ken starr on all of that. as ken was speaking here, we're getting these images to us from nasa of the astronauts suiting up. doug hurley and bob behnken. they hope today is the charm. interesting little footnote on hurley, not only was he involved in the last of the u.s. mission that lifted from u.s. soil, but in his first light on the shuttle endeavour, it was scrubbed some five times over the course of a month. technical weather-related problems and so again, can you imagine you could only do this five times before they get it right, but they do. they ultimately do get it right and as i've been saying here, often times, in fact, most of the time these things are delayed anywhere from minutes before launch where they have to be scrubbed, or sometimes weeks or months before they can get another crack at it. but again, the lift-off time is scheduled for a little less than four hours from now, 3:22 p.m. eastern time. it's got to be timed perfectly to hook up to the international space station that's now orbiting

and then there was belle starr. she was born myra maybell shirley and her nicknames were the outlaw queen or the bandit queen. her family supported the confederacy. she had been educated at a girls academy and appeared to be on the way to a respectable middle-class life. her brother had taught her to use guns and ride horses and many believe she unofficially joined him on some of his rates during the war. in 1864 and the business was ruined so the family moved to texas for a fresh start. at that point, her life trajectory went from a respectful middle-class woman to one who at least associate without loss. she had two children. missourind grew up in and had joined quantrill's raiders and fled to texas. by the time of his daughter's birth, he had been involved in a gang when he allegedly murdered somebody fled with his family to california. shortly after, they returned to missouri and jim reed road off and on with j gender gangs and tom steyer gangs. in april of 74, they robbed the san antonio stage and bell was name

ken starr, great to see you. >> good to see you, liz.th: coming up, the fbi and homeland security now preparing to issue a pretty serious warning that hackers and spies in china and countries like iran now working to steal research from the u.s. on covid drugs and cures and vaccines. we're bringing back retired army lieutenant colonel james carafano on this story. stay with us, we're coming back after the break. ♪. >> so what else is new with china? what else is new? tell me. i'm not happy with china. they should have stopped this at the source. they could have stopped it right at the source. so now you're telling me they're hacking. so, i just say this, steve, what else is new? we're watching it very closely. elizabeth: president trump addressing a disturbing story we reported to you last week. now this, the fbi and homeland security preparing to issue a warning that hackers and spies in countries like china and iran are working to steal u.s. research on covid drugs and vaccines. let's welcome back to the show, retired army lieutenant c

former independent counsel ken starr. pushing ahead over objections of democrats, is this wild conspiracy theories distractions from covid-19? >> i don't think so. about time we had all the facts. let all the facts come out and let's assess the facts. we don't need to jump into any conclusions. this is silly. this is political rhetoric, much to be expected but, let's move forward. let's find out what happened, once and for all. elizabeth: because you don't want it to happen again and americans shouldn't have it happen again, is that it? >> every stage something went wrong. the transition, the susan rice memorandum and email, is extremely troubling. mike flynn interview, extremely troubling. the charges eventually brought against mike flynn by the special counsel, extremely troubling. the behavior of judge sullivan now, extremely troubling. we need to get everything out and we need, first of all, let me just say we need to get these charges against general flynn dismissed. this is a tragedy, but it is also legally quite wr

ken starr thank you. >> thank you. elizabeth: okay.he story, this is what is going on, republicans increasingly demand ton how much former president obama and joe biden knew what was going on with abuses in trump russia probe and targets of michael flynn, growing debate, can people be held accountable, we ask texas attorney general ken paxton about that, and what happened to 15ag -- that story next. that story where will you go first? will it be familiar streets? or perhaps unknown roads? wherever you may go, lexus will welcome you back with exceptional offers. find a lexus for every road at lexus.com. no payments for up to 90 days on all 2020 lexus models. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. an herbal stress reliever ashwagandha, that helps you turn the stressed life... into your best life. stress less and live more. with stressballs. elizabeth: welcome back, republicans demand toic know how much former president barack obama and joe biden knew of what going on with abuses with the russia probe. there is growing debate, on how to

ken starr, sol wisenberg tell us why he's wrong. bus, what might a january 2017 oval office meeting with joe biden and barack obama tell us about the entire entry trump operation? mollie hemingway explains. and governor cuomo gets hollywood impersonations a try and we reveal some "the squad" " faucifawning. it raymond arroyo reveals all in seen and unseen but first, obama to the rescue. that's the focus of tonight's angle. now, why now? why did barack obama decide to come out to publicly inject himself into the doj flynn saga? >> there's no precedent that anybody can find someone who's been charged with perjury getting off scot-free. that's the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk. >> laura: in the end, will the fbi's entrapment of drums form a national security advisor the best known as obamagate? well, i tell you, many questions than in answering. why did obama know about flynn's called before the acting attorney general even knew about it? why didn't he tell the incom

