matter the words emblazoned in yellow on the road that leads to the white hououse washingtotn d. c c.'s mad declaring s some e to the american people. the haitians the u. s. economy adds two and a half million jobs accocording to the may jobs report the biggest increasase in unemployed in the improvements ever for my business and it's a- i in a minute. and the current virus is troll it is t the governmement's s scientific advisory councncil says the virs is still circulating but at a

much slower rate. well once once for newsroom i'm judy itit came. first the mayor of washington dc house sends a bold and defiaiant message to president trump today the words black lives set now stretch across true whole b blocks q. ys unless as you can see that. on the main streets that lead straight to the white house. name of a scscrap white house hs also been changed. my plaza. now says part of the- escalate in the few betweenen mad. trump here have been at loggerheads over the extraordinary presence of m military troops during the protests in dc let's take a listen to what she had to say. we had the i. d. i had to send that message loud and clear on a very important street. in our city. and it is- that message and that message is to the american people- that black

lives matter black humanity matters and we the city. i'm afraid is that. part about music city. meanwhile president from has spoke to confusion and outrage oftften very king george floyd's name inn a press conference on the may jobs report trump mentioning floyd as he took a victotory lap over thee u. s. economy stunning recovery. democrats the range the day day by has hit back there what the rent pointing out that unenemployment among blacack people has hits its highest rates in a decade. right nonow i'd say there's a great happening for our country there's a great day for him it's a great day for. everybody it's a great day for everybody it is a great great day. in terms of the quality president trump said he hopes that to quote george floyd is looking downwn and seeing this is a gret

day for our country. t the fact that he didid so on the day when black unemployment rose hispanic unemployment rose black youth unemployment skyrocketed. tells you everything you need to know about this man. and what he really cares about. well the u. s. may jobs report defied full costs off to sharing a surprise drop in the unemployment rates for more on the labor department's needs to tell its cross now do you carry out from a business desk. that you. let me turn the corner. wellll judyy the surprise rebouound suguggess that the e economic d downturn m may have bottomed out i in theat united states with businesses atat starting to reopen on the hiring laid off because of the u. s. economy added two and a half million jobs in may at when it was expected to lose seven anand a half milillion. in

total at thahat point whehen. wt the unemployment rate in may dropped to thirteen point 3% and defying expectations f for t to risee to alalmost a at twenty percenent. at but iff you look t racial breakdowns as we just had frorom- from that joe biden thatat unenemploymentt for black amerericans rose to sixteen poit 8% the highest in a decade. and seventeen point 8% from last seen a black at. adult those are still down by about twenty million comompetitive okay that nineteen levels i'm n not employed right it's still a biased level. the nine thanknk. donald trurump foror much fullyt upup vicry over the pandemic and t taking credit for the swit economomic rececovery and he sad that the preresident president was ouout of touch bececause may americans stillll hararassing. n death from the downtown andnd there's so much more work to be done. okay welell let's justt tn

out to the- to franan now at what the g governmentt has unveveiled a plan to support t e tech industry adds it's to protect the sectoror fm foreigign. lands andnd help e et morere jobs. what's about. well it's alsoo a about protecting js and also about shielding andnd strarategically important sector from a as you said foreign acquisitions. at the frerench tech sector has already benefited from the government's's. ecoconomic e enc stimulus i boughtt a new plan unveiled this frididay is that the latest a sector specific packagee worth one point two billion euro. it comes in the form of that i reckon plans lands on. jackson's special sovereigntnty fund will be set p to protect french startups from the american and chinese. petition them from foreign takeovers about half a billion euros. okay toto help you. the

government also needs g grounds of first that boost the job. i have friends place the tech sector at the of its economic it prior it end economics by in twenty seventeen. and it has been growing very fast with the crown about that makes. sense the state. now that it would come out in the back that in the stronger i. shaped after the pandemic and b. and pick up competitiveness quickly at the latest messasages that will add to pressure on the state coffers and measures to shore up the economy through the cracks have already cost a full ten fifty year about. rob this gdp. i you not that would business updates. now the current virus pandemic is now under control here in france that's according to the government scientific advisisory council but the virus is still circulating only at a much slower rate daily deaths fell

