this is the dublin years live from the land in the u.s. the public gets a last chance to pay their respects to george floyd a day before a private funeral thousands file past the casket of the african american whose death while in police custody sparked protests around the world we'll hear from our correspondent in houston also coming up a tricky job begins in paris moving damage scaffolding from around the capital of not trying to make a mistake and everything might come tumbling down. i'm

told me a lot of both thanks for joining us we begin in the united states where thousands have paid their last respects to george floyd the black man who died under the knee of a white police officer in minneapolis a 6 hour public viewing of the casket has taken place at the fountain of praise church in houston texas where he was raised and lived before moving to minneapolis several years ago the funeral service will be held on chuse day george floyd's killing has sparked protests across america and around the world. news all of us at it is at the fountain of praise church all over houston is the city where george floyd grew up do the people mourn him as one of their own. told me if you look at the amount of people who came here then you. yes so the

whole area surrounding the church was just and with traffic jams thousands of people lined up here today to get into the fountain of praise church to take a last look a glimpse on on george floyd the body was laid out here throughout the day so thousands of people but not only members of the black community also a lot of people who joined the black lives matter movement as we've seen already in recent days and weeks and not only in the united states but also internationally so it was a very sad day but i heard many people say also that they were hopeful and there is that george floyd did not die in vain but let's listen in because i had the opportunity today to speak to some of the visitors here. well this is them important in our world 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'm in came from nowhere no one would have never known him no education i mean even the high school in some college but he's a man and he just a simple man and he rose from back to today with what you see which is often he died in the hour that big if you know the night light that big if the right to remain in its various right and we have the honor and he's down here in the city to lay that man to rot in power here why 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. views of people paying their respects the vice president joe biden is also expected in in houston all about. that's right and it also shows that there is a political dimension to the death of george floyd he early a man. with the family members of george floyd after you know his

approval ratings have been going out he's also trying to capitalize on that of course he's been the vice president under the 1st black american president barack obama so he is quite popular among black voters and he needs the black vote of course as every democratic candidate needs the black vote to win the presidency so of course it was very much appreciated today by the family in the black community that he came that it was his 1st long trip by the way since the pen demick began but of course also there's a little bit of election campaign in his visit. biden's colleagues the democrats are proposing reforms of the police in the u.s. tell us more about that. right so the democrats in the house of representatives today unveiled a really comprehensive reform package for reforming the police and there are many

aspects to that but perhaps one of the most important points here made is called that they want to ban this show called in the choke hold is that when a police officer puts his knee on an apprehended person that eventually led to the death of george floyd that this would be prohibited under the under the plans of the democrats also smaller police stations across the country would have to report for say when they use force to the federal government so it would be a lot more transparent of course and that would certainly be very much in the interest of course of the black life matters movement but also the democrats here are trying to show that they are able to act swiftly we are nearing the election day in november ok. thank you. a judge in minneapolis set bail at $1250000.00 for a former police officer who was charged with 2nd degree murder in georgia floyd's

death that's after derek children made his 1st court appearance on monday by video link children's lawyers accepted the bail towns which include no contact with floyd's family or working in a law enforcement capacity is also not allowed to leave the state of minnesota and must surrender all files. earlier correspondent stephanie simons spoke to us from our washington bureau about what's at stake in these court proceedings. everything and nothing and let me explain everything because the everton american community in minneapolis pacifically had asked for was adamant about a strong charge against their shelf and not 30 agree murder but 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 'd 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 very way way

way bigger right now all across the united states just respect to mr floyd. stephens in the speaking from our washington bureau. now president donald trump has rejected calls to defund or dismantle u.s. police departments in the wake of george floyd's death it comes after minneapolis lawmakers pledged to dismantle the city's police force whose formal officers have been charged with a lead role in floyd's death calls to defund the police have become integral to the protest movement in the u.s. at a white house meeting trump voiced his support for the country's law enforcement. there won't be defining there won't be dismantling of our police. they're not going to be any disbanding of our police our police have been letting. live in peace so we want to make sure we don't have any bad actors in there and sometimes you see some horrible things like we witnessed recently but 99 i say 99.9 but let's go with

99 percent of them great great people and they've done jobs that are record setting records now for some other stories making news around the world 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 and a great crime carol says she's yet to be informed of the move which would see the number of u.s. troops stationed here dropped from more than 34000 to no more than 25000. in the united states areas around 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 on 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 on the permanent israeli control while granting palestinian . in the rest of the territory. because in paris have begun dismantling scaffolding some of which melted during the fire. last year restoration work was going on when the blaze broke out now about $200.00 tons of metal must 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. has been supervising the work from the start. because it when it does this is a difficult stage yes the climbers have to do their work in a very unstable position we had 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 note reconstruction poured in reaching a total of almost $1000000000.00 euros the french president promised that no top down will be rebuilt within 5 years is that realistic. we can do it here and we have to do it quickly because the rain and wind 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. sports now on the apparel make nike assigned one of the biggest names in women's football to

a 10 year endorsement deal winning over. from rival business magazine forbes calls it the latest step towards gender parity for nike was the 1st ever winner of the door women strong. as the best player in soccer but things have slowed down of the women's game in general not least because of the coronavirus. 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 about the football as a whole is suffering a lot can picture so how much they're going to suffer so looking at historical aspect is always their weakest link that's going to suffer the most. in this subject i think we are the weakest on this 2 years after being crowned the best in the game hagar briggs world today is not just about getting back to being a prolific score but also about bringing the women's game to parity with a man'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 p. issues but conditions in the sport right down to old facilities and lousy dressing rooms. we're not talking about the same amount on one like in the men's game but a small piece of the cake in order to. the professionals in orange get the best out of ourselves 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 furthers her own cards but hagar bergen says the precarious situation for women's football in the coronavirus era is because she cares about most. manchester city hoping to overturn their 2 year ban from playing in the lucrative european champions league the english premiership clubs case of the court of arbitration for sport began on monday european football's governing body banned man city in february for breaking financial fair play rules they face losing tens of millions of euros in prize money as well as a battle to hold on to some of their best players the closed hearing a shuttle to take place over 3 days. is a reminder of our top story. thousands of people have paid their final respects to

george floyd whose death while in police custody has sparked protests around the world his funeral will take place on tuesday in houston texas where he grew up. this is the news remember to keep up to date with all the nation's views on our website he doesn't dot com follow us on instagram and twitter as well as any as i'm told me a local things that are. kind of a middle man did not complete the 2nd season of only good for. the planet on the brink of disaster we did a long in-depth interview with experts about one question how do we change our. only.