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera u.s.president donald trump has signed 1 an executive order targeting the legal protections of social media companies after twitter labeled 2 of his tweets misleading trump said the order would remove the liabilities shield that the companies currently enjoy trump says the choices twitter makes when it chooses to edit or blacklist people are editorial positions and nothing more than political activism. they've had unchecked power to censor restrict and shape i order for actually in the form of communication between private citizens or large public audiences there is no president in american history for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sphere of human interaction and that includes individual people controlling vest amounts of territory and we can't allow that to happen. following a 2nd night of violent protests in minneapolis the u.s. department of justice says its investigation into the death of george floyd in police custody is a top priority floyd died shortly after

hello barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up president trump threatens to shut down social media platforms after twitter labels 2 of his tweets unsubstantiated as brazil's best told heads towards 25000 a poll finds that 60 percent of brazilians have supported stricter social distancing measures. and despite stormy weather a space x. prepares to become the 1st private company to send astronauts to the international space station. hello thank you for joining us the u.s. secretary of state has the leverage a withering statement on china saying it's abandoning its commitment to preserve hong kong's autonomy might compel says the proposed national security legislation for hong kong is a disastrous decision and means the city no longer warrants especially economic treatment that's a move that puts at risk billions of dollars in trade in a statement from peo said no reasonable person can assert today that hong kong maintain maintains a high degree of autonomy from china given facts on the ground he want all the saying it is now clear that china is modeling hong

hello i'm barbara starr this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes what do you have to lose ok what do you have to lose. as the u.s. death toll from coronavirus passes 90000 president trump reveals he's taking a malaria drug that has the violated medical experts. this after his administration savages the.

barbara starr, appreciate your reporting. >>> and i want to start with you, you're an admiral but yougood reporter, you keep on worging yo working on your sources about this. did they think it is bad testing or lay over effects because if these sailors are infected twice, they would be subjected to testing now. >> they're not sure, it is just remanence of the virus left and they're not going to be asymptomatic . wheth they don't know what the problem is. they're going under the assumption that it is a testing issue and not a renewed danger to anybody on board the ship. >> doctor, what do you mieake o this? one of the big conversations we are watching south korea. one of the questions is if you get coronavirus, that it gives you immunity. do you believe they have been infected or this is cosome kindf testing issue? >> thanks john. a couple of moinpoints of the t that you should know. the test is very specific. that means if you have a positive test, you can believe it. it detects a piece of genetic material that's unique to the covid virus so you are not going to see a false positive b

ken starr thank you. >> thank you. elizabeth: okay. story, this is what is going on, republicans increasingly demand ton how much former president obama and joe biden knew what was going on with abuses in trump russia probe and targets of michael flynn, growing debate, can people be held accountable, we ask texas attorney general ken paxton about that, and what happened to 15ag -- that story next. that story when you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. that story but when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. so, when you get a check... you can deposit it from here. and you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. you can detect suspicious activity on your account from here. and you can pay your friends back from here. so when someone asks you, "where's your bank?" you can tell them: here's my bank. or here's my bank. or, here's my bank. because if you download and use the chase mobile app, your bank is virtually any place. so visit chase.com/mobile. then you might have a d