to forty four this friday pushing the totalal to just abot twenty nine thousand the fifth. most he rates the world community like triple. it's what french people have been hoping for sinince march. the government scientific advisory council sayays the coronaa virus pandemic is under control. with new coverage nineteen hospital admissions now dwarfed by the hundreds of people recovering and home. which a teamster the more they care less situational or children. do need which have traditionally- i see bass hill calling for what shoululd be ciy shake up of twenties if a player can swing faitt pour out investments because he really didn't- that maybybe even then all the reviewers continue to execute age with clear vision or poor poor poor street the scientific council says there are four possible scenarios. the frontal face in the coming months best case is a few isolated clusters of new

infections. what's the most likely outcome is hard to contain- x. of coronavirus which be tackled with the stringent. trace my state street e. plus. exists uptick in infectitious. thank necessitate read not. on the fourth the dreaded so wave with another not to ememployee only s a loss for. a bitter pill for many. listen to the full set of school zone the news of you like bobobould well in we will not accept intoo him- if mill. north noon they said the deal- the pope was it a directional fulcher who put on a citrix you'll- do the company's. not there yet. it did when you. of pacific politicians of any. but even in the best case scenario the count one that barrier just such as face mosque have three the no for least an- six months. now it's the annououncement many european holiday goers have

been waiting for e. u. leaders have given the green light for internal border restrictions to be lififted by the end of june. not in this statement be able to enter block any by july now at the momenent a complplex patchwork of differerent measurs have left many confused coverage takes a look. the announcement came just in time for europe's summer season. you leaders say free travel across the block should be possible by the end of the month. restrictions on external borders however will remain in place a bit longer. i personalally b believe that we wowould reteturn to a full functioning on the schengen area andnd the frereedom of movemement. . no later than thed of the month of june we should consider the granular lifting restrictctions on nonessential travel to your earnings july. since mid may several e. u. countries have been grgradually lifting border restrictions allowing travelers from neneighboring states creating so called regional travel

corridors or from member states with the low number of coronavirus cases. that for now only a handful of countries most recently italy havave opend their borders to all shrinking area visit. u. k. plans on doing so on june eighth although a fourteen day self quarantine will be required. most of the block will follow suit on june fifteenth including germany france and bebelgium. big vacation destination greece will welcome most europeans on that date as well except for travelers from countries still considered high risk including the uk and spain. and italy. those european flights to portugal are expected to resume on june fifteenth as well. member state spain however it says it won't accept forests until july first putting it at odds with the e. u.'s timeline. severalal countries say they're reserving the right to test travelers into require them to self easily if theyey test positive.

nonow o one year to the day that found the back of the car was detained in iran france's foreign ministerr has called on tehran to release h her. the front k. rainy and researcher was sentenced also months to five y yrs behindd b bars onn charges of violating national security. front says the charges are without merit said that the case threatens to further erode relations betweenn the two countries twenty francicis house taless. the rivr del chi has s spent the past ye. ronnnnie in prisoson thehe revon guard arrested the sixty one year old anthropologist along with her colleague roland marcia all at the tehran airport on june fifth of last yearar. marshall was freed in march as part of a prisoner exchange with iran. in turn france released in a running engineer from custody accused of violating u. s. sanctions. back call marcia all describe the harsh conditions of his detention say purple call which i was a pa. who went on to

quavo conventicles say to promise a ten day w. puff is until get tossed aside presumptive myers did a presumptive- a conflict to add. to that t that will still see te latter because seeing here during an interview with france twenty four last year is both the citizen. of france and- but a run does not recognize dual. in may she was sentenced to five years i in prison on chargs of violatingng national securit. the french foign minister says the charges are not based on fact and appear to be motivated by politics saying this ongoing situation can only have a negative impact on the bilateral relations between france and iran. and can only significantly reduce the t trust between our two countries. a researcher at the international center of seals po in paris and at columbia university adult kerr has written several books on iran. in protest over arrest she went on a hunger strike for

nine days which took a toll on her health. iran has arrestedd dozens of foreign and dual nationals on national security charges in recent years supporters of those detained say iran's only purpose in doing so is to secure the release of iranian prisoners abroad. wellll the f fifth of je marks world environment day and this year the theme is bio by varsity twenty twenty has sent a stark reminders of the interdependence of human beingns and our environments from bush fires in brazil the united states and australia to locust infestations. currently ravaging east africa the global pandemic forced one fifth of the global population on the lockdown at one point a disaster for the economy but a chance for nature terry mergege in all its glory. india i is riverr c cleaner thahan they'ven in at least a decade charlie set button takes us to the country's most polluted waterway the you may nevever ha.

