this is. from berlin after more than a week of unrest in the us president don't trump ends his silence and stages a show with power if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents then i will deploy the united states military and quickly solve the problem for them. then ordered a crackdown on peaceful protesters just outside the white house to make way for a controversial photo. across the country police also taking aim at journalists

covering the protests plus the already ravaged by war yemen is on the verge of collapse from the coronavirus pandemic international donors have pledged more than a $1000000000.00 in aid but it's less than half of what is needed to stave off a catastrophe. goff it's good to have you with us protests saluting the mass arrests a wave of unrest in cities across the united states has entered its 8th day and it has turned deadly at least 6 people have died in violence connected to the protests 5 police officers have been shot the killing of an african-american man in police custody in minneapolis last week kicked off peaceful demonstrations many now overshadowed by by alliance u.s. president. trump is valid to deploy the military if the violence is not reined in

critics including democratic opponent joe biden have slammed trump for fanning the flames of heat rather than leading a country in crisis. president trump chose the rose garden at the white house for a speech that was to become a show of force his response to the unrest gripping the nation in the weeks since george floyd was killers. if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents then i will deploy the united states military and quickly solve the problem for them i am also taking swift and decisive action to protect our great capital washington d.c. . that's chump was speaking the d.c. police were making good on that promise.

several 1000 demonstrators had gathered peacefully pretty legal protest in lafayette park across from the white house. on the streets of the u.s. capitol. backed up by mounted police offices. there the protesters with standing in the way of the u.s. president i take these actions today with firm resolve and with a true and passionate love for our country by far our greatest days lie ahead. thank you very much and now i'm going to pay my respects to a very very special place to trump's destination st john's church also across the road from the white house it was damaged by fire in unrest on sunday once there he had the bible aloft but the trump paying his respects didn't involve praying. they

were great but it's not good. to see what's going on it's coming back it will be back. to people greater than ever before the pro mice the future greatness and the photo op trumps walkabout has already drawn shot criticism from his likely contender in november presidential battle peaceful protesters. disturbed in order for a president. oppression from the doorstep of the people's house the white house using tear gas 'd and flash grenades learned this stage photo all we can be forgiven for believing the president is more interested in power then in principle and the bishop of sin jones. said she was outraged by trump's of a state calling protest sacred and accusing trump of using the holy scripture as a quote symbol of division. was full in our washington bureau chief now i would

center for norman she is standing by near the white house good afternoon to you alexandra we just saw trump in that report threatening military action just short of declaring martial wall tell me would he have the authority to bring in the army against americans. when you phrased the question this way then of course you would see it cannot be that the president of the united states would have this authority but the president has the authority to invoke the so-called insurrection act. that would allow him to deploy the you asked the military and civil disorder or rebellion or revolution and that's a happens a few times in american history last time $992.00 during the riots and unrest in los angeles however normally this states would request the help of the

you asked military so far no governor has done so and trump in theory could do it against the state however if they are planning a rebellion against a federal government or a no it's. capable of ending the violence however that would be politically very risky and also possibly un convention unconstitutional and there are pentagon officials even that are criticizing this those threats saying that they would sell their escalates the situation and i talked to many protesters who are now behind us because there is apparently a group of police officers of or a park police gathering and many of them told me that they are really fear that to those strengths or the decision to deploy the u.s. army would ask allay the situation and they are so upset and angry that the president apparently as they say don't care about. the root cause of the process police brutality and racial disparities in the u.s.

very good point the point is that the president did not mention yesterday when he spoke in the rose garden we heard. the presumptive democratic presidential nominee today say that the president is more interested in power but in principle he's accusing and i'm quoting here fanning the flames of hate how is all of that playing with trump's supporters. well we know that the die hards from supporters they love the president and it doesn't matter what he does on say or says because of course they don't believe the media they don't listen to his critics so they left and especially when he presents himself as a president of law and order what he did which he did yesterday he has also a strong christian base and he seems at that moment to focus on his christian supporters and that's why probably this photo op yesterday when he was holding

