we have three of our bureaus make up of 61% of the total head count in the department in the bureau of infrastructure and environmental services work. of that work looking at the top two, the bulk is funded through off-budget meaning it's coming from operating funds. those are usually funded through the project itself meaning as a capital project. it can also be funded as a work order or a non-operating source. going down through the bureaus below that, that's where you do see more of the funding sources that are relying on operating funds to fund those positions mostly on the operations side of the house. again, i'll go over this quickly, as discussed before, talking about the number of contracts that public works has over the past few years. in the 17-18 fiscal year we had $1.4 billion worth of contracting. the bulk of that falls under construction. i want to highlight one thing very important, we do some big projects here well in the hundreds of millions but in large part though that number you're looking at at 198, there are a lot of projects that would be considered within the cit

agents of the bureau responded to correspondence with eaton bureau --of the for black women, correspondence with eaton provided much-needed information about the whereabouts of places like maryland. during the war, the chief quartermaster of the department of washington secured employment for refugees arriving in the capital. this often involved placing children in the homes of strangers. freedom proved to be an isolating experience for young black girls and boys after the war. those who made it to the capital were either hired out in nearby maryland or sent from washington to cities like baltimore, philadelphia, and new york. eaton wrote to one woman who hired a young girl named isabella. isabella's relatives contacted the assistant commissioner to learn of her residence and reach her at her new place of employment. in another letter addressed to a lawyer in philadelphia, eaton inquired about a young girl named cornelia robinson. he noted her family expressed concern about her whereabouts and wanted to make contact. the bureau made arrangements to send black girls in particular to northern

sentence to 11 years in prison, the parents appealed to the bureau for release. well after the states legally recognized emancipation, the convicted men had already served two years when jones submitted the inquiry in 1865. eaton realized these previous verdicts based on slave laws and black codes, posed a problem at the end of the war when slavery became illegal. except in the instances of criminal convictions. he pleaded with governors of maryland and virginia to ensure those confined for violations of laws or any slave black codes be granted pardon. in the capital, he wrote to president johnson requesting a pardon for a 13-year-old boy named beverly mccall. maccoll's mother who appeared like "an industrious, intelligent colored woman of good character worthy to provide for her son" made eaton aware of the two-year sentence in penitentiary. the court charged him with theft. eaton learned that the union army brought him to the capital nearby fredericksburg. in his possession, he held a pin valued at $40. condemned and confined with hardened criminals, the mother

consider the nominations of lieutenant general david hawkinson to be chief of the national guard bureau, and general gustave perna to be chief operating officer of the project warp speed. i think both of you for being here today particularly under the current circumstances of what we are facing now, we are doing things differently. i know you are down there but i can barely see you. anyway, we enjoyed meeting the families and all of that. we were not going to be able to do with the same way. when you do your opening statement, you may want to family that may be looking on. you have both been nominated for positions in the current challenge and as we consider your nominations, would be looking to ensure you can provide the expertise and solutions needed or the circumstances. , as our nationon demands more from our national guard, your expertise is extensive in the national guard as a general, will be essential. across the country, tens of thousands of guardsmen are on the front lines of the coronavirus response. they deserve strong, measured, amateur leadership from their advocate on the

why doesn't the bureau of prisons disclose as i.c.e. does how many tests have been conducted and at each facility? >> thank you, senator. as you're well aware, testing was hard to get. we now have 130 avid i.d. rapid test machines and we machines a increased our testing kits. we currently have about 40,000 kits. we are getting about 10,000 kits per week. so we are strategizing now and the things we've learned since the start of covid we've -- >> will you disclose this information for b.o.p. how much tests have been conducted at the facility. i think that would help significantly. how many tests at each facility? >> sir, i don't have the information in front of me, senator. i appreciate the acknowledgment of transparency. we have a website that we update daily, i'll defer to doctor allen if whether or not he knows our testing strategy or where we are not posting the testing results. >> if you could briefly, doctor, why not regularly des close this information and how many tests are being done at each facility. >> from my perspective ther

