vu news live from berlin north korea violently escalating the tensions with its southern neighbor john yang has blown up a liaison office near the 2 countries heavily militarized tris border tensions between the 2 countries have been rising for weeks we'll go live to seoul for the very latest. also coming up germany rolls out its corona virus tracking it tracing out the government hopes the new technology will help fight the spread of the virus but it is voluntary so how effective can it be and what about security and privacy concerns. and president trump confirms washington will be slashing us from in germany he says he's acting because berlin has not been paying its fair share of nader's budget. i'm brian thomas critelli with us today north korea has blown up a joint lives own office near the border between the 2 countries the office seen here when it was 1st opened in 20 teen handles inter korean relations situated in the town of case song that's just north of the border the explosion comes as tensions between the 2 sides escalate escalate over a leaflet in campaign pyongyang has sharply

as john yang reports, chief dejustice john roberts pro the decisive vote. >> yang: chief justice john roberts was again in an unusual position today: siding with the four reliably liberal justice to strike down a restrictive louisiana abortion law by a 5-4 majority. justice stephen breyer wrote the decision, relying on the 2016 5- 3 ruling invalidating a nearly identical texas law at the time the court's biggest enrsement of abortion rights in quarter century. th, roberts was on the oth side, among the dissenters. today, incurring opinion, he wrote of the importance of supreme court precedent:" the louisiana law imposes a burden on access to abortion just as severe as that imposed by the texas law, for the same reasons. therefore louisiana's law caot stand under our precedents." roberts said he still believes the texas case was "wrongly decided. the question today however is not whether [it] was right or wrong, but whether to adhere to it in deciding the present case." marcia coyle, chief washington correspondent for the national law journal says it underscores voberts' emergence as t

as john yang reports, chief justice john roberts provided the decisive vote.an unusual positionts today, siding with thefour reliably liberal judges to strike down the abortion law by a 5-4 majority. just as justice breyer wrote -- invalidating a nearly identical texas law, at the time, the court'sig bgest endorsement of abortion rights in a quarter-century. then roberts was on the others among dissenters. importancrote of the of supreme court precedents. the louisiana law imposes a burden on access tabortion just a severe of that imposed by the texas law for the same reasons. therefore, louisiana'sca law ot stand under our president. robert says he still belcaves the texa was wrongly decided. the question today is not whether it was right or wrong, t whether to adhere to it in deciding the present case. marcia coyle, chief washington correspondent, says it underscos roberts emergence as the swing vote. >> his concern for the t credibility institution, he tends to write fairly narr opinions when he does move to the left, as he did here. he not going to make an

john yang reports that chief justice john roberts was the swing vote. >> say it loud, say it clear: immigrants are welcome here! >> yang: jubilant daca recipients and their supporters began gathering outside the supreme court shortly after the 5-4 decision was announced. >> i am very thrilled that the supreme court today made the right decision for me and for the other hundreds of thousands of dacas that are out here. >> home is here! home is here! >> yang: chief justice john roberts provided the decisive vote, siding with his four consistently-liberal colleagues and writing the majority opinion. he stressed that the court was not making a judgement on the policy itself, which he said, "is none of our concern. we address only whether the agency complied with the procedural requirement that it provide a reasoned explanation for its action." roberts acknowledged that the department of homeland security had the legal ability to end deferred action for childhood arrivals, or "daca," when it acted in 2017. but, he concluded, the agency was "arbitrary and capricious" in the way it did it-- especiall

john yang begins our coverage. >> yang: in washington, d.c., >> reporter: the first of several memorial services for george floyd. jake upfry kneltt at the coffin. reverend al sharpton delivered the ewing. >> george floyd's story has been the story of black folks because, ever since 401 years ago, the reason we could never be who we wanted and dreamed of being is you kept your knee on your neck. (applause) >> reporter: and across the country, a virtual moment of silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin was seen pinning his knee onto floyd's neck. chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder. in washington become barr and christopher ray announced actions. >> we have task forces around the country to apprehend and charge violent agitators -- >> reporter: blame extremist groups. >> we have evidence that antifa and other similar extremist groups as well as actors of a variety of different political persuasions have been involved in instigating and participating in theviolent actity. >> reporter: but last night protes