india's yamuna river is barely recognisable. this water way secret to hindus. looks now the we did fifty years ago clean with fish turtles and birds. before the coronavirus lockdown none of those could survive here. ththe water was full of chemicals and waste dumped by hundreds of factories. yeah we have one that i just thought it was i in this little bit of aa t of a rhode island at. the denver goes what are the layout of the did your company only what delivered on a bundle yeah. jujust give us a bottle of wate. back are now the only problem. water treatment plants or an over capacity. and half of the sewage water is dumped here untreated. there is hope though that indians will now push authorities. to protect the river.r. but it iss definitely possible all it takes is all these programs that we have on.

we had already had one. but we shouldn't i know abatement. i think they have to. land well implemented more importantly. well and i think of. in a time bound. then a couple. of books. until those match are in t the- and despite. arare gradually alallowed to reopen the river is likely to return to its usualal states. soon new delelhi residents enjoy the moments they have until that happens. what is money coming up stating that runs twenty four. hello and welcome to the interview here on france twenty four our guest today is cornel west's he's a professor of philosophy at harvard university he's also a professor emeritus at

princeton university and he joins us from princeton thank you very much for being with us. ththank you very m much. profesr west- weaker so go george floyd died under the knee of a police officer in minneapolis since then we've seen a wave of protests across the u. s. even beyond- we've seen that story before- but do you think it is different. this time around there's no doubt we have reached a turnrning point. you know the greatest texts ever written on american democracy is written by the great frenchman and to let elect guitar. to pointhe said ththere mightt be cecenters h how at the countervailing get state power in that if there's ever a revolutionary transformatation n america it will be off to the races legacy of white suppressed. last long chapter.

well you more of his class the in america. i think it precisely the pope will with pointing. mainly that when you talk about the long history. up next location is double breasted. the color specially black hole in the making of american democracy. you can push over a thrash metal and the anger and the rage hello and the system cannot contain it in a system that is able to reform itself and speak to the root origins and needs of an oppressed people results in explosion number this is. not real. at the is a rebel but bill now be. enough believes done that would be enough canada never be enough military persons to generate the kind of legitimacy it did generate the current set of citizens when they view that s status quo

losising itsts let's see and ths where we are now at the very. very up. go hello i'm hello wondered what what what would what do we do when doing. and that one of the reform is in is. then you end up with. right what's so different this time around obviously there's the fact that his death what's up. on tape so vividly but also of maybe. the protest- we're seeing- are not only mainly by african americans- but also by other goal this schemes have triggered. us thing among many americicans from all walks of life. well is one of the pro to. the treatment open breath of all colors all genders all sexual orientations all ethnicities all religious identities in the united states

and that's a beautiful thing. there e is a- others a marvelous new moral and spirit the militants in terms of peaceful protest but it's also the intensity up date in. date the local nice take place the coming together of hoops in the catholic harley talk better now. right to get to work the streets together to. yeah those are the two factors that make it very different but also i think that you. mr bramble people money get massive. depression like levels of unemployment wanted to ban brbrandon and then you've got te neil harris's running beneath the nation state donald trump. example of rigidity exact dogmatism gig simplified i in different seeing simimplifieied. callousness whahat who are suffering you have kind of impact. violent explosion.

