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♪ anchor: think you for joining us. you are watching live from paris. here are the headlines. a new police shooting in the u.s.. a black man is fatally shot in his car in minnesota. his dying moments filled by his girlfriend and streamed live. this comes to days after the death of an african man killed at the hands of police officers. the conclusion of britain's chilcott report as fuels to the contentment over tony blair's decision to go to war.
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speaking to families of those who are killed. france and germany are one much away from the finals of euro 2016. their prolific offense will carry them against the world champs in tonight semifinals. we look at the german side of the story in just a moment. ♪ anchor: a black man was fatally shot by a police officer last night in a suburb of minnesota. the incident occurred while he was at a traffic stop and the aftermath was captured in a video from the front seat passenger, the girlfriend of the victim. this comes two days after another police shooting was captured on video. not one in louisiana.
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let's talk about the video that has emerged. talk us through this. >> it is a video. this is becoming part of a disturbing pattern in the u.s.. it isn't just that we hear about the shootings, often involving questionable behavior by police officers against black and unarmed suspects but they are filmed. recently, this was a traffic stop. car had been pulled over because it had a broken tail light in the back. each routine in the u.s.. but what happened next was anything but routine. the woman basically started to film the scene. the actual video opens on this graphic image that we will not show our viewers. it opens on the scene of the man she claims to be her boyfriend, wearing a t-shirt and he is led eight his arm is bloodied. he appears to be moving a little bit. he is moaning and still alive. she pans the camera straight
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onto her face and she begins to calmly narrate. let's listen a bit to the opening. he is licensed, he is carried. he is licensed to carry. he was trying to get his id out of his wallet from his pocket. he let the officer know that he having a firearm but was reaching for his wallet. and the officer just shot him. you told him to get his id and his drivers license. because thatditing is graphic images between when the camera pans over to her boyfriend slumped and luddy. he didn't want to show those images but the essence frames the entire incident there. some people say that she is eerily calm in the narration. she gives her version of the story. but clearly, you did hear her hadain that her boyfriend
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explained that he was licensed to carry a gun. this important. because there is a distinction made. an unarmed black man a shot as opposed to an armed lack man is shot. unarmed, it is seen as more of a horrific crime because this is a defenseless man. this man did apparently have a gun but she wanted to be clear in this video that this is a gun that he was licensed to carry. and we know that we have 300 million guns of circulating in the united states and that is an important point. she also tried to explain to the officer that when he reached, he was reaching for his registration and his license, not for his gun. we don't hear the officer's version until briefly, you heard the officer say "i told him to get his hands up." the prospect is that the officer panicked and confused. that the woman is very clear that this man was licensed to
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carry a gun and this is not what he was reaching for. the next thing that happens is the police take her out of the car. before doing that they say "keep your hands on the wheel. no worries. i will not move my hands" see next ahat we couple of minutes later there is a time when the video goes black . the sound comes back and we see her sitting in the back of a police car narrating what happens. br in the backseat of the police car. the police just shot my boyfriend for no apparent reason. my phone is about to die. they shot him. they shot him three times. >> we hear her several times through this video in a state of disarray. she is in shock and she clearly says -- oh my gosh, please don't
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tell me he is gone. please don't tell me my boyfriend went just like that. she is clearly in a state of shock and she keeps repeating that phrase. and there is an extremely poignant moment when you hear her daughter's voice, the young girl who we don't see in the video, sitting in the back of the car the whole time. and says at one point, and she is in the back of the car, she says i daughter is here with me and she witnessed the whole thing. to the end of the video there is a sequence when we hear her daughter's voice. and we hear the daughter saying, as her mother is in a state of it's ok mommy, it's ok mommy. i am right here with you. " an extremely poignant video. the video ends around 10 minutes or so. not justyou see is
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graphic, grizzly but extremely disconcerting in light of the fact that this is the latest in many videos. they are becoming too familiar. anchor: absolutely. this is the second fatal police shooting 48 hours ago in louisiana where an african-american man was fatally shot by police officers who were arresting him. butce say the man was armed it is unclear whether he was even reaching for the gun at the time he was shot. the justice department will be heading a civil right investigation. pinningolice officers alton sterling to the ground. six gunshots or heard moments later. outside, time i get they are throwing him on top of a car. from them they tasered him, a cop tackled him onto a vehicle
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and then they throw him on the ground. they got on top of him. "gone, gonescreamed gun." and then they shot him three times. >> this footage shows sterling lying on the ground dying as the police officer removes something from his pocket. the police that he was armed but no details were given. >> there is a lot we do not understand. you, ithis point, like him demanding answers. officers were wearing body cameras but police say they were dislodged during the struggle. >> black lives matter. all lives matter. >> this adds to a growing list of police shootings to black men in the u.s.
