i the secret police are struggling here. this is g.w. new saliva from berlin and donald trump supporters gather in tulsa oklahoma for the u.s. president's 1st campaign rally in more than 3 months the location and timing of the rally have sparked controversy after weeks of anti-racism demonstrations across the country also coming up china unveils details of a new national security law being drafted for hong kong critics fear it will crush

freedoms that are seen as key to hong kong status as a global financial center. m k richardson welcome to the show we start in the united states where thousands of people are gathering in tulsa oklahoma for president donald trump's 1st campaign rally in more than 3 months the city was the site of a massacre that was one of the country's deadliest white attacks on black communities almost a century ago the date of the trump rally was moved back a day after an uproar that it was originally scheduled for june 13th which marks the end of slavery in the united states the event is taking place despite warnings from health officials about spreading the corona virus. and i'm joined now by correspondent stephanie simons who is in tolson outside the arena where the rally

is scheduled jeff on what's going on where you are now. well we're not quite at the arena yet and let me show you what's going on here so this is the checkpoint for the press and behind those white tents is actually where the grounds are where trump supporters are streaming in by the sounds and stewards of the arena of course and i step back in the picture and let you show what's going on the site here he is the press now waiting in line for i would say another hour or so then they can pay and will let us in to what's the ground into the arena slash into the forefront of the arena and we can actually tell you what's happening there then until then we're kind of stuck here and i have to say so far what we experience was all peaceful the security perimeter here around the arena and for the president this is a benz there's a lot of law enforcement here all agencies secret service f.b.i. oklahoma perfect wrist acacias local police metropolitan the sheriff's department

of the county the national guard here right behind me a.t.f. and what could go on and on and on so everything so far are from supporters following the health guidelines. that's my props for this live shot here nobody we have seen or as i would say like 90 percent 90 percent of the term supporters and the people who came to tulsa to support the president to see the president wearing masks they're getting mess handed to their hand outstations where they get this infect and where they get their temperature taken and where they get mess but we saw a lot of grab and stash like take the mask and put it away lot of people who are convinced that covert 9000 is actually a hoax they they just refuse to see the danger they're in by not wearing a mask and not keeping social distancing standards and there is no social distancing near and far you know what's or ever. and that of could of course cause

problems for people who are not wearing masks i understand you spoke to some people are only are about why they chose not to wear them what can you tell us about that well exactly we talk to those people and maybe we should listen in for what they say if you will see they're quite adamant covert 19 not for them i think we've been told so many different things about how did not contain the. thing or by just kind of tired of it really. so you're not concerned about your health or the health of all somebody else you meet here and that's the next i'm pretty healthy i haven't heard anybody sneezing or coughing or anything i haven't heard any symptoms like any other pandemics and you compare stats on this a lot worse yet it's pretty funny here and you're right it's true so if we well we didn't we didn't do all this up or for all the other presidents you know and saying so i just don't see why i would act any different this. of course trump supporters aren't the only ones there are police worried about any clashes between anti and

pro trump people. i think that the city is of course where e about this war reach perhaps there is a protest scheduled for late in the afternoon from like lives matter and other groups but those are registered protests and they are placed miles away from the campaign here from the rally so there is a lot of concern that this might get out of hand this is might get clashes between black lives matter protesters and the police law enforcement or even with trump supporters but law enforcement and everybody else is doing pretty much everything to avoid that so it's too early to tell how this will play out but so far all peaceful stuff on simon's in tells us thank you. meanwhile on the other side of the fence of the debate over how to achieve racial justice continue i'm joined now by our reporter who's been taking a look at the racial reckoning sweeping america today good to have you here what

have you been seeing well i mean these past weeks we've seen you know a debate about police for 4 and we've seen debates about whether remove statues of former slave owners but we've also seen a debate about the toppling of statues of a different time we're talking about books and movies branson even that are themselves kind of a monument to our races past one example is the popular breakfast that's not only known for its makes maple syrup it's also known for its controversial mascot you know when the product debuted in 1909 and to my mom was on the character at the time a popular racist caricature that depicted black women as happy to serve their white masters and in fact on to mine a ritually hired a former slave to serve as a company's living trademark so this week quaker oats the company that owns. finally announced that it will retire the brand essentially saying that there's no room for racism in its lineup and what are some steps other companies have been taking what we see in the u.s.