speakers at the service ranged from family to the famous, as we hear in our opening report, from john yang. laid to rest todaymore thanas two weeks after his death while being arrested by a white minneapolis police officer galvanized an international movement. ♪ ♪ at his houston funeral, mourners celebrated floyd's life, and reflected on how his final words-- "i can't breathe"-- became a rallying cry in the fight against systemic racism. >> when he yelled "please, c please't breathe," iarinties. d. everybody knows who big floyd is now. everybody is going to remember m around the world. he's going to change the world. >> his assignment turned into a purpose, and that purpose was around the world that there are people rising up that will never ice.down until you get just >> my most favorite memory with my uncle when he would scratch his dead after long days awork. we created a song called, "scrat my head, ratch mad yeah." but after that, i knew he was a comedian. he always told me, "baby girl, you're going to go so far with that beautiful smile and brains of yours." presidentpresumptive demo

speakers at the service ranged from family to the famous, as we hear in our opening report, from john yang. >> reporter: george floyd was laid to rest today, more than being arrested by a white while minneapolis police officer galvanized an international movement. ♪ ♪ at his houston funeral, mourners celebrated floyd's life, and reflected on how his final words-- "i can't breathe"--in became a ralcry in the >> when he yelled "please,ism. please i can't breathe," ist ped wearing ties. i want justice for my brother, my big brother. that's big floyd. everybody knows who big floyd is now. everybody is going to remember him around the world. he's going to change the world. >> his assignment turned into a sepurpose, and that purwas around the world that there are people rising up that will never sit down until you get justice.y >> most favorite memory with my cle when he would scratch his dead after long days awork. we created a song called, "scratch my head, scratch my head, yeah." but after that, i knew he was a comedian. he always told me, "baby girl, you're going to go so far with that beaut

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: u.s. and israeli officials met today in jerusalem to disss what could be one of the most dramatic changes to the middle east map in secades. nickifrin is back with that story. >> schifrin: outside an israeli lettlement in the jordan v palestinian and israeli protestors say no to annexatn. i eli avidor is aeli member of combatants r peace. >> i just feel that i cannot stand quietly. i cannot go to the beach, swim in the mediterranean, have fun, when these crimeare happening here in this area. in my name. >> schifrin: soleiman khatib is a palestinian from ramallah. >> the water resources that are here, the food, the safety and social life, the communityife, will be really affected so badly if the annexation plan happens. >> schifrin: israeli prime uinister benjamin netany promised annexation during election campaigns, and earlier this year, got a green light from president trump. >> and the united states will recognize israeli sovereignty over the territory, that my fsion provides to be part

john yang breaksown what the justices said and what it means. >> yang: the court's decision declaring that a six-decade old civirights law ptects gay and transgendered workers fromim employment disation was stated clearly and simply:" an employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires tt person for traits or actions it wouldno have questioned in members of a different sex.se plays a necessary and undisguisable role in the decision, exactly what [the law] forbids." justice neil gorsuch, a member of the court's conservative faction, wrote the opinion and was joined by chief justice john roberts and the four liberal justices in the 6-to-3 majority. the ruling is a milestone for gay rights and comes at a time when minorities across the country are speaking out for justice. e want? do >> justice! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> yang: as in this joint "black lives matter" and l.g.b.t.q. rights march yesterday in los angeles. before today's decision, it was legal in 28 states t someone, refuse them a promotion or not protect them from workplace sexual harassment

for the pbs newshour, i' john yang. >> woodruff: alabama is hardly the only state that has seen a spike in cases recently. more t had a jump in the past couple oe weeks, many inouth and the west. hospitalizations are also up significantly in at eight states. let's look at this and questions about how ba get the right nce while dealing with huge economic problems. dr. assh jha is director of harvard university's global health instituteand joins us from cambridge. dr. jha, welcome back to the "newshour". as you look at this spike in country, what does this tellthe you? >> yeah, so thanks for having me back, judy. i am worokried. i cross the country, i see about 20 states, as you said, where cases are rising, and it r probabflects what happened about three or four weeks ago, our country startening up around memorial day, some states even beore then. what we're seeing now is cases rising, and the biggest question in front of me is what's going think there's no appetite for shutting those states back downg n. the other tool that helps, testing, tracing and isolation, we don't have upthat bui

has cut all communications with south korea including a military hotline between the 2 countries john yang says that's that it's in response to seoul's failure to stop activists from sending leaflets critical of the regime over the border. suddenly sooner or you quote you know like to see what all north korean state television announces the country's decision to cut off all communication lines with south korea. for your calls you know let's them. on tuesday morning the south defense ministry confirm deficiency in pyongyang hadn't oncet everything cool to the liaison office no calls on military hotlines but they didn't even hitomi was right we said we. will be escalation in tensions comes after anger in the north at the south's failure to stop activists from floating balloons filled with anti p.r. me and leaflets. across the border. on monday students held a rally in the north capitol protesting against the leaflets and those who had defected to the south. p.r. nyang has cut communications with seoul before but this is the 1st time since 2018. and you wanted some analysts believe this is an