right right are you concerned- that donald trump as he's done before- might play the card of divisiveness to put it bluntly my plate- the race card and maybe ignites- kind of i don't civil war- i are youou concerned by that. one e concern- he's hes done that already he'e's been doining that foror the lasast te and a halalf years of vicious attacks. on blalack citizens log black athletetes are black leaders- my fundamental concern. is that we're at a fork in the road. and we either go. nonviolent revolution away one wiwith the kining junior tad about in which there is a gender why democraticc sharing of weaealth the resources of. sdap curtis and of resespect. or we go not get right with the protagonist. but american

fascist out. that's alslso new regression there's always been an- example of that american history but we are reachching a point nowow where y you've gotoa real a american basses often out there with organized militiaia supporting trump and yes thahat could lead to a more sobrietet can n be. is driving and that's your that's more thann division that's's better games j. i upgraded me i want reduce that k. out a couple of hours ago by former president george w. bush. this long series of similar tragedies raises a long overdue question how do we end systemic racism in our society the only way to see ourselves in a true light is to listen to the voices. of so many who are hurting and grievining those who set out to silence those voices do not understand the meaning of america this call from

george w. bubush your reaction o that. well i bring you good to see-e- martial citizen right wig politicianan who when he was in the white house did not he didn't get the calall that we hd a pretty m mark. did we have in front ofof the white house i men it's intereresting to see the- dentist all now c coming out- ad in speaking in this way but you know everyone up. bush clinton obama. and across the board that they did not in a any w way address the systemic issues of police abuse of police murder and then. the race this pattern of employment. housing education healthcare we were all tied to wall street domination there all the time the militarism of the state department and the pentagon they allowed to. restrict every dollar to go to the military so there was no resources d. they

needed the p. let be able to race adam that i shot through the ininstitution so i appreciae the work but it is much much. eight to fall the former. you can sell you need an as heather at america empire it's predicated on a militarism abroad and the militarizing of the internal. operations of the state police and then the wealth inequality of wall street we're driveven by wall street greed w what what. is the legacy legacy i'm. not the only. you know liberals all better the deal. when it comes to a whole host of this but when it comes to hitting big issues of systemic racism there's no accident that the black lives matter movement. emerged under the black president with a black attorney general with the black homeland security those black faces in high places. what to look dated to wall

street and the pentagon to speak me up. i'll listen. of the neo liberalism grackle bone becomes very very very clear you're dead in the streets among the young folks. but it's not a matter of individual faults as a matter of heat being head of an empire and nott willing to speak to the needs of the people but he needs. wall street speak apart i got that's the issue. donald trump holding the bible- the other day i know that's a an issue religion that you're interested inin what what you make of that. who is he speaking to. well being as yeah yeah the revolutitionary christitian you knknow he's got he's got pharaoh's and punches pilots version of biblical religion it's constantine constantine made christianity the state religion and use christianity as a tool to supportt the impact is support structures of domination where thehe for me ap

revovolutionary kristen i'm with the jesusus who was crucified b. him i'm with the just w w ran the changes of the temple i'm with jesus said what y you do well the least of these you for me please leave. color jews error at muslims any people who are being marginalized in this way. and so i have left on the middle c class but i expect that kind of love. hi jacking of the prprophetic of religious. this is-- but donald trump because again heads o of empire i have done that all the way back to constantine. right just a last question- you've lived a bit in france- we seen a demonstration- in in paris- linked to- what's happening in the u. s. also linked to a controversial- death- in the- hands of the police. do you

think of what happened in the u. s. resonates or the situation is totally different and- there's no common thread that. well no mom. in france just like his mom this human being united states anybody else to have integrity honesty decency and generosity who will care to care about people who are catching hell in other parts of the world and you have your own rich tradition of the french revolution i'm not talking to terrorism at the end we're talking about those grand ideals of liberty for all. brotherhood is. of equality transit cell phone banks tremendous- made its own gift to the world. in terms of overthrowing a domination. and that. in that tradition this deal i think in some ways the lack in france more more probably among the- the b. x. colonized subjects the bills coming in from africa. and what

a loop in martinique. and convince. the transaction the print government. that they are not to be on the side of counter revolution but on the side of a revolutionary change nonviolent revolutionary. you know i would sell would mean france had the- with its own white supremacy. with its own colonial legacy with its own ties to big business with its own ties to yet former colonial. countriess as they attempt. to move in two spapaces of decency and dignity professor- o'connell with someone thanknk you very much for being with us here on n the france twenty four interview and thank you all for watching it stay tuned for more news

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