this is g.w. news a live shot from berlin police fire tear gas to clear protests near the white house as people across the u.s. condemned the death of george floyd the man who died after a white police officer pressing need to his neck this says donald trump addresses the nation threatening to deploy the military into cities to stop the violent demonstrations if needed. for other words if. their. programs don't work you're meanwhile george floyd's brother aaron sturges mourners to turn their outrage into peaceful action against police brutality. and to the

artist known simply as christos has died at the age of 84 he became famous for rapping buildings and landmarks we'll take a look at his life and work. i'm claire richardson thanks for joining us medical examiners in the u.s. state of minnesota say the death of george floyd was a homicide the report says his heart stopped as police restrained him and pressed on his neck protests having gulfs the united states since floyd died one week ago and at the site of his death in minneapolis members of his family paid tribute to him with a call for unity and peace. cheerios flew laid crumbles under the weight of tremendous knots this is where for nearly 9

minutes his brother george begged for his life and for his mother under the weight of an officer on his neck the medical examiner is calling his death a homicide. was the oh. 000-0008 week later terrence is here to memorialize his brother and to ask protestors to to manchester is the right way. for her coming out here feet. where was i now. over. want to. propel not only. her know her know the feel for her and are the ones that left me wherever i am and alright.

we were sort of left obsesses over. some of my sources over right protests have swept across the us fueled by anger and desperation george floyd isn't the 1st unarmed black man or woman to die and police custody but his slow death caught on video has sparked a movement people are demanding black americans be treated with the same humanity as whites. i can't i can't disappoint you with that. but this is. a supporting our children. demonstrations display unity and diversity but some have been plagued with destruction and that u.s. president donald trump has taken a combative tone. if a city or a stately series is to take the actions that are this is served to send a licensed properties of their race i would deploy the united states military and

quickly solve the problem for the. derrick charmin since dismissed from the police was chartered flights harder on friday but his brother says that's not enough. he wants all of the officers involved arrested and charged i just want to have a. record low low low low low 1 1. well g.w.'s alexandra fund naaman is following developments for us from washington d.c. and near the white house alexandra what's the situation like where you are now. we are right now a few blocks away from the white house in the case street and the situation has calmed down here a little bit after the police cleared the streets with tear gas and rubber bullets as you can see on my left those police officers surrounded a small group of protesters most of them very young people some of them even kids i

would say and know they are being arrested for defying for breaking the curfew and you can see the police cars here on the over the side but we know that to different places in washington d.c. there are still protesters gathering defying the curfew arrests being made and earlier police were firing tear gas at protesters in the street as you say as all this was happening president trump was speaking in the rose garden of the white house what did he have to say. well he talked a lot about restoring law and order across the u.s. and he said he was threatening to deploy it to keep an active u.s. military if the governors on of the. going to stop the violence he called the violent protests of domestic terrorism and even though he mentioned george clark

that he was sickened by his death he presented here he used a speech to present himself as a law and order president and he didn't deliver the message you may have expected you know the message that could unify this name shouldn't nation and calm down the situation. all these anti-racist protests and trump's response are of course all happening in an election year in the united states how is all this likely to affect donald trump's performance in november. well we know that some people within the administration some of his advisers are concerned that the president's inability to strike the right tone to unite them they shouldn't just send the right message may hurt his reelection chances but at the same time he himself seems to believe that stressing the t.e.'s a law and order

a pull president would help him to get reelected coworker if he's going to continue this course it could be that he's going to lose a very important voter groups such as women and independent voters. alexandra fundament in washington d.c. thank you. well the brother of george floyd has appealed to protesters to remain peaceful saying that police brutality and sit ins too often lead to violent protests that don't create political change terence floyd spoke in minneapolis at the spot where his brother die a week ago an independent autopsy has found floyd died as pleas for strained him and compressed his neck one peace officer has been charged with 3rd degree murder and 3 other officers have been fired. well let's bring in the ones in minneapolis for more fun you are there at the place where the white police officer kneeled on floyd's neck until he died in an outrage over

