and in fact, he was at one time in his earlier history a member of the ku klux klan. he left in 1925. remember, earlier we told you 1920s was the height of klan membership in the united states, also a former u.s. senator from alabama. when he was appointed to the court in 1937; the pittsburgh post-gazette did an investigation into his background and hugo black did a radio address responding to that part of his history. i'll let you listen to that next. >> the insinuations of racial and religious intolerance made concerning me are based on the fact that i joined the ku klux klan about 15 years ago. i did join the klan. i later resigned. i never rejoined. i completely discontinued any association with the organization. i have never resumed it and never expect to do so. at no meeting of any organization, social, political, or fraternal, have i ever indicated the slightest departure from my steadfast faith in the unfettered right of every american to follow his conscience in matters of religion. i number among my friends many members of the colored race. i have watched th

the other things we should talk about is the ku klux klan.the 1920s and the 1930s and the 1940s at its height the klan had 2 million members at its height. by the time we get to 1964 and 1965 when this case was germinating, what is the klan like in the united states and what's the societal attitude towards the clan? >> i think at the time, it was right in the middle of the civil rights movement and so at the time it was an extremely volatile and important talking about and fighting against the kind of terrorism that the klan had perpetrated against black americans throughout for nearly 100 years. so, i think it was extremely important and clearly animating this case as the background of the klan's violence and terrorism. >> news media reports suggests that although the klan had, according to the fbi and other authorities about 40,000 members in this time period, that there were as many as 200 bombings that may have been perpetrated by members of the klan or sympathizers and murders of many civil rights workers. so this is the background. >> i

at the 1910, 1920, the ku klux klan had 10 million members. when this is germinating, what is ku klux klan like in united states? what's the societal standpoint to the cohen? >> it was in the middle of the civil rights movement. at the time it was a very volatile and important social change. people really talking about and fighting against the kind of terrorism that the klan had perpetrated against black americans for nearly 100 years. so i think it was extremely important, and clearly animating this case is the background of the clan. violence and terrorism. >> news media suggests that according to fbi and other authorities it had as many as 200 bombings that may have been perpetrated by members of the clan or sympathizers. so this is the background. >> i think it's also important to remember those susan, at the same time we had a growing anti war movement, and of course the civil rights movement to which kitty eluded. i think that the civil rights were concerned about the rates >> the majority leader they're introducing their legislation. th

who is a leader of the ku klux klan a white supremacist how can that possibly be. well as of course there are many confederate monuments and confederate landmarks here across the south and in alabama and in 196565 horses for it had been named. a confederate general also a u.s. senator from alabama and of course he was a grand dragon in the ku klux klan which is a very high ranking member of that your contention and so forth to be such an ardent racist and such a divisive figure that is of course a problem today and there have been calls for this bridge to be remains and congressman lewis is. by reporting. the. original. love and respect. but they believe that keeping the bridge divisive figure only reinforces the trance . so interesting. in selma alabama thank you so much for that. now to some other stories making news around the world at this hour protesters have clashed with police. racism demonstrations in the u.s. one person was killed in texas after shots were fired. demonstrators. police in california. threaten to send more federal agents to. the u.s. treasur

yes not only was he a grand dragon in the ku klux klan which of course is a high ranking official in that organization he was a confederate general and he was a senator from the from a u.s. senator from alabama representing. number instead of the morals of the 1st across the south and in alabama in particular and this particular bridge i've been named let me have a scrimmage at 65 at the time but the march happened and of course across a number of times in the past year or so there'd been titian's that had been online asking of the spirit be renamed to congressman john lewis but my reporting in selma and the number of members that i've talked to community say that they actually even though they deeply admire and they are deeply thank you. they want the name i mean because this pretty represents a transformative moment in american history when marchers. marching through like a quota for civil rights were able to triumph over oppression and it's easy. all right kyle gas and reporting from selma alabama we appreciate it. thank you mary other. let's get a check now some of the other stor

