that way that she killing in this case because so many children were involved thank you that jessica washington there live from jakarta. coming up after the weather a u.s. court orders the case against donald trump's former national security adviser to be dropped. and how grown a virus can and to south africa's traditional the funerals are. hello the seasonal rains are continuing with a vengeance across small southern areas of china plenty of cloud in the last few hours and those thunderstorms and it has been the southwest of china the scene of the latest damage destruction really from these torrential downpours just look at this the rain of course coming down the mountainsides and then pouring through the streets thousands of people have been affected by these floods landslides of course as well have cut off some of the main roads and as we go through thursday there is more in the 4 calls that rain sinking further towards the south also lying its way across into more western areas of japan so a very unsettled in friday as well as in the scenario with more rain heading across central areas of h

with al-jazeera and says overcoming the stigma of being a former patient has been difficult jessica washington has the story from cherub on intonation. as he impact his suitcase ricky mamma had no idea how long he would stay in this isolation mood apart from regular health check ups options to pass time were limited the 29 year old started speaking with al jazeera in march agreeing to document his treatment and recovery from covert 19 we agreed to meet ricky when he left hospital to show his complete journey as a patient but it took nearly 3 months and 14 swab tests for the virus to leave his system. at the time i am the longest patient to be treated for the coffee at 19 insurable i'm also the family 1st question so the attention is really focused on me after months of talking we were finally able to meet ricky in person this park is one of the cheery bones historic sites in indonesia's west java province and it's places like this that ricky longed for when he was in hospital i love to explore some places outside go outside and go to nature this is something i miss. but going back to normal li

a 3rd of them children out there in the province of akshay where they've been given shelter jessica washington reports from jakarta. tired and confused but finally safe after weeks possibly months at sea this group of rohingya refugees is finally on land after disembarking in the region province of. the now this saying in an empty government building where officials are checking the health and identity. this man told al jazeera why he made the dangerous journey. though. they were slaughtering us we had to beg for our lives to be allowed to reach the shore of another country your heart he says his brother was murdered in myanmar and he's traumatized like everyone around him hundreds of thousands of largely muslim have been escaping from myanmar since the military's crackdown began in 2017 it's still not clear how long these refugees were seen indonesian fishermen rescued them and brought them closer to shore before local authorities decided whether to allow them to disembark the community rallied together carrying the refugees from their vessel and on to land. were felt sorry for most of the ch

is unclear but the community in a is already showing its compassion and willingness to help jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. have been awarded the 2023 women's world cup it will be the 1st time that the tournament will have been played in that region colombia had been the sole remaining challenge against the joint bid for hosting rights brazil with drew after its government couldn't offer financial guarantees in the middle of a global pandemic. paris's eiffel tower one of the world's most famous landmarks is finally welcomed that welcoming visitors again after its longest closure since the 2nd world war. it's been shut since march when france imposed its coronavirus lockdown elevators that were off limits for now the tourists will instead have to use the stairs to the 2nd level. of to be fit for that although this is al jazeera adrian fenty going to here in doha with the headlines the u.s. house of representative system basing a sweeping police reform bill democrats wants legal protections for offices and make it easier to prosecute them but follows nationwide protests calling for change

programs the fear is that the next mass outbreak could be one of an entirely preventable disease jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now just the other now who think rebels in yemen announce they've launched their largest military operation across the border targeting the defense ministry and a military base in riyadh saudi coalition's say they've intercepted just one ballistic missile that was then well 1st. in response to the continued and just blockade and brutal aggression on the great people of yemen and our great country the yemeni armed forces launched the biggest attack on the capital of our saudi enemy riyadh using drones and a massive number of ballistic missiles we stress once more that more fierce attacks and military operations on the enemy will be launched so the blockade is the fitted and till our freedom and independence are gained arab leaders are meeting to try and find a diplomatic solution for the libyan conflict as egypt threatens military intervention tensions are escalating between regional backers turkey and france who