a history of please. people what is the mood like where you are right now. it's quite jubilant and very loose so to speak people are having a good time it's not a party don't get me wrong they're still very committed chanting george floyd's name i can't breach the. typical battle cries now which we have witnessed all week long the curfew here in minneapolis has been shrunk it has been made short of the curfew now at 10 pm local that means 2 hours later than yesterday and the other days before so people are taking advantage of this here this is absolutely as you said the ground 0 of the ground 0 so what we experience here and across the united states for the last week. this is the spot where george floyd's actually

died and i can tell you something else we have to look at around there's nobody who could actually imagine imagine right now that police would actually dare to roll in here and disperse this crowd and in how many hours whatever whenever the curfew starts so that would be probably. a very difficult thing to do in terms of that would probably ruin the image of the minneapolis police department entirely when they would go in here so that's not to be expected but we're pretty long before right. however people here are still having a good time chanting the crowd is changing a little bit it was a family throughout the day a lot of kids time really but people from all walks of life. and all of the cities and all colors like asian americans african-americans white people latinos

everybody. and it's a changing slightly so there's younger people nowadays more people dressed in black coming up now but still good mood or all around and all for and in the memory of george floyd. stuff and we've also heard that a fresh autopsy has ruled floyd's death a homicide what can you tell us about that and how that news is being received. well yes there is a new independent autopsy report out now and that was initialized by the lawyers of the floyd family because because of course the official autopsy report said nothing about that floyd died here through immense pressure on his back and his neck which doesn't didn't allow oxygen and blood to flow to the brain this or this autopsy reports so clearly he died here because of those actions by those

policemen and people here we said well we knew that all along didn't they used to fund the mines in minneapolis thank you for your reporting. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world the united nations has made an urgent plea for more international aid for yemen it's holding a virtual pledging conference for the war torn nation the u.n. says funds have dwindled to forcing it to halt the majority of its programs in yemen as the country deals with the ongoing conflict and the coronavirus pandemic. russian president vladimir putin says the country will hold a nationwide vote on constitutional amendments that would pave the way for him to stay in power for 16 more years he said it was safe to hold the poll even as russia continues to record record numbers of new coronavirus cases.

the vatican museums are reopened after a nearly 3 month long coronavirus shutdown visitors lined up early to view renaissance masterpieces a such as michelangelo's at sistine chapel and members of the public are subjected to a body temperature check and only allowed inside with a face mask. well the artist known simply as christo has died at the age of 84 he became internationally famous for his massive public works of art wrapping up buildings and landmarks in fabric. this piece of art made christo a star in germany the it was $995.00 and together with his wife shawn claude he covered germany's parliament building the right stock with 100000 square meters of class. with officials for more than 20 years to get permission for the project that process often spot furious debates down me to build either this fabric will cover this building in a worthy way. to give far consider the dangers this could damage the trust of many

citizens in the stature of our democratic history and culture shock in the. christo it was born in bro a provincial beaucaire in textile city his father a chemicals manufacturer recognised his son's talent early in life and sent him for drawing lessons he studied at the fine arts academy in the capital sofia in 1956 he fled eastern europe 1st going to vienna and then paris to find his own artistic direction he began rapping cans and bottles and in 1968 became known to the wider german public with an 85 metre high tower filled with air the documenter arctic submission in castle crystal always financed his project himself refusing to be influenced by sponsors. coming from paul mccartney i will never never do something well some reason i wouldn't call it it's because i like to do it i have

in stoppable urge to do this project cristo lights the spectacular he hung a giant orange curtain across the valley in colorado to give a new appreciation of the landscape the scale of his projects was often huge he put up a 40 kilometer long night on fence in california and surrounded entire islands with fabric off the coast of miami another aspect of his work with stacking barrels like with his installation the wall in germany is over how. emerge saic built from 13000 barrels christo heartworms had to cover a new york skyscraper one train that will now go unfulfilled. and the reminder now of the top story we're following for you donald trump a warns he will crack down on violent protests following the death of an african-american man and being held by a white police officer speaking at the white house the u.s. president says law and order must prevail. here watching d.w.

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