this is live from berlin tonight in the u.s. the last chance for the public to bid farewell to george florey throngs of people are filing by the casket of the african american whose death in police custody sparked protests around the world we'll get the latest from houston texas also coming up tonight a tricky job begins in removing damage scaffolding from around the cathedral don't make a mistake and the whole thing might come tumbling down. it's

good to have you with us we begin tonight in houston texas where thousands are lining up to pay their last respects to george floyd the man whose death in police custody in minneapolis and sparked global protests a 6 hour public viewing of the casket is taking place at the fountain of praise church in houston texas that is where floyd was raised and where he lived before moving to minneapolis several years ago the funeral service will be private and is scheduled for tuesday. and. he is at the fountain of praise church in houston texas good afternoon to you all over she used to it is the city where george floyd grew up it's the city where he's going to say a final goodbye the people there are they mourning him in. one of their own.

well it looks like it brant simply if you look at the amount of people that are attending today's public viewing here at the fountain of praise church the lines of very long thousands are expected to throughout the day here there's a lot of traffic jam in the surrounding area and you know people waiting to get in side of the church where the body of george floyd is laid out people want to bid farewell and pay their final respects to them of course and not only members of the black community by the way also white people. who are supporting the black life matter movement as we've seen also in other countries not only in the united states in recent days and weeks now. of course the atmosphere is a sad one but there's also some optimism but let's just listen in because i have the chance to speak to some of the people attending today's public viewing. this is

them important in our world 'd and i feel bad it is necessary for me to be here i'm born as a human being for the human race and then being an african-american man it is i wouldn't miss this for the world i mean came from nowhere no one would have never known him no education i mean he's been a high school in some college but he's a man and he just the simple man and he rose from back to today. which is often the guide in our big if the night lie that big if the right to remain in history it's right and we have the honor if he's down here to lay that man to rot in power white people have the luxury of assuming the police are good in assuming the police are on their side but the reality is that black people don't have that luxury in america. an emotional day for the people in the public but there is also

a political dimension to all of this presidential hopeful joe biden we understand he is traveling to houston today why. that's right in the political dimension a brand starts with the approval ratings of president drum going down of all he handled the pandemic over how he handled the protests and the riots here in the united states following the death of george floyd and at the same time joe biden's approval ratings going up so now he is trying to support the black community by coming here by visiting the family members of george floyd giving them his sympathies so let's also not forget joe biden is a respected person in the black community was the vice president of america's 1st black president barack obama and again we are in the middle of the election campaign so he certainly also trying to capitalize on that all right to use oversell in houston texas for this final public memorial service for george ford

all over thank you. a judge in minneapolis has set bail at $1250000.00 for the former police officer he's being charged with 2nd degree murder in georgia ford's death that's after derek jovan seen right here made his 1st court appearance today by video link show vns lawyers accepted the terms of the bail which include no contact with george ford's family no working in a law when force me capacity he is not allowed to leave minnesota and he has to surrender all of his firearm. earlier i spoke to him and said our washington bureau and i asked him just what is at stake in these court proceedings . everything and nothing and let me explain everything because the ever going american community in minneapolis pacifically had asked for and was adamant about a strong charge against their shelf and not 30 agree more about now a 2nd degree murder charge and that was very very important for people in

minneapolis who had a very strong opinion about the police of course the end of the justice system as being corrupt and. unequal to them through the african-american community in minneapolis so yes this is really really important that this pretrial hearing happened and even if mr sherman was only via video link in the in the court room there was a sigh of relief so to speak going through the community this is now actually really happening the bail is interesting $1000000.00 and all the restrictions you're just saying let's not forget the man is under suicide watch 24 hours 7 days a week because. authorities think he's actually in danger of taking his own life or harming himself given the situation of bail and giving up all his weapons no contact to the ford family of course all this. makes sense to to have those

restriction with the bail very important day for the african-american unity in minneapolis be also it doesn't matter really because the movement is the way way way bigger right now all across the united states you know disrespect to mr floyd. that was just a fun time is they're speaking with me earlier from washington here's some of the other stories and making headlines around the world this hour germany's defense minister says the u.s. government's reported plans to cut the number of its troops in germany by about a 3rd could weaken the nato alliance. or you see her right there says she's yet to be informed of the move which would see the number of u.s. troops stationed here drop from 34000 to no more than 25000 in the united states areas outside new orleans are underwater after tropical storm cristobal crashed ashore the storm made landfall over the weekend causing flooding and property