because relying on the bureau of prisons to be the moving part seems to be absurd. what can we do to protect the lives of individuals who are in custody or under sentence and to bring some peace of mind for the family members and loved ones that we as the government will take our responsibility to keep them safe seriously? >> i think the provision in the heroes act strike exactly the balance that you're talking about, that do, in fact, recognize the doj and pupae are not doing other own accord and doesn't require the release of certain gullible people, acknowledging that there are going to be some people where they're going to be public safety consideration and maybe they won't be released. we're realistic about this, but i think the provisions in the heroes act are a terrific first step. >> into so much. with that, madam chair, i yield back. >> thank you. mr. lieu. >> thank you chairwoman bass for leadership on this issue. i want to thank chairman nadler for his leadership on the full committee and thank you to the witnesses for a powerful testimony today. mr. patt

we have three of our bureaus make up of 61% of the total head count in the department in the bureau ofrastructure and environmental services work. of that work looking at the top two, the bulk is funded through off-budget meaning it's coming from operating funds. those are usually funded through the project itself meaning as a capital project. it can also be funded as a work order or a non-operating source. going down through the bureaus below that, that's where you do see more of the funding sources that are relying on operating funds to fund those positions mostly on the operations side of the house. again, i'll go over this quickly, as discussed before, talking about the number of contracts that public works has over the past few years. in the 17-18 fiscal year we had $1.4 billion worth of contracting. the bulk of that falls under construction. i want to highlight one thing very important, we do some big projects here well in the hundreds of millions but in large part though that number you're looking at at 198, there are a lot of projects that would be considered within the city an

the georgia bureau of investigation saying a man was shot and killed by police after taking an officer's taser outside of a wendy's. natasha chen joins us now from atlanta with more. natasha, what more are you learning? >> reporter: well, ana, there are a few important things that we learned from the georgia bureau of investigation press conference within the last couple of hours, and remember, the police were first called there because of a report of someone sleeping in his car in the drive-through, and a lot happened after that that is under investigation now. what gbi says is that they have video now from wendy's as well as from witness video, and they are digitally enhancing it to take a closer look. but they can already tell some things just by watching the videos with the naked eye. here is the gbi director describing what he sees in the video. >> we have now seen full video from the wendy's restaurant showing this gentleman entering into the video frame running or fleeing from atlanta police officers. it appears that he has in his hand the taser. you can see, at least not naked ey

have already been resolved the bureau or they assumed the agreed to men to the top and to committees dealing with gatt issues. with the participation of observance 5 additional expect mr president have already begun to defy by the you support that committee the observer us with the south africa in his capacity as the chairperson of the a new member of the bureau of the a you and expects of the commission a committee will address on a standard technical and legal issues and we have peace then is the report that chappell some of the beautiful run we. had a moment the president the beauty of the assembly of that we can union and the participating heads of state and government. it getting there to an appearance they agreed to do you couldn't be in 2 weeks because you don't report on the outcome of that was she of those they knew. they could and if you look at the end of night since there is a press that the bureau of the african union assembly and participating heads of state and government and observers coincided that countries have to request that night vision through the concert just

so the bureau of labor statistics is flagging that. some of those people likely have an at least temporary laid off and not actually on the payroll of an employer. i do think the key thing to note is that was also true for the previous report. right? while there might be somewhere between 3% and 5% higher, i think it has moved down at the same scale that we saw in the report. host: ok. let's let our viewers take over the conversation. we will start with jackie from cleveland, ohio. jackie, you say you are out there looking for a job. what is the job market like for you? caller: kind of stagnant right now, but i am still looking. i am glad that while i was on hold you started touching on the part about the footnote in the bureau of labor statistics report yesterday. i just want to know, how are they able to get away with actually telling us it is a 13.3% unemployment rate, when all of the smart people work at the bureau of labor statistics should have done the math before putting this report out to the public in the first place? because