programs the fear is that the next mass outbreak could be one of an entirely preventable disease jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta tennis world number one novak djokovic just tested positive for the coronavirus it follows a controversial series of exhibition events that he organized in the balkans joke of it she is the 4th player who competed in the tour events to test positive the tournament took place in serbia and croatia korea should ease lock down measures for the most recent event meaning the players didn't have to observe social distancing rules. milan boscovich reports from belgrade. you know a brief statement joke of each tried to defend his idea of organizing committee tournaments by saying everything we did in past month we did with a pure heart and sincere intentions our tournaments are meant to unite ensure a message of solidarity and compassion throughout the region we organize the term and at the moment when the virus has a big and believing that the conditions for hosting deter had been met unfortunately the virus is still present. in his statement explain that he will be in car

diseases the pandemic is disrupting mass vaccination offense with some programs suspended zeros jessica washington reports from jakarta. this is what it takes to give a child a safe and healthy indonesian region. as part of a community health service known as policy under this team of medics goes door to door checking the health of local children and vaccinating them. these but the sygate body both of you know we give them vaccinations for tuberculosis polio and measles we need to boost their immune systems and keep them safe good i was worried that my child wouldn't get vaccinated i'm grateful that they came to take care of us. these medics administer more than 80 percent of all docs and nations across the country for free and while the children of this rule village were able to get their vaccinations thousands more in other provinces are missing out in west java this mother is anxiously weighing up the risk. my son is 9 months old he should have gotten his measles vaccination last month but he hasn't had the chance i'm afraid of taking him to the health clinic. in her community word vives by the

programs the fear is that the next mass outbreak could be one of an entirely preventable disease jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta donald trump says protesters who are attempting to topple a statue of former u.s. president andrew jackson near the white house could face 10 years in jail demonstrators tied ropes around the statue as they tried to bring it down for around an hour jackson is being targeted recently for his legacy of supporting slavery and forcing native americans off their land trump says he considers the former president a hero and sees similarities between himself and jackson. the u.s. state of kentucky will vote in primary elections later on tuesday concerns over the number of available polling places fewer than 200 voting stations will be available compared to 3700 in a typical election year there especially spots in areas where black votes is live from seeing widespread accusations of voter suppression john 100 has more. critics say the kentucky primary is a recipe for disaster specifically the suppression of black votes that's because due to the coronavirus of the state is cl

destinations for him to flee violence in me and ma and poverty in refugee camps in bangladesh jessica washington is in jakarta jessica what more can you tell us. this is still very much as a fellow situation it's early morning here. is at least 90 people. found on board a sinking vessel before they were rescued by into the fish and according to al sources on the ground it could be even more than 94 also please more than a 100 as as you said earlier at least. now sources on the ground that some of them appear to be around the age of 3 or 4 we've heard from local military authorities in the north who say that the. sending. out to sea at this stage and that they will not be allowed to say let's have a look at what he had to say just a few hours ago. but some of the photos that we have given them just sticks and now we have the police watching them taking time to search and rescue teams and also with the military planning to fix the part we will give them. push them away from territory. now as is the case with the refugees who have arrived. it's unclear what will happen to this particular group we d

have not been able to stop the humanitarian crisis causing people to flee in the 1st place jessica washingtonal-jazeera jakarta the u.s. house of representatives has approved a bill to make the capital washington d.c. the nation's 51st state if it passes in the republican controlled senate more than 700000 people in the districts will finally have the representation other states take for granted but as mike hanna reports the bill faces stiff opposition. the last votes on statehood were more than 6 decades ago when alaska and hawaii became the 49 and 50th states friday's historic decision was taken on party lines there being 232 votes in the affirmative $180.00 votes in the negative the district of columbia statehood bill h r $51.00 is plastic without objection motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. so it's a founding of the nation's capital over 2 centuries ago it has been a district and not part of a state it has no governor no senator and it's aleck to representative has no boat in the house we stand out as the only democracy which to the highest democracy to the residents of its own

