we can go to monica yanna. kiss in rio de janeiro, monica, what is the situation where you are where the situation is? well, we're here in rio, there was until an hour ago, a protest. it just ended here in rio. but this is nationwide in a little while, protesters will start marching in some, paolo, they have been marching throughout all of brazil since 6 o'clock in the morning. and in some states suppressed tests are scheduled for the afternoon and the night. and this happens at this moment. brazil has just reached the milestone of half a 1000000 dead by cold bid 19. and 800000 of the dep happened just over the last 51 days. so this is also the protest are happening. while there is an inquiry going on. the senate committee is investigating the government's handling of the pandemic. they suspect some senators and doctors have raised the suspicion that the government was slow to start out the vaccine rollout and downplayed the virus because it was trying to achieve her immunity through infection. and so that the protesters were asking here in rio for both scenarios. impeachment through

let's get more details with monica, yanna kev, who's in rio de janeiro. what more can you tell us about this investigation? well, this is a step forward in the investigation which began in april 14 people are now under investigation. they're not just being heard as witnesses by the senate committee, which is investigating the government's handling of the pandemic. and the main areas that they're investigating is why did brazil delay the roll out vaccines? when it is a country that has the manpower it has the installations and everything to, to implement math vaccination fast as it did in the past. all so why did it not accept offers of the pfizer vaccine when it should have last year and why the government has been so dismissive of depend demik with the president not wearing a mask, not, not emphasizing social distance thing much on the contrary now of the saw 14 people that are going to be now investigated, not just heard. among them are the former health minister. it was the will the current health minister, some kid august, and the former foreign affai

so as brazil, where only 10 percent of the population has been inoculated, monica yanna. kira reports from rio de janeiro different brazil prison. jade wilson, out of stood by his decision of the country with the world's 2nd largest cobra. 1900 death toll will hold. the pop america welcoming south american team for 4 week football tournament. he said his ministers agreed. it would not put the health threat. virgil calling me from the beginning. i've said this about the pandemic. i regret the death, but we have to live. if everyone just stays home, then farmers should stay home. and i want to see a city dwellers will survive because his words came 3 days after tens of thousands of resilience took to the streets, accusing will. so matter of mishandling the pandemic and delaying the vaccine roll out. we'll think of a policy. there is no way to qualified insanity of trying to hosting event of his magnitude in our country, argentina, colombia, doing better than brazil in terms of endemic, but they're both true as host of the tournament. the congressmen also voice their outraged sen henry 5

team to report kevin infections amongst the staff just hours before it's match against ecuador. monica yanna. kiev has moved from re edition era why the championship has been controversial. well, it have been very divisive because it has become a political event until now more than a sports event with people that were supporting, holding the cup america here seen as supporters of president j both and i don't and people that were against it seen as his opponents and like the brazilian team and it's head coach, had football authorities of people that are organizing this tournament not to hold the tournament in brazil. brazil is about to have to reach another grim milestone of half a 1000000 dead by coven 19. there's a parliamentary inquiry going on right now investigating the government's handling of the pandemic. and they simply had asked for, for this tournament, not to be here. they said, it wasn't for political reasons. it was also technical reasons. they say everything was organized at the last minute and the vice president came in and said that the head coach should go with, he didn't wa

logging. president julia both scenario has repeatedly slash spending on protecting the environment. monica yanna key has more of the story from re edition era. it's the worst month of may compared to all the other maids from all the other years since 2016 just up in may alone. 1300 square kilometers of forest have been destroyed. and this is just the beginning of the dry season. in the amazon, which will last until october. there's also a draught in the country, so they're expecting big fires this year. and the last 2 years have been very bad. president wilson, i had promised that he would make things better and it's just not happening. since he took off, as he has said, that the amazon should be exploited. it's not just in a sustainable way. he doesn't emphasize the word sustainable, but he just says it's something that just you just can't leave the people not doing anything there. and he has brazil has taken away funds from the, the institutions, the federal institutions that take care of the amazon that, that protect the forest from legal mining, from legal logging. so this government has nev

it infections amongst the staff just hours before its match against ecuador, monica yanna. kiev has more from re edition year the brazilian team and its head coach had asked of the football authorities, the people that are organizing this tournament not to hold the tournament. and brazil. brazil is about to have to reach another grim milestone of half a 1000000 dead by coven 19. there's a parliamentary inquiry going on right now investigating the government's handling of the pandemic. and they simply had asked for, for this tournament, not to be here. they said it wasn't for political reasons. it was also technical reasons. they say everything was organized at the last minute police in nicaragua have arrested for more opponents of president. daniel ortega mac critics, a calling on a sold so on democracy. it doesn't have been detained, including 4 hoping to run against ortega, end of embassy election activists from ethiopia, northern te gray region, a warning of an eminent government offensive the global society of t. grey scholars and professionals as written an open letter to g 7 leader