judge starr for joining us this morning.nd out what this judge in the flynn case decides to do. thank you, sir. >> thank you. griff: all right. still ahead. california's governor planning pay cuts and spending slashes amid the pandemic. he says he wouldn't have to if president trump would just bail them out. is that fair? radio talk show host and california resident smik slater sounds off. open your nose up to 38% more than cold medicine alone. (deep breath) breathe better, sleep better. breathe right. it's velveeta shells & cheese breathe better, sleep better. versus the other guys. ♪ clearly, velveeta melts creamier. across america, business owners are figuring things out. finding new ways to serve customers... connect employees... and work with partners. comcast business is right there with you. with a network that helps give you speed, reliability and security. and enough bandwidth to handle all your connected devices. voice solutions like remote call forwarding and readable voicemail. and safe, convenient installation.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the 194 member states of the world health organization have voted unanimously to hold an independent inquiry into the international response to the corona virus outbreak the scribe has a comprehensive evaluation it will include an examination of the w h o's role the organizations the rector general welcomed the resolution i've only used that new job email is fully committed to transparency accountability and continues improvement we want accountability. anyone well the resolution follows sharp criticism of the w.h.o. by u.s. president trump he says missteps by the organisation came out an extreme cost basically they have to clean up their act they have to do a better job they have to be much more fair to other countries including the united states so we're not going to be involved with them to separate ways. libya's un recognized government says it has killed 5 soldiers loyal to the warlord highly for half that the government has also seized the towns of t.j. and by that a south of the air base which was captured

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera libya's internationally recognized government says it's retaken parts of southern tripoli from forces loyal to the warlord holly for half that a spokesman for the government of national accord says they've taken control of the hamza look and the outside what a military camps have to a long campaign to seize tripoli has suffered recent setbacks earlier this week g.m.a. forces took over several towns and then air base near the tunisian border used for airstrikes by have terrorist forces our correspondent for the ahead has the latest from tripoli. these 3 military camps recently captured by the gun forces there used to be controlled by half the us forces over the past months and in fact the military camp was used by have forces as a central command to run the battles in southern tripoli in fact mercenaries russian medicine is from the valve no group fighting along with have put his forces against the government forces used to position in that earlier more committed to the camp sitting surveillance equipment and also runni

and let's go to barbara starr.hat did general milley say. >> chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the senior military adviser to the president of the united states, and he was having a fairly regular press conference with the press corp, was asked about the origin of the coronavirus and what he could say about what he knew about how it emerged and where it came from. have a bit of a listen to what he talked about. >> i'm not going to discuss any detailed intelligence, but this straight fundamental issues here, one, is -- is it natural or was it manmade somehow or somehow manipulated by manmade procedures? as i said the last time and i am still where i was the last time, the weight of evidence, nothing is conclusive and the weight of evidence is that it was natural and not manmade. secondly, the second issue is was it accidentally released, did it release naturally into the environment or was it intentional? we don't have conclusive evidence in any of that. but the weight of evidence is that it was probably not in

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that's what the democrats paid for, let's bring in former independent counsel ken starr. to have you back on, your reaction on podesta was to mark. >> thank you the more we learn the worse it gets for the clinton campaign, shame on them. but at least john podesta whon s an honest person has testified under oath. what we really knew which is, this was political campaign stuff, which never should've been used by the fbi and it launched 1000ll ships, it launcd all the destruction which continues to this very day. it is better to knoww the not to know but shame on them for having done this to begin with and relying on the steele dossier to again launch the russia probe affecting carter page and others as well as now the latest clear victim, it all fits together. liz: at the same time what was also damaging, republicans and the administration say our media leaks, obama officials going on the air on tv saying trump is a russian asset. in constant media leaks coming out of the fbi, now house intelligence documents, new disclosures show the same obama officials, rather going on t

>> barbara starr at the pentagon. very important. continue your reporting and come back to us when we get more information. let's discuss this with the doctor who used to call the white house his workplace, dr. la lang. doctor, it's good to see you. i want your perspective at the pla things you see happening at the place you called work. when you were in the administration, did you have a guidebook that said, if there is a virus like this, this is how we'll deal with this at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> that's a good question because it's not just about the playbook, it's about the planning process. you probably heard the old adage that in planning for war, plans are everything, in conducting war, plans are meaningless. so what are the potential realities, any kind of biological instance that could come up and we talked through those things. because we knew whatever happened, it wasn't going to follow anybody's plan. this disease is very different than pandemic flu, very different than sars, so you have to think about what are the ge