who claimed to be a fan, the messages use highly offensive racist terms and included pictures of ku kluxn. crystal palace have called the message is a disgrace while aston villa say they will band the fan for life. on the pitch aston villa went into that game against crystal palace knowing that they had to win if they were to have even the slightest chance of avoiding relegation. and when they did. relief for aston villa his team will take the fight to premier league survival into three more nail—biting matches. partly thanks to va are. in early goal for crystal palace initially given. then this allowed for handball. not the only ones devoting whether shoulder docs and the arm starts. but aston villa will take all the help they can get in this relegation battle. they forwards have not been scoring until pep-up forwards have not been scoring until pop—upjust before forwards have not been scoring until pop—up just before halftime. forwards have not been scoring until pop—upjust before halftime. early in the second half va are intervened again. aston villa given a penalty overturned after a

ferguson through the resurgence of the ku klux klan 1915. ine next is the second building occurred between the 1940s and 1960s, coinciding with southern resistance to the u.s. supreme court brown v. board decision. it was during the period the majority of buildings were renamed for confederate military or political figures. they also cannot dismiss the fact the lost cause marriage gained greater validation even before world war iid when the united states made military bases for confederate. the federal government position the naming of the bases as a gesture of reconciliation. unquestionablunquestionably it t of legitimizing a rebellion against the united states. to be clear, the rejection of this reframing isn't a new phenomena. public figures and scholars at the time these were being built railed against and in fact amon, the earliest was spoken about in 1877 by frederick douglass. he said, quote, we must not be asked to save what is right and the rebellion or the north was wrong. they must not be asked to put between those who fought agai

it was designed by a sculptor with ties to the ku klux klan. the president of the oglala sioux tribe had ordered trump to cancel friday's event. this is president trump addressing the crowd of thousands in front of not rushmore on friday. pres. trump: make no mistake, this left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the american revolution. to make this possible, there determined to tear down every statue, symbol, and memory y of ouour national heritage. amy: and this is president trump speaking in washington, d.c., saturdayay were he compapared "e to nazis.radical left" pres. trump: the radicical left, the marxist''s, the l looters ce and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue e what they are doing. in every age, there have always been those who seek to lie about the past in order to gain power in the present. those that are lying about our history, those who want us to be ashamed of who we are are not interested in justice or in healing, their goal is demolition. our goal is not to destroy the ,reatest structure on ea

. >> in another case, the court overturned the conviction of a ku klux klan's men and declared ohio's criminal syndicate law unconstitutional. the ruling said a man cannot be punished merely for what he says if the words are not designed to incite lawlessness. >> that is the brief report of the national news. who said before that this was a brokering decision, that means exactly what? >> it means that it is coming from the court. typically, a justice who writes a single justice, is assigned to write the majority opinion, the opinion that will govern the case. but inappropriate curium, it is not associate to any particular justice and it seems fair to infuse for that because this is a per curium decision it was written by one justice before he resigned in a financial scandal and brandon, justice brennan, then edited it and some scholars have reported that he really changed this language from the clear and convincing test to really make this new test of intentional incitement and likelihood of incitement. >> this was a unanimous hd zero decision. art procurements always unanimous? >> no

well into thet 1920's, which saw a dramatic resurgence of the ku klux klan. the second spike began in the early 1950's and lasted through the 1960's as the civil rights movement led to a backlash amongst segregationists. these two periods coincided with the 50th and 100 anniversaries of the civil war. summary, the south lost the war and a group of people got together and decided they would adorn the country with monuments that revered those who fought on behalf of a cause that was lost, which they wanted to make seem noble. it was a propaganda campaign of epic proportions. just statues are not innocent remembrances of a benign history. these monuments purposefully alebrate and perpetuate sanitized confederacy, ignoring the death, enslavement, and terror they stood for. the truth is, they were fighting for the right to own and sell black human beings. history cannot be changed. it cannot be moved like a statue. what is done is done. the civil war is over and the confederacy lost, and we are all the better for it. in the 20th year of the 21st century, we should