but that's been plenty of position to brazil's hosting of the tournament, says monica yanna kit for ports from rio. the brazilian team and its head coach had asked of the football authorities of people that are organizing this tournament not to hold the tournament in brazil. brazil is about to have to reach another grim milestone of half a 1000000 dead by coven 19. there's a parliamentary inquiry going on right now investigating the government's handling of the pandemic. and they simply had asked for this tournament, not to be here. they said it wasn't for political reasons. it was also technical reasons. they say everything was organized at the last minute. and the vice president came in and said that the head coach should go with he didn't want to play. and so, politics got involved was for awe . the netherlands are off to a winning starts off to missing out on the last euros in 2016. there were 5 golden a thrilling much between the top and ukraine. jenny will yell them, put the dutch one up in the 2nd half the coast, then put them to us shortly after. ling andrea malenko pulled one bac

we have to correspondence with us the south monica yanna, king of his, at the protest in rio de janeiro. and we can also speak to daniel schwab miller, who has an update from the rest of the region 1st, last turned to monica. what is the situation where you are, the? well, the situation is for the past 3 hours, people here and we have been marching down one of the main street in the center of the city. this is a nationwide protest. it's happening not only in rio, but at least 14 other state capital as well as other cities. people are calling for presidents. i've also models engagement a whole different monster bowl for the death of half a 1000000 brazilians. right now there are 498000 people that have died by co had 19, but the number should reach the 500 tonight or at the most tomorrow they say he has always downplayed the virus. he has delayed the roll out of back to see their calling for the gauge men. and this time, this is a 2nd time the opposition is french of things. the last time was 4 weeks ago. they have tried not to go to the trade because they wanted to effect the social jus

nar continues to play down the seriousness of the 19 pressuring states to resist knocked down. monica yanna. kiev reports from ria diginero about early a protest against brazil presidents now, who's rarely depressed dozens of cities in brazil to denounce president jadem ball . so not his handling of the pandemic. marching through the streets of rio de janeiro to the sound of drum beat. into the chant of indigenous tried in the capital brazilian. this is called for bull sonata impeachment, accusing him still downplaying the cove in 1910 demik. despite brazil's death toll being the 2nd largest in the world, when the protest began and real, the corona virus had already killed more than 490000 brazilians. as the day were on brazil reached the tragic milestone of half a 1000000 dead. this governments responsible for genocide, it delayed the vaccination roll out. we cannot continue to be governed by a president who doesn't care about brazilian lives just last week both. so now i was fined for leading a motor bike rally and some bombing without wearing a mask. he's already on the campaign trail fo

we have 2 correspondents with us, monica yanna, q as in rio de janeiro. but 1st, let's turn to daniel schwab la, he has this update. apologies. we also have daniel weidler who's going to cover the rest of the region. let's turn to monica janik youth, monica, what is the situation where you well, the concert in real there's a narrow, has just send it. you just have to hire me. as you can see, a grim reaper representing our president. j bowles. so not all, but this is a nationwide protest, so it is just beginning pretty soon. it will start in the city of baltimore and the amazon in another state. so far it's, it's, they're expecting, protest all day long. in almost all of the brazilian states, protesters have been coming out asking for both, so not as impeachment, and also blaming him for the, for the deaths. brazil is about to reach the landmark of half a 1000000 deaths. prove it 19 tonight at the most tomorrow. and there is the vaccine roll out, has been slow. there is a senate committee investigating the government's handling of the pandemic, the senator

let's go to monica yanna, kiev, who's up a protest in rio de janeiro took us through the situation on the ground where you are the well, yes people you have been for the past 2 hours. they've been meeting year in the center of rio. now there are marching, i don't know if you can hear the noise behind me, but they've been, they want oddison beach meant that they're asking for more back to see. this is the 2nd time the opposition comes out to the trade off. the last was 4 weeks ago. they haven't been processing in the streets because one of the main criticisms against present books are not on his his down playing of the, by the way is mrs. math since social distance thing. but now people are tired. 7 because tonight, or at the moment tomorrow will have reached half a 1000000 death by cold at 19. so they're saying that really nothing and staying at home is worse than coming out and showing how happy that they are with i'll check back with the handling of the band, which is being investigated by a committee as well. and all this. and meanwhile, president box and donna campaign trail last

residents have per quarter are expected to be fully inoculated, and around 2 months, i'll just serious monica yanna. kiev explains why this is part of a bigger study. just 15 kilometers off the shores of rio, diginero lace packet done in the island of tranquillity. where time seems to have to do with its colonial buildings in know, cars used to be a favorite spot for tours, not anymore. why don't we forget, what, with the pandemic, the number of fairies going back and forth from the island has been reduced most here live off terrorism, which has taken a severe blow your socks. and this will hopefully change the next couple of months when by get that will become brazil's 1st totally vaccinated island on sunday, the entire population over 18 or so i received the 1st dose of the corona virus vaccine, brazil's health minister, my cell, kid aga, promised that 8 weeks later, bill received the 2nd one in the mid bucket that was chosen as part of a pioneer study on the effect of the oxford astrazeneca vaccines, which is being produced in real by brazil's leading field. who is institute researchers. juliana