we've seen several companies including nike for instant. making juneteenth so in the 1000 that was yesterday the official you know the date the marks the actually the end of slavery making that day a paid company holiday the german sportswear giant deed is has gone even a step further saying that it will make all its new hires or 30 percent of its new hires at least people of color if we go to europe and britain. a place that has a long and very troubled history with colonialism and. lloyd of london's has now come out saying that it will pay reparations for its role in the transatlantic slave trade and of course is not just companies that are you know partaking in this debate we're also seeing a lot of countries especially here in europe that are steeped in colonialism where politicians are now entering the fray for instance the dutch prime minister mark

what is an out against the long standing in highly controversial black people tradition where essentially you know around christmas time white people dress up in or wear black or black face and parade through the streets highly controversial prime minister what it did stop short of saying that you'll ban it so there's still a long way to go but you know we are at least seen the 1st steps of kind of a racial reckoning or an attempt to right to racial wrongs if you will so baby steps in the right direction would you say yeah i mean you know a lot of these steps have definitely been welcomed by people of color no question about it but for many also this sudden sea change that where all of this and we're now seeing from from a lot of these countries like this that a lot of these countries always an incredibly woke to racism it does come with a bitter aftertaste i mean let's be honest. as tragic as the death of george float

is it's not new revealing. i think we didn't already know and to claim that his death was somehow the big guy you are. what made all these companies always don't realize that there's a problem with racism is just you know to many it seems so painfully unbelievable almost to the point of being impossible and so you know people of color been calling out on him i'm a few years. down the black people for decades and they've been standing up for racial justice you know for ages and so many are asking what took so long and i think it's a fair question if we don't see more than if this just ends up being a hollow then frankly george floyd will have died for nothing. thank you for your analysis. let's go now to some other stories making news this hour a u.s. court has allowed the publication of a book a by former national security advisor john bolton denying an injunction requested

by the white house to prevent its release president trump reacted to the decision by saying a bold senate would pay a quote big price the book will be published on tuesday. anti-racism demonstrators have held protests across the u.k. for a 4th weekend protesters marched here in london and in other cities despite a ban on large gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic a leader of the black lives matter protests in london demanded a meeting with british prime minister boris johnson. east africa is bracing for a 3rd outbreak of desert locusts they're threatening food supplies in a region reeling from damaging rains as the coronavirus the migratory past have descended on the area in record numbers since late last year despite the use of pesticides. china has unveiled more details about a new national security law being drafted for hong kong it says beijing will set up

a new national security bureau in hong kong supervised by the central government to crackdown on dissent in the city critics say it means an end to the region's autonomy and the relative political freedom. well earlier we spoke with correspondent much yes but i got in beijing and he sent us this assessment from what we've seen today this new law is as far reaching as many have fear that the hong kong government will create a national security agency headed by the chief executive and that agency will also appoint the judges that deal with national security cases moreover beijing will create its own agency in the city that will be responsible for intelligence gathering but that can also take over cases of national security so on the basis of crimes that are not narrowly defined at least from what we've seen today beijing can interfere whenever it sees it necessary to deal with what it sees as

infringements of national security. the number of people insect it with corona virus in a meat processing plant in northwest germany has now jumped to 1029 up from 803 the day before despite efforts by officials the outbreak made headlines in germany because it's the 2nd major virus hotspot at a german slaughterhouse and it reveals major industry wide shortcomings with subcontracted workers being subjected to terrible working and living conditions. with more than a 1000 confirmed cases of corona virus the outbreak at the turn years meat processing plant has now become the biggest and germany's most populous state and with the situation worsening the military has been called in to help test plant workers all of the companies 6500 employees are now in quarantine and about a half have been tested the district commissioner says they are working around the

clock to get the situation under control. almost to the highest priority in the district of good to slow remains the prevention of any further spirit of the virus and to avoid a shutdown. authorities have complained however that the operators of europe's largest meat processing plant have been making their job difficult by not providing relevant employee information. the head of the crisis management team says he's lost all faith in the meat packing company. i want to say clearly that the trust we have an attorney has company is 0 i have to say this clearly. however he was quick to point out that employees working in the factory were not to blame for they cope with positive status we want to. support and our solidarity and they will receive this from our mobile teams who will offer them support partners so

that they're not alone. and i can see that sentiment was directed at many people in the local community unnerved and frustrated with the ongoing situation. this is serious it's catastrophic we'll all just have to suffer again we don't offer shutdowns coming and whether it will affect us it's not nice. yup it could be that they should have started testing earlier with so many people working there don't know. how to go on. with the situation threatening to spiral out of control authorities have closed the factory for 14 days. you're watching the news and here's a reminder of our top story at this hour donald trump supporters gather in tulsa oklahoma for the u.s. president's 1st campaign rally in more than 3 months the location and timing of the rally have sparked controversy after weeks of anti-racism demonstrations across the country. you're watching your nearest i'll be back with more news headlines in the

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