have not been able to stop the humanitarian crisis causing people to flee in the 1st place jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta at least 7 people have died in flash flooding in the ivory coast several homes were swamped and cars flipped over the commercial capital john saw 3 times its normal rainfall of the past 2 days and more downpours are expected on friday and saturday. a state funeral has been held for brandy's late president couldn't seize it thousands gathered in the stadium to bid him farewell cut their lopez holly on reports. the body of president. arrived before a solemn crowd in the capital of the tega. thousands a birdie and signatories and diplomats paid their final respects it's a difficult period for the ceremony given the wrists of the pandemic the government has been criticized for not putting enough measures to stop the spread of the disease even here social distancing was not observed few people had masks and there were only a few hand washing points at the gates of the stadium the cause of his death has been equally controversial the government said you can see said died

jessica washington, al jazeera. ethiopia and sudan have agreed that -- won't build a controversial mega dam on the river nile until they reach an agreement. the egyptian government is concerned filling the dam too quickly will reduce its supply of water downstream and sudan wants guarantees it will be safely operated. what more are we learning about this? it took a meeting between the prime minister's and other members of the african , including the south african president, to try to bring the three fights -- three sides together. the statement that was released by the office of the prime minister is that the three sides will resume talks immediately on a technical level. the only remaining 5% are the legal aspects. that was the biggest concern. agreements that they've been talking about are not legally signed. according to the statement from the prime minister, we know that the three sides will meet to try to iron out their differences, to try to reach a deal, and they will not build a dam until a deal is reached.

a 3rd of them children are now in the province of akshaye where they've been given shelter jessica washington reports from jakarta. tired and confused but finally safe after weeks possibly months at sea this group of rohingya refugees is finally on land after disembarking in the invasion province of. the now they're staying in an empty government building where officials are checking their health and identity . this man told al jazeera why he made the dangerous journey. though. they were slaughtering us we had to beg for a life to be allowed to reach the shore of another country your heart he says his brother was murdered in myanmar and he's traumatized like everyone around him hundreds of thousands of largely muslim have been escaping from myanmar since the military's crackdown began in 2017 it's still not clear how long these refugees were seen indonesian fishermen rescued them and brought them closer to shore before local authorities decided whether to allow them to disembark the community rallied together carrying the refugees from their vessel and on to land. we're told sorry for most of

have not been able to stop the humanitarian crisis causing people to flee in the 1st place jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta saudi arabia has reported a $12000000000.00 loss in the value of oil exports in april that's a 65 percent drop compared to the same time last year as the world's biggest oil producer the kingdom has been hit hard by the pandemic and the global drop in oil prices and demand for fuel its decision to join russia and other oil producing countries in slashing production also impacted its export potential international monetary fund predicts that the saudi economy will shrink by almost 7 percent this year let's get the view of bill wall who's the editor of arab digest he joins us now from london via skype good to have you with us bill i mean to be fair saudi arabia was in trouble financially long before the global pandemic wasn't it. yes that's right i mean the price of oil was saving well before the m. pack them in 1000 started to really ship them 10 down into the economies even further the vision 2030 program some months no decision to reshape the saudi economy and the

washington there in jakarta jessica thank you. time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back pushed into poverty by the content we spend the day with a family struggling to get by in mexico and 70 years since war broke out on the korean peninsula we hear from veterans what they remember and why they now feel about more of them stay with us. and other civil service to developing 3 will southern regions of the united states you can see that also. plenty of thunderstorms and that is what we will see developing again as we go through thursday quite aligned real life in texas right the way across the southeast and up towards north carolina to the east of d.c. so it's a cloudy day we should be mostly dry high 28 degrees and the united states east and central canada down across into northern plains quite a rash of showers and thunderstorms it all becomes a little bit more organized on friday works its way this line of rain showers through central eastern canada and pushing down across the midwest and the great lakes but all