aware of this but the man that this bridge is named after edmund pettus was actually a leader of the ku klux klan and a white supremacist why does this bridge still maintain that name despite its symbolism for the civil rights movement. yes that bridge is still named edmund pettus attacker and confederate general he was also a grand dragon in the land we are making member of the station and he was a u.s. senator representing alabama and as many people know a lot of icons and monuments across the south are named in honor of confederate individuals and then in this particular case in 1065 as marchers approached this bridge it was still they doubled right at its ridge today there had been a number of just ins online requesting that it be changed to the name congressman john that congressman john lewis back pushing me left my reporting here in selma and you know because i talked with some of them and you participated in that march that they have said they would like to stay at been at this bridge because it represents a transformative moment in american history that marked the passage of the mar

a 12—year—old boy who claimed to be a villa fan use highly space it raises and pictures of the ku kluxhave called that messages a disk grace whiles alton fellow said they will band the fan for life. while on the pitch aston villa went into that game against crystal palace knowing that they had to win if they had even the slightest chance of avoiding relegation. and when they did at villa park drew savage watched this one. release for aston villa his tea m one. release for aston villa his team will take their fight for premier league survival three nail biting matters. partly thanks to va are. partly thanks to var, an early mamadou sakho goal for crystal palace initially given, then disallowed for handball. sakho not the only one debating where the shoulder stops and the arm starts. but aston villa will take all the help they can get in this relegation battle, their forwards haven't been scoring but mahmood trezeguet popped up just before half time.early in the second half, var intervened again, villa initially awarded a penalty by martin atkinson. but overturned after a second, third,

inherit aren't exactly fierce rivals but of who no one can manage to stay up long enough for the ku klux to develop a history of playing against one another this therapy might just be what it takes to weeknight the soccer scene in this. book does berlin really need hair to anyone young to succeed to become a football city or has it been one all along. what's a football city it's when you look only you like it to see a success like in professional football when you. you look at the culture of culture is a very. powerful culture and but then we have like more than 400 has just about as many soccer teams as journalists that last more than 5 minutes about stumbling i mean charming historic ground the clubs dotting the city have proud histories and ties to their local community is so let's run through a dense and diverse footballing landscape little known to those outside of the german capital. money founded in berlin and 888 is the country's oldest active clark ethnic clubs like to keep. community centers for immigrant or minority groups. even on the verge of promotion to the 2nd division in

a former ku klux klan member elwin wilson confessed to being part of the white mob that bloodied lewis and other fres -d others nearly 48 years ago. he noted in his 2012 book across the bridge that wilson was the first of his attackers to apologize for his actions. wilson traveled to washington a short time later to meet lewis face to face and ask for forgiveness. without a moment of hesitation, i looked back at him and said i accept your apology, john lewis wrote. this was a great testament to the power of love to overcome hatred. john lewis had another incident that i thought was worth mentioning this morning as well. it was another example of forgiveness. kevin mur any wasn't born -- murphy wasn't born until a year after john lewis was knocked unconscious from a blow by a wooden coke cola crate in 1961 after the freedom riders pulled into montgomery, alabama at the bus station. but as the city's police chief in 2013, mr. murphy wanted to issue an apology for the officers who declined to step in as the white mob descended on lewis and his bus-riding colleagues. so when lewis and othe

he wants to have black votes with white votes so he can divide them and the ku klux kl ku klux klan.hat is what he's trying to do. >> lisa: steve? >> you know, look, deranged rant unfortunately from bobby rush. i'm not surprise there. but joe biden should know better. he doesn't, unfortunately. this is unfortunately the default position of the left when they no longer want to talk policies. they just call us racist. the people of america though, and horace is exactly right, the people in america want jobs, not mobs. and you mentioned previously, lisa, about the inability to mollify, to satisfy the mob by giving them exactly what they want. they will always come back for more. i would also say this, i think there is something more sinister than just trying to take down statues, that is bad enough. the statues, i believe, are a dress rehearsal because these marxist will not be with trophies and granted stone. they will come for real people, living, breathing human beings, people like me who dare to disagree with them. that is where at the left is trying to take this country. we have to