a bible and posing for photos in front of the sense jones church today he visits this st joe john paul the second's national shrine and after that he signed an executive order to advance international religious freedom and all of that is of course meant to show the space his christian base and that he is advancing they their interest and he's appearance at this and at jones church was was criticised by many religious leaders spiced some about some of and jelly cool pastors said that they were police with this and that they were happy with the president however but not addressing the root cause of the projects he's also risking to loose on the very important voter groups such as suburban women and independent voters who could be very important in the vendor that's very good points. to the white house in

washington alexander thank you. and here the big table with me now is my colleague the reporter stacy bit and she is following developments in the u.s. so you see this unrest that we're seeing it has turned violent at times you've got hundreds of people who've been arrested there how strong would you say is public support for the protesters say that public support remains strong especially among the black community because they realize that there is a tale of 2 americas the one that we are taught about where we have the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness and then the america that we as black people experience every day and it doesn't matter what your social economic status is your education is and this is something that experience firsthand i grew up in a predominately white middle class neighborhood in chicago both of my parents are educators on paper i realized to certain people that i see proper and non-threatening that you feel invisible to the white people around you i didn't

feel invisible but i felt that. they didn't understand what my plight was and they didn't care and they didn't care because it's not incumbent on them in their minds to try to integrate in my world it was incumbent upon me to integrate and there. have been attacks against the police during this unrest and what we know about them well yeah we've seen like you said most of the protest have been peaceful but there have been pockets of violence popping up across the united states clashes between protesters and police sometimes police have been the victims of that and we have some video of a police officer in the bronx new york who was mauled over by run driver and so far there's been no arrests and. but that's the thing right if a police officer is injured and they find out who that person is that person will

have to pay for their crime what black americans and white allies are saying is that black to people deserve the same kind of protection and that's what george floyd did not have it's a good point we have seen moments also of solidarity between the protesters and the police you and i were talking about just before we went on the air i mean it is happening yes it is happening and it looks great i mean an activist and journalist like myself really appreciate seeing it. police crossing that blue lie and say and announcing what happened to george floyd and marching with protestors and taking a knee but when you talk to activists who have been following since before a month aubrey and before michael brown where have you where were your voices where have you been this is something that's been going on for a long time and while we're about the police act

actions are appreciated now. it's been a long time. coming and does that mean that it's going to be fleeting how long will it last you can understand when there is a significant level of doubt there because as you say where was it when when the black community needed it before it's a very good point stacy bit as always thanks we appreciate your reporting thank you . all right let's take a look now at other stories that are making headlines around the world germany's foreign minister has insisted that journalists must be allowed to do their job safely when reporting on the unrest in the u.s. . is common scame after a correspondent was shot at twice by police with rubber bullets in minneapolis over the weekend moss also expressed sympathy for peaceful protesters britain's queen elizabeth was seen in public over the weekend for the 1st time since the country went into lockdown the photos emerged of the monarch writing a pony on the grounds of her windsor castle residence horseback riding is one of

her favorite pastimes even at the age of $94.00. international donors have promised $1300000000.00 in aid to yemen but the united nations says that's half the required target to avoid severe cutbacks 5 years of war there between who the rebels and a saudi military alliance have left 80 percent of the population reliant on food aid with the corona virus spreading in the country the u.n. mourns it's a race now against time to prevent another catastrophe. the task of digging fresh green since fallen to children the death toll in the port city of aden is said to have quintupled the corona virus is spreading rapidly in yemen the health care system is on the verge of collapse just a few clinics are still open there's an under supply of medicine disinfectants intensive care unit beds and above all doctors so we're hearing stories of people coming to health facilities it is stress free thing and i tear just in so

a been turned away simply because there's nothing that the cities can do because i have no money and no star yemen at the edge of the abyss after 5 years of war between who the rebels had to sell the military alliance the infrastructure has been destroyed and hygenic conditions are catastrophic some 16000000 people including 2000000 children are starving and now face the coronavirus u.n. funding is running out. of virtual conference for donors led by saudi arabia and including $65.00 other benefactors plans to fill that gap. but as a warring party the saudis have also been accused of crimes. i honesty including the un have documented dozens and dozens of unlawful attacks air strikes that have targeted medical facilities hospitals here in their own holds shooting continues even as donations are collected what may be the world's greatest

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