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in 2012 the organization "black lives matter" was set up after trayvon martin was shot. then michael brown was fatally shot by a police officer in missouri. around 200uge, protesters gathered outside the convenience store on wednesday to demonstrate against police brutality. that, timeo mention and again when these incidents happen and he videos emerge, lack people in the u.s. cannot be shocked by these videos. this is what their lives are. this is the reality of their daily lives. when people are more shocked. to make a saving generalization. of a retireddeos tennis star be tackled in new york because they didn't realize who he was. just the assumption that he is black. you are guilty by color. he saw a girl in a school in south carolina at high school
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and grabbed by the hair and cracked out of her chair and across the floor. he saw a pool party of black children being broken up in a suburb with a cop dragging a girl in her bikini across the lawn. everyone being panicked and not knowing what is going on. these scenes are becoming a disturbing staple in this world of iphones and capturing video. you wonder how many we have never heard about. one in three blacks killed by cops in 2015 were unarmed. least one killed at hundred two unarmed blacks in 2015. at a rate of twice a week. 37% of the u.s. unarmed people killed were black. 37% were black. 13% of the u.s. population. it makes you wonder, what is going on here? statistics aren't everything but it does raise questions.
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those questions are being asked by everyone. not just the african-american community. anchor: it has become a pattern of american life. one wonders whether it is something that will take off in the presidential campaign. something will talk about later with you. 13 years after britain invaded iraq, the official investigation hasn as the chilcott report concluded that work was not absolutely necessary at this time. other steps could have been taken. that was further fueled the deep resentment of many in britain. duncan woodside got the reaction of those who came out to hear the reaction of the report. antiwar campaigners pigot queen elizabeth ii center in westminster where the choke up report was made public. the usualn't just collection of left-wing militants. veterans of the iraq war were among the protesters.
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>> my job was to attack civilians in their homes. trash houses. seal their stuff and take their men away to be tortured. that is what i was involved in in iraq. this is the establishment report. they interview? politicians and generals. said hasthose people been crafted into something for public consumption. >> this is david. his grandson was shot and killed when serving in iraq. to westminster with his other grandson. he is encouraged by some of the findings. u.k. joined that beenbefore disarmament had happening. >> what we would have liked the
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report to address would have been the allegations of war crimes that went on for many years during the british invasion and occupation of iraq. there are hundreds of allegations. >> the report includes damning criticisms of tony blair. including a previously unpublished memo to george w. bush and months before the war. saying, i will be with you whatever the outcome. the outcome doesn't seem to be the whitewash that some campaigners have predicted. anchor: let's move on to football. who aree, even people not fans are paying attention. france has made it to the semifinals. they have a mountain to climb. they will champion germany. let's go over to our correspondent standing by we know that the france fans have a
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prolific offense and think they can pull it off. what is the atmosphere in berlin? take their football seriously and are very passionate. the atmosphere throughout this whole tournament has been electric. there have been fireworks going off and car horns beeping for every german fan. they will be upping the ante for this important semifinal this evening. there are public feelings across the country. the largest will be taking at the benefit gate. there are already fans milling about there. excited for the exciting game. anchor: i know the german press think germany will win. what do the fans actually think? >> defense i was speaking to this morning admitted they were nervous.
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they recognize that france is a strong team. a team that will be playing on its home soil. there are key players. not playing because of injury. and a suspension for this match. the german captain will be playing again after an injury so that is good news. also, the coach has been saying that he is confident in his team. he is confident of his new lineup. the german press, a lot of fighting talk. cautiouspundits are with their words. aey believe it will be victory for the men chaffed this evening. they think that germany is a team with world-class players. it has to be said, france has to make up for lost time. they have not beaten germany in decades.