down all communication between the 2 sides it's a latest in a series of threats and recent days john yang is demanding that seoul stop defectors from sending propaganda leaflets into north korea. joins us live now from seoul so how big of a setback is this for. certainly for the south korea this is being regarded as a very serious setback in into korean relations we've had hints that things have been moving in these this kind of direction in recent weeks attacks from the north of being getting particularly bellicose and then last week we had direct threats from north korea that they were going to close down this liaison office that exist in the border city of case on between north 'd and south if south korea didn't stop these groups of defectors as they often do releasing these balloons that float across the d.m.z. with north korea carrying propaganda messages against the north it is something which always outrages north korea and they have now used this the stance of lee as the reason why they are cutting off these lines of communication interestingly when they made this threat last week

town of k song of the border now this comes as tensions between the 2 nations have been escalating john yang is furious souls' failure to stop propaganda leave lists crossing into the north. it's to india now and that country has been easing its coronavirus restrictions allowing many migrant workers to make their way home but for those returning to the state of west bengal they've escaped the pandemic only to face the aftermath of a major cycle. of wall traveled to the district of horror in west bengal. well there locals told her of the immense challenge they're facing right now. celebrations are the main source of lush crush of moves livelihood. joining weddings and festivals his work is in high demand in new delhi but back in his village in west bengal libya he does not know if he will even said of this piece. last month shabu fled the lockdown in india's capital after months without any status he said $1300.00 other artisans also return to the small village with him almost one man from every family here. as if a light on destroyed business were craftsman laborers if we don't embroider we

country will cut its hotlines with south korea as a 1st step to shutting off all contact with seoul john yang is threatening to sever ties with the south if it does not stop defectors from sending leaflets and other materials into the north. while fires have been spreading across the u.s. state of california due to high winds and dry weather water dropping helicopters worked through the night to put out a brush fire in los angeles county the national weather service issued red flag warnings for several regions in the state. and new zealanders are returning to life without social distancing restrictions a day after the country was declared free of the coronavirus residents have flocked back to cafes to catch up with friends or gone back to sports classes that were cancelled during the lockdown. of the coronavirus pandemic has been wreaking havoc on economies all over the globe including in the e.u. german exports are down more than 30 percent for the month of april that is the sharpest decline since exports statistics began in 1950. traffic here at the port of hamburg ground to a halt at the h

zone tensions on the korean peninsula have escalated in recent weeks hitting a new low tuesday when john yang blew up its joint liaison office with seoul the north says the moves are in retaliation for cross border propaganda by activists in the south who want to topple the north korean regime for let's bring in correspondent frank smith in seoul good day to you frank can you take us through this latest escalation how did we get to this point. well we need to go back to 2018 when we had a couple of summit several summits some between north korean leader kim jong un and us president donald trump but for our purposes today the 2 summits are 3 summits between. so korean president movie j.n. and north korean leader kim jong un and they drew up the so-called panmunjom declaration and part of that involved a draw down of tension along the border an elimination of propaganda activities that had taken place you know between the 2 koreas including things like loudspeakers set up along the border blasting anti north korea messages toward the north from the south and dismantling of guard posts on both s

also coming up north korea violently ask tensions with its southern neighbor john yang is blowing up a liaison office near the 2 countries heavily militarized order. to president trump confirms he is lashing u.s. troop numbers in germany he says it's because berlin house and been paying its share of nato's project. and germany rolls out its coronavirus tracking and tracing out but it is voluntary so how effective will it be we'll take a closer look. i'm sumi so much kind of good to have you with us the indian army says at least 3 of its soldiers including a senior officer have been killed in a clash with chinese forces along a disputed border in the himalayan mountains china has accused india of a provocation and one chinese news outlet has said that china also suffered casualties although tensions between the 2 sides have been building over the last month this is the 1st incident in more than 40 years that has seen soldiers killed . high in the himalayas trouble has been brewing for weeks these satellite images show indian and chinese troops gathering in the disputed border region n

thousands of balloons into the south in the biggest ever psychological campaign against its neighbor john yang says the balloons will carry 12000000 propaganda leaflets across the border. there's a top stories do stay with us the news continues after the stream thanks for watching so you have it. i am free ok and you are in the street the journalist maria ressa is executive editor of a very popular online publication of brown but she has just been found guilty of sniper libel with one of her former colleagues ray santos jr what does that tell us about what is going on in the philippines today i am sure you have a point of view you may well even have questions so the way to do that is the you cheap china is then i jump into the chat and you can be part of the conversation.