much more to come on this and other issues as we broadcast from the missouri farm bureau offices here in jefferson city missouri stay with us it's half time on average. interestingly my wife and i had made a plan. we settle we put on a piece of paper what our dream of a farm was. search i will show this. so that's why we're here. we lived our lives here pretty much happy lee we raised our family we raised our kids we felt very comfortable here. we didn't feel threatened at all you know and i mean i would have never at that time suggested to you that clean air by important thing in my life. they were going to raise hogs ok and at the time i did not know how many hogs they were going to raise and it turned out that now they raise $80000.00 hogs and 3 miles more than a. farmland foods facility in milan missouri is owned by smithfield foods the largest hog and pork processor in the world with revenues exceeding $13000000000.00 in 2013. the operation north of me is called green hills. there isn't a single pig in there that ever seen the green hills there isn't a single pig down there that

the missouri farm bureau the missouri.pork producers and the missouri soybean association while the missouri farmers care campaign highlighted the positive role of missouri farmers in society the alliance for truth was focused on misrepresenting the clear language improper be the majority of the funding for the alliance for truth was funneled through missouri farmers care by the same agricultural trade groups the trade groups involved represent the interests of their member corporations in missouri these corporations include some of the largest agribusiness is in the united states months sent to tyson cargill and smithfield foods while these trade groups used their vast financial resources opposing prop b. the corporations that ultimately provided the majority of the funding for the campaign remained silent simply put without the financial support of corporate agriculture the puppy mills of missouri would not have had the ability to mount the alliance for truth or missouri farmers care which were largely responsible for th

that's something that we're capable of doing here at the bureau. we will begin doing that soon. as far as a timeline is concerned, it's always difficult to put a definitive timeline on it, but as you might well imagine, because of the nature of this particular case and the circumstances of what we're dealing in and the environment today, we have advised the agents to expedite the investigation. any additional work that needs to be done here at our laboratory, we will certainly prioritize that and do it as quickly as possible. we want to be very expeditious in this case. we want to be very, very quick in this case, but we have to be very thorough in this case. we have to do it the right way. i'm sure when i speak to the public that anybody who had a loved one in this situation on either side, either as a law enforcement officer or as someone who has been involved in a situation where officers used deadly force that they want the investigation done correctly. they want it done thoroughly, and they want it done right. and that's exactly what the gbi intends on doing in this case. o

his estate bureau chief with the union leader. thank you for joining us. -- he is the state bureau chief. >> this november we are going to take back the house and hold the senate and keep the white house. [applause] >> president trump return to the campaign trail saturday for a rally in tulsa. watch live coverage starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. on at c-span.org, or listen on the go, with the free c-span radio app. today, president trump a roundtable discussion on how to protect senior citizens during the crowbars pandemic. he also answered questions on police reform and race relations. from the white house, this is an hour. pres. trump: ok. on the flight today. hi. ok, thank you very much. today is elder abuse awareness day. we are here to discuss our commitment to protecting and caring for america's seniors. we are joined by vice president mike pence, attorney general williamar

we interviewed craig gilbert, washington bureau chief for the milwaukee journal sentinel about this years race in that state, including the impact of the coronavirus and how voters there will cast their ballots. milwaukee is due to hold the democratic national convention in august. >> as we look at the key battleground states in campaign 2020 we are doing here in washington with craig gilbert, bureau chief for the milwaukee journal sentinel. as you look at covid-19 and the political climate across wisconsin what is the state of play right now? >> wisconsin is very perfectly divided state along red and blue lines. it is also has a divided government right now with republicans with a large majority in the legislator but a democratic governor so there has been a lot of growing partisan disagreement and conflict over how to manage the pandemic which means between the government and the legislator and wisconsin is a little bit unique in that we had this situation where a state supreme court with them majority struck down the governor's estate home order. so overnight lifting the restrictions t

we have three of our bureaus make up of 61% of the total head count in the department in the bureau of infrastructure and environmental services work. of that work looking at the top two, the bulk is funded through off-budget meaning it's coming from operating funds. those are usually funded through the project itself meaning as a capital project. it can also be funded as a work order or a non-operating source. going down through the bureaus below that, that's where you do see more of the funding sources that are relying on operating funds to fund those positions mostly on the operations side of the house. again, i'll go over this quickly, as discussed before, talking about the number of contracts that public works has over the past few years. in the 17-18 fiscal year we had $1.4 billion worth of contracting. the bulk of that falls under construction. i want to highlight one thing very important, we do some big projects here well in the hundreds of millions but in large part though that number you're looking at at 198, there are a lot of projects that would be considered within the cit