damage in other states it was downgraded to a tropical depression this monday hundreds of palestinians have rallied in the west bank city of ramallah to protest the israeli government's plan to annex parts of the occupied territory the plan would leave about a 3rd of the west bank under permanent israeli control while granting palestinians further all tanami in the rest of the territory. well here's a look now at some of today's coronavirus developments the european union health regulator is looking to fast track the approval of gilliatt sciences anti-viral drug rem deaths of deer as a potential coated 19 treatment here in europe new york city has begun reopening from a citywide shutdown that was imposed to battle the corona virus nearly 22000 residents of the big apple have died from the virus the u.k.'s 2 week self isolation rule for people arriving in the country is now in effect airlines have

watched legal proceedings against the government saying that the rule is a disproportionate step. workers in paris have begun dismantling scaffolding some of which melted during the fire at notre dame cathedral last year restoration work was going on when the blaze broke out about $200.00 tons of metal have to be removed. this is the most nerve wracking moment of the restoration you can only observe the work from a distance the big question is will the cathedral hold up over time mostly or should say has been supervising the work from the start. because it didn't that is a difficult stage but yes it's called the climbers have to do their work in a very unstable position we have to build a 2nd scaffold around the old damaged one to secure it this will prevent it from falling on the cathedral now we are dissembling the pipes one at

a time. the construction workers are 40 meters above ground as they saw off the old scaffolding piece by piece they have to remove 40000 individual parts all heavily damaged some of which melted in the huge fire in april 20 $9000.00 the images went viral donation for noted reconstruction poured in reaching a total of almost $1000000000.00 euros the french president promised that no taliban will be rebuilt within 5 years is that realistic. that we can do it here because and we have to do it quickly because the rain and wind will still pose a danger to the building. the corona crisis put a temporary stop to the construction work but this stage is set to be completed by the end of summer. by sports news now and the apparel maker nike has signed one of the biggest names in women's football to be 10 year indorsement deal. they go bad

from rival now business magazine forbes calls it the latest step toward gender parity for nike a go bag was the 1st ever winner of the women's trophy back in 2018 you may remember as the best player in soccer but things have slowed down for her and the women's game in general not least because of the corona. i the last years have been an adventure for french powerhouse leone's top score goals galore and the award as best in women's football. but in 2020 the glitz and limelight has been replaced by well a fair bit of drudgery higer burgers working her way back from the surgery in poznan the polish city where her husband plays pro ball professional women's football returns and that's no guarantee she figures to be ready by this fall. i mean when you see that the football as a whole is suffering

a lot can picture so how much. so how can our historic us. so is their weakest link going to suffer the most. in this subject i think we are the weakest of this 2 years after being crowned the best in the game hagar berg's world today is not just about getting back to being a prolific score but also about bringing the women's game to parity with the men's it's important enough to her that since 2017 she has controversy only not played for norway's national team. a means of protesting not just peer shoes but conditions in the sport right down to old facilities and lousy dressing rooms. we're not talking about the same amount of money like in the men's game but a small piece of the cake in order to. be professionals in order to get the best out of ourself in order to get the best product so i think it's tough times even

more tough times with the whole situation. she's considered the highest paid women's football player in the world and her 10 year deal with nike further is her own cause but hagar bergen sister precarious situation for women's football in the coronavirus era is the cause she cares about most. german bundesliga football where all sport hosted cologne in a heated a counter on sunday and even with social distancing outside of the stadium there was plenty of close physical contact inside a late flurry of goals meant the match up ended in a droll. the physicality was high between aus burke in cologne over 30 fouls occurred on the pitch midway through the 1st half aggression from colognes keeper led to a chance from the spot for outs were. t. mohan though kept his cool when it counted. pouncing to prevent outskirt from

taking the lead florian need to lesnar has missed 2 of his last 3 penalties in the but his leader in the 2nd half with less than 10 minutes left cologne brought in season striker anthony medevaced and the 32 year old made his presence felt. with this 3rd goal in his last 4 games to put the visitors ahead when he fired through the alcs berg defense but the lead would be short lived only lasting 3 minutes out of bergen possession from burgos cross finds philip max who slotted it home to level the score one all. max's 8th goal of the season a personal best. hausberg remain unbeaten in a club record 11 but his they get matches against cologne. you're watching the news live from berlin d w business is up next with ben physical an extraordinary stick around could write

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