is shared by many others, reopen schools and risk another covid surge or keep kids a home, and risk harming their education and a already reeling economic.

there's no good solution. an extend today summer recess could yet be in the cards. and israel's education minister who we saw in the piece again, reiterating that it will not happen. there will not be an extendsed recess and in fact the school year will reopen on september 1st, and whoever says otherwise is sewing panic in the public. >> thank you so much, appreciate that. and this is cnn newsroom, coming up, one of the highest profile arrests so far in hong kong, under the controversial national security law. media mogul jamie lai has been detained and we are live from hong kong and just a moment. sarah: for a while i've had like a, kind of negative self image. there was like this contrast between like the way that

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well, police in hong kong, have arrested media mogul, jimmy lai under the controversial national security law. he was taken in to custody on suspicion of coluding with

foreign forces, and six others were arrested. for more, will ripley joins you live from hong kong, and will, it has sent shock waves across the world and certainly through the world of journalism, what exactly happened here and what are the ramifications of the arrests? >> reporter: yeah, and not just the world of journalism, academics and activists, anybody who speaks publically against the government in beijing has a reason to worry potentially under this new hong kong national security law. jamiegermane jimmy -- jimmy lai has repeatedly gone against hong kong. he owns apple daily that has been against the anti-government protest movement, and offered

protest ers pages that they can carry with them to the protest. these arrests we are latie i wa learn the details about the charges. what police are doing, they are gathering evidence and the fact that they are at the newsroom of the apple daily going through reporters files and notes and looking for contacts and those that may be considered in violation of the national security law can put them in jeopardy. you can see why the hong kong journalist association is saying it's scary. this has been he seen in developing countries and rare in hong kong who had freedom of the press for decades and not anymore, rosemary. >> and all of it happening while the rest of of the world is distracted by the pandemic. bring us up to date on that very concerning story. well, afghanistan's

president has agreed to release at 400 taliban prisoners in order to start direct peace talks with the group. a grand assembly of tribal elders said that he will sign the order and that peace talks should start immediately after the prisoners release. they are the last of 5,000 prisoners to be freed by the afghan government. they stressed a need for a last cease fire with the taliban. belarus, the country's president alial election is in dispute and we will have more after the break. ou waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood.

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♪ tense moments between protesters and riot police, riot police cracked down on pro estimate t testers demonstrating against the early results. the central election system said is that the six-time president has won by a land slide. the main opposition candidate,

and independent monitoring group's dispute those results. so, let's go to cnn's frederick, he is tracking the developments from berlin, what is the latest on the results and the protests? >> reporter: hi, rosemary, so far we are hearing the opposition said they dispute the results. they do not believe lucashenko won and got 80% of the vote. they belief they are the ones that won, or are the ones that won the election. in fact, in the ballots about ten minutes, who is the woman who is running against lucashenko on, and certainly his most potent opponent and basically any of the elections that he faced so far in that country. she said that she is going to hold a press conference in ten minutes from now. we will wait and see what she has to say about all of this very, very soon. you are right, after the first exit polls came in from the election yesterday and it was really running up to that in the, while the voting was going

on. there were protests that took place in minsk and other cities. you did see a lot of violence and a lot of the towns in belarus, from everything that we have been able to sde-- the protests started peacefully. people came on the street and demanded change as they have been in the run up to the election and security forces then started arresting people on the streets there. and that is when the situation got out of hand. now, there's an independent monitoring group that came out and said 213 people had been arrested or detained. obviously there was a lot of tear gas being used. flash bangs being used, certainly something that we are not used to seeing from belarus. which has been under the rule of lucashenko for 26 years now. so, be very interesting to see how all of this evolves. whether or not the opposition is going to come out on the streets once again today, again, they are disputing the ruesults.

they are saying there was vote rigging and something that was said while the election was going on. there were no independent outside monitors able to see what was going on in the polling spagz stations. >> and you see the protesters calling for change. how likely is it they will see it? >> belarus is a country that has been quiet for a along time. we are not used to seeing political unrest. this is something that is very, very different than usual. so, whether or not this is a movement had that lasts is something that we are going to have to wait and see. if we look at the way the movement evolved. it started with several is opposition candidates that were arrested by the authorities and then eventually their wives took over the movement and became more popular than any opposition figure ever had been before. and these protests, these

rallies that they have held were something that in size and scope and scale were unprecedentsed for belarus and certainly something that seemed alarming to the authorities. in the week, in the run up to the election, there were people detained, including the campaign manager and still, they managed to get people out on the streets. then, essentially they hijacked pro government concerts and had people come out there. it the seem as though there's a fairly large grassroots movement in that country that does want change to happen there, rosem y rosemary. >> we will be watching closely. many thanks. is and thank you for watching, i am rosemary church, i will back with another hour of news, do stay with us. look here, it's your very own all-in-one

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