restrictions in southeast asia's largest city jakarta's governor has spoken exclusively to jessica washington about how the city is planning to recover. to counter is notorious for its traffic and after months of relative quiet it's finally back the roads are busy and the city is waking up since april jakarta has been under partial lockdown many businesses were shot and people were told to stay at home now the city's governor says it's time to ease restrictions and to have that day he is moving into a new state which we call a plan a season. we're not yet. we're not yet able to say that it is safe. healthy and productive yeah. offices and restaurants can start operating again but at half capacity and motorbike taxis can pick up passengers on friday mosques around the city reopened for prayers for the 1st time in months governance was one of the worshippers at fatah hillah mosque he says the community can start coming together but everyone must wear musk and be mindful of social distancing we don't want to see new cases coming up new patients or even. case fatality here in south africa so if t

camps in bangladesh jessica washington has more from jakarta this is still very much a developing situation it's early morning here. is at least $94.00 refugees were found on board a sinking vessel before they were rescued by into the fishermen now according to al sources on the ground it could be even more than $94.00 possibly more than $100.00 as as you say to earlier we know that at least 30 of them are children now sources on the ground up told us that some of them appear to be around the age of 3 or 4 protest as a return to the streets of lebanon's capital having lost patience with the government's promises to repair the economy some force with police when they try to clear them from one of a roads main roads lebanon's currency has lost more than 70 percent of its value since october. the headlines more news here on al-jazeera after counting the costs go away. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geo political tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line you

have not been able to stop the humanitarian crisis causing people to flee in the 1st place jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. vice president has echoed donald trump's view that they can to when they were in the upswing in coronavirus cases in his country's down some more testing in a white house virus taskforce briefing mike pence continued to say the focus was on safely reopening the country but the country's infectious disease expert says there is a serious problem in southern and western states that he felt she said outbreaks including in florida and texas said the country was still at risk in much of the country where we're seeing jobs expanding and economic activity expanding but our focus today is very much on. the advent of rising series of new cases across the american south. and. where our 1st mission was to save lives once we came out of the $45.00 days to slow the spread of what our task force has been focused on over the course of the past 2 months is to partner with states to save lives and safely reopen. an enormous field hosp

human rights activists say the defendants should never have been arrested in the 1st place has jessica washington. outside the courtroom in east kalimantan a small crowd gathered to support the defendants waiting for the verdict in a highly controversial trial the sparse and socially distanced demonstration a stark contrast to last years in indonesia's papa when tens of thousands gathered to protest against racism against indigenous pop ones 7 men were arrested accused of involvement in the protests the province's of purple and west papuan have been under indonesian rule since 969 and since then some have called for the region's independence the indonesian government has tried to quite shy any separatist movements in the resource rich provinces including the burning of the morning star flag which has become a symbol of pop when independence. the men were moved from papa to kalimantan thousands of kilometers from friends and family and because of covered 9000 restrictions the trial was held on video conference prosecutors sought sentences between 5 and 17 years instead all the men was sentenced to

destinations for a hangar fleeing violence in me and maher and poverty in refugee camps in bangladesh jessica washington has more from joe carter. there's still a lot that's yet to be established about this case including what will ultimately happen to them there are at least $94.00 people who were on board that vessel but of course local sources on the ground tell us that the number could in fact be much larger at least perhaps more than $100.00 we have heard from local authorities on the ground a local military tunnel told al-jazeera that there is no intention to allow them to enter into an asian waters and then to enter into an asia let's hear what he had to say a few moments ago but the photos that we have given them just sticks and now we have to police watching them taking turns with national search and rescue team and also with the military we are planning to fix the boat we will give them more logistics then we will push them away from indonesia territory guarded by the navy and historically indonesia never signed the $959.00 convention on refugees but this country does have a history all accept

is unclear but the community in a is already showing its compassion and willingness to help jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. or russians are heading to the polls on a weeklong vote that's expected to pave the way for president vladimir putin to remain in charge until 2036 the referendum will be the nation's biggest constitutional overhaul since the end of the soviet union and there are reports employees of the state are being pressured to votes in favor charlie until the reports during the day in a day for a russian state funded institution but have free time is now spent protesting against the state's latest attempt to preserve putin's power for another 2 terms with opposition demonstrations banned stickers the only way to voice her anger at being told by her employers exactly where and when to vote. i think it wasn't our management's initiative they received the orders from above and it must have been done to make sure people don't participate in exit polls and there are no election observers to make sure no one could observe the voting and to make it more difficult on cover regulariti