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absolutely. the germans are well aware of that. france is very determined to win this and make up for lost time. germanyasn't asian since 1958. the germans feel that they want revenge. so france is out to win this. is playingid, france on home soil so we will have major support of their home fans. however, quick to warn france saying that since 1972, germany has played against a host of major tournaments nine times and it has beaten them nine times. so they are hoping to hear that they can make it a tense time tonight. anchor: kickoff in eight hours
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time. coming to us live throughout the day to tell us what the atmosphere is like at the gate in germany. the french president are paying tribute to the former prime minister -- our french politics editor joins us now. that is knowne widely. across the world. putting france, he was an important political figure. an important figure of the french left. and he was seen as a reformist. ways, thed in many president that never was. he was very gifted with politics but he was a socialist. someone who accepted a free market. result, he was never in the majority on the left. because the left has been tied to the communist party. they have marked this ideology
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that was partly socialist for many years. he was the first socialist president elected. he was allied with the communists. made him the prime minister. the problem is there is bitter animosity between that. so he has a lot of respect on the left and also on the right. we speak with people all across the aisle. anchor: he passed away several days of go. politicsserve french and can see traces of him in the current government. they often invoke his name and legacy. >> the one claiming his mantle
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for days now is the prime minister himself. he said he came of age in politics with him. there are pictures of a very young prime minister alongside him. we have seen the fight about the labor law performs in recent days on the streets of paris and he is claiming that this is what a reformist is supposed to be. obviously, this is not going down well with the rest of the french general public. and basically, next year's presidential election and the primary proceeding it on the left will determine whether he was able to win over the argument after his passing away. or if the traditional left still has the majority. anchor: yes, will he be
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vindicated after his passing? thank you very much. let's turn to business. we will start the business is today with more trouble in the u.k. proxy sector. >> seven major funds have now stopped investors from withdrawing funds. the aberdeen asset management became the latest to free the $3.2 billion fund. investors have been pulling their money out of commercial property prompting fears of a crash in the market. is goodare taking this news. aberdeen shares are up over 5%. we are seeing gains across the european markets with the midpoint in the trading day. home-building is a sector that has been hammered since the brexit referendum and we're seeing gains. we have had to do companies with contrasting fortunes. could be better than
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expected because of a drop in that. there will be a drag on consumer confidence that will continue to hurt sales. shares have been down more than 25% in the vote but they are up in trading today. -- marksness headlines & spencer's says be sales of its clothing has fallen by 9% in the last three months. the company says consumer confidence was damaged in the run-up to the referendum. he chief executive has been trying to revive the clothing arm. renault sawmaker record sales. mosts become the second popular car behind the volkswagen golf. they expect the positive trend to continue despite the uncertainty created by the referendum. >> the job situation in france
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might be improving but companies are putting percent of employees through their paces. >> as hiring picks up, those who hope to get mid-level or manager jobs are facing unusual tasks. this is no ordinary cooking class. a supermarket chain in france is looking to hire a manager. a plan on narrowing the field of candidates by having them make a dessert together. picked up by the team. something noticed by the recruitment manager. >> the way of doing things. if we can manage a team in a kitchen, it is the same as a store. >> for the candidates gathered around the table, the experiment is fun. some people who have 10 years of university and some have two years. this way everyone gets an equal chance. >> new hiring practices can
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sometimes throw candidates off their games. this recruitment agency wants to hire a sales team. the first task at hand is for everyone to prepare a statement for why someone else should get the job. testing the ability to remain in control. a traditional face-to-face interview there you have to maintain a certain posture for an hour and a half. here we have the most complete vision of the candidate. caniring the wrong person cost a company up to 10,000 euros. that is the cost of creating the salary and finding a replacement. employer say this method is creating better results. microsoft is a little bit embarrassed after they tried to act cool and down with the kids. something we never try to do here. an e-mail came from a recruiter
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at microsoft, it is an invitation of the party but fell short of the mark by using slang words. thecan see it here from e-mail which was tweeted online. microsoft had to apologize for this saying it was poorly worded and not in keeping their company. they are looking into how it occurred and will take appropriate steps. thoughoving that even you use slang, you are not cool. >> it would have worked with me. anchor: thank you. a reminder of our top stories at this hour. a new police shooting in the u.s.. carack man was shot in his in minnesota and his dying moments filmed by his girlfriend and streamed live. >> he is licensed and he carries but he is licensed to carry. he was trying to get his id out
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of his wallet in his pocket. he let the officer know that. he had a firearm but he was reaching for his wallet and the officer just shot him. i told him to get his hands up. >> you told him to get his id and drivers license. anchor: this comes two days after the death of an african-american man at the hands of the police in that roush. the conclusions of riddance choke up report as fuels to the decision to go to war in iraq. it speaks to ask soldiers and families of those who were killed. france and germany are one match away from reaching the finals at the euro 2016. they hope that their prolific offense will carry them against the world champs in tonight semifinals. we will take a short break and be back in just a moment. ♪
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