and expanding the authority of the bureau of the consumer financial protection bureau. let's talk a little bit about the p.i., personal identical information. when you are putting matching all nine digits of consumers social security numbers, it doesn't provide any alternative -- alternate methods for verification. we have had problems with this in the past. i for one and many republicans have consist teptly -- a number of my democrats have -- democrat friends have consistently expressed concerns regarding the private sector and government's overreliance on the use of these social security numbers. for identity verification threatens consumer's personal information. i oppose the securities and exchange commission and other federal agencies that have used p.i.i. in their databases because there have been breaches. i'm reminded of the old adage why would you rob theback? because that's where is the money s why would you go after a database? because that's where the digital gold is. what we are doing is we are putting more digital gold into a new database. so we are increa

committee met to consider the nominations of lieutenant daniel to be chief of the national guard bureau and army general : : >> good morning. the committee meets today to consider the nominations of the lieutenant general hokanson to be chief of the national guard bureau. and general perna to be chief operating officer of the project warp speed. i think both of you for being here today. what we are facing now we are doing things differently. i know you are down there but i can barely see you but anyway, we enjoyed meeting the families and all of that. we will not be able to do it the same way that when you do your opening statement you may want to introduce the families that may be looking on, if that sounds all right. you both were nominated for positions at the forefront of the current challenges and as we consider your nominations we will consider to ensure that you can provide the solutions, expertise and reassurance needed for these circumstances. general hokanson as our nation demands more from our national guard and your expertise is extensive in the national guard bureau, north,

i can tell you in this instance they are are being designated by the georgia bureau of investigations. i wish the mayor would have put this officer and administrative leave and she would not spoken out to say the officer had been in a wrong manner. i wish he would have waited for a report because the question is did the officer acted reasonably and are the circumstances in which -- and that is the jury is out on that and an investigation clearly is to make that determination. how big is the role of the video we saw and we will get back to the timeline. how unusual is it in your mind in less than 24 hours after an officer-involved shooting we have surveillance video released by the investigative agency. that's got to be a record. >> it is a record and is normally not done that fast but i think the mayor decided and city officials decided to release that video because they are trying to cool the crowd down out there and that is one of the things but that video cuts both ways. it shows that the gentleman mr. brooks was turning around and he had a taser or something in his hand that looke

existing studies of the fbi as dismissed the role of religion in the making and shaping of the bureau, the rule of religion has been more prominent in political histories of postwar america, displaying how the cold war shaped america's religious landscape. yet these studies of religion and the cold war tended to downplay the bowl of the top domestic security force and the cold war watchdog, the fbi. too often in these studies, hoover is looking literally and figuratively on the margins. in my research, i focus on the and between religion hoover's fbi. there are three things i will discuss today that this connection reveals about american politics and american political history. first, j edgar hoover himself. examining double of fate and the life of j edgar hoover reveals that he became a central figure in american civil religion, america's political faith expressed in the set of beliefs and sacred symbols and rituals in the public sphere. without looking at religion in the life of j edgar hoover will miss a number of things. in his childhood diaries, they show, as well as his experien

my name is michael, the director of the federal bureau of prisons. the bureau of prisons staff, our federal law enforcement officers who are often called upon to , assist during crisis situations within our communities. the attorney general asked the b.o.p. to assist other agencies in maintaining peace in the district of columbia. b,o,p, crisis management teams are highly trained to deal with emergency situations including crowd control. they are experienced in confrontational avoidance and conflict resolution. in the aftermath of the tragic death of george floyd, it is unfortunate that these services are necessary. on behalf of the b.o.p. and its 36,000 staff, i extend our greatest sympathies to the family for his loss. we also respect the rights of the public to express their frustration and grief. we appreciate those who want to ensure that the events surrounding mr. floyd's death will not happen again. it is a shame that the voices of are being drowned out by those inciting violence. -- the voices of -- are being drowned out by those inciting vio