health workers worry the relaxation of restrictions is too soon southeast asia's largest city jessica washington has more. to counter is notorious for its traffic and after months of relative quiet it's finally back the roads are busy and the city is waking up since april jakarta has been under partial lockdown many businesses was shot and people were told to stay at home now the city's governor says it's time to ease restrictions. that is moving into a new state which we call a planned cease and we have yet we are not yet. we are not yet able to say that it is safe healthy and productive yet. offices and restaurants can start operating again but at half capacity and motorbike taxis can pick up passengers on friday mosques around the city reopened for prayers for the 1st time in months governance was one of the worshippers at fatah hill a mosque he says the community can start coming together but everyone must wear musk and be mindful of social distancing we don't want to see new cases coming up new patients or even. case fatality here in south africa so if those 3 numbers suddenly jump to the l

them lie and coronavirus fears of being given shelter by the community and of medical checks jessica washington has more from jakarta. this is very much a developing situation now because of local community intervention because locals did in fact carry them off that vessel that did sort of forced the hand of local authorities and now the process is under way there for cation identifying these refugees it's only then that will able to say with certainty what will happen to them at this stage it does seem likely that they will be permitted to say but local authorities have not indicated any sort of decisiveness in terms of that coming to that sort of decision as yet so we will have to wait and see we have heard briefly from the central government not specifically with regards to this case but saying that more needs to be done by by countries in the region to make sure that people don't undertake these perilous journeys at sea human rights organizations have applauded the local agonies community for intervening for coming in to save these refugees from indonesian waters but they say now it's time

is unclear but the community in a is already showing its compassion and willingness to help jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. france italy and germany have issued a joint statement calling on all libyan parties to immediately seize fighting and suspend the ongoing military buildup they also urged all for an actress to ns interference and fully respect the arms embargo by the united nations security council the un back governments of national accord have recently crossed forces loyal to world 24 have to back from the capital tripoli the genie's backed by turkey who says have to its forces must withdraw from 2 key regions if there is to be any ceasefire there has been a blast near the iranian capital video shared on social media shows the explosion which happened northeast of to ron about 1 am local time the cause is not yet known now the battle against corona virus has led to a partnership between 2 unlikely nations israel and the united arab emirates the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the countries will work together in research and technology he says the agreement was rea

but the government there is yet to decide whether they can stay and be forced back out to sea jessica washington reports from jakarta. off the indonesian coast dozens of ring of refugees wait for help. and after weeks possibly months at sea it finally arrived. a group of local fisherman found the refugees in a sinking boat in the waters around the province of. old and young all crammed together and sharing the same trauma confused and tired most of the children appear to be without their parents the boat they're on in these pictures belongs to a chinese fisherman who found them it see earlier in the week they tried to transport the group but the engine failed so they sent others to tow them to shore and already perilous journey made all the more dangerous to ship. pandemic does they approached the shore on wednesday it was already dark but this is a bit of what planning to fix the boat and move in give them logistics didn't will push them away from intonation tear a tree guarded by the navy under international. risk people at risk of serious harm and refusing to risk. ties. dangerous waters are

fears they've been given shelter by the community and they have had medical checks as well jessica washington has more now from jakarta. this is very much a developing situation now because of local community intervention because locals did in fact carry them off that vessel that did sort of force the hand of local authorities and now the process is under way there for cation identifying these refugees it's only then that will able to say with certainty what will happen to them at this stage it does seem likely that they will be permitted to say but local authorities have not indicated any sort of decisiveness in terms of. coming to that sort of decision as yet so we will have to wait and see we have heard briefly from the central government not specifically with regards to this case but saying that more needs to be done by by countries in the region to make sure that people don't undertake these perilous journeys at sea human rights organizations have applauded the local community for intervening for coming in to save these refugees from indonesian waters but they say now it's time for the g