barbara starr is here.arbara, sad to say the least. >> it's a very unsettling position because they follow safety standards probably more than anybody does. but five of them sent back to the ship cleared, said to be healthy, had two negative tests did test positive once they were back on board the ship. they are being taken off, they are being treated. in addition, 18 other sailors that had been in close proximity to them are being taken off the ship. they are being screened out of an abundance of caution. the roosevelt has had a tough time. they have had hundreds of sailors recover and go back on board very successful. the but the question now is what is happening and what made this happen? is the testing not as accurate as it is thought to be? were these false negatives and they always had a little bit of the virus still in their system? this is something the navy is looking at. and the cdc is looking at these tests, we know, on behalf of everybody try to keep everybody safe. the military has had a total

joining us with details cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr.ood morning. >> good morning, erica. on this memorial day as people stop, pause, remember and reflect for the u.s. troops, there is still really only one mission this day, to pay respects to those who as abraham lincoln said gave the last full measure of devotion. the flag that covers the casket is no longer handed to the next of kin. instead, it's gently laid on a table next to the grave at arlington national cemetery. solemn funeral honors adjusted in the age of coronavirus to pay tribute to decorated world war ii veteran robert belch. here everyone wears masks, even the rifle platoon. captain doug brody has been back from iraq for eight months and now performs ceremonial duties for the army's old gart unit. >> it means a lot we can still be there for the families even though, you know, we're dealing with a lot as a country right now. >> reporter: the new reality, only ten family or friends are allowed graveside, as few troops as possible perform funeral honors. distance is kept, mas

barbara starr has more. >> the flag that covers the casket is no longer handed to the next of kin., it's gently laid on a table next to the grave at arlington national cemetery. solemn funeral owners adjusted in the age of coronavirus to pay tribute to decorated world war ii veteran robert belch. here everyone wear masks, even the rifle platoon. captain doug road i has been back from iraq for just eight months. he now performs ceremonial duties for the army's old guard unit here. >> we can still be there for the families even though, you know, we're dealing with a lot as a country right now. >> the new reality, only ten family or friends are allowed graveside and as few troops as possible to perform funeral honors. distance is kept, masks are worn. but still, the same dignity and respect at every funeral, even with the changes. even if on this memorial day arlington is open only to families of those buried here. specialist joseph gore gut is part of the platoon, the unit that carries those killed on the battlefield, elderly veterans and presidents of the united states. >> since cov

information with incoming national security adviser general michael flynn prayed i want to bring in ken starr, the judge, former independent counsel in whitewater matter. and it's nice to see you again through the pandemic and all. we know that she wrote it, what does it tell us? what is the legal issue do you think, sir? >> it is an effort to it seems to me to completely explicate president biden. why would she be asked to write this two weeks after it happened, and we already have a new president during that time, she had finish this. so it is all very odd. i think that it is suspicious. but it also confirms another thing. that jim comey was holding back from president trump during the election period. and absolutely without foundation. he never said according to this memo that general flynn had done anything wrong. it is just that he had a number of calls with the russian ambassador. that was his business. he was a national security adviser. if so jim comey once again comes out very poorly in this email. >> assuming that you meant to say president obama and not president biden. >> if i sai

hello i'm barbara starr in london with the top stories on al-jazeera world leaders have pledged more than $8000000000.00 to fund research into a vaccine and treatments for the coronavirus the european commission hosted the virtual fundraiser the president or so have on their lives and said it marked a turning point in the fight against the illness we've made it today is a defining moment for the global community at a time when we are sitting further apart than usual the world has shown it is standing closer together than ever before and in the space of just a few hours we have collectively pledged $7400000000.00 euros for vaccines diagnostics and treatments and all these money will help kick start unprecedented global cooperation and it will create a truly unique global public good. several countries meanwhile began loosening lockdown measures on monday among them was italy with more than 4000000 people returning to work after 8 weeks at home factories and construction sites are allowed to resume work and families split apart can be reunited schools and cinemas however remain closed

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barbara starr, we know you'll continue to look into that story. >>> in wisconsin, the governor there tony evers attempts to keep citizens safe during the outbreak, struck down by the state supreme court. in a 4-3 ruling, threw out a stay at home order in an attempt to extend to may 26th was unlawful and this was an overreach. cnn's omar jimenez at a cafe reopened and accepting customers. what's the business been like there? what are the owners and the customers telling you? >> with the supreme court order, it took out the statewide stay at home order, which means it put the onus on the individual jurisdictions to put in place a framework they felt matched up with their health officials. here in wakashaw county, they felt it was safe enough for their businesses to open up as long as it's done safely. they leave the responsibility in the business's hands. at this particular cafe, we went inside a few moments ago and spoke to the owner. and when you walk people, there are people in what is a sight he hasn't seen for a while but things are not the same and likely won't be the same for a