today, the ku klux klan supports the republican party. just like donald trump says that -- he calls some people "anti-semitic," but when those people in charlottesville were saying that "jews will not replace us," he kept silent, and then said "there's nice people on both sides." for the pro-life, but democratic -- for the republican party to have voter suppression you to say that you support donald trump, donald trump was a democrat for over 60 years, for the majority of his life! he only became republican when he ran for president. now, for you to say that we are delusional? the delusional one -- this is the first president that they had fact checkers on. this is a president that won't even unveil the portrait of president obama, and he just covered the portraits up of george bush, and he covered the portrait up of hillary clinton. host: we will stop you there, cornell, and get a response. thanks for the call. guest: cornell, i am sorry, i was not able to kind of follow everything you are saying there, , but if i took your one point onl

and he put people in office who served in the ku klux klan. wilson underscored his philosophies and supported the secretary's efforts to shape departments in the way they saw fit. on the surface this was an exceptional case of -- wilson was no innocent. he could have predicted his secretaries would quickly do what they too deemed fair antipathetic. they began to segregate the federal workforce. these changes were dictated at the local levels. there was no single type of discriminatory behavior. they also happen without a paper trail. most likely because he secretaries felt there was no need to commit to paper that which was in the natural order of things. changes range from a dramatic loss of job opportunities for blacks, to physical we organization of work space. eric, who wrote the definitive history of this, described the ways in which black opportunities changed once wilson's regime took hold. he pointed out that barriers in conveniences and indignities propped up narrative promise of employment for all african-americans. when comparing th

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he was a confederate general and was a senior member in the ku klux klan. if we ever truly want to wipe away the scene of bigotry, we have to wipe away the names of men like edmund pettis. to honor him by keeping his name on a bridge is against what -- if we want to live up to obligations, live up to who we say we are, we can start by removing his name and putting up the name of someone who has been a hero, someone who stood for what's best in the country. not what's worst. >> a couple of weeks ago, carolyn, you wrote an op-ed that got attention. it was entitled my body is a confederate monument weighing on this issue. i want you to read a little bit of this op-ed where you explain your connection to edmund pettus and to this bridge. >> i would love to. thank you so much for having me. >> my blackness does not put me on the other side of anything. it puts me squarely at the heart of the debate. i don't just come from the south. i come from confederates. i've got a rebel gray blue blood coarsing my veins. my great grandfather will was raised with the knowled

and after the war he became i think the founding grand wizard if not one of the founders of the ku klux klan. yes, he is a hideous person and the fact that his statue would be raised in tennessee. but what's even more shocking as you pointed out is that another statue was created in 1998 which is you're right one of the ugliest statues ever created. it's got a grinning demonic face made out of gold, a silver horse. so why it's prevailing i understand there's a movement to take it down from its place and replace it with dolly parten. i will not offer a punch line to that. i will just leave that out there. host: george in alexandria, louisiana. caller: i was calling to address the person from arkansas and the lady from norks. the whole ancestors they are back and they are taking down all the statues. ndrew jackson was one of the most prolific killers. and ber more natives that's who we are. host: what would you like to ask? . ller: oh i do want to ask a question. let's look at benjamin anfield. guest: there are again so many sculptors that can be elected that haven't been put up. it costs

they went down and fought the ku klux klan and that is where the name the fighting irish ca came. they want to topple my statuette notre dame, that is when i would really get mad. >> laura: on behalf of all of us at "the ingraham angle" i want to express our great condolences for your incredible wife. i know you were married for 58 years, she was an amazing woman, and i know it just hurts in your heart and we heard for you, coach appear to. >> thank you, laura. if i could make one comment, we had the funeral at notre dame basilica, there couldn't be many people, but we had gotten so many thousands of texts and emails. i wish we had done it when she was alive. everyone said please sit down while somebody's still living and tell them the difference they made in your life. it do it while they can appreciated, thank you. >> laura: we will and you have made such a difference to so many players and alumni and students and me personally over the years, so thank you so much for everything you do. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. now i have to watch your program, i enjoy your program