have not been able to stop the humanitarian crisis causing people to flee in the 1st place jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta egypt ethiopia and suits on have agreed that i disobey about won't fill a controversial mega on the river nile until the 3 reach an agreement the egyptian government is concerned filling the dam too quickly will reduce its supply of water downstream and sudan once guarantees it will be safely and properly operated so let's get more on those developments with have a morgan she's joining us from khartoum so what are more we learning about this. well daryn it took a meeting between the prime ministers of sudan if you're going to egypt as well as other members of the african union including the current chair of the african union south african president asked the remote force us to try to bring this recites together after several rounds of talks fail now what is the what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the dog is that the 3 sides have agreed that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level we repeat

is unclear but the community in a is already showing its compassion and willingness to help jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. russians have started casting their ballots in a 7 day vote on sweeping reforms that could clear the way for president vladimir putin to stay in power until 2036 the votes taking place despite concerns over safety during the pandemic and criticism that putin's already been in power it's too long one of the main constituent over forms constitutional reforms rather would allow him to run for the presidency again in 2024 if reelected putin would serve 2 more consecutive 6 year terms in the kremlin or the president's about a ruse has accused russian and polish forces of meddling in the country's presidential election campaign alexander lukashenko says he wants to raise the issue in direct talks with russian president vladimir putin but the kremlin has denied the allegations faces the strongest challenge in years to hold his hold on power in the august election frustration is mounting over his response to the coronavirus pandemic and the state of the economy. well the k

weeks but the government has yet to decide whether they can stay or be forced back out to sea jessica washington reports now from jakarta. off the indonesian coast dozens of ring of refugees wait for help oh. and after weeks possibly months at sea it finally arrives. a group of local fisherman found the refugees in a sinking boat in the waters around the province of. old and young all crammed together and sharing the same trauma confused and tired most of the children appear to be without their parents the boat they're on in these pictures belongs to a chinese fisherman who found them at sea earlier in the week they tried to transport the group but their engine failed so they sent others to tow them to shore and already a perilous journey made all the more dangerous due to the pandemic does they approach the shore on wednesday it was already dark it was a bit of what planning to fix the boat and move in give them logistics didn't will push them away from intonation tear a tree guarded by the navy under international law. and risk people at risk of serious harm and refusing to risk or even worse

but human rights activists say the defendant should have never been arrested in the 1st place jessica washington has more. outside the courtroom in east kalimantan a small crowd gathered to support the defendants waiting for the verdict in a highly controversial trial the sparse and socially distanced demonstration a stark contrast to last years in indonesia's papa when tens of thousands gathered to protest against racism against indigenous pop ones 7 men were arrested accused of involvement in the pro. tests the provinces of purple and west papuan have been under indonesian rule since 969 and since then some have called for the region's independence the indonesian government has tried to quote any separatist movements in the resource rich provinces including the burning of the morning star flag which has become a symbol of pop on independence. the men were moved from pub to kalimantan thousands of kilometers from friends and family and because of covered 9000 restrictions the trial was held on video conference prosecutors sought sentences between 5 and 17 years instead although ben was sentence

join marcus washington and jessica aguirre taomorrow night at 6:30. >>> you might be seeing some smoke in the fairfield area, a brush fire is burning homes forcing the evacuation of streets. >> there's an evacuation center that just opened up. let's check in with our reporter. laura, what do you see? >> reporter: a frightening scene out here. take a look behind me. i am near downtown sasun, and the flames are heading right to the homes. when i was driving here, i could seeminutes, i've seen firefighters aggressively tackle thing fire. i've seen two water drops by helicopters, an airplane dropping retardant on the fire, and firefighters are not stopping. dozens of people have pulled over to watch what is going on, and as raj said earlier, there are reports that two homes have been damaged by the fire. the conditions are not good out here. it is hot, it is dry, and it is windy. and all of this is creating a big challenge for firefighters. two areas have been evacuated as you mentioned. elmwood and maple. the fire started in the marsh area off of kellogg corrostreet. people are being aske