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citizens who are protesting. >> yang: john, i want to expand this conversation to policing and what seemso be an increasing military england to policing. for that i'm joined by radley balko. he is the author of "rise of the warrior cop: the militarization of america's police forces." he's also an opinion journalist with the "washington post." he joins me from nashville. radl balko, welcome to the newshour. thank you very much some we're talking about what you call "the warrior cop." are we seeing the blurring of the lines between the warrior, the soldier, and the traditional police officer? >> i think we are, and it's been a continuation of a trend that we've seen since about the 1980s. you know, in this country we have a listening tradition of respecting the line between police and military, and with good reason. a soldier's job is to kill people and break things, it's to annihilate a foreign enemy. a police officer's job is to keep the peace and protected constitutional rights. when you blur the two, when yo take a police officer and you train them like soldiers and arm them and dress t

john yang reports that chief justice john roberts was the swing vote.crowd chanting] john: jubilant daca recipients gathering outside the supreme court. >> i'm thrilled the supreme court made the decision for me and the hundreds of thousands that are out there. john: chief justice john roberts provided the decisive vote, citing with his 4 consistently liberal colleagues and writing the majority opinion. he stressed that the court was not making a judgment on the policy itself, which he said is none of our concern. "we address only if the agency complied with the procedural requirement that it provide a reasoned explanation of its action." he acknowledged the department of homeland security had the legal ability to end deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca when it acted in 2017, but it concluded the agency was arbitrary and capricious in the way it did it, especially for failing to consider the effect it would have on daca recipients. justice clarence thomas joined by samuel alito and neil gorsuch called the decision and effort to avoid a politi

up the joint liaison office with the south that was opened on the border in case on 2 years ago john yang has been threatening to cut ties after south korean defectors sent food medicine and propaganda leaflets over the border robin wright is in seoul with more. things have been building up in this direction of course we've been having worsening relations over a period of weeks if not months against the background of stole dialogue between north korea and the united states and so on but in recent times north korea has used the potential actions by defective groups here in south korea releasing balloons propaganda balloons into the knolls the tsk of course coming up to the 70th anniversary of the korean war it's a very sensitive time they've used that it seems as the premise for taking this action 3 indian soldiers have been killed during fighting on the border with china and happened in the disputed got warm valley territory were efforts to deescalate tensions are underway at the to countries have been locked in a standoff on the border for weeks now amnesty international is urging just a

but, as john yang reports, the administration was quick to hail them as early indications of an economicecovery already underway. >> yang: judy, at his rose >> this afternoon in maine the president said today's j support was sign a that good times are ahead. rica's economic comeback has begun. the next year is set to be a year, and you rember i said it, but it's going to be an amazing byear. ve thing happened today when we saw numbers the likes of which we've never seen inhe history of our country. good timing because people look at that and they say, hey, this country's great. we've done things that nobody else has ever done. >> yang: how do others interpret the numbers, and how much do they say about the future? elise gould is a labor economist at the economic policy institute, a rescenter that gets funding from organized labor, and our own lisa desjardins, who covers economic policy on capital hill. lisa, let me start with you. you heard the president say that looking this jobs report, america's economic comeback has do you see that in this report? >> not yet. it certainly is welcome

thousands of balloons into the south in the biggest ever psychological campaign against its neighbor john yang says the balloons will carry 12000000 propaganda leaflets across the border. saudi arabia says yemen's government and a southern separatist group have agreed to a cease fire in the abyan region and a starting peace talks comes after the southern transitional council took full control of the island of circle on saturday. there's diversity can in the coming war on china is next one years after that. i pity a country that would come up against us. the synergy with air land and sea forces and and our ability to control the battle space and seize the high ground is devastating all countries respect the power of the united states in that respect how dominant we are in this region and we get better and better and better. tonight attend a reg limps of china's bishop's expansion in one of the world's most contested regions we report from the south china sea by the chinese a warning off anyone who comes too close to that building program we continue our look this morning and what china does not

john yang reports on the case of breonna taylor. >> hands up! n't shoot! louisville, kentuclice killed the 26-year-old emergency room technician in her own apartment, her name rings out in the streets. naonay tr!loame! >> yang: it was after midnight on march 13th when three police officers bro taylor's door while serving a drug warrant. even though it was a "no-knock" warrant, police say th did knock and identify themselves; taylor's family says they didn't. the officers exchanged gunfire with kenneth walker, taylor's boyfriend, who said he thought someone was breaking in. she was hit at least eight times, and died. walker called 911. >> i don't know what'smergency? happening. somebody kicked in the door and emonratigirlfriend. an starting near louisville city hall, and sweeping across the nation. taylor's mother, tamika palmer, has led the calls for justice. >> to know breonna, she was full of life. she loved life. she respected life. this is so much bigger than her. p yang: during protests on june 1,olice shot and killed david mcatee, a black man who own