the bureau of land management has benefited. after decades of water overappropriation caused the lowering of the valley's water table, the rapid disappearance of wetlands and plummeting bird population, the wetland restoration effort was initiated, including this wetlands area. you can see the work we've done on this. red mountain pass is another example, a multiphase project completed by the trust for public lands with colorado partners with funding from the lwcf. it lies above luray and forms portions of the panoramic backdrop, the red mountain pass and on luray and san juan county's rugged alpine loop. it'sen incredible experience. you can see the work we've done with it here. if you go to the national forest, over the years lwcf has invested nearly $27 million in the national forest of colorado to protect this valley which is a ten-year long process that ultimately rutted in the conservation -- resulted in the conservation of thousands of acres surrounding the town, incredible for recreation and preservation of this critical

marshals service, the dea, and the bureau of prisons. all state and local federal law enforcement working in partnership. our special agents and certified fire investigators are tracking and assisting more than 847 arsons. over 76 explosive incidents, and providing valuable technical expertise and intelligence support. two of our national response teams, nrt, have been activated and responding to minneapolis and st. paul, minnesota. we have developed efficient and effective strategies to triage and quickly assess the scenes even in an unstable environment. atf has also responded to 73 federal firearms licensed dealers. we have identified many suspects and made arrests and recovered many firearms already. we have responded to assaults and murders of our law enforcement partners. our team of atf professionals at our national correlation center, our laboratories, and tracing center are working day and night to make those arrests. we are on the streets, making cases and protecting the american public from violent criminals. you do not have t

i am the director of the federal bureau of prisons. ourbureau of prisons staff, law enforcement officers who are often called upon to assist during crisis situations within our communities. the attorney general asked the p tob. to assist -- bo assist in giving peace in the district of columbia. we are highly trained to deal with emergency situations including crowd control. they are experienced in confrontational avoidance and conflict resolution. in the aftermath of the tragic death of george floyd, it is unfortunate that the services are necessary. and his, if the bop extend arson for these to the family for the loss. we respect the rights of the public to express their frustration and grief. sure what make happened during his death will not happen again. it is a shame that the voices of those who speak out or drowned out by those inciting violence. everyroud of our staff day and i am honored that they were called upon to assist our communities. thank you. >> i am the acting administrator of the drug enforcement administration and i

the state and federal law-enforcement personnel from the federal bureau of investigation and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives and many other agencies quickly arrived to support local officials in their efforts to clear the building and meticulously investigate the scene. i want to think again the chief and every one of those law-enforcement officers who did their job and contributed to the emergency response. i want to acknowledge again the victims. gerald fishman, 61 was an editor for 25 years of service with a capital gazette well known at the newspaper and throughout the community for his brilliant mind and writing. most often he was insightful and it came through when the editorial pages at the capital gazette. rick hutsell the editor describes fishman as someone whose light was committed to protecting our community by telling hard truths. rob hyson, 59, columnist, editor, teacher and storyteller that brought compassion and humor to his community focus reporting. rob was the coach and mentor to many and according to the former son he was so happy working witn

normally, it would take the bureau of several months —— it would take the bureau several months to makeca's labour market and its output collapsed made it very clear that the american economy is in fact in recession. although the bureau painted a pretty bleak picture of america's economy, it did have one little bright spot, that it have one little bright spot, thatitis have one little bright spot, that it is perhaps possible that it is perhaps possible that this recession may not last as long as the previous ones. so that is samira hussain. let's take a quick look at how the markets are faring. this is the picture in asia despite a bumper session the night before on wall street it's a mixed picture across asia this tuesday. the positive mood is continuing in asia today. but turning to the us on the day it was declared it's in recession, markets powered past the levels seen at the end of 2019. this board shows you the results of an 11—week surge in stocks despite the economic devastation of coronavirus. joining me now from london is james hughes, who's the chief market analyst at scope m