i'm talking about the ku klux klan and groups like that which actually killed more americans than othersaged to do how you deal with terrorism how to combat it. this reconstruction question. the relationship between economic democracy and political democracy. reconstruction is a period where seles for men, not women, there's a level playing field of political rights. and it economically, the former slaves were at tremendous disadvantage predicament of slavery please note economic wherewithal. they were not given 40 acres of the meal that many of them felt was their pride coming out of avery. sue have a vast inequality economically coupled with the tremendous stride towards political democracy and equality politically. unlike our situation today in this country where we have such an increase in inequality in the last generation or so. another thing is that for many years, i want to go into what we call mr. arkin free. a greatly years, reconstruction was seen as the lowest point in the american political drama. as a period of corruption, this was according to the scholars of the earliest 2

the monument was designed by a sculptor with ties to the ku klux klan. we will speak to oglala sioux tribe activist nick tilsen. plus, we look at the disappearance and likely murder of vanessa guillen, a 20-year-old soldier at fort hood who was last seen in april. >> i sister vanessa guillen was sexually harassed. they always try y to cover her face.. why? my sister is a human, too. she deseserved respect. she deserveses to be heard. because if this can happen to my sister, it can happen to anyone else. amy: one suspect in vanessa guillen's disappearance, a soldier at fort hood, killed himself on tuesday. another has been arrested. plus, "our biden problem." that is the headline of an article by historian barbara ransby who says social movements must defeat president trump while still organizing against biden's neoliberalism. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!,!, democracynow.org, the quarantine rereport. i'm amy y goodman. the united states has set another grim coronavavirus reco, confirming nearly 52,000 cases of covid-19 in just 2

his writings detailing how he had infiltrated the local ku klux klan to gather information. >> 1982. minutes after midnight, myself and deputy [ bleep ] were sworn into the order by johnny knowles. johnny knowles then stated he had a number of good klan in the police and sheriff's departments. star, at this point unsure who to trust. kind of sets the tone for the climate that was here, you know, back, you know, you're talking about a little bit around a year from the time from this writing till the time that timothy coggins' body was found. >> as we went out in the community and began to really shake the bushes, things started to come together on the case. >> reporter: many of the witnesses pointed investigators to two men, frankie again hart and bill moore senior. >> coming up through the '70s and '80s, both of them had pretty good reputations of being pretty rough people. >> reporter: witnesses like willard sanders said said said d admitted his role. >> he said i hear you found that body. i said yeah, we found it. he said well, me and bill put him there. bill stabbed him and i tied

. >> reporter: in march 1965, it was on this bridge named after a confederate army general and ku klux klan leader that lewis suffered a concussion and fractured skull the hands of state troopers and others. but, lewis came out of that conflict more determined than ever to make change. on this crossing, members of lewis's family wore t-shirts saying, good trouble. the phrase guided the congressman and those he mentored throughout his decades long career on capitol hill, and his years at the forefront of the civil rights movement. >> he has laid out the blueprint for us to pick up the baton and continue his march. for voting rights, for civil rights, for human rights. >> reporter: and, in sharp contrast to that day 55 years ago, alabama state troopers saluted lewis's flag draped etped load it onto the hearse that traveled to montgomery for lewis with delight in state sunday at the capitol. michelle miller, cbs news, selma, alabama. >> and representative lewis will lighten state at the capitol this week before his final funeral. >>> with exactly 100 days to go before the november electio

what the grand dragon of the ku klux klan edmund pettus what's up white supremacy. and i don't think you need to lift both of those. in the same breath, former state senator hank sanders spearheaded an effort to change the name of the breach 5 years ago when the state legislature that effort was unsuccessful but sanders is hoping that this time is the charm but now the times a different and people see. >>that confederate monuments. i'm doing a disservice. to all people however, not everyone agrees that the name on the breach should be changed i just don't see. >>why is so necessary to change unpaid is breach, i'm no fan of confederate monuments and memorials doing the name changes. but that change in the man says is not doing us a whole lot. >>of who the historic bridge is one of the first places, many people stop when they visit selma. ashley blackwood is a teacher from atlanta. i think it's one of the most important bridges in the united states if people feel really strongly about it i think you should just rename that i'm pushing. >>5 funded by the name. a bridge