another major city were angered by the death of an african-american woman at the hands of police john yang reports on the case of breonna taylor. >>ands up! don't shoot! >> yang: months after louisville, kentucky, police killed the 26-year-old emergency room technician in her own apartment, her name rings out in the streets. >> say her name! >> breonna taylor! >> yang: it was after midnight on march 13th when three pice dficers broke down breonna taylor'sr while serving a drug warrant. evenckhough it was a "no-" warrant, police say they did ilock and identify themselves; taylor's fsays they didn't. the officers exchanged gunfire with kenneth walker, taylor's boyfriend, who said he thought someone was breaking in. she was hit at least eight times,nd died. walker called 911. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> i don't know what's happening. somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend. >> yang: the killing touched off waves of demonstrations, starting near louisville city nation.nd sweeping across the taylor's mother, tamika palmer, >> to know breonna, she was full li life. she love. sh

john yang has a look aone of those ates: alabama. >> yang: in the vintage cafe in montgomery, alabama, the hustle and bustle is back. >> we've doneverything from change flooring, from carpet to hardwoods. we've changed all of our practices. we are promoting the use of masks. >> yang: cooks have added extra precautions to their normal kitchen routines. eric rivera is the executive chef. we wanted to bring all of our staff back in again, give them the proper training, get all the new training and procedures inpl ace before we decided to open we wanted them to feel safe and secure coming into our establishment, and we wanted to feel safe and secure as well. >> yang: business may be on its way back across alabama, but soe are of coronavirus, on an upward trend after april 30, the day state officials began easing restrictions. in a state where college football is king, it's news that university of alabama and auburn university players tested positive this month when they return to campus for workouts. d metropolitan areas, like .ontgomery, the state capitol, have been hard h mayor steven r

on all this with south korea it was opened on the border in case on 2 years ago john yang has been threatening to cut ties after a south korean defector sent food medicine and propaganda leaflets over the border you don't you look some of. the north south joint liaison office was completely ruined on tuesday in the wake of cutting off all the communication lines corresponding to the mindset of the enraged people to surely force human scum and those who have shelter at the scum to pay dearly for crimes let's bring in robin pride from south korea's capital seoul they could have just cut off communications but this is a pretty dramatic way of making a statement what else do we know. it is a very serious development but we had been expecting some kind of action like this we know that into korean relations have been deteriorating for weeks if not months it comes of course against all of these stalled summit diplomacy between north korea and the united states and the noises from the north that have been coming increasingly belligerent of late in particular about groups of defectors in south korea wh

white house correspondent, john harwood and andrew yang, joining me. gentlemen, good evening. you see what is happening there, and the president is really on a tear about the lack of expectation or for crowds this weekend. he is making excuses about the empty seats at his rally, here is what he said about this tonight. watch this. >> well, there were many things. first of all, there was a curfew enforced the first night, where many people had to leave and it was enforced by the mayor. many people, the first night, meaning a couple of nights out, they had to leave. they have been waiting there and then all of a sudden, they are forced out. but there were many things that happened, including protesters including black lives matter, including probably antifa, we will find out because they are looking at it now. they had protesters. and also, for two weeks we have been hammered that if you walk in to that arena, you are going to be in big trouble. big, big, big trouble. >> hm-mm. >> and you know, we had a good crowd -- >> okay. so, john, there's no sign that what he is saying is t

john mccain. rick, thank you so much for joining us. meantime, we also spoke with former president to hopeful andrew yang who is unveiling a new project todayt americans compensated for their data. he also weighed in on the trump rally in the possibility that tiktok teens and k-pop twitter users per 10. andrew: -- pranked him. andrew: we were always trying to estimate how many people would show up, and a lot of it was based on sign-ups. so the teens were very smart. i think they boost to the numbers to some inflated number, and the true level was an inflation of that. it goes to show if you are going to run an event, you have to figure out who is signing up, where they live, and whether they will show. emily: normally president trump is expertly using the power of social media. on that note, do you think the biden campaign understands technology enough and can do what they need to do in order to break through, hold onto the momentum they have, and generate the buzz that will be needed to win? andrew: i think joe will do well among many, many americans because people know him so well. i think it will be difficult for him to somehow catch up