so the bureau of labor sti statistics said there's a miscalculation that may have happened where the unemployment rate officially given 13.3% for the month of may is actually 3 percentage points higher than that. when you look what's happening for unemployment for black workers, it's significantly higher. we saw friday, president trump, celebrating the fact that the jobs numbers were better, but what we're seeing is that may not have, in fact, been the case. >> and any idea when we would get the real numbers from the bureau? >> yes. the bureau of labor statistics said come monday they're going to clarify what happened with the miscalculation and let us know what the actual, official, unemployment rate is going to be, but that is significant, because we really rely on that bureau to tell us the state of employment in this country. >> so 13%. the president celebrated it. it may actually be at 16%, higher than april was. we'll find out soon. >> sibila marcellus, good to see you. >>> that will do it for us. >> we'll see you again next weekend? >> alex witt is in the house. congressman al

. >> kevin is a state house bureau chief for the union leader. he is joining us from concord, new hampshire, and over the last 20 to 25 years the granite state has become a real battleground state. why? what's changed? >> yeah. that's interesting. i mean it's quite a contrast, right. ronald reagan, when he ran for re-election in '48 declared it the most republican state in the country. you could have made that case like utah and nevada perhaps. new hampshire has become much more of a swing state. i think primarily because of the migration here. we're unusual in that now fewer people in new hampshire actually were born here. more than 60% of its residents are not natives. many of them are -- come from massachusetts. they kind of came to escape higher taxes and more regulation and -- but particularly on social issues, they're very progressive and that's what we've really seen over the years in new hampshire is not only more my braigration that has mae electorate more center, less right leaning, but also, many of these residents that came here are m

we went to one of the hospitals the bureau contact could use regional hospital the main hospital in the provincial capital and were severe injuries for the area treating. doctor name of gold is the director here. but they are strict that had cut last november 2017 was a little less he will be out of what he. did with his family doctor told us that they did treat civilians in that bill would from u.s. military contact your. brother will have other. that they will be able. well it's a bigger than. the subject. that is substantially the mood like we have ever followed up by phone about the strike or any other strikes and it happened in the region over the past few years most of the political class now there are only. really made me question the investigations process if we were able to pick up the phone call hospital check this basic fact why were they doing it and why weren't they getting it. i recently approached the u.s. military for information on where this allegation came to i was told that i would have to step a freedom from a small quest. which is a very tiny process and we may not

taking into allegation so simply you know and it's a constant battle and so we partnered with the bureau of investigative journalism to examine civilian casualties from u.s. air strikes in afghanistan. this is the doctor yes this is that that is the goal one of the cases we looked at together was the case of sharif kloden when he does family that we started to dig a little bit more and we opened up to sort of the general public and open source ex-pats and we started to find out all kinds of information we were able to locate at the house that we believe the doctor lived in. and new satellite imagery to get a step closer to proving in fact that that house was struck and we've also got images of funerals we've got images of bodies we've got when the bureau reached out to the u.s. military about that airstrike bill we said that it was possible there were casualties in that their investigation was closed i think the the word possible. is quite a quite a hollow victory for accountability something in terms of what it provides to survivors it's not a conclusion that can offer them cause some c

we are learning that attorney general bill barr, who was also on that call, as directed the bureau of prisons assented right teams. the president has not been happy with the city's mayor. recently they were upset that she waited until 11:00 p.m. last night to finally impose a curfew. here is the white house press secretary, who will be holding a briefing about an hour. >> i think when you look at some of the befuddling actions, like right here in d.c., the mayor of d.c. didn't issue a curfew until 11:00 p.m. well, guess what? at 10:00 p.m. you had st. john's church burning. several other cities had curfews at 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. some of the actions are not tough enough, as the president noted. particularly with the mayor here in d.c. >> over the last hour or so, d.c.'s mayor has taken a bit of a tougher stance. she just imposed a curfew at 7:00 p.m. tonight and tomorrow, and as for the city's police chief, he gave an update on the number of people who have been arrested. he said 80 people have been arrested, 44 charged with felony

