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subscribe to the documentary. this is g.w. news that live from berlin police fired 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 crespigny to his next day says donald trump addresses the nation threatening to deploy the military into cities and to stop violent demonstrations if needed. first. 'd the word
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it. over the word good meanwhile george lloyd's brother terence urges mourners to turn their outrage into peaceful action against police brutality. and in the bundesliga light fish look to send them to their chances of a spot in the champions league and a 6 goal thriller against cologne. i'm claire richardson welcome to the show 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 at the site of his death in minneapolis members of his family paid tribute to him with a call for unity and peace. cheeriness
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flew late crumbles under the weight of tremendous loss 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. oh well. oh. oh oh oh oh oh oh a week later terrence is here to memorialize his brother and to ask protestors to to manchester is the right way. to. drop. the. feet. where was i now. over. want to.
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propel not only our marker no matter what no. crying out don't want that left but wherever men are right. we will form a left obsesses over. the left so this is only right protest 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 of the been plagued with destruction and that u.s. president donald trump has taken a combative tone. if
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a city or state receives is to take the actions that are in this a surge of decision the lives and property of their residents i will deploy the united states military and quickly solve the problem for. derek child and since dismissed from the police charges floyd herder on friday but his brother says that's not enough. he wants all of the officers involved arrested and charged i just want to hurt us and. oh. 1 well the 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
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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 breaking the curfew and you can see the police cars here on the over the side but we know that the 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 are not going to stop the via. elam's he calls the
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violent protests act of domestic terrorism and even though he mentions 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 to you may have expected you know the message that could unify this nation nation and calm down the situation. all these anti-racist protests and trumps 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 there are some people within the administration some of his advisers are concerned that the president's inability to strike the right tone to unite than they should to send the right message may hurt his reelection chances but at the same time he
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himself seems to believe that stressing that she isa law and order a pull president would help him to get reelected however if you're 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 incidents too often lead to violent protests and don't create political change terence floyd a spoke in minneapolis at the spot where his brother died a week ago an independent autopsy has found floyd died as police restrained him compressed his neck one police officer has been charged with 3rd degree murder and 3 other officers have been fired. well let's bring in the ones in minneapolis
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for more jeff and 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 police brutality against black people what is the mood like where you are right now. it's quite jubilant very loose so to speak people. for a good time it's not a party don't get me wrong they're still very committed chanting george lord's name i can't breathe the. typical battle cries which we have witnessed all week long the curfew here in minneapolis has been shrunk it has been made short of a curfew not. 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 through here and across the united
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states for the last week. this is the spot where george floor it's actually done 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 of police department entirely when they would go in here so that's not to be expected but were 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 lot of kids family but people from all walks of life and all its their cities and all colors like asian americans african-americans
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white people latinos everybody. again and it's a changing slightly so the younger people now there's more people dressed in black coming up now but still goods good mood or all around and all 4 and in the memory of george. bush on we've also heard that a fresh autopsy has ruled flights to 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 the floor 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
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autopsy reports so clearly he died here because of those actions by those policeman and people here we said well we knew that all along. they used to fund the mines in minneapolis thank you for your reporting. well 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 forcing it to house and the jordie of its programs in yemen as the country deals with the ongoing conflict the coronavirus 10 demick. the democratic republic of congo has reported new cases of the death the a bowl of virus the health ministry says 4 people have died in the northwest of the country just as it was poised to declare the latest outbreak over it comes as the
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country battles the coronavirus with over $3000.00 confirmed to kay says. 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 ball even as russia continues to record at record numbers of new coronavirus cases. the flagship german airline is one step closer to fulfilling conditions to receive a multibillion euro state aid package the trans a supervisory board of voted to accept conditions imposed by the european commission they included giving up some landing rights at major airports the demands must now be approved by shareholders. well beyond as they go fans were treated to a 6 goal bonanza and monday's clash between cologne and our. visitors life's h. were hoping to get their title bit of back on the right track after
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a draw against hearts on match day 28 was a good thing then their strikers were on top form and this match. some games deserve an audience unfortunately stuffed toys were the only spectators for this one as the billy goats played host to leipzig. the goal 1st got off to a quick start quarter of a rifle total on the rebound off the 7 minutes. or so the hosts. likes it drew level off to 20 minutes patrick should head that gets him the better of t.v. . the chicks night goal of the campaign. christopher can conclude gave the visitors the lead with this q. short time. and the possible match from leipzig keep a piece of glass she sent team over them a clear goal in the 2nd period. germany international jewry slipped.
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this 25th goal of the season. to come much simpler i miss. school there i want to go and see more test with the twinkle toes and the 1st right finish to make it 3 to 50 minutes. to last she left with no chance from a stunning efforts. like sink put the game to bed 2 minutes later. danielle though with the rebound from a cold. choked up. full to the final score like to get it so it's all bid back on track with that much needed 3 points. and or a minder of our top story this hour donald trump warns he will crack down on violent
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protests following the death of an african-american man is being held by a white police officer speaking at the white house the u.s. president says law and order must prevail. here watching the news from burlesque remember you can keep up to date with all the latest on our web site at stu w dot com i'm kyra just send thanks so much for joining us. to . do the dream over night. as cleaners do you see the face of. the job since room for the social media industry. in the uk there are some thousands of
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