shared anti—semitic conspiracy theories, insulted jewish people and compared the community to the ku kluxuse of their content. the musician has now been dropped by his agentjohn woolf who said, following wiley‘s tweets we have cut all ties with him. wiley maintains it was his decision to leave the company. look at this. you liar. look at this man. i cut ties with you, you fool! we have cut all ties with him. i cut ties with you. wiley has now been banned from twitter for seven days though the anti—semitic comments are still visible. many want social media firms to go further. this is a deluge of hatred. many, many tweets, they are on instagram as well, there is some hateful stuff. it breaches their conditions. wiley remains unapologetic despite widespread condemnation. some are now calling for him to be stripped of his mbe. a spokesperson from facebook, which owns instagram has said: twitter has also issued a statement saying: actress tracy ann oberman is calling for people to walk—out from twitter. she is with us now. good afternoon. what do you mean by a walk out from twitter? look, yet

shared anti—semitic conspiracy theories, insulted jewish people and compared the community to the ku klux chosen not to show the comments because of their content. the musician has now been dropped by his manager. look at this liar. look at this man. i cut ties with you, fool! wiley has now been banned from twitter for seven days though the anti—semitic comments are still visible. twitter say that speech like this has no place on their site. facebook says there is no place for hate speech on instagram and it has deleted content violating policies and is continuing to investigate. but offensive comments are still visible. he needs some help and what it is doing is encouraging others to put out hatred as well, with others weighing in including far—right fascist groups. people have been banned from twitter before. recently the controversial commentator katie hopkins was permanently suspended. it would be very hard for twitter to stand by its banning of katie hopkins and not take a very hard look what is going on with these tweets by wiley and consider the same course of action. wiley remains

there's lots more i could show you on amazon, but let's take another example — this time, the kkk, the ku klux wish. now, wish doesn't have any explicit kkk merchandise but it does have this old 1960s cartoon. however, if i click on related items, suddenly i'm offered a load of things that are associated with the kkk. in fact, the first two items suggested are a hood and a white power sticker. there's also suggestions for neo—nazi flags, white power rings, etc, etc. the algorithm thinks that i'm interested in white supremacy and so that's what it's offering me, and there's more. the far—right extremist movement, the boogaloo boys, is banned on facebook. members of the movement have been charged with terrorism offences. one man has been accused of killing state officials. type "boogaloo" into wish, however, and you get a load of military equipment. the military equipment itself isn't labelled as boogaloo, but the algorithm thinks that's what you might be interested in. it wasn't just this. all three online retailers we looked at — amazon, google and wish — all had boogaloo content for sale, des

i do not know where the violence is coming from, whether it is boogaloo, proud boys, ku klux klan, antifa, or whatever. whoever it is should cut it out because they're just trying to discredit this massive nonviolent peaceful civil rights movement that america needs. host: a moment to note that the late congressman's words are published today in the "new york times" opinion pages. together you can redeem the soul of our nation. he writes, when historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate at last and that for -- peace finally triumphed over violence, aggression, and war. i say to you, what with the wind, brothers and sisters, and let the spirit of peace and power of everlasting love be your guide. guest: does are beautiful words at one thing i loved about john lewis was he always spoke to young people. , thenk he always saw that zenith of his care, being a young person down south, dismantling racial apartheid in america, and he was arrested more than 40 times. he was bloodied by sheriffs an

and it has come to closely be associated with white supremacist groups, among them, of course, the ku kluxe floyd in minneapolis back in may, the american military has been looking quite closely into its own racist past. it is a very diverse institution, the us military, but it does have a rather regrettable past in some ways, and not least its association with confederate generals with bases that have been named after them, bases such as fort hood, fort benning and fort bragg. now, the military is considering renaming those bases, but again it faces opposition from president trump, who believes that they are all part of america's "great heritage" and should retain their current names. david willis in the us they. let's get some of the day's other news. the financial crisis in lebanon has contributed dozens of protesters have protested reforms in khartoum under new laws. under the new laws, women no longer need permission from a male relative to travel with the children. and people convicted of announcing is a longerface and people convicted of announcing is a longer face the death penalty