activist the president and sarah ramaphosa of south africa to have an extraordinary african union bureau of the assembly of the heads of state and government meeting on june 26th 2020 to deliberate on this matter. the obviously purpose of this meeting was to ensure that an agreement on the gird is reached expeditiously as such it was agreed that enters governmental technical negotiations will be held with a view to achieving this goal within 2 weeks moreover you are in this meeting if you have not committed not to take any unilateral measures by commencing the filling of the jered before an agreement is reached this commitment can only be interpreted as an unequivocal undertaking to ensure that the killing of the girl is executed in accordance with the rules agreed upon between the 3 right variance. and the other understanding or interpretation of this commitment which reflects the lack of political will to reach an agreement on the gird and reveal an underlying intention to impose an unacceptable set accompli on downstream states and enforce the unilateral will of an upstream state on i

troops relocate from germany to poland do you know because washington bureau chief alexander phenomena sent us this is us. well at 1st president was quite be doing the press conference saying that poland's have had asked for more u.s. troops and that they will probably be moving from germany to poland but then he got more precise more a more specific saying that the u.s. is going to use you as troops in germany some of them are going home some of them are will be going to different places and one of the places will be poland so he seems to have made he's mine and this announcement was a huge win for the polish president who's government is very eager to receive more you as troops and it's of course a punishment of germany and president once again criticize germany for not spending enough on the facts. washington bureau chief alexander phenomena there now let's take a look at some other news stories from around the world the u.s. has recorded its biggest daily increase in cases of 900 since the pandemic began new infections are climbing sharply in several states including texas florida

that was stephens on one's ear from washington bureau now president donald trump has rejected calls to defund or dismantle u.s. police departments in the wake of george floyd's death it comes after minneapolis lawmakers pledged to dismantle the city's police force whose formal offices have been charged for the lead role in floyd's death tolls to defund the police have become integra. to the protest movement in the u.s. at a white house meeting trump voiced his support for the country's law enforcement. they won't be defining there won't be dismantling of our police and they're not going to be any dispensing of our police our police have been letting. live in peace or we want to make sure we don't have any they're actors in there and sometimes you see some horrible things like we witnessed recently but 99 i say 99.9 but let's go with 99 percent of them are great great people and they've done jobs that are record setting records. let's have a look at some of the other stories making news elsewhere in the world germany's defense minister says the u.s. government's reported plans to cut th

she is a former cnn bureau chief and the founder and the ceo of the new site rattler which has produced information against the president duterte. press freedom group say the charges are a politically motivated prosecution by the duterte government. my colleague spoke to her shortly after the verdict. her conviction won't stop the coverage. >> when power, great power hangs over your head, if you allow it to affect you, they succeed. if you are not doing the investigative journalism you should be doing. what we've learned in rattler, we swat it away and we keep our eye on the goal. it makes me wonder and worry, what is the government afraid of? why are they afraid of journalists? why must they always make me feel their power? i think i'm a nice person. i ask very respectfully. our reporters are very respectful. but they just don't like the questions. we need to get back to this idea of checks and balances. >> she says she does plan to appeal the verdict. we'll keep you posted on that. >>> the u.s. treasury secretary faces criticism for refusing to name businesses who received coronavirus

for the taxes bureau of prisons ok i think the entire d.c. metro area knows now thankfully good i'm glad yeah i understand people are upset because prison riot cops don't usually have to deal with the 1st amendment they can use whatever force they want but this does stop oh makes local police look pretty good so d.c. is being treated like a prison in the open air prison but don't get so down on d.c. the n.y.p.d. has been covering up their badge numbers illegally with bans they say are a sign of warning for the new york police officers who passed during copa 19 and they still aren't wearing masks when an n.y.p.d. officer was asked about the band hiding his badge number the band is legal as long as it's not covering the number he shrugged and said it's old it fell down you see not all elastic is good there's some bad elastics i had that experience with some old broadly. when these police are on identified it seems clear they intend to brutalize protesters with no accountability and putting prison riot police out there is a even crazier ok so wh