this is live from berlin the u.s. pays homage to legend of the civil rights movement for one last time the casket of john lewis crosses the bridge in selma alabama where his journey from rights protester to congressman began 55 years ago we're live in alabama for.

a michael oku welcome to the program again we start in the united states where the body of the late civil rights icon john lewis is to be carried across the edmund pettus bridge in selma alabama in a special ceremony which is about to start it was on this bridge that lewis and other civil rights marchers were beaten 55 years ago what was to become bloody sunday a key event in the fight for voting rights for african-americans we want to show you live pictures now where mourners should begin to gather on that bridge there you see the pictures outside across from the bridge where lewis his body is supposed to be carried across. causing you to see these live pictures we're seeing mourners gathered near the casket of lewis to be carried across the edmund pettus bridge in

a highly symbolic ceremony this was the side of a conflict and war days as i mentioned was called bloody sunday and march 7th 1965 police attacked and brutally beat civil rights movement demonstrators as they were attempting to march across the bridge to the state capital montgomery. his death brought the capitol to a standstill flags flew at half mast silence on the house floor as representatives paid their respects john lewis his last public appearance was at the black lives matter protests in june it's a cause he fought for throughout his entire adult life. lewis was part of the civil rights movement in the 1960 s. and a close associate of martin luther king jr. in 1965 lewis helped lead a march across a bridge at the town of selma alabama which was brutally suppressed by the police

louis sustained a broken skull. national outrage at the violence led to equal voting rights for blacks within months 50 years later it was revisited the site with the country's 1st black president barack obama. we were beaten. some of us was left lady right here and this. 17 about the hospital ours. but we never became bitter or hostile we kept believing that are truly stewart far would have the final say. in his 17 terms as a congressman lewis often acted as the moral conscience of the country the vote is

an opportunity to be on the right find a district in the event chance to cast a vote by the people of the people and for the people and icon of the civil rights movement lewis remains a hero to a black community experiencing discrimination to this day. be but his compassion was not limited to one cause all of us in 2018 he fought against the trump administration's executive order some parading immigrant children from their parents the border thank you some of these young children may never ever see them other again that's not right it's not fair and it's not just this mural in atlanta georgia is a place where people come to express their grief and pay their respects in life as in death john lewis looms large. that's quest now to selma alabama well cal gas it from detroit public radio is standing near the edmund pettus bridge kyle

really appreciate your joining us for this ceremony this ceremony must be charged with emotion tell us what you're experiencing there yes michael you know today the bridge has been transformed there are floral arrangements and there have been rose petals that have been scattered across the bridge where louis is going to set to right over and today many of those in attendance are spontaneously breaking into freedom saw him songs at the civil rights marches often saying together so while this is reflective occasion it's also a joyous one as we celebrate understand lewis is like. we've heard a little about the historic significance of this bridge tell us about its connections specifically to. well as you heard in that piece before the this bridge was a moment in history in which congressman lewis kind of rose to the national national attention to national prominence as i understand it this bridge is much

but 165 narrow sidewalks the side of the bridge and so the large marchers as they cross had to walk by and lewis was of course picked to lead that group and you cannot see the other side until you reach the top of the bridge and so as they reach the top of the bridge and look down they saw a big group of alabama state troopers that were amassed there and who were given instructions to keep the cross or people marchers from crossing. any means necessary often violence and so whenever the violence started of course was among the 1st of the attacks so there literally was blood on this bridge that day in $65.00. you know our viewers around the world should know that that bridge has been made famous by that historic event is named after edmund paris who was a leader. who is a leader of the ku klux klan

a white supremacist how can that possibly be. well as of course there are many confederate monuments and confederate landmarks here across the south and in alabama and in 196565 horses for it had been named. a confederate general also a u.s. senator from alabama and of course he was a grand dragon in the ku klux klan which is a very high ranking member of that your contention and so forth to be such an ardent racist and such a divisive figure that is of course a problem today and there have been calls for this bridge to be remains and congressman lewis is. by reporting. the. original. love and respect. but they believe that keeping the bridge divisive figure only reinforces the trance

. so interesting. in selma alabama thank you so much for that. now to some other stories making news around the world at this hour protesters have clashed with police. racism demonstrations in the u.s. one person was killed in texas after shots were fired. demonstrators. police in california. threaten to send more federal agents to. the u.s. treasuries the trump administration supports extending enhanced unemployment benefits until the year's end. relief program at the end of july but republicans in the senate are divided over how much financial aid they're willing to provide.

australia state of victoria has recorded its highest daily death toll from the. 10 people died within 24 hours this despite a 2 week lockdown imposed in the state's largest city the state leaders. are due to workplace infections. a man has confessed to an arson attack. in france the blaze badly damaged the 15th century and destroyed its organs prosecutors say the suspect was a volunteer who worked in the cathedral. michael oku we're going to give you some more news now on north korea where the city of song near the border with south korea was under complete total not locked down after a person was found showing symptoms of covert 19 now leader kim jong un called an emergency meeting on saturday if confirmed it would be the country's 1st official

kane's north korean state media say the person suspected of having the virus crossed illegally from south korea. for more i'm joined by josh smith a reuters correspondent in seoul south korea. i have to ask you 1st i mean if confirmed this would be the 1st case officially acknowledged by north korean authorities how credible is this well as with all things north korea claims of having no cases has been met with a lot of skepticism due to the lack of hard information coming out of north korea so there is a lot of skepticism but this isn't their 1st case that being said we also haven't had any firm cases otherwise so if this does in the turn out to be the case a lot of people expect them to potentially announce that they've had other cases as well which will be something that people are watching very closely josh in this

case has been linked to a person whom authorities claim defected to south korea 3 years ago and just returned back to north korea what if anything or we to make of that. well south korean officials have said that there is a good chance that someone recently returned across the border 5 border and they're checking into that but it is quite interesting folks that we've talked to know that this would potentially allow north korea to blame south korea rather than china for example for any outbreak in north korea at the same time they also know that it could allow the north korea to see bass if it decides to accept aid that's been offered by south korea basically framing it as kind of a form of compensation for south korea's role allegedly in sparking an outbreak in north korea josh smith no doubt we'll be hearing more about this case from you

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