and it has come to closely be associated with white supremacist groups, among them, of course, the ku kluxce the murder of george floyd in minneapolis back in may, the american military has been looking quite closely into its own racist past. it is a very diverse institution, the us military, but it does have a rather regrettable past in some ways, and not least its association with confederate generals with bases that have been named after them, bases such as fort hood, fort benning and fort bragg. now, the military is considering renaming those bases, but again it faces opposition from president trump, who believes that they are all part of america's "great heritage" and should retain their current names. david willis in the us there. let's get some of the day's other news. a summit of european union leaders in brussels has ended for the day with no progress on a deal to help rebuild their economies after the coronavirus crisis. the recovery fund is proposed to be worth 750 billion euros, but there is profound disagreement on how it should be used. dozens of defenders of islamic law have

monument attracts about 2 million visitors a year but also it was carved by a man who had ties to the ku kluxou very much for explaining that. we appreciate your time. thank you. health officials and local leaders in the us are urging people to limit their celebrations for independence day as coronavirus infections continue to surge. texas has seen a record daily increase of almost 8000 new cases. it's already led to the governor ordering that face coverings must be worn in public in most of the state. a little earlier i spoke to professor peter hotez, who's co—director of texas children's hospitals center for vaccine development. i asked him how big a test independence day celebrations will be in trying to stop the surge of covid—19 in the us. we are in a very difficult and dire public health crisis, and that has to do with the following — we are seeing this very steep acceleration in the number of covid—19 cases, particularly in the southern half of the united states. across the country, back in april and march, the peak was around 30,000, 35,000 cases, we brought it down to 18,000 but now

he also seemed to compare thejewish community to the ku klux klan.iven a temporary ban from twitter but is now allowed back on his account. we've asked twitter for a response but haven't heard back yet. lord mann is an adviser to the government on anti semitism and says wiley should be removed from the platform. this is a deluge of hatred. many, many this is a deluge of hatred. many, ma ny tweets this is a deluge of hatred. many, many tweets on instagram as well, there is some hateful stuff. and it breaches their conditions. it is with the metropolitan police, because some of it references a violent attack in london on a jewish rabbi in some detail, and i would say that it is glorifying the attack and how it is worded. so that is an issue for the police, but it is also an issue directly for these internet companies, twitter and facebook. they should remove him. that breaches all their standards. it is not even marginal. disputed —— this putrid hatred which is going on, he seems to be having some what of a meltdown because this has been going on with

guest: it is reprehensible that any member of congress past or present may have belonged to the ku klux klan. i think that is reprehensible. and someone that is part of that entity which clearly should be considered a terrorist organization should be expelled from congress, i think. and with regards to the confederate statues, they represent a very painful part of our past. perhaps they could be at a museum, but certainly not in the capital, certainly not in communities where they are venerated by people. slavery, shackled hundreds and thousands and millions of people the effects of which are still being felt, even over 400 years venerated,ld not be should not be out down to, they should be rejected, and these statues are representative of that very painful and shameful period of american history and they should not be a public view. host: something you are advocating for from assistance about covid-19 is the victims compensation fund. what are you looking at that for? guest: first, many folks across america were not able to say goodbye to their loved ones the proper way. many of them a

he also seemed to compare thejewish community to the ku klux klan.de the us consulate in the chinese city of chengdu — as staff begin to leave. removal vans entered the building this morning and the area has been cordoned off by police. chinese officials have ordered the closure of the consulate within 72 hours in what's regarded as a tit—for—tat move in the escalating diplomatic row with the united states. federal officials in the us have repossessed the chinese consulate in houston saying it was a hub for intellectual property theft. the bbc‘s north america correspondent david willis reports. at the huston consulate chinese staff cleared the building of documents and other materials. as anti—communist protesters gathered outside. us officials maintained this had become a leading habit of chinese espionage. the action to direct the closure of the consulate in houston is taken to protect american intellectual property and american's private information. china, and it tit—for—tat move ordered the closure of the us consulate in chengdu. it caused alleg