please join marcus washington and jessica aguirre tomorrow night at 6:30 on nbc bay area. >>> we're working to learn more about an incident that ended with a san jose police officer shooting someone last night. the scene near north 8th and mission street in san jose, east mission, in fact, we can confirm there was a hit and run nearby. police say the car crash is related to the shooting but aren't sharing any other details nor whether anyone is in custody. >>> investigators in are looking int 7-eleven at san jose state university. that escalated to the stabbing. medics took two men to the hospital. one stabbing victim died there. two other men drove themselves to the hospital and they're expected to be okay. homicide investigators are now on the case. >>> vallejo police intercept a u-haul truck that fled the area of a reported shooting. to stop the truck, officers say they used spike strips to flatten the tires, anthen a pit maneuver, an intentional collision. cops say they arrested the driver. no word on charges. >>> we're still dealing with covid-19. but more businesses are reopening in c

devoting an entire hour to exploring the racial divide in our country, please join marcus washington and jessica aguirre tomorrow night at 6:30. >>> we will show you what is happening in minneapolis, and cheers here as news spread that all four of the former police officers involved in floyd's death were charged. the murder charge against derek chauvin has been elevated to second-degree murder. the other three officers involved are now charged with aiding and abetting murder. >>> in washington, d.c., house speaker nancy pelosi visiting with protesters near the capital grounds. at one point she went past the barricade to talk to them. she expressed her gratitude and called on president trump to be the healer in chief. here on the west coast, down in l.a., thousands of people once again poured into the street, the large crowd eventually made its way to city hall, for a peaceful demonstration. >>> we're going to take you to breaking news in the north bay, where firefighters are actively and aggressively fighting a massive fire burning in suisun city. two homes on fire at kellogg home in suisun city

looking forward to these months to come and specifically that day in august, on that march in washington, d.c. jessica and janelle, back to you. >> okay, thanks so much, raj. >>> well, we must do more, also the message from apple ceo, tim cook, cook published and open letter on apple's home page today. it's called speaking up on racism. and it addresses the death of george floyd, and racial injustice across the country. here is portion of that letter. cook says quote, to create change, we have to re-examine our own views and actions in light of the pain that is deeply felt but too often ignored, issues of human dignity will not abide standing on the sidelines. to the black community, we see you and you matter and your lives matter. >>> after opening his pocketbook to the covid-19 crisis, jack dorsey is pledging $3 million to the black lives matter movement to an organization called know your rights spearheaded by colin kaepernick. the organization helps educate young people about their rights. >>> silicon vally heavy hitters have come out in support of black lives matter and other groups are asking if

jessica dean, cnn, washington. >>> in russia voting has begun in a controversial referendum on constitutional changes that could pave the way for president vladimir putin to stay in power until 2036. cnn's matthew chance is in london. he joins us now live. good to see you, matthew. is this vote pretty much a done deal? >> reporter: i think it probably is, but we'll have to wait until july 1st to find out. the central election commission opened up some voting booths early because of the pandemic. because this vote is taking place at the height of the coronavirus outbreak in russia and there are concerns that it shouldn't have gone ahead at all because of the potential risk that it poses with so many people voting on a single day. the bigger controversy though is about what this constitutional change would mean. first of all, it would mean that the current president, vladimir putin, would be able to serve a third of two consecutive presidential terms which means in theory he could stay in power until 2036. remember, you know, it's already been the case that he's been in power since 1999. there'

stay in but we are still on certain as to what the next steps will be all right to washington there in jakarta jessica thank you. pakistan's national carrier has grounded a 3rd of its pilots after an investigation found they cheated to get their licenses the fraud came to light during an investigation into a plane crash that killed 97 people and may. as more. are different his brother was among the victims in last month's plane crash in pakistan 98 people were killed when a pakistan international airlines flight went down in the southern city of karachi either holds the airline responsible. for them. within days of asif there my father also died of the shock and grief pakistan in the civil aviation caused this tragedy which was avoidable have the government taken action after all the previous crashes. there have been at least 10 plane crashes in pakistan in the past 17 years preliminary investigations suggest the crash in may was caused by human error investigators found the pilots were discussing the coronavirus pandemic minutes before attempting to land and reportedly ignored instructions by the air