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu launched a tirade against the nation's justice system as his long awaited corruption trial began he's facing several charges in a series of cases stemming from ties to wealthy associates harri forces has more now from occupied east jerusalem. this was always going to be an extraordinary moment in israeli politics benjamin netanyahu decided to make it more so clear in his intention to fight not just within the courtroom but outside in public against the whole concept of this prosecution but citizens of israel what's on trial today is the wish to eliminate the will of the people the attempt to topple me and the right wing camp over a decade the lift didn't succeed in doing so in the polls so in recent years they came up with a new patent so says that the police and attorneys office joined together with the lift wing newspapers i call them the just not bibi bunch they tell of baseless cases and imaginary charges the objective is to depose a strong right wing prime minister and

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hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera hundreds of people have been arrested in hong kong as anger grows over new security laws proposed by china thousands rallied against the reading of a contentious bill criminalizing abuse in china's national of china's national anthem u.s. secretary of state michael pale says the proposed national security legislation for hong kong is that disastrous decision and it means the city no longer warrants special economic treatment that's a move that puts at risk billions of dollars in trade says it is clear china is modeling hong kong after itself a white house correspondent kimberly halkett said says this is another sign of growing tension between the u.s. and china. you have to remember that the backdrop of all of this are those trade tensions between the 2 countries the fact that there was this tit for tat trade war the tariffs against once one another and well there was phase one of that trade deal that was put into effect it's not fully clear that that phase one is actually being implemented in follow through so y

starr cnn. >>washington. >>kron 4 is also saluting the class of 2020 and this morning we want to congratulate victoria or congress so the tories graduating from freedom high school and oakley and she will be attending u c davis to major in math medical analytics and operations research had to say that slowly you cannot let us know about a graduate in your life just go to kron 4 dot com find salute to grads 2020 it's right under the news tab you can send us more stories and photos like the one you just saw from ctoria we're waiting to hear from you let us know what high school year graduates graduating from and then what's next marty great job, victoria. >>well we'll take a break but first we'll take a live look outside at sfo this morning, not a whole lot of activity but. skies are clear and there's plenty of sunshine will be right back. during this public health crisis kron four's been honoring some people who've been doing some great things in their communities. >>and this morning we're highlighting kathy b

the other item is the motion to subpoena lou starr.anuaryna for documents first 2013 for those associated or who worked with burisma a deposition regarding that work, and the coo for deposition regarding that work. with that i will turn it over to senator peters. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as is obvious to all of us, we are in the middle of unprecedented public health and economic emergencies. more than 90,000 americans have died during the pandemic and nearly 36 million are out of work. this committee has a long-standing bipartisan tradition of oversight and responding and safeguarding our nations security and i believe that should always be our top priority. we should work together to hold oversight hearings on the pandemic response efforts. we should be working together to reassure worried families that the government is capable of moving towards reopening safely. and at this moment when americans need us to work together, this extremely partisan investigation is pulling us apart. we are all here today in close proximity with each

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hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up the u.k. overtakes italy it has the highest number of coronavirus faith palace he's in europe aiming to export test kits within months we go inside the ring in lab that is part of the international push.

we've heard they were cut off after the car bomb at the state police cadet college student barbara starr in january last year. but i think the president do care really would just individual deals with. it to encourage guerilla fighters to lay down their arms under special terms and i don't think there's much chance that but happenings that there have been several $1011.00 charges so that they yes who have laid down their arms and return to legal activities but i think at present this is question likely and the guerrillas regard what they've done as a humanitarian gesture and they want to put that peace proposals back on the table but i don't think they're going to go very far are we have run out of time so we're going to have to leave the discussion there thanks so much to all our guests on call in harding and jorge restrepo and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website under 0 dot com and for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our