please join marcus washington and jessica aguirre tomorrow night at 6:30. >>> in the north bay we continue to follow breaking news on a brush-fire that erupted in 100 degree heat this afternoon near suisun city. flames have burned more than 300 acres and several homes. the fire broke out near a neighborhood off core diehlia street near the susan slew. four homes have been destroyed, several others damaged. we talked to one man who had to grab his kids and flee with the flames just 20 feet from his home. >> yeah, they asked me to leave and i told them i was trying to save the house and put water on the back of it. and wet the back of it down. and they said, well, it's time to evacuate, you need to leave. >> also in the line of fire the suisun wildlife center, which rehabs wild animals. volunteers were able to save or free many animals, but some owls and squirrels did die in that fire. >>> dangerous heat across the bay area did not help firefighters today. let's bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. and jeff, some relief on the way soon. >> that's exactly rate. much-needed relief coming

cnn's jessica dean is live in washington with more. what have you learned, jessica?porter: good morning to you, alisyn. we are less than five months away from an election in which millions of americans are expected to use vote by mail, but the u.s. postal service has told congress that without $75 billion in funding, they will be out of money by september. all of this as a former trump ally and fund-raiser takes over today as the new postmaster general. as our nation faces historic crises, another potential one looms, the united states postal service recently told congress it will be out of money by september if it does not receive $75 billion in emergency funding, this as millions of americans are expected to use mail-in ballots to cast their votes in november's elections. >> if the funding doesn't come through, everything we do, including vote by mail, will be much harder. >> reporter: mark dimindsteen says it could affect access to vote by mail. mark elias, democratic voting rights attorney, says that could significantly impact elections. >> this is a critical one

we're on the other side of the blue washington, jessica in pennsylvania, also michigan and wisconsin.hose three states of states president trump, of course, won four years ago and democrats would like to win back. as you said, there is no question here that the best news for the biden campaign is the bad news for the trump campaign. we do know that -- you know, essentially starting recelt of his campaign is where this is beginning. on issues of coronavirus. on police reform. the trump's campaigns efforts to make joe biden unsebable alternative, if you will, held up by the trump administration's own progress and performance on these issues. right now this race is being viewed by voters as a referendum on the incumbent. of course we know that can change, no question about it. john, when you talk to voters here as i have been the last several days, there is a sense of exhaustion at the trump administration and a sense of just not handling these challenges and crises in an acceptable way. joe biden has a couple other things going for him as well. 81 million dollars raised in the month of

cnn's jessica snider has more from washington. >> reporter: christine and laura, a flurry of push back president and even condemnation from conservatives about this court's ruling on daca. for the second time this week the chief justice john roberts siding with the liberals and blocking the trump administration's plan to end daca. that's the obama era program that protected 7,000 so-called dreamers that came here before the age of 16. ever since 2012 they've been protected from deportation. they've been allowed to work here and get the daca renewals every two years. the president tried to get rid of it in 2017. he has since been blocked by the courts and now blocked by the supreme court. the supreme court saying the trump administration just did not end this program the right way. the chief justice saying this, we do not decide whether daca or its recision are sound policies. we address only whether the agency complied with the procedural requirement that it provide a reasoned explanation for the action. here they failed to consider the conspicuous issues on forbearance and what to do

jeff jenkins, fox news correspondent here in washington and in new york jessica tarlov also a fox news contributor. mollie, headlines, white house in denial. the media trying to portray -- mollie: well, they've been clearly trying to do that for months now. in general the media are not good at explaining context or nuance. we learned that the cdc estimates that 10 times as many people have coronavirus have tested positive. that's what you mean when you test more people, more than 2 million americans have it. we need toe know how many people are being hospitalized, how many people in which age group have this. one of the things of recent increase of cases predominantly in younger age groups which are much better suited to handle it. in this entire story we have seen that it's not just older people, older people in nursing home at risk. third and a half of all deaths related to this have been in nursing homes. we need to have much more focus on people who are vulnerable there and much less about people who are asymptomatic at younger ages. howie: jessica, the good news is death rates are