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hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the 194 member states of the world health organization have voted unanimously to hold an independent inquiry into the international response to the corona virus outbreak the scribed as a comprehensive evaluation it will include an examination of the w h o's role the organizations the rector general welcomed the resolution our own ways that majority remains fully committed to transparency accountability.

ken starr just a quick final thought from you actually before i go to address is you use that phrase hong kong as an international city you believe that's under threat when we think about hong kong all the ex-pats who live bad the international companies the international market is that genuine the under threat in your view well i generally if you are not. enough in the result the. companies accepted you. they may. inadvertently come in said these are very draconian and seriously. both of my faith in greece. and rice what's in your opinion the worst case scenario for hong kong do would people want to leave what in vestments for would it and this was another description i heard of it earlier today it would become quote unquote another chinese city you see the proposed national security laws really a game changer for hong kong for mainland china but also for the world hong kong really has now become you know has come to the forefront of what is actually a systemic. rivalry between an increasingly a totalitarian china and. western liberal democracies and as such the international commun

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera libya's internationally recognized government says it's retaken parts of southern tripoli from forces loyal to the warlord holly for half that a spokesman for the government of national accord says they've taken control of the hamza look and are so ready military camps have to long campaign to seize tripoli has suffered recent setbacks earlier this week g.m.a. forces took over several towns and an air base near the tunisian border you.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on our era the european union is urging member states to start reopening their borders to help revive the continent's summer tourist season and battered economy the e.u. says the travel industry which employs $50000000.00 people is at risk of collapse a less urgent measures are taken that there are reports from paris. a glimpse of what's going on a holiday in some polls of europe will look like the summer barriers separating sun lounges on the greek island of santorini.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera hundreds of people have been arrested in hong kong as anger grows over new security laws proposed by china thousands rallied against the reading of a contentious bill criminalizing abuse in china's national of china's national anthem u.s. secretary of state michael peo says the proposed national security legislation for hong kong is that disastrous decision and it means the city no longer warrants special economic treatment that's a move that puts at risk billions of dollars in trade says.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera india is launching one of theworld's largest repatriation missions passenger jets and warships will bring home hundreds of thousands of its nationals stranded by coronavirus travel restrictions meanwhile the u.k. has recorded another 693 deaths taking its total past 29000 the worst toll in europe the foreign minister dominic rob says accurate comparisons cannot be made until the crisis is over. i don't think we'll get a real verdict on how well countries have done until the pandemic is over to particularly until we've got comprehensive international data on all cause mortality but i think there's 2 points i'd make about the way the u.k. has approached things there are different ways of counting deaths as we know we've had that debate in this country we now published data includes all bets in all settings and not all countries do that so i'm not sure that the international comparison works and if you can you're reliably know that all countries are measuring in the same way and it also depends on how good friendly c

oh give me starr got nowhere on a lot. and this one message did you want to get across by protesting i mean it this some people my state that violence has been met with more violence so you know what do you hope to achieve here. i hope that we can get some justice i hope that we can talk to congress and i'm so glad that the mellon numbers of people have come out to join us in this fight because i want to talk to a i want to go forward with people that are higher up what i'm hoping for is for something to change in the police force for something to change in this city and in this world because we say that oh oh. you know melanin dominant people are not strategically. systematically held under we were lying so i'm hoping that we can go to the people higher in power and make something happen that's what i will do you guys think in moscow. well look this is a difficult time isn't it because you know the us is struggling with the pandemic at the minute people shouldn't be coming together in a mass conflict this so what would yo

hello i'm barbara starr in london the top stories on al-jazeera world leaders have come together via video conference to raise funds for the global hunt for a coronavirus vaccine and treatment nations pledged more than a $1000000000.00 towards research showed the whole reports. coronavirus isn't going away so the world must find ways to live with it better ways of testing for it more effective ways of treating it most importantly eventually a vaccine against it the partners are many the goal is one to defeat this virus and e.u. led virtual pledging conference aims to channel billions of dollars into the global response it's not just about pouring money into research but also about pooling resources and expertise for the common good. measure of science and. to. none of. which son. was. exposed. the u.s. isn't involved and while china is offering to help there are concerns the world's top economists already at political loggerheads may engage in a vaccine war donald trump has already claimed a vaccine is just months away scientists point out that even if a